"Sailor Moon" (1995) TV series 1995-2000

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Junichi Sato

Writers:

Phil Harnage (adaptation)
Todd Swift (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

Release Date:

11 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

The story centers around an air-headed crybaby, named Serena, and her friends Amy, Rei, Lita, and Mina...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Mercury | Mars | Moon | Venus

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jill Frappier	...	Luna / ... (99 episodes, 1995-2000)
Katie Griffin	...	Raye / ... (91 episodes, 1995-2000)
Susan Roman	...	Lita / ... (80 episodes, 1995-2000)
Ron Rubin	...	Artemis / ... (73 episodes, 1995-2000)
Karen Bernstein	...	Amy / ... (64 episodes, 1995-1998)
Terri Hawkes	...	Sailor Moon / ... (54 episodes, 1995-1998)
Toby Proctor	...	Darien / ... (52 episodes, 1995)
Barbara Radecki	...	Sailor Neptune / ... (49 episodes, 1995-2000)
Kirsten Bishop	...	Zoicite / ... (48 episodes, 1995-2000)
Vince Corazza	...	Darien / ... (47 episodes, 1995-2000)
Tony Daniels	...	Wiseman / ... (42 episodes, 1995-2000)
Stephanie Morgenstern	...	Mina / ... (40 episodes, 1995-1998)
Naz Edwards	...	Queen Beryl (40 episodes, 1995)

Also Known As:

English Sailor Moon (USA) (informal alternative title)
Sailor Moon S (USA) (third season title)
Sailor Moon Super S (USA) (fourth season title)

Runtime:

USA:25 min (192 episodes)

Country:

Canada | Japan

Language:

English | French | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated (Banned) | Japan:U | Australia:G | UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U

Company:

Cloverway International (CWI)

Trivia:

One of the cut episodes (42 in the original Japanese order) includes a history of Minako's past as Sailor V. Mina is forced to confront her feelings of betrayal towards her friend Katarina, who 'stole' the man Minako was in love with when Kunzite (Malachite) uses Katarina as a youma to attack Minako.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Rini fell on the ground, a boy said she wanted to show her something. When he took off his shorts, he said "I wear Sailor Moon undies!" In the next shot, his underwear is plain white.

Quotes:

Prince Darien: You've got guts, Jupiter. But it takes more than guts to beat the Negaverse. Give up now, you'll never win.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ransom (1996)

Soundtrack:

Sailor Moon Theme

Pretty Soldier gets bad rep

Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun (or as known in the States as Simply Sailor Moon) is the story of a normal girl, Tsukino Usagi/Serena (who loves food and hates school--wow, that's so horrible! Sounds like any 14 yr old girl that's somewhat normal), who finds out she's the reincarnation of the Pretty Sailor Suited Soldier Sailor Moon. The show originally ran from 1992-1994 (They showed the first season in the US in 1992 and ran through what we know as the Doom Tree saga, where DiC dropped the show).

In a nutshell, we follow the lives of what starts off as 5, then turns into 9, girls as they grow and mature...and at the same time balance High School entrance exams with fighting off the evil forces that try to take over the Earth--and the rest of the universe for that matter. Dic ruined the first of the show with its obsessive compulsive censoring (when it actually didn't need any) and love of adding in subliminal "Lessons of the day" to appeal to parents. Cloverway took over, giving us the true beauty of the series...save for making a pair of female lovers into cousins. They won't show the final season SailorStars because of more noticeable evidence of the female pair's relationship and the addition of a trio of males that turn into female, scantily clad Sailor Soldiers.

US version is somewhat poor, but the subtitles uncut version is great for everyone from the young to the young at heart.