- Sailor Moon
- Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
- 美少女戦士セーラームーン
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Anime
In Juuban, Tokyo, a high school student named Usagi Tsukino befriends Luna, a talking black cat who gives her a magical brooch that allows her to transform into Sailor Moon: a soldier destined to save the Earth from the forces of evil. Luna and Usagi assemble a team of Sailor Guardians to find their princess and the Silver Crystal. They meet the diligent Ami Mizuno, who wakes up as Sailor Mercury; Rei Hino, a local Shinto shrine maid who wakes up as Sailor Mars; Makoto Kino, a tall and strong transfer student who wakes up as Sailor Jupiter; and Minako Aino, an ambitious young idol who woke up months earlier as Sailor Venus, accompanied by her talking feline companion Artemis. In addition, they befriend Mamoru Chiba, a high school student who sometimes helps them out as Tuxedo Mask.
In the first arc, the group battles the Dark Kingdom, whose members are trying to find the Silver Crystal and free an imprisoned evil entity named Queen Metaria. Usagi and her team discover that in their previous lives, they were members of the ancient Moon Kingdom during a period of time called the Silver Millennium. The Dark Kingdom waged war against them, which led to the destruction of the Moon Kingdom. Its ruler Queen Serenity sent her daughter Princess Serenity, reincarnated as Usagi, along with her protectors the Sailor Guardians, their feline advisors Luna and Artemis, and the princess’s true love Prince Endymion, who in turn was reborn as Mamoru. At the start of the second arc, the Sailor Guardians encounter Usagi and Mamoru Chibiusa’s future daughter, who arrives from a 30th-century version of Tokyo known as “Crystal Tokyo”, which has been attacked by a group of villains known as the Black Moon Clan.
During their journey, Sailor Moon and her friends meet Sailor Pluto, the Guardian of the Time-Space Door. During the climactic battle of the arc, Chibiusa awakens as the Guardian herself, Sailor Chibi Moon. The third arc features racing driver Haruka Teno and violinist Michiru Kaioh as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, whose duty it is to protect the solar system from outside threats. Physics student Setsuna Meio, the reincarnation of Sailor Pluto, joins Uranus and Neptune on their mission to kill a mysterious girl named Hotaru Tomoe, whom they call Sailor Saturn’s Guardian of Destruction. However, when Saturn awakens, she joins in the final battle against the arc’s main antagonists, the Deathbreakers, sacrificing her life in the process. With her newly acquired Super Sailor Moon powers, Usagi restores the Earth, and Hotaru is reincarnated. The fourth arc explores the dreams and nightmares of the Sailor Guardians when the villainous group Dead Moon Circus exploits the Guardians’ deepest fears to invade Elysion which houses the Golden Kingdom of Earth and captures its High Priest Helios.
This storyline also touches on Mamoru’s role as protector of the Earth and owner of the Golden Crystal, the Golden Kingdom’s sacred stone. Mamoru and all ten of the reunited Guardians join forces, allowing Usagi to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon and defeat the Dead Moon’s leader, Queen Nehelenia. In the last arc of the Sailor Starlights of the planet Kinmoku, their ruler Princess Kakyuu and baby Chibichibi join Usagi in her fight against the Shadow Galactica, a group of corrupted and false Sailor Guardians that rampage across the galaxy and kill others. Sailor Guardians to stealing their star seeds is the essence of their lives. After Mamoru and all the Guardians of the Solar System are killed by Shadow Galactica, Usagi travels to the Galactic Cauldron, the birthplace of all of the Milky Way’s star seeds, in an attempt to resurrect his loved ones and confront Chaos, the source of everything. discord in the galaxy.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Characters
- Main Characters
- Tsukino, Usagi
- Hino, Rei
- Kino, Makoto
- Aino, Minako
- Mizuno, Ami
- Chiba, Mamoru
- Luna
- Artemis
- Supporting Characters
- Zoisite
- Nephrite
