Which celestial body was the symbol of Sailor Moon. Description of the characters of the animated series Sailor moon

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• Sailor Moon R: The Movie
• Sailor Moon S: The Movie
• Sailor Moon Supers: The Movie

Sailor Moon musicals (SeraMu): 25 shows were produced between 1993 and 2005

Quite a few video games featuring sailor warriors have been released, mostly in Japan.

• Codename: Sailor V

The plots of the various works in the metaseries revolve around the reincarnated defenders of an ancient kingdom that once spanned the entire solar system. The main characters, called warriors in sailor suits (Japanese: セーラー戦士 Se:ra: Senshi? , Sailor Senshi), young girls who can transform into heroines named after the Moon (eng. Moon) and planets of the solar system (Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, etc.). The use of the word "Sailor" in their names is due to the style of their costumes, which are reminiscent of the popular female school uniform in Japan - sera fuku(sailor suit). The fantasy elements in the series are deeply symbolic and often based on mythology.

Plot

In the distant past, there was a kingdom on the Moon - the Silver Millennium. It coexisted peacefully with the Earth. Prince of Earth Endymion and Princess of the Moon Serenity fell in love, but the people gripped dark force, attacked the Silver Millennium. Using the power of the Illusory Silver Crystal, Queen Serenity managed to stop the invaders, but her kingdom was destroyed. All that Queen Serenity could do was to arrange for her daughter and her guardian warriors to be born again in the future in a time of peace and be able to live a happy and peaceful life there.

The main character of "Sailor Moon" is Usagi Tsukino. She was an ordinary schoolgirl until she met the talking cat Luna. Luna helped Usagi awaken her powers and taught the girl to transform into Sailor Moon to fight the evil trying to take over the Earth. Her friends, other warriors in sailor suits, also joined her in the battles.

As the story progresses, the sailor warriors learn more about their enemies and the force that guides them. At the same time, the truth about their past lives and the future of the solar system is revealed.

The plot is divided into five main story arcs, each of which was presented in both the manga and anime. Their names: Dark Kingdom arc, Black Moon arc ( Sailor Moon R), Infinity/Mugen arc ( Sailor Moon S), arch "Dream" ( Sailor Moon Supers) and the "Stars" arc ( Sailor Stars). The anime additionally shows a small arc at the beginning of the second season and the first episodes of the fifth Sailor Stars complete the plot of the previous episodes.

"Sailor Moon - Moon in a Sailor Suit" (Sailor Moon; anime season 1)

In the first episode of the season, an ordinary Japanese schoolgirl Usagi (Bunny) Tsukino, on her way to school, saves a black cat with a crescent-shaped mark on her forehead from being bullied by children. Later, this cat comes to Usagi's home and tells her that she is not an ordinary schoolgirl, but a warrior - Sailor Moon and that she must find other warriors and Moon Princess to defeat their enemy - the Dark Kingdom. The fight against demons turned out to be not as simple as it seemed to Bunny at first glance, but in the very first episodes she has a defender - a stranger in a black cloak and mask, whose appearance is heralded by a red rose.

Usagi manages to find three more warriors in a sailor suit: Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, but at the same time, the Dark Kingdom also has new warriors: Jade, Zoisite and Kunzite (and before that, her main enemy was Jadeite). Jade, in the process of searching for a silver crystal, falls in love with Usagi's friend Naru and is even going to go over to the side of the sailor warriors, but he is killed by the demons of Zoisite.

Zoisite soon finds out that Mamoru is hiding behind the Tuxedo Mask mask and stabs him in the shoulder. To take the Rainbow Crystals from Tuxedo Mask, he lures him into a trap. Usagi, seeing that Mamoru is wounded, follows him, but also falls into Zoisite’s trap with him. Zoisite wanted to kill both of them, but Usagi reveals himself and turns into Sailor Moon. Then Zoisite attacks Sailor Moon, but Mamoru, turning into Toxedo Mask, covers her with himself. Usagi's tear awakens the Silver Crystal and with it memories of the past and everyone finds out that real princess Serenity's moons are Usagi, and Mamoru is Earth's Prince Endymion. Before all these events, the fifth warrior in a sailor suit appears - Sailor Venus with true friend the cat Artemis.

Meanwhile, in the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl decides to resurrect King Metalia, for which she needs the Silver Crystal. She sends Kunzite after the wounded Tuxedo Mask and when he kidnaps him, she transforms Tuxedo Mask into Dark Endymion, giving him part of the energy of the King of Metalia and sends him to take the Silver Crystal from Sailor Moon.

Usagi tries to get Mamoru to remember who he is. Endymion cannot take the Silver Crystal from Sailor Moon, each time finding new excuses, then Kunzite takes matters into his own hands and, luring the sailor warriors to North Pole, kills them one by one with the help of the demon sisters. In the end, Usagi is left alone, but her love for Mamoru and the desire that the death of her friends not be in vain helps her defeat Queen Beryl and destroy the Dark Kingdom.

All warriors are reborn, but they lose their memory and do not remember who they are and that they once knew each other...

“Sailor Moon is with us again” (Sailor Moon R; anime season 2)

Plot

This season includes two stories: about the Tree of the Spirit World and about Crystal Tokyo and the war with Nemesis.

Our world is again in danger and again requires the help of soldiers. But after the battle at the North Pole, they don’t remember anything and returned to normal life, they don’t even know that they once knew each other. Later they meet and remember their past lives. This happens just in time - a meteorite falls to Earth near Tokyo, and with it new enemies - Eil and Anna. The aliens have magical Tarot cards, with the help of which they free the Kardyan demons, as well as the Tree of the World of Spirits - an intelligent plant and the ancestor of their race, the last representatives of which Anna and Eil are. Under the guise of brother and sister, Sejuro and Natsumi Jingo, they infiltrate Usagi's school and begin to collect people's energy, without which the Aliens and the Tree themselves will die. Mamoru loses his memory, and now Usagi and Anna begin the fight for his love. Sejuro falls in love with Usagi, and Makoto with him. At the same time, the mysterious Moonlight Knight, very similar to Tuxedo Mask, comes to the aid of the sailor warriors. The girls don't have enough strength against new enemies, and then they get new wands and attacks! As a result, the Aliens who believed in goodness, together with the sprout of the purified Tree, fly away in search of a new world, and Mamoru remembers his past and resumes his relationship with the odango-atama. However, the story is not over - Usagi suddenly gets a “sister” - a harmful girl named Chibiusa, very similar to her. As it turns out, she is the future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru, who traveled back in time to find the Silver Crystal, lost in her time.

In the Crystal Tokyo of the future, the enemies - the Dark Moon Clan, once expelled from Earth to the ice planet Nemesis, a community of revolutionary aristocrats, are ready to destroy their world. King Endymion and Queen Neo-Serenity are unable to protect the planet without the Silver Crystal, and the guardian warriors will not be able to hold out for long to prevent the planet from falling completely.

Realizing that the crystal is the key to victory, the Nemesians also travel through time, wanting to take possession of the crystal back in the past. To protect the world from the encroachments of new enemies, Sailor Moon's real mother from the past, Queen Selenity, grants her new strength. The first to begin the hunt for Chibiusa are the four pursuing sisters: Petzeit, Kalaverait, Bertright and Kermetseit, and their leader commands them armed forces Nemesis - Red Ruby (Crimson Rubius). In addition to searching for Chibiusa, the sisters are busy deploying Dark Wedges to destroy the energy center of Crystal Tokyo. One by one, the pursuing sisters go over to the side of good and become ordinary people, and Red Ruby kidnaps Chibiusa and the sailor warriors onto his UFO, but they escape from his ship using sailor teleportation. Another member of the Dark Moon Clan appears on a flying saucer engulfed in fire - Green Emerald (Green Esmerud), who leaves her colleague to die in terrible agony, and she takes his place. Emerald continues to install Dark Wedges, she, in turn, obeys the two princes of Nemesis - Diamond and Sapphire, with the first she is secretly in love. Diamond remains indifferent to her feelings; in his heart lives love for the new Queen Serenity, who happily fell asleep through his own fault while protecting Crystal Tokyo. When the warriors travel to the future to save the city, Diamond notices Sailor Moon's striking resemblance to the future queen and kidnaps her. Sailor Moon does not respond to his fiery feelings and runs away with light hand beloved Mamoru. Realizing that for Almaz she is only a member of the team, Emerald decides to desperate step- ask for help from the insidious and mysterious Sage, who acts as a local oracle. He turns her into a terrible snake. Emerald attacks the warriors, but they defeat her. In anguish after defeat, she dies. This fate befalls the unfortunate Sapphire, who learns about the Sage’s plans to destroy the Earth and tries to stop him. Accidentally revealed to the Sage the real truth about Chibiusa's strength. Playing on her feelings, he lures her to him and turns her into the Dark Lady. At the same time, from small child she turns into a young girl. The warriors try to bring her back, but fail. With her help, the Sage opens the Dark Gates, which must destroy the Earth. Meanwhile, Diamond makes another attempt to win Sailor Moon's love. It turns out tragically for him. Defending her, he dies. Sailor Moon and Mamoru manage to return Chibiusa. Feeling guilty for what happened in the past (she was the direct culprit for the disappearance of the silver crystal), Chibiusa helps Sailor Moon deal with the Sage and protect the world.

"Sailor Moon - Super Warrior" (Sailor Moon S; anime season 3)

Plot

The girls have new enemies - the professor and the witches who serve him, who collect pure hearts to revive the messiah of darkness, who should become the little girl Hotaru Tomu, Chibiusa's girlfriend. Chibiusa returned to the past, where she became Chibi Sailor Moon. In addition to her, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who are only busy searching for hearts and the messiah, also began to help the girls. Sailor Pluto also appears and by combining their talismans, the Holy Grail Cup appears, which transforms Usagi into Super Sailor Moon. But even before this, another new rod of Usagi appears, which was born from her and Mamoru’s love. Essentially, Super Sailor Moon's attack is an upgraded "love rod". During battles with demons, Hotaru also awakens a strange, uncontrollable power. At first the warriors do not notice this, then they worry, then they forbid the little lady to be friends with Hotaru. But Chibiusa does not listen to them, and her pure heart fed to Hotaru, who turns into the Messiah of Darkness. Usagi tries to heal Hotaru, but instead the Holy Grail summons the Evil Pharaoh and disappears. But the Father’s Love (the evil professor) returns Hotaru’s memory, and moreover, they turn her into Light Sailor Saturn, the last warrior of the System. Usagi and Saturn go to battle and win - however, Hotaru has become very small, and she is taken in by Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.

"Sailor Moon" (Sailor Moon SuperS; anime season 4)

Plot

Chibiusa has a dream where she communicates with a strange winged snow-white horse, which introduces itself as Pegasus. And to Earth undercover solar eclipse The Dark Moon Circus arrives under the command of Zirconia, who sends her servants in search of Pegasus, whose defense Usa and all the warriors rise to. Even though the enemies are strong, Pegasus gives Usagi new strength - however, she can only transform and attack together with Chibiusa. But, as it turns out, not the Amazon Trio (the main servants of Zirconia) and not even Zirconia herself are the girls’ main enemies - their main enemy is the ruler Nehelenia, who cherishes the dream of being forever young. On top of everything else, Pegasus turns out to be not just an educated horse, but Helios, the guardian magical forest Illusion. In order to fulfill her dream, Nehelenia steals her dream from Chibiusa and even throws her into the abyss. But Helios, and then Usagi, save the Little Lady. As a result, Nehelenia retired, the circus disappeared, and Super Sailor Moon and Super Chibi Moon received a new addition to their "princess" transformation - wings.

“Sailor Moon Sailor Stars” (Season 5 of the anime)

Plot

At the beginning of the season, it turns out that the previous enemies did not die completely and it is necessary to finish what they started. Soon, three warriors arrive on the planet - Sailor warriors from another system. They are looking for their princess, who fled from their home world, captured by Galaxia, searching for star seeds and choosing the Earth and its defenders as a new target. Nehelenia is defeated, but there remains Zirconia and her new henchmen - four circus girls, each of whom looks like one of the planetary warriors. The girls defeat the Circus to the end and Nehelenia too. Pegasus flies away, the Amazon Quartet goes off into its own life. But the adventures don't end there. The newly grown Hotaru, or rather Sailor Saturn, gathers all the warriors of the system for a ritual, where they throw off their forces and Usagi becomes “Eternal Sailor Moon”, receiving a completely new costume (three-layer skirt, new boots, a new sailor suit and snow-white paired wings on her back) and new rod. Mamoru is going to study in America, Usagi accompanies him to the airport, where he proposes marriage to her, to which she agrees. The plane takes off into the sky, but Mamoru does not reach its destination...Star Galaxy appears for the first time and tries to take the star seed of the Earth's guardian from Mamoru...He does not know who she is and what she is capable of, so he rushes into battle, but she is ahead of him and takes the star seed . Dying, Mamoru tells the triumphant Galaxy that he is not alone on this planet and that the sailor wars will put her in her place... At the same time, new heroes appear - three sailor warriors from another System (Sailor Star Warrior, Sailor Star Healer and Sailor Star Creator ), who are hiding in three guys from Usagi's school, as well as the little new Warrior Chibi-Chibi. But with new friends, new enemies appear - Sailor Galaxia, which takes away their star seeds from the sailor warriors, as well as her faithful servants. The girls do not have enough strength to fight against their enemies, but Chibi-Chibi, and then all the warriors, once again improve Usagi’s transformation. With these powers, Usagi defeats four servants of Galaxia, and subsequently transforms Galaxia herself into good

Full-length movies

After great success"Sailor Moon" all over the world, Toei Animation decided to create feature films based on it. Feature-length additions were made for the second, third and fourth seasons. Their names "Sailor Moon R Movie", "Sailor Moon S Movie" And "Sailor Moon SuperS Movie". Alternative names are also used to denote them: "Dangerous Flowers", "Ice Princess Kaguya" And "Black Hole of Dreams" respectively, but they are not actually official. Graphically, all three feature films differ from the series due to the use of computer graphics in their creation. The full-length film was not released for the fifth season, the authors motivated this by the fact that they did not want to spoil the impressions of the last episode of the anime.

"Sailor Moon R Movie"

Feature film "Sailor Moon R Movie" was made based on the second season of the series Sailor Moon. It tells the story of a mysterious alien from a distant planet named Fiore. When Fiore was a little boy, he lost his parents and in the Fiore hospital he met Mamoru, who found himself in exactly the same situation. Fiore and Mamoru became friends, but one day Fiore announced that it was time for him to fly to his planet. In parting, Mamoru gave Fiora a red rose, and they said goodbye on long years. In the present day, Fiore returns to Earth and kidnaps Mamoru, now an adult. Usagi is desperate. Together with their friends, they go to the flower planet in search of the kidnapped Mamoru. Where Fiore almost kills Sailor Moon, but she survives. Subsequently, the warriors had to save the planet from a meteorite falling on it. Usagi dies, but Mamoru is able to save her thanks to Fiore's flowers.

"Sailor Moon S Movie"

Feature film "Sailor Moon S Movie" was made based on the third season of the series Sailor Moon. Christmas, snow everywhere, Usagi and her friends are anxiously awaiting Christmas. But suddenly the talking cat Luna goes missing. Artemis begins to worry and persuades the girls to find her. Meanwhile, Luna finds shelter with a very handsome astronaut, with whom she falls in love. But since Luna is a cat, she can never be with him. Meanwhile, the planet is attacked by the mysterious Ice Queen, who dreams of freezing the Earth and adding it to her collection. Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako decide to confront her and stop her from turning our planet into an icy desert.

"Sailor Moon SuperS Movie"

Latest feature film "Sailor Moon SuperS Movie" was made based on the fourth season of the series Sailor Moon. Like the season itself, the full-length cartoon is dedicated to Chibiusa. One day she meets a cute elf named Peruru and naturally falls in love with him. But there is one problem - Peruru is forced to obey an evil queen who kidnaps little children through hypnosis.

Special Issues

"Sailor Moon R Special"

“Make-Up! Sailor Senshi" was shown in cinemas in a package with the feature film Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R Movie

"Sailor Moon SuperS Special"

"Sailor Moon SuperS Special" is a special for the fourth season of the series, which aired between episodes 33 and 34. The length of the special issue is 45 minutes and it includes three short stories. The first novel follows Usagi's life throughout the first three seasons and includes flashbacks to previous episodes of the series, which depicts the Sailor Senshi's struggle against the Dark Kingdom, the Dark Moon Dynasty and the Apostles of Death. The second novel tells what happened to Haruka and Michiru during the fourth season, when they were absent for all the episodes of that season. In this novella, Haruka and Michiru meet a strange ventriloquist and his talking doll who are clearly planning some dark plan. The third novel is an adaptation of one of the special comics of the manga and tells us how a strange new student Ririka comes to Chibiusa’s class, who turns out to be a real vampire. The special issue, unlike the movies, turned out to be very successful and the action in it develops quite dynamically. But visually, the special falls significantly short of the series.

"Ami-chan no Hatsukoi"

This special issue can be literally translated as "Ami's First Love" and as you may have guessed, the main character it features Ami Mitsuno. This short short episode is about Ami's mysterious rival who beats her in all her exams. But the annoying thing is that this student is hiding under the pseudonym Mercurius. Who is this guy? mysterious person? While Ami tries to figure this out, her school is attacked by a demon again... Missing from this special is the cat Luna, who takes on the role of voice-over narrator. This special is only 15 minutes long and was released as a bonus on the VHS edition of the fourth season. Later, when the company began re-releasing the season on DVD, the special was also added.

Manga

The manga first appeared in 1992, after its predecessor manga " Codename Sailor V" became very popular. The TV Asahi company wanted to film this manga, but proposed making the heroine not just one girl, but a whole team with different characters, in order to make more money on related products (toys, stationery). Then Naoko came up with the idea for the series “Beauty - Warrior Sailor Moon”. The mangaka has always been interested in astronomy and mythology, which is why she gave her new heroines such names and powers. - "...At first SM was a little in its own world, the world of my imagination. But now it has become a worldwide work, under the supervision of many people from all continents writing to me “I love SM” and I know that this is true and I will not say more" I don’t believe it “I am very, very happy that I can share this joy. I'm so glad I drew SM...”

The manga, like the series, tells the story of the struggle of magical girls against abstract evil. However, unlike the anime, the manga is more logical, and the girls are more consistent with the status of defenders of everything and everyone - they can fly, and a directed nuclear strike will only make them grin. There is violence in the manga, it is shown briefly, but it is not completely removed. It explains what a silver crystal is, why it is needed, and other plot things that remain a “closed secret” in the animated series. Translated into Russian by fans.

In 2003-2004, a re-release of the manga was released to coincide with the live-action series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (12 tankōbon volumes). In the new edition, some shortcomings in the drawing were corrected, a changed logo was introduced, changes were made in the structure of some acts, corrections were made in the texts, etc. The special issues were published in two separate volumes (Short Stories).

Anime

The Sailor Moon anime was produced by TV Asahi, Toei Agency and Toei Animation. The show began just a month after the publication of the first issue of the manga. The anime consists of 200 episodes, shown from March 1992 to February 1997 on TV Asahi, making Sailor Moon one of the longest running anime in the maho-shoujo genre. The anime sparked an incredibly successful merchandising campaign with over 5,000 titles, fueled by worldwide demand and translation into many other languages. Since then, Sailor Moon has become one of the most famous anime in the world.

The anime series consists of five separate, completed stories of around 40 episodes each, usually referred to as seasons. Each season roughly corresponds to one of the five main story arcs of the manga: they share the main story line and most of the characters appear in both works. There are also five animated specials and three feature-length films: Sailor Moon R: The Movie, Sailor Moon S: The Movie, and Sailor Moon Supers: The Movie.

The series used hand-drawn animation techniques. The series was originally directed by Junichi Sato, then by Kunihiro Ikuhara, and then by Takuya Igarashi. Character designs were done by Kazuko Tadano, Ikuko Ito and Katsumi Tamegai

The series was released in Japan on DVD in 12 "volumes", each of which had sold more than 300,000 copies by the end of 1995.

Characters

The main character of the works. The translation for seasons 1-3 of the anime is Bunny Tsukino. She was an ordinary schoolgirl. After meeting with talking cat Moon, gets the opportunity to transform into the warrior Sailor Moon. She uses her powers to protect those she cares about.
Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi, Kae Araki

Mamoru is a college student. When he was little, he was in a car accident. His parents then died, and Mamoru himself forgot who he was. Has some ability to foresee the future. Sometimes uses the image of Tuxedo Mask to help warriors. In the original anime and manga, he is called Tuxedo Kamen.
In the second season (second half), he finds out that he will become Usagi's husband. They and the warriors travel to the future, to Silver Tokyo, where they learn that they have a daughter, Little Bani (Chibiusa). Voiced by: Toru Furuya.

Another common way to pronounce the surname is Mitsuno. Usagi's quiet and intelligent classmate. There are rumors that it is equal to 300, . She can transform into a warrior named Sailor Mercury who uses the power of water. She dreams of becoming a doctor when she grows up.
Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa

Initially, she fought alone as Sailor V, but then joined the rest of the warriors. Minako has a companion - the cat Artemis. She transforms into Sailor Venus, Warrior of Love. He is the leader of Sailor Moon's inner guard quartet. Minako dreams of becoming a famous singer and idol, so she attends every audition she can.
Voiced by: Rika Fukami

Chibiusa (Japanese: ちびうさ Tibius? , Baby)

The daughter of Mamoru and Usagi, she first traveled back in time from the 30th century to find help and save her parents, later returning to train with Sailor Moon and become a warrior. She can transform into Sailor Chibi Moon. Chibi Usa dreams of growing up and becoming a lady like her mother.
Voiced by: Kae Araki

When Hotaru was little, one day she was in the laboratory of her father, a geneticist, when an explosion occurred. Everyone died except Dr. Tomo. When he saw that Hotaru was dead, he gave his body to the demon Hermatoid in exchange for Hotaru’s life, but a demon, the Messiah of Darkness, also possessed her body.
Hotaru gets sick often. Before meeting Chibiusa, she had no friends at all. Hotaru dreams of becoming a doctor. Her main ability- heal wounds. Transforms into Sailor Saturn, the warrior of destruction.
Voiced by: Yuko Minaguchi

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Have you watched "Sailor Moon"? Did you catch that ancient first anime adaptation in the good old nineties? Or did you meet her relatively recently thanks to the remake? Not that important. If you love Sailor Moon, this satya is definitely for you!

58 surprising (or not so surprising) facts about Sailor Moon that will definitely interest you.

1. It’s scary to imagine how many changes happened to the series after it came to America. These changes affected not only names, plot elements and inscriptions in Japanese. Some “scenes of violence” were completely cut out (yes, from the point of view of censorship there are plenty of them), but many frames were also redrawn... Actually, those are those presented below.

Yes. Because there is no point in confusing children's fragile minds with lines female body, yeah.

2. In almost all countries, the original title of the series “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon” (“Beautiful Warrior / Beautiful Warrior Sailor Moon”) was cut down to the laconic “Sailor Moon”. Brevity is the soul of wit.

3. Actually, the series itself is just an adaptation of a manga written by Naoko Takeuchi. This was published in the shoujo manga magazine “Nakayoshi” from 1991 to 1997.

4. The first edition of the manga consisted of 18 volumes. However, then, from the second edition, there were 12 of them. The first anime adaptation contains 200 episodes and three full-length films, the second anime adaptation contains 26 episodes. Also based on this work, several dramas, musicals and dozens of video games have been made, not to mention figurines, cards, dakimakura and other stuff for fans.

5. It so happened that dear gentlemen, the Americans could not stop at just re-drawing the original series. In 1995, there was an attempt to make a remake of Sailor Moon. In your own style. It was supposed to be half-live action, half-Western animation. But after 17 minutes of presenting the idea and previewing the episode, everything was quickly folded and hidden deeper until no one saw.

Well, you understand.

6. In 1993, the Sailor Moon manga received a special Kodansha Manga Award in the shoujo (girls) category.

7. Sailor Chibi-Moon, along with Sailor Moon, uses the special attack Moon Gorgeous Meditation only in "Sailor Moon Super S The Movie - Black Dream Hole".

8. The enemies from the third season (the so-called “Apostles of Death”) are from Tau Ceti. Tau Ceti (τ Cet, τ Ceti) is a real sun-like star located in the constellation Cetus. Located almost 12 light years away solar system, is one of the stars closest to us.

9. There are quite a few differences between anime and manga. One of them concerned Michiru Kayo (Sailor Neptune). In the anime, this young lady draws wonderfully, her paintings are even in the museum, however, in the manga, painting is not included in the list of her hobbies. But collecting cosmetics is included.

10. Ikuhara Kunihiko directed many episodes of Sailor Moon, as well as Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose. Ikuhara is also the director of this famous work like “Young Revolutionary Utena” (which he and his team, in fact, left to direct after the third season of SM) and lesser known ones – “ Mawaru Penguindrum" And " Yuri Kuma Arashi».

11. In the anime, Sailor Stars are women who... how should I say... changed their gender to disguise themselves on Earth. Therefore, in everyday life they are biologically male, but when transformed they become female again. In the manga, such mysterious manipulations of chromosomes are not observed, there they are just women dressing up as men. The explanation for such a masquerade is quite simple: they needed popularity to be heard and seen, but on Earth no one would take seriously women singing about their love for the Princess. However, in both the manga and anime adaptations, one of the Stars, Seiya, has a romantic interest in Usagi.

12. The author of the manga, Naoko Takeuchi, did not welcome this anime gender change, but clearly stated that only female representatives can be Sailor Senshi. Therefore, there is no Sailor Earth in any version of the work. Tuxedo Kamen (Tuxedo Mask), a man, is the guardian of the Earth Sailor Crystal. But Naoko never explained how he got to him in the first place.

13. Sailor Mars' name, Rei, was written in katakana in the original manga, a syllabary that the Japanese use to write foreign names.

14. In ancient mythology, Pluto is the god of Death, and Saturn is the god of Time. For some unknown reasons, in SM they exchanged roles: Sailor Pluto received abilities associated with Time, and Sailor Saturn - with Death and destruction.

15. In the manga, Ami (Sailor Mercury) called Albert Einstein her ideal man. So that.

16. The name “Bunny Tsukino”, with which the main character of the series came to Russian-speaking countries, was taken from the American adaptation. The original Japanese name is Usagi Tsukino, which can literally be translated as “Moon Rabbit”. A similar name is associated with Japanese folklore. The idea of ​​a rabbit living on the moon arose due to pareidolic visual illusion- dark spots on the surface of the Moon were perceived as the figure of a hare or rabbit.

The Japanese believe that it is very similar to a rabbit making mochi (Japanese rice cakes).

17. Apparently, Usagi is a big fan of her name - she has a lot of things with rabbits on them.

But that’s not a problem - the thing she doesn’t like most about food is carrots. This was mentioned several times in the work.

18. In the manga, the main Sailor Warriors have castles. Mercury has Mariner, Mars has Phobos Deimos, Venus has Magellan, Jupiter has Io, Uranus has Miranda, Neptune has Triton, Pluto has Charon and Saturn has Titan. The names of the castles are also of an astrological nature - they are satellites of the corresponding planets, and only those of Mercury and Venus are spacecraft.

In the anime adaptation, the names Phobos and Deimos were borne by the crows living in Rei's temple.

19. Even in the original Japanese voice acting, the Sailor Warriors' attacks sound (at least try to) in English, not Japanese. This is because many Japanese people think that foreign words sound very cool.

20. And again to censorship. In the American dub, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune suddenly became cousins. Naturally, all hints of their relationship were cut out. Now it’s no secret to anyone that in the Japanese original it’s a couple of lovers. Without any blood relationship!

21. The relationship between Uranus and Neptune is not only of concern to English-speaking countries. In the Russian dubbing, they also mocked Uranus as best they could. Just look at her male voice in the fifth season of the anime.

22. American censorship also did not ignore another homosexual couple - Kunzite and Zoisite (Kunsite and Zoisite). A few corrected events, corrected dialogues, “correct” dubbing - and with a slight movement of the hand, Zoisit turns into a lovely woman.

Come on, no one even suspected anything.

23. Well, according to tradition, our “native” censorship. Just one phrase. Where in the original, when dying, Zoisite said: “Kunsaito-sama, I loved you,” they added just a little: “...I loved you AS A FATHER.” That's it. Just everything.

24. Continuation of the sensitive topic of gender and orientation. Fisheye from the Amazon Trio is also biologically male. Yes. Seriously. For particularly desperate opponents of this fact (who are not convinced even by the words of Naoko Takeuchi), there is always an excellent screenshot:

Even in such a harsh thing as SM they would not show a completely naked female body.

25. Initially, each of the warriors was supposed to have an original sailor fuku design. But something went wrong.

26. And to continue the theme: in one of the preliminary concept art, Sailor Moon has pink hair. But this is so, in case someone wants to explain for themselves the nightmare of the geneticists of the Moon Kingdom in the person of the suddenly pink-haired daughter of a brunette and a blonde.

27. Naoko Takeuchi's original idea was silver color Usagi's hair after transforming into Sailor Moon. But this idea was embodied only in Princess Serenity.

28. Ordinary Japanese schoolgirls Haruka and Michiru each have a helicopter at their disposal. Haruka's helicopter is called Tenomaru, and Michiru's helicopter is called Kayomaru.

29. Sailor Mercury's mother is a doctor, and her father is an artist.

30. The oldest member of the Sailor Warriors team is Sailor Pluto. As old as time.

31. Sailor Neptune is the only warrior who awakened without outside help.

32. Naoko Takeuchi “created” the Sailor Moon family from her own. I mean, I gave them the names of my relatives. She also named several other characters after her acquaintances and friends.

33. In 1997, the Disney studio wanted to buy the rights to SM. Naoko Takeuchi refused. Because... well, they already have Mickey Mouse!

34. Sailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Juno and Sailor Vesta are the four Sailor Warriors who took their names from the asteroid belt in the Solar System.

35. Total Sailor Warriors 12: Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Sailor Chibi-Moon, Sailor Pluto, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Saturn, Sailor Ceres, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Juno and Sailor Vesta, Sailor Star Warrior, Sailor Star Creator, Sailor Star Healer, Sailor Kakyuu, Sailor Chibi-Chibi/Cosmos and Sailor Galaxia. Only seven of them are planets. We all know what happened to Pluto :(

36. Naoko Takeuchi has received many requests from Hollywood for permission to use SM adaptations in her works. But Takeuchi-san is relentless.

37. The release of the remake of SM (“Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal”) was planned for the summer of 2013, then it was shifted towards winter 2013, then it was shifted again, and again, and again... And the anime was released only in July 2014.

38. Fun fact– if in the first anime adaptation floppy disks were used as electronic storage media (does anyone even know what that is?..), but in “Sailor Moon Crystal” these are DVDs. It's the same in new versions of the manga.

39. Haruka (Sailor Uranus), in addition to a helicopter, is the proud owner of a Ferrari 512M. Because it's Naoko Takeuchi's favorite car.

40. Naoko Takeuchi graduated from Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. That is why her characters bear the names of precious stones, minerals and various elements of the well-known table.

41. Sailor Mars is presumably left-handed because she holds her “bow” like a left-hander when attacking.

42. In Japan, Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) occupied the first places in character ratings and did not leave them for a long time. Not just like that.

43. In the Polish translation of the SM manga, there was a certain period of time when the name Sailor Saturn was mistakenly translated as "Sailor Satan". Of course, because Japanese writing(sounds like "Sir Satan"), but... Whoops. This explains a lot.

44. The most helpless character in the work is Toxedo Kamen. Even in the original manga, he was... ahem, transferred to the dark side three times - in three different story arcs, three different characters.

Look, man, give Sailor Moon a little break.

45. Sailor Pluto’s favorite food is eggplant. I don’t know why this fact is here, but there’s another one at once: Sailor Uranus’s favorite food is salad. And my least favorite is natto.

46. ​​Initially, the Sailor Stars' hairstyles did not include long tails. Naoko Takeuchi asked to add them a little later. It looked too sad.

47. The talismans belonging to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are based on the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan (the so-called “Regalia of the Japanese Emperors”). These are the bronze mirror of Yata no Kagami, pendants made of precious stones (jasper) Yasakani no Magatama and the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi. They symbolize wisdom, prosperity and courage respectively.

48. Seiya Kou's profile (Sailor Star Warrior) presents her as someone who gives the impression of being somewhere between Haruka and Mamoru: strong, selfish, tough, crazy, extraordinary, restless and extremely pessimistic.

49. Sailor Neptune doesn’t have a school subject that she does worse than the others. She's just perfect. However, her favorite subject is music. She dreams of becoming a violinist.

50. In the French dub, Artemis was mistakenly made to be a cat when he first appeared.

51. And in the Portuguese dub, Artemis and Luna simply swung their hems.

52. Happy Valley Sailor Moon - this is the name of a hybrid flower from the orchid family, bred by Shigeru Makoto Kono. This is called a “fan”!

53. Sailor Jupiter was originally supposed to be named Mamoru. But it suited Tuxedo Kamen better.

54. Tuxedo Kamena slippers. Doesn't burn at all.

55. The store that Naru's mother owns is called Osa-P. This is the nickname of editor Naoko Takeuchi.

56. The prototype of the ruins of the Moon Kingdom are the ruins in Syria.

57. In episode 174, Ami prints out a letter in English and is asked to translate it. She says it's from the Columbia University Library website, an article about space exploration. But if you look closely, you can see that the lyrics to “Danger zone” by Kenny Loggins are written there.

Highway to the Danger Zone
Gonna take you
Right into the Danger Zone…

58. In the original Japanese anime, when talking about herself, Haruka uses the male pronoun "boku", which women prefer not to use. So this is another reason why the main characters had some problems with her gender identity.

In the metaseries "Sailor Moon" and the main character of the franchise. Her name - Usagi Tsukino (Japanese: 月野うさぎ Tsukino Usagi, - or Bunny Tsukino in translation). A carefree schoolgirl who can turn into de facto leader of the main heroines of the series, warriors in sailor suits.

Due to the popularity of the works in many countries and her unusual and many times copied hairstyle odango, she has become one of the most recognizable and iconic anime characters in the entire world.

Her boyfriend for most of the series, Mamoru Chiba, calls her by the affectionate nickname "Usako" (which is a diminutive form, the suffix -ko means "child").

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  The metaseries introduces Usagi Tsukino as a schoolgirl living in 20th-century Tokyo. She is initially depicted as a kind-hearted girl, but lazy and a crybaby, preferring to live the life of a normal Earth teenage girl. But at the same time, she continues to fight the evil from her past life and protect the Earth with the help of the Silver Crystal, as a fighter for good and justice, Sailor Moon, which constitutes the main conflict in all works of the series.

  Her adventures begin when, on her way to school, she rescues a cat that is being bullied by the neighborhood kids (in the manga, she steps on the cat). Later, the cat shows up in her room and introduces herself as Luna. From now on she becomes a mentor (English) for Sailor Moon. Luna gives Usagi a magical brooch that helps her transform into Sailor Moon - “a fighter for goodness and justice.” Luna also reveals that there are other warriors who need to be found, as well as their princess. Despite the fact that at the beginning Usagi is depicted as a “forced hero” (in the anime she often has to be saved by Tuxedo Mask), but over time she becomes more confident and experienced, although she still becomes a crybaby at times.

  Usagi is dating a guy named Mamoru Jiba. The relationship between them is an important part of Usagi's life, as well as the plot of the series. Love helps Usagi get through many trials. After many trials, Mamoru becomes Usagi's boyfriend and they date for quite a long time during the series.

  At the end of the first story arc of the works, Sailor Moon's most important secret is revealed: she realizes that she is the reborn Princess Serenity, the crown princess of the Silver Millennium. In the second arc, it also becomes known that in the future she and Mamoru will have a daughter - Baby. Usagi will also become ruler of the earth, known as neo-Queen Serenity in the 20th century.

  In the manga and anime, Mamoru gives Usagi the nickname " Odango" (V different options translation - “head with cones”, “dango head”), in connection with her hairstyle. At the beginning it is always accompanied by the suffix " -atama", meaning "head", but over time it disappears. At first, Usagi hates this name, but as she gets closer to Mamoru, it becomes a sign of sympathy. Other important "men" in Usagi's life: Haruka and Seiya, also adopted the habit of using this name. When showing anime in Russian, Mamoru uses the epithet "chubby" instead, and Seiya uses the epithet "doll".

  Differences between versions

  Usagi often seems illogical from version to version. In the manga, she was initially a crybaby, but quickly gained experience and began to make her own decisions. In the anime, Usagi never makes important decisions.

  Anime usually portrays her as more unstable. She often argues with Baby, asking Mamoru to buy her something, or quarrels with Rei and Minako in a completely childish way. As the series progresses, Usagi matures and changes, but much less than in the manga, excluding events latest episodes each story arc.

  Usagi in the game series differs little from herself in the anime and manga. She seems more open and makes friends easily, which immediately sets her apart from the rest of the warriors, since they are all loners to varying degrees. She rarely uses formal addresses, and addresses everyone "[ Name]-chan”, which is a very informal address, acceptable only between close people. She even teases Ami for continuing to call her "Tsukino-san" in a rather formal way, saying it's like they're not friends. Every time a new warrior appears, Usagi tries to make friends with him, despite the fact that they all resist. Under Usagi's influence, the other warriors begin to realize that they are stronger together than alone. Usagi also usually tries to attract those with whom she makes friends with her interests.

  Forms

  First appearance
  Form	Manga	Anime	Drama
  Usagi Tsukino	Act 1	Episode 1	Act 1
  Sailor Moon	Act 1	Episode 1	Act 1
  Princess Serenity	Act 9	Episode 34	Act 25
  Princess Sailor Moon	--	--	Act 36
  Neo-Queen Serenity	Act 16	Episode 68	--
  Super Sailor Moon	Act 30	Episode 111	--
  Eternal Sailor Moon	Act 42	Episode 167	--

  Princess Serenity often visited Earth to see real greenery, even though it was forbidden. During one of her visits, she met the Crown Prince of Earth, Endymion, and they fell in love.

  During the attack on the Moon Kingdom, Prince Endymion died protecting Serenity. In the manga, she committed suicide out of grief, while in the anime, Queen Metalia killed them both. Serenity's mother, the queen, was able to seal away the evil that caused the attack, but almost everyone died. Before her own death, the Queen used the power of the Silver Crystal to give her daughter and others another chance at life, hoping that this time Serenity and Endymion could live happily together. In the live-action series, Princess Serenity herself destroyed the Moon Kingdom after the death of Endymion.

  In any case, Serenity was reborn as Usagi Tsukino in the 20th century. Usagi sometimes becomes Princess Serenity during the events of the series, often in important points, when more power is needed than Sailor Moon has. Usagi learns that she is a princess in Act 9 of the manga, Episode 34 of the anime, or Act 25 of the television series.

  In the manga, while Takeuchi drew Usagi herself with white, yellow or even pink hair, Serenity has always been silver-haired. In the anime, both characters are always blonde. The hairstyle usually gives away that the princess is Usagi, even before the plot reveals this fact.

  At critical moments, Usagi, in the form of Serenity, appears with angelic wings. This occurs in the final battles of the fourth and fifth seasons of the anime.

  Serenity's name is based on the name of the goddess from ancient Greek mythology, Selene, who was in love with the youth Endymion. In Japanese, the name sounds like "Sere: ne:" ("セレーネー").

  Princess Sailor Moon

  In this form, the character appears only in the live-action television series. She is a combination of Princess Serenity and Sailor Moon, appearing to the audience when Usagi becomes "captured" by the spirit of her past self. She first appears after Queen Bane takes Mamoru away and takes her hostage. shitenno. In silent rage, Sailor Moon becomes Princess Sailor Moon and stops Blight with her sword.

  Princess Sailor Moon is not the same as Usagi because she has no interest in destiny shitenno(at least Nephrite) and she refers to Mamoru only as "Endymion" instead of using his name. She is also constantly angry, and tends to burn everything in her path.

  Princess Sailor Moon informs Usagi during their internal dialogue that she could even destroy the Earth if Endymion ever leaves it, and later she even summons her own servants to fight her friends. Usagi tries to suppress her power out of fear that she will destroy the world, which happens at the end of the drama. Her internal conflict plays an important role in the second part of the series.

  Princess Sailor Moon also has a sword that also turns into a harp with invisible strings. She plays it in sadness, thinking about her lost prince, and can use it to heal people and the Earth. By using the sword directly as a weapon, Princess Sailor Moon can deflect enemy attacks and unleash the powers of devastating attacks. She also has levitation powers and can teleport.

  As for everyone unique characters television series, her costume was designed personally by Naoko Takeuchi. Her sailor costume has more detailed detailing than Sailor Moon's sailor suit, and includes pearls on the gloves and lace on the skirt.

  Neo-Queen Serenity

  In the second story arc, it is revealed that Usagi, like Serenity, will become the reigning queen of the new Silver Millennium, called Crystal Tokyo, which exists in the 30th century. She is first shown in this form in Act 16 of the manga and Episode 68 of the anime. Usagi learns that she will be given the title of "Mistress of the Earth", and Mamoru will become King Endymion along with her. The anime mentions that she will become a neo-queen after the second ice age, but the details of this are unknown. This incarnation of her is much more mature than the real Usagi, although at times her former character makes itself felt: in episode 104, she writes a letter to the present, where she almost does not use kanji, in episode 146, Diana mentions that the king and queen sometimes pretend to be sick, in order not to fulfill her duties, also letters from her to Baby are signed with drawings of her or sometimes Endymion, and not with her name.

  She wears a new version of the dress she wore as a princess, with shoulder pads and a larger bow at the back than the princess's. In the manga, Neo-Queen Serenity's dress is the same as her previous form. She also wears a crown and new earrings. A crescent moon is always visible on her forehead, just like in her princess form.

  In the anime and manga, this form is the only one that Baby recognizes as her mother, while the present Usagi is seen more as an older sister.

  Capabilities

  To transform, she needs to use a special object (usually a brooch) and shout a key phrase that activates the device. For her first transformation, the command: “Moon prism, give me strength!” (eng. Moon Prism Power, Make-up!). She has a new transformation sequence in each of the story arcs. At first the team changes to reflect the fact that it has become stronger and gained new item to transform, into "Moon Crystal Power" and later "Moon Cosmic Power". To transform into Super Sailor Moon, she needs to already be in warrior form and use additional item(called Holy Chalice/Rainbow Moon Cálice) as well as the "Crisis, make-up!" command, but in the anime this weakens her powers over time. In the fourth story arc, she gains the ability to transform directly into Super Sailor Moon with the help of Moon Crisis, and in the fifth story arc becomes Eternal Sailor Moon with the help of Silver Moon Crystal Power in the manga or Moon Eternal in the anime (and once in the manga).

  Most of the cutscenes for her transformation into Sailor Moon involve the use of glowing red or pink ribbons emerging from her brooch and creating her uniform. Feathers and wings are also featured in some sequences, especially when transforming into Eternal Sailor Moon. When she detransforms, the ribbons disappear and return back to her brooch. Usually the clothes she was wearing before her transformation are returned, but if her detransformation was forced, she may be left naked with many ribbons around her body. She also has a transformation handle that allows her to put on anyone's costume by saying "Moon Power!" She is used frequently in the first story arc, but is then only mentioned briefly in the third.

  As the main character and team leader, Sailor Moon has special powers. Their list includes Sailor Moon Kick And Sailor Body Attack, as well as using hairpins to attack when possible. In her very first battle, she cries in horror and the red hairpins in her odango can create sound waves, causing damage to the enemy. They can also be used to hear distant sounds, although this is rarely used.

  She uses magic in most of her attacks. In all versions of the metaseries, she can remove her tiara and turn it into a throwable weapon, becoming the first attack she learns. In the anime, she demonstrates the ability to control the direction of the tiara's flight, and at one point she enlarges it in size and surrounds enemies with it, immobilizing her. In the manga, tiara's power-up allows her to attack Moon Twilight Flash, while in the TV series this attack requires an item called the Moon Stick and is her main attack, although she does use unnamed chain attacks at times. In the manga and anime, she only uses the Moon Stick to Moon Healing Escalation to return people turned into demons back to their normal state; Luna says in the anime that this item belongs to the warrior leader. In the drama, she can heal people without any spells. The rod was created in the manga out of love between Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion, and in the anime it was given to Sailor Moon by Queen Serenity. Monsters shout: “Cleansing!” In the manga, she uses it once with Baby. Moon Gorgeous Meditation, Uses the Moon Kaleidoscope, which in the manga was purchased by Mamoru and improved by Pegasus, in the anime it came directly from Pegasus. In the manga and movie SuperS, this is a double attack with Sailor Baby. The monster shouts: “Stage out!”

  Some attacks only happen once every critical situations; Powers that are often constantly used in the anime only appear once in the manga. In the anime, Sailor Moon uses the command to transform in the battle against King Metalia and later, turning the Ayakashi sisters into ordinary women. She says Moon Cosmic Power, when fighting Pharaoh 90,

  Sailor Moon can temporarily gain powers from other warriors, as demonstrated in the climax of the Sailor Moon R movie and several times in the anime. She also often attacks together with her future daughter, Sailor Baby, and, at critical moments, can receive powers from someone else, for example, Luna, Queen Serenity, Mamoru, Chibi-Chibi.

  The most important item in Sailor Moon's arsenal is the Silver Crystal, which is the “sacred stone” of the Silver Millennium. .

  Character development

  Originally, all five Sailor Moon heroines had very different costumes. But in the end it was decided that their costumes would be based on the same theme. Sailor Moon's costume concept was the closest to the final one. Originally there were slight differences, such as different colors and ribbons around the gloves and boots. She also wore a mask, which disappeared in the manga after the first few chapters. These parts of Sailor Moon's costume are in early sketches, along with the gun and cape.

  Usagi's hairstyle is associated with the artist's "good omen"; In college, Takeuchi would do her hair with an odango hairstyle before difficult exams or classes. In the first sketches, Sailor Moon's hair was pink. Midway through development, Takeuchi planned to make the character blonde in her normal form and change her hair color to silver when she transforms into a warrior, but her editor said that silver hair would look too pale on the cover.

  Of all the characters, Usagi's character is most similar to Takeuchi's at the time of the creation of Sailor Moon.

  Certain details of Usagi's character are chosen symbolically - for example, her astrological sign, Cancer, which in astrology refers to the Moon. In reference to popular Japanese belief, her blood type is given as O, meaning friendly, optimistic and carefree.

  The princess's name also contains an allusion to the Moon: when read as "Selenity" - from Selene, the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology, who fell in love with the mortal shepherd Endymion, or as "Serenity" - from lat. Mare Serenitatis, seas of clarity, on the Moon. Both versions of the name in Japanese sound like seɽeneti.

  Popularity

  Sheila Rose Browning describes Sailor Moon as "one of the most popular and well-known manga characters in Japan." In October 2009, Sailor Moon was ranked #9 on IGN.com's "Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time" list.

  Actresses

  In the anime, Usagi was voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, who used a higher-pitched voice than usual. When recording the first episodes, Mitsuishi had to mentally prepare himself for the role of Usagi. While Mitsuishi was having her appendix removed, she voiced the character Kae Araki instead during the filming of episodes 44-50. In the new version of the anime, Sailor Moon Crystal, Kotono Mitsuishi returned to voice Usagi, becoming the only voice actor who participated in both the first and second anime adaptations of the manga.

  In the musicals, the role of Usagi was played by six actresses: Anza Ooyama, Fumina Hara, Miyuki Kanbe, Marina Kuroki, Ookubo Satomi and Nomoto Hotaru. Musicals are often divided into "stages" based on which actress plays the role of Sailor Moon.

  In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Usagi is played by Miyu Sawai, who also plays Queen Serenity in Special Act.

  Notes

  1. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 19 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 5. - Kodansha, November 6, 1993, July 5, 1995. - ISBN ISBN 4-06-178764-0.
  2. The Sailor Moon fan book published by Nakayoshi lists Usagi's height as 150 cm.
  3. Takeuchi, Naoko. End of volume // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 10. - Kodansha, June 6, 1995. - ISBN 4-06-178806-X.
  4. Grigsby believes this compulsion “substantially dilutes the character's agency,” p.72; but Anne Ellison considers it one of the three key attributes in the series Ellison, Anne (2000). “A Challenge to Hollywood? Japanese Character Goods Hit the US.” Japanese Studies. Routledge. 20 (1): 67-88. DOI:10.1080/10371390050009075.
  5. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 15 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 4. - Kodansha, July 6, 1993, March 5, 1995. - ISBN 4-06-178753-5.
  6. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 34 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 12. - Kodansha, September 6, 1995. - ISBN 4-06-178814-0.
  7. Episode 8.
  8. IN Stars other characters were unable to identify the Moon in her image, but in R her drawing of Serenity and Endymion was quite clear, if childish.
  9. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon album I. - Kodansha, April 1993. - ISBN 4-06-177734-3.
  10. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 1 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 1. - Kodansha, July 6, 1992, September 5, 1996. - ISBN 4-06-178721-7.
  11. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 52 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 18. - Kodansha, April 4, 1997, December 10, 1998. - ISBN ISBN ISBN 4-06-178858-2. She makes the decision for the entire group not to remain in star form.
  12. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Act 5.
  13. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 23 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 7. - Kodansha, July 6, 1994. - ISBN 4-06-178781-0.
  14. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 30 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 09. - Kodansha, 1995. - ISBN 4-06-178835-3.
  15. Takeuchi, Naoko. Act 41 // Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 15. - Kodansha, July 5, 1996. - ISBN 4-06-178835-3.
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  Character Groups

  Total characters - 101

  Aino Minako (Sailor Venus)

  19 12 1

  Also known as Sailor V.

  Initially, she fought alone as Sailor V, but then joined the rest of the warriors. Minako has a companion - the cat Artemis. She transforms into Sailor Venus, the warrior of love. He is the leader of Sailor Moon's inner guard. Minako dreams of becoming a famous singer and idol, so she attends every audition she can.

  An (Natsumi Ginga)

  1 0 0

  Appears only in the second season of the anime. Together with her brother Eil, she flew to Earth to steal energy from people. She lived on Earth under the name Natsumi Jinga.

  6 1 0

  Talking cat, companion of the leader of the inner warriors - he trains Minako Aino as Sailor V and stays with her when she takes her position as Sailor Venus.

  Priest (Bokushi, Boxy)

  0 0 0

  Appears in episode 26 of the anime. The young man Naru met at the cemetery. Guardian of the orange rainbow crystal. Reincarnation of Bokushi (in Russian voice acting - Servant of the Devil), one of the seven great you.

  Berthier

  0 0 0

  In other translations - Berterite, Berthier or Berthe. Alien from Nemesis, clan member Black Moon. Third oldest of the Phantom Sisters.

  Toshio Wakagi

  0 0 0

  Character from the manga Codename: Sailor V. A police officer tried to expose Sailor V.

  Ves Ves (Sailor Vesta)

  2 0 0

  Member of the Amazon Quartet. In the manga, it is revealed that the Amazon Quartet are actually Sailor Senshi, protectors of Sailor Chibi Moon.

  Viluy, Biriyu

  0 0 0

  The fourth employee of the Witches 5 company.

  Galaxia (Sailor Galaxia)

  4 1 1

  In the anime, she is the most powerful warrior in the Galaxy. A long time ago, she managed to defeat Chaos by imprisoning it within herself. Since then, he began to slowly change its essence, trying to subjugate it, and eventually took advantage of Galaxia's dreams that all wars would stop. He inspired her that there was only one way to stop the eternal battle - to kill all the sailor warriors and collect all the star seeds.

  In the manga, Galaxia is the ruler of the Shadow Galaxy empire. She was born on a remote planet, she was always very complex because of this, and when the power of a sailor warrior awakened in her, Galaxia decided that she did not want to protect her home planet, and simply ran away from there in search of best place- I decided to find where stars are born. She was shown this place by a certain Sage, who said: “You need the Star Cauldron of the Galaxy.” However, before Galaxia reached the Cauldron, Chaos had already merged with it. Galaxia realized that Chaos needed to be destroyed, and she could only do this with the combined power of her Sapphire Crystal and Silver Crystal. Their combination was supposed to give her power over the Galaxy. Approaching the treasured stone, Galaxia collected all the true star seeds of the guardians of the planets, destroying their owners (often along with the planets). To become stronger, she hid the Sapphire Crystal in her body, donned golden armor and amassed an army of those who dreamed of becoming sailor warriors.

  Danburite (Esuu Kaitoo)

  0 1 0

  Character from the manga Codename: Sailor V. Leader of the Dark Agency. He obeyed like crazy, in a past life he was Adonis. He lived on Earth under the name Ace Kaito.

  Rei no ojiisan (Jiji)

  0 0 0

  His name is never mentioned. He hardly appears in the manga, but is outwardly different from his image in the anime - younger, thinner, has luxuriant hair and even wears a mustache. He plays a more prominent role in the anime. In it, he is depicted as a short, humorous, depraved man who harasses everyone, regardless of gender. In episode 29 of the anime, it is revealed that he is the keeper of the blue rainbow crystal. Reincarnation of Gigi (in Russian voice acting - Old Demon), one of the seven great yoma.

  0 0 0

  One of two tame ravens, Rei, who live at the temple and bear the names of the satellites of the planet Mars. They have the ability to sense evil and sometimes attack enemies. It is mentioned in the manga that when Rei was little, they "told" their names to her. They play the most significant role in the manga version, where in act 36 it becomes known that they are guardians of the force - small, humanoid creatures obliged to protect Sailor Mars. They protect her from Tiger's Eye and give her a new sailor crystal. Both ravens come from the planet Koronis and possess their own star seeds, comparable in power to the warrior seeds.

  Makaiju, Hell Tree

  1 0 0

  Appears only in the second season of the anime. He flew to Earth along with Eil and Anna - his only surviving “children”. He feeds on the energy of people that Eil and Anna collect for him.

  Jedaito (Jadeite)

  5 7 2

  The first to emerge from the Shitenno (Heavenly Kings, in other translations - lords, generals), having the lowest rank of all (although he is older than Zoisite). Head of the Dark Kingdom branch in the Far East.

  1 0 0

  Talking cat, daughter of Luna and Artemis.

  Zoisaito (Zoisite)

  9 6 0

  In another translation - Zoisite. The third to appear is the Shitenno (Heavenly Kings, in other translations - lords, generals) and the third in rank among them. The youngest, around 16-17 years old, is described as the least bitter and the most spoiled. Heads the European branch of the Dark Kingdom.

  Green Esmeraude

  1 0 1

  Emerald's task was to open the Dark Gate. She used only the most powerful droids for her work. She was cunning in character; her distinctive feature was a shrill laugh. She was in love with Prince Diamond, but he didn’t even notice her.

  Kaio Michiru (Sailor Neptune)

  13 8 1

  Talented violinist. She is a year older than most sailor warriors. Transforms into Sailor Neptune and uses the power of the ocean. Michiru fought alone until she found her partner - Sailor Uranus, with whom she fell in love. Michiru is very polite, pleasant to talk to and treats everyone well. She is already quite famous for her violin playing and her paintings, but she puts her duties as a sailor warrior first in her life.

  Calaveras

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  An alien from Nemesis, a member of the Black Moon clan. The second eldest of the pursuer sisters. She considers herself the most beautiful of the four sisters and quarrels with Petsite all the time, “teasing” her and calling her “old woman”. Calaverite and Petsite were the last of the Phantom Sisters to defect to the side of good.

  Kaolinite

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  Professor Tomoe's very first assistant. I drank liquid for one of the demons and received his magical abilities. She was killed by an attack from Sailor Uranus. But, unexpectedly for everyone, Soichi Tomoe revived her, making her his secretary and assistant.

  Kermesite (Koan)

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  The fourth and youngest of the Sister Pursuers. Her attack was Dark Fire and her main opponent was Sailor Mars. An alien from Nemesis, a member of the Black Moon clan. Kermesite was in love with Rubeus and believed that he loved her too and would help her.

  Kino Makoto (Sailor Jupiter)

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  Very tall and strong for a Japanese schoolgirl. Transforming into Sailor Jupiter, she can control lightning. Makoto's parents died in a plane crash, so she lives on her own. He knows karate and is a good cook.

  Queen Badiane

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  Appears only in the feature film "Black Hole of Dreams". She came from another world, kidnapped children and used the energy of their dreams to feed her own Black hole dreams

  Kuin Beriru (Queen Beryl)

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  In another translation - Queen of Destruction. The first of the main villains in Sailor Moon. Her original name named after the mineral beryl. Has a huge magical power, but uses most of it to connect the life energy collected by her subjects with an entity called Queen Metalia.

  Queen Metaria

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  In Russian voice acting - King Metalia. An amorphous creature, depicted as a giant vortex of dark energy. She was born as a result of radioactivity on the Sun. The real superintelligence behind the Dark Kingdom.

  Queen Nehelenia

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  In the anime, she is obsessed with her beauty. From a very young age, she was told that she was beautiful, and Nehelenia began to believe that she simply had no other advantages. Actually, she sent her servants to catch Pegasus and extract the Golden Crystal from his horn only because this magical amulet had the property of preserving the youth and beauty of its owner.

  In the manga, she considered herself a real lunar queen. She was literally filled with anger, and therefore she was not invited to the celebration of the birth of Princess Serenity. However, she showed up uninvited. Nehelenia was simply furious. The sailor warriors, sensing the evil vibes emanating from the new guest, asked who she was. Queen Serenity said that Nehelenia could join in the fun if she wanted, but she wouldn't let her hurt anyone. Nehelenia stated that there is no good without evil and light without darkness and that she and Serenity are equals, and that means she has no right to command her. In response, Serenity used the Silver Crystal and walled Nehelenia up in the mirror. However, Nehelenia still managed to curse Princess Serenity, saying that she would die before she ascended the throne.

  Queen Serenity

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  She was the former ruler of the Silver Millennium and the mother of Princess Serenity. She is the incarnation of the lunar goddess Selene.

  Crane Game Joe (Gesen)

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  Appears in episode 25 of the anime. A nameless guy who could lift objects with his hand, thanks to which he constantly won at all the slot machines. Guardian of the red rainbow crystal. Reincarnation of Gesen (in Russian dubbing - Devil's slot machine), one of the seven great yoma.

  Kumada Yuichiro

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  A young man helping at Hikawa Shrine. Appears only in the anime. He comes from a very rich family and owns a house in the mountains. Fell in love with Rei at first sight, so he stayed at Hikawa Shrine to be close to her.

  Kuntsaito (Kunzite)

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  In another translation - Kunzite. The fourth and last member of the Shiteno (Heavenly Kings, in other translations - lords, generals) and the eldest in rank. Wears a short sword. He is about 25-26 years old, he heads the Dark Kingdom branch in the Middle East. Unlike the others, Shitenno wears a white cloak to complement his uniform.

  Kuroki Mio

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  Appears only in live-action. In appearance, he is a new youth star whose signature song, “Change of Pace,” can be compared with Minako Aino’s “C’est la Vie.” Like Minako, she is good at volleyball. Mio is the "shadow" of Queen Beryl, created by her and Jadeite between Acts 25 and 28.

  Luna (Sailor Luna)

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  A talking black cat first appears in the first episode or act of any version of the work. In live-action, she transforms into Sailor Moon.

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  Chibiusa's funny mechanical flying ball, which looks like the face of a black cat, Luna, with a golden crescent on her forehead.

  Meio Setsuna (Sailor Pluto)

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  First appears as Sailor Pluto, the guardian of time whose duty is to protect the Gate of Space and Time. Much later, she appears on Earth as a college student. She has a very reserved personality and can be very stern, but she is friendly and helps the younger sailor warriors whenever she can.

  Mizuno Ami (Sailor Mercury)

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  A quiet and intelligent student in the same class as Usagi. She is rumored to have an IQ of 300. She can transform into a warrior named Sailor Mercury who uses the power of water. She dreams of becoming a doctor when she grows up.

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  The second witch of the Witches 5 company and the third employee of Professor Tomoe. Compared to Kaolinite and Eudial, Mimet is a stupid little girl who doesn't know what to do.

  Real name: Usagi Tsukino (Bunny Tsukino)
  Warrior name: Sailor Moon
  Other names: Princess Serenity/Neo Queen Serenity
  Age: 14 years (season 3 - 15, season 5 - 16 years)
  Height: 150 cm
  Birthday: June 30
  Zodiac sign: Cancer
  Family: father - Tsukino Kenji (magazine editor), mother - Tsukino Ikuko (housewife), brother - Tsukino Shingo (5th grade)
  Hobbies: eating, shopping, playing video games, reading manga, sleeping
  Least favorite activity: studying, doing housework
  Favorite subject: Housekeeping
  Least favorite subject: mathematics, English
  Favorite colors: white, pink
  Favorite food: fast food, ice cream, cakes
  Least favorite food: carrots
  Disadvantages: hot temper, lack of restraint
  Virtues: sincerity, faith in love
  Afraid of: ghosts, dentists
  Life motto: The more children sleep, the faster they grow
  Dream: To become a good wife
  Dreams of visiting: Versailles
  Appearance: Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair, which she wears in the form of two ponytails on the sides with buns at the top. In Japan, this hairstyle is called "Odango" and this is the nickname given to her by Mamoru and Haruka. Usagi's daily outfit consists of an incredibly light-colored school uniform blue color, rather even white with a blue tint. The uniform is decorated with blue sailor collar with two white hairs. Usagi ties a large red bow on the front of her blouse, to which she attaches a magical medallion. Sailor Moon's (Usagi) school uniform consists of a white blouse with blue cuffs (and white stripes on them) and a blue pleated skirt with a bow on the back. IN summer time she wears a white top with short puffy sleeves. White knee socks and black shoes complete Usagi's casual outfit. Also noticeable distinguishing feature Usagi is her height. Usagi is officially the shortest among all the sailor warriors.
  Character: Usagi is distinguished from others not only by her height, but also by her completely unbalanced character. Usagi is quick-tempered and incredibly emotional. She is a real crybaby, by the way, sometimes she quite successfully manipulates people with the help of tears. At the very beginning of the anime, Usagi looks more like a scared girl than a great sailor warrior or the queen of the silver millennium. Over time, Usagi matures, but one problem remains - difficulty making decisions. She almost never takes independent actions...until a strong motivation appears such as a threat to the lives of her friends or the kidnapping of her lover. Usagi is quite unfocused and lazy, just to take into account her attitude towards studying... but she is the main character for a reason. A very important feature that distinguishes her is faith, faith in friends, faith in people, faith in love, goodness and justice. Usagi is quite open and makes friends easily, unlike other sailor warriors. It is thanks to Usagi that the sailor warriors become closer and understand that together they are much stronger than alone.
  Features: Sailor Moon was introduced to audiences (and manga readers) in different reincarnations. In fact, her life is stretched between the era of the Silver Millennium and the 30th century. For this reason, we know several forms of Usagi:
  Usagi Tsukino
  Sailor Moon - a fighter for goodness and justice in the name of the Moon
  Princess Serenity - daughter of Queen Serenity
  Neo Queen Serenity - Queen of Crystal Tokyo of the 30th century
  Super Sailor Moon - Sailor Moon with the power of the Grail
  Eternal Sailor Moon is the strongest version of Sailor Moon.
  Moreover, Sailor Moon, Super Sailor Moon and Eternal Sailor Moon are essentially transformations when other forms are reincarnations of Usagi.
  Transformations: To perform an attack, Usagi must first transform, to do this she uses magic brooches. The first such item was a brooch given by the cat Luna. Other Sailor Moon warriors use wands to transform.
  Moon Prism Power, Make Up! - Lunar prism, give me strength!
  Moon Crystal Power, Make Up! - Crystal power of the Moon, transform me!
  Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up! - Cosmic power of the Moon, transform me!
  Crisis, Make Up! - Holy Grail, give me strength!
  Moon Crisis, Make Up! - Lunar prisms, give us strength! Transformation with Chibiusa.
  Moon Eternal, Make Up! (temp) - Eternal moon, help!
  Moon Eternal, Make Up! - Eternal moon, give me strength!
  Sailor Moon also had a magic pen - a wand with which she could change her appearance and turn into other people.
  Disquise Power! - Power of the Moon, turn me into...
  Sailor Moon Attacks:
  Moon Tiara Action - Moon Tiara Action!
  Moon Tiara Stardust - Moon tiara, scatter star dust!
  Sonic Cry - Acoustic Scream
  Moon Healing Escalation - The healing power of the moon, help!
  Moon Princess Halation - Healing power of the moon, help me!
  Sailor Body Attack - Moving on to contact combat
  Moon Spyral Heart Attack - Magic Moon Rod, help!
  Rainbow Moon Heart Ache - Magic Moon Rod, help me!
  Moon Gorgeous Meditation - Magic lunar kaleidoscope, go into battle!
  Starlight Honeymoon Terapy Kiss - Honey kiss of the bride!
  Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss - Kiss the silver moon!
  Sailor Moon is especially active in the first season in using the tiara, which she throws as a weapon. Also, the tiara attack can be combined with the attacks of Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury. The Moon Rod is capable of healing people who have been turned into demons. One of Sailor Moon's most powerful weapons is the silver crystal. This weapon is capable of destroying enemies, healing and using the power of other sailor warriors. Usagi received her crystal power thanks to the Crystal Star. The Magic Moon Rod is a gift from her mother, which came in handy when Usagi couldn’t reincarnate and save her friends. Usagi received cosmic power thanks to a small Cosmic Heart. The Spiral Moon Rod was born out of the love of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask.
  Uchagi received the reincarnation of Super Sailor Moon thanks to a powerful artifact - the Grail, capable of destroying the entire world. Another item for transforming into Super Sailor Moon is a small Lunar Crisis, a gift from Pegasus.
  Usagi transforms into Eternal Sailor Moon with the help of a brooch called the Eternal Moon Agreement.
  And another distinctive feature of Sailor Moon that we have not written about is that she does not kill the enemy, but tries to lure him to the light side. She has a lot of understanding, striving for harmony and happiness. Her heart is loving and patient, she adores life, the youth of her friends, and this is what captivates the audience. She always has her head in the clouds, but does everything to make her dreams come true.
  Interesting fact - Usagi's name (Bunny) means rabbit, she herself loves rabbits, but hates carrots.
  Usagi is also the only one to appear in all 200 episodes of the anime.
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