Bishoujo Senshi Seramun, or Pretty Soldier Sailormoon is about a klutzy, crybaby, 14 year old girl named Usagi, who met a talking cat that gave her super powers and a transformation tool. Usagi then had the ability to transform into the pretty, sailor suited fighter called Sailor Moon to fight evil. As time goes by, Usagi is joined by other girls and form a team of Sailor Soldiers. With the help of Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Tuxedo Kamen, they defend the galaxy against evil.

In 1992, Pretty Soldier Sailormoon started as a manga, or comic, series written by Naoko Takeuchi. It ran in Nakayoshi magazine which is mainly oriented for girls. The story was then published in graphic novels by Kodansha Comics and the series was then picked up by TOEI Animation who decided they wanted to turn this magical girl manga into an anime series to run on TV.

The original manga appeared in a girl oriented magazine called Nakayoshi. Fifty-two manga chapters were released and were resold in eighteen graphics novel volumes. Five artbooks were released to follow-up each of the five sections of the story; Sailormoon, SailormoonR, SailormoonS, Sailormoon SuperS, Sailor Stars. A small range release, about 500-1000 copies, brought out by Naoko-sensei in 1997 and was called Pretty Soldier Sailormoon Artbook Infinity. It was a combination of works not released in the manga itself and the works and notes from everyone who contributed to the show. There was one Materials Collection book released in August 1999.

Pretty Soldier Sailomoon ran for five seasons and a total of 200 episodes. It aired from 1993-1997 on TV Asahi. It continued to air on TV Asahi afterwards in re-runs even though the TV Asahi normally does not show re-runs. There were also three movies and five specials.

Seasons:
Pretty Soldier Sailormoon
episodes 01-46

Pretty Soldier Sailormoon R
episodes 47-89

Pretty Soldier Sailormoon S
episodes 90-127

Pretty Soldier Sailormoon SuperS
episodes 128-166

Pretty Soldier Sailormoon Sailor Stars
episodes 167-200

Movies:
Sailormoon R
Sailormoon S
Sailormoon SuperS

TV Specials
Sailormoon Omake
Sailormoon R Make Up Sailor Senshi
Dreaming Moon Christmas Musical
SuperS: Ami-chan no Hakusho
SuperS: TV Special

Sailormoon was aimed at young girls from the ages of 4 to 12. However, Sailormoon has gathered a lot of fans from people of all ages and different countries too. It has become one of the most popular anime in Japan today.

There is a Pretty Soldier Sailormoon manga, Sailor V manga, Pretty Soldier Sailormoon Artbook Infinity collection, Materials Collection book, five anime seasons, three movies, five specials, several video games, and lots of merchandise.