The Sailor Moon Writer

The Sailor Moon Artist is a 2021 film that stars Ken Watanabe and Jace Norman. The film was released on January 15, 2021 alongside another fan made film A Bug's Life 4: The Rocks of Time.

Plot
All his life, John Kobayashi (Ken Watanabe) has regretted watching live action anime remakes, but one day it all changes when he announces that he and his grandson Surly Edwardson (Jace Norman) will compose a live action Sailor Moon TV series to end all negative criticism to live action anime.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film is known to be an obvious rip-off of Hitchcock (2012) because there are many elements that are similar to that movie.
 * 2) For the most part, John Kobayashi comes down as an unlikable character as he's constantly strict to his filmmakers and own grandson.
 * 3) One of the characters in the film, Amy Driver (Portrayed by Michela Luci) claims that she was sexually harassed during the filming of the shower scene for the 7th episode of John's live action Sailor Moon show.
 * 4) Laughable dialogue, such as when John Kobayashi tells Surly to not be a bitch.
 * 5) In one of the title cards shown in the movie, the text font is in comic sans.
 * 6) Sometimes there is an over-usage of product placement including KFC, PS4, Volkswagen, Microsoft and Netflix.
 * 7) The scream that comes from Amy in the shower scene can easily frighten people who hate screaming.
 * 8) Laughable quotes such as, "No you silly bitch, this isn't Psycho, It's Sailor Moon!" At that point, this movie feels more like a film with disappointing acting.
 * 9) The concept of a filmmaker making a live action series out of an animated show sounds like it may have been done before.

Good Qualities

 * 1) All the characters in the movie (Except for John Kobayashi) are likable.
 * 2) The voice acting is passable despite what BQ#8 says.
 * 3) John did at least apologize to Surly and Amy near the end of the movie.
 * 4) Wonderful direction by Stuart Cornfeld who also worked on Tropic Thunder.
 * 5) Perfect music score.
 * 6) The trailer's theme is faithful to the original show Sailor Moon.
 * 7) Surly Edwardson made a good observation to John that he spotted on-screen breasts during a test screening of the episode.
 * 8) Even though some of the scenes in the movie were met with mixed reviews, the 7th episode of Sailor Moon in the movie follows the actual episode very well.