SAILOR MOON｜Anime

2024.04.27

Japanese manga and media-mix work by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. It was serialised in the girls’ manga magazine Nakayoshi from 1992 to 1997.
From the first episode of the serialisation, the manga steadily increased in popularity, topping the readers’ survey, and when the TV animation started to be broadcast, it expanded its fan base to a wide range of age groups.
The series gained wide popularity, mainly among girls, but also among adult women and men, and became a boom and social phenomenon far beyond the realm of mere girls’ manga and anime, growing into a monster work that transcended the realm of anime not only in Japan but around the world, winning numerous awards around the world.

Synopsis

One day, the main character Usagi Tsukino rescues Luna, a black cat from the moon.
Luna suddenly comes to Usagi’s room and begins to tell her that a demon has appeared in Tokyo.
Usagi is perplexed, but puts on the brooch Luna gave her and shouts “Moon Prism Power Make Up!” and she unexpectedly transforms into Sailor Moon!
From this point on, Usagi Tsukino fights demons that appear one after another as Sailor Moon.

Afterwards, she meets her four friends Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus.
Their mission is to find the Princess of the Moon and obtain the ‘Phantom Silver Crystal’.
The battle between the Sailor Soldiers and the Dark Kingdom begins over the phantom silver crystal.

Sailor Moon is a princess, but also stands at the forefront as the strongest warrior, and her appeal as a high school girl, portrayed with life-sized friendliness, is the reason why she transcends the boundaries of Japanese animation and is loved by fans around the world.

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In addition to the appeal of the anime, the opening song ‘Moonlight Legend’ is so popular that even people who have never seen Sailor Moon can sing it, and it is still sung as a representative anime song (anison) at karaoke and other venues by many adult generations. It is also well-known and popular overseas as a national anime representing Japan, and many fans cosplay as Sailor Moon at overseas anime events. Nowadays, as an anime for girls, there is probably no one who doesn’t know about it.