SAILOR MOON INTRODUCTION
Sailor Moon is a cartoon about teenage sailor-suited
superheroines, aimed at young girls, which began broadcast in North America on
September 11, 1995 (August 28 on YTV in Canada). In Japan it was produced by Bandai.
The English language version was produced by DIC Entertainment and aired in syndi-
cation (not Fox, though one episode was shown on Fox as a special). The series
is a dub of a Japanese cartoon (anime) whose name (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon)
is usually translated as "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon"; this cartoon
is based on a manga (Japanese comic book) created by Takeuchi Naoko. (Note: All
Japanese names in this FAQ are listed Japanese style, with family name first.)
The last TV episode aired in Japan on February 8, 1997; the last manga was
the March 1997 Nakayoshi (which became the end of volume 18 of the collected manga).
The replacement for the TV series was a shojo-style Cutey Honey remake (named
Cutey Honey Flash) worked on by many of the same people working on the Sailor
Moon series. Cutey Honey Flash lasted one year. The manga was replaced with "Mizuiro
no Tamago", a completely unrelated manga.
There is no truth to the rumor
that Takeuchi Naoko is considering making more Sailor Moon. The USA Save Our Sailors
has claimed this, but then they also claimed "Prince Uranus". The page
they point to was written by a fan, not Naoko, and doesn't include any quotes
from her. Takeuchi has also said that there will be no more Sailor Moon manga.
In North America, DIC made 65 episodes available in 1995-1996. There was
apparently a big falling-out between Bandai and DIC, and a lot of rumors abound.
17 more episodes were dubbed mainly for Canadian release. They were first
shown in the US long after their original run in Canada. The voice actors for
Darien and Sailor Mars had left (or were fired) for these episodes. Adding the
17 newer episodes takes the series up to Japanese episode 89, and the end of the
R storyline. It was reported that DIC planned to delete the references to Sailor
Uranus and Neptune and the S storyline, but they didn't.
S and SS were dubbed
by DIC in 2000 and are shown on Cartoon Network, starting June 12, 2000. Pioneer
has released the movies and |
