Sailor Moon 15 Years Later

by Adam, filed in TV on Mar.07, 2007

15 years ago today, on March 7th 1992, the first episode of Sailor Moon, “Crybaby Usagi’s Magnificent Transformation”, aired for the first time in Japan. The series spanned 200 episodes until it’s finale on February 8th 1997. It also spawned 3 theatrical movies, 2 specials, musicals, videos games and an immense assortment of merchandise.

Sailor Moon was based on a Manga series by the same name which began appearing in Nakayoshi in December 1991, 4 months before the premiere of the show, and ran for 52 acts over a span of 5 years.

At its prime Sailor Moon saw great success worldwide as it was broadcast and published in nearly every country in the world. In the mid 90s you’d be hard pressed to go very far without seing some sort of Sailor Moon merchandise. It was likely the most internationally widespread franchise of it’s time. Sailor Moon herself is one of the most popular fictional characters ever, up there with such greats as Santa Claus, Superman and Jesus.

Here in North America the show began airing on September 11th 1995 and despite a number of complications and interuptions finally had 4 of its 5 seasons released both televised and in a variety of home video formats. It was one of the first prominent anime series to find an audience in the west, especially in Canada.

More recently a live action version of the show was released starting on October 4th 2003 and running for 50 episodes which ended on September 24th 2004. This series was complemented by one live show and 2 direct to video specials which followed the series. While the live action series had only a moderate level of success in Japan it had little international appeal aside from fans of the original series.

Now 15 years later the show is older than our heroine was when we first met her and the phenomenon has pretty much completely passed. While like with anything there are still some hard core fans who continue to watch and discuss the series the world for the most part has moved on.

So let’s party like it’s 1992! Try to sit down today and watch an episode to try to keep the memory alive. I’d suggest watching the first episode to celebrate the occasion. A show like this is too good to be forgotten and the best way to remember just how great it was is to watch it and have it all come back.

Tags: Animation, Anime, Manga, Sailor Moon

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Yesterday, Ami turned 29 😀 o/

@sunlight
Why is her nudity “a bit weird”? SOrry but it sounds like you actually dont consider it any weird but have been taking over a common prejudice. 😉

It’s remarkable so many people seemed to miss the point regarding the nudity of Moon in the end, and that me whos writing mostly “perv” fanfiction never had a prob with understanding it immediately. Other than most other shows Sailormoon tries to bring over a message of that justice, light, purity, good, friendship, anything positive, always will overcome intrigue and chaos.

Why would it be weird that shes naked in the ending, the message everybody should be able to see is that shes completely, up to herself, bar any arm or gears, everything consisting of violence has failed to turn Galaxia back to the light, and the deepest form of purity must embrace Galaxia now or chaos will win. I never got why this got censored in the US version, or better, how can one thinking human, especially adults, mis-interprete a clear image of purity with im-purity, finding a neccessity to censor it… maybe they never read Hamlet (Sorry, what would it be in english to quote “Ein Schelm, wer B�ses dabei denkt.”? A jester who would think evil of this?)
Her wings point it out she’s reflecting an angel, and angels usually come nude, up to the light inside of them. MOst likely the people who censor this consider the Art of MIchelangelo Porn, too, and medieval carved woodworks of holy Mary lettin Jesus suckle her breast to be obscene. :/ Imagine you say “THe light of purity purifies the evil in the final scene” and somebody comes up with “We need to censor this victory of good over evil, or lets photoshop a nuke into the frames, Moon kills evil using an atomic bomb, that should be acceptable.” O_o

The only weirdness found in Sailormoons nudity scenes are on the other side of the screen, the people that one would think they should posess enough IQ to get what message the story brings across, but they don*t. They condemn it perv when purity wins on the screen but afterwards discuss which Senshi is the “hottest bitch”, proving the problem with it is definatly in their mind, not on the screen.
http://www.Sailormercury.eu V-Foam.Y

Yesterday, Ami turned 29 😀 \o/

@sunlight
Why is her nudity “a bit weird”? SOrry but it sounds like you actually dont consider it any weird but have been taking over a common prejudice. 😉

It’s remarkable so many people seemed to miss the point regarding the nudity of Moon in the end, and that me whos writing mostly “perv” fanfiction never had a prob with understanding it immediately. Other than most other shows Sailormoon tries to bring over a message of that justice, light, purity, good, friendship, anything positive, always will overcome intrigue and chaos.

Why would it be weird that shes naked in the ending, the message everybody should be able to see is that shes completely, up to herself, bar any arm or gears, everything consisting of violence has failed to turn Galaxia back to the light, and the deepest form of purity must embrace Galaxia now or chaos will win. I never got why this got censored in the US version, or better, how can one thinking human, especially adults, mis-interprete a clear image of purity with im-purity, finding a neccessity to censor it… maybe they never read Hamlet (Sorry, what would it be in english to quote “Ein Schelm, wer B�ses dabei denkt.”? A jester who would think evil of this?)
Her wings point it out she’s reflecting an angel, and angels usually come nude, up to the light inside of them. MOst likely the people who censor this consider the Art of MIchelangelo Porn, too, and medieval carved woodworks of holy Mary lettin Jesus suckle her breast to be obscene. :/ Imagine you say “THe light of purity purifies the evil in the final scene” and somebody comes up with “We need to censor this victory of good over evil, or lets photoshop a nuke into the frames, Moon kills evil using an atomic bomb, that should be acceptable.” O_o

The only weirdness found in Sailormoons nudity scenes are on the other side of the screen, the people that one would think they should posess enough IQ to get what message the story brings across, but they don*t. They condemn it perv when purity wins on the screen but afterwards discuss which Senshi is the “hottest bitch”, proving the problem with it is definatly in their mind, not on the screen.
Moonstar

Its amazing that though its so old, it actually still has a high level of poularity still. I still enjoy and look for the comics. Its difficult, but it works.:> I love it, and will for years. Loved it at 3, and still lovin it. I know, its kinda sad. Love all of you fans!!!
Moonstar

Its amazing that though its so old, it actually still has a high level of poularity still. I still enjoy and look for the comics. Its difficult, but it works.:> I love it, and will for years. Loved it at 3, and still lovin it. I know, its kinda sad. Love all of you fans!!!
blina

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Sailor Sunlight

@v.foam-y
i understand the message that the series tries to show, thanx 4 the wake up call anyway, i totally agree with u that there is nothin wierd about usagis nudity, i remember i used to try and tell my brothers n sisters that she looked just like a barbie doll, they never used to like the show, and still dont! i guess since i havnt watched the show in a while i find that ive forgotten what it tried to tell u, ill try n watch the shows again, anyway thanx!
http://beebop Sailor Sunlight

@v.foam-y
i understand the message that the series tries to show, thanx 4 the wake up call anyway, i totally agree with u that there is nothin wierd about usagis nudity, i remember i used to try and tell my brothers n sisters that she looked just like a barbie doll, they never used to like the show, and still dont! i guess since i havnt watched the show in a while i find that ive forgotten what it tried to tell u, ill try n watch the shows again, anyway thanx!
V-Foam.Y

Hi everyone 🙂
In case some of you didnt know this site yet — http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/3/2014
There are quite some episodes available.
Yesterday i finally got the “rare” 1999’s Sailormoon Soap-Tray in Ebay 😉 Yay o/
V-Foam.Y

Hi everyone 🙂
In case some of you didnt know this site yet — http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/3/2014
There are quite some episodes available.
Yesterday i finally got the “rare” 1999’s Sailormoon Soap-Tray in Ebay 😉 Yay \o/
Rhapsody

I have to agree with almost everyone here. I have loved SailorMoon for as long as I can remember and even at 21 I still love her. It took me forever to get the last season but I finally finished the series and it was the best. My favourite part of Sailor Stars was when Uranus was knocked over the side of the building and Neptune was holding her trying to get her back over the top of the building and Neptune said to Uranus “You’ve been eating too many sweets.” To which Uranus said “I won’t take that kind of talk outside the bedroom.” I laughed so hard I about died. I think the end was beautiful, she didn’t seem naked to me but full of love and light and purity. And for those ppl that say it wasn’t a big anime and didn’t have very many merchandise and all merchandise was canceled, never to be made again, to that I say…I have the official Sailor Jupiter (and other senshi) cooking set (Makoto was the one that liked to cook). And the date made on it is…guess what? 2006. So obviously it’s still being made..and yes I do use the cooking set. Whisk, spatula, spoon, etc. And I use them while waving the cresent moon wand the makes 2 different sounds around while wearing the tiara (Jupiter’s of course she’s my fav) I got off of ebay and wearing the sailorjupiter costume I made one Halloween when I didn’t have money to buy one (spray painted track shoes from the 80’s). Oh how I love it.
Rhapsody

I have to agree with almost everyone here. I have loved SailorMoon for as long as I can remember and even at 21 I still love her. It took me forever to get the last season but I finally finished the series and it was the best. My favourite part of Sailor Stars was when Uranus was knocked over the side of the building and Neptune was holding her trying to get her back over the top of the building and Neptune said to Uranus “You’ve been eating too many sweets.” To which Uranus said “I won’t take that kind of talk outside the bedroom.” I laughed so hard I about died. I think the end was beautiful, she didn’t seem naked to me but full of love and light and purity. And for those ppl that say it wasn’t a big anime and didn’t have very many merchandise and all merchandise was canceled, never to be made again, to that I say…I have the official Sailor Jupiter (and other senshi) cooking set (Makoto was the one that liked to cook). And the date made on it is…guess what? 2006. So obviously it’s still being made..and yes I do use the cooking set. Whisk, spatula, spoon, etc. And I use them while waving the cresent moon wand the makes 2 different sounds around while wearing the tiara (Jupiter’s of course she’s my fav) I got off of ebay and wearing the sailorjupiter costume I made one Halloween when I didn’t have money to buy one (spray painted track shoes from the 80’s). Oh how I love it.
flakrona

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Sailor Sunlight

Hey
V foam
the episodes dont work on my comp, wld u hav any idea y?
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Hey
V foam
the episodes dont work on my comp, wld u hav any idea y?
Aspiring senshi of the 90’s

Sailor Moon is still alright in my book. She was the childhood ambition of everything I wanted to be. As I agree with those who’ve stated that her nudity towards the end was completely a form of art, nothing to be condemned, I also see from a perspective how that could be taken differently by a little kid. Hey, I started watching this when I was like 5, but my mom didn’t approve of the content at all. It does contain a # of themes that def. aren’t cool for the entire young population. I think it this series does attract a wide age audience, but as for that extra-hard-to-grasp-for-kids content, I believe that it should be considered mature viewing content and treated as such, and NOT as a general “kiddie cartoon” (so that no one gets the wrong idea).
Aspiring senshi of the 90’s

Sailor Moon is still alright in my book. She was the childhood ambition of everything I wanted to be. As I agree with those who’ve stated that her nudity towards the end was completely a form of art, nothing to be condemned, I also see from a perspective how that could be taken differently by a little kid. Hey, I started watching this when I was like 5, but my mom didn’t approve of the content at all. It does contain a # of themes that def. aren’t cool for the entire young population. I think it this series does attract a wide age audience, but as for that extra-hard-to-grasp-for-kids content, I believe that it should be considered mature viewing content and treated as such, and NOT as a general “kiddie cartoon” (so that no one gets the wrong idea).
Rhapsody

Yah but also look at this. Shrek is made for children, right? But there are so many adult jokes and sexual innuendo that it makes me think some parts are PG-13. Especially the part where they see the Prince’s castle for the first time and Shrek says “Do you think he’s compensating for something?” He obviously doesn’t mean because he’s short…it’s obviously a male anatomy joke. The kids usually laugh at it without understanding and don’t even think about it later on. I think that’s why the last season was never shown in the US…but think about this…with everything they show on TV nowadays…if SailorMoon had come out now…would they have shown the last season? The last episodes? THink about that.
Rhapsody

Yah but also look at this. Shrek is made for children, right? But there are so many adult jokes and sexual innuendo that it makes me think some parts are PG-13. Especially the part where they see the Prince’s castle for the first time and Shrek says “Do you think he’s compensating for something?” He obviously doesn’t mean because he’s short…it’s obviously a male anatomy joke. The kids usually laugh at it without understanding and don’t even think about it later on. I think that’s why the last season was never shown in the US…but think about this…with everything they show on TV nowadays…if SailorMoon had come out now…would they have shown the last season? The last episodes? THink about that.
Qlaarzy1

Sailormoon is fantastic. Its (one of) the first animes ever.
Qlaarzy1

Sailormoon is fantastic. Its (one of) the first animes ever.
aspiring sailor*A in the 90s

yea Rhapsody, stuff is put out there now where regardless of if it’s right or not, kids will get a hold of it. i agree. Usually though, it will just either just scratch the surface of their understanding or :woooop: right over heads. i bet they would show the stars season around now if given the popularity to show it. :shudders: theres a lot more pornographic crap on adult swim now than there ever was b4. and i know thats not stopping curious & intelligent children from watching it. capitalism is vomiting all over us.
aspiring sailor*A in the 90s

yea Rhapsody, stuff is put out there now where regardless of if it’s right or not, kids will get a hold of it. i agree. Usually though, it will just either just scratch the surface of their understanding or :woooop: right over heads. i bet they would show the stars season around now if given the popularity to show it. :shudders: theres a lot more pornographic crap on adult swim now than there ever was b4. and i know thats not stopping curious & intelligent children from watching it. capitalism is vomiting all over us.
http://powet.tv/ sailor sun

I LOVE!!!! SAILOR MOON BECAUSE THERE SOOOOO PRETTY! MY
FAVORITE VOICE ACTOR IS MEGUMI OGATA(SAILOR URANUS) MAINLY BECAUSE SHE ALSO PLAYS YUKITO TSUKISHIRO(CARDCAPTOR SAKURA WATCH IT!):) MY FAVORITE SAILOR IS SAILOR MERCURY. SO LONG AND I LOVE YOU JAPAN I’M ALL THE
WAY FROM AMERICA AND I’M COMING OVER THERE IN 13 YEARS

SEE YA! 🙂
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I LOVE!!!! SAILOR MOON BECAUSE THERE SOOOOO PRETTY! MY
FAVORITE VOICE ACTOR IS MEGUMI OGATA(SAILOR URANUS) MAINLY BECAUSE SHE ALSO PLAYS YUKITO TSUKISHIRO(CARDCAPTOR SAKURA WATCH IT!):) MY FAVORITE SAILOR IS SAILOR MERCURY. SO LONG AND I LOVE YOU JAPAN I’M ALL THE
WAY FROM AMERICA AND I’M COMING OVER THERE IN 13 YEARS

SEE YA! 🙂
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HI I REALLY LOVE SAILOR MOON IT’S JUST SOOOOO COOL I THINK ALL MOST ANYBODY CAN JUST GO ON THE INTERNET AN LOOK OR BY THE MOVIE AT BEST BUY. SO ALL YOU SAILOR MOON
FANS KEEP ON WATCHING SAILOR MOON!

🙂
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HI I REALLY LOVE SAILOR MOON IT’S JUST SOOOOO COOL I THINK ALL MOST ANYBODY CAN JUST GO ON THE INTERNET AN LOOK OR BY THE MOVIE AT BEST BUY. SO ALL YOU SAILOR MOON
FANS KEEP ON WATCHING SAILOR MOON!

🙂
V-Foam.Y

Wow another month has already went by… I*ve been ill and still not healthy again *argh* 😉

@sunlight
Argh, yes,i had to find that out myself. :'( Unfortunately i dont know why many episodes on that page don*t work. Admittedly, a little time before posting here a friend gaveme that link with a working episode back then and i watched the episode she gave me, looking at the page i bookmarked it thinking “wow all so many episodes there, i will comeback to this place alot”, while in fact the next time i visited the site i had to find out loads of them dont work, sorry i was a bit too quick… mustve been euphory 😉
V-Foam.Y

Wow another month has already went by… I*ve been ill and still not healthy again *argh* 😉

@sunlight
Argh, yes,i had to find that out myself. :'( Unfortunately i dont know why many episodes on that page don*t work. Admittedly, a little time before posting here a friend gaveme that link with a working episode back then and i watched the episode she gave me, looking at the page i bookmarked it thinking “wow all so many episodes there, i will comeback to this place alot”, while in fact the next time i visited the site i had to find out loads of them dont work, sorry i was a bit too quick… mustve been euphory 😉
Jordan

Ok, so this is for the idiot who calls himself Dan22.
I have a few points to make and the first one is that if Sailor Moon only gets talked about by it’s fans what the hell are you doing finding a discusion on some forum to abuse the people who still love it.
The reason that Dragon Ball Z, all its movies and merchandise are still around is because stupid men LOVE violence. I have memories of Dragon Ball Z, sure but they aren’t and never will be as nostalgic or give me and many others the same feeling as Sailor Moon always will. You can go and collect your stupid little facts and figures but I ask you this; How many dreams has dragon ball Z given people? How many times has it made people say “I can be anything I want to be; I can do anything I want to do as long as my heart’s in it and I have faith.” Oh and all those stupid men who say women draw fan art just because they can’t program a video game, next time a women does something that you in your wildest dreams never imagined it’s going to be a real slap in the face. And you know what, I hope it is.
Jordan

Ok, so this is for the idiot who calls himself Dan22.
I have a few points to make and the first one is that if Sailor Moon only gets talked about by it’s fans what the hell are you doing finding a discusion on some forum to abuse the people who still love it.
The reason that Dragon Ball Z, all its movies and merchandise are still around is because stupid men LOVE violence. I have memories of Dragon Ball Z, sure but they aren’t and never will be as nostalgic or give me and many others the same feeling as Sailor Moon always will. You can go and collect your stupid little facts and figures but I ask you this; How many dreams has dragon ball Z given people? How many times has it made people say “I can be anything I want to be; I can do anything I want to do as long as my heart’s in it and I have faith.” Oh and all those stupid men who say women draw fan art just because they can’t program a video game, next time a women does something that you in your wildest dreams never imagined it’s going to be a real slap in the face. And you know what, I hope it is.
Rhapsody

*applauds* ^_^
Rhapsody

*applauds* ^_^
http://www.sailormoon.com/ Sailor Monga :)

yeah yeah sailormoon was alright, made me frustrated everytime i could not transform … i even got the same clothes she used to wear … damn how gay can it get! my defense … it was ages ago… But oh well the show is long gone now … and you guys are dorks 🙂 needed to get that off my chest
http://www.sailormoon.com Sailor Monga :)

yeah yeah sailormoon was alright, made me frustrated everytime i could not transform … i even got the same clothes she used to wear … damn how gay can it get! my defense … it was ages ago… But oh well the show is long gone now … and you guys are dorks 🙂 needed to get that off my chest
Jordan

Thank you Rhapsody.
Jordan

Thank you Rhapsody.
usagi-shantell

i love sailormoon.. i know all of us does!!! i would presume) ahahhahahah..just couldn’t see all of the series though.. im 21 now and i’ve adored sailormoon since i was 10 but i never had a chane to watch all of the series///episodes…i hope someone can tell me on how i can get a collated version of a dvd or whatever…sigh!
usagi-shantell

i love sailormoon.. i know all of us does!!! i would presume) ahahhahahah..just couldn’t see all of the series though.. im 21 now and i’ve adored sailormoon since i was 10 but i never had a chane to watch all of the series///episodes…i hope someone can tell me on how i can get a collated version of a dvd or whatever…sigh!
Rhapsody

Sailor Monga 🙂
It’s ok to be dorks every once in a while when it’s something from your childhood that you loved and remember fondly as the one good thing in your life when everything else was so broken…sometimes you have to just allow yourself to fall into something that reminds you that, if you try hard enough, life really doesn’t have to be as bad as it is…specially in your home life. At the end the guy gets the girl of vise versa…the family loves each other…and nothing is as bad as it was because you have over powered the negativity.
Rhapsody

Sailor Monga 🙂
It’s ok to be dorks every once in a while when it’s something from your childhood that you loved and remember fondly as the one good thing in your life when everything else was so broken…sometimes you have to just allow yourself to fall into something that reminds you that, if you try hard enough, life really doesn’t have to be as bad as it is…specially in your home life. At the end the guy gets the girl of vise versa…the family loves each other…and nothing is as bad as it was because you have over powered the negativity.
WolfsPrincess

i like sailor moon it was the first anime i watched 🙂 and got me hooked to this day but evry now and then you run acrossed some 1 who wont let it go 🙁 but that dont mean it ani’t a good show if your a fan of anime try this web sight animethat.com its cool
WolfsPrincess

i like sailor moon it was the first anime i watched 🙂 and got me hooked to this day but evry now and then you run acrossed some 1 who wont let it go 🙁 but that dont mean it ani’t a good show if your a fan of anime try this web sight animethat.com its cool
yay

I love the japanese version but i cant find the manga anywhere!!(idiot thats because its out of print)
But I love the tv show and my favorite episode is 200, 196, 197,198, and 184.
yay

I love the japanese version but i cant find the manga anywhere!!(idiot thats because its out of print)
But I love the tv show and my favorite episode is 200, 196, 197,198, and 184.
iis

ahh, I love Usagi very much…!!!
saya suka sekali karakter dia… Hei Indonesia, tak adakah kalian yang suka sailrmoon..?
iis

ahh, I love Usagi very much…!!!
saya suka sekali karakter dia… Hei Indonesia, tak adakah kalian yang suka sailrmoon..?
Racheal

Man I love sailor moon i wish it could be back on the tv that would be awsome people are still in love w/ the show i showed it to my 5 yr old neice on VEOH and she could not get enough of it man it is sooo sad how it just ended like that
http://NA Racheal

Man I love sailor moon i wish it could be back on the tv that would be awsome people are still in love w/ the show i showed it to my 5 yr old neice on VEOH and she could not get enough of it man it is sooo sad how it just ended like that

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