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This article lists the episodes of the Sailor Moon anime series, covering Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R (美少女戦士セーラームーンR, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Āru), the second season of the series. TV Asahi, Toei Agency and Toei Animation co-produced, and Junichi Sato and Kunihiko Ikuhara directed. The series originally aired on TV Asahi between March 6, 1993 and March 12, 1994. According to the "Memorial Song Box" booklet, one can expand the letter "R" into either "Return" or "Romance".
Production for this season took place concurrently with that of the second story-arc (Black Moon) of the manga by Naoko Takeuchi, closely following the story of the manga. Sailor Moon was originally intended to run only one season, but the first became so popular that Toei asked Takeuchi to keep drawing her manga. At first, she struggled with developing another storyline to extend the series. The premise she settled on, introducing the daughter of Sailor Moon from the future, came from her editor, Fumio Osano.
Because the production of both manga and anime occurred at the same time, Sailor Moon R begins with a 13-episode sub-arc that does not appear in the manga, created to give Takeuchi time to catch up. This story features the Sailor Senshi regaining their memories and encountering the Makaiju aliens: it has become known as the Makaiju arc (or "Doom Tree" in the English-language dub). The main story arc explores the future of all the Senshi in a utopic city called Crystal Tokyo, ruled over by Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. New characters introduced include Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and in the manga, Diana. The primary villains are the Black Moon Clan, led by Prince Demand.
The English-language dub, produced by DIC Entertainment, included an educational segment called "Sailor Says", at the end of each episode — in order to teach a moral based on the story shown. In its first airing, the English Sailor Moon series consisted of just 65 episodes, of which 40 were taken from the first season. The 12 completed episodes of the Chibiusa/Black Moon arc were shown first, then the 13 Makaiju episodes from the start of the season. The remaining 17 episodes of the Black Moon arc were not released for another three years, billed by Cartoon Network as "the lost episodes." One episode from the season, involving Chibiusa's friendship with a dinosaur, was omitted from the dub and is not included the subtitled DVD releases.
In the 1994 "favorite episode" polls for Animage, "Protect Chibiusa! Clash of the 10 Warriors" came in eighth place. The following year, "The Final Battle Between Light and Darkness! Love Sworn to the Future" came in seventh place.
The arc used "Moonlight Densetsu" as its opening theme music, with a closing theme of "Otome no Policy" ("Maiden's Policy"), performed by Yoko Ishida.
The subtitled DVD set bears the name "Sailor Moon - Season Two" rather than "Sailor Moon R".
Episode list
References
- Sailormoon Channel Template:Ja icon Name of story arc given on the official website.
- Takeuchi, Naoko (October 23, 2003). "Punch!". Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon shinsouban Volume 3. Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-334783-4.
- ^ YTV at http://web.archive.org. "YTV - Shows - Sailor Moon". Retrieved 2006-10-15.
- "第16回アニメグランプリ ［1994年5月号］" (in Japanese). Animage.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- "第17回アニメグランプリ ［1995年5月号］" (in Japanese). Animage.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box (Media notes). Nippon Columbia CO., LTD. 1997. pp. 100–108.
{{cite AV media notes}}:|format=requires|url=(help); Unknown parameter|notestitle=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|publisherid=ignored (help) - ^ "Unofficial list of Sailor Moon R episodes". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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