Sailor Moon ( TV series ) This article is about the 1992 animated television series. For the 2003 live action series, see Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series). For the 2014 web series, see Sailor Moon Crystal. Sailor Moon known in Japan as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Japanese: 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Hepburn: Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn), is a 1992 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation using Super Sentai motifs. It is based on the manga of the same title written by Naoko Takeuchi that was published from 1991 to 1997 in Nakayoshi. Sailor Moon first aired in Japan on TV Asahi from March 7, 1992, to February 8, 1997, and was dubbed into various territories around the world, including the United States, Australia, Europe and Latin America. The series follows the adventures of the protagonist Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student who is given the power to become the titular Sailor Soldier. Joined by other Sailor Soldiers, they defend Earth against an assortment of evil villains. The anime also parallels the maturation of Usagi from an emotional middle school girl to a responsible young adult. Due to the success of the anime in the United States, the manga comprising its story was released by Tokyopop. Sailor Moon’s popularity has spawned numerous releases which have come to represent most of the content in the Sailor Moonuniverse, including 3 films, 39 video games, and numerous soundtracks stemming from this material. A second animated adaptation, Sailor Moon Crystal, began streaming worldwide from July 2014 onwards. Plot Sailor Moon ( 1992 – 93) A 14- year – old underachieving young sailor-suited schoolgirl named Usagi Tsukino meets a magical talking cat named Luna. Luna gives Usagi the ability to transform into her magical alter ego – Sailor Moon – tasked with locating the moon princess and battling the evil forces of the Dark Kingdom. When Usagi transforms for the first time into her magical suit with Luna’s help, she overreacts and reluctantly accepts her fate, not sure what has happened to her. At the time she does not know the enemies she will face, the friends she will make, or the experiences ahead of her. As she moves forward, she accepts her fate, and realizes the importance of fighting evil. The Dark Kingdom – led by Queen Beryl – summons various monsters called Youma in order to sap energy from humans and feed it to an evil entity known as Queen Metaria. They also seek the Silver Crystal  (「幻の銀水晶」, Maboroshi no Ginzuishō, lit. ”Phantom Silver Crystal”), a gem capable of limitless power. As Usagi battles against the Dark Kingdom, she is joined by other girls also awakening as Sailor Soldiers: the timid but intelligent Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury ), the hot-headed miko Rei Hino (Sailor Mars), the tomboyish but romantic Makoto Kino (Sailor Jupiter), and the aspiring idol Minako Aino (Sailor Venus). Minako is joined by Artemis, her feline advisor and Luna’s partner. The Sailor Soldiers are often supported by the mysterious Tuxedo Mask whose civilian form is Mamoru Chiba, a College student with whom Usagi eventually becomes romantically involved. After continually thwarting the Dark Kingdom and defeating several of its generals, Usagi awakens as the moon princess -Princess Serenity – and acquires the Silver Crystal. However, Mamoru is captured by the Dark Kingdom and brainwashed to work for them. The Sailor Soldiers learn of their past lives on Silver Millennium, an anticent kingdom on the moon. The Sailor Soldiers served as Serenity’s friends and bodyguards, and Serenity fell in love with a prince from Earth named Endymion (Mamoru’s past identity). However, the Dark Kingdom attacked and destroyed Silver Millennium, resulting in the deaths of Serenity, Endymion, and the Sailor Soldiers. Serenity’s mother – Queen Serenity – used the power of the Silver Crystal to vanquish Queen Metaria and end the war. She also used the crystal to send the fallen into the future to be reborn on Earth, hoping to give them a second chance at peace. The Sailor Soldiers eventually pinpoint the location of the Dark Kingdom at the North Pole(D-Point ) and travel there. However, Usagi’s friends are killed trying to protect her from Queen Beryl’s most powerful monsters, the DD Girls. Usagi faces the brainwashed Mamoru alone but is able to free him from Queen Beryl’s control. However Mamoru is killed protecting Usagi while also striking down Queen Beryl. Using the Sliver Crystal, she then faces Queen Beryl ( who has fused with Queen Metaria ) as Princess Serenity, defeating her with the help of the fallen Sailor Soldiers sprits and the Silver Crystal’s power. Usagi however dies afterwards but she is able to use the last of the Silver Crystal’s power to resurrect herself, the Sailor Soldiers and Mamoru with one wish that they all get to live normal lives again. Everything on Earth is returned to normal, and no one (but Luna and Artemis) retain any memories of these events.  ( Sailor Moon R ( 1993 -94 ) Some time later, a pair of extraterrestrials named Ail and Ann descend onto Earth with the Hell Tree which feeds on human energy. Ail and Ann summon monsters from cards – called Cardians – to prey on humans. In order to defend against these attacks, Luna and Artemis restore the Sailor Soldiers’ memories. Eventually, Ail and Ann are defeated, see the error of their ways, and return to space with the Makai Tree. During these events, Mamoru is able to reclaim his lost memories and begins a romantic relationship with Usagi. Shortly after these events, a pink- haired girl named Chibiusa falls from the sky. Chibiusa traveled from the future in order to find the Silver Crystal and use it to save her parents. She is followed by the Black Moon Clan, a new enemy force that is trying to kill her. Eventually, the Sailor Soldiers and Tuxedo Mask travel with Chibiusa to the future where Usagi rules Crystal Tokyo  as Neo-Queen Serenity. They learn that Chibiusa is actually Usagi and Mamoru’s future daughter, and they also meet Sailor Pluto who guards the Door of Space-Time. Eventually, the Sailor Soldiers battle against Wiseman, a dark force that was manipulating the Black Moon Clan with the intention of destroying Earth. Chibiusa is able to summon the Silver Crystal of the future and aids in the destruction of Wiseman. Afterwards, Chibiusa returns to her own time, now freed from the Black Moon Clan’s corruption. ( Sailor Moon S (1994- 95) Some time later, the Sailor Soldiers encounter the Death Busters, an evil organization that is summoning monsters called Daimons to steal Heart Crystals from humans. Their intention is to locate three specific Heart Crystals that contain special Talismans. Joining the Sailor Soldiers are Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh, who operate  as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune respectively. The two are also seeking the Talismans for different purposes and come into conflict with the other Sailor Soldiers. Sailor Pluto returns to the present day as Setsuna ; Chibiusa also returns, now donning her own magical girl identity of Sailor Chibi Moon. The Death Busters eventually discover that Haruka and Michiru hold two of the Talismans and acquire them at the cost of their lives, but Setsuna – who holds the third – revives them. The Talismans create the Holy Grail, allowing Usagi to acquire a second form: Super Sailor Moon. The Death Busters’ intentions. then change to harvesting Heart Crystals en masse to resurrect the malevolent entity known as Mistress 9. Chibiusa also befriends a sickly girl named Hotaru, unaware that she is the daughter of the Death Busters’ leader, Professor Tomoe. Unknown to her, Hotaru is also Sailor Saturn, a Sailor Soldier capable of destroying and rebirthing entire planets. Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna fear that her awakening will result in Earth’s destruction and plead for Usagi to kill her. Mistress 9 is revealed to have been residing within Hotaru’s body and awakens upon stealing Chibiusa’s Heart Crystal, the Sailor Soldiers go to Mugen Academy to stop the Death Busters and save Chibiusa, Hotaru, & the world. Sailor Moon is the only one who is able to get in to the academy thanks to Mistress 9 and Pluto sacrifices her life to save Uranus and Neptune who are able to make it in the academy as well, the other Sailor Soldiers then place up a barrier to keep the enemy from destroying the city and the world. Mistress 9 then tricks Usagi into handing over the Holy Grail, allowing her to summon Pharaoh 90 to destroy the Earth. Hotaru awakens as Sailor Saturn, destroys Mistress 9, and intends to sacrifice herself to stop Pharaoh 90, but Usagi is able to activate her Super form to both destroy Pharaoh 90 and rescue Hotaru. Afterwards, Hotaru is reborn as a baby and returned to her father, now freed from the influence of the Death Busters. Uranus and Neptune then challenge Usagi to a fight to prove to them and everyone that she is the true Messiah and the future queen of Silver Millennium, after the fight they both acknowledge her as their queen and leave the city knowing their mission is now over and that it’s in safe hands. Right after Chibiusa receives a letter from her parents from the future wanting her to return home and she does but after returning to help the Sailor Soldiers and Tuxedo Mask defeat the last Daimon monsters, Chibiusa decides to stay in the present a bit longer. ( Sailor Moon SuperS (1995-96) Chibiusa remains in the present day to train as a Sailor Soldier. She meets an alicorn named Pegasus who forms a secret relationship with her through her dreams. Pegasus also aids the Sailor Soldiers by upgrading them to permanent Super forms and lending his power when summoned by Chibiusa. The new powers are used to combat the Dead Moon Circus, a mysterious circus troupe that targets humans with beautiful dreams. By looking into their Dream Mirrors, they hope to find the dream in which Pegasus is hiding, believing Pegasus possesses the Golden Crystal. With this crystal, the Dead Moon Circus’s ruler – Queen Nehelenia – can be freed from the mirror she was sealed in. Queen Nehelenia was once a queen of her own kingdom that was absorbed by vanity. In fear of losing her beauty, she consumed the dreams of her subjects to stay young. She sought the Golden Crystal in the possession of a priest named Helios (Pegasus’s true form) and was sealed within a mirror by Queen Serenity as a result. Queen Nehelenia formed the Dead Moon Circus and used Zirconia as a proxy to track Pegasus down. Although she obtains the Golden Crystal, she is betrayed by the Amazoness Quartet who gives the crystal to Chibiusa. Using the crystal, Queen Nehelenia is defeated and begins to wither with age, forcing her back into the mirror she was once sealed within. Helios returns to his home world of Elysion. (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996-97) Queen Nehelenia returns when Sailor Galaxia frees her and encourages her to seek revenge against the Sailor Soldiers. The Outer Sailor Soldiers; Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, & Saturn return in their now Super forms to help out, Queen Nehelenia then places a curse on the mirrors throughout the city and affects almost everyone and she then targets Mamoru who is also affected by the curse and that will ultimately kill him and erase chibiusa from existence. The Sailor Soldiers enter Queen Nehelenia’s nightmare dimension to stop her. Usagi eventually comes to pity Queen Nehelenia’s plight and is able to rid her of her negativity by activating her final form, Eternal Sailor Moon. Shortly after these events, Mamoru leaves for the United States to study abroad while Usagi and her friends enter high school. Chibiusa also returns to her own time. A group of enemies called the Sailor Animamates – led by Sailor Galaxia – begin targeting humans for their Star Seeds ( which serve as a human’s life force). Usagi is also aided by the Sailor Starlights – Kou Seiya (Sailor Star Fighter), Kou Taiki (Sailor Star Maker), and Kou Yaten (Sailor Star Healer)- who disguise themselves as an idol group named the Three Lights. The Starlights are searching for their ruler, Princess Kakyuu. A young girl- nicknamed Chibi Chibi because of her limited vocabulary that usually involves the word ”chibi” – also appears and begins living with Usagi. Sailor Galaxia’s past is eventually revealed. She once ended the Sailor Wars by sealing Chaos – the source of all malice – within her body. Unable to resist Chao’s influence, she separated her Star Seed from her body, and it took form of Chibi Chibi. Sailor Galaxia steals the Star Seeds of Princess Kakyuu and all Usagi’s companions, resulting in their deaths. This also includes Mamoru who was targeted and killed before he arrived in the United States. Chibi Chibi transforms into the Sword of Sealing and urges Usagi to kill Sailor Galaxia. However, Usagi instead uses the kindness in her own heart to free Sailor Galaxia of Chaos’ corruption, effectively resurrecting all of the Sailor Soldiers, Princess Kakyuu, & Mamoru whose Star Seeds were taken. With normalcy restored, Usagi and Mamoru share a kiss under a full moon.

Production and broadcasting- Naoko Takeuchi initially thought of both Sailor Moon manga and anime for one season. Due to the season’s popularity, Toei Animation asked Takeuchi to keep drawing her manga. At first, She struggled with developing another storyline to extend the series due to Toei’s request. The basic idea of the second season, introducing the daughter of Sailor Moon from the future, came from her editor, Fumio Osano. To give Takeuchi time to write the Black Moon arc, the anime team developed a filler arc known as Makai Tree arc ( Hell Tree arc). Sailor Moon is adapted from the 52 chapters of the series which was published in Nakayoshi from 1991-97. The first season is directed by Junichi Satö, with Kazuko Tadano as a character designer. For the second season, Sato directed the Makai Tree arc, while Kunihiko Ikuhara directed the Black Moon arc. The third season was directed by Ikuhara once again, with Ikuko Itoh taking over Tadano’s position as a character designer. The fourth season was once again directed by Ikuhara, and designed by Itoh. The fifth and final season was directed by Takuya Igarashi, and Katsumi Tamegai took over Itoh’s position as a character designer. It premiered in Japan on TV Asahi on March 7, 1992, taking over the timeslot previously held by Goldfish Warning, and ran for 200 episodes until its conclusion on February 8, 1997. Because the manga was often published during the anime’s production, the anime would only lag the manga by a mouth or two. As a result,”the anime follows the storyline of the manga fairly closely, although there are deviations.” Takeuchi has stated that due to Toei’s largely male production staff, she feels that the anime version has ”a slight male perspective.” Sailor Moon sparked a highly successful merchandising campaign of over 5,000 items, which contributed to demand internationally and translation into numerous languages. Sailor Moon has since become one of the most famous anime properties in the world. Due to its resurgence of popularity in Japan, the series was rebroadcast on September 1, 2009. The seriers also began rebroadcasting in Italy in Autumn 2010, receiving permission from Naoko Takeuchi, who released new artwork to promote its return. Pretty solider Sailor Moon consists of five separate seasons, titled Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R, Sailor Moon S, Sailor Moon SuperS and Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars, respectively. The seasons each roughly correspond to one of the five major story arcs of the manga, following the same general storyline and including most of the same characters. Toei also developed five special animated shorts. The anime series was sold as 20 volumes in Japan. By the end of 1995, each volume had sold approximately 300,000 copies. ( Englishs dub production and broadcast ) In 1995, after a birding war with Toon Makers, who wanted to produce an American live-action/animated hybrid adaptation, DIC Production L.P. licensed the first two seasons of Sailor Moon for an English-language release in North America. The Mississauge- based Optimum Productions was hired to dub the anime. Bob Summers wrote a new background score. DIC had mandated cuts to content and length, which reduced the first 89 episodes into 82. Their adaptation was created to capitalize on the success of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The series premiered in Canada on August 28, 1995 on YTV and in first-run syndication in the U.S. on September 11, but halted production in November 1995 after two seasons due to low ratings. Despite moderate success in Canada, the U.S. airing struggled in early morning ”dead” timeslots ; the series originally aired in the U.S. in morning and afternoon timeslots which Anne Allison describes as unsuitable for the target audience. In contrast, due to the dubbing process being done in Canada, the series was considered Canadian enough to be screened in primetime as local content. After the series was cancelled, a fan petition that garnered over 12,500 signatures was created. This was later considered an early example of successful fan activism. On June 9, 1997, re-runs of this cancelled dub began airing on USA Network. That same year, production on the series’ English dub was resumed with the last 17 episodes of the second season, Sailor Moon R, and was broadcast in Canada from September 20 to November 21, 1997 to wrap up lingering plot lines. On June 1, 1998, reruns of the series began airing on Cartoon Network’s weekday afternoon programming block, Toonami. Due to the success of these reruns, the remaining seventeen episodes also aired on the block. In 1999, Cloverway Inc. once again contracted Optimum Productions to produce English- language adaptations of Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon SuperS, with Pioneer Entertainment handling home video distribution. This dub featured less censorship and was first broadcast on YTV in Canada, and later on Toonami in the United States. The dub finished airing on Toonami on September 13, 2002; in 2003, ADV and Pioneer lost the distribution rights to the first 159/166 episodes, as well as the three films. Due to the series’ resurgence of popularity in Japan, re-runs of the Sailor Moon series began on September 1, 2009 on Animax. In 2010, Toei negotiated to license and broadcast Sailor Moon in Italy on Mediaset, resulting in an international revival. Later, Toei licensed Sailor Moon episodes to countries which the show has not been aired before. On May 16, 2014, North American manga and anime distributor Viz Media announced that it had acquired the Sailor Moon anime series, as well as the three films and specials for an English-language release in North America, allowing Viz to restore the removed content from the first 89. episodes. The Studio City, Los Angeles- based Studiopolis was also hired by Viz to re-dub the entire series. The series began streaming in the United States on Neon Alley and Hulu on May 19, 2014, and in Canada on Tubi TV on July 15, 2016. On November 28, 2014, Australian manga and anime publisher Madman Entertainment announced that they had re-acquired the rights to the ”Sailor Moon” anime series for Australia & New Zealand and will release the series in uncut format with the Viz Media English adaptation in 2015. Madman Entertainment had previously held the Australian licence for Sailor Moon on VHS & DVD until DiC lost the English-language rights. ( Editing – Sailor Moon s original North American release was the subject of heavy editing which resulted in large amounts of removed content and alterations that greatly changed the original work. These changes altered almost every aspect of the show including character names, clothing, scenes and dialogue. Some scenes with brief nudity and bathing were also censored, and any type of violence including violence against children was also removed. Homosexual characters, including Zoisite, Fisheye, Kunzite, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were also altered, with the former two’s gender changed from male to female, and the latter two being explained as relatives rather than lovers. Changing evil characters’ genders to female also had the side effect of creating more diverse female characterizations, as the evil female characters now did not have the same body type. Viz Media’s release restores all of the content that was cut from the original Japanese version, including scenes that were censored by Optimum Productions at the request of DiC and Cloverway. -( Music ) Takanori Arisawa composed the the score for Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. Arisawa earned the Golden Disk Grand Prize from Columbia Records for his work on the first series soundtrack in 1993. In 1998, 2000 and 2001 Arisawa won three consecutive JASRAC International Awards for most international royalties, owing largely to the popularity of Sailor Moon music in other nations. The first opening theme, titled ”Moonlight Densetsu”(ムーンライト伝説, Mūnraito Densetsu, lit.”Moonlight Legend”), was used for the first 166 episodes.” Moonlight Densetsu” was initially performed by DALI for the first two seasons, and then by Moon Lips for the next two seasons. The second opening theme, used for the remaining episodes, is Sailor Star Song performed by Kae Hanazawa. The last ending theme, used for the series finale at episode 200, is Moon Lips ’s version of ”Moonlight Densetsu”. The DiC/Cloverway/Optimum English adaptation of the anime series used the melody of ”Moonlight Densetsu”, but with very different lyrics. At the time, it was unusual for anime theme songs to be translated, and this was one of the first such themes to be redone in English since Star Blazers. The English theme has been described as ”inane but catchy. The Japanese theme is a love song based on the relationship between Usagi and Mamoru (”born on the same Earth”), whereas the English Sailor Moon theme rather resembles a superhero anthem.”Moonlight Densetsu” was released as a CD single in March 1992, and was an ”explosive hit.” Moonlight Densetsu” won first place in the Song category in Animage’s 15th and 16th Anime Grand Prix. It came seventh in the 17th Grand Prix, and ”Moon Revenge” from Sailor Moon R: The Movie, came eight. Rashiku Ikimasho, the second closing song for SuperS, placed eighteenth in 1996. In 1997, ”Sailor Star Song”, the new opening theme for Sailor Stars, came eleventh, and ”Moonlight Densetsu” came sixteenth. ( List of Sailor Moon episodes) Sailor Moon, known in Japan as Pretty Solider Sailor Moon, is an anime series adapted from the manga series of the title by Naoko Takeuchi. The series was directed by Junichi Sato, Kunihiko Ikuhara and Takuya Igarashi and produced by TV Asahi and Toei Animation. The first four seasons were dubbed and released in North America by DIC Entertainment (now DHX Media) and Cloverway. The series concentrates on the adventures of Usagi Tsukino, a Schoolgirl who learns that she and several other girls can transform into superheroines, the Sailor Guardians, and fight against evil forces that threaten the world: the Dark Kingdom, the Makaiju, the Black Moon Clan, the Death Busters, the Dead Moon Circus, and Shadow Galactica. The series aired from March 7, 1992 to February 8, 1997, on TV Asahi in Japan. In addition to the 200 episodes, three feature-length films were produced, as well as five short films. In North America, the episodes aired from August 28, 1995 to December 21, 2000, on YTV in Canada, and in first-run syndication (and later on Cartoon Network) in the United States. The first two seasons of the series, Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R, were sold across 20 VHS volumes in Japan in 1995, and by the end of that year, each volume had sold more than 300,000 copies. In 2001, ADV Films released the English dubs of the first two seasons to 20 VHS volumes. The first two English language seasons were released on 14 Region 1 DVDs in 2002 by ADV. ADV also released subtitled and uncensored and uncut versions of the first two seasons in two separate Limited Edition DVD box sets in 2003. Pioneer Entertainment released both edited and unedited versions of the third and fourth seasons, Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon Super S respectively, on DVD and VHS in 2001 and 2002. In 2004, the international rights to the series expired. At the start of Sailor Moon S, the episode numbers for the dub were adjusted by YTV to match those of the original Japanese version. There had previously been a gap in numbering because of the seven episodes that had been cut or merged in the previous two seasons. Because of this, episode numbers 83-89 were never used for the dub. However, in the United States, 83-89 were used for the dub on Cartoon Network, and did not match those of the Japanese version. On May 16, the entire anime series (all 200 TV episodes, all three movies, and the TV specials) was re-licensed for an updated English-language release by Viz Media.

Episode list -Season 1: Sailor Moon (1992 -93)

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