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In episode 45 of the dub, Sailor Moon is forcibly de-transformed at ~11:44. When it does, she "ribbons" back to her civilian clothes. In episode 108 of the dub, we see Sailor Uranus de-transforms (at ~21:12), willingly, by going nude briefly before she appears in her civilian clothes. In the manga. it looks like they use the transformation pen to de-...

Besides the points you made yourself... I do not believe "some" is a word I would use. I actually watched Sailor Moon with Dutch dubs (based on the English version so I got double the misery) and saw the Japanese version after that and got so confused about it. The Japanese and the English version have the same name but that is about the only thing these two ...

In general, Sailor Moon was heavily edited for the US release as detailed by fans for example here. In particular nudity was avoided as exemplified below. The source of these images is this comparison between the US and the German version. While the German version is not completely uncensored (see the linked site for details) it is almost equal to the ...

Though I watched the original English dub when it first aired on TV in the U.S., I do not follow any of the details about it, so I will not attempt to answer the first half of your question, but I can answer the second half. Was it originally meant for children? Yes. Both the manga and the classic 90s anime were primarily aimed at elementary school-aged ...

In the manga, Usagi/Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity/Neo Queen Serenity is kissed by: Prince Endymion kissed Princess Serenity (Moon Kingdom, consensual) Chiba Mamoru/Tuxedo Kamen kissed Usagi/Sailor Moon (present day, in every story arc, non-consensual and consensual) Prince Demande kissed Usagi (Black Moon arc, non-consensual) Neo Queen Serenity kissed King ...

I'll preface this answer by admitting that I couldn't find any interviews in which DiC (the company responsible for the original English-language dub) explained why they changed the opening so much. I've nonetheless tried to provide the best explanation possible for why it was done. Was this really the original American/English-language opening/intro to ...

No, There are no legal way for a 16-year-old to drive on public roads. As Memor-X pointed out Wikipedia has a sentence about it. Haruka is a racecar driver, even though she is barely sixteen years old when she appears. However, the timing of her birthday to the Japanese school year means she is one grade ahead of the Sailor Soldiers. And the Japanese ...

It's a common trope in a lot of super hero fiction. It's just one of those things that creators ask audiences to suspend disbelief for. Though it's not really meant as an explanation, many characters do poke fun at various scouts' paper-thin disguises in universe, saying things to the effect of "She can't be Sailor Moon; Sailor Moon is too pretty to be that ...

There is an official answer to this. Takeuchi Naoko, the mangaka seems to have made this decision, not the animation staff. She points out the characters' nail polish in the Settei Shiryoushuu (Materials Collection) art book, and on the Sailor Mercury page she shows her own 8-frame frame-by-frame sketch1 of Sailor Mercury's transformation sequence, including ...

What I've found: Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose - Sailor Moon is forcibly detransformed by Fiore, twice. Both times are during the later half on the movie, on the asteroid. The first one is the asteroid-flower scene with Sailor Moon tied-up in vines. Sailor Moon SuperS - I believe it's also in the later half on the movie, on the ship. The ...

Unfortunately the second link you provided has been removed from YouTube so I could not look at it, but based on watching the Tokyo Mew Mew link you provided I can guess which scene from Sailor Moon you’re thinking of. The scenes are indeed similar. However, the creators of the series would not need to comment on the similarity because Sailor Moon ...

Although it is a common trope these days, it was not so in the genre of mahou shoujo (magical girl) manga and anime before Sailor Moon. In the long-running genre, many of the classic magical girls looked very different in their transformed state as compared to their civilian state (for example, Maho no Mako-chan, Creamy Mami, Mahou no Yousei Persia, Magical ...

Since I posted the question half a year ago, I've been tracking Sailor Moon scripts on Yahoo! Japan Auctions more regularly. If you are looking for a script of a specific episode, you should act when it becomes available, because there are always some scripts up for sale, but not scripts of most of the episodes of such a long series. At a given time, about ...

there are 2 Sailor Moon series. Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal, the latter being a more faithful adaptation of the manga but still different Sailor Moon Crystal is its own canon. It follows the manga more closely than does the classic anime, but also has points where it veered away from the manga content in ways that conflict with both manga canon ...

Yes, Diana is Artemis and Luna's daughter, but she is not the only other sentient cat. In addition to this trio: in the original manga, Luna and Artemis are natives of the cat-themed planet Mau, which is in the same galaxy but is outside of the solar system (how this aligns with the cats serving Queen Serenity in the Moon Kingdom is not explained; ...

There is also Diana, who was born on Earth. She first appears in episode 126 or 133 (English and Japanese dub respectively) of the anime and is revealed to be the daughter of Artemis and Luna. In the manga, she first appears in Act 18. She comes from the future and so when Luma first sees her (in the anime) she is confused because Diana refers to Artemis as ...

Like senshin mentioned, nobody really knows for sure. One possible speculation floating around is if Toei has another series on TV in July (Say, Precure or Dragon Ball Kai) they wouldn't want it to compete with Sailor Moon Crystal...but even that explanation doesn't make much sense. Most likely, streaming Crystal on an online service such as NicoNico is the ...

Well, the Guardians do shout "Make up!" before properly transforming, so manicures and lipstick fit the motif nicely of transforming into Pretty Guardians. Using Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus (Season 3 transformations that Anno worked on, but still works) from the R2 DVDs as an example: I know I answered this quite some time after the question was asked, but ...

You are correct that, overall, the classic anime has more non-plot advancing material (i.e. filler) than the manga does. On the other hand, in many cases, the anime boasts more plot and depth of storytelling, whereas the manga plows through each story arc in a more bare-bones, brief, and (arguably) flat style. As a couple of examples: 1) whether villain or ...

Kawashima Ami, introduced in the 5th episode of Toradora!, has the same given name (first name) as Sailor Mercury's civilian form; not only is the name the same pronunciation, but they share the same kanji (Chinese characters). 川嶋 亜美 (Kawashima Ami) 水野 亜美 (Mizuno Ami) 「川嶋」means "river" + "island," and「水野」means "water" + "field," so both have a water theme ...

Great question! After seeing Sailor Moon Crystal, will I miss anything by skipping the first two seasons of the original anime? No... and yes. No: You are correct that Sailor Moon Crystal's 26th episode leaves off at the same point in the storyline as the end of the classic anime's R season. If you go straight into the S season, you will not have missed ...

Sailor Moon Crystal is not expected to make money among the Japanese (its main hope to turn a profit is to make it available to viewers outside of Japan, such as by selling a license to stream it). (Please also see my answer to a similar question, which Toshinou Kyouko linked in the comments, for details on why.) Airing episodes weekly would mean that ...

Codename: Sailor V first appeared as a one-shot on August 3, 1991. The actual manga was then written pretty much simultaneously with the Sailor Moon manga, which started only a few months later (December 28, 1991) and which was updated much more frequently. It even ended later (July 3, 1997) than the Sailor Moon manga (February 3, 1997). That allowed for the ...

TL;DR: Because the target audience for the show are girls. And girls are supposed to like makeovers. An excerpt from the book Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (Anne Allison) (emphasis mine): In a property like Sailor Moon, these two words [romance and fantasy marriage] blend in a story line that incorporates both fighting ...

It's from the Sailor Moon R movie. The fragrance of a flower at the botanical gardens reminds Mamoru of a long forgotten memory from his childhood when he met Fiore, an alien boy who was travelling the galaxy on his own. Before Fiore left, he made a promise to Mamoru to bring him flowers. Once banned from society to a far away galaxy, the ...

In the anime, there was a scene or two where the senshi were forced to transform back by draining power or similar. Actual detransformation was done by "ripping" the transformation off (though not as visible as in some other series), which'd suggest normal transformation would be something different, which I remember not be shown at any time. Looks like ...

I found these sites while browsing the net: Sailor Moon: Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/sailor-moon-4e1c9108-f973-48fb-8824-a69280ca0438 Viz: https://www.viz.com/watch/streaming/sailor-moon (Country Specific) Sailor Moon Crystal: Bandai Channel: https://www.b-ch.com/ttl/index.php?ttl_c=4233 Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/sailor-moon-crystal-...

what appears to be the English/American version of the intro. I almost wonder if this can really be the original intro, or if it's consistently mislabeled, and this is for season three or something instead? The links you supplied are for the Canadian Sailor Moon opening animation sequence and for the Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon [『...

This does not actually answer the question, but here’s why I think they’re not ”that alike”: Many mahou shoujo (magical girl) series have similar elements, especially those of same decade or genre, like both of those series are shoujo series (targeting for teenage girls or so), so finding element or two similar or same in both series is nothing strange. It’...

Note: I don't recall any earlier points where Michiru and Mamoru interact in civilian form, and I've been keeping an eye out for this since I started watching this season a week ago. It's possible I may have missed something though. In episode 4 of Sailor Moon S, Michiru and Haruka observe Mamoru from a distance during and after the concert. (They are ...