This song was haunting me all day at work and I could not for the life of me put a finger on where it was from. The funny thing is that I didn't even directly remember it being from the Sailor Moon S movie, I somehow remembered that I associate with the Catnapped trailer from some random anime VHS and it's just that the Sailor Moon movie trailer played right after(before?) that one and with this song.
Dream Fairy/Oneiroi Redesigns (from the Sailor Moon Super S Movie)
Part two Here
Delia belongs to me
Perle, Poupelin, Banane, and Orangeat belong to Naoko Takeuchi
Design Notes and Mythological allusions under the cut
So! There’s very little canon information on these guys, which makes them PRIME REAL ESTATE for OC and worldbuilding.
The information we do know is this:
-They can draw energy from sleeping dreamers
-They use instruments to create illusions/control people
-They turn into birds when defeated (though this doesn’t seem to kill them)
POINT THE FIRST. All four, but especially Banane and Orangeat, are a reference to “The Pied Piper of Hamlin”, who used a magic pipe to lure children away out of revenge. “Pied” is an old word that refers to multicolored clothing; think like how medieval jesters and harlequins dressed. However this doesn’t explain the connection to dreams OR the turning into birds; which brings us into:
POINT THE SECOND. Dreams are not often connected to characters in literature, but there are two major exceptions. A “Mare” or “Mara”, is a creature from European folklore that brings bad dreams i.e. “nightmares”. Another is the Greek “Oneiroi” (literally, “Dreams”). In Hesiod’s Theogony he refers to Oneiroi as the fatherless children of Nyx (the night) They are described as shapeshifting “black winged daemons”. Now, I dunno about y’all; but “shapeshifting into a winged creature” sounds a whole lot like “turning into a bird” to me.
Now that we’ve reviewed the canon information and mythological allusions, it’s time to get into headcanon.
General species notes are as follows
-In antiquity species with feathery “winged” ears, modern Oneiroi lose their ear feathers as they grow, leaving bare pointed ears.
-The first generation of Oneiroi had dark features, dark extremities, and large physical wings. Over time and with the influence of other populations, they’ve developed a wider range of body types, coloration, and have lost permanent corporeal wings. Instead they developed smaller semi-corporeal, magic formed wings (i.e. “fairy” wings), the size and presence of which depends on the individuals magic development.
In short, Perle has wings because his magic is stronger than his brother’s.
-Oneiroi are from the planet Limina, in the Deneb star system. Limina is called such because it is a magic hotspot and has several “liminal spaces”, where the dreamscape overlaps with reality. More on that another time.
DESIGN NOTES
I didn’t actually do too much for these redesigns, the biggest challenge was in making Banane and Orangeat’s designs look slightly more unified with Perle and Poupelin’s.
Perle’s shirt has been simplified to a white tunic with translucent crop top
Poupelin’s ribbons are all shorter.
Banane has baggier pants, a more geometric tunic design, and a multicolored turban-like cap instead of whatever the hell his original hat was.
Orangeat’s hair and accessories make more sense, and I’ve replaced his cape/shawl with a translucent orange sash. He’s also got shorter, puffier pants to make his silhouette more interesting.
Production drawings for the side characters of the SuperS film coming from the seventh artbook; please note that none of the featured characters ever appeared in the manga. Image credits to mangastyle.net.
That’s all for the settei of the fourth saga, so stay tuned for the continuation!
Favorite songs according to the NHK 2020 Ranking Poll results in Japan! The voting went on from October 16 to November 23, 2020 and had a total of 82,706 votes. Here’s #21-30:
21. YOU'RE JUST MY LOVE by Serenity & Endymion (Kotono Mitsuishi and Toru Furuya), from Sailor Moon
>> This image song played in episode 46
22. New Moon ni Koishite (Fall In Love With the New Moon) by Etsuko Yakushimaru, from Sailor Moon Crystal Season III
>> First version of season 3 opening
23. New Moon ni Koishite (Fall In Love With the New Moon) by Momoiro Clover Z, from Sailor Moon Crystal Season III
>> Third (and last) version of season 3 opening
24. Kaze ni Naritai (I Want to Become the Wind) by Haruka Tenou (Megumi Ogata), from Sailor Moon S (Image Song)
25. Unmei wa Utsukushiku (Fate so Beautifully) by Michiru Kaiou (Masako Katsuki), from Sailor Moon S (Image Song)
26. Sanji no Yosei (Three O'clock Fairy) by Pretty Cast, Morinoki Children’s Choir from Sailor Moon SuperS The Movie
>> Poupelin’s flute song!
27. I am Sailor Moon by Peach Hips (Inner Senshi’s Japanese voice actresses group: Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa, Michie Tomizawa, Emi Shinohara, Rika Fukami), Sailor Moon R
>> Usagi’s image song in R that was also performed by Peach Hips as the ending for the anime special Make up! Sailor Senshi, which played before the R Movie. The poll results mark it as part of S, for some reason.
28. Moonlight Destiny by Hiroko Asakawa, from Sailor Moon S The Movie
29. Starlight ni Kiss Shite (Kissing in the Starlight) by Makoto Kino (Emi Shinohara), from Sailor Moon R (Image Song)
30. Onaji Namida wo Wakeatte (Sharing the Same Tears) by Ami Mizuno (Aya Hisakawa), from Sailor Moon R
>> This image song played in episode 62 (R, seen above) and 144 (SuperS)