Sailor Moon FAQ (part 4/4)
Ken Arromdee
Q: Why does nobody ever recognize Serena or the others in costume?
There's no real explanation. You can guess that they're magically
immune to being recognized, but we never get _told_ that. In Japanese episode
5, and in the dub episode 15, she hides from her brother when in costume, ap-
parently because she's afraid she'd be recognized, so if there _is_ magic in-
volved, she didn't know it. Dub episode 31 says that they can't be recog-
nized in their normal identities, though I'm not sure if this line was in the
original version.
[This might not be a problem in the manga. Can someone who read the manga
please tell me if Usagi ever appears in costume in front of people she knows?]
Q: Why do the villains all attack places in walking distance, at best, of
where the Sailor Scouts are? They can't teleport like the Power Rangers (they
do have a Sailor Teleport group power, but they don't teleport routinely), so
if the villains attacked Paris or New York, the heroines would be helpless to
stop them. For that matter, why don't they ever attack when the Sailor Scouts
are in class?
Boy, you're smart.
Q: Why does nobody attack the Scouts while they're transforming or charging
their attacks?
Usually, the transformations don't really take any time and are there just
for the viewers' sake. (Like near the end of the first series where Serena
and Darian are attacked, and Serena completely transforms while the attack is
still in the air.)
There is an episode, however, where Jupiter does her usual motions to
attack and gets tied up in mid-gesture....
Q: There are nine planets, so why don't we see a Sailor Scout for each one?
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tvany, fb lbh jba'g frr gurz hagvy gur frnfba fgnegvat Snyy 1996. Gurl'er abg
cneg bs gur grnz, ubjrire.
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naq uvf anzr va Wncnarfr hfrf gur xnawv sbe "Rnegu", fb ur boivbhfyl ercerfragf
Rnegu (orfvqrf, gur zbba eribyirf nebhaq gur Rnegu :-)) naq lbh'yy arire frr
n Fnvybe Fpbhg sbe gur cynarg Rnegu.
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Znef qbrf unir crg eniraf anzrq Cubobf naq Qrvzbf (juvpu ner gur zbbaf bs
Znef), naq yngre ivyynvaf pbzr sebz Arzrfvf (juvpu vf n qnex fgne gurbevmrq
nf erfcbafvoyr sbe pbzrgf yvxr gur bar gung xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef). Gur
yngre ivyynvaf va Fnvybe Zbba FF ner anzrq nsgre gur sbhe ynetrfg nfgrebvqf.
Q: Who is Sailor V? Does she really exist?
Sailor V is really Sailor Venus, the fifth member of the team.
In real life, the Sailor V comics were published first, before Sailor Moon.
After the Sailor Moon comic started, Sailor V was included in it as Sailor
Venus.
Unfortunately, DIC messed up the dub. The first Sailor Venus episodes
had Sailor Venus appear, everyone being told she's Sailor V, with Serena happy
because Serena is a big Sailor V fan. The dub of those particular episodes
took out all reference to Sailor V except in the title.
Q: Who is Luna talking to on the computer in the early episodes?
It's Artemis, Sailor Venus's cat. Luna is rather annoyed when she finds
out.
The dub, of course, can't even get this right. In dubbed episode 39,
Luna and Artemis inexplicably refer to a real Central Control. I would guess
the episode was dubbed by someone who didn't see the episode where Central
Control is found to be Artemis. Anyway, ignore it. Central Control doesn't
exist.
Q: Who is the Moonlight Knight?
Tuxedo Mask was split into two when revived after the battle with the Dark
Kingdom. The Moonlight Knight held his love for Serena, so his regular self
didn't remember anything of her for a while.
Q: Who is Rini (Chibi-Usa)?
Fur vf gur qnhtugre bs Freran naq Qnevna, gvzr-geniryyrq sebz gur shgher.
Q: Who is Rini talking to back in the future, through her Luna ball?
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bppheerapr bs guvf ol hfvat Yhan'f ibvpr naq cergraqvat Eravr vf gnyxvat gb
gur _onyy_ vafgrnq bs hfvat vg nf n pbzzhavpngbe gb gnyx gb nabgure crefba.
Q: Why does Serena stop using some of her magic items later on? Why does
everyone else stop using some of their attacks?
She loses the first moon stick at the end of the first storyline and
never gets it back, though she does recover and use the silver crystal (which
moves to her brooch).
There is no explanation of why she stops using the disguise pen.
The explanation of why she can't use her moon tiara is that she has to
really want to be Sailor Moon to use it. This immediately makes you wonder if
she uses it again when her mood improves. In (Japanese) episode 98 and 100,
she _does_ use it again, although the attack is stock footage, cut so that you
can't see that she wore a different brooch when the stock footage was drawn.
The Sailor Scouts get new attacks in episodes 41-53. The new attacks
don't appear even once after 53 (as far as I know) except for Sailor Moon's,
with no explanation why not. The real explanation is that these episodes were
something of a fill-in (the original comic is monthly, and the series is
weekly, and they had to do something to stretch it out).
Q: Is Nephrite really dead?
YES. No, he doesn't come back in any way, shape, or form. This is not
Marvel comics.
Q: Why does Sailor Jupiter wear a different school uniform?
From a Japanese book "Secrets to Sailor Moon": because there isn't one of
the school's uniforms in her size.
Q: What city does the series take place in?
Tokyo, even in the dub. "Kitty Chaos" mentioned the name, and the episodes
derived from the second part of Sailor Moon R refer to Crystal Tokyo. That
tower is the Tokyo Tower.
Q: Are Alan and Ann really brother and sister? Wouldn't that make their
relationship incest?
They're really children of the tree, from which their race came. In a
sense, this does mean they really are brother and sister (and they admit the
tree is their mother), but in another sense, they're no more brother and sister
than Adam and Eve were. Take your pick.
9) Questions about the series itself
Q: What about this "live action version" I've heard of?
The half live action version was a really horrible idea that indeed was
one possible plan for a North American Sailor Moon. All they made was a brief
promo (lucky for us). The promo was first shown to the public at Anime Expo
in summer 1995. The animated part was _American_ animation. No, I don't know
how to get a copy.
A special showing of several episodes around Thanksgiving had the
episodes introduced by a live action Sailor Moon, no relation.
Q: Why does everyone look American if this is a translated Japanese show?
It's the style used in Japanese animation. The large eyes date back to
artists partly inspired by Disney. The hair is not 'really' colored the way
you see it; normally, the hair color of Japanese characters in anime is always
brown/black no matter what you see on the screen, and is shown as something
else only to visually distinguish between the characters.
Q: Why do the heroines get their power from jewelry and makeup, if they are
supposed to be fighting sexism?
Dave Barry had a field day with this question. The truth is that they
aren't fighting sexism (except in the sense of having heroic female charac-
ters). The anti-sexism idea seems to come from an early press release; it
described a scene (in dub episode 10) where the Sailor Scouts dodge airplanes
sent after them by Jadeite and make comments about how women aren't fools, not
to belittle women, etc. The speech was there, but someone took it more seri-
ously than it should be. As a final irony, when the episode appeared in the
dub, the lines were removed.
Q: Are there male monsters-of-the-episode?
The monsters of the episode are mostly female, but there is a point where
Zoisite is turning ordinary people (reincarnated youma) into monsters, which
includes several males (a priest, Raye's grandfather, and Amy's boyfriend).
Still, it's usually pretty rare. Also, in episode 18 the monster is formless
but has Nephrite's voice, and might be considered male, and in episode 35
two skaters, one male, are changed into monsters.
For those who are interested, the original names of the monsters of the
episode are as follows:
Episodes 1-46 (versus the Dark Kingdom): youma
Episodes 47-59 (versus Earl and Ann): cardian (this name was still used in
the dub).
Episodes 60-88 (versus the Black Moon): droid (also used in the dub).
Episodes 90-125 (versus Master Pharaoh 90, Mistress 9, Professor Tomoe,
and the Death Busters): daimon
Episodes 128-present: lemures
Q: Aren't those dolls horrible-looking?
The Japanese dolls are also horrible-looking.
Really, I think the fans who are upset over this are being a bit
ridiculous. (Hey, I write this FAQ, I get to put personal opinions in.)
Q: American voice actresses (I'm not going to bother trying to phrase this as a
question):
Serena/Sailor Moon: Tracey Moore (eps. 1-11, 15, 21, 41)
Terri Hawkes (all others)
Ami/Sailor Mercury: Karen Bernstein
Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin
Lita/Sailor Jupiter: Susan Roman
Darien/Tuxedo Mask: ?, Toby Proctor
Mina/Sailor Venus: Stephanie Morganstern
Molly: Mary Long
Melvin: Roland Parliament
Rini: Traci Hoyt
Luna: Jill Frappier
Q: When does the series continue?
The chronologically last dub episode is in the middle of the Dark Moon
(Don't be confused by the fact that the episodes were aired out of order,
which caused the end of the Alan/Ann story to be the last new episode shown.
In any case, in the reruns, the episodes will be shown in order.)
The next episodes will not appear until Fall 1996, which means several
cycles of reruns first, all stopping at the same place in the story.
There are reports that no new episodes are being dubbed. It's not clear
whether this means the series has stopped being dubbed (since they might just
not have started).
10) Movies, comics, video games
There are two Sailor Moon movies released in Japan. There have been no
announcements of North American release for these. Yet. Several Sailor V
stories will be released directly to video in Japan.
There is no American comic. Yet. The Japanese comic (manga) is very dif-
ferent from American comics. It is published in a monthly collection, on
newsprint, at one chapter per week, mostly in black and white (which is typi-
cal for a Japanese comic), and the chapters get collected into volumes (tan-
koubon) about the size and cost of a paperback book (all B&W) whenever there
are enough. There is also a Japanese Sailor V manga. These are all, of
course, in Japanese (a fan translation exists of the first Sailor Moon
chapter); you can get them at Japanese bookstores. There is a French transla-
tion of the manga, supposedly fairly good; it is done by Glenat publishers.
Note: in the manga, Sailor Uranus has white hair and Sailor Pluto has somewhat
dark skin. (The other colors are basically the same as the anime.)
There are many Japanese video games for just about every system. The
The games exist in the arcade and for the PC Engine Duo (TG-16), Super Famicom
(SNES), Gameboy, Mega Drive (Genesis), Game Gear, 3DO, and Playdia (a Japan-
only, dead, system). There aren't any games for the Playstation or Saturn.
The Duo, Gameboy, Game Gear, and 3DO ones are compatible with American systems.
The Super Famicom and Mega Drive ones are compatible if you remove the plastic
that keeps the games from fitting in your machine (though I'm not sure about
the second Mega Drive one).
In North America, six dolls are out: Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter,
and Venus, and Queen Beryl. The dolls have the wrong boots. According to a
Bandai representative in the July 22 1995 Washington Post, "We discovered that
some Americans thought the outfits were too sexy for little girls. The short
skirt and high heels--that means a prostitute in the US, is that right? So we
shifted to boots." Nevertheless some toys have the original heels; either
it's leftover stock from Japan, or else someone wised up, or else the excuse
was just an excuse (though then I have no idea why they made the changes in
the first place.)
The Rini (Chibi-Usa) doll has blonde hair instead of the proper pink.
The locket is from Sailor Moon R but uses the tune from the first Sailor
Moon series.
11) Episode availability
Japanese versions of the whole series have been released on videotape and
on laserdisc, about a year behind the television episodes. The laserdiscs
include brief bonuses (such as interviews). Japan uses NTSC like North
America does, and the tapes and discs will work on North American machines.
The episodes, of course, are in untranslated Japanese.
Japanese animation fans have had subtitled versions of the original
Japanese versions since _long_ before the American version, avoiding the cuts
and the changes. You'll have to ask around to get these, since it's techni-
cally illegal to copy even shows that are broadcast for free. (Besides, I
don't know where to get them myself. If you have some, please tell me....)
Sailor V animation is being released direct to video in Japan. No news
yet on North American versions.
Another source of episodes may be Chinatown, if you have a Chinatown and
can speak whatever dialect the episodes are dubbed in. (Or if you can read
Chinese and find a Chinese-subbed one.)
Buena Vista Home Video has released episodes in North America on tape.
Volume 1 includes episodes 1 and 2. Volume 2 includes episodes 5 and 7.
Volume 3 includes episodes 9 and 14. They are $10 each. So far, it seems to
be exclusive to Toys 'R Us.
The American soundtrack will be released by DIC on 2/20/96.
12) Character Personal Information
The Japanese information below is mostly "official", written by Takeuchi
Naoko, and is directly translated from manga #10. The exception is the gem-
stones, which come from the Super Famicom roleplaying game. The game does
list some of the other stuff, and is mostly consistent with the manga informa-
tion on it. I have no idea if these gemstones have anything to do with the
gemstones associated with the astrological signs.
Note: Blood type is in Japan considered to go with certain personality
types just like astrological signs. This is only for O/A/B/AB, not + and -.
The North American version is from the back of the doll boxes. It fits
the original in some parts, and changes it in others (mostly when it's a
cultural reference like Japanese food, or when it's something not in the
original at all).
Japanese version:
Sailor Moon:
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Name: Tsukino Usagi
Birthday: June 30
Astrological sign: Cancer
Blood type: O
Favorite color: white
Hobby: eating cake
Favorite food: ice cream
Least favorite food: carrots [note: Bwahahahaha]
Favorite subject: Home Economics
Worst subject: math, English
Has trouble with: dentists, ghosts
Strong point: brownnosing, crying
Dream: to be a bride
Favorite gemstone: diamond
Sailor Chibi-Moon:
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Name: Chibi-Usa
Birthday: June 30
Astrological sign: Cancer
Blood type: O
Favorite color: red and pink
Hobby: collecting Usagi goods (can also be translated as rabbit goods)
Favorite food: pudding
Least favorite food: carrots
Favorite subject: drawing
Worst subject: languages
Has trouble with: taking care of the house [note: this must be _hard_ in a
large crystal palace]
Strong point: getting people to give her things
Dream: becoming a lady
Favorite gemstone: diamond
Sailor Mercury:
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Name: Mizuno Ami
Birthday: September 10
Astrological sign: Virgo
Blood type: A
Favorite color: aquamarine
Hobby: reading, chess
Favorite food: sandwiches
Least favorite food: yellow-tail tuna (hamachi)
Favorite subject: mathematics
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: love letters
Strong point: calculating
Dream: to be a doctor
Favorite gemstone: sapphire
Sailor Mars:
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Name: Hino Rei
Birthday: April 17
Astrological sign: Aries
Blood type: AB
Favorite color: red and black
Hobby: fortunetelling (also reading in the SFC RPG)
Favorite food: fugu
Least favorite food: canned asparagus
Favorite subject: ancient writing
Worst subject: modern society
Has trouble with: television
Strong point: meditation
Dream: to be a head Shinto priestess
Favorite gemstone: ruby
Sailor Jupiter:
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Name: Kino Makoto
Birthday: December 5
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Blood type: O
Favorite color: pink
Hobby: bargain-hunting
Favorite food: cherry pie
Least favorite food: none
Favorite subject: Home Economics
Worst subject: physics
Has trouble with: airplanes
Strong point: cooking (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG)
Dream: being a bride, selling cake, selling flowers
Favorite gemstone: emerald
Sailor Venus:
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Name: Aino Minako
Birthday: October 22
Astrological sign: Libra
Blood type: B
Favorite color: yellow and red
Hobby: chasing after idols
Favorite food: curry
Least favorite food: shiitake mushrooms
Favorite subject: Phys. Ed
Worst subject: math, English
Has trouble with: mama and the police
Strong point: playing (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG)
Dream: being an idol singer
Favorite gemstone: topaz
Sailor Uranus:
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Name: Ten'ou Haruka
Birthday: January 27
Astrological sign: Aquarius
Blood type: B
Favorite color: gold
Hobby: driving
Favorite food: salads
Least favorite food: natto (a fermented soybean Japanese dish that even a lot
of Japanese will refuse to eat)
Favorite subject: Phys. Ed.
Worst subject: modern Japanese
Has trouble with: confessing
Strong point: racing
Dream: to be a racer
Favorite gemstone: amber
Sailor Neptune:
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Name: Kaiou Michiru
Birthday: March 6
Astrological sign: Pisces
Blood type: O
Favorite color: marine blue
Hobby: collecting cosmetics
Favorite food: sashimi
Least favorite food: kikurage (a kind of mushroom)
Favorite subject: Music
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: sea cucumbers
Strong point: violins
Dream: to be a violinist
Favorite gemstone: aquamarine
Sailor Pluto:
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(Note: in the Japanese comic, Sailor Pluto is teenage, but in the animation
she is not, so much of this isn't true for the animation.)
Name: Meiou Setsuna
Birthday: October 29
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Blood type: A
Favorite color: dark red
Hobby: shopping
Favorite food: tea (o-cha)
Least favorite food: eggplant
Favorite subject: Physics
Worst subject: Music
Has trouble with: cockroaches
Strong point: sewing
Dream: to be a designer
Favorite gemstone: garnet
Sailor Saturn:
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Name: Tomoe Hotaru
Birthday: January 6
Astrological sign: Capricorn
Blood type: AB
Favorite color: purple
Hobby: reading, collecting lamps
Favorite food: nihon soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)
Least favorite food: milk
Favorite subject: World History
Worst subject: Phys Ed.
Has trouble with: marathons
Strong point: injury treatment
Dream: to be a doctor
Favorite gemstone: fluorite
North American Version:
Sailor Moon:
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Name: Serena
Age: 14
Birthday: June 30
Likes: eating, video games
Dislikes: surprise tests in school
Hobbies: shopping
Special strengths: Loyal Friend
Favorite food: peanut butter and jelly, ice cream
Favorite color: pink
Favorite animal: bunny rabbit
Favorite subject: music
Sailor Mercury:
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Name: Amy
Age: 14
Birthday: September 10
Likes: books, chess
Dislikes: practical jokes
Hobbies: computers
Special strengths: smart, strategist
Favorite food: sandwiches
Favorite color: blue
Favorite animal: cat
Favorite subject: math
Sailor Mars:
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Name: Raye
Age: 14
Birthday: April 17
Likes: meditation
Dislikes: TV
Hobbies: reading
Special strengths: Dedication to Causes
Favorite food: vegetarian pizza
Favorite color: red
Favorite animal: panda
Favorite subject: classical literature
Sailor Jupiter:
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Name: Lita
Age: 14
Birthday: December 5
Likes: romance novels
Dislikes: cheaters
Hobbies: cooking
Special strengths: strong, athletic
Favorite food: cherry pie, meatloaf
Favorite color: green
Favorite animal: horse
Favorite subject: history
Sailor Venus:
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Name: Mina
Age: 14
Birthday: October 22
Likes: sports & dance
Dislikes: show-offs
Hobbies: playing games
Special strengths: leadership
Favorite food: any pasta
Favorite color: orange
Favorite animal: birds
Favorite subject: gymnastics
Queen Beryl:
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Name: Queen Beryl
Age: Twenty-something
Birthday: November 1
Likes: Anarchy, Bedlam & Chaos
Dislikes: Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts
Hobbies: snooping, spying & sabotage
Special strengths: ability to control henchmen
Favorite food: liver
Favorite color: black
Favorite animal: scorpion
Favorite topic of conversation: world domination
13) Episode list
SAILOR MOON (first Japanese year)
Episode Original Broadcast Date
Number (North
J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) America) (YTV)
---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(1) 1. A Moon Star is Born 3/7/92 9/11/95 8/28/95
(2) -- ---- 3/14/92 --- ---
(3) 2. Talk Radio 3/21/92 9/12/95 8/29/95
(4) 3. Slim City 3/28/92 9/13/95 8/30/95
(5) -- ---- 4/11/92 --- ---
(6) -- ---- 4/18/92 --- ---
(7) 4. So You Want to be a Superstar 4/25/92 9/14/95 8/31/95
(8) 5. Computer School Blues 5/2/92 9/15/95 9/1/95
(9) 6. Time Bomb 5/9/92 9/18/95 9/6/95
(10) 7. An Uncharmed Life 5/16/92 9/19/95 9/7/95
(11) 8. Nightmare in Dreamland 5/23/92 9/20/95 9/8/95
(12) 9. Cruise Blues 5/30/92 9/21/95 9/11/95
(13) 10. Fight to the Finish 6/6/92 9/22/95 9/12/95
(14) 11. Match Point for Sailor Moon 6/13/92 9/25/95 9/13/95
(15) 12. An Unnatural Phenomena [sic] 6/20/92 9/26/95 9/14/95
(16) 13. Wedding Day Blues 6/27/92 9/27/95 9/15/95
(17) 14. Shutter Bugged 7/4/92 9/28/95 9/18/95
(18) 15. Dangerous Dollies 7/11/92 9/29/95 9/19/95
(19) 16. Who is that Masked Man? 7/25/92 10/2/95 9/20/95
(20) -- ---- 8/1/92 --- ---
(21) 17. An Animated Mess 8/8/92 10/3/95 9/21/95
(22) 18. Worth a Princess's Ransom 8/15/92 10/4/95 9/22/95
(23) 19. Molly's Folly 8/22/92 10/5/95 9/25/95
(24) 20. A Friend in Wolf's Clothing 8/29/92 10/6/95 9/26/95
(25) 21. Jupiter Comes Thundering In 9/5/92 10/9/95 9/27/95
(26) 22. The Power of Friendship 9/12/92 10/10/95 9/28/95
(27) 23. Mercury's Mental Match 10/10/92 10/11/95 9/29/95
(28) 24. An Artful Attack 10/17/92 10/12/95 10/2/95
(29) 25. Too Many Girlfriends 10/24/92 10/13/95 10/3/95
(30) 26. Grandpa's Follies 10/31/92 10/16/95 10/4/95
(31) 27. Kitty Chaos 11/7/92 10/17/95 10/5/95
(32) 28. Tuxedo Melvin 11/14/92 10/18/95 10/6/95
(33) 29. Sailor V Makes the Scene 11/21/92 10/19/95 10/9/95
(34) 30. A Crystal Clear Destiny 11/28/92 10/20/95 10/10/95
(35) 31. A Reluctant Princess 12/5/92 10/23/95 10/11/95
(36) 32. Bad Hair Day 12/12/92 10/24/95 10/12/95
(37) 33. Little Miss Manners 12/19/92 10/25/95 10/13/95
(38) 34. Ski Bunny Blues 12/26/92 10/26/95 10/16/95
(39) 35. Ice Princess 1/9/93 10/27/95 10/17/95
(40) 36. Last Resort 1/16/93 10/30/95 10/18/95
(41) 37. Tuxedo Unmasked 1/23/93 10/31/95 10/19/95
(42) -- ---- 1/30/93 --- ---
(43) 38. Fractious Friends 2/6/93 11/1/95 10/20/95
(44) 39. The Past Returns 2/13/93 11/2/95 10/23/95
(45)\_40. Day of Destiny 2/20/93 11/3/95 10/24/95
(46)/ 2/27/93
SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 1
(Skipped and shown later)
Episode Original Broadcast Date
Number (North
J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) America) (YTV)
---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(47) 41. The Return of Sailor Moon* 3/6/93 11/22/95 11/10/95
(48) 42. So You Want to be in Pictures 3/13/93 11/23/95 11/13/95
(49) 43. A Knight to Remember 3/20/93 11/24/95 11/14/95
(50) 44. VR Madness 4/10/93 11/27/95 11/15/95
(51) 45. Cherry Blossom Time 4/17/93 11/28/95 11/16/95
(52) 46. Kindergarten Chaos 4/24/93 11/29/95 11/17/95
(53) 47. Much Ado about Babysitting 5/1/93 11/30/95 11/20/95
(54) 48. Raye's Day in the Spotlight 5/8/93 12/1/95 11/21/95
(55) 49. Food Fetish 5/22/93 12/4/95 11/22/95
(56) 50. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall 5/29/93 12/5/95 11/23/95
(57) 51. Detention Doldrums 6/5/93 12/6/95 11/24/95
(58) 52. Secret Garden 6/12/93 12/7/95 11/27/95
(59) 53. Treed 6/19/93 12/8/95 11/28/95
* Aired on 9/2/95 as a special on Fox
SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 2
(Although these episodes were _shown_ out of order, they're not _numbered_ out
of order; the satellite link numbers them as 54-65, just like they should be.)
(60) 54. Serena Times Two 6/26/93 11/6/95 10/25/95
(61) 55. The Cosmetic Caper 7/3/93 11/7/95 10/26/95
(62) 56. Sailor Mercury Moving On? 7/10/93 11/8/95 10/27/95
(63) 57. Gramps in a Pickle 7/24/93 11/9/95 10/30/95
(64) 58. Trouble Comes Thundering Down 7/31/93 11/10/95 10/31/95
(65) 59. A Charmed Life 8/14/93 11/13/95 11/1/95
(66) 60. A Curried Favor 8/21/93 11/14/95 11/2/95
(67) -- ---- 8/28/93 --- ---
(68) 61. Naughty 'N' Nice 9/11/93 11/15/95 11/3/95
(69) 62. Prediction of Doom 9/25/93 11/16/95 11/6/95
(70) 63. Enemies No More 10/2/93 11/17/95 11/7/95
(71) 64. Checkmate 10/16/93 11/20/95 11/8/95
(72) 65. Sibling Rivalry 10/30/93 11/21/95 11/9/95
14) Other internet resources
Newsgroups:
rec.arts.anime discusses Japanese animation in general.
alt.fan.sailor-moon specifically for Sailor Moon. Note: the existence of
this group does _not_ mean that Sailor Moon discussion doesn't belong in
rec.arts.anime.
World Wide Web and FTP sites in English:
Japanese series sites:
http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/smoon.html includes a lot of information
about the Japanese version of Sailor Moon, including synopses for many of the
TV episodes. The page is mostly English, but has some Japanese names that
look like gibberish unless your browser handles Japanese.
http://anchor-net.co.jp/rental/kodansha/kmshop.html is the English
version of the Kodansha manga (Japanese comics) page. Kodansha produces the
manga but not the animation, and many things on this page are manga-only
without being labelled as such, so watch out. (For instance, the Moon Tiara
Magic/Action attack is named Moon Frisbee in the manga, and the four male
leaders represent divisions of the continents.) Also, this site hasn't been
updated since May 1995, and it uses old (wrong) American character names.
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~kchan/smoon.html is "Kev's Sailor Moon Page".
(Note: this is in Australia and very slow if used from the USA.)
ftp ftp.tcp.com, pub/anime-manga/sorted/SailorMoon, contains a lot of
Sailor Moon material including many pictures (and some copies of Hitoshi Doi's
synopses). There are also a bunch of pictures in pub/anime-manga/new.
ftp remus.rutgers.edu, pub/anime/lyrix/SailorMoon, for original Japanese
lyrics to some of the songs.
http://www.geopages.com/Tokyo/2109/rei.html Sailor Mars web page.
http://www.geopages.com/Tokyo/2146/sm.html Sailor Moon sounds from the
Japanese 3DO game.
http://www.hkstar.com/~tamws/ Sailor Moon page in Hong Kong.
http://www.xmission.com/~matatabi/HT/SMR/smr00.html has a bunch of
pictures and links.
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/%7Ercollins/sailorm.html has a few links.
http://megumi.unm.edu/~ashura/pictures.html has pictures.
http://dragon.res.cmu.edu/vandessa/vidvault.html has lots of clips,
including Japanese version clips for all the transformations and all the
attacks.
http://dragon.res.cmu.edu/staccato/anime/jupiter.htm is a Sailor Jupiter
page.
http://gaul.csd.uwo.ca:8080/~murray1/jupiter/jupiter.html is another.
North American series sites:
http://www.engsoc.carleton.ca/~rsavoie/smoon/smoon.shtml is a North
American Sailor Moon page.
http://www.dorsai.org/~mhsieh/paul9.htm is another.
http://www.cybercomm.net/~lamune/smoon.html is another US Sailor Moon
page, mostly meant for a younger audience.
http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~knzarysk/sm.html has sound clips
of the US version.
http://www.rebellion.com/sailormoon has Sailor Moon images. (I'm not sure
if they're new images or from the Venice archive.)
http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/moonface/ has pictures of Sailor
Moon making funny faces. (I'm not sure if these are from Venice either.)
http://www.cyberspc.mb.ca:80/~lchu/SailorMoon/ has sound clips from the
US series.
http://albie.wcupa.edu/~btruit/smoonwav.html
http://www.escape.ca/~vcchaos/sm.htm is another page.
http://www.ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aj767/smselect.html yet another.
http://users.aol.com/mitrian/mitrian.htm is a site by an AOL member.
The font sizes on this seem to be nearly unreadable.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jasohill/homep.html
Other:
http://www.dsi.unimi.it/Users/Students/ferenczi/indsmen.html is a page
(in English) about the Italian version. Since this page is in Italy, expect it
to be slow.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~cpoon is a Sailor Moon original sounds page. The
sounds are from the Cantonese version, but that uses the original music.
The address for DIC's fasnclub (or something) seems to be
Sailo...@aol.com.
Mailing list:
Send mail to majo...@taronga.com with the text "subscribe sailor-moon".
Translated scripts exist on the net for Japanese episodes 1, 2, 8, 11, 68, and
69, as well as for the first chapter of the manga. Arctic Animation was
subtitling episodes, but has stopped and plans to release their scripts.
--
Ken Arromdee (arro...@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, karr...@nyx.cs.du.edu;
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~arromdee)
"Snow?" "It's sort of like white, lumpy, rain." --Gilligan's Island