Sailor Moon Animax Interviews - The Producers Sailor Moon, Part 2 of 3

his is the first in a series of interviews done on an Animax variety show. This first part features an interview with Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice actress for the character of Tsukino Usagi // Sailor Moon.

Translator's Notes:

When discussing creating poses for the voice actresses to use during the recording, Junichi Satou says, "Saishou wa...tsuki", meaning "The first pose we did was Moon's." However. the word for moon (tsuki) sounds very similar to the words for "like" (suki), "ass" (oshiri), and the word for punishment (shikei). Junichi Satou made a pun for the pointing pose with the phrase "gaki wo shikei" (brat's punishment), having little kids point at each other to point the blame at someone else.

However, the interviewer Kobayashi Kendou takes this pun to a whole new perverted level by making "tsuki" sound like "suki". He plays off of Junichi's pun by making it sound like "oshiri ga suki" (I like that ass) instead of Junichi's "gaki wo shikei" modeled after the original phrase "saisho wa tsuki" (The first one was moon). It may be a bit confusing, but in Japanese this play on words is totally hilarious and we tried to reflect all of that humor in the translator. In case we failed, then here, have an explanation and an apology for our lack of bemusement instead. xD