60 Fun Facts About Sailor Moon
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She is a licensed pharmacist and is married to Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi.
What is Sailor Moon's civilian name?
The DiC dub renamed her Serena, and the Tokyopop manga called her Bunny.
What does Usagi's name mean, as a pun?
Her twin-bun hairstyle and possessions play on the rabbit theme throughout the series.
What is the name of the talking black cat who awakens Usagi as Sailor Moon?
Luna, Artemis and Diana all come from the planet Mau, named after the Chinese word for cat.
What color is Artemis, the cat who partners with Sailor Venus?
He first guides Usagi through the Sailor V arcade game without revealing himself.
Which magical artifact are the Sailor Guardians searching for and protecting?
Its Japanese name literally translates as 'Phantom Silver Crystal'.
In which Tokyo district does Usagi live?
Her family members Ikuko, Kenji and Shingo are named after Takeuchi's own relatives.
Ami Mizuno, Sailor Mercury, is rumored to have what IQ?
She hopes to become a doctor like her mother and secretly loves romance novels.
Rei Hino, Sailor Mars, works as a miko at which Shinto site?
The English dub called it Cherry Hill Temple; her pet crows Phobos and Deimos are named after the moons of Mars.
Why is Makoto Kino, Sailor Jupiter, rumored to have left her previous school?
She lives alone after her parents died in a plane crash, and loves cooking and gardening.
Which Guardian was the star of Takeuchi's earlier one-shot manga about a lone heroine called V?
When Toei proposed an anime, Takeuchi turned Sailor V into one member of a team of five.
What is Minako Aino's dream career?
She also acts as Sailor Moon's bodyguard and decoy because of their similar looks.
What is Tuxedo Mask's civilian name?
The DiC dub renamed him Darien Shields; he lost his parents and his memory in a childhood car crash.
What nickname does Mamoru give Usagi, based on her hairstyle?
It refers to a rice dumpling; the English dub turned it into 'meatball head'.
What was Usagi's past-life identity in the Moon Kingdom?
Her lover was Prince Endymion of Earth, Mamoru's past self.
What is the name of the ancient kingdom on the Moon the Guardians once served?
In the 30th century Usagi rules a new Silver Millennium called Crystal Tokyo.
Who leads the Dark Kingdom, the first arc's villains?
The English dub called the Dark Kingdom the Negaverse.
Where is the Dark Kingdom's base located in the first season?
Usagi's friends are killed there by the DD Girls before being revived.
Most of the series' villains are named after what?
Beryl, Kunzite, Zoisite, Kaolinite and Zirconia are all real minerals.
Chibiusa is whose daughter?
The English dub called her Rini; her editor suggested adding her to extend the series.
Which future city does Usagi rule as Neo-Queen Serenity?
It is set in the 30th century, and Mamoru rules alongside her as King Endymion.
The Black Moon Clan operate from which planet?
They are manipulated by the mysterious Wiseman; the dub called them the Negamoon Family.
Which school is the Death Busters' base in the third arc?
They harvest Pure Heart Crystals to resurrect Mistress 9.
What did Haruka Tenoh, Sailor Uranus, aspire to be before becoming a Guardian?
Other characters often mistake her for a man; the dub called her Amara.
Which instrument does Michiru Kaioh, Sailor Neptune, play?
She is also a painter, and comes from a wealthy family like her partner Haruka.
How did the North American dub disguise Haruka and Michiru's romantic relationship?
The same dub turned the male Zoisite into a woman.
What is Sailor Pluto's duty?
Setsuna Meioh later lives on Earth as a college student.
What weapon does Sailor Saturn wield?
Using its full power to destroy a planet costs Hotaru her life.
What is the name of the winged unicorn who befriends Chibiusa in SuperS?
His true form is a priest named Helios who guards the Golden Crystal.
Who leads the Dead Moon Circus?
They seek the Golden Crystal to free Queen Nehelenia from her mirror prison.
What do Sailor Galaxia's forces steal from their victims in the final arc?
Galaxia had sealed Chaos inside her own body to end the Sailor Wars.
The Sailor Starlights disguise themselves as what?
Their names are Seiya, Taiki and Yaten.
What is Usagi's ultimate future form, revealed to be Chibi Chibi in disguise?
Keiko Kitagawa, who played Rei in the live-action series, voices her in Sailor Moon Cosmos.
How many episodes did the original 1990s anime run?
It ran on TV Asahi from March 1992 to February 1997 across five seasons.
Which studio animated the Sailor Moon anime?
It quickly became Toei's highest-rated TV series.
In which magazine was the Sailor Moon manga serialized?
It ran from December 1991 to February 1997 and was collected in 18 volumes.
Roughly how many copies has the Sailor Moon manga sold worldwide?
The franchise has generated over $2.5 billion in merchandise sales.
What are the five seasons of the original anime called, in order?
Each roughly corresponds to one of the manga's five arcs.
Which director took over the anime for its second through fourth seasons?
He later created Revolutionary Girl Utena.
What is the title of the anime's famous opening theme?
It was used for the first 166 episodes and its melody was reused with English lyrics for the dub.
Which company produced the first English dub of Sailor Moon in 1995?
Optimum Productions in Mississauga did the actual dubbing.
What did the DiC dub call the Guardians?
The dub also renamed Usagi as Serena and Ami as Amy Anderson.
On which Canadian network did the English Sailor Moon premiere in August 1995?
US syndication struggled in early-morning slots and production halted after two seasons.
Which Cartoon Network block revived Sailor Moon's fortunes in the US in 1998?
Its success led to the 'Lost Episodes' airing and Cloverway dubbing S and SuperS.
Which company produced the uncut English redub of the entire anime beginning in 2014?
It streamed on Hulu and Neon Alley and finished with Sailor Stars in 2019.
Which countries were the first outside Japan to broadcast the anime, in December 1993?
In the Philippines it helped its network become the third-biggest in the country.
Who voices Usagi in every Japanese Sailor Moon anime?
She uses a higher voice than her natural one for the role.
Which two actresses voiced Sailor Moon in the DiC dub?
Moore did the first 14 episodes before Hawkes took over.
Sailor Moon Crystal premiered in 2014 to celebrate which anniversary?
It was billed as a reboot adapting the manga from scratch, not a remake of the first anime.
How was Crystal's fourth arc, the Dream arc, released?
Sailor Moon Cosmos, another two-part film, followed in 2023.
The 2003 live-action TV series was titled what?
It ran 49 episodes and retold the Dark Kingdom arc with new characters.
Which studio reportedly planned a 1990s live-action Sailor Moon film with Geena Davis as the villain?
Stanley Tong was to direct; Universal took the rights when Disney passed.
The infamous unmade 1993 American pilot mixing live action and animation is nicknamed what?
Toon Makers made it; Toei rejected it as far costlier than dubbing the anime.
How many Sailor Moon stage musicals had been produced by the time of the 2013 revival series?
Their popularity is cited as a reason the live-action series got made.
What was the creator's profession before manga?
Her senior thesis was on ultrasound and thrombolytic actions.
The creator of Sailor Moon is married to the creator of which manga?
Yoshihiro Togashi also created YuYu Hakusho.
Which prize did the series win in 1993 in the shojo category?
It won in the shojo category.
Who suggested putting the girl fighters in sailor suits?
Osano also vetoed her plan to kill off the heroines, saying 'this is a shojo manga!'
Which genre did Sailor Moon fuse with the magical-girl formula?
Takeuchi was a fan, and Fred Patten credits her with popularizing the sentai-style magical girl team.
Which theme park hosted the Sailor Moon 4-D attraction The Miracle 4-D in 2018?
A deluxe version came to Universal Studios Hollywood in 2026.
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