Sailor Moon FAQ (part 4/5)
Ken Arromdee
Q: Is it true that Venus and Mars are lesbians?
No, no, no! This is based on a misinterpretation of a scene in the manga
in the June 1996 Nakayoshi, where they are actually expressing their
devotion to the Princess, except that since she doesn't say any words,
people reading just the translation thought they were referring to each other.
I had hoped this rumor would die soon, but when I took it out, over a year
after I put it in, the question popped up again in less than a month.
The fact that you can find manga scans showing them as lesbians means
nothing. Those manga scans are from dojinshi, which are produced by Japanese
fans and have no connection to the actual series.
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 30 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.
Asai in episode 100 recognizes Venus.
Fiore in the R movie recognizes Tuxedo Mask.
This problem doesn't happen in the manga; they seldom appear in front of
people they know, Usagi (Serena) and Tuxedo Mask recognize each other almost
immediately, and Motoki (Andrew) does recognize them in costume (V3 p. 100,
177; V4 p. 113).
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 somewhere far away
from school 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 much time and are there just
for the viewers' sake. (Like near the end of the first series where Serena
and Darien 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. In dub #32, Sailor Moon was attacked
while trying to "heal" the youma. According to the storyboard writers, in
dub #30 Usagi was embarassed at transforming in front of Mamoru because she
would be seen naked, implying the transformations do take some time (Source:
Animage 5/93, formerly translated on ftp.tcp.com)
Q: There are nine planets, so why don't we see a Sailor Scout for each one?
Darian (Chiba Mamoru) is prince of the Earth, and his name in Japanese
uses the kanji for "Earth", so he obviously represents Earth (besides, the
moon revolves around the Earth :-)) and you'll never see a Sailor Scout for the
planet Earth. Mamoru is claimed by some fans to also represent the sun, with
Helios (from SuperS) as his guardian, and his astrological sign is supposedly
ruled by the sun.
Sailor Mars has pet ravens named Phobos and Deimos (which are the names of
the moons of Mars). They have been shown in human form in the manga, where
they are said to come from planet Coronis (which is not a real planet).
The black moon in Sailor Moon R is Nemesis, a dark star theorized as
responsible for comets like the one that killed off the dinosaurs. (The
Nemesis theory is widely discredited now; infrared scans have found no such
dark star.)
In the manga corresponding to Sailor Moon SS, the Amazoness Quartet become
Sailor Scouts of the four largest main-belt asteroids, but not in the anime.
The Sailor Stars don't seem to be associated with particular heavenly
bodies.
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, and everyone was told she's Sailor V. Serena was
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.
The references in "Follow the Leader" were kept in, though.
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 goofs here. 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 Ar-
temis. 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)?
She is the daughter of Serena and Darian, time-travelled from the future.
Q: Who is Rini talking to back in the future, through her Luna ball?
Sailor Pluto, who Chibi-Usa calls "Pu". The dub messes up the first
occurrence of this by using Luna's voice and pretending Rini is talking to
the _ball_ instead of using it as a communicator to talk to another person.
Q: Why does Serena stop using some of her magic items later on? Why does
everyone else stop using some of their attacks?
The attack in the first episode, where she hurts the monster by crying,
reappears in Sailor Moon SS, as a joint attack of Usagi and Chibi-Usa.
Usagi 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. (It is
still around; at least, Venus uses it later in SMS when she has to disguise
herself as Sailor Moon.)
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) episodes 98, 100, 114,
and 123, 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. She also uses it in the R movie, episode 163, and the SuperS movie
without the old stock footage. The Eternal Sailor Moon outfit in Sailor Stars
no longer includes a tiara; however, Usagi uses "Moon Tiara Action" with a
frozen pizza in episode 184.
The attacks that the Senshi get in the Earl/Ann story almost never appear
later except for Sailor Moon's, with no explanation of why not. (Crescent
Beam Shower shows up in #141 with a different name, and Shabon Spray Freezing
is reused in #80. The attacks show up in the video game Another Story, but
these are the only single attacks without voice samples.) The real explanation
is that these episodes were something of a fill-in (the original comic is
monthly, and the series is weekly, so they had to stretch it out). Note that
the clip episode at the start of the SS special completely ignores this series;
also, although the Another Story game uses all the old villains and monsters
up to S, it leaves out Earl and Ann.
Sailor Planet Attack is used again in Japanese episode 102, with different
footage.
Q: Who is Chibi-Chibi?
The manga and anime differ on this question.
In the manga, she is a "Sailor Cosmos" from the future, but later says
that Sailor Moon is the true Sailor Cosmos because she has the power to defeat
Chaos. It's not clear if or how she's related to Usagi. One character _asks_
if she is the ultimate form of Sailor Moon, but she doesn't seem to be,
regardless of early rumors.
In the anime she is the "light of hope" from Galaxia's star seed.
Q: Why does Sailor Jupiter wear a different school uniform?
There is no uniform her size. This is explained in episode 25 and in the
Japanese book "Secrets to Sailor Moon".
In Sailor Stars (anime) and SuperS (manga) she gets the regular Juuban
uniform.
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. (It's not in France.)
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.
Q: Have Serena and Darien had sex together (in the present day)?
There is a scene in the manga which is commonly pointed to as evidence.
(act 18, manga 5), showing them kissing and lying on top of each other.
Later, she shows up with the same dress she had on but with her shirt off,
implying that she undressed. Nothing is shown explicitly, though.
Usagi and Mamoru have sex at the end of manga 18, act 52, conceiving
Chibi-Usa just before they get married.
Q: How can Rini's hair be pink when her parents' hair colors are black and
blond? How is pink hair inherited anyway?
Anime hair colors are normally a stylistic convention and the characters'
hair colors are almost never really what you see. Apparently her hair is
really pink, though, as mentioned in the Chibi-Usa segment in the SS special,
and in the manga story it was based on. So I guess this will remain forever
a mystery.
Q: Is Fiore (from the Sailor Moon R movie) from the same planet as Alan and
Ann?
He certainly looks similar, and is voiced by Alan's original voice actor.
It is conceivable that they're from the same race, but this is never stated.
(They definitely aren't the same _person_.) Ikuhara Kunihiko, the director
of the R series and R movie, has explained in the LD bonus for the R movie
that the movie contained shared ideas with the TV series.)
Q: What does the writing on Rei's shrine mean? Does such a shrine really
exist in Japan?
The shrine is based off a real one. The writing reads "Hikawa shrine",
with the character for "fire" (hi) substituted for the one for "ice" (also
hi) in the real shrine.
Q: What does the symbol Nephrite uses mean?
It is not a kanji and has no real meaning. Some people have suggested
that it is a stylized "ne" hiragana or katakana. No, I refuse to enter the
debate as to whether it looks more like the katakana or hiragana.
Q: Have the Sailor Senshi ever killed anyone? Most of the enemies seem to
die by other enemies killing them off, by running into their own attacks,
getting caught in the destruction of their base, etc.
Metallia ("negaforce") is obviously killed at the end of the first series.
It is arguable that they killed Kunzite (Malachite), although he really died
from his own reflected attack. Many monsters of the day die, but they prob-
ably fall under the usual animation/comics rule that if you're artificial,
it's not considered killing to get rid of you even if you _are_ sentient.
In the manga, the Senshi do kill their enemies.
Q: Were the four main generals really friends of Tuxedo Mask once?
This idea is stated in the Sailor Moon "Friends and Foes" children's book,
in English. The idea really does come from the original manga, though not the
anime, and is also used in the Another Story video game.
There are also pictures in the manga showing them paired with the four
Senshi. The only reference I know of in the text to this is one reference in
Sailor V #3 where Danburite refers to Sailor V falling in love "since way back
then", showing Kunzite. (It says nothing about them being engaged or about the
love being both ways, a common fan idea.)
Q: What happened to the parents of all the Scouts (present day)?
Sailor Moon: parents alive and shown.
Tuxedo Mask: parents dead in a car crash.
Sailor Mercury: parents separated; she lives with her mother. Her mother
is shown from the back in the SuperS movie, and her father in #151.
Sailor Mars: lives with her grandfather (mother's side). In the manga it
is explained that her mother is dead (V4) and that her father is alive but she
prefers living with her grandfather to living with him (V11).
Sailor Jupiter: parents dead in an airplane crash; she lives by herself.
(Don't ask where she gets the money to live on. Maybe it's insurance.) The
dub tries to cover this up by pretending she has a mother.
Sailor Venus: parents alive. Shown only in the Sailor V manga.
Sailor Uranus/Neptune: they have an unknown benefactor (in the manga) and
live by themselves. (I've gotten some conflicting information on this,
specifically that their stuff is paid for by their parents.)
Sailor Pluto: old enough to live on her own, and if she was brought back as
an adult (in the manga) she wouldn't have parents anyway.
Sailor Saturn: mother apparently dead, father alive in anime, but dies in
manga at end of SMS story. Names are Tomoe Keiko and Tomoe Souichi. Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto act as substitute parents in the manga after her father
dies.
Asteroid senshi, Sailor Stars: not much known.
Q: Who was Serena's father in the Silver Millennium?
Apparently unknown.
Q: Is Sailor Jupiter a lesbian?
The episode which makes people think this is #96 where she seems to have a
crush on Haruka (Sailor Uranus). While some of the other characters thought
it might be a homosexual attraction, it was not. What it was was somewhat
culture specific: a situation where a younger girl looks to an older girl as
a role model, and wants to be like her, but is not in love with her. Similar
situations happen in other series, such as Akane in Orange Road being "in love"
with Madoka (which is also often seen by Western fans as a lesbian attraction,
and which the creator of Orange Road has specifically said is not).
If you think someone showed you a manga showing otherwise, it was a
dojinshi. Dojinshi are written and drawn by fans and are not official.
Q: In flashback, we are shown that Queen Serenity died immediately upon using
the Silver Crystal to send the Scouts into the future. Yet we are also shown
that she split up the crystal to seal away the Seven Shadows. How could these
both have happened?
The entire Seven Shadows plot was added to fill time in the anime version.
In the manga, the crystal comes directly out of Sailor Moon's tear, rather
than her tear combining the seven pieces into the crystal.
I've been told that the original Japanese could be translated to mean
that they are just splinters of the original crystal and aren't a significant
part of it, but that doesn't sound to me very consistent with how the seven
crystals are treated in the series. Any Japanese speakers care to comment?
Q: Do Uranus and Neptune wear wedding bands or sleep in the same bed?
There is a rumor that both of these things happen in the manga. Neither
is true. Pluto has one of the bands too; they symbolize a promise to raise
Hotaru after she becomes a child at the end of the SMS story.
As for the beds, there is a scene in manga #10 where the Senshi go to
visit them in their rooms after the end of the story. The rooms are separate.
Q: Is Haruka a hermaphrodite in the manga? (physically both male and female)
No. Takeuchi Naoko was asked about this at the san Diego Comic Con in
August 1998; Haruka isn't. This rumor comes from a manga line describing her
as both male and female (which apparently refers to her personality, not to
her body).)
Q: Are the Starlights really male or female?
In the anime, they are obviously male in their civilian identities and
become female as Senshi; they are even shown with bare chests to confirm this.
In the manga, there are two references:
First, Princess Fireball asked the Starlights why they chose "this
appearance", and they responded that it was easier to find women that way.
Second, in manga #16, page 165-166, Tin Nyanko tells Usagi not to trust
those who are female but dress up as guys.
Takeuchi Naoko was asked about this at the San Diego Comic Con in August
1998. She apparently said that they are girls in the manga, and that they were
made boys in the anime without her approval. I assume that this means they
don't change sex in the manga, they just crossdress.
Q: Are the Senshi really princesses on their home planets?
This idea is from the original manga, but not, as far as I know, from the
anime. They have castles named as follows (thanks to Silve...@aol.com for
the list):
Mercury - Mariner Castle
Mars - Phobos Deimos Castle
Jupiter - Io Castle
Venus - Magellan Castle
Uranus - Miranda Castle
Neptune - Triton Castle
Pluto - Charon Castle
Saturn - Titan Castle
These are named after moons of the planets, except for Mercury and Venus,
which are named after space probes (these planets have no moons). Don't ask
me how come they can be named after space probes not named until hundreds or
thousands of years after they existed--it's like the sailor suits.
Q: Who is the leader of the Senshi? I heard that Venus is really the leader.
In the anime, Sailor Pluto claims to be the leader (of the outers?) in
episode 171 (haven't checked this yet)
In the manga, Venus pretends to be the princess for one chapter. She is
leader of the four Senshi that protect the princess. Sailor Saturn takes
leadership of the others in volume 14.
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 shown to the public at Anime Expo in
summer 1995. The animated part was _American_ animation. And yes, Sailor
Mars was in a wheelchair. Someone digitized this clip and it can be found on
the web.
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. (An exception is
Chibi-Usa, whose hair is described as pink in the text.)
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 (this episode was
adapted from a manga story, so the monster is a little unusual) and in episode
35 two skaters, one male, are changed into monsters. And in Sailor Moon SS,
Fish Eye's monsters are male. The gender of the monster of the episode seems
mostly random in Sailor Stars.
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 (also 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 128-166 (versus the Dead Moon Circus): lemures
Episodes 167-172: mirror palais dolly (French for "palace dolly")
Episodes 173-200: phage
Q: American voice actors/actresses (I'm not going to bother trying to phrase
this as a question):
Serena/Sailor Moon: Tracey Moore (eps. 1-11, 13, 21, 41)
Terri Hawkes (all others)
Ami/Sailor Mercury: Karen Bernstein
Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin (up to 65), Emilie Barlow (66+)
Lita/Sailor Jupiter: Susan Roman
Darien/Tuxedo Mask: Rino Romano (1-11), Toby Proctor (12-65), Vince
Corraza (66+)
Mina/Sailor Venus: Stephanie Morganstern
Luna: Jill Frappier
Artemis: Ron Rubin
Sailor Pluto/Luna Ball: Jill Frappier (58), Sabrina Grdevich (61+)
Molly: Mary Long
Melvin: Roland Parliament
Andrew: Colin O'Meara
Rini: Traci Hoyt
Queen Beryl: Naz Edwards
Jedite [sic]: Tony Daniels
Neflite [sic]: Kevin Lund
Zoycite [sic]: Kirsten Bishop
Malachite: Dennis Akayama
Queen Metallia/Negaforce: Maria Vacratsis
Alan: Vince Carraza
Ann(e): Sabrina Grdevich
Doom Tree/Tree of Life: Liz Hannah
Catzy: Alice Poon (54-60), Mary Long (61+)
Avery: Jennifer Griffiths
Birdie: Kathy Laskey
Prizma: Norma Dell'Agnese
Rubius: Rob Tinkler
Wiseman: Tony Daniels
Emerald: Kirsten Bishop
Prince Diamond: Robert Bockstael
Prince Sapphire: Lyon Smith
Wicked Lady: Liz Brown
Queen Serenity: Wendy Lyon
Sammy: Julie Lemieux
Serena's Mom: Barbara Radecki
Serena's Dad: David Hubard
Patricia Haruna: Nadine Rabinovitch
Grandpa: David Fraser
Chad: Steve Bednarski
Announcer: Chris Wiggins
Monster of the Day: Harvey Atkins, Lindsay Collins, Lisa Dalbello,
Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Terri Hawkes, Elva Mai
Hoover, Loretta Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Allison
Sealy-Smith, Maria Vacratisis
Background voices: Steve Bednarski, Chris Britton, Lindsay Collins,
Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Hillary Goldhar, Loretta
Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Roland Parliament, Alice
Poon, Nadine Rabinovitch, Greg Swanson
(one-shots)
Mr. Baxter: Chris Wiggins
Game Machine Joe: Rino Romano
Jordan (baby): Tony Daniels
Peter Fisher: Joel Feeney
Greg: Eric Kimmel
Peggy Jones: Katherine Trowell
Misha: Jeff Lumby
Jenelle: Tracey Hoyt
Mika: Kathy Laskey
Mika's Mother: Wendy Lyon
Chess Tower owner: Roland Parliament
Countess Rose: Wendy Lyon
Herbert: Greg Swanson
S and SS only:
Serena/Sailor Moon: Lynda Ballentine
Ami/Sailor Mercury: Liza Balkan
Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin
Mina/Sailor Venus: Emilie Barlow
Rini: Stephanie Beard
Trista/Sailor Pluto: Susan Aceron
Michelle/Sailor Neptune: Barbara Radecki
Amara/Sailor Uranus: Sara Lafleur
Q: Do we ever see the Scouts transform back?
In episode 115 (108 US), Sailor Uranus transforms back normally.
We also see Sailor Moon transform back twice when she loses a previous
transformation before getting powered-up, but these might not necessarily look
like normal detransformations.
Q: Do we ever see Tuxedo Mask transform?
Episodes in which he transforms are 16, 22, 30, 62, and 106 (19, 26, 34,
69, and 113 for Japanese versions.)
Q: Why do we see <something> a few times and then we never see it again when
we logically should? <something> meaning: Sailor Moon's parents and other
relatives, Greg (Urawa), Rita (Reika), Queen Serenity's ghost, Moon Tiara
Stardust, Lizzie (Unazuki), Molly (Naru), Melvin (Umino) and Molly together,
Chad (Yuuichiro), etc.
The anime was partly based on the manga, but was weekly instead of monthly,
so had to be stretched out a lot. This means that one shot characters or minor
characters from the manga got major roles in several stories, and it also means
that several characters and subplots were completely invented for the TV series.
This made it look like something was a big part of the series when it really
never was.
Q: How do I get past that boss on Ami's level in the Another Story RPG?
The fastest way is to use a manicure to raise your attack power, then
attack and heal when you start running low on hit points. (Don't bother to
cure yourself of poison.) Many monsters around this level provide healing
items. Unfortunately, I know of no way to get a manicure there--you'd have to
buy it in advance at home before knowing you need it. Raising your level a
little bit helps, too.
Alternatively, raise your level to an ungodly amount so that you're doing
around 10 points of damage per round, then attack and heal constantly.
The only special attack that works on this boss is Shabon Spray. The boss
can be killed using Shabon Spray plus healing items, but this takes much longer
because of the Shabon Spray animation.
In any case, be sure to wear both special accessories, and buy another
one to fill the third slot. Also, change the formation to arrow (with
Mercury in front) or cluster (with her in the center) to increase her attack
power.
Q: How do I get all the puzzle pieces on the Another Story RPG?
The last few puzzle pieces are not found by killing monsters. You have
to find them in special places.
(???--it used to be on the web)
Q: How do I get the second ending on the Another Story RPG?
You get divided into two groups. Usagi's group fights the final boss.
If you lose with Usagi's group, Chibi-Usa's group comes in, and defeating the
boss with her (which is hard, since you don't get a chance to control how
your characters are arranged in the formation) gives you a different ending.
Q: What does "talent" mean (as a joke used on the Internet)?
This refers to a line in the Snow White episode. Sailor Jupiter said that
she should be Snow White because she has the largest breasts. In the dub,
it was changed to having the most "talent". So people on the net will
sometimes refer to breast size as "talents".
Q: Why are the attacks and some other things in the Mixx translated manga
different from the ones shown in the dub?
The dub uses different attack names from the original TV episodes. Also,
the original comics were sometimes different from the original TV episodes.
The Mixx version is different for both of these reasons. For instance, the
original manga (and Mixx) uses "Moon Frisbee", the original TV uses "Moon
Tiara Action", and the dub uses "Moon Tiara Magic".
This does not apply to "cow tails", which Mixx deliberately changed.
Q: Where do the movies take place, chronologically?
It isn't really possible to fit the movies into the series continuity.
In the R movie, Chibi-Usa (Rini) appears. She leaves at the end of the R
series, which means that the R movie could only happen if the Black Moon
villains are alive but for some reason not doing anything during the movie.
If that is true, then it happens between episodes 77 and 82, because Mamoru and
Usagi don't reconcile until episode 77, and nobody has found out that Usagi is
Chibi-Usa's mother, which happens in 82. 77-82 happen during winter, and it's
summer in the R movie.
In the S movie, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto appear. Pluto is gone before
the end of the S series, which means that the S series villains would also
have to be alive but not doing anything. Furthermore, Hotaru does _not_
appear in the movie, yet in the series she appears before Pluto reappears.
(This movie was based on a manga story. Unfortunately it doesn't quite fit
manga continuity either for similar reasons....)
In the SS movie, Pluto appears, yet in the Sailor Stars series, the
Senshi are surprised to learn that she is alive. Also, Uranus and Neptune
get versions of their new attacks in this movie before they actually do for
real in Sailor Stars. (And in Sailor Stars they not only get the attacks,
but also new transformations, which aren't used in the movie.)
Q: Why is Pluto associated with time and Saturn with death? I thought it was
the other way around!
Part of it is probably that astrology does have some of these associations,
and part of it is that the myths themselves weren't completely consistent; there
is some mythological precedent for doing it either way.
Q: Why is Jupiter considered an inner Senshi when Jupiter is outside the
asteroid belt and is one of the outer planets?
"Inner Senshi" and "Outer Senshi" are fan ideas. No Japanese source claims
that the Senshi that protect the princess must all be associated with planets
that are in the inner solar system.
I have also heard that astrologers consider Jupiter to be an inner planet
even though it's not really.
Q: Is Pluto really a planet? (Or: why are some people saying that Pluto
shouldn't be considered a planet? If so, what is it instead?)
Some astronomers have suggested that Pluto should be considered to be, not
a planet, but the largest member of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is a
group of objects orbiting outside Neptune. It was only a theory, until the
first one was discovered in 1992.
The objects in the Kuiper Belt are similar to both asteroids and comets
(they are officially numbered as asteroids). They don't give off vapor and
dust like comets do, because they are too far from the sun, and many of them
are much larger than normal comets. But they are probably icy, like comets
(regular asteroids are made of rock or metal), and some normal comets might
have once been part of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt objects are probably
made of the same material as Pluto, share a similar origin with Pluto, and
some have orbits in a 3:2 resonance with Neptune, like Pluto's orbit. (This
means that they go around the sun 3 times when Neptune does 2 times.)
Pluto is, however, large enough to be round due to gravity, and to hold
an atmosphere, which is not true of asteroids (except perhaps for the few
largest ones being round) or comets. It has a bright surface which may be due
to melting and refreezing (or vaporizing and recondensing) of ice, a process
that doesn't happen on asteroids or comets.
There was a proposal from the Minor Planet Center (of ??) to classify Pluto
as asteroid number 10000. This proposal has not been accepted, and the Small
Bodies Names Committee of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the
International Astronomical Union has decided not to classify Pluto as a minor
planet (i.e. asteroid). The IAU considered whether to classify Pluto as
a "trans-Neptunian object", but in a way which would give Pluto a dual status.
The IAU claimed that there was no proposal to demote Pluto to not being a
planet. (I don't know, the minor planet one sounded like that to me, since it'd
be silly to have Pluto be a planet and a minor planet at the same time.)
Q: Wasn't another planet recently discovered? Or a moon?
Planets in other solar systems and in interstellar space have recently been
discovered. None have been given a real name.
In mid-1997, the orbit of asteroid 3753 was shown to be in a complicated
pattern related to the Earth's orbit. It's not another moon, and pretty
sophisticated calculations are needed to show that there's anything at all
odd about its orbit. The press release called this asteroid a "companion to
the Earth", which is misleading.
Two new moons of Uranus were discovered in late 1997; they have been
named "Caliban" and "Sycorax", after characters from Shakespeare's "The
Tempest". Another was found in 1999 on old Voyager II images. And in July
1999, two more. Four new moons of Saturn were discovered at the end of 2000,
as well as a bunch of moons of Jupiter (and more in 2001).
Asteroid 2001KX76 (28978), an object in the Kuiper Belt (see above) was
discovered in 2001 and is estimated to be 1200 kilometers in diameter, larger
than the biggest regular asteroid, Ceres, and larger than the previous record
holders, Varuna (20000) and 1999TO66. Pluto is 2300 kilometers in diameter.
Asteroids are sometimes called "minor planets" or "planetoids".
10) Movies, comics, video games
There are three Sailor Moon movies. They have been released in America
by Pioneer. There are uncut versions available, but the S and SS movies are
not letterboxed.
A special, "Ami-chan's First Love", was shown with the SMSS movie but
released to video separately. It hasn't been released in the US.
Several Sailor V stories were to be released directly to video in Japan,
but have been indefinitely postponed.
The Japanese comic (manga) was published in a monthly collection, on news-
print, at one chapter per issue, mostly in black and white (which is typical
for a Japanese comic), and the chapters were collected into volumes (tan-
koubon) about the size and cost of a paperback book (all B&W). There was also
a Japanese Sailor V manga. These are all in Japanese (several fan translations
exist); you can get them at Japanese bookstores. The last volumes were #18 for
Sailor Moon and #3 for Sailor V. There is a more recent (1999-2000) manga
series in the Japanese magazine Tanoshii Youchien, which uses color anime-style
drawings and adapts the musicals.
Translations of the manga include French (by Glenat publishers), Chinese,
and a lot of other languages. French and Chinese keep the original notes.
Mixx is releasing the manga in English in black and white; it was in Mixxzine
up to issue 2-1. Sailor Moon is now being published in its own comic and in
a girls' magazine named Smile that was originally meant to be for photo
sticker machines (which explains the part about the readers sending in their
photos). The comic continues the current storyline and Smile has later
stories.
Mixx has claimed that they are required to use the DIC versions of the
names because of an edict from Kodansha, but according to Ron Scovill, who was
working for Mixx until August 1998, this was a lie. (Note that Mixx changes
the names in some other series, where they don't have any similar excuses, and
they're not using dub names for Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto.)
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.)
The color manga (anime manga) actually uses the TV series dialog and
pictures and isn't the original manga.
In the UK, Bloomsbury (which has translated Ironfist Chinmi cheap and in
its original format) was once planning to translate Sailor Moon manga in its
original format. This fell through for some reason.
In North America, dolls have been made for the Sailor Scouts and most
villains up to the end of the dub, including Sailor Uranus and Neptune. Some
early runs of 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 this was eventually fixed. (This paragraph
is probably obsolete because of new dolls to correspond with the S and SS
episodes.)
There seems to be a set of pirate dolls called "Planet Girl(s)" which uses
recolored and (possibly) renamed Sailor Senshi.
11) Video games
There are Japanese video games for just about every system up to the
Playstation. Most anime-based video games are terrible as games, and these
are no exception. Saturn and Playstation games are not usable on American
machines without modifying your machine (or using a special adaptor on a
Saturn.)
The Another Story game has been fan-translated and can be played if you
have a fast computer and an emulator.
Here is the list of Sailor Moon games from the anime video games list.
Arcade, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A
Banpresto
(Final Fight clone)
Arcade, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S", N/A
(Fighting Game)
PC Engine SCD, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A
Banpresto, 1994, Y8800
(Digital Comic)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A
Angel, 8/27/93, Y9800
(Final Fight clone)
[French version titled 'Sailormoon' and released 1994]
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon R", N/A
Bandai, 1993, Y9800
(Final Fight Clone)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S [kanji]", N/A
Angel, 1994, Y???
(Fighting Game)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S Kurukkurin", N/A
Bandai/Zoo, 1995, Y???
(Puzzle Game)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Another Story", N/A
Bandai, 1995, Y9800
(Role-Playing Game)
This game is mostly in kana except for names and a very small handful
of kanji. There is a limited edition version that came with a card.
It's been completely fan-translated and can be played on emulators.
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S Kondo wa Puzzle de
Oshioikiyo!", N/A
Zoo/Bandai, 1994, Y???
(Puzzle Game)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Fuwa Fuwa Panic", N/A
Bandai, 1995, Y???
(Puzzle Game)
Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS [kanji]", N/A
Angel, SHVC-AJQJ-JPN, 1996, Y???
(Fighting Game)
There is a limited edition version that came with a card.
Sufami Turbo, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Fuwa Fuwa Panic
2", N/A
Bandai, 1996, Y???
(Puzzle Game)
Gameboy, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A
Angel, 12/18/92, Y3500
(Action Game)
Gameboy, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon R", N/A
Angel, 1994, Y???
(Action/Puzzle Game)
Mega Drive, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A
Bandai, 1994, Y???
(Final Fight clone)
Not locked out on the version I played.
Mega Drive, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S" (?), N/A
Angel, Y9800
(Fighting Game)
Playdia, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Quiz Taiketsu! Sailor Power
Ketsushuu", N/A
Bandai, PAPD-C2, 1994, Y???
(Interactive animation/quiz)
PC Engine SCD, "Sailor Moon collection", N/A
Banpresto, 1994, Y???
(Gallery/Mini-games)
[Apparently requires Japanese knowledge.]
3DO, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S" (?), N/A
(Fighting Game)
Game Gear, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S", N/A
Bandai, 1995, Y???
(Action Game)
Playstation, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S Shin Shuyaku
Soudatsusen", N/A
Angel, SLPS 00260, 3/8/96, Y5800
Angel, SLPS 00262, Y5800 (rerelease)
(Fighting Game)
Saturn, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Various Emotion", N/A
Angel, 11/29/96, Y5800
(Fighting Game)
There is a rumor of another game, based around Chibi-Usa, coming for the
Playstation on November 29.
There is a North American PC game called "The 3D Adventures of Sailor
Moon". It is supposedly pretty terrible too.
12) Episode availability
Japanese versions of the whole series have been released on videotape and
on laserdisc. The laserdiscs for the first year, and the movies, 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 are in
untranslated Japanese.
Fansubs are episodes translated unofficially by fans. (Note: this _is_
technically illegal.) Ask around to get these. You shouldn't pay more than
cost for any fansubs. While there is a raging debate among fans about exactly
what costs fansubbers can ethically charge, if you're being charged $10 (US)
or more per tape, you're being ripped off.
There is an audio tape for dub episode 12 (Unnatural Phenomena).
Another source of episodes may be Chinatown, if you have a Chinatown and
can speak the right dialect (if dubbed) or read Chinese (if subbed).
AD Vision is releasing the dubbed episodes up to R on tape.
Pioneer has released the R, S, and SS movies on tape and DVD. There are
separate cut and uncut tape versions. Pioneer is releasing the S and SS TV
series on DVD "uncut", although actually the next episode previews are gone
and they used the wrong versions of the openings (which contain spoilers for
new characters). The first episodes are also somewhat zoomed because they
used the TV version of the show. There are no plans for anyone to release
Sailor Stars, despite an April Fools joke that keeps getting spread around
(guys, please stop it, okay? You can recognize the joke by the reference to
Ursula's Kiss.)
The American soundtrack has been released on CD. Another CD, "Sailor
Moon and the Scouts: Lunarock" has been released in Canada.
There are a whole lot of Japanese CDs, none of which I have any real
information about. (Note: CDs which come from the companies "SM" or "Ever
Anime" are pirated CDs made in Taiwan and originally sell for the equivalent
of about $8 each.)
13) Character Personal Information
The Japanese information below is mostly "official", written by Takeuchi
Naoko, and is directly translated from manga #10. The exceptions are the gem-
stones, which come from the Super Famicom roleplaying game, Tuxedo Mask, from
the SuperS movie Memorial Album, and the Sailor Stars, from May 1996 Nakayoshi.
I've decided to include the gemstones from the game because the game is
mostly consistent with the official information on the rest. (They don't seem
to be the gemstones associated with their astrological signs.)
Note: Blood type is in Japan considered to fit certain personality types
just like astrological signs. This is only for O/A/B/AB, not + and -. From
the rec.arts.manga glossary:
In Japanese pop culture, blood type is thought to be related to personality.
This belief became popular in the early '80s. Profiles of manga artists or
characters from manga will often include blood type along with other statis-
tics like age and place of birth. A very rough guide to blood types:
A nervous, introverted, honest, loyal
B outgoing, optimistic, adventurous
AB proud, diplomatic, discriminating
O workaholic, insecure, emotional
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 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
Gemstone: diamond
Tuxedo Mask:
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Name: Chiba Mamoru
Birthday: August 3
Astrological sign: Leo
Blood type: A
Favorite color: black
Hobby: reading books
Favorite food: chocolate
Least favorite food: none
Favorite subject: physics
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: Usagi's persuasion in tears (?)
Strong point: Lady First
Dream: to be a doctor
Gemstone: (not listed)
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
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
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 priestess
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gemstone: fluorite
Sailor Star Fighter:
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Name: Seiya Kou
Birthday: July 30
Blood type: A
Responsibilities: Lead Vocal (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics, Composing Music)
Club membership: American Football club
Hobby: American Football
Favorite subject: Physical Education
Least favorite subject: Literature
Favorite food: Hamburgers
Has trouble with: Girls
Sailor Star Maker:
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Name: Taiki Kou
Birthday: May 30
Blood type: AB
Responsibilities: Guitar (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics)
Club membership: Literary club
Hobby: Reciting Poetry
Favorite subject: Literature
Least favorite subject: None
Favorite food: Sushi
Has trouble with: Arguments
Sailor Star Healer:
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Name: Yaten Kou
Birthday: February 8
Blood type: B
Responsibilities: Keyboard (Arrangement)
Club membership: Homecoming club
Hobby: Cameras
Favorite subject: Art
Least favorite subject: Physical Education
Favorite food: Caviar
Has trouble with: Physical Exertion
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 Anderson
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 Hino
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
Heights: The Nakayoshi "Sailor Moon" fan book gives Usagi's height as 150 cm,
which is about 4'11". Kyle Pope has sent me comparisons based on this and on
the Sailor Moon Nakayoshi Anime Album character sheets, V1, page 103, and V2,
page 94 and 111. THESE ARE ESTIMATES:
Sailor Moon: 4'11" (not an estimate)
Sailor Mercury: 5'2"
Sailor Mars: 5'3"
Sailor Jupiter: 5'6"
Sailor Venus: 5'2"
Sailor Uranus: 5'9"
Sailor Neptune: 5'5"
Sailor Pluto: 5'7" (from page 8, Sailor Moon S movie memorial album)
Sailor Saturn: 4'7"
Tuxedo Mask: 5'8"
Motoki (Andrew): 5'8"
Jadeite: 5'11"
Queen Beryl: 6'2"
Naru-chan (Molly): 5'1"
Umino (Melvin): 5'1"
Shingo (Sammy): 4'5"
Sailor Moon's mother: 5'4"
Sailor Moon's father: 5'7"
14) 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
J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) (USA) (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
Last 17 episodes (USA dates are Cartoon Network dates and individual stations
which syndicate the show may have had it earlier):
(73) 66. Rubeus Evens the Score 11/6/93 11/30/98 9/20/97
(74) 67. Rubeus Strikes Out 11/13/93 12/1/98 9/27/97
(75) 68. The Secret of the Luna Sphere 11/20/93 12/2/98 10/4/97
(76) 69. Emerald Takes Over 12/4/93 12/3/98 10/11/97
(77) 70. Promises Fulfilled 12/11/93 12/4/98 10/18/97
(78) 71. No Thanks, Nurse Venus 12/18/93 12/7/98 10/25/97
(79) 72. Dog Day for Artemis 12/25/93 12/8/98 11/1/97
(80) 73. Lonely Amy 1/8/94 12/9/98 11/7/97
(81) 74. Child's Play 1/15/94 12/10/98 11/11/97
(82) 75. Future Shocked 1/22/94 12/11/98 11/12/97
(83) 76. Legend of the Negamoon 1/29/94 12/14/98 11/13/97
(84) 77. Jealousy's Just Rewards 2/5/94 12/15/98 11/14/97
(85) 78. Birth of the Wicked Lady 2/12/94 12/16/98 11/17/97
(86) 79. Brotherly Love 2/19/94 12/17/98 11/18/97
(87) 80. Diamond in the Rough 2/26/94 12/18/98 11/19/97
(88) 81. Final Battle 3/5/94 12/20/98 11/20/97
CLIPS EPISODE (not officially named "Sailor Moon R", just "Sailor Moon")
(89) 82. Follow the Leader 3/12/94 12/22/98 11/21/97
SAILOR MOON S (third Japanese year)
(90) 83. Star Struck, Bad Luck 3/19/94 6/12/00 9/12/00
(91) 84. Crystal Clear Again 3/26/94 6/13/00 9/16/00
(92) 85. Driving Dangerously 4/16/94 6/14/00 9/23/00
(93) 86. Bad Harmony 4/23/94 6/15/00 9/23/00
(94) 87. Swept Off Her Feet 4/30/94 6/16/00 9/30/00
(95) 88. Blinded By Love's Light 5/7/94 6/19/00 9/30/00
(96) 89. Lita Borrows Trouble 5/14/94 6/20/00 10/7/00
(97) 90. Damp Spirits 5/21/94 6/21/00 10/7/00
(98) 91. Friendly Foes 5/28/94 6/22/00
(99) 92. Mixed Emotions 6/18/94 6/23/00
(100) 93. Individual Happiness 6/25/94 6/26/00
(101) 94. Birthday Blues, Part 1 7/2/94 6/27/00
(102) 95. Birthday Blues, Part 2 7/16/94 6/28/00
(103) 96. Hello, Sailor Mini Moon 8/6/94 6/29/00
(104) 97. Tainted Tea Party 8/20/94 6/30/00
(105) 98. People Who Need People 8/27/94 7/3/00
(106) 99. Related By Destiny 9/3/94 7/4/00
(107) 100. Art Appreciation 9/10/94 7/5/00
(108) 101. Everything's Coming Up Rosey 9/17/94 7/6/00
(109) 102. No Turning Back 9/24/94 7/7/00
(110) 103. Destiny's Arrival 10/15/94 7/10/00
(111) 104. The Purity Chalice 10/22/94 7/11/00
(112) 105. Show Stoppers 11/5/94 7/12/00
(113) 106. Rini's Risky Friendship 11/12/94 7/13/00
(114) 107. Mimet's Mess 11/19/94 7/14/00
(115) 108. The Shadow of Silence 11/26/94 7/17/00
(116) 109. Thorny Weather 12/3/94 7/18/00
(117) 110. Heightened Hazard 12/10/94 7/19/00
(118) 111. It's In The Cards 12/17/94 7/20/00
(119) 112. Goodness Eclipsed 12/24/94 9/13/00
(120) 113. Next In Line 1/7/95 7/21/00
(121) 114. Friendly Fems 1/14/95 7/24/00
(122) 115. The Science of Love 1/21/95 7/25/00
(123) 116. Wake Up Call 1/28/95 7/26/00
(124) 117. Who's Really Who 2/4/95 7/27/00
(125) 118. Darkness, My Old Friend 2/11/95 7/28/00
(126) 119. Second Chance 2/18/95 7/31/00
(127) 120. Tough Kindness 2/25/95 8/1/00
SAILOR MOON SuperS (fourth Japanese year)
(128) 121. Dreams Take Flight 3/4/95 9/26/00
(129) 122. No Ordinary Horsepower 3/11/95 9/27/00
(130) 123. Sweet Dreams 3/18/95 9/28/00
(131) 124. Baiting the Trap 3/25/95 9/29/00
special 4/8/95 Get a fansub.
(132) 125. Perfect Couple 4/15/95 10/2/00
(133) 126. Much Ado About Kitten 4/29/95 10/3/00
(134) 127. A Pegasus Page Turner 5/13/95 10/4/00
(135) 128. A Teacher's Lesson 5/20/95 10/5/00
(136) 129. The Trouble With Love 5/27/95 10/6/00
(137) 130. Phony Fairy 6/3/95 10/9/00
(138) 131. Driven Dreamer 6/10/95 10/10/00
(139) 132. Cutting it Close 6/17/95 10/11/00
(140) 133. Clothes Call 7/1/95 10/12/00
(141) 134. Double Trouble 7/8/95 10/13/00
(142) 135. Recipe for Danger 7/15/95 10/15/00
(143) 136. Kickin' Into High Gear 7/22/95 10/17/00
(144) 137. Beach Blanket Bungle 8/12/95 10/18/00
(145) 138. Tutu Treachery 8/19/95 10/19/00
(146) 139. The Duchess's Day Off 8/26/95 10/20/00
(147) 140. No Prince Charming 9/2/95 10/23/00
(148) 141. A True Reflection 9/23/95 10/24/00
(149) 10/21/95
(150) 10/28/95
(151) 11/4/95
(152) 11/11/95
(153) 11/18/95
(154) 11/25/95
(155) 12/2/95
(156) 12/9/95
(157) 12/16/95
(158) 12/23/95
(159) 1/13/96
(160) 1/20/96
(161) 1/27/96
(162) 2/3/96
(163) 2/10/96
(164) 2/17/96
(165) 2/24/96
(166) 3/2/96
15) Other internet resources
Newsgroups:
rec.arts.anime.misc 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 or its subgroups.
World Wide Web and FTP sites in English:
Most Sailor Moon pages suck. And there are hundreds of them. I refuse to go
through all of them--even if your site doesn't suck, it wouldn't be fair to
list your site without at least checking all the others.
The best site for the original Japanese series is Hitoshi Doi's page.
The original is located at http://www.win.or.jp/~toshi/smoon and mirrors are
at http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/ and and at : http://anime.jyu.fi/~doi/smoon/ .
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/knzarysk/sm.html is _the_ site for lots
of Sailor Moon links.
Mailing lists:
Send mail to majo...@taronga.com with the text "subscribe sailor-moon".
sailo...@indiana.edu is another list; less censored (send to
majo...@indiana.edu with "subscribe sailor-moon")
There is a third list; send a subscribe request to
pretty-sold...@sailor-moon.net.
Fan fiction: ftp ftp.cs.ubc.ca in archives/anime-fan-works/Sailor-Moon, for
Sailor Moon fan fiction posted to rec.arts.anime.creative. One of the biggest
sites for specifically Sailor Moon fanfiction is "A Sailor Moon Romance"
(http://www.moonromance.com/).
Translated scripts exist on the net for many episodes, as well as for some of
the manga. Arctic Animation was subtitling episodes, but has released their
old Sailor Moon scripts to the public.
The home page for Mixx, who is publishing the manga in English, is at
http://www.mixxonline.com/ .
Alex Glover's page has some Sailor V translations. The Sailor Moon
translations have been removed by request of Mixx. This page is at
http://www.nwlink.com/~kurozuki/manga.htm .
--
Ken Arromdee / arro...@rahul.net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
"There are some corners of the universe that have bred the most terrible
things, things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be
fought." --Dr. Who, "The Moonbase"