Goodness! He does have a formula, doesn't he?

I dunno, I kinda dig how it's essentially the same song with the same lyric structure. It's so ridiculous I can't help but like it.

Ah, that explains it. One Piece was a bit after my time, so I didn't think to check.

As someone who wasn't aware of his work until listening to the French intro right after the Italian one gave me a cultural whiplash, I wouldn't hesitate to call him a legend if this intro is representative of the rest of his work. Who knew Sailor Moon could be a sitcom?

I sure do love the 4Kids Evangelion spoof.

And if they wanted to be cheap with the localisation, why create all these new songs from scratch instead of just karaokeing localised lyrics over the original tune, as seems to be the norm elsewhere?

I have to say I'm glad they did, whyever they did it, because they're bangers as you say.

Noted, thanks!

Yeah, you can imagine what a rollercoaster it was to research this map. The surprises just kept on coming.

It does, thanks! I suspected as much, but I couldn't really assume.

Interestingly, the Portuguese version is known by most countries on this map as the outro theme. It played during the credits.

For more TV shows you mean? Oddly enough I haven't found any others from my childhood where this phenomenon is so prominently displayed. Do you know of any?

The UK version and the US version are both using Moonlight Densetsu. In English, of course.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

Interesting that they were getting the French version of all things.

It's a map glitch; it's supposed to be striped red and blue. I found a good amount of videos on YouTube with the French version overlain with Hungarian lyrics, with lots of comments in Hungarian expressing nostalgia and none expressing confusion. Therefore, I deduced that the French melody is for some reason very well known in Hungary. Do you have any insight as to why this may be?

Oh yes – to be clear, most of the countries using Moonlight Densetsu dubbed the song. But it's still the same song. The countries coloured differently used an entirely different song for the intro.

Yeah, I looked him up too on Spotify when researching. Maybe I should add the Spotify links to my top comment.

It's such a whiplash to go from the Italian one to the French one. Completely different vibes. I love it.

Yeah, I looked her up on Spotify when doing the research for this. I find it fascinating.

UK et al.

Poland

Germany et al.

Italy

France et al.

Portugal

I unfortunately couldn't find enough data on non-EU countries for a world map to be interesting. However, I would still like to mention the Thai one. It's Moonlight Densetsu, but reimagined.

I welcome input on the countries for which I have no data.

EDIT: People who have watched the French version, please answer this question. In the final fight against Queen Beryl, Moonlight Densetsu was played in the original, and it was thematically perfect and a great mood setter. I need to know, did your dub have the Bernard Minet version during this scene? If yes, I really need to find a clip of that.

Tool: mapchart.net

Source: Personal research (YouTube, asking people from each country born in that generation)

I'm assuming the other phone was cordless.

Why does my nose start running when I melt actual menthol crystals and sniff the fumes then? Pretty sure those are the pure menthol, or near as dammit. They're definitely not laced with decongestants on purpose, because they're lab grade crystals meant for perfumeries.