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Subject: Sailor Moon FAQ (part 2/4)
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4) Names: characters (original and dub), attacks and transformations
(I'm sorry. I'm not going to put the Sailor Stars villains here just because
they have 'Sailor' in their name.)
First Episode
Japanese Name NA Name Identity Birthday Planet (J) (NA)
------------- ------- -------- -------- ------ --- ---
Tsukino Usagi Serena Sailor Moon June 30 Moon 1 1
Chiba Mamoru Darien*5 Tuxedo Mask August 3 Earth 1 1
Mizuno Ami Amy** Sailor Mercury September 10 Mercury 8 5
Hino Rei Raye*** Sailor Mars April 17 Mars 10 7
Kino Makoto Lita Sailor Jupiter December 5 Jupiter 25 21
Aino Minako Mina Sailor Venus October 22 Venus 33 29
Chibi-Usa* Rini S. Chibi-Moon June 30 Moon 60/103 54/--
Meiou Setsuna -- Sailor Pluto October 29 Pluto 64/75 58/68
Ten'ou Haruka -- Sailor Uranus January 27 Uranus 89/92 82/--
Kaiou Michiru -- Sailor Neptune March 6 Neptune 89/92 82/--
Tomoe Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn January 6 Saturn 110/125 --
[There are no US names for the last four, though there are rumors. The current
fan favorite idea seems to be Alex for Haruka and Michelle for Michiru, with
Setsuna being Sharon or Susan.]
[Asteroid senshi are senshi only in the manga.]
Cerecere N/A Sailor Ceres ? Ceres N/A N/A
Pallapalla N/A Sailor Pallas ? Pallas N/A N/A
JunJun N/A Sailor Juno ? Juno N/A N/A
VesVes N/A Sailor Vesta ? Vesta N/A N/A
[The Sailor Stars are guys in civilian ID and change into girls as Senshi.
They've been shown topless, confirming this.]
Seiya Kou N/A S. Star Fighter July 30 N/A 173 N/A
Taiki Kou N/A S. Star Maker May 30 N/A 173 N/A
Yaten Kou N/A S. Star Healer February 8 N/A 173 N/A
N/A N/A S. Chibi-Chibi ? N/A 182/187 N/A
Princess Kakyuu N/A S. Kakyuu (meaning 'fireball')"Kinmoku" *4
* This is a nickname; chibi is Japanese for "short". Her real name is also
Usagi. (According to the manga it's "Usagi Small-Lady Serenity". Uh, right.
The video game Another Story calls her "Lady Serenity".)
Note: Please do not confuse "Chibi" and "Chiba". I'm really tired of this.
** Last name "Anderson" used in episode 37. She answers the phone with
"Anderson Residence" when she said the equivalent of "Mizuno residence"
in the original. (It has been said that she lives in a "mansion". Although
the Japanese word "mansion" is a loanword, it's shifted meaning, and doesn't
necessarily mean a house, let alone a big house.)
*** The dub keeps "Hino".
*4 Princess Fireball becomes a Sailor Senshi only in the manga. "Kinmokusei"
is a Japanese pun on the word for "sweet olive", which explains her scent.
*5 Last name "Shields" in Mixxzine only.
The double entries are because Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune first appear sha-
dowed, and Chibi-Moon, Saturn, and Chibi-Chibi appear in their normal
identities first.
Note that the birthdays are appropriate, astrologically, for the planets.
The Japanese language uses kanji (written characters derived from Chinese)
for the Japanese equivalent of root words. The Japanese family names of the
Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask all contain the same kanji as the corresponding
planet (not necessarily pronounced the same).
The kanji used in the Japanese names of the planets include the five
Asian elements (fire, water, wood, metal, earth). The days of the week also
include the kanji for the elements, so the days of the week, the planets, and
the elements are all somewhat related. (The day of week/planet relationship
is the same one that exists in the West.) The Sailor Scouts thus could be
considered an elemental-based team if you want to count Tuxedo Mask as the
element earth (though Saturn's is usually used for the element).
The Sailor Scouts' special attacks usually fit the kanji associated with
the planet. (For instance, the name of the planet Mars uses the kanji for
"fire", and Sailor Mars has fire attacks.) Sailor Venus is an exception; she
was named early before Takeuchi started the naming pattern. The kanji in her
name means "love", associated with the goddess Venus; her later attacks, how-
ever, involve gold/metal and the Japanese name for Venus does use the kanji for
"gold" or "metal". Sailor Jupiter's early anime attacks are associated with
the god Jupiter, but she does have some attacks associated with wood.
(Actually, oak is also associated with the god Jupiter).
Planet, etc. Day of Week Kanji Used Character
------------ ----------- ---------- ---------
Sun Sunday sun *
Moon Monday moon Sailor Moon
Mercury Wednesday water (element) Sailor Mercury
Venus Friday gold (element) Sailor Venus
Earth -- earth (not the element) Tuxedo Mask
Mars Tuesday fire (element) Sailor Mars
Jupiter Thursday wood (element) Sailor Jupiter
Saturn Saturday earth (element) Sailor Saturn
Uranus -- heaven king Sailor Uranus
Neptune -- sea king Sailor Neptune
Pluto -- dark king Sailor Pluto
* It has been suggested to me that Tuxedo Mask is partly associated with the
sun, which his birthdate supposedly fits with in astrology. Also, Uryvbf (na
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Ages and grades: Unfortunately, a bit complicated. (Note: I am using the
notation 'age 14-15' to mean starting the school year at 14 and having their
15th birthday before the next school year).
In Japan, junior high goes up to grade 9, and high school is 10-12. In the US,
junior high goes to either 8 or 9, depending on the local school system.
In the Japanese version, the main five characters start at age 14, in second
year junior high (grade 8). (Actually, since their birthdays are scattered
through the year, they would be 13-14 depending on exactly which Senshi and
which episode.)
The first two years in the manga only occur during one story year. In the
anime, there are hints that they lose a year after the Dark Kingdom battle.
While Jupiter is in Serena's school even though she only transferred well past
the start of the year, and Molly still likes Melvin, on the other hand the
Japanese school year starts in April, and there is a cherry blossom episode,
original #51, US #45 which must happen in April (and originally aired in April).
This implies that they lost a year after the battle with the Dark Kingdom and
that the anime happens in real time up to the end of Sailor Moon S. Sailor
Moon has her 15th birthday in Japanese episode 101 in Sailor Moon S, which was
aired near her birthday in real time, so as of Sailor Moon S, they are 14-15
and in grade 9.
In the next season (SuperS), they enter high school--in the manga only. The
scene of them entering high school does not appear in the anime until the
start of Sailor Stars, but Naoko Takeuchi has stated (manga #12) that this
was an error, and they _are_ supposed to be in high school during SuperS. This
makes them age 15-16 and grade 10 during SuperS.
Sailor Moon states she is 16 in the last episode. This means that Sailor
Stars cannot possibly take place in real time, although they _might_ be in
grade 11 if only a few months of the school year have passed.
Sailor Uranus and Neptune were born in the same year as the main five, but
before April, when the school year starts. So they're one school year ahead
of the others (15-16/grade 10 in Sailor Moon S, etc.)
Tuxedo Mask's age is not simple. In manga #1, Luna guesses his age as 17 or
18. Actually, he starts in second year high school, where he would really be
age 16-17, 3 years older than Usagi. (Alternatively, you can interpret "age
14" for everyone else as meaning age 14-15, in which case Tuxedo Mask is age
17-18, but this interpretation has three problems: first, it means college
freshmen are 19-20; second, if it applies to the anime, episodes 51-101 would
have to happen in under 3 months total; third, Usagi keeps saying she's 14 in
the introduction even in the episodes past episode 16, which was aired near
her birthday.)
In the anime, Tuxedo Mask starts in college. He also goes to America for
college in Sailor Stars, which is a little inconsistent (though it could be
explained away). He was six years old when he lost his parents in a car crash,
and Usagi saw him in the hospital in flashback in the R movie at that time.
Usagi had to be at least 2 at that point and he can't be older than 17-18, so
he can't be in college at all unless he went to college earlier than normal.
However, the R movie doesn't count as part of continuity anyway.
Sailor Pluto is in her first year in college in the manga corresponding to S.
In the anime, she has not been reincarnated and is thousands of years old.
Rini (Chibi-Usa) is 902 in the manga corresponding to the end of S. The
"explanation" is that she is the first half-human, half-Silver-Millennium
person so there are a lot of unknowns. (This implies that Usagi is not an
Earth human even after being reincarnated. The closest the manga comes to
saying that she is one is when Queen Serenity calls her a normal girl.) In
the anime, the Senshi are referred to as being Earth humans, and Rini's age is
not given, which means she's probably either really her apparent age, or her
apparent age not counting years spent in suspended animation.
Sailor Saturn goes to the same school as Uranus and Neptune, but this doesn't
mean she is as old as them, since sometimes schools combine many different
grades. She is also supposed to be small and weak, which plays havoc with at-
tempts to guess her age from her appearance. In the manga, she starts in 6th
grade, so would be 11-12 as of S. (Note: she is deaged during SS.)
The Sailor Stars are stated to be age 16, and are in the same class with the
others.
To summarize: Under the assumption that the series ends at the end of 10th
grade for Usagi, everyone is the following ages:
Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter: 16
Tuxedo Mask: 19 (manga), 21+ (anime--20 if he went to college a year early)
Sailor Uranus, Neptune: 17
Sailor Pluto: 20 (manga), ancient (anime)
Sailor Saturn: 13 (chronologically, ignoring deaging/reaging)
Sailor Starlights: 16
Sailor Chibi-Moon: 903 (manga), unknown but young (anime),
Sailor Chibi-Chibi: N/A
If Usagi doesn't round birthdays up, she cannot say she is 16 in the last
episode unless it happens before her 17th birthday. Then the latest the series
This means that the latest the series can end is 11th grade, June 29 (when Mars
and Star Maker are a year older than above). The early limit would be 10th
grade, June 30, but episode 189 takes place on September 28, so the earliest
would be right after that time, when everyone except Mars, Mercury, Star
Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger than above.
If Usagi rounds birthdays up, then Sailor Stars is slower than realtime and
the last episode must take place before she is 16 1/2 (10th grade, end of
December). Then the latest the series can end is 10th grade, end of December
(when Star Healer, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are a year younger than above),
and the earliest is 10th grade, after September 28, when everyone except Mars,
Mercury, Star Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger
than above.
Note that if you believe the first episode is aired in real time, Usagi must
be rounding birthdays up. Also, she says she'll write one letter a day to
Mamoru and writes her 30th letter in #182, which pretty much shows the series
is slower than realtime, and #189 takes place on September 28.
The dub contradicts itself in the first Alan/Ann episode. That episode places
Alan (Earl) in grade 10 (instead of 9) and Ann and Serena in grade 9 (instead
of 8), and calls it high school (instead of junior high). Fans have guessed
that this is a pilot episode, and I wouldn't take it too seriously. The error
is repeated later at least once.
The dubbed episode 15 has a mistake which put Serena's brother in Crossroads
Junior High too, which is ridiculous.
Note: The main characters exist in the present because they are reincarnated
(a word which the dub refuses to use). However, reincarnation is unrelated to
why they are still alive 1000 years in the future. The anime explains (ep-
isode 83) that everyone on Earth fell into suspended animation because of some
catastrophe and Neo-Queen Serenity restored them in the future. (It isn't
stated whether Usagi or Chibi-Usa were in suspended animation too.) In the
manga, V5 says they lived 1000 years because of the Silver Crystal, which gave
"almost" everyone long life. (Queen Beryl also says in V3 that she can get
immortality from the Silver Crystal.) Also, the Silver Millennium family's
lifespan is 1000 years (which doesn't quite fit).
Supporting characters:
Luna: Sailor Moon's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet
Mau.
Artemis: Sailor Venus's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet
Mau.
Darien (Mamoru): Serena's boyfriend, and Tuxedo Mask. I listed him above,
but must point out another DIC screwup. His name as a prince is originally
Endymion; this is taken from mythology, where Selene loved Endymion. It was
different from his regular name, Mamoru. Changing both to Darien not only re-
moves the reference, but causes two problems: First, when he's under the con-
trol of the Negaverse, Serena asks him to remember the name Darien--he claims
never to have heard the name "Darien" before, but he's calling himself Prince
Darien at the time! Second, Rini knows that her parents are Serena and Darien
and manages not to figure out that the Serena and Darien of the 20th century
are the same people (because the names weren't
_really_ the same in the original).
Sam (Shingo): Serena's younger brother.
Molly Baker (Osaka Naru): Serena's best friend. She gets attacked by
monsters an awful lot. :-)
Andrew (Furuhata Motoki): Darien's friend; runs the video arcade where
everyone hangs out. Andrew's family owns the arcade (manga only).
Lizzie (Furuhata Unazuki): Andrew's sister.
Melvin (Gurio Umino): Classmate of Serena and Molly.
Ms. Patricia Haruna (Haruna Sakurada): Serena's teacher. (Switched last
name for first name and mispronounced it.)
Sailor Moon's parents (Ikuko and Kenji).
Sailor Mars' grandfather.
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Some of these supporting characters fade into the background after a while.
Villains: Many villains are named after various gems and minerals. The dub has
an odd mixture of recognizing that they are mineral names (renaming Kunzite to
Malachite had to be done by someone who _knows_) and total cluelessness as to
the source of the names (Nephrite is called "Neflyte" in the dub, for
instance).
Here's as many names as I know. The ones marked with * have exact spellings,
of the appropriate English mineral. The ones marked with ** are not exact,
with the likely mineral in parentheses. Others aren't minerals. Spelling,
where there isn't an exact mineral name, is mostly just a guess (though NA
spelling is from the Cardzillion cards.)
Sailor Moon: Queen Beryl*, Jadeite*, Nephrite*, Zoisite*, Kunzite*
(Malachite* in the dub), Queen Metallia (Negaforce in the dub). Kunzite's
name was apparently changed for legal reasons (the mineral was named after a
person). The other three generals, in the dub merchandise, are spelled
"Jedite", "Neflyte", and "Zoycite" (which makes no sense).
Sailor Moon R, part 1: Earl (Alan in the dub) and Ann(e). Their names
seem to be a pun on "alien" (Earl would be pronounced "ail" in Japanese). In
the original, Earl and Ann use _different_ names (Ginga Seijuurou and Ginga
Natsumi; ginga means "galaxy" or "Milky Way" and was [mis]translated in the
dub as "Granger") in school, while keeping the names Earl and Ann as villains.
Sailor Moon R, part 2: Cooan** (kermesite; the name of this mineral in
Japanese would be cooan) (Catzy in the dub), Beruche** (berthierite) (Bertie
in the dub, though it's obviously really meant as Birdy), Calaveras**
(calaverite) (Avery in the dub), Petz** (petzite) (Prizma in the dub) (these
four aren't guesses, but are from the Japanese merchandise.), Rubeus** (ruby?)
(Rubbeus in the dub), Esmeraude** (emerald?), Sapphir** (sapphire?) Demand**
(diamond?) (some of these apparently derived from non-English names for the
minerals), Black Lady, Wiseman.
Sailor Moon S: Professor Tomoe, Kaolinite*, Eudial** (eudialyte), Mimete**
(mimetite), Tellu** (tellurite), Viluy** (villiaumite), Cyprine* (Sapphirine
also fits somewhat), Puchirol** (Puchirite?), Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90. Note:
these minerals are mostly guesses.
Sailor Moon SS: Zirconia*, Hawk's Eye** (Hawk Eye), Fish Eye*, Tiger's
Eye** (Tiger Eye), CereCere, PallaPalla, JunJun, VesVes (named after the first
four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta), Nephrenia** (apparently
nephrite again, if it is a mineral; I have been told that Nehellenia is a real
goddess, but have no reference for that).
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Galaxia, Iron Mouse, Aluminum Siren, Lead Crow,
Tin Nyanko.
The following lists some early, unused, Sailor Moon US names. The first
version was announced soon after Sailor Moon's US release was announced. The
second version appears on the English Kodansha WWW site (Kodansha published the
Japanese comic) and the third is the DIC dub version.
Identity Japanese Name First Kodansha DIC dub
-------- ------------- ----- -------- -------
Sailor Moon Tsukino Usagi Victoria Celeste Serena
Tuxedo Mask Chiba Mamoru ? Mark Darien
Sailor Mars Hino Rei Dana Rae Raye
Sailor Mercury Mizuno Ami Blue Amy Amy
Sailor Jupiter Kino Makoto Sara Maggie Lita
Sailor Venus Aino Minako Kari Monica Mina
Note
1. "Amy" and "Ami" are not pronounced the same.
2. The name "Serena" is obviously derived from Usagi's Japanese name as a
princess, which can be spelled "Selenity" or "Serenity". In Japanese, there
is no distinction between the sounds "l" and "r", and the name has two ori-
gins. The first is the reference to the Sea of Serenity on the moon, where
the moon palace was located (manga volume 3). The second is to the moon
goddess Selene. Japanese merchandise that uses Roman letters spells it with
an "r".
In the original version, Usagi's regular name wasn't the same as her name
as a princess. On the other hand, in it her mother on the moon was also named
Serenity, giving her mother and her the same name. (So the original has Queen
Serenity and Usagi/Princess Serenity, while the dub has Queen Serenity and
Serena/Princess Serena).
3. Before even the first set of names was announced there was a rumor that
Usagi was going to be named Darrien.
4. "Minako" is a Japanese pun, sort of. "Mi" and "ko" can also be pronounced
as "Bi" and "su", making it "Binasu", a Japanese pronunciation of "Venus".
Other original names and versions:
Sailor Scouts: The Japanese term is Sailor Senshi (meaning Sailor Soldiers
or Fighters)
Negaverse: originally "Dark Kingdom" (in English.) The later villains were
not from there; tying them all together was a dub invention.
"Meatball Head": originally "odango atama" (roughly "dumpling head", but
odango really don't exist in America). For some inexplicable reason the
English manga translation in Mixx changed this.
Sailor Mars' anti-spirit attack, when she chants and tosses a magic paper
(ofuda) is done with the words (in the original) "Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai,
jin, retsu, sai, zen. Akuryou taisan!". The characters on the ofuda are also
"akuryou taisan"; they mean "evil spirit, begone". She gets this "attack",
which shows up in other anime unrelated to Sailor Moon, from being a priestess,
not from being Sailor Mars, and she used it before becoming Sailor Mars and
when she had amnesia in episode 42. The dub tries to explain it as "I call
upon the power of Mars fireballs charge", although not only does it have
nothing to do with being Sailor Mars, there are no fireballs in it! The dub
attack has also been visually edited to remove a silhouette. (It is
excruciatingly obvious that the dubbers were afraid Americans would see it as
Satan. A reader has suggested to me that this figure is actually Fudo Myo-o,
a god of fire.) In episode 42 (where it obviously couldn't be changed to Mars
fireballs) the attack was dubbed differently ("I banish you monster, now!",
which could actually be a translation) and keeps the silhouette.
Star Crystal: Originally the Black Crystal (kurozuishou). The second one
that Zoisite has is called the Black Crystal in both the dub and the original.
Silver Crystal: Called "maboroshi no ginzuishou" in the original (meaning
something like "illusion silver crystal"). The dub can't seem to decide what
to call it, so it becomes the Silver Empyrean Crystal one episode, the Silver
Moon Crystal another, and eventually the Empyrean Silver Moon Crystal.
Doom Tree: originally the "Makaiju". (Ma=evil/magic, kai=world/land,
ju=tree).
Schools:
Crossroads Junior High (Juuban in the original): Sailor Moon, Mercury, and
Jupiter go here.
Brookdale Private School (T*A Private Girls' School): Sailor Mars goes
here. It is a Catholic school; we see it in a later Sailor Stars episode.
Apparently, her father wants to go there even though she's a Shinto shrine
maiden.
Grass Valley Junior High (Shibakouen): Sailor Venus goes here.
Mugen Gakuen: Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune go to school here up until the
end of S, where it's destroyed.
Juuban High School: Everyone high school-aged except for Mars goes here
after the end of S. (Having them enter high school at the start of Sailor
Stars was a mistake--they should be in high school during SS and were in the
manga. Uranus and Neptune also go here [shown only in the manga] because
Mugen Gakuen was destroyed.)
Original and dub attack, etc. names: (most of these are in English; only
rarely does an attack include a Japanese word)
ep. ep.
Sailor North American attack Japanese attack dub Japan
------ --------------------- --------------- --- ---
Moon Moon Tiara Magic Moon Tiara Action 1 1
Moon Tiara Vaporize? (4)
(not used--episode cut) Moon Tiara Stardust -- 5
Moon Healing Activation Moon Healing Escalation*4 21 25
Moon Crystal Healing Activation
Moon Sceptre Elimination Moon Princess Halation 45/54*** 51
Moon Sceptre Activation (67)
-- Moon Spiral Heart Attack -- 91
-- Rainbow Moon Heart Ache -- 112
-- Moon Gorgeous Meditation -- 128*6
-- Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss- 168*7
-- Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss -- 187
[I am not making these up.]
Mercury Mercury Bubble Blast Shabon Spray* 5 8
Mercury Ice Storm Splash (66)
Mercury Ice Bubbles FreezeShabon Spray Freezing* 47 53
Mercury Ice Storm Splash Shine Aqua Illusion 56 62
Shine Aqua Illusion (69)
-- Double Shabon Spray Freezing* -- 80
-- Mercury Aqua Rhapsody -- 151
-- Mercury Aqua Mirage -- Special
Mars Mars Fire Ignite Fire Soul 7 10
Mars Firestorm Flash (57)
Mars Firebird Strike Fire Soul Bird 48 54
Mars Celestial Fire Surround Burning Mandala 57 63
-- Mars Flame Sniper -- 152
Jupiter Supreme Thunder Crash (21)Supreme Thunder 21 25
Jupiter Thunder Crash (22, 24+)
Jupiter Thunderbolt Crash (23)
Jupiter Thunder Dragon Supreme Thunder Dragon 49 55
Jupiter Thundercrash Zap Sparkling Wide Pressure 59 65
Super Supreme Thunder -- 147
-- Jupiter Oak Evolution -- 154
Venus Venus Crescent Beam Smash Crescent Beam 29 33
Venus Venus Shower (46)(?)Crescent Beam Shower 46 52
(I know I and a lot of other people have heard it as 'Venus Venus'. We'll
probably never know for sure.)
Venus Meteor Shower (47+)
Venus Love Chain Encircle Venus Love Me Chain *9 59 65
-- Venus Love and Beauty Shock -- 154
Chibi-Moon -- Pink Sugar Heart Attack -- 103
-- Twinkle Yell -- 131
Uranus -- World Shaking -- 92
-- Space Sword Blaster *8 -- SS Mv.
Neptune -- Deep Submerge -- 92
-- Submarine Reflection -- SS Mv.
Pluto -- Dead Scream -- 112
Saturn -- (not shown) *5 -- 125
-- Silence Glaive Surprise -- 172
-- Silence Wall -- 172
S. Star Fighter Star Serious Laser -- 173
S. Star Maker Star Gentle Uterus -- 174
[I am not making this up either. No, it doesn't actually use a uterus.]
S. Star Healer Star Sensitive Inferno -- 175
Miscellaneous: Lead Crow got her powers by stealing the "Sailor Crystal" of
a Sailor Senshi named Sailor Coronis. Note: In mythology, Coronis was
Artemis's brother's lover (Artemis's brother was Apollo), who Artemis killed
for infidelity.
Transformations:
(Note: dub episode 42 adds the word 'transform' to each one)
Moon Moon Prism Power Moon Prism Power, Make Up 1 1
Moon Star Power (54-57) Moon Crystal Power, Make Up 45/54*** 51
Moon Crystal Power (45-53,58+)
-- Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up -- 91
-- Crisis Make Up -- 112
-- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/Chibi-M)-- 131
-- Moon Eternal Make Up -- 168
Mercury Mercury Power Mercury Power, Make Up 5 8
Mercury Star Power Mercury Star Power, Make Up 56 62
-- Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up -- 151
Mars Mars Power Mars Power, Make Up 7 10
Mars Star Power Mars Star Power, Make Up 57 63
-- Mars Crystal Power, Make Up -- 152
Jupiter Jupiter Power Jupiter Power, Make Up 21 25
Jupiter Star Power Jupiter Star Power, Make Up 59 65
-- Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154
Venus Venus Power Venus Power, Make Up 32 36
Venus Star Power Venus Star Power, Make Up 59 65
-- Venus Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154
Chibi-Moon -- Moon Prism Power, Make Up -- 103
-- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/S.Moon) -- 131
Uranus -- Uranus Planet Power, Make Up -- 109
Neptune -- Neptune Planet Power, Make Up -- 109
Pluto -- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up -- 111
Saturn (Saturn does not transform on camera)
S. Star Fighter Fighter Star Power, Make Up -- 176
S. Star Healer Maker Star Power, Make Up -- 177
S. Star Maker Healer Star Power, Make Up -- 178
S. Chibi-Chibi -- -- 187
Miscellaneous:
Moon Disguise Power Moon Power 2 3
Moon (no words used) Sailor Moon Kick 14 17
Moon (no words used) Sailor Body Attack 54 60
Chibi-Moon Kitty Magic Luna-P Henge** 54 60
Luna Ball Kitty Magic (55)
Luna Sphere Kitty Magic (66)
Kitty Power (56)
Chibi-Moon Kitty Power Luna-P Magic 56 62
Moon+Chibi-Moon -- Double Sailor Moon Kick -- 107
(combined) Scout Power Sailor Teleport 40 45
(combined) Sailor Planet Power Sailor Planet Power 65 72
(combined) -- Sailor Planet Attack -- 82
(combined) -- Silver Crystal Power -- S Movie
* Shabon translates to "soap" or "soap bubbles". The Japanese word apparently
comes from Portuguese.
** meaning "Luna-P, transform".
*** First episode chronologically, and first one aired, respectively (the
episodes were aired out of order).
*4 Also translated to "Cosmic Moon Power" in the dub when used as a powerful
attack in the last few episodes of the first series.
*5 Her manga attack is "Death Reborn Revolution". It is possibly a pun on
"ribbon" (though contrary to earlier versions of this FAQ, the katakana for
"ribbon" and "reborn" are not the same).
*6 First used in #128 but named and fully shown in #130.
*7 First used in #168 but named and fully shown in #173.
*8 One fansub translates this as "Crystal Attack" It's really badly pronounced
and sort of sounds like "Crystal Attack", but it's not. The SuperS movie
memorial album even has it as "Space Sword Blaster" in English.
*9 Yes, it's "Love Me". It's in English in the Sailor Moon SuperS movie
book, as well as being a manga attack with katakana that can be read as
"Love Me" but not as "Lovely".
Serena's original speech was "For love and justice, I am the pretty
sailor-suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish
you!" It often follows a more episode-specific speech, and is sometimes
parodied (for instance, the teaser for the episode with the priest had "in the
name of God, I will punish you!")
The dub, obviously, can't use it all because "Pretty Soldier" isn't in the
English show name. The dub speech started as "I am Sailor Moon, champion of
justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil,
and that means you!" It later did use "In the name of the moon, I will punish
you!", usually (but not always) when there were few other changes to the
scripts.
The dub sometimes rewrites the speech such that it looks like Serena is
introducing herself several times in a row. If you were puzzled by this, well,
now you know who to blame.
5) Theme song
The North American version (from the CD lyrics):
Fighting evil by moonlight
Winning love by daylight
Never running from a real fight
[ed: did whoever wrote that line _watch_ the show?]
She is the one named Sailor Moon!
She will never turn her back on a friend,
She is always there to defend,
She is the one on whom we can depend,
She is the one named Sailor...
Sailor Venus!
Sailor Mercury!
Sailor Mars!
Sailor Jupiter!
With secret powers
All so new to her
She is the one named Sailor Moon!
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
With her Sailor Scouts to help fight
She is the one named Sailor Moon!
She is the one named Sailor Moon!
She is the one ... Sailor Moon!
The original version (translated by Theresa Martin), "Moonlight Legend":
(Lyrics in parentheses aren't used in the opening, but are part of the song
and appear when it's on CDs and such):
"I'm sorry, I'm not gentle.",
I can say if it's in my dreams.
My thoughts are about to short circuit.
Right now, I want to meet!
Making me want to cry, moonlight.
I can't telephone either, midnight.
Because of my naivete, what will i do?
My heart is a kaleidoscope.
Led by the moonlight,
we meet by chance many times over.
The number of twinklings of the constellations
foretell love's whereabouts.
Born on the same earth, a miracle romance.
(Once more, a weekend with you.
God, grant me a happy end.
In the present, past, and future
I'll be completely devoted to you.)
(I won't forget your dear look when we met.
Out of [tens of] millions of stars, I can find you.
Changing even serendipity to opportunity,
I love this way of life!)
(A wondrous miracle growing close,
we meet by chance many times over.
The number of twinklings of the constellations
foretell love's whereabouts.
Born on the same earth, a miracle romance
that I believe in, a miracle romance.)
"Moonlight Legend" (and the US song) are sung to a melody swiped from "Sayonara
at the End of the Dance", by Chieko Baishou, in the 1960's.
There is a new theme song for Sailor Stars, written by Takeuchi Naoko.
6) Japanese myths and cultural elements
Sailor Moon's Japanese name (Tsukino Usagi) means "rabbit of the moon",
specifically referring to an Asian legend of a rabbit on the moon pounding the
mochi (a rice cake). There are several jokes based on this name: she wears
and uses rabbit designs all the time; her hair visually suggests rabbit ears;
Luna's computer password is "the rabbit on the moon pounds the mochi"; Chibi-
Usa is referred to as "the rabbit" by villains (DIC even kept this a few
times); Usagi's _least_ favorite food is carrots, etc. The jokes mostly go
over the head of audiences who don't know about the original, though the North
American version does claim (on the doll boxes) that her favorite animal is
the bunny rabbit.
Some dubs in other languages translate her name to keep the jokes; for
instance, in the French, German, and Italian versions she's named "Bunny".
The Mixx comic book version also uses "Bunny".
Japanese schools: The Japanese school system is uniformly 3 grades of mid-
dle school and 3 of high school, so Serena is in the equivalent of 8th grade
when in second year middle school.
Uniforms are standard for Japanese public schools, including sailor suits
for girls in many places. Both boys' and girls' uniforms were derived from
the uniforms worn by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Meiji era (1868-1912).
There is a fierce high school and college entrance exam competition in
Japan, and what college you go to ultimately determines a great deal of your
standing in your whole life. The exams are nothing like entrance exams in
America; they are long and involve a lot of regurgitation. Many students go
to special cram schools (juku) for years solely to study for these exams; Amy
goes to one (explained as "computer class" in the dub). School is very
difficult, and students get hours of homework a day (having much less time for
socializing than usually shown in Japanese animation), up to college; college
itself is often easier than in America.
All Japanese students study English for years, but the English teaching
system is one of the worst foreign language teaching systems in the world, and
most Japanese can speak little English.
Sword, mirror, and jewel (not in dub): These items are based on the
myth of the legendary three treasures which the sun goddess Amaterasu brought
to Japan. They appear a lot in anime, showing up at least in Yuu Yuu Hakusho,
GS Mikami, and Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors).
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