Sailor Moon (1995–2000)

The magical action-adventures of a teenage girl who learns of her destiny as the legendary warrior Sailor Moon and must band together with the other Sailor Soldiers to defend the Earth and Galaxy.

Stars:

Katie Griffin, Jill Frappier, Susan Roman

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Katie Griffin	...	Raye (119 episodes, 1995-2000)
Jill Frappier	...	Luna (112 episodes, 1995-2000)
Susan Roman	...	Lita (110 episodes, 1995-2000)
Ron Rubin	...	Artemis (85 episodes, 1995-2000)
Vince Corazza	...	Darien (71 episodes, 1995-2000)
Emilie Barlow	...	Mina (66 episodes, 1995-2000)
Karen Bernstein	...	Amy (66 episodes, 1995-1998)
Linda Ballantyne	...	Sailor Moon (62 episodes, 2000)
Liza Balkan	...	Amy (60 episodes, 2000)
Terri Hawkes	...	Sailor Moon (57 episodes, 1995-1998)
Mary Long	...	Molly Baker (55 episodes, 1995-2000)
Kirsten Bishop	...	Zoicite (54 episodes, 1995-2000)
Barbara Radecki	...	Sailor Neptune (52 episodes, 1995-2000)
Toby Proctor	...	Darien (52 episodes, 1995)
Sugar Lyn Beard	...	Rini (52 episodes, 2000)
Tony Daniels	...	Wiseman (48 episodes, 1995-2000)

Storyline

The story centers around an air-headed crybaby, named Usagi, and her friends Ami, Rei, Makato, and Minako. Using special powers, they can transform into Sailor Solders. They become Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus respectfully. They fight for love and justice against the evil minions of The Dark Kingdom. To help them in their quest, they heed the advice of two talking cats, Luna and Artemis, and also the mysterious Tuxedo Mask.

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Plot Keywords:

moon | girl | teenage girl | love | cat | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Canada Japan

Language:

English French Mandarin

Release Date:

11 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

English Sailor Moon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cloverway International (CWI), DiC Enterprises, Optimum Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (192 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the original, Serena's school was called "Juuban High", not "Crossroads Junior High". The English name is thought to have come about because the symbol for the school looks like a crossroads.

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Goofs

Many character's names were changed in the dub, yet when porting the series to America, many references to their Japanese names were not removed/edited out/etc. For instance, Unazuki Furuhata is called "Elizabeth" in American versions of the show, yet her doorbell, even in the dub, clearly says "U. FURUHATA." Likewise, Michiru's name is changed to Michelle in the dub, yet at the end of one episode, her journal clearly has "Michiru" written on the cover.

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Quotes

Sailor Moon: I am Sailor Moon, the champion of justice. In the name of the moon, I will right wrong and triumph over evil... and that means you!

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Crazy Credits

The American opening theme music is the same as the Japanese version song, Miracle Romance, however it has been given English lyrics that are actually about Sailor Moon (as opposed to the generic romantic lyrics of the Japanese version).

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Connections

Referenced in ReBoot: System Crash (1998)

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Soundtracks

"It's a New Day"
Written by Michael Benghiat, John Miyagi Author, Andy Heyward
Performed by Jennifer Cihi

User Reviews

A soon to be anime classic.

What I say about all three versions.

Japanese: There are five seasons, "Classic", "R", "S", "SuperS", and "Sailor Stars". Personally this is were the real Sailor Moon is at. I never liked this show until I saw the Japanese version. Not that I have anything against the dubbed versions, but I can say that this version is better than the dub version. If you want comedy, romance, a great soundtrack, really dramatic moments, and great voice acting they're here. I say if you haven't seen this series yet I recommend that you watch it subbed. I have had no problems with it. 9/10

English DiC: DiC was the first company to bring Sailor Moon over to the English speaking world mid-way through the run on Japanese TV and they dubbed the first 2 seasons of this series, "Classic" and "R". Most fans, including myself, don't like this version for various reasons. The characters are renamed into something American or English rather than using their original names and there is too much unnecessary censorship. Such as, usually entire scenes and sequences being rearranged because there was a Kanji sign in the far corner of the screen, "violent" sequences would be cut even if they were slapstick or for comedic value, pretty much all references that this show takes place in Japan were eliminated such as, various Asian specific religious elements, signs in Japanese, and cars were reversed to look like they drove "American" style. Entire episodes were cut, 5 total from season one and the final two from the same season was merged into one. The second season only had one episode cut. DiC rewrote nearly everything. I can't list everything they rewrote because this review would be like a novel, but they rewrote a lot of things. The main characters have their personalities changed, somewhat. The entire soundtrack is redone. The original soundtrack is much, much better than the dub's music. The dub's music just sounds like one continuous track that's playing throughout the entire episode and has no real redeeming value to it. This coming up next is the worst aspect of DiC's dub of Sailor Moon. There's a segment tacked on at the end called "Sailor Says" to make some sort of "moral of the story" type theme, for every episode. This segment is just stupid, no other words are needed. The voices are either love 'em or hate 'em type of voices. For me at least, I don't care for anybody's voices here but I hate, Luna's and Makoto's(Lita's) English voices. And the girls talk like valley girls too. Overall this dub, currently, is liked by people who like the nostalgia of this version of the series, or if they have something against "reading" subtitles. There's no reason to watch this dub unless you fall into those two groups. I say that if you're old enough to watch a PG movie, and have not watched Sailor Moon then you should watch the subtitled version. Because DiC's dub is on the same level as breaking something then poorly putting it back together. 4.5/10

English Cloverway: Cloverway was the second company after DiC to dub Sailor Moon and they dubbed two more seasons "S" and "SuperS". Now this dub is disappointing to fans of the first DiC dub and is still disappointing to fans of the Japanese version. Fans of the DiC dub do not like the replacement actors. This dub changes nearly all of the voice actors and it does not use the DiC soundtrack. Now I can understand the voice actors thing because it's a real pain to get used to voices then they all change and you have to get used to completely different ones. That's very annoying so I can live with that. The omission of the DiC soundtrack I don't see, because that music is just unlikable. I don't see how anyone can like it but oh well. Fans of the Japanese version were promised a more accurate and uncut/unedited dub. Well the only things accurate about that the original BGM is used, it is, in fact, uncut and unedited video wise, and the "Sailor Says" segment is done away with. But the name changes from the DiC dub are still present and some newly introduced characters get their names changed as well. This creates a lot of problems. Since the video is unedited, there are times when their original Japanese names are on things like doors, books, signs, etc. And they aren't in Japanese characters either, they're in plain English. So it's not hard to miss these. Two newly introduced characters are lesbians but they get changed into cousins. You decide if that's bad for yourself, but this was one dumb change. Since Cloverway did not cut anything and the video is unedited, there are still scenes were they act like lesbians. And this change is pretty much forced down your throat. Episodes are still rewritten. There are terrible added jokes and bad attempts to spice up things in the dialogue. There is still stereotypical "girl" talk. But it's even more stereotypical than DiC's dub. And there are too many inconsistencies with this dub, even more than there are in the DiC dub. These inconsistencies either change the story, create plot holes, or just make things plain confusing. Sometimes this dub is better than DiC's other times it's beyond anywhere near good and worse than DiC's. 5/10

"Sailor Stars", the final season, has not and possibly will never be officially dubbed into English. There are a number of rumored reasons why, but the true answer is just that Toei revoked the license from every country around the world. So in the end, Cloverway could have dubbed Sailor Stars but they just didn't.

The best Sailor Moon overall is the subbed version. If you want to watch this show watch it subbed.