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From: arromdee@inetnow.net (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Sailor Moon FAQ (part 4/5)
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8) Questions about plot elements: (spoilers are in rot-13)
Q: Is it true that Venus and Mars are lesbians?
No, no, no! This is based on a misinterpretation of a scene in the manga
in the June 1996 Nakayoshi, where they are actually expressing their
devotion to the Princess, except that since she doesn't say any words,
people reading just the translation thought they were referring to each other.
I had hoped this rumor would die soon, but when I took it out, over a year
after I put it in, the question popped up again in less than a month.
The fact that you can find manga scans showing them as lesbians means
nothing. Those manga scans are from dojinshi, which are produced by Japanese
fans and have no connection to the actual series.
Q: Why does nobody ever recognize Serena or the others in costume?
There's no real explanation. You can guess that they're magically
immune to being recognized, but we never get _told_ that. In Japanese episode
5, and in the dub episode 15, she hides from her brother when in costume, ap-
parently because she's afraid she'd be recognized, so if there is magic in-
volved, she didn't know it. Dub episode 30 says that they can't be recog-
nized in their normal identities, though I'm not sure if this line was in the
original version.
Asai in episode 100 recognizes Venus.
Fiore in the R movie recognizes Tuxedo Mask.
This problem doesn't happen in the manga; they seldom appear in front of
people they know, Usagi (Serena) and Tuxedo Mask recognize each other almost
immediately, and Motoki (Andrew) does recognize them in costume (V3 p. 100,
177; V4 p. 113).
Q: Why do the villains all attack places in walking distance, at best, of
where the Sailor Scouts are? They can't teleport like the Power Rangers (they
do have a Sailor Teleport group power, but they don't teleport routinely), so
if the villains attacked Paris or New York, the heroines would be helpless to
stop them. For that matter, why don't they ever attack somewhere far away
from school when the Sailor Scouts are in class?
Boy, you're smart.
Q: Why does nobody attack the Scouts while they're transforming or charging
their attacks?
Usually, the transformations don't really take much time and are there just
for the viewers' sake. (Like near the end of the first series where Serena
and Darien are attacked, and Serena completely transforms while the attack is
still in the air.)
There is an episode, however, where Jupiter does her usual motions to
attack and gets tied up in mid-gesture. In dub #32, Sailor Moon was attacked
while trying to "heal" the youma. According to the storyboard writers, in
dub #30 Usagi was embarassed at transforming in front of Mamoru because she
would be seen naked, implying the transformations do take some time (Source:
Animage 5/93, formerly translated on ftp.tcp.com)
Q: There are nine planets, so why don't we see a Sailor Scout for each one?
Qnevna (Puvon Znzbeh) vf cevapr bs gur Rnegu, naq uvf anzr va Wncnarfr
hfrf gur xnawv sbe "Rnegu", fb ur boivbhfyl ercerfragf Rnegu (orfvqrf, gur
zbba eribyirf nebhaq gur Rnegu :-)) naq lbh'yy arire frr n Fnvybe Fpbhg sbe gur
cynarg Rnegu. Znzbeh vf pynvzrq ol fbzr snaf gb nyfb ercerfrag gur fha, jvgu
Uryvbf (sebz FhcreF) nf uvf thneqvna, naq uvf nfgebybtvpny fvta vf fhccbfrqyl
ehyrq ol gur fha.
Cyhgb grpuavpnyyl nccrnef va gur qho 65 rcvfbqrf; fur'f gur bar Evav vf
gnyxvat gb va ure Yhan onyy. Fur nccrnef culfvpnyyl orsber gur raq bs E.
Henahf, Arcghar, naq Fnghea nccrne yngre--va gur guveq lrne bs gur bev-
tvany. Gurl'er abg npghnyyl cneg bs gur grnz.
Fnvybe Znef unf crg eniraf anzrq Cubobf naq Qrvzbf (juvpu ner gur zbbaf bs
Znef). Gurl unir orra fubja va uhzna sbez va gur znatn, jurer gurl ner fnvq
gb pbzr sebz cynarg Pbebavf (juvpu vf abg n erny cynarg).
Gur oynpx zbba va Fnvybe Zbba E vf Arzrfvf, n qnex fgne gurbevmrq nf
erfcbafvoyr sbe pbzrgf yvxr gur bar gung xvyyrq bss gur qvabfnhef.
Va gur znatn pbeerfcbaqvat gb Fnvybe Zbba FF, gur Nznmbarff Dhnegrg orpbzr
Fnvybe Fpbhgf bs gur sbhe ynetrfg nfgrebvqf, ohg abg va gur navzr.
Gur Fnvybe Fgnef qba'g frrz gb or nffbpvngrq jvgu cnegvphyne urnirayl
obqvrf.
Q: Who is Sailor V? Does she really exist?
Sailor V is really Sailor Venus, the fifth member of the team.
In real life, the Sailor V comics were published first, before Sailor Moon.
After the Sailor Moon comic started, Sailor V was included in it as Sailor
Venus.
Unfortunately, DIC messed up the dub. The first Sailor Venus episodes
had Sailor Venus appear, and everyone was told she's Sailor V. Serena was
happy because Serena is a big Sailor V fan. The dub of those particular
episodes took out all reference to Sailor V except in the title.
The references in "Follow the Leader" were kept in, though.
Q: Who is Luna talking to on the computer in the early episodes?
It's Artemis, Sailor Venus's cat. Luna is rather annoyed when she finds
out.
The dub goofs here. In dubbed episode 39, Luna and Artemis inexplicably
refer to a real Central Control. I would guess the episode was dubbed by
someone who didn't see the episode where Central Control is found to be Ar-
temis. Anyway, ignore it. Central Control doesn't exist.
Q: Who is the Moonlight Knight?
Tuxedo Mask was split into two when revived after the battle with the Dark
Kingdom. The Moonlight Knight held his love for Serena, so his regular self
didn't remember anything of her for a while.
Q: Who is Rini (Chibi-Usa)?
Fur vf gur qnhtugre bs Freran naq Qnevna, gvzr-geniryyrq sebz gur shgher.
Q: Who is Rini talking to back in the future, through her Luna ball?
Fnvybe Cyhgb, jub Puvov-Hfn pnyyf "Ch". Gur qho zrffrf hc gur svefg
bppheerapr bs guvf ol hfvat Yhan'f ibvpr naq cergraqvat Eravr vf gnyxvat gb
gur _onyy_ vafgrnq bs hfvat vg nf n pbzzhavpngbe gb gnyx gb nabgure crefba.
Q: Why does Serena stop using some of her magic items later on? Why does
everyone else stop using some of their attacks?
The attack in the first episode, where she hurts the monster by crying,
ernccrnef va Fnvybe Zbba FF, nf n wbvag nggnpx bs Hfntv naq Puvov-Hfn.
Usagi loses the first moon stick at the end of the first storyline and
never gets it back, though she does recover and use the silver crystal (which
moves to her brooch).
There is no explanation of why she stops using the disguise pen. (It is
still around; at least, Irahf hfrf vg yngre va FZF jura fur unf gb qvfthvfr
urefrys nf Fnvybe Zbba.)
The explanation of why she can't use her moon tiara is that she has to
really want to be Sailor Moon to use it. This immediately makes you wonder if
she uses it again when her mood improves. In (Japanese) episodes 98, 100, 114,
and 123, she _does_ use it again, although the attack is stock footage, cut so
that you can't see that she wore a different brooch when the stock footage was
drawn. She also uses it in the R movie, episode 163, and the SuperS movie
without the old stock footage. The Eternal Sailor Moon outfit in Sailor Stars
no longer includes a tiara; ubjrire, Hfntv hfrf "Zbba Gvnen Npgvba" jvgu n
sebmra cvmmn va rcvfbqr bar uhaqerq rvtugl sbhe.
The attacks that the Senshi get in the Earl/Ann story almost never appear
later except for Sailor Moon's, with no explanation of why not. (Crescent
Beam Shower shows up in #141 with a different name, and Shabon Spray Freezing
is reused in #80. The attacks show up in the video game Another Story, but
these are the only single attacks without voice samples.) The real explanation
is that these episodes were something of a fill-in (the original comic is
monthly, and the series is weekly, so they had to stretch it out). Note that
the clip episode at the start of the SS special completely ignores this series;
also, although the Another Story game uses all the old villains and monsters
up to S, it leaves out Earl and Ann.
Q: Who is Chibi-Chibi?
Gur znatn naq navzr qvssre ba guvf dhrfgvba.
Va gur znatn, fur vf n "Fnvybe Pbfzbf" sebz gur shgher, ohg yngre fnlf
gung Fnvybe Zbba vf gur gehr Fnvybe Pbfzbf orpnhfr fur unf gur cbjre gb qrsrng
Punbf. Vg'f abg pyrne vs be ubj fur'f eryngrq gb Hfntv. Bar punenpgre _nfxf_
vs fur vf gur hygvzngr sbez bs Fnvybe Zbba, ohg fur qbrfa'g frrz gb or,
ertneqyrff bs rneyl ehzbef.
Va gur navzr fur vf gur "yvtug bs ubcr" sebz Tnynkvn'f fgne frrq.
Q: Is Nephrite really dead?
YES. No, he doesn't come back in any way, shape, or form. This is not
Marvel comics.
Q: Why does Sailor Jupiter wear a different school uniform?
There is no uniform her size. This is explained in episode 25 and in the
Japanese book "Secrets to Sailor Moon".
In Sailor Stars (anime) and SuperS (manga) she gets the regular Juuban
uniform.
Q: What city does the series take place in?
Tokyo, even in the dub. "Kitty Chaos" mentioned the name, and the episodes
derived from the second part of Sailor Moon R refer to Crystal Tokyo. That
tower is the Tokyo Tower. (It's not in France.)
Q: Are Alan and Ann really brother and sister? Wouldn't that make their
relationship incest?
They're really children of the tree, from which their race came. In a
sense, this does mean they really are brother and sister (and they admit the
tree is their mother), but in another sense, they're no more brother and sister
than Adam and Eve were. Take your pick.
Q: Have Serena and Darien had sex together (in the present day)?
There is a scene in the manga which is commonly pointed to as evidence.
(act 18, manga 5), showing them kissing and lying on top of each other.
Later, she shows up with the same dress she had on but with her shirt off,
implying that she undressed. Nothing is shown explicitly, though.
Usagi and Mamoru have sex at the end of manga 18, act 52, conceiving
Chibi-Usa just before they get married.
Q: How can Rini's hair be pink when her parents' hair colors are black and
blond? How is pink hair inherited anyway?
Anime hair colors are normally a stylistic convention and the characters'
hair colors are almost never really what you see. Apparently her hair is
really pink, though, as mentioned in the Chibi-Usa segment in the SS special,
and in the manga story it was based on. So I guess this will remain forever
a mystery.
Q: Is Fiore (from the Sailor Moon R movie) from the same planet as Alan and
Ann?
He certainly looks similar, and is voiced by Alan's original voice actor.
It is conceivable that they're from the same race, but this is never stated.
(They definitely aren't the same _person_.) Ikuhara Kunihiko, the director
of the R series and R movie, has explained in the LD bonus for the R movie
that the movie contained shared ideas with the TV series.)
Q: What does the writing on Rei's shrine mean? Does such a shrine really
exist in Japan?
The shrine is based off a real one. The writing reads "Hikawa shrine",
with the character for "fire" (hi) substituted for the one for "ice" (also
hi) in the real shrine.
Q: What does the symbol Nephrite uses mean?
It is not a kanji and has no real meaning. Some people have suggested
that it is a stylized "ne" hiragana or katakana. No, I refuse to enter the
debate as to whether it looks more like the katakana or hiragana.
Q: Have the Sailor Senshi ever killed anyone? Most of the enemies seem to
die by other enemies killing them off, by running into their own attacks,
getting caught in the destruction of their base, etc.
Metallia ("negaforce") is obviously killed at the end of the first series.
It is arguable that they killed Kunzite (Malachite), although he really died
from his own reflected attack. Many monsters of the day die, but they prob-
ably fall under the usual animation/comics rule that if you're artificial,
it's not considered killing to get rid of you even if you _are_ sentient.
In the manga, the Senshi do kill their enemies.
Q: Were the four main generals really friends of Tuxedo Mask once?
This idea is stated in the Sailor Moon "Friends and Foes" children's book,
in English. The idea really does come from the original manga, though not the
anime, and is also used in the Another Story video game.
There are also pictures in the manga showing them paired with the four
Senshi. The only reference I know of in the text to this is one reference in
Sailor V #3 where Danburite refers to Sailor V falling in love "since way back
then", showing Kunzite. (It says nothing about them being engaged or about the
love being both ways, a common fan idea.)
Q: What happened to the parents of all the Scouts (present day)?
Sailor Moon: parents alive and shown.
Tuxedo Mask: parents dead in a car crash.
Sailor Mercury: parents separated; she lives with her mother. Her mother
is shown from the back in the SuperS movie, and her father in #151.
Sailor Mars: lives with her grandfather (mother's side). In the manga it
is explained that her mother is dead (V4) and that her father is alive but she
prefers living with her grandfather to living with him (V11).
Sailor Jupiter: parents dead in an airplane crash; she lives by herself.
(Don't ask how, or where she gets money.)
Sailor Venus: parents alive. Shown only in the Sailor V manga.
Sailor Uranus/Neptune: they have an unknown benefactor (in the manga) and
live by themselves. (I've gotten some conflicting information on this,
specifically that their stuff is paid for by their parents.)
Sailor Pluto: old enough to live on her own, and if she was brought back as
an adult (in the manga) she wouldn't have parents anyway.
Sailor Saturn: zbgure nccneragyl qrnq, sngure nyvir va navzr, ohg qvrf va
znatn ng raq bs FZF fgbel. Anzrf ner Gbzbr Xrvxb naq Gbzbr Fbhvpuv. Henahf,
Arcghar, naq Cyhgb npg nf fhofgvghgr cneragf va gur znatn nsgre ure sngure
qvrf.
Asteroid senshi, Sailor Stars: not much known.
Q: Who was Serena's father in the Silver Millennium?
Apparently unknown.
Q: Is Sailor Jupiter a lesbian?
The episode which makes people think this is #96 where she seems to have a
crush on Haruka (Sailor Uranus). While some of the other characters thought
it might be a homosexual attraction, it was not. What it was was somewhat
culture specific: a situation where a younger girl looks to an older girl as
a role model, and wants to be like her, but is not in love with her. Similar
situations happen in other series, such as Akane in Orange Road being "in love"
with Madoka (which is also often seen by Western fans as a lesbian attraction,
and which the creator of Orange Road has specifically said is not).
If you think someone showed you a manga showing otherwise, it was a
dojinshi. Dojinshi are written and drawn by fans and are not official.
Q: In flashback, we are shown that Queen Serenity died immediately upon using
the Silver Crystal to send the Scouts into the future. Yet we are also shown
that she split up the crystal to seal away the Seven Shadows. How could these
both have happened?
The entire Seven Shadows plot was added to fill time in the anime version.
In the manga, the crystal comes directly out of Sailor Moon's tear, rather
than her tear combining the seven pieces into the crystal.
I've been told that the original Japanese could be translated to mean
that they are just splinters of the original crystal and aren't a significant
part of it, but that doesn't sound to me very consistent with how the seven
crystals are treated in the series. Any Japanese speakers care to comment?
Q: Are the Starlights really male or female?
In the anime, they are obviously male in their civilian identities and
become female as Senshi; they are even shown with bare chests to confirm this.
In the manga, there are two references:
First, Princess Fireball asked the Starlights why they chose "this
appearance", and they responded that it was easier to find women that way.
Some people have interpreted it to mean that they chose to be male.
Second, in manga #16, page 165-166, Tin Nyanko tells Usagi not to trust
those who are female but dress up as guys.
Takeuchi Naoko was asked about this at the San Diego Comic Con in August
1998. What she seems to have said (from secondhand reports) is that they're
girls in the manga, and that they were made boys in the anime without her
approval. I assume that this means they don't change sex in the manga, they
just crossdress, but it's hard to tell.
Q: Are the Senshi really princesses on their home planets?
This idea is from the original manga, but not, as far as I know, from the
anime. They have castles named as follows (thanks to Silver0091@aol.com for
the list):
Mercury - Mariner Castle
Mars - Phobos Deimos Castle
Jupiter - Io Castle
Venus - Magellan Castle
Uranus - Miranda Castle
Neptune - Triton Castle
Pluto - Charon Castle
Saturn - Titan Castle
These are named after moons of the planets, except for Mercury and Venus,
which are named after space probes (these planets have no moons). Don't ask
me how come they can be named after space probes not named until hundreds or
thousands of years after they existed--it's like the sailor suits.
Q: Who is the leader of the Senshi? I heard that Venus is really the leader.
In the manga, Sailor Pluto claims to be the leader (of the outers?) in
episode 171 (haven't checked this yet)
In the manga, Venus pretends to be the princess for one chapter. She is
leader of the four inner Senshi that protect the princess. Sailor Saturn
takes leadership of the outer Senshi in volume 14.
9) Questions about the series itself
Q: What about this "live action version" I've heard of?
The half live action version was a really horrible idea that indeed was
one possible plan for a North American Sailor Moon. All they made was a brief
promo (lucky for us). The promo was shown to the public at Anime Expo in
summer 1995. The animated part was _American_ animation. And yes, Sailor
Mars was in a wheelchair. Someone digitized this clip and it can probably be
found on the web.
A special showing of several episodes in the USA at about Thanksgiving
1995 had the episodes introduced by a live action Sailor Moon, no relation.
Q: Why does everyone look American if this is a translated Japanese show?
It's the style used in Japanese animation. The large eyes date back to
artists partly inspired by Disney. The hair is not 'really' colored the way
you see it; normally, the hair color of Japanese characters in anime is always
brown/black no matter what you see on the screen, and is shown as something
else only to visually distinguish between the characters. (An exception is
Chibi-Usa, whose hair is described as pink in the text.)
Q: Why do the heroines get their power from jewelry and makeup, if they are
supposed to be fighting sexism?
Dave Barry had a field day with this question. The truth is that they
aren't fighting sexism (except in the sense of having heroic female charac-
ters). The anti-sexism idea seems to come from an early press release; it
described a scene (in dub episode 10) where the Sailor Scouts dodge airplanes
sent after them by Jadeite and make comments about how women aren't fools, not
to belittle women, etc. The speech was there, but someone took it more seri-
ously than it should be. As a final irony, when the episode appeared in the
dub, the lines were removed.
Q: Are there male monsters-of-the-episode?
The monsters of the episode are mostly female, but there is a point where
Zoisite is turning ordinary people (reincarnated youma) into monsters, which
includes several males (a priest, Raye's grandfather, and Amy's boyfriend).
Still, it's usually pretty rare. Also, in episode 18 the monster is formless
but has Nephrite's voice, and might be considered male (this episode was
adapted from a manga story, so the monster is a little unusual) and in episode
35 two skaters, one male, are changed into monsters. And in Sailor Moon SS,
Fish Eye's monsters are male. The gender of the monster of the episode seems
mostly random in Sailor Stars.
For those who are interested, the original names of the monsters of the
episode are as follows:
Episodes 1-46 (versus the Dark Kingdom): youma
Episodes 47-59 (versus Earl and Ann): cardian (also used in the dub).
Episodes 60-88 (versus the Black Moon): droid (also used in the dub).
Episodes 90-125 (versus Master Pharaoh 90, Mistress 9, Professor Tomoe,
and the Death Busters): daimon
Episodes 128-166 (versus the Dead Moon Circus): lemures
Episodes 167-172: mirror paredories
Episodes 173-200: phage
Q: American voice actors/actresses (I'm not going to bother trying to phrase
this as a question):
Serena/Sailor Moon: Tracey Moore (eps. 1-11, 13, 21, 41)
Terri Hawkes (all others)
Ami/Sailor Mercury: Karen Bernstein
Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin (up to 65), Emilie Barlow (66+)
Lita/Sailor Jupiter: Susan Roman
Darien/Tuxedo Mask: Rino Romano (1-11), Toby Proctor (12-65), Vince
Corraza (66+)
Mina/Sailor Venus: Stephanie Morganstern
Luna: Jill Frappier
Artemis: Ron Rubin
Sailor Pluto/Luna Ball: Jill Frappier (58), Sabrina Grdevich (61+)
Molly: Mary Long
Melvin: Roland Parliament
Andrew: Colin O'Meara
Rini: Traci Hoyt
Queen Beryl: Naz Edwards
Jedite [sic]: Tony Daniels
Neflite [sic]: Kevin Lund
Zoycite [sic]: Kirsten Bishop
Malachite: Dennis Akayama
Queen Metallia/Negaforce: Maria Vacratsis
Alan: Vince Carraza
Ann(e): Sabrina Grdevich
Doom Tree/Tree of Life: Liz Hannah
Catzy: Alice Poon (54-60), Mary Long (61+)
Avery: Jennifer Griffiths
Birdie: Kathy Laskey
Prizma: Norma Dell'Agnese
Rubius: Rob Tinkler
Wiseman: Tony Daniels
Emerald: Kirsten Bishop
Prince Diamond: Robert Bockstael
Prince Sapphire: Lyon Smith
Wicked Lady: Liz Brown
Queen Serenity: Wendy Lyon
Sammy: Julie Lemieux
Serena's Mom: Barbara Radecki
Serena's Dad: David Hubard
Patricia Haruna: Nadine Rabinovitch
Grandpa: David Fraser
Chad: Steve Bednarski
Announcer: Chris Wiggins
Monster of the Day: Harvey Atkins, Lindsay Collins, Lisa Dalbello,
Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Terri Hawkes, Elva Mai
Hoover, Loretta Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Allison
Sealy-Smith, Maria Vacratisis
Background voices: Steve Bednarski, Chris Britton, Lindsay Collins,
Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Hillary Goldhar, Loretta
Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Roland Parliament, Alice
Poon, Nadine Rabinovitch, Greg Swanson
(one-shots)
Mr. Baxter: Chris Wiggins
Game Machine Joe: Rino Romano
Jordan (baby): Tony Daniels
Peter Fisher: Joel Feeney
Greg: Eric Kimmel
Peggy Jones: Katherine Trowell
Misha: Jeff Lumby
Jenelle: Tracey Hoyt
Mika: Kathy Laskey
Mika's Mother: Wendy Lyon
Chess Tower owner: Roland Parliament
Countess Rose: Wendy Lyon
Herbert: Greg Swanson
Q: When does the (English dub) series continue?
The chronologically last dub episode released in America is in the middle
of the Dark Moon story. When the episodes were first run, they were shown out
of order, making the end of the Alan/Ann story the last new episode actually
shown. In reruns, they're usually shown in the proper order.
The Japanese episodes which come after the end of the dub series are
episodes 73 up. VKLL has fan-subtitled from here to the end of Sailor Moon R.
Newer episodes up to the end of Sailor Moon R were released in Canada,
but not in the US. They may be released in the US in November 1998.
Q: Do we ever see the Scouts transform back?
In episode 115, Sailor Uranus transforms back normally.
We also see Sailor Moon transform back twice when she loses a previous
transformation before getting powered-up, but these are arguably abnormal
transformations back that might look unusual.
Q: Do we ever see Tuxedo Mask transform?
Episodes in which he transforms are 16, 22, 30, and 62 (19, 26, 34, 69,
and 113 for Japanese versions.)
Q: Why do we see a few times and then we never see it again when
we logically should? meaning: Sailor Moon's parents and other
relatives, Greg (Urawa), Rita (Reika), Queen Serenity's ghost, Moon Tiara
Stardust, Lizzie (Unazuki), Molly (Naru), Melvin (Umino) and Molly together,
Chad (Yuuichiro), etc.
The anime was partly based on the manga, but was weekly instead of monthly,
so had to be stretched out a lot. This means that one shot characters or minor
characters from the manga got major roles in several stories, and it also means
that several characters and subplots were completely invented for the TV series.
This made it look like something was a big part of the series when it really
never was.
Q: When does the Another Story RPG take place? It couldn't take place after
S because Fnghea ghearq onpx gb n onol ng gur raq.
Vg gncrf cynpr evtug nsgre gur raq bs F. Fnghea jnf fcrpvsvpnyyl ntrq
va gur Nabgure ECT fgbel (naq qr-ntrq onpx gb n onol ng gur raq), ohg lbh unir
gb ernq gur qvnybt gb haqrefgnaq guvf.
Q: How do I get past that boss on Ami's level in the Another Story RPG?
Gur snfgrfg jnl vf gb hfr n znavpher gb envfr lbhe nggnpx cbjre, gura
nggnpx naq urny jura lbh fgneg ehaavat ybj ba uvg cbvagf. (Qba'g obgure gb
pher lbhefrys bs cbvfba.) Znal zbafgref nebhaq guvf yriry cebivqr urnyvat
vgrzf. Hasbeghangryl, V xabj bs ab jnl gb trg n znavpher gurer--lbh'q unir gb
ohl vg va nqinapr ng ubzr orsber xabjvat lbh arrq vg. Envfvat lbhe yriry n
yvggyr ovg urycf, gbb.
Nygreangviryl, envfr lbhe yriry gb na hatbqyl nzbhag fb gung lbh'er qbvat
nebhaq 10 cbvagf bs qnzntr cre ebhaq, gura nggnpx naq urny pbafgnagyl.
Gur bayl fcrpvny nggnpx gung jbexf ba guvf obff vf Funoba Fcenl. Gur obff
pna or xvyyrq hfvat Funoba Fcenl cyhf urnyvat vgrzf, ohg guvf gnxrf zhpu ybatre
orpnhfr bs gur Funoba Fcenl navzngvba.
Va nal pnfr, or fher gb jrne obgu fcrpvny npprffbevrf, naq ohl nabgure
bar gb svyy gur guveq fybg. Nyfb, punatr gur sbezngvba gb neebj (jvgu
Zrephel va sebag) be pyhfgre (jvgu ure va gur pragre) gb vapernfr ure nggnpx
cbjre.
Q: How do I get all the puzzle pieces on the Another Story RPG?
Gurer ner sbhe zvffvat sebz gur barf lbh trg jura xvyyvat zbafgref. Lbh
pna trg bar bs gur zvffvat barf rneyl va gur tnzr va Znxbgb'f fgntr va n
uvqqra nern; yngre va gur tnzr lbh trg frag qverpgyl gb gur nern naq pna svaq
bhg nobhg gur cvrprf, ohg vg'f gbb yngr gb trg gurz gura! V unir ab vqrn
nobhg gur bgure guerr.
A complete list of puzzle pieces is available at
http://w3.panam.edu/~jarero/Sailormoon/SNES/SMASPuzzle.html .
Q: How do I get the second ending on the Another Story RPG?
Lbh trg qvivqrq vagb gjb tebhcf. Hfntv'f tebhc svtugf gur svany obff.
Vs lbh ybfr jvgu Hfntv'f tebhc, Puvov-Hfn'f tebhc pbzrf va, naq qrsrngvat gur
obff jvgu ure (juvpu vf uneq, fvapr lbh qba'g trg n punapr gb pbageby ubj
lbhe punenpgref ner neenatrq va gur sbezngvba) tvirf lbh n qvssrerag raqvat.
(Xabjvat zber Wncnarfr guna V qb cebonoyl urycf va haqrefgnaqvat gur
qvssreraprf va gur raqvatf.)
Q: What does "talent" mean (as a joke used on the Internet)?
This refers to a line in the Snow White episode. Sailor Jupiter said that
she should be Snow White because she has the largest breasts. In the dub,
it was changed to having the most "talent". So people on the net will
sometimes refer to breast size as "talents".
Q: Why are the attacks in the Mixx translated manga different from the ones
shown in the dub?
The dub uses different attack names from the original TV episodes. Also,
the original comics were sometimes different from the original TV episodes.
The Mixx version is different for both of these reasons. For instance, the
original manga (and Mixx) uses "Moon Frisbee", the original TV uses "Moon
Tiara Action", and the dub uses "Moon Tiara Magic".
This does not apply to "cow tails", and considering Mixx's recent record,
I don't know if it applies to anything else in the future.
Q: Where do the movies take place, chronologically?
It isn't really possible to fit the movies into the series continuity.
In the R movie, Chibi-Usa (Rini) appears. She leaves at the end of the R
series, which means that the R movie could only happen if the Black Moon
villains are alive but for some reason not doing anything during the movie.
If that is true, then it happens between episodes 77 and 82, because Mamoru and
Usagi don't reconcile until episode 77, and nobody has found out that Usagi is
Chibi-Usa's mother, which happens in 82. 77-82 happen during winter, and it's
summer in the R movie.
In the S movie, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto appear. Pluto is gone before
the end of the S series, which means that the S series villains would also
have to be alive but not doing anything. Furthermore, Hotaru does _not_
appear in the movie, yet in the series she appears before Pluto reappears.
(This movie was based on a manga story. Unfortunately it doesn't quite fit
manga continuity either for similar reasons....)
In the SS movie, Pluto appears, yet in the Sailor Stars series, the
Senshi are surprised to learn that she is alive. Also, Uranus and Neptune
get versions of their new attacks in this movie before they actually do for
real in Sailor Stars. (And in Sailor Stars they not only get the attacks,
but also new transformations, which aren't used in the movie.)
Q: Why is Pluto associated with time and Saturn with death? I thought it was
the other way around?
Apparently astrologers ascribe some similar traits to the two planets. I
still find it weird, though.
Q: Why is Jupiter considered an inner Senshi when Jupiter is outside the
asteroid belt and is one of the outer planets?
Blame the astrologers for this. Hey, I don't believe this stuff.
Q: Is Pluto really a planet? (Or: why are some people saying that Pluto
shouldn't be considered a planet? If so, what is it instead?)
Some astronomers have suggested that Pluto should be considered to be, not
a planet, but the largest member of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is a
group of objects orbiting outside Neptune. Scientists had guessed it exists,
but did not discover the first object there until 1992.
The objects in the Kuiper Belt are similar to both asteroids and comets
(they are officially numbered as asteroids). They don't give off vapor and
dust like comets do, because they are too far from the sun, and many of them
are much larger than normal comets. But they are probably icy, like comets
(regular asteroids are made of rock or metal), and some normal comets might
have once been part of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt objects are probably
made of the same material as Pluto, share a similar origin with Pluto, and
some have orbits in a 3:2 resonance with Neptune, like Pluto's orbit. (This
means that they go around the sun 3 times when Neptune does 2 times.)
Pluto is, however, large enough to be round due to gravity, and to hold
an atmosphere, which is not true of asteroids (except perhaps for the few
largest ones being round) or comets. It has a bright surface which may be due
to melting and refreezing (or vaporizing and recondensing) of ice, a process
that doesn't happen on asteroids or comets.
There was a proposal from the Minor Planet Center (of ??) to classify Pluto
as asteroid number 10000. This proposal has not been accepted, and the Small
Bodies Names Committee of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the
International Astronomical Union has decided not to classify Pluto as a minor
planet (i.e. asteroid). The IAU considered whether to classify Pluto as
a "trans-Neptunian object", but in a way which would give Pluto a dual status.
The IAU claimed that there was no proposal to demote Pluto to not being a
planet. (I don't know, the minor planet one sounded like that to me, since it'd
be silly to have Pluto be a planet and a minor planet at the same time.)
Q: Wasn't another planet recently discovered? Or a moon?
Planets in other solar systems have recently been discovered. None have
been given a real name.
Two new moons of Uranus were discovered in late 1997; they have been
named "Caliban" and "Sycorax", after characters from Shakespeare's "The
Tempest". Another was found in 1999 on old Voyager II images.
In mid-1997, the orbit of asteroid 3753 was shown to be in a complicated
pattern related to the Earth's orbit. It's not another moon, and pretty
sophisticated calculations are needed to show that there's anything at all
odd about its orbit. The press release called this asteroid a "companion to
the Earth", which is misleading.
Asteroid 1996TL66, an object in the Kuiper Belt (see above), is about 500
kilometers in diameter (Pluto is 2300). It was discovered in October 1996.
This is huge for an asteroid, but still not planet-sized (it would be the 4th
largest asteroid if it's exactly 500). Asteroids are sometimes called "minor
planets" or "planetoids", which can be confusing.
10) Movies, comics, video games
There are three Sailor Moon movies released in Japan, with no North
American release so far. The movies are probably the most commonly fansubbed
stories. It is possible that Pioneer will be releasing one or movies in the
US, with Sailor Moon R being the most likely.
A special, "Ami-chan's First Love", was shown with the SMSS movie but
released to video separately.
Several Sailor V stories were to be released directly to video in Japan,
but have been indefinitely postponed.
The Japanese comic (manga) was published in a monthly collection, on news-
print, at one chapter per issue, mostly in black and white (which is typical
for a Japanese comic), and the chapters were collected into volumes (tan-
koubon) about the size and cost of a paperback book (all B&W). There was also
a Japanese Sailor V manga. These are all in Japanese (several fan translations
exist); you can get them at Japanese bookstores. #18 is the last Sailor Moon
manga; Sailor V ended with volume 3.
Translations of the manga include French (by Glenat publishers), Chinese,
and a lot of other languages. French and Chinese keep the original notes.
Mixx is releasing the manga in English in black and white; it was in Mixxzine
up to issue 2-1. Sailor Moon is now being published in its own comic and in
a girls' magazine named Smile that was originally meant to be for photo
sticker machines (which explains the readers sending in their photos part).
The comic continues the current storyline and Smile has later stories.
Mixx has claimed that they are required to use the DIC versions of the
names because of an edict from Kodansha, but according to Ron Scovill, who was
working for Mixx until August 1998, this was a lie. (It should be noted that
Mixx is changing the names in several of their other series, where they didn't
have any similar excuses.)
Note: in the manga, Sailor Uranus has white hair and Sailor Pluto has
somewhat dark skin. (The other colors are basically the same as the anime.)
The color manga (anime manga) actually uses the TV series dialog and
pictures and isn't the original manga.
In the UK, Bloomsbury (which has translated Ironfist Chinmi cheap and in
its original format) was once planning to translate Sailor Moon manga in its
original format. This fell through for some reason.
There are Japanese video games for just about every system up to the
Playstation. Most anime-based video games are terrible as games, and these
are no exception (though many people like the Another Story RPG). Saturn and
Playstation games are not usable on American machines without modifying your
machine (or using a special adaptor on a Saturn.)
There is a North American PC game called "The 3D Adventures of Sailor
Moon". It is supposedly pretty terrible too.
In North America, six dolls are out: Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter,
and Venus, and Queen Beryl. Some runs of the dolls have the wrong boots. Ac-
cording to a Bandai representative in the July 22 1995 Washington Post, "We
discovered that some Americans thought the outfits were too sexy for little
girls. The short skirt and high heels--that means a prostitute in the US, is
that right? So we shifted to boots." Nevertheless other toys have the proper
heels.
There seems to be a set of pirate dolls called "Planet Girl(s)" which uses
recolored and (possibly) renamed Sailor Senshi.
There seems to be a Sailor Chibi-Moon North American doll even though she
doesn't get a costume in the released episodes. A Tuxedo Mask doll has also
been released, apparently only after Canada got the 17 new episodes. Canada
also got more dolls for Prince Darien, Princess Serena, Prince Diamond, Rubeus,
Emerald, Wicked Lady, and Sailor Pluto.
11) Episode availability
Japanese versions of the whole series have been released on videotape and
on laserdisc, about a year behind the television episodes. The laserdiscs
for the first year, and the movies, include brief bonuses (such as
interviews). Japan uses NTSC like North America does, and the tapes and discs
will work on North American machines. The episodes, of course, are in
untranslated Japanese.
There are bunches of episodes subtitled unofficially by Japanese animation
fans. (Note: this _is_ technically illegal.) Ask around to get these. #67
(the dinosaur episode, which was skipped), and the ends of S, and Sailor
Stars have no known publicly distributed fansubs, so it's probably useless
trying to look for those (although some group showed the last Sailor Stars
episodes at a convention). Commonly wanted episodes which do have fansubs are
2, 44-46, the movies, the SS special, and the Ami special.
You should not pay more than cost for any fansubs. While there is a
raging debate among fans about exactly what costs fansubbers can ethically
charge, if you're being charged $10 (US) or more per tape, you're being ripped
off.
There is an audio tape for dub episode 12 (Unnatural Phenomena).
Another source of episodes may be Chinatown, if you have a Chinatown and
can speak the right dialect (if dubbed) or read Chinese (if subbed).
Buena Vista Home Video has released dub episodes in North America at $10 a
tape.
Volume 1 (A Moon Star is Born): episodes 1, 2
Volume 2 (Scouts Unite!): episodes 5, 7
Volume 3 (Evil Eyes): episodes 9, 14
Volume 4 (Jupiter and Venus Arrive): episodes 21, 29
Volume 5 (Secret Identities): episodes 30, 31
Volume 6 (The Good and the Bad Queen): episodes 39, 40
Alan/Ann boxed set (4 tapes, 13 episodes, 41-53)
The American soundtrack has been released on CD. Another CD, "Sailor
Moon and the Scouts: Lunarock" has been released in Canada.
There are a whole lot of Japanese CDs, none of which I have any real
information about. (Note: CDs which come from the company "SM" are pirated
CDs made in Taiwan and originally sell for the equivalent of about $8 each.)
12) Character Personal Information
The Japanese information below is mostly "official", written by Takeuchi
Naoko, and is directly translated from manga #10. The exceptions are the gem-
stones, which come from the Super Famicom roleplaying game, Tuxedo Mask, from
the SuperS movie Memorial Album, and the Sailor Stars, from May 1996 Nakayoshi.
I've decided to include the gemstones from the game because the game is
mostly consistent with the official information on the rest. (They don't seem
to be the gemstones associated with their astrological signs.)
Note: Blood type is in Japan considered to fit certain personality types
just like astrological signs. This is only for O/A/B/AB, not + and -. From
the rec.arts.manga glossary:
In Japanese pop culture, blood type is thought to be related to personality.
This belief became popular in the early '80s. Profiles of manga artists or
characters from manga will often include blood type along with other statis-
tics like age and place of birth. A very rough guide to blood types:
A nervous, introverted, honest, loyal
B outgoing, optimistic, adventurous
AB proud, diplomatic, discriminating
O workaholic, insecure, emotional
The North American version is from the back of the doll boxes. It fits
the original in some parts, and changes it in others (mostly when it's a
cultural reference like Japanese food, or when it's not in the original at all).
Japanese version:
Sailor Moon:
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Name: Tsukino Usagi
Birthday: June 30
Astrological sign: Cancer
Blood type: O
Favorite color: white
Hobby: eating cake
Favorite food: ice cream
Least favorite food: carrots [note: Bwahahahaha]
Favorite subject: Home Economics
Worst subject: math, English
Has trouble with: dentists, ghosts
Strong point: brownnosing, crying
Dream: to be a bride
Gemstone: diamond
Tuxedo Mask:
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Name: Chiba Mamoru
Birthday: August 3
Astrological sign: Leo
Blood type: A
Favorite color: black
Hobby: reading books
Favorite food: chocolate
Least favorite food: none
Favorite subject: physics
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: Usagi's persuasion in tears (?)
Strong point: Lady First
Dream: to be a doctor
Gemstone: (not listed)
Sailor Chibi-Moon:
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Name: Chibi-Usa
Birthday: June 30
Astrological sign: Cancer
Blood type: O
Favorite color: red and pink
Hobby: collecting Usagi goods (can also be translated as rabbit goods)
Favorite food: pudding
Least favorite food: carrots
Favorite subject: drawing
Worst subject: languages
Has trouble with: taking care of the house [note: this must be _hard_ in a
large crystal palace]
Strong point: getting people to give her things
Dream: becoming a lady
Gemstone: diamond
Sailor Mercury:
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Name: Mizuno Ami
Birthday: September 10
Astrological sign: Virgo
Blood type: A
Favorite color: aquamarine
Hobby: reading, chess
Favorite food: sandwiches
Least favorite food: yellow-tail tuna (hamachi)
Favorite subject: mathematics
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: love letters
Strong point: calculating
Dream: to be a doctor
Gemstone: sapphire
Sailor Mars:
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Name: Hino Rei
Birthday: April 17
Astrological sign: Aries
Blood type: AB
Favorite color: red and black
Hobby: fortunetelling (also reading, in the SFC RPG)
Favorite food: fugu
Least favorite food: canned asparagus
Favorite subject: ancient writing
Worst subject: modern society
Has trouble with: television
Strong point: meditation
Dream: to be a head priestess
Gemstone: ruby
Sailor Jupiter:
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Name: Kino Makoto
Birthday: December 5
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Blood type: O
Favorite color: pink
Hobby: bargain-hunting
Favorite food: cherry pie
Least favorite food: none
Favorite subject: Home Economics
Worst subject: physics
Has trouble with: airplanes
Strong point: cooking (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG)
Dream: being a bride, selling cake, selling flowers
Gemstone: emerald
Sailor Venus:
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Name: Aino Minako
Birthday: October 22
Astrological sign: Libra
Blood type: B
Favorite color: yellow and red
Hobby: chasing after idols
Favorite food: curry
Least favorite food: shiitake mushrooms
Favorite subject: Phys. Ed
Worst subject: math, English
Has trouble with: mama and the police
Strong point: playing (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG)
Dream: being an idol
Gemstone: topaz
Sailor Uranus:
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Name: Ten'ou Haruka
Birthday: January 27
Astrological sign: Aquarius
Blood type: B
Favorite color: gold
Hobby: driving
Favorite food: salads
Least favorite food: natto (a fermented soybean Japanese dish that even a lot
of Japanese will refuse to eat)
Favorite subject: Phys. Ed.
Worst subject: modern Japanese
Has trouble with: confessing
Strong point: racing
Dream: to be a racer
Gemstone: amber
Sailor Neptune:
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Name: Kaiou Michiru
Birthday: March 6
Astrological sign: Pisces
Blood type: O
Favorite color: marine blue
Hobby: collecting cosmetics
Favorite food: sashimi
Least favorite food: kikurage (a kind of mushroom)
Favorite subject: Music
Worst subject: none
Has trouble with: sea cucumbers
Strong point: violins
Dream: to be a violinist
Gemstone: aquamarine
Sailor Pluto:
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(Note: in the Japanese comic, Sailor Pluto is teenage, but in the animation
she is not, so much of this isn't true for the animation.)
Name: Meiou Setsuna
Birthday: October 29
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Blood type: A
Favorite color: dark red
Hobby: shopping
Favorite food: tea (o-cha)
Least favorite food: eggplant
Favorite subject: Physics
Worst subject: Music
Has trouble with: cockroaches
Strong point: sewing
Dream: to be a designer
Gemstone: garnet
Sailor Saturn:
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Name: Tomoe Hotaru
Birthday: January 6
Astrological sign: Capricorn
Blood type: AB
Favorite color: purple
Hobby: reading, collecting lamps
Favorite food: nihon soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles)
Least favorite food: milk
Favorite subject: World History
Worst subject: Phys Ed.
Has trouble with: marathons
Strong point: injury treatment
Dream: to be a doctor
Gemstone: fluorite
Sailor Star Fighter:
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Name: Seiya Kou
Birthday: July 30
Blood type: A
Responsibilities: Lead Vocal (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics, Composing Music)
Club membership: American Football club
Hobby: American Football
Favorite subject: Physical Education
Least favorite subject: Literature
Favorite food: Hamburgers
Has trouble with: Girls
Sailor Star Maker:
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Name: Taiki Kou
Birthday: May 30
Blood type: AB
Responsibilities: Guitar (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics)
Club membership: Literary club
Hobby: Reciting Poetry
Favorite subject: Literature
Least favorite subject: None
Favorite food: Sushi
Has trouble with: Arguments
Sailor Star Healer:
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Name: Yaten Kou
Birthday: February 8
Blood type: B
Responsibilities: Keyboard (Arrangement)
Club membership: Homecoming club
Hobby: Cameras
Favorite subject: Art
Least favorite subject: Physical Education
Favorite food: Caviar
Has trouble with: Physical Exertion
North American Version:
Sailor Moon:
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Name: Serena
Age: 14
Birthday: June 30
Likes: eating, video games
Dislikes: surprise tests in school
Hobbies: shopping
Special strengths: Loyal Friend
Favorite food: peanut butter and jelly, ice cream
Favorite color: pink
Favorite animal: bunny rabbit
Favorite subject: music
Sailor Mercury:
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Name: Amy Anderson
Age: 14
Birthday: September 10
Likes: books, chess
Dislikes: practical jokes
Hobbies: computers
Special strengths: smart, strategist
Favorite food: sandwiches
Favorite color: blue
Favorite animal: cat
Favorite subject: math
Sailor Mars:
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Name: Raye Hino
Age: 14
Birthday: April 17
Likes: meditation
Dislikes: TV
Hobbies: reading
Special strengths: Dedication to Causes
Favorite food: vegetarian pizza
Favorite color: red
Favorite animal: panda
Favorite subject: classical literature
Sailor Jupiter:
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Name: Lita
Age: 14
Birthday: December 5
Likes: romance novels
Dislikes: cheaters
Hobbies: cooking
Special strengths: strong, athletic
Favorite food: cherry pie, meatloaf
Favorite color: green
Favorite animal: horse
Favorite subject: history
Sailor Venus:
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Name: Mina
Age: 14
Birthday: October 22
Likes: sports & dance
Dislikes: show-offs
Hobbies: playing games
Special strengths: leadership
Favorite food: any pasta
Favorite color: orange
Favorite animal: birds
Favorite subject: gymnastics
Queen Beryl:
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Name: Queen Beryl
Age: Twenty-something
Birthday: November 1
Likes: Anarchy, Bedlam & Chaos
Dislikes: Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts
Hobbies: snooping, spying & sabotage
Special strengths: ability to control henchmen
Favorite food: liver
Favorite color: black
Favorite animal: scorpion
Favorite topic of conversation: world domination
Heights: The Nakayoshi "Sailor Moon" fan book gives Usagi's height as 150 cm,
which is about 4'11". Kyle Pope has sent me comparisons based on this and on
the Sailor Moon Nakayoshi Anime Album character sheets, V1, page 103, and V2,
page 94 and 111. THESE ARE ESTIMATES:
Sailor Moon: 4'11" (not an estimate)
Sailor Mercury: 5'2"
Sailor Mars: 5'3"
Sailor Jupiter: 5'6"
Sailor Venus: 5'2"
Sailor Uranus: 5'9"
Sailor Neptune: 5'5"
Sailor Pluto: 5'7" (from page 8, Sailor Moon S movie memorial album)
Sailor Saturn: 4'7"
Tuxedo Mask: 5'8"
Motoki (Andrew): 5'8"
Jadeite: 5'11"
Queen Beryl: 6'2"
Naru-chan (Molly): 5'1"
Umino (Melvin): 5'1"
Shingo (Sammy): 4'5"
Sailor Moon's mother: 5'4"
Sailor Moon's father: 5'7"
13) Episode list
SAILOR MOON (first Japanese year)
Episode Original Broadcast Date
Number (North
J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) America) (YTV)
---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(1) 1. A Moon Star is Born 3/7/92 9/11/95 8/28/95
(2) -- ---- 3/14/92 --- ---
(3) 2. Talk Radio 3/21/92 9/12/95 8/29/95
(4) 3. Slim City 3/28/92 9/13/95 8/30/95
(5) -- ---- 4/11/92 --- ---
(6) -- ---- 4/18/92 --- ---
(7) 4. So You Want to be a Superstar 4/25/92 9/14/95 8/31/95
(8) 5. Computer School Blues 5/2/92 9/15/95 9/1/95
(9) 6. Time Bomb 5/9/92 9/18/95 9/6/95
(10) 7. An Uncharmed Life 5/16/92 9/19/95 9/7/95
(11) 8. Nightmare in Dreamland 5/23/92 9/20/95 9/8/95
(12) 9. Cruise Blues 5/30/92 9/21/95 9/11/95
(13) 10. Fight to the Finish 6/6/92 9/22/95 9/12/95
(14) 11. Match Point for Sailor Moon 6/13/92 9/25/95 9/13/95
(15) 12. An Unnatural Phenomena [sic] 6/20/92 9/26/95 9/14/95
(16) 13. Wedding Day Blues 6/27/92 9/27/95 9/15/95
(17) 14. Shutter Bugged 7/4/92 9/28/95 9/18/95
(18) 15. Dangerous Dollies 7/11/92 9/29/95 9/19/95
(19) 16. Who is that Masked Man? 7/25/92 10/2/95 9/20/95
(20) -- ---- 8/1/92 --- ---
(21) 17. An Animated Mess 8/8/92 10/3/95 9/21/95
(22) 18. Worth a Princess's Ransom 8/15/92 10/4/95 9/22/95
(23) 19. Molly's Folly 8/22/92 10/5/95 9/25/95
(24) 20. A Friend in Wolf's Clothing 8/29/92 10/6/95 9/26/95
(25) 21. Jupiter Comes Thundering In 9/5/92 10/9/95 9/27/95
(26) 22. The Power of Friendship 9/12/92 10/10/95 9/28/95
(27) 23. Mercury's Mental Match 10/10/92 10/11/95 9/29/95
(28) 24. An Artful Attack 10/17/92 10/12/95 10/2/95
(29) 25. Too Many Girlfriends 10/24/92 10/13/95 10/3/95
(30) 26. Grandpa's Follies 10/31/92 10/16/95 10/4/95
(31) 27. Kitty Chaos 11/7/92 10/17/95 10/5/95
(32) 28. Tuxedo Melvin 11/14/92 10/18/95 10/6/95
(33) 29. Sailor V Makes the Scene 11/21/92 10/19/95 10/9/95
(34) 30. A Crystal Clear Destiny 11/28/92 10/20/95 10/10/95
(35) 31. A Reluctant Princess 12/5/92 10/23/95 10/11/95
(36) 32. Bad Hair Day 12/12/92 10/24/95 10/12/95
(37) 33. Little Miss Manners 12/19/92 10/25/95 10/13/95
(38) 34. Ski Bunny Blues 12/26/92 10/26/95 10/16/95
(39) 35. Ice Princess 1/9/93 10/27/95 10/17/95
(40) 36. Last Resort 1/16/93 10/30/95 10/18/95
(41) 37. Tuxedo Unmasked 1/23/93 10/31/95 10/19/95
(42) -- ---- 1/30/93 --- ---
(43) 38. Fractious Friends 2/6/93 11/1/95 10/20/95
(44) 39. The Past Returns 2/13/93 11/2/95 10/23/95
(45)\_40. Day of Destiny 2/20/93 11/3/95 10/24/95
(46)/ 2/27/93
SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 1
(Skipped and shown later)
Episode Original Broadcast Date
Number (North
J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) America) (YTV)
---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(47) 41. The Return of Sailor Moon* 3/6/93 11/22/95 11/10/95
(48) 42. So You Want to be in Pictures 3/13/93 11/23/95 11/13/95
(49) 43. A Knight to Remember 3/20/93 11/24/95 11/14/95
(50) 44. VR Madness 4/10/93 11/27/95 11/15/95
(51) 45. Cherry Blossom Time 4/17/93 11/28/95 11/16/95
(52) 46. Kindergarten Chaos 4/24/93 11/29/95 11/17/95
(53) 47. Much Ado about Babysitting 5/1/93 11/30/95 11/20/95
(54) 48. Raye's Day in the Spotlight 5/8/93 12/1/95 11/21/95
(55) 49. Food Fetish 5/22/93 12/4/95 11/22/95
(56) 50. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall 5/29/93 12/5/95 11/23/95
(57) 51. Detention Doldrums 6/5/93 12/6/95 11/24/95
(58) 52. Secret Garden 6/12/93 12/7/95 11/27/95
(59) 53. Treed 6/19/93 12/8/95 11/28/95
* Aired on 9/2/95 as a special on Fox
SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 2
(Although these episodes were _shown_ out of order, they're not _numbered_ out
of order; the satellite link numbers them as 54-65, just like they should be.)
(60) 54. Serena Times Two 6/26/93 11/6/95 10/25/95
(61) 55. The Cosmetic Caper 7/3/93 11/7/95 10/26/95
(62) 56. Sailor Mercury Moving On? 7/10/93 11/8/95 10/27/95
(63) 57. Gramps in a Pickle 7/24/93 11/9/95 10/30/95
(64) 58. Trouble Comes Thundering Down 7/31/93 11/10/95 10/31/95
(65) 59. A Charmed Life 8/14/93 11/13/95 11/1/95
(66) 60. A Curried Favor 8/21/93 11/14/95 11/2/95
(67) -- ---- 8/28/93 --- ---
(68) 61. Naughty 'N' Nice 9/11/93 11/15/95 11/3/95
(69) 62. Prediction of Doom 9/25/93 11/16/95 11/6/95
(70) 63. Enemies No More 10/2/93 11/17/95 11/7/95
(71) 64. Checkmate 10/16/93 11/20/95 11/8/95
(72) 65. Sibling Rivalry 10/30/93 11/21/95 11/9/95
Last 17 episodes (USA dates are Cartoon Network dates and individual stations
which syndicate the show may have had it earlier):
(73) 66. Rubeus Evens the Score 11/6/93 11/30/98 9/20/97
(74) 67. Rubeus Strikes Out 11/13/93 12/1/98 9/27/97
(75) 68. The Secret of the Luna Sphere 11/20/93 12/2/98 10/4/97
(76) 69. Emerald Takes Over 12/4/93 12/3/98 10/11/97
(77) 70. Promises Fulfilled 12/11/93 12/4/98 10/18/97
(78) 71. No Thanks, Nurse Venus 12/18/93 12/7/98 10/25/97
(79) 72. Dog Day for Artemis 12/25/93 12/8/98 11/1/97
(80) 73. Lonely Amy 1/8/94 12/9/98 11/7/97
(81) 74. Child's Play 1/15/94 12/10/98 11/11/97
(82) 75. Future Shocked 1/22/94 12/11/98 11/12/97
(83) 76. Legend of the Negamoon 1/29/94 12/14/98 11/13/97
(84) 77. Jealousy's Just Rewards 2/5/94 12/15/98 11/14/97
(85) 78. Birth of the Wicked Lady 2/12/94 12/16/98 11/17/97
(86) 79. Brotherly Love 2/19/94 12/17/98 11/18/97
(87) 80. Diamond in the Rough 2/26/94 12/18/98 11/19/97
(88) 81. Final Battle 3/5/94 12/20/98 11/20/97
CLIPS EPISODE (not officially named "Sailor Moon R", just "Sailor Moon")
(89) 82. Follow the Leader 3/12/94 12/22/98 11/21/97
14) Other internet resources
Newsgroups:
rec.arts.anime discusses Japanese animation in general. This group has
been renamed to rec.arts.anime.misc.
alt.fan.sailor-moon specifically for Sailor Moon. Note: the existence of
this group does _not_ mean that Sailor Moon discussion doesn't belong in
rec.arts.anime or its subgroups.
World Wide Web and FTP sites in English:
Most Sailor Moon pages suck. And there are hundreds of them. I refuse to go
through all of them--even if your site doesn't suck, it wouldn't be fair to
list your site without at least checking all the others.
The best site for the original Japanese series is Hitoshi Doi's page.
The original is located at http://www.win.or.jp/~toshi/smoon and mirrors are
at http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/ and and at : http://anime.jyu.fi/~doi/smoon/ .
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/knzarysk/sm.html is _the_ site for lots
of Sailor Moon links.
Mailing lists:
Send mail to majordomo@taronga.com with the text "subscribe sailor-moon".
sailor-moon@indiana.edu is another list; less censored (send to
majordomo@indiana.edu with "subscribe sailor-moon")
There is a third list; send a subscribe request to
pretty-soldier-request@sailor-moon.net.
Fan fiction: ftp ftp.cs.ubc.ca in archives/anime-fan-works/Sailor-Moon, for
Sailor Moon fan fiction posted to rec.arts.anime.creative.
Translated scripts exist on the net for many episodes, as well as for some of
the manga. Arctic Animation was subtitling episodes, but has released their
old Sailor Moon scripts to the public. You can get them from:
ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/acl/SMOON.ZIP
http://www.eece.maine.edu/~choude/arctic/smoon.zip
http://infomatch.com/~dgriff/scripts/scripts.htm .
There is also a script/synopsis archive on
http://members.xoom.com/questails/gateway.htm
http://www.bioc.rice.edu/~kfg/ScriptCrypt/crypt.html .
Fan subtitle/dub pages:
VKLL fansub page: http://members.tripod.com/~vcchaos/vkllmain.html
Fandub page: http://www.netcom.com/~jetwolf/slrmoon.html
German FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/5660/gsmfaq.html
The home page for Mixx, who is publishing the manga in English, is at
http://www.mixxonline.com/mixxonline/corepage.html .
A replacement bulletin board for the Mixx one, made by fans when Mixx shut
down their board after too many complaints, is at http://bbs.anime-manga.net/ .
Alex Glover's page has some Sailor V translations. The Sailor Moon
translations have been removed by request of Mixx. This page is at
http://www.nwlink.com/~kurozuki/manga.htm .
--
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arromdee@inetnow.net |station in a swamp, but I showed them! It
karromde@nyx.nyx.net |sank unto the swamp. So I built a second
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--------------------------------+My third space station sank into the swamp.
So I built a fourth one. That fell into a time warp and _then_ sank into the
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