"Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn" (1992) TV series 1992-1993

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creator:

Naoko Takeuchi

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

14-year-old crybaby Tsukino Usagi is always late, irresponsible, is boy-crazy, never serious and gluttonous...

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Senshi | Princess | Talking Cat | Earth

Cast

Chiyoko Kawashima	...	Sakurada Haruna / ... (8 episodes, 1992)
Sanae Takagi	...	Ikuko Tsukino (8 episodes, 1992)
Yûji Machi	...	Kenji Tsukino (7 episodes, 1992)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Usagi Tsukino - Sailor Moon (5 episodes, 1992)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Ami Mizuno - Sailor Mercury (5 episodes, 1992)
Keiko Han	...	Luna / ... (5 episodes, 1992)
Tôru Furuya	...	Mamoru Chiba / ... (5 episodes, 1992)
Michie Tomizawa	...	Rei Hino - Sailor Mars (4 episodes, 1992)
Emi Shinohara	...	Makoto Kino - Sailor Jupiter / ... (4 episodes, 1992)
Hiroyuki Satô	...	Motoki Furuhata (4 episodes, 1992)
Mayumi Seto	...	Kuri / ... (4 episodes, 1992)
Shino Kakinuma	...	Naru Osaka (3 episodes, 1992)
Yasuhiro Takato	...	Artemis / ... (3 episodes, 1992)
Kazunari Tanaka	...	Clerk / ... (3 episodes, 1992)
Kae Araki	...	Usagi Tsukino (3 episodes, 1993)
Rica Fukami	...	Minako Aino - Sailor Venus (2 episodes, 1992)
Masaya Onosaka	...	Jadeite (2 episodes, 1992)
Keiichi Nanba	...	Umino Gurio / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Kazuyuki Sogabe	...	Kunzite (2 episodes, 1992)
Hiroko Emori	...	Kazuko / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Yuriko Fuchizaki	...	Sakiko / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Misa Fukai	...	High School Girl / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Miki Itô	...	Princess Diamond / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Rei's Grandfather (2 episodes, 1992)
Yuka Ôno	...	Youma Cameran / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Junko Shimakata	...	Child / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
Ayako Shiraishi	...	Mika Kayama (2 episodes, 1992)

Also Known As:

Beautiful Girl Soldier Sailormoon (Japan: English title) (informal literal title)
Classic Pretty Soldier Sailormoon
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (USA)
Sailor Moon Classic (USA)
Sailor Moon: Season 1 (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | Japan:25 min (46 episodes) | Japan:25 min (59 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Swedish | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Canada:14+ (some episodes) | Canada:PG | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG

Company:

Toei Animation Company

Trivia:

The sailor soldiers use English words to activate their powers.

Quotes:

Urawa: If I become a demon, please don't hold back and kill me!
Sailormercury: Urawa, the future is something you make happen on yourself. You wont become a demon if you have faith

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga: Animation USA (#1.17)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Princess Moon

Reading through the lines... The Unlearned Lessons

Bishôjo Senshi Sailormoon is my favorite Japanese Anime of all times. The only way I will watch it is in the original with English sub-titles, because I can't stand what DIC did to it. If you want to see people with pure hearts, and who do what they have to do to save the world then Sailor Moon is the anime for you.

Usagi may be everything that people (heroines) shouldn't be; a glutton, crybaby, boy chaser, who only wants to eat sweets, do things for free, and read manga but she is the purest in the group. She would give her life time and time again to protect her friends, family, and the world. The rest of the Senshi have their flaws and good points as well.

Really those who complain that it's a bad anime should watch it closer and read through the unwritten lines. There are things here that are barely seen in the real world anymore; loyalty, unconditional love, and doing the right thing for the right reason.

Try and see that even though these girls aren't perfect, they are the perfect heroines. They are very real, with human flaws. You see people like them everyday. Even though you can't see the hero in them it's there for those perceptive enough.