Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Name: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Rating: 8.2

Sailor Moon
美少女戦士セーラームーン
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

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Synopsis

"In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!" Usagi Tsukino is a cheerful 14-year-old who attends Juuban Municipal Junior High School. She prefers eating and playing video games to studying, which results in her notably poor grades. She also gets easily upset, whether by baseless insults or reasonable reprimands. It is very unlikely that she could be known as anything but a bad influence and a crybaby, but that begins to change when she meets a black cat. Given a special brooch from the black cat named Luna, Usagi can use it to transform into a guardian of justice named Sailor Moon! She is now tasked to protect the Earth from all that is evil and to find both a missing princess and a sacred jewel known as the Mystical Silver Crystal. Whether she likes it or not, Usagi's beautiful transformation marks the start of meeting the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, fighting alongside new comrades, and learning to take responsibility in this acclaimed magical girl classic. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon won the 17th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo category in 1993. The series has received critical acclaim, being credited with redefining the magical girl genre. As of 2022, over 46 million copies of the manga are in circulation. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon was serialized in English by Tokyopop in their two magazines, MixxZine and Smile Magazine. The publisher later published the volumes from December 1, 1998, to September 18, 2001. It was republished by Kodansha Comics USA from September 13, 2011, to November 26, 2013, based on the Japanese shinsouban reprint. Kodansha Comics USA later re-released the series as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition based on the 20th anniversary kanzenban reprint. This edition includes new color pages, updated translations, and special holographic covers. The series has also been published in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica since December 1, 2023; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 12 volumes from April 2014 to March 2015. The series was adapted into multiple stage musicals, live-action series, video games, and other media, including theme park attractions, an ice skating show, and an idol pop group.

Published

Dec 28, 1991 to Feb 3, 1997

Authors

Takeuchi, Naoko

External links

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Usagi Tsukino5811 fan favorites
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Name Meaning: Rabbit of the Moon Birthday: 30 June Astrological Sign: Cancer Blood Type: O Family Members: Kenji (Magazine Editor), Ikuko (Dedicated Housewife), Shingo (Fifth Grade) Interests: Sleeping, Eating, video games, manga Favorite Colors: Pink, White Favorite Class: Home Economics Least Favorite Class: English, Math Favorite Foods: Ice Cream, Cake Least Favorite Food: Carrots Hopes To Go To: Chateau de Versailles Pet she wants to raise: A pure white rabbit Dislikes: Dentists, Ghosts, Lightning Motto: A sleeping child grows up! Favorite Stone: Diamond The main character of the series, called Serena in the English dub (nicknamed Bunny in the manga). Usagi is a carefree schoolgirl with an enormous capacity for love, and transforms into the heroine called Sailor Moon. At the beginning of the series she is portrayed as an immature crybaby who hates having to fight, however over the course of the series you come to know her sweet and selfless side. Usagi is a bit selfish, very lazy, clumsy, and also an academic underachiever. She's also not very good at cooking. However, she cares deeply about her friends and family. Usagi is very trusting, and believes that everyone has a better nature. She doesn't believe in killing innocent people, even when they had been transformed into vicious monsters, and always seeks ways to help them instead. Usagi matures a great deal through the series, and even though she is still prone to some childish behavior and bouts of silliness, she becomes a capable young woman.
Rei Hino2182 fan favorites
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Birthday: April 17 Blood type: AB Hobby: Reading, fortune telling Favorite sport: Track and Field events Favorite colors: red and black Favorite class: Ancient Writing Least favorite class: Modern Society Favorite foods: Fugu, Thai cuisine Least favorite food: Canned asparagus Hopes to go to: the deep sea Habit: When she looks at people, she watches them patiently Special skill: Meditation Pet she wants to raise: Iguana Dislikes: Television Motto: Do not depend on men! Favorite stone: Ruby An elegant miko (shrine maiden), called Raye in the English version and Raya in the French version. Because of her work as a Shintô priestess, Rei can sense and dispel evil even in civilian form. When she transforms into Sailor Mars, she can also manipulate fire. She is very serious and focused, but although easily annoyed by Usagi's flightiness, cares about her very much. Rei is portrayed as boy-crazy in the early anime, but is uninterested in romance in both the manga and live-action series. She attends a private Catholic school, separate from the other girls. (Source: Wikipedia)
Minako Aino1702 fan favorites
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Birthday: October 22 Blood type: B Favorite color: yellow, red Favorite class: Physical Education Favorite food: curry, ramen, gyoza Least favorite food: shiitake Dislikes: Mama and police officers Favorite stone: Topaz Motto: If you fall down, lift yourself up! Minako is the fourth member of the Sailor Team to be discovered by Sailor Moon, and serves as the leader of the Guardian Senshi who protect her. She uses love-related powers. In the manga and anime series she dreams of becoming a famous idol, whereas in the live-action series her character is refactored to already be a celebrity. Silly or serious, Minako consistently displays great confidence, enthusiasm, and leadership skill. She is the "owner" of Artemis, the white guardian cat who introduced her to her life as a Senshi. He lives in her home (as Luna lives in Usagi's) and is one of her closest friends.
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Birthday: December 5 Astrological Sign: Sagittarius Blood Type: O Hobby: Cooking Favorite Sports: ballet, basketball, skating Favorite Color: sugar pink Favorite Class: Home Economics Least Favorite Class: Physics Favorite Foods: cherry pie, meatloaf Least Favorite Food: none Hopes To Go To: Rome Habit: Gets nervous and stutters Special Skill: Bargaining Pet she wants to raise: Tropical fish Dislikes: Airplanes Motto: A peony standing, a tree peony sitting, in the form of the lily flower when walking. Favorite Stone: Emerald Makoto Kino, called Lita Kino in the original English dub, is a fourteen-year-old girl who is a student in Usagi Tsukino's class and was rumoured to have been expelled from her previous school for fighting. Unusually tall and strong for a Japanese schoolgirl, she transforms into Sailor Jupiter, the Guardian of Thunder and Courage. Both of Makoto's parents died in a plane crash years ago, so she lives alone and takes care of herself. She cultivates her physical strength and domestic interests, including housekeeping cooking, and gardening. Makoto excels at hand-to-hand combat. Her dream is to marry a young handsome man and to own a flower-and-cake shop. (Source: Wikipedia)
Hotaru Tomoe1629 fan favorites
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Birthday: January 6 Zodiac: Capricorn Blood type: AB Hobby: reading Favorite sport: table tennis Favorite color: purple Favorite class: World History Least favorite class: Physical Education Favorite food: Japanese buckwheat noodles Least favorite food: milk Hopes to go to: Florence Habit: hangs head Special skill: injury treatment Has trouble with: marathons Favorite stone: flourite With people who do not know or understand her well, Hotaru is extremely shy and socially awkward, due to her powers and intelligence, but only at first. With her close friends and family she is a sweet, gentle, young woman with a great warmth and spirit. She tends to be independent, having been alone and taking care of herself for quite some time. Hotaru grew up very much alone, sick, and an outcast, shunned by her classmates who were frightened of her. It was not until she met Chibi-Usa that she at last had a true friend. (Source: Wikipedia)
Haruka Tenou1503 fan favorites
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Birthday: January 27 Zodiac: Aquarius Blood type: B Hobby: racing Favorite sport: track and field Favorite color: gold Favorite class: Physical Education Least favorite class: Modern Language Arts Favorite food: salad Least favorite food: natto Hopes to go to: heaven Habit: pouts Special skill: snobbish remarks Has trouble with: men Favorite stone: amber Haruka is a stubborn, protective individual, but is also strong-willed, capable, charming, and occasionally even doting. She is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Neptune in the final episode of Sailor Moon R. When transformed, she is known as Sailor Uranus, and is part of the group known in Fanon as the Outer Senshi. Haruka is a race car driver, even though she is barely sixteen years old when she appears. However, the timing of her birthday to the Japanese school year means she is one grade ahead of the Inner Senshi. (Source: Wikipedia)
Ami Mizuno1370 fan favorites
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Birthday: September 10 Zodiac: Virgo Blood type: A Family members: mother (doctor), father (watercolour painter) Hobbies: reading, playing chess Favorite sport: swimming Favorite color: light blue Favorite class: Mathematics Least favorite class: none Favorite foods: sandwiches, honey Least favorite food: hamachi Hopes to go to: Greece Habits: pondering, putting her hand to her mouth Special skill: calculating Pet she wants to raise: a wise cat like Luna Dislikes: none Motto: Pure, Honest, Beautiful! Favorite stone: sapphire A quiet bookworm in Usagi's class, called Amy in the English adaptations of the series. She is hugely intelligent, with an IQ of 300, and can transform into Sailor Mercury, acquiring power over water. Ami's shy exterior masks a passion for knowledge and for taking care of the people around her. She hopes to be a doctor one day, like her mother, and tends to be the practical one in the group. Secretly, she is also a fan of pop culture and romance novels and becomes embarrassed whenever this is pointed out. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mamoru Chiba1090 fan favorites
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Birthday: August 3 Zodiac: Leo Blood type: A Favorite food: chocolate Least favorite food: none Favorite subject: Physics Least favorite subject: none Favorite color: black Has trouble with: needles Mamoru Chiba is the major romantic interest of Usagi Tsukino. He is often portrayed as stoic, steady and introverted. This may be because when he was young his parents died in a car crash. This blocked his childhood memories of his current lifetime and opened up the memories of his previous life as Prince Endymion. Tuxedo Mask is a disguise Mamoru created for himself in order to hunt for the Silver Crystal incognito and, later, assist the Sailor Senshi in battle. He is always addressed as Mamo-chan by Usagi throughout the series (Chibiusa also addresses him with this nickname later on). After dating for two years, Mamoru gives Usagi an engagement ring at an airport. The couple eventually gets married. In the future, they become king and queen of Earth and Crystal Tokyo and have a child together whom they name, Small Lady, but is in the majority of the series known as Chibiusa. The manga develops Mamoru more extensively, showing that the car crash happened on his birthday and gives a glimpse of his parents. He also is given the power of psychometry, which also showed up in the anime, but was not given a name. This manifests in his ability to see and read dreams (such as Chibiusa's), heal people, and monitor the status of the Earth. The anime tends not to develop Mamoru as much; however, he is shown to be more social than his manga counterpart. He's interested in a variety of subjects and is shown as smart. Mamoru also has his left ear pierced in the manga, a trait that does not carry over to his anime counterpart.
Michiru Kaiou1029 fan favorites
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Birthday: March 6 Astrological Sign: Pisces Blood type: O Hobby: Violin Favorite Sport: Swimming Favorite Color: Aqua Green Favorite Class: Music Least Favorite Class: None Favorite Foods: Sashimi Least Favorite Food: Kikurage Hopes To Go To: Vienna, "capital of classical music." Habit: Looks into her mirror Special Skill: Leering Has trouble with: Sea Cucumbers Favorite Stone: Aquamarine Introduced in the third story arc, Michiru fights alongside her partner and lover Haruka in defending the Solar System from outside threats. In both versions of the story, she is elegant, sophisticated, capable of sharp anger, and sometimes cold. She is fully dedicated to her duty as a Senshi. Her Senshi alter-ego is Sailor Neptune, one of the "four soldiers of the outer solar system." As Sailor Neptune, her element of influence is the sea (not with water in general as Sailor Mercury's powers are); as with many of the other Senshi, this element is closely associated with her planet, which is named for the Roman sea god, Neptune. She is one of the Senshi who has natural psychic powers, alerting her when danger is near. She seems to be a character with a very deep understanding of things, sometimes even surpassing the other Outer Senshi due to her unnaturally high psychic endowments. Michiru's wavy aqua hair and turquoise eyes are intended to evoke images of her element. (Source: Wikipedia)
Chibiusa746 fan favorites
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Birthday: June 30 Astrological Sign: Cancer Blood Type: O Hobbies: Magic Tricks Favorite Color: Red, Pink Favorite Class: Manual-Arts Class Least Favorite Class: Language Arts Favorite Foods: Pudding Least Favorite Food: Carrots Hopes To Go To: The Moon Habit: Upward glance Special Skill: Pink Sugar Heart Attack Pet she wants to raise: A rabbit Dislikes: ghosts Motto: I am a graceful lady. Favorite Stone: Diamond Chibiusa's real name is actually Usagi, but she is nicknamed Chibiusa to distinguish her from Usagi. She is usually very upbeat, extroverted, and outgoing. Though she started out socially awkward, she quickly became popular with her classmates in the 20th-century. Chibiusa's dream is to one day become a real lady, to have her own prince, and to be friends with everyone she knows. Meanwhile, she is a fairly ordinary little girl; she likes pink and red, pudding, pancakes, and rabbits. Her favorite school subject is drawing, while her least favorites are language classes.
Setsuna Meiou600 fan favorites
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Birthday: October 29 Zodiac: Scorpio Blood type: A Hobby: shopping Favorite color: dark red Favorite stone: garnet Favorite sport: rhythmic gymnastics Favorite class: Physics Least favorite class: Music Favorite food: green tea Least favorite food: eggplant Sailor Pluto first appears as a Senshi in the second major story arc, and her civilian form is not shown until the third. She is unique among all the characters in that she is stationed at the Door of Space-Time, with the specific duty of forbidding anyone to pass through it without permission. She has powers that relate to both time and the underworld. Sailor Pluto is not introduced until late in the Sailor Moon R series. She is the soldier who guards the gates of time. She is first seen contacting Chibiusa through Luna-P. Sailor Pluto refers to Chibiusa as "Small Lady." Chibiusa usually calls Sailor Pluto by the nickname "Puu." She acts as Chibiusa's guardian. After the events of the second story arc, she leaves the gates of time to temporarily live as a human being, joins the rest of the Outer Senshi, and becomes a university student studying physics. The exact nature of how she leaves her post differs between versions; in the manga, she is reincarnated in present day by Neo-Queen Serenity after sacrificing herself during the second arc, while in the anime Neo-Queen Serenity allows her to leave. Even in her civilian form, Setsuna is the oldest of the Sailor Team, around her late teens or older. Her personality has been described as distant and somewhat lonely, however she does consistently display warmth and affection toward Chibiusa. When she reincarnates, she becomes more friendly, but is still not very emotional, although there are moments in the manga where she expresses much more emotion than the anime. She later cares for Hotaru along with Michiru and Haruka. Unlike the other Senshi, it is questioned whether she is fully human—she has been described as "a goddess, eternally guarding the Portal of Space and Time." Sailor Pluto's precise abilities and knowledge of the past and present are only vaguely defined, although a common theory is a form of omniscience, possibly due to her portrayal in the anime. For example, she was presumably aware of the two sailor soldiers carrying the mystical objects they were hunting for, but did not inform them and allowed various people to be attacked. (This differs greatly from the manga, and may be a simple continuity error.) This omniscience is represented as being able to watch through the gates of time, and such. Sailor Pluto appears in just a few TV episodes. Unlike Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, she is sympathetic toward the Guardian Senshi, and assists them on several occasions. During the second story arc, she allows them to travel through time even though this is not ordinarily allowed. In the third story arc, she often extends help or advice to Sailor Moon and her companions even when Sailors Uranus and Neptune want the two groups separate. Later, Setsuna joins the Guardian Senshi in investigating the true identity of ChibiChibi. In the manga, she is an inspiration to Ami, and her relationship with Ami gives Sailor Mercury additional strength to power-up to her Super form. Sailor Pluto has additional, less cited influences and spheres of dominion in her manga incarnation, influences that are vaguely suggested in the anime, but never made explicit. Sailor Pluto is much darker in her initial form in the manga, identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld" with very dark skin and a black sailor uniform. She is also stated to be the daughter of Chronos, god of time. She is a ruthless soldier who follows rather exacting laws, executing any intruders who dare violate the underworld in search for the Gates of Time. She nearly kills Sailor Moon before realizing who she is, stating that "all who break the taboo must be eliminated." Luna also states to the others that no one is to even know that she (Sailor Pluto) exists, due to her dominion and nature, and that to her knowledge no one has ever seen her. Luna calls her a "lone warrior," noting the sadness in her eyes.