Complete [J-Senshi] Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn

Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン

Title (romaji): Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn

Title (english): Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Genre: Magical girl, Sentai, Tokusatsu

Episodes: 49

Broadcast period: October 4, 2003 – September 25, 2004

Broadcast network: Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting

Synopsis

A great evil, consisting of Queen Beryl, her four generals, and an amorphous evil power named Queen Metaria attempt to steal energy so that Beryl can take over the world.

Standing in their way are the Sailor Senshi, five middle-school-aged girls: perky Usagi Tsukino, genius Ami Mizuno, paranormally gifted shrine maiden Rei Hino, tomboyish Makoto Kino, and J-pop idol Minako Aino; two beings that appear to be sentient stuffed cats (Luna and Artemis); and Tuxedo Mask, a jewel thief in search of a Silver Crystal.

Later in the series, Metaria and Sailor Moon each get too powerful to be reined in, and the conflict shifts to attempting to postpone the inevitable destruction of the planet Earth. (It looks like Earth is plunged into darkness and not actually destroyed per se, but the effect is the same.)

Cast

Miyuu Sawai as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity/Princess Sailor Moon

Chisaki Hama as Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury/Dark Mercury

Keiko Kitagawa as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars

Mew Azama as Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter

Ayaka Komatsu as Minako Aino/Sailor V/Sailor Venus

Rina Koike as Sailor Luna

Keiko Han as Luna (voice, cat form)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Artemis (voice)

Jouji Shibue as Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen/Prince Endymion

Aya Sugimoto as Queen Beryl

Jun Masuo as Jadeite

Hiroyuki Matsumoto as Nephrite

Yoshito Endō as Zoisite

Akira Kubodera as Kunzite

Alisa Durbrow as Mio Kuroki

Chieko Kawabe as Naru Osaka

Masaya Kikawada as Motoki Furuhata

Kaori Moriwaka as Ikuko Tsukino

Naoki Takeshi as Shingo Tsukino

Moeko Matsushita as Hina Kusaka

Narushi Ikeda as Sugao Saitou, Minako's manager

Special

Episodes: 2

Synopsis Special 1

A sequel to the series, set four years later, that portrays the wedding of Mamoru Chiba and Tsukino Usagi (which, in the anime, is first shown in the Dark Moon arc of Sailor Moon R). Before their nuptials they must do battle with Mio Kuroki who has been resurrected and claims to be the new queen of the Dark Kingdom. She kidnaps Mamoru and Usagi and intends to force Mamoru to marry her. However, the Shitennou are revived and help their master to defeat Mio's youma, Sword and Shield. Meanwhile, the Sailor Senshi, minus Sailor Mars who is hospitalized with injuries from battling Mio while in her civilian state, use the Moon Sword provided by Queen Serenity to restore their power, enabling them to transform and defeat Mio. The story ends with Usagi and Mamoru's wedding, and Motoki and Makoto's engagement. This act is an hour long, twice as long as all the other acts.

Synopsis Special 2

The last special made for the series is a prequel of sorts that leads directly to the first episode. In it we see how Minako Aino met Artemis and became Sailor V on Christmas. She must use her newfound powers to foil a stage magician/jewel thief called Q.T. Kenko and his Killer Girl assistants. Meanwhile Usagi and her friends decide to dress in their own homemade sailor fuku in order to scare the thieves away from the jewelry store owned by Naru Osaka's mother, (Usagi as Sailor Rabbit, Naru as Sailor N, and their other friends, Kanami and Momoko as sailors K and M) only for Usagi to get kidnapped by Kenko. The actors who portray the Shitennou are featured as the inexperienced police officers group self-dubbed the "Police Shitennou" for comic relief: Captain Kuroi (Kunzite), Officer Akai (Nephrite), Officer Shiroi (Zoisite), and female Officer Hanako (Jadeite). The story ends with Luna coming to Earth, feeling the burn of hitting the atmosphere, in order to give Usagi her powers.