History of SSC
Welcome to Sakura's Senshi Circle! This website is mainly dedicated to fan works of the anime (TV show) and manga (comic book) series Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. It has also historically featured other fun things to do including contests, polls, tutorials, articles and so much more! All of the sections of SSC are linked from the main navigation to the left. If you are not sure where to start, just check out the Site Map for detailed information about what the Circle has to offer.Sakura's Senshi Circle! was created as a sub page of "I Am A Banana," Sakura's now defunct personal page, near the end of 1999. In its first year, the web page when though two layout changes from its original "Banana" black background and red text to frames in black and violet in January of 2000. In late 2000 the "SSC - Pretty in Pink v2.0" layout replaced the darker look. 'Pretty in Pink' lasted 3 years with some additional updates that designated it as "SSC - Pretty in Pink v2.5." Below are some screenshot of that layout.
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| V2.5 Pretty in Pink: Splash Page | V2.5 Pretty in Pink: Main Page |
The next layout "Welcome to the Circle" was developed in late 2003/early 2004 as an attempt to overhaul the site's image and represent its name; it was Sakura's first attempt at a tables layout (or any kind of layout for that matter). Sakura was very satisfied with how it looked and kept that layout for over a year. Below are some screen captures from this layout. It featured the artbook image of the ten soldiers in a circle holding hands. The sub pages of the layout featured an upper left hand cornered image.
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| V3.0 Welcome to the Circle: Splash Page | V3.0 Welcome to the Circle: Main Page | V3.0 Welcome to the Circle: Sub-Layout Page |
Steve Forde designed the present layout of SSC at Sakura's personal request. The two worked closely to develop a layout that was both aesthetically appealing and efficient. The image featured in the new layout was of Galaxia and Usagi, one of Sakura's favorites from the artbooks and is symbolic of the ideas originally encompassed by the development of SSC. Serenity and Galaxia symbolized the full circle of all senshi in the imaginary universe that fans have extended. Encompassing the breadth of human compassion and vulnerability, the two pivotal characters served to remind us that we are what we make of ourselves. The present image of Serenity and Endymion celebrates eternal love.
Sakura considers this website's birthday to be January 2000 because at that time, the Sailor Moon section of "I Am A Banana" became an independent entity as SSC.
Phpwebhosting.com has been hosting this site for over a year now. NS.com is the registration company for the domain name sailorastera.com.
Sailor Astera, the Sailor Opals, Unit CPX-01, Sailor Taine, all other fan-characters featured on this site, and their stories, profiles, and images were created as fictional derivative works based on Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon by Takeuchi Naoko. The characters are fan made sailor senshi called 'otaku senshi' and they are not in the original 5 seasons of BSSM. They are a small selection of very many fan-made characters based on the original story. You can access Naoko Takeuchi's Official Homepage, however it is in her native language of Japanese. You can also access the Official Japanese Sailor Moon Homepage.
Looking for information about the Anime or Manga series Sailormoon? SSC does not carry basic Sailormoon information since it can be found in so many places on the Internet. Sakura recommends that you check out some of the following off-site resources for general Sailormoon information: Thanks for visiting SSC! If you have any questions or comments after your time here, please visit the Contact page.
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