Sailor Moon had two different 4D shows. I wonder if they will bring her back with more of the characters. It was definitely popular.
I was meaning to bring that up as well, in fact I was wondering if anyone else here knew more about the 4D show's history in USJ.
And for those who don't know, I learned on
the Lost Media Wiki there was actually another version of the Sailor Moon 4D show that came before the one we got at FFN. I didn't know this until after I saw the show at FFN and then I saw imagery I do not remember seeing at FFN in the scraps of the previous iteration that exist on this page (which I didn't pay much attention to since I thought I'd see it at FFN). Both versions were lost media until FFN, and now only this older iteration remains lost.
I could see this being a future repeat, but probably not for next year, because there's one prediction I've got for the theater IP that I think is likely considering that Sailor Moon was chosen for 2026 to coincide with its 30th anniversary:
See, around the same time I found
that official social media post stating the SM 30th anniversary being tied to it, I coincidentally discovered that the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4D show was first made around the same time as that IP's 30th anniversary, which was in 2017. Here we are approaching its 40th next year, so I legitimately think JoJo's could be in the running, no biases here. I just wonder if (show content spoilers if anyone cares about that) the
mild instances of blood could prevent that, but maybe a parental warning at the entrance could probably help (weird case scenario it gets sent to HHN instead for that reason). And hey, this one might be theoretically easier to introduce dub screenings with if they finally pursue that, since there's only four voices tops, so it shouldn't be too expensive to dub unlike the rather large cast of Sailor Moon's.
Anyway, my only other predictions are these (Just also hope they bring back the 2025/HHN hours of operation as well):
- KPop Demon Hunters (Stage or Tram could be highly possible either way)
- At least three walkthroughs this time (and I do wonder if the one that was scrapped from this year's could still come back)
- One Piece Show and its Fan Zone return, maybe with a different storyline this time.