Dear Reader,
First and foremost I want to thank you for reading the Trainer Series. This is the 7th year I’ve worked on this series and each year is an exciting new chapter. I absolutely love bringing you fresh and new stories that are an exciting mix of various fandoms with some original creativity.
The one thing that is difficult sometimes about mixing fandoms is getting them to mesh the way I need for them to. It has never been a secret that the base, the foundation of this series is the Power Rangers fandom. Everything else is meshed into that.
I mention this because this season, with Power Rangers taking things into the future again, I saw the chance to bring you something fresh and new…something I’ve never done before. If you will remember back to 2005 I brought you the SPD series along with a special NS 2005 series that brought together a new team of Ninja Storm Rangers. So many of you love that series and it was all because I wasn’t afraid to try something new. This year, while I will bring you the UW version of RPM, I also am going to bring you a new, special series set in the present day. This series is called “Sailor Moon: Nemesis”.
SMN picks up right where Jungle Fury is leaving off and because I am meshing it into the PR Universe you will see some changes to the SM Universe. I feel the need to discuss this because I know that hardcore Sailor Moon fans are very protective of the continuity of the series. If you’re a reader of TS you already know of some the changes that are being made…of course making this into a whole series certain other changes need to be made.
I know one of the major pet peeves of many fans is the mixing of the original and dubbed anime. Despite this I’m taking that a step further. I’m mixing elements from the animes, the live-action, and some original elements to bring you something unique and interesting.
I’m not going to discuss all the changes as that would ruin the story for you guys not to mention who knows what all will happen at this point.
The first change I do want to cover is the names. For the most part I’ve stuck with the dubbed names, however for the characters without American last names I did Americanize them. Here is a list of the conversions:
Usagi Tsukino- Serena
Warren (Shields)
Ami Mizuno- Amy Anderson
Rei Hino- Raye Hino
Makoto Kino- Lita
Stevens
Minako Aino- Mina
Gordon
Haruka Tenou- Amara
Stratos
Michiru Kaiou- Michele
Waters (Note the one ‘l’ in ‘Michele’ to differentiate from “Michelle Morris”)
Setsuna Meiou – Trista
Mills
Mamoru Chiba-
Hotaru Tomoe- Hotaru
Tomoe
Motoki Furuhata-
Andrew Foreman
Yuuichirou Kumada-
Of course on the cast page you’ll see more about the characters but I do want to cover a little history with you guys. Of course Mina you’ve pretty much constantly seen in TS over the years, the others have been discussed from time to time. To put it in simple terms, after their last battle at soldiers they went on to live their normal lives. When was their final battle you ask? Well they did have that one fight in NS 2005. Before that it was the defeat of Sailor Galaxia. Yes, I’m taking the Super S series into account here. Will there be some changes to the past stories? Perhaps, in the form of discussions and flashbacks you may see some changes. For the most part I’m dealing with the soldiers here and now.
The only other change I’m really going to discuss is Michelle’s place in the Sailor Soldiers because, although it will be mentioned frequently in the stories I’m sure, it’s important to remember. Technically speaking, Michelle could have always been Sailor Saturn. It was only because of Hotaru she wasn’t and she took the mantle of the Purple Ranger instead. Michelle has also always had a special place among the planetary princesses. She is the Princess of Saturn, but as the holder of the Satuarian Amethyst (the Outer equivalent of the Moon’s Silver Crystal), she is also the princess that the Outer Soldiers must protect. You could even go as far as to say that Michelle is Serena’s Outer counterpart, with the exception of the fact that Michelle considers it as important to protect Serena as the Inner Soldiers do. I wanted to make sure that I made that point clear so that you can fully understand Uranus’s, Neptune’s and Pluto’s dedication to Michelle.
It is also important to note that Michelle and Hotaru are two sides of the same coin. The contradiction of Saturn, so to speak. Dark and Light. Good and Evil. Black and White. I won’t go too much more into that because it will be thoroughly explored as a plot point.
Finally, I truly hope you can look at this series and see it for what it is…a unique take on a beloved story. It is not meant to disrespect the original story at all…in fact it is quite the opposite. I adore the original and if anything this is my homage to it. My way of updating it, bringing it to now, and making it into something new and fun for fans, new and old alike, to enjoy.
Thank you for sticking with me for all these years, I dedicate this series to each and every one of you as I couldn’t do this without you.
In the name of the Moon, may the power protect you,
Mich