And together, the two destroy Wiseman, the Death Phantom. As Neo-Queen Serenity, Sailor Moon turns Chibiusa back to normal. Chibiusa is brainwashed into the older, evil Black Lady. She allows the guardians to go to the future.Ĭhibiusa is revealed to be Usagi and Mamoru’s future daughter. We meet Sailor Pluto, guardian of the Space-Time Door. Mamoru and Usagi are now in a relationship. It also introduces some powerful new attacks.īlack Moon really begins with the sudden arrival of pink-haired Chibiusa. It’s considered filler, but it explains how Sailor Moon got her memory back. The first half of the Sailor Moon R anime is sometimes given its own name as the Makai Tree Arc (episodes 47-59). But their sailor senshi memories are gone. The Silver Crystal deus ex machinas all the good guys back to life. Serenity defeats Beryl, destroys Metalia, and dies. Serenity fights Beryl (who is possessed by Queen Metalia). Sailor Moon transforms into Princess Serenity. Usagi rescues Endymion, but the prince dies fighting Beryl. All the other senshi sacrifice themselves to save Sailor Moon. Tuxedo Mask/ Endymion is kidnapped and brainwashed.Īt the end of the first season, the sailor guardians find the Dark Kingdom. Luna and Artemis reveal the history of the Moon Kingdom. Usagi and Mamoru remember their past lives as Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion. Tuxedo Mask is revealed to be Mamoru Chiba (who had earlier been dating Rei in the anime). Minako has a white male cat companion, Artemis. She eventually ‘awakens’ other sailor scouts/ senshi/ guardians: Sailor Mercury (Ami Mizuno) Sailor Mars (Rei Hino) Sailor Jupiter (Makoto Kino) and Sailor Venus (Minako Aino). Sailor Moon is helped by the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, and she develops a crush on him. Sailor Moon fights monsters (typically one per episode) sent by Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom. Luna explains that Usagi is Sailor Moon, a magical girl who must search for a missing moon princess. Ordinary middle school teen Usagi Tsukino rescues a black cat, Luna.
(But it did invent the well-known ‘Fighting Evil by Moonlight’ version of the theme song.) If you remember far fewer episodes than that, you may have watched the DiC dub on TV, which had only the first two seasons, 82 episodes, and lots of censorship. Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996-1997 34 episodes season 5).
Sailor Moon SuperS (1995-1996 39 episodes season 4).Sailor Moon S (1994-1995 38 episodes season 3).Sailor Moon R (1993-1994 43 episodes season 2).The manga was adapted into a 1992-1997 anime series.
But if your version has 60 acts, you have the full story. Different tankobon re-prints divided the story into a different number of volumes. It continued for 60 chapters (or ‘Acts’) in 18 volumes, ending in February 1997. The first Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon manga (aka Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon or Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon) was published in December 1991.
The series lasted three volumes, and the character (aka Sailor Venus) was incorporated into Sailor Moon. How many episodes are there? How can you avoid filler anime episodes? And how does Sailor Moon Crystal fit into the story? History, Manga Chapters, Anime Episodes, and SeasonsĪs others at OTAQUEST have pointed out, Sailor Moon is actually a sequel to Naoko Takeuchi’s earlier manga, Codename: Sailor V. Let’s take a look at this famous manga and anime series, especially its story arcs. Internationally, she is one of the more common characters to cosplay.īut there is a lot more to Sailor Moon than the hair, the transformation sequence, and the catchphrases. With her distinctive, one-of-a-kind pigtails-and-odango hair, she is easy to imitate and parody. Sailor Moon is the quintessential magical girl series.