Harjot Bal’s rewrite of Sailor Moon R film is “dark comedy that focuses on issues related to queer folx, women, and people of colour”
The Toronto Queer Film Festival will screen the Sailor Moon Rated R: The Promise of His Rosebud parody fandub on April 1 at 9 p.m. EST. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Harjot Bal. The film contains edited clips and names from the Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose anime film, but dubbed with an original script and plot.
The website describes the film as follows:
Sailor Moon is a post-2020 fandub of the iconic 90s anime Sailor Moon, rewritten as a dark comedy that focuses on issues related to queer folx, women, and people of colour. In this parody feature, Darien struggles to confront his repressed sexuality when a fierce childhood cuddle buddy named Fiore returns to unmask Darien’s tuxedo. Possessed by the…
