Sailor Moon

:This page is about the full Sailor Moon franchise. For more detailed information on the title character, see Usagi Tsukino.

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Franchise - Usagi Tsukino

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Sailor Moon (in full, ????????????, Bish?jo Senshi S?r? M?n, literally Beautiful young girl soldier Sailor Moon) is the title of a famous series originally authored as a manga by Naoko Takeuchi that resulted in multiple other types of media, including anime, musical theatre, video games and recently tokusatsu (live action with special effects) ? which have been based on it. The story of the metaseries revolves around the reincarnated defenders of a destroyed kingdom that spanned the Solar System, and the evil forces they battle.

Related Topics:
Manga - Naoko Takeuchi - Anime - Musical theatre - Video games - Tokusatsu - Live action - Special effects - Metaseries

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The most-recently-produced tokusatsu series is known officially as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (usually abbreviated by fans to simply PGSM), and it is the first series in the franchise to have an official English title. Allowing for deviations, it more closely followed the original manga than the animated metaseries in its first few episodes, but proceeded to follow a significantly different storyline than those of the manga and anime later in the show. The first episode of the series aired on October 4, 2003, with its 49th and final episode airing on September 25, 2004. Two movies of the tokusatsu are scheduled; the first, Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Special Act, due for Region-2 DVD and VHS release in Japan on November 26, 2004, and Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Act Zero, due for DVD and VHS release in Japan on March 25, 2005.

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - English - October 4 - 2003 - September 25 - 2004 - DVD - VHS - November 26 - March 25 - 2005

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Sailor Moon is generally credited with popularizing the concept of a sentai (team) of magical girls rather than anime in which one girl works alone. It is also credited with the reemergence of the popularity of mahou shoujo, or Magical Girl anime. However, in a bit of irony, while being targeted to girls in Japan, Sailor Moon has attracted a primarily adult male fanbase in English-speaking countries.

Related Topics:
Sentai - Magical Girl

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Although many concepts in the manga, anime and tokusatsu show overlap, there are many notable divergences. Fans caution viewers not to always use information from either source to explain the other.

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