Sailor Moon is definitely Anime. Though, it's a bit different than the anime that most people are familiar with(Robotech, Akira, etc...). Sailor Moon has more of an appeal to a younger audience than most other anime. In fact, Sailor Moon was marketed to the 6-12 year old age group.

But, Sailor Moon is still anime. And generally speaking, anime contains more serious and mature storylines and better characterization than does most normal North American cartoons. Thus, Sailor Moon is also popular among people of all ages. A large segment of which, are 20something college students.

Sailor Moon is popular throughout the world. It has been translated into English, as well as... Spanish, Italian, French, German, Chinese, and others.

Sailor Moon started out as a manga. Manga are Japanese comics. Back in 1992, Naoko Takeuchi created what was suppose to be just a one time feature comic for a special edition of a magazine called 'Nakayoshi'. It was called "Codename is Sailor V". It turned out to be rather popular and Toei Animation(a major Japanese animation company) showed interest in animating it.

With all the interest in the 'Sailor V' story, it was decided that it would now become a normal series in the magazine 'Nakayoshi'. And since it would now be a full blown serial comic, Naoko Takeuchi decided to broaden the story beyond just the Sailor V storyline. And thus, SAILOR MOON was born!

Toei Animation then created an animated series based on Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga. It quickly became quite popular in Japan. And not long after, was dubbed into other languages and shown throughout the world.

The American company 'DiC Entertainment', bought the English rights to the Sailor Moon animated series. And they edited and dubbed the series into what we all have watched on TV in North America(and other english speaking countries).

Sailor Moon is great fun to watch! You'll laugh and sometimes you'll even cry...

Sailor Moon is about a normal teenage schoolgirl named Serena, who has the ability to transform into the sailor suited superhero, Sailor Moon. She has four friends who also have similar abilities. They are all known as the Sailor Scouts. Together, with the aid of the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, they battle the evil forces from the Negaverse.

Their memories were lost to them all. They were all separately living out normal lives as teenagers. Until, The evil forces of the Negaverse once again started to show up and cause trouble on earth. Then the two magical cats(Luna and Artemis), that Queen Serenity had also managed to send to the future to seek out and protect the former Moon Princess and her court, found them one by one, and returned their memories to them. They were also given the power to transform into... The Sailor Scouts!

The Sailor Scouts consist of... Sailor Moon(formerly the Moon Princess), known as Serena in her normal life. Sailor Mercury, known as Amy in her normal life. Sailor Mars, known as Raye in her normal life. Sailor Jupiter, known as Lita in her normal life. Sailor Venus, known as Mina in her normal life. And then there is also Tuxedo Mask(formerly Prince Darian), who is known as Darian in his normal life.

Together they now fight the evil forces of the Negaverse.

-The characters all have life-like distinctive personalities.

-It's a little silly, and great fun to watch.

-I like the look and style of anime.

-I think Terri Hawkes as Serena was great!

-It's both funny and serious... Romantic and tragic...

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