Where the Eternal Editions included a large number of colour pages all of those are included in black and white in these versions. Instead of glossy white pages we have a simpler more affordable matte paper. The quality of the paper is also of a lower quality than the Eternal Editions. As you can see this is tiny in comparison. Here is a size comparison photo of the Bunko Collection next to the English Eternal Edition which I took back when I got the first volume of the manga. They are A6 size which means they are 4.1″ by 5.8″, smaller than any other versions of the Sailor Moon manga I own. These are very small versions of the manga commonly called bunkobon or bunkoban in Japan. There are usually minor differences between the size and paper quality of Japanese and American versions of the comic, which may be the case with these versions.Īs the Japanese versions were fairly inexpensive I bought the whole set. Though we don’t have all of the specifics about these new versions it seems likely they will be similar to those. These versions were released in Japan starting in September 2018, as we originally posted about on this site. What is actually pictured is the Japanese cover of the Sailor Moon Bunko Collection. The image on the Penguin Randomhouse web site is likely not the final cover art. You might have thought you were almost done shelling out your hard earned dollars on Sailor Moon manga until the news of these new versions dropped! So what exactly is the Naoko Takeuchi Collection all about? The 10th and final volume was released last month and Code Name Sailor V will be released on April 27th 2021. The pages were a high quality glossy white and all colour pages from the original issues of Nakayoshi were reproduced in these. These huge volumes were even bigger than the similar sets which were released in Japan. The Sailor Moon Eternal Editions which were released over the past couple of years really were the ultimate version of the manga.

So what is this new version and should fans, many of whom have just bought the Eternal Editions, be looking to pick these up? Probably not! Read on to see why I don’t think this is worth your money. This version, published by Penguin Randomhouse, is being called the Naoko Takeuchi Collection, named after the Sailor Moon manga’s author. Fans may have noticed that a new version of the Sailor Moon Manga is coming starting April 13th.

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi