Sailor Moon

Plot synopsis:
In Minato, Tokyo, a middle-school student named Usagi Tsukino befriends Luna, a talking black cat that gives her a magical brooch enabling her to become Sailor Moon: a soldier destined to save Earth from the forces of evil. Luna and Usagi assemble a team of fellow Sailor Soldiers to find their princess and the Silver Crystal. They encounter the studious Ami Mizuno, who awakens as Sailor Mercury; Rei Hino, a local shrine maiden who awakens as Sailor Mars; Makoto Kino, a tall transfer student who awakens as Sailor Jupiter; and Minako Aino, a young aspiring idol who awakens as Sailor Venus, accompanied by her talking feline companion Artemis. Additionally, they encounter Mamoru Chiba, a high-school student who assists them on occasion as Tuxedo Mask.
In the first arc, the group battles the Dark Kingdom. Led by Queen Beryl, a team of generals—the Four Kings of Heaven (四天王, Shiten'ō, lit. "Four Heavenly Kings")—attempt to find the Silver Crystal to free an imprisoned, evil entity called Queen Metaria. Usagi and her team discover that in their previous lives they were members of the ancient moon kingdom called Silver Millennium. The Dark Kingdom waged war against them, resulting in the destruction of the moon kingdom. Its ruler Queen Serenity later sent her daughter Princess Serenity, her protectors the Sailor Soldiers, their feline advisers Luna and Artemis, and the princess's true love Prince Endymion into the future to be reborn through the power of the Silver Crystal. The team recognize Usagi as the reincarnated Serenity and Mamoru as Endymion. The Soldiers kill the Four Kings, who turn out to have been Endymion's guardians who defected in their past lives. In a final confrontation with the Dark Kingdom, Minako kills Queen Beryl; she and the other Soldiers then sacrifice their lives in an attempt to destroy Queen Metaria. Using the Silver Crystal, Usagi succeeds in killing Metaria and resurrects her friends.
At the beginning of the second arc, Usagi and Mamoru's daughter Chibiusa arrives from the future to find the Silver Crystal. As a result, the Soldiers encounter Wiseman and his Black Moon Clan, who are pursuing her. Chibiusa takes the Soldiers to the future city Crystal Tokyo, where her parents rule as Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. During their journey they meet Sailor Pluto, guardian of the Time-Space Door. Sailor Pluto stops the Clan's ruler Prince Demand from destroying the spacetime continuum, leading to her death. Chibiusa later awakens as a Soldier—Sailor Chibi Moon—and helps Usagi kill Wiseman's true form, Death Phantom.
The third arc revolves around a group of lifeforms called the Death Busters, created by Professor Soichi Tomoe, who seek to transport the entity Pharaoh 90 to Earth to merge with the planet. Tomoe's daughter Hotaru is possessed by the entity Mistress 9, who must open the dimensional gateway through which Pharaoh 90 must travel. Auto-racer Haruka Tenoh and violinist Michiru Kaioh appear as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who guard the outer rim of the Solar System from external threats. Physics student Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto's reincarnation, joins the protagonists. Usagi obtains the Holy Grail, transforms into Super Sailor Moon, and attempts to use the power of the Grail and the Silver Crystal to destroy Pharaoh 90. This causes Hotaru to awaken as Sailor Saturn, whom Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna initially perceive as a threat. As the harbinger of death, Hotaru uses her power of destruction to sever Pharaoh 90 from the Earth and instructs Setsuna to use her power over time-space to close the dimensional gateway.
In the fourth arc, Usagi and her friends enter high school and fight against the Dead Moon Circus, led by Queen Nehelenia, the self-proclaimed "rightful ruler" of both Silver Millennium and Earth. Nehelenia invades Elysion, which hosts the Earth's Golden Kingdom, capturing its High Priest Helios and instructs her followers to steal the Silver Crystal. As Prince Endymion, Mamoru is revealed to be the owner of the Golden Crystal—the sacred stone of the Golden Kingdom. Mamoru and the Soldiers combine their powers with those of the Holy Grail, enabling Usagi to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon and kill Nehelenia. Four of Nehelenia's henchmen, the Amazoness Quartet, are revealed to be Sailor Soldiers called the Sailor Quartet, who are destined to become Chibiusa's guardians in the future; they had been awakened prematurely and corrupted by Nehelenia.
In the final arc, Usagi and her friends are drawn into a battle against Shadow Galactica, a group of false Sailor Soldiers. Their leader Sailor Galaxia plans to steal the Sailor Crystals of true Soldiers to take over the galaxy and kill an evil lifeform known as Chaos. After killing Mamoru and most of the Sailor Soldiers, Sailor Galaxia steals their Sailor Crystals. Usagi travels to the Galaxy Cauldron to defeat Galaxia and revive her teammates. Joining Usagi are the Sailor Starlights who come from the planet Kinmoku, their ruler Princess Kakyuu and the infant Sailor Chibichibi who comes from the distant future. Later, Chibiusa and the Sailor Quartet join Usagi and company. After numerous battles and the death of Galaxia, Sailor Chibichibi reveals her true form as Sailor Cosmos. Usagi then destroys Chaos with the Silver Crystal. Mamoru and the Sailor Soldiers are revived and return to Earth with Usagi. The series ends with Usagi and Mamoru's wedding six years later.

Tags: psychedelic, romantic

Review:
And those are the very main characters.What I also love about Sailor Moon is how unique it is, and how it doesn't exactly follow a specific formula like a lot of other shows do.
Sailor Moon IS an AMAZING show, so before all you Sailor Moon haters who've only ever seen the dub version of Sailor Moon give this show a rating out of one (*COUGH*), I recommend that you watch it a bit of it in Japanese first, and then come back and vote.
I bought Sailor Moon S and Super S as the ones with an English audio option (Japanese also though) but when it came to it, the dub was so terrible, the voices also, that I just carried on watching in Japanese with English subtitles.
I have to recommend watching all of the episodes because the best season by far, in my opinion, is Sailor Stars (the 5th and final) so you kind of need to have seen the others.
9/10 English DiC: DiC was the first company to bring Sailor Moon over to the English speaking world mid-way through the run on Japanese TV and they dubbed the first 2 seasons of this series, "Classic" and "R".
4.5/10 English Cloverway: Cloverway was the second company after DiC to dub Sailor Moon and they dubbed two more seasons "S" and "SuperS".
So in the end, Cloverway could have dubbed Sailor Stars but they just didn't.The best Sailor Moon overall is the subbed version.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon...one of the greatest animes I have ever seen,but DiC butchered it,and I mean seriously.
because SailorMoon features things such as : scantily clad fourteen year olds, transsexuality, gender changes (in the Stars season the starlights changed into males when they came to earth then turn female again when they transform) mushy romance, violence, death of the main characters, reincarnation, etc.
for those who dont know any of the japanese names,here is what we are looking at : Haruka to Amara (Sailor Uranus) Michiru to Michelle (Sailor Neptune) Usagi to Serena (Bunny in the manga)(Sailor Moon) Setsuna to Trista (Sailor Pluto) Ami to Amy (If I remember correctly,they are said differently) (Sailor Mercury) Rei to Raye (Same as before) (Sailor Mars) Makato to Lita (Sailor Jupiter) Minako to Mina (Sailor V & Sailor Venus) Mamoru to Darien (Tuxedo Kamen/Mask) Chibi-Usa to Rini (Chibi/Mini-Moon ALSO Sailor Senshi (soldier) was changed to Sailor Scout The title,'Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon' (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon), is now just 'Sailor Moon' Note that Hotaru(Sailor Saturn)'s name stayed the same,I guess it was because she was in the anime for such a short period of time.
The dubbing was pretty bad, but it WAS entertaining, and the monster-of-the-day thing was kind of tedious, but fans remember stuff like that.Flaws aside, this was an excellent starter anime for the States.8/10.
(i think that America was better off making the two sailor scouts lesbians because its worse for kids to watch cousins holding hands, looking each other in the eyes etc.) and theirs another homo couple in the Japanese version and in the American version they given one of them a female voice to turn him to a girl.sailor moon has many great morals and use them very passionately and perfect for young girlsso over all sailor moon is indescribable and should be watched by kids and preteens and older people just so they can enjoy itthanks for reading my comment and i hope i helped you a bit(also even though sailor moon isn't on the air anymore you can watch entire series on you tube.com.
The only thing I don't like about her is her feelings about school; but you can see all along the story that she matures, and at the end (when she finally wins over Sailor Galaxia) Serena is a much stronger girl who will continue growing and who will be prepared when the moment comes and she has to take her place as Neo Queen Serena.
Like with most of these Japanese cartoons (Animes) the American version is enormously censored and a lot of times they leave a lot of obvious stuff behind which just makes you want to make fun of it.
Other times, when she is not being lame, she uses the power of love to ultimately win, just like that power of friendship bullsh*t in shonen anime.Overall, it has good music and beautiful art, but the main lead is no one to care for, really.
(And if you hate dubs or have an overly fond attachment to the original dub, you won't like what VIZ did with a dubbing.) I got into Sailor Moon after becoming a fan of Momoiro Clover Z, and I can definitely say it is one of the best anime series I have ever seen - I see why it is so popular.
One thing I don't like is that, in the English dub, there are 'Sailor Says' segments at the end, which is just the Sailor Scouts telling us the morals of the story.
Nostalgia Critic made me remember Sailor Moon.Nobody knows what he will revive NeXT of good old 1990's shows.This is a story about an ordinary Japanese schoolgirl.But when some is in need she and her friends transforms into heroines.Sailor Moon and her friends are fighting many kind of people transformed into monsters.There is also a time for a lot of romance too.Here is something for all with pretty anime girls, an unforgettable theme and Classic anime animation.I'm no major anime fan, but Sailor Moon was one of my most watched mainstream anime back then.I remember watching this on Swedish and German TV.Try to find the VHS cassettes in Germany because it was a big hit there.10/10.
Though I had grew with the English version, I had wondered about the original Japanese version, until I have looked up on the internet; In Japan there were five "Sailor Moon" series all lumped together under one title.
The original Japanese cartoon was a masterpiece (I've seen the entire thing subtitled and thought it was some of the best anime ever made).
Sailor Moon..one of the most popular animes in the world was translated and dubed into english languge by DiC.
Now I know that many people hate the dubbed version because of it's heavy editing (the deaths at the end of season 1), and the very stupid "Sailor Says".
sailor moon i don't know if its because its targeted towards the female audience or the terrible story line that only male my little pony fans,little 6 year old girls,and stupid people who don't know a thing or two about the media would understand but i just don't like sailor moon in my opinion its just a anime for pedophiles to get off to and young little girls to enjoy but as i say there is a show for everyone and sailor moon is not one of those shows for me personally i would go with something like tri gun or Dragon Ball but sailor moon is probably the only anime i have ever rated a one because i hate it with passion and will continue to.
Come on sailormoon isnt that bad.but i have to admit,even when i was like 9 years old in 1998 the beginning of the episode in english,when she wouldnt fight and she got all wimpy,sucked.It wasnt a good start of a good ending that much,but still its improved alot during the other sailormoon seasons sailormoon r,sailormoon s,sailormoon supers and even sailor stars series.That other users comments were too HARSH he/she said it beats south park,anyones it would probably be more appealing to teenage girls or girls 4-12,but i recommend it to anyone who wants to see good action and romance!..
Anybody who thinks that the English dub is great should get a hold of some fansubs (subtitled episodes) and experience the beauty that is Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon..
Since this is the only version of Sailor Moon I've seen, I guess I am biased but I like the show.
I think Sailor Moon is a good show because it's interesting and fun to watch..
The girls in the cartoon all look like their anorexic and Sailor Moon's attitude towards school is appalling.
The english sailor moon was dubbed from DIC and they changed it alotfrom the original japanese series.
I really like Sailor Moon it's my favorite anime but I prefer the japanese version.
The japanese version is for a more older audience but I recommend the english version to younger people you'll like it I got to admit the english version is funny and starting at season 3 the editing is alot better they keep the original story basically..
Secondly, the original music is not very mood-oriented and takes away much of the intensity that DIC brought to its versions of the Sailor Moon episodes.
But like others say it's better than nothing.I mostly watched Sailor moon on Cartoon Network.
This Anime is great,both American and Japanese.But people,don't get mad and say that DiC destoyed Sailor Moon!!!!!Yes,it is worse,but it isn't that bad!!!!!Its worse because DiC doesn't want the kids to see nudity and hear curse words n' all!!!!Watch the American Version and be happy with what you got!!!!!I have seen E V E R Y episode in both American and Japanese!!!(Yes,I have seen SailorStars)and They are both great!!!!!!!.
Anyone who has ever watched the original Japanese versions of cartoons will spend a very long time telling you how the Amercians have senselessly butchered them when they dubbed them for Western audiences, but the fact of the matter is, what you don't know won't hurt you.
So Sailor Moon was rewritten, I have seen every episode of the DiC redo and they are good in their own right.
The dubbed version of Sailor Moon wasn't as bad as some purists like to think.
(A lot like they do in Ranma dubs.)So, even though censorship did happen, and believe me it's not the only show that has been through it, Sailor Moon NA is still undoubtedly fun..
For that matter, I have an aunt in her forties and she adores Sailor Moon.I hate it when people say that the English dubbed version is rubbish, because that's the version I watched it in and I prefer it to the Japanese version any day.
But that's another day and another rant.Now I'm back to watching it - mainly to watch the series that I missed out on as a lame American child (But the rest of the world seemed to get it) - Sailor Stars.So now for the review.English DiC DUB - The dub work, while not true to the Japanese version, is still surprisingly decent.
it was one of my favorite shows as a kid and once I grew older I kind of forgotten about it but then out of nowhere I remember the song My Only Love which is the song that was played when we find out that Serena is the princess of the moon kingdom which then my friend had that episode and I remember being a kid again and remembering all the good times with this show and now I am planning to see the Japanese version as well which I never knew there was till I did research of the show and the things that I found interesting about the Japanese version is: -Sailor Neptune and Uranus are lovers instead of cousins which I kind of had a feeling that they were and I guess I was right -Zoicite and Malachite were homosexuals and in love -Zoicite was a man which shocked me like crazy you wouldn't understand -The music and the extra scenes that wouldn't show in the American version because of the children (for example: how Darian chokes Serena when Darian was in Queen Beryl's control -Extra episodes such as if the parents would keep Luna in the home and so much more I have finished the first season of the Japanese version and it wasn't bad at all but I like the American version abit better and its not just cause American version they spoke in English or anything like that its just when I watched it I just couldn't get into it like I got with the American version I ain't saying that the Japanese version is bad they are both good and I am still gonna watch season 2 of Sailor Moon in Japanese to see more I hope they put back Sailor Moon on TV so I can see season 5 in the American version to see what that would be like and what else I liked about Sailor Moon was the relationship with Serena And Darien from the beginning the fight,pain,love,trust,lost,gain that I always wanted a relationship like that which is so beautiful Serena + Darien=(K)(L) Sailor Moon!!!!
Guess which one I think?), S was the darkest, Super S was the funniest & the cutest (I can't believe so many people hate it), and Stars wrapped up everything neatly and with a bang.One last thing, Sailor Moon has the best in-show music I have ever heard (the Japanese music, .
I admit even though I'm beyond the target audience they had in mine, I love watching it and will continue to watch it.Keywords to remember Moonie: Sailor Moon Fan Purist: Someone who wishes that, in the dub, they had not changed anything about the show Puritans: Those who have a problem with anything vaguely offensive P.S. To all those puritans, who complained about the characters unrealistic figures, we have a better sense of reality than you think..
Original Japanese version 9/10As Said previously I never watched to much of this anime when it got aired on TV in English.
The music in this version is great, The voice acting is believable, the writing is very good, The characters are funny, interesting and well developed with there own personality's, The Japanese version also has no cuts in episodes and has all of them from Season 1-5.
If you haven't watched sailor moon Watch this version since you will get everything in it and it does everything better then the Dub from the comedy to the drama and romance.
English Dub DIC Seasons 1/2 3/10This is a very bad dub and it isn't what sailor moon is about at all.
Not to mention they kept changing the main character Usagi's (Serena in the dub) voice a few times throughout both seasons.
English Dub Clooverway Seasons 3/4 5/10While in certain ways I do think this Dub was better then Dic's dub due it having no cuts in episodes, Keeping the same soundtrack as the Japanese version and having the same storyline.
This version isn't worth your time either but it is better then Dic's dubs tho.This is an anime Classic that everyone should watch and it holds a special place in my heart because it's got me interested in anime.
I really liked the first season of Sailor Moon.
Sailor Venus is a glam girl.There are 40 episodes of Season 1 and there's enough substance to the characters and the villains (Queen Serenity) that it keeps the show engaging without getting too repetitive or boring.For an example, Sailor Mars poking fun at Serena AKA Sailor Moon for eating too much and calling her "meatball head" is pretty cheesy but, cute and funny to watch.However at the start of Season 2, everything changed.
The voice acting was different (it got worse) and the dubbing got worse with lazy, poorly written plots and while other characters like Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus were introduced here, they weren't as fleshed out as they could of been and the whole show just got boring, here on out for me.I don't even know what had happened in the show soon after Season 2 but, whatever.A decent show (girls will love it) but, it isn't for everyone..
10/10DiC English Dub- Sailor Moon fans generally hate this version.
Though that's because the DiC cues were only for Classic and R.Overall: Even if the Dub and Japanese have their flaws, Sailor Moon is still an awesome anime worth watching.
Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun (or as known in the States as Simply Sailor Moon) is the story of a normal girl, Tsukino Usagi/Serena (who loves food and hates school--wow, that's so horrible!
Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun (or as known in the States as Simply Sailor Moon) is the story of a normal girl, Tsukino Usagi/Serena (who loves food and hates school--wow, that's so horrible!
The show originally ran from 1992-1994 (They showed the first season in the US in 1992 and ran through what we know as the Doom Tree saga, where DiC dropped the show).In a nutshell, we follow the lives of what starts off as 5, then turns into 9, girls as they grow and mature...and at the same time balance High School entrance exams with fighting off the evil forces that try to take over the Earth--and the rest of the universe for that matter.
The show originally ran from 1992-1994 (They showed the first season in the US in 1992 and ran through what we know as the Doom Tree saga, where DiC dropped the show).In a nutshell, we follow the lives of what starts off as 5, then turns into 9, girls as they grow and mature...and at the same time balance High School entrance exams with fighting off the evil forces that try to take over the Earth--and the rest of the universe for that matter.
i cant say i have ever seen the original Japanese version of sailor moon but I'm not against gay people or cartoon violence or anything and from what I've heard i think i would like it..
and most people first heard of sailor moon from the dubbed version then found out about the Japanese version.
so if the dubbed version was never played many people would have never even heard of sailor moon - What a tragedy!