Word on the Street: Sailor Moon Comes to Hollywood for Universal Studios’ Fan Fest Nights

This spring, Sailor Moon will be doing more than just fighting evil by moonlight and winning love by daylight. She’s making her debut at Fan Fest Nights from Universal Studios Hollywood! The California event that “focuses on adventure, fantasy, and sci-fi” will feature “a subtitled version” of Sailor Moon’s “Japanese language CG anime short film” that first premiered during the Cool Japan event at Universal Studios Japan. According to Universal Studios Hollywood’s website, themed dining and merchandise based on Sailor Moon will be offered at Fan Fest Nights as well. Stephen Siercks, who is Universal Studios Hollywood’s Senior Director of Entertainment Production, explained the decision to incorporate Sailor Moon into the park’s second year event, saying “Sailor Moon is such a multi-generational fan favorite anime brand, that it made natural sense”. He also said it “has been really exciting” to see “the support and the energy” for Sailor Moon’s inclusion “since its announcement”. Fan Fest Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is currently running until May 16^th.

Since this Word on the Street story is about Sailor Moon, I thought including a picture of these VHS tapes was appropriate. Screenshots taken by me, Sally Silverscreen.

As I already mentioned in this article, the Sailor Moon short film featured during Fan Fest Nights first premiered during Universal Studios Japan’s Cool Japan event. Now, Sailor Moon is making her first appearance at one of Universal Studios’ American parks. With that said, it makes me wonder if Universal Studios is considering creating a theatrically released Sailor Moon movie, similar to when Warner Bros. released their billion-dollar grossing Barbie movie? On paper, it seems like an idea that could work for Universal Studios. Like Stephen Siercks said, Sailor Moon is “a multi-generational fan favorite anime brand”. Plus, Sailor Moon is not only a very marketable IP (intellectual property), there’s also international appeal. However, as of the publication of this Word on the Street story, Universal Studios’ plans for the Sailor Moon IP have primarily been related to the California park’s Fan Fest Nights event. If Sailor Moon’s reception at Universal Studios Hollywood is positive, I wonder if she’ll, someday, come to Universal Orlando Resort?

What are your thoughts on this piece of movie news? Would you like to see Universal Studios create a theatrically released Sailor Moon movie? Let me know in the comment section!

Have fun at the movies!

Sally Silverscreen

References:

https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/hhn/en/us/things-to-do/entertainment/ffn-sailor-moon

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/new-events-universal-studios-hollywood-fan-fest-nights-2026