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1 Kanji for the scientists?
2 Other Characters?
3 Cleanup
4 PSME as influence
5 Interview with director

[edit] Kanji for the scientists?

In addition to the Kanji for the character's names, I also came across some Kanji for the moon scientist's names. I didn't include them because the scientists, not being Japanese, wouldn't have Kanji for their names. (In the English translation there was some big deal about the scientists pronouncing their multi-part names as a single word {Moku Ren as Mokuren, for instance} was this really their names appearing in Kanji instead of in Katakana?) Any thought on what we should do with this? The kanji are available on the Japanese verison of the page... (DrZarkov 18:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC))

As the scientists are known by most fans as well as mostly throughout the book using these Kanji names (names of flowers), it is best to simply include them in there. While their names were broken into "foreign" names, or using Katakana's, it was the author's intention to name them after plants to begin with... Not to mention later in the story, as well as in the sequel, they are always refered to by their Kanji names. (68.117.245.217 14:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC))

Given both spellings are used at different times, we should include both katakana and kanji versions, with the flower name translation. —Quasirandom 21:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other Characters?

While the story is revolving around the eight teens, it's important to note the roles of various supporting characters, such as Mikuro, are essential parts of the story. We should include them as well. (68.117.245.217 14:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC))

I've started a stub subsection for Tamura, Mikuro, and Hajime, but I suspect we shouldn't include others -- those are really the majors. And Hajime can be argued out, if you squint hard enough. In general, we should keep the character section from growing out of proportion to the rest of the article. —Quasirandom 21:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

Why the call for clean-up? I don't see anything particularly wrong with the article. (DrZarkov 21:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC))

I agree, no need for the cleanup tag, and I have removed it. Cleanup isn't really what the article needs; what the article needs is expansion and citations. —Lowellian (reply) 12:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, on second thought, the article needed a lot of wikification, but I've done that now. —Lowellian (reply) 16:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PSME as influence

Over the years, I've seen multiple mangaka mention PSME and Hiwatari as a strong influence, sometimes their strongest. It would be good to collect a list of these, for adding to the Reception section; I'm starting doing so on the side, but if other people were to do so as well, and note them here, I'd appreciate it. —Quasirandom 20:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Sakura Tsubasa (citation?)
Naoko Takeuchi (supposedly Sailor Moon was influenced by)

[edit] Interview with director

An interview with the director of the OVA, from which useful information about the process of the adaptation can be culled and cited by someone ambitious: http://www.ex.org/2.6/07-exclusive_yamazaki.html —Quasirandom 00:16, 26 October 2007 (UTC)