Sailor Moon

**Sailor Moon (セーラームーン,** *Seeraa Muun)* is a magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation, the manga was written by Naoko Takeuchi and it was published from 1991 to 1997 in *Nakayoshi*. It was first aired from March 7, 1992, to February 8, 1997.

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## Seasons

**Sailor Moon Classic** - The first season of the *Sailor Moon* anime series was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato. It was broadcast from March 7, 1992 to February 27, 1993 on TV Asahi. This season adapts the first arc of the *Sailor Moon* manga series by Naoko Takeuchi, the "Dark Kingdom" arc.

It follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her friends. After the magical cat Luna reveals Usagi's true identity as the titular character, Usagi fights to protect the Earth from the Dark Kingdom, who previously destroyed the ancient Moon Kingdom.

In the 1993 favorite episode listings for *Animage*, "Loved and Chased! Luna's Worst Day Ever" came in first place, with "Naru's Cry! Nephrite Dies for Love" coming in third place, "The Sparkling Silver Crystal! The Moon Princess Appears" coming in sixth place, "Memories Return! Usagi and Mamoru's Past" coming in ninth place and "Love for Ami?! A Boy Who Can Predict the Future" coming in eleventh place. The following year, the two-part series finale "The Sailor Warriors Die! The Tragic Final Battle" and "Usagi's Everlasting Wish! A New Reincarnation" took first and second place respectively. Eight DVD compilations were released in Japan between May 21 and July 21, 2002, and the series was later released in a remastered edition in two box-sets from December 11, 2009 to January 21, 2010.

**Sailor Moon R** - The second season of the *Sailor Moon* anime series, titled ***Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R*** (美少女戦士セーラームーンR, *Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Āru*), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and Kunihiko Ikuhara. According to the booklet from the *Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box*, the letter "R" stands for the word "Romance", "Return" or "Rose".

Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Sailor Guardians. The first 13 episodes consist of the "Makai Tree" arc, while the following 29 episodes consist of the "Black Moon Clan" arc which adapts the fourth through seventh volumes of the *Sailor Moon* manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. After defeating the Dark Kingdom, the Sailor Guardians are living normal lives, but their memories and powers are then restored after the arrival of the Hell Tree aliens, who are harvesting energy from people and challenge the Sailor Guardians. Afterwards, the Black Moon Clan have travelled from the future to the present and start planning an operation to steal energy at the Star Points of the future Crystal Tokyo, forcing the Sailor Guardians to confront them with her daughter from the future, Chibiusa.

**Sailor Moon S** - The third season of the *Sailor Moon* anime series, titled ***Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S*** (美少女戦士セーラームーン , *Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sūpā*), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 19, 1994, and ended on February 25, 1995. It adapts the "Infinity" arc of the *Sailor Moon* manga series by Naoko Takeuchi, and follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Sailor Guardians. In this season, they must fight against the Death Busters, who are planning to take over Earth. In 2000, Cloverway Inc. licensed the season for an English-language broadcast in North America. Optimum Productions dubbed the season, continuing over from the first two seasons that were licensed by DIC Entertainment. The series aired on YTV in Canada, who adjusted the episode numbers to match those of the original Japanese version, from June 12, 2000 to August 1, 2000. The season later aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States. Edited and unedited VHS tapes and uncut bilingual DVDs of their adaptation were released by Pioneer Entertainment. In contrast to DIC's handling of the first two seasons, Cloverway retained the background music and sound effects from the original Japanese version. Eventually, the season was re-licensed by Viz Media in 2014 for an updated English-language release, produced by Studiopolis. The first 18 episodes of the season were released as Part 1 on November 15, 2016, and the remaining 18 episodes were released as Part 2 on June 20, 2017. While *Sailor Moon S* began very similarly to the first two seasons, it eventually took a darker, more emotional turn.

One of the controversies surrounding *Sailor Moon S* is in the romantic-lesbian relationship of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who are subtly depicted as romantic lovers, although this is never mentioned directly. Takeuchi has openly admitted they are a romantic couple, and their voice actresses were instructed to play the characters "as if they are a married romantic couple." However, because of differing cultural standards, most countries outside Japan, excluding Greece, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Mexico, have censored the relationship. Alternatively, in the Cloverway/Optimum English version, this subtext was made more taboo by way of portraying Neptune and Uranus as biological cousins who were involved in a romantic relationship with each other. The Viz/Studiopolis English version preserves the subtext of the original material.

**Sailor Moon SuperS** - The fourth season of the *Sailor Moon* anime series, titled ***Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS*** (美少女戦士セーラームーン , *Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sūpāzu*) was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It adapts the "Dream" arc of the *Sailor Moon* manga series by Naoko Takeuchi and follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Super Sailor Guardians. The series is divided into two story arcs: the first arc for 22 episodes depicts a mighty deity known as Pegasus, entering Chibiusa's dreams to flee from the Amazon Trio, minions of the Dead Moon Circus, who are trying to steal the legendary Golden Crystal from him. The second arc for 17 episodes depicts the arrival of the Amazoness Quartet, a group of enemies who dream of remaining young forever, as well as Queen Nehelenia, the depraved ruler of the Dead Moon Circus.

The season began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 4, 1995, and ended on March 2, 1996. It was licensed by Cloverway Inc. and produced by Optimum Productions for an English-language broadcast in North America in 2000–02. The series was broadcast on YTV in Canada and on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States. It was the last season to be licensed by Cloverway and the last to be dubbed by Optimum. Edited VHSs and unedited DVDs of their adaptation were released by Pioneer Entertainment. Eventually, the season was re-licensed by Viz Media in 2014 for an updated English-language release, produced by Studiopolis. The first 18 episodes of the season were released as Part 1 on Blu-ray and DVD on April 24, 2018, and the other 19 episodes were released as "Part 2" on November 13, 2018.

**Sailor Moon Sailor Stars** - The fifth and final season of the *Sailor Moon* anime series, titled ***Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Sailor Stars*** (美少女戦士セーラームーン セーラースターズ, *Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sērā Sutāzu*), was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the *Sailor Moon* series, it follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Sailor Guardians. The series is divided into two story arcs. The first 6 episodes consist of a self-contained arc in which the Sailor Guardians encounter Queen Nehelenia again. The remaining 28 episodes adapt material from the "Stars" act of the *Sailor Moon* manga series by Naoko Takeuchi, in which the Sailor Guardians meet up with the Sailor Starlights, led by Princess Kakyuu. They discover that Sailor Galaxia, the leader of the "Shadow Galactica" organization and a corrupted Sailor Guardian, plans to increase her powers and rule the Milky Way.

The season began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 9, 1996 and ended on February 8, 1997 for 34 episodes. It was later released on DVD in six compilations with five episodes, by Toei, from September 26 to November 21, 2005. In May 2014, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series from the start for an uncut release, and also that they plan to release the fifth season on Blu-ray and DVD. On December 14, 2015, Viz Media streamed the first episode of *Sailor Moon Sailor Stars*, along with the series finale of *Sailor Moon SuperS*, on Hulu in the United States, followed by a streaming release of the entire show on Tubi TV in Canada on July 15, 2016. The first 17 episodes of *Sailor Stars* were released on Blu-ray and DVD in a dual-language format on June 18, 2019. The rest were released on November 12, 2019.

**Sailor Moon Pure Dream** - The sixth season and new season of the Sailor Moon Series. In this season, 3 new sailor scouts appear known as sisters, because their last name starts with letter A.....

## Characters

**Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon** - Mitsuishi Kotono

**Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury** - Hisakawa Aya

**Rei Hino/Sailor Mars** - Michie Tomizawa

**Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter** - Shinohara Emi

**Minako Aino/Sailor Venus** - Fukami Rika

**Mana Asaiko/Sailor Magical** - ???

**Rio Akisawa/Sailor Papaya** - ???

**Clara Asiauno/Sailor Cyclone** - ???