Super Moonies
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Super Moonies was a German pop
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 created in 1998 to provide the soundtrack for the successful Sailor Moon
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 series, particularly the German-dubbed version. Their songs included "Kämpfe Sailor Moon" (Fight Sailor Moon) and "Macht des Mondes" (Power of the Moon), and sold on compilation CDs with unrelated songs by artists such as Jasmin Wagner and Aaron Carter
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. Original choreography was created by the same choreographer that choreographed Blumchen's Jasmin Live 1998 Tour. That American Choreographer is Kris Mohfanz.

Singers

Super Moonies consisted of the singer Bianca Hanif (known as "Kisu", from the Japanese word for "kiss") and two dancers: Gabriela Gottschalk (now a member of the band Hot Banditoz) as Sailor Moon and Jascha Anantaponge as Tuxedo Mask.

Both Bianca and Gabby (Gabriela) appeared in the 2000 Blümchen (Jasmin Wagner) music video "ist deine Liebe echt?" (in both versions of the music video: The Original Disco Version & The Kurzer Mix ) as dancers with Blümchen and as her friends.

Super Moonies also appear in Blümchen's VHS biography video "Blümchen '95-'98" during backstage klips of Blümchen on tour, inter cut with her back-up dancers (The B-Boys), and her stage crew.

Discography

The songs by Super Moonies were produced by Avenue Music in Munich, and appeared on CDs by EDEL Records. These include:
  • August 3, 1998: CD Sailor Moons Welt (Sailor Moon's World) (This peaked at #5 on the Media Control Charts
    Media Control Charts
    The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

     in Germany))
  • September 21, 1998: Single-Auskopplung Kämpfe Sailor Moon (Fight, Sailor Moon) Peaked at #58 on the Media Control Charts
  • January 4, 1999: CD Sailor Moons Wintertraum (Sailor Moon's Winter Dream) (Peaked at #23 on the Media Control Charts
    Media Control Charts
    The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

    )
  • July 19, 1999: CD Die Macht des Mondes (The Power of the Moon) (Peaked at #31 on the Media Control Charts
    Media Control Charts
    The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

    )
  • January 24, 2000: CD Silver Millennium – Best of Super Moonies
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