Moonlight Legend

Moonlight Legend is the original opening theme of the Sailor Moon Anime series. It was used in the first four seasons of the anime, before being replaced by the "Sailor Star Song". Upon release it was one of the series' most popular songs, and is about Usagi and Mamoru's love for each other.

## Information

"Moonlight Legend" was first performed by DALI as the opening theme for the first two series in the anime, and then by Moon Lips for the third and fourth. The song was then replaced by the "Sailor Star Song" for the fifth season's opening, but "Moonlight Legend" returned as the ending for the 200th episode.

"Moonlight Legend" has been covered and remixed many times by artists such as the punk supergroup Osaka Popstar, and other Japanese singers like Kitade Nana and Tsuji Nozomi, along with popular voice actors like Megumi Ogata, the voice actress of Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus. It is believed that the song's melody was inspired by "さよならはダンスの後に" (Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni), a cha-cha ballad sung by Chieko Baisho in 1965. It has also been noted that the song's melody sounds similar to "想い出の九十九里浜" (Omoide-no Kujuukuri-hama,, the first single from J-Pop group Mi-Ke. The single was released in 1991, one year before "Moonlight Legend" was released.

The song has been translated or has been matched with the theme and sung into many other languages, with several of them being used for other language dubs of the anime, such as the theme song of the Filipino dub where it was sung by veteran singer and actress, Angelika Dela Cruz. The 90's English dub's intro, however, uses the same melody with different lyrics.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* Japanese (TV Version)
* Romaji (TV Version)
* English translation
* English translation (TV Version)

ゴメンね　素直じゃなくて

夢の中なら云える

思考回路はショート寸前

今すぐ　会いたいよ

泣きたくなるよなmoonlight

電話も出来ないmidnight

だって純情　どうしよう

ハートは万華鏡

月の光に　導かれ

何度も　巡り会う

星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方

同じ地球に生まれたの　ミラクル・ロマンス

も一度　ふたりでweekend

神様　かなえてhappy-end

現在・過去・未来も

あなたに首ったけ

出会った時の　なつかしい

まなざし　忘れない

幾千万の星から　あなたを見つけられる

偶然もチャンスに換える　生き方が好きよ

不思議な奇跡クロスして

何度も　巡り会う

星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方

同じ地球に生まれたの　ミラクル・ロマンス

信じているの　ミラクル・ロマンス

Gomen ne sunao janakute

Yume no naka nara ieru

Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen

Ima sugu aitai yo

Nakitaku naru you na moonlight

Denwa mo dekinai midnight

Datte junjou doushiyou

Heart wa mangekyou

Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare

Nando mo meguriau

Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue

Onaji kuni ni umareta no miracle romance

Moichido futari de weekend

Kamisama kanaete happy-end

Genzai kako mirai mo

Anata ni kubittake

Deatta toki no natsukashii

Manazashi wasurenai

Ikusenman no hoshi kara anata wo mitsukerareru

Guuzen mo chance ni kaeru ikikata ga suki yo

Fushigi na kiseki kurosu shite

Nando mo meguri au

Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue

Onaji kuni ni umareta no miracle romance

Shinjite iru no miracle romance

ゴメンね　素直じゃなくて

夢の中なら云える

思考回路はショート寸前

今すぐ　会いたいよ

泣きたくなるよなmoonlight

電話も出来ないmidnight

だって純情　どうしよう

ハートは万華鏡

月の光に　導かれ

何度も　巡り会

星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方

同じ地球に生まれたの

ミラクル・ロマンス

信じているの

ミラクル・ロマンス

Gomen ne sunao janakute

Yume no naka nara ieru

Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen

Ima sugu aitai yo

Nakitaku naru you na moonlight

Denwa mo dekinai midnight

Datte junjou doushiyou

Heart wa mangekyou

Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare

Nando mo meguriau

Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue

Onaji kuni ni umareta no

Miracle romance

Shinjite iru no

Miracle romance

I'm sorry I am not honest!

I can say it if while dreaming

My train of thought is on the verge of shorting

I want to see you right now

It makes me want to cry, the moonlight

I can't even make a call, it's midnight

But it's innocent, what should I do?

My heart is a kaleidoscope

Guided by the light of the moon,

We'll meet by chance again and again

Counting the twinkling of constellations, divining the course of love

Born on the same Earth, a miracle romance

Once more, both of us on a weekend

God, grant us a happy-end

Present, past, and future,

I am madly in love with you

I can't forget the nostalgic look in your eyes

At the time we met by chance

From tens of millions of stars, I am able to find you

Changing coincidences into chances, I like the way we live

As mysterious miracles cross,

We'll meet by chance again and again

Counting the twinkling of constellations, divining the course of love

Born on the same Earth, a miracle romance

I'm believing in it, a miracle romance

I'm sorry I am not honest!

I can say it if while dreaming

My train of thought is on the verge of shorting

I want to see you right now

It makes me want to cry, the moonlight

I can't even make a call, it's midnight

But it's innocent, what should I do?

My heart is a kaleidoscope

Guided by the light of the moon,

We'll meet by chance again and again

Counting the twinkling of constellations, divining the course of love

Born on the same Earth, a miracle romance