Warriors of Legend

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name = Warriors of

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author = Jay Navok - Sushil K. Rudranath
cover_artist = Sushil K. Rudranath
country = United States
language = English
series = Warriors of Legend
genre = Anime, Reference
publisher = Booksurge Publishing
release_date = July 13, 2005
media_type = Print
pages = 148 p.
isbn = ISBN 1-4196-0814-2
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followed_by =

"Warriors of Legend" is a series of books that are to be published by Genvid L.L.C. The first book in the series, "Warriors of
Japan in Sailor Moon (Unauthorized)" is the only book published so far.

Reflections of Japan

The first, and as yet only released, book in the series. It is intended as a guide for fans of the "Sailor Moon" franchise to learn facts about Japan and in particular about the Azabu Jūban district of the Minato Ward of Tokyo in which the series is set. It both focuses on the landmarks of Azabu Jūban and the surrounding area as well as touching on aspects of the Culture of Japan which are apparent in the series but that may be missed by the eyes of westerners - for example Sailor Jupiter's height making her a target for bullying or "ijime". It also touches on the non-Japanese aspects of the show, for example the latter section of the book contains a comparison between Sailor Venus and the goddess Ishtar.

Reviews and Anime Community Reception

The first book has been reviewed by NEO a United Kingdom "Asian Entertainment" magazine, which gave it four out of five stars and where it was one of the "Hot Picks" of the issue. [cite journal
last = Cox
first = Gemma
title = Review: Warriors of Legend Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon
journal = NEO
issue = 11
publisher = Uncooked Media
date = September, 2005
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] Its publishing was covered by several anime and popular news sites, including ICv2 [cite web
title = Learn About Japan Via Manga - New Book on 'Sailor Moon'
publisher = ICv2
date = May 26, 2005
url = http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6944.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] (where it was lead article), [cite web
last = Navok
first = Jay
title = WarriorsOfLegend.com - News Archive
publisher = WarriorsOfLegend.com
date = May 26, 2005
url = http://www.warriorsoflegend.com/news.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] Ain't It Cool News, [cite web
last = Green
first = Scott
title = New Sailor Moon Book at WarriorsofLegend.com
publisher = Ain't It Cool News
url = http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20358
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] Anime News Network, [cite web
title = New Sailor Moon Book
publisher = Anime News Network
date = May 14, 2005
url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-14/new-sailor-moon-book
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] Animation Insider, [cite web
last = Aaron H.
first = Bynum
title = 'Sailor Moon': "Reflections of Japan" Book on Sale
publisher = Animation Insider
date = May 25, 2005
url = http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=756
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] and Akadot. [cite web
title = New Sailor Moon Book at WarriorsofLegend.com
publisher = Ain't It Cool News
url = http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20358
accessdate = 2007-01-26 Anime News Network,cite web
title = New Sailor Moon Book on WarriorsofLegend.com Genvid, L.L.C. comes out with an informative Sailor Moon book
publisher = Akadot
date = May 25, 2005
url = http://www.akadot.com/story.php?id=355
accessdate = 2008-07-15 ] It was also given a brief mention at Websnark after the news of TokyoPop's rights to the "Sailor Moon" manga lapsing broke. [cite web
author = Wednesday White
title = Losing Sailor Moon
publisher = Websnark
date = June 22, 2005
url = http://www.websnark.com/archives/2005/06/w_losing_sailor.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ]

While the book's reception was largely positive there were some complaints lodged on Sailor Moon Internet Forums and by other members of the community alleging that Genvid was making money from the Sailor Moon franchise without paying royalties to Kodansha, Toei, and Naoko Takeuchi by publishing the book "Unauthorized". Sushil K. Rudranath replied on the Genvid LLC. website that the reason the authors chose to go unauthorized is because Toei did not give them permission to published an authorized, screen shot illustrated work and that the publishers they had approached had turned the down due to the believe that a "Sailor Moon" based product would not sell, which is why they chose a self-published route. [cite web
last = Rudranath
first = Sushil K. "Dr. Xadium"
title = Rasion D'etre
work = The Sailor Moon Soapbox
publisher = Genvid LLC.
date = June 1, 2005
url = http://www.sailormoon.ws/archives/060105.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ]

Warriors of Legend Tour of Tokyo

Genvid organized a one-off tour of Tokyo from June 27-early morning June 30 , 2006. This tour, though small involving only ten tourists, was mentioned on both Anime News Network [cite web
title = New Sailor Moon Book
publisher = Anime News Network
date = May 14, 2005
url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-14/new-sailor-moon-book
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] and on the Japanese website AnimeAnime. [cite web
title = 米国でセーラームーンがテーマの日本ツアー
publisher = AnimeAnime.jp
date = February 23, 2006
url = http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2006/02/223.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26 ] The tour consisted of visiting landmarks and sites covered in the book as well as a stay in the Mielparque Hall hotel in Tokyo, which was the location the headquarters of the Dark Agency in "Codename wa Sailor V".

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