Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S (Sailor Moon S)

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Synonyms: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S

Japanese: 美少女戦士セーラームーン S

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Type: TV

Episodes: 38

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 19, 1994 to Feb 25, 1995

Premiered: Spring 1994

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: TV Asahi, Toei Advertising

Licensors: VIZ Media, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Fantasy, Romance

Theme: Mahou Shoujo

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.90¹ (scored by 78,499 users)

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Ranked: #789²

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Popularity: #1555

Members: 147,487

Favorites: 1,447

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The Sailor Guardians and their leader, Sailor Moon, continue their duty of protecting Earth from any who would dare cause it harm. However, Sailor Mars' apocalyptic visions and the appearance of two new guardians—Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus—signal that a new battle will soon begin.

These newcomers seek three Talismans that are inside the Pure Heart Crystals within human beings. Once brought together, these objects form The Holy Grail, a magical relic with extraordinary abilities. They want to use the Grail to save the world, but an evil organization known as the Death Busters seeks its power for their own desires.

The removal of a Talisman from a person's Heart Crystal will cause their death, something that Uranus and Neptune see as a necessary sacrifice to form the Grail, while Sailor Moon and her group deem it unforgivable. But can any sacrifice be worth the cost if it saves the lives of the entire human race?

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Adaptation:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Prequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R
Side story:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kaguya-hime no Koibito, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kotaete Moon Call!
Sequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS
Summary:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Memorial
Alternative version:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal Season III

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tsukino, Usagi

Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono
Japanese

Hino, Rei

Main

Tomizawa, Michie
Japanese

Kino, Makoto

Main

Shinohara, Emi
Japanese

Tomoe, Hotaru

Main

Minaguchi, Yuko
Japanese

Aino, Minako

Main

Fukami, Rica
Japanese

Tenou, Haruka

Main

Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Mizuno, Ami

Main

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

Chiba, Mamoru

Main

Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Kaiou, Michiru

Main

Katsuki, Masako
Japanese

Chibiusa

Main

Araki, Kae
Japanese

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Maseba, Yutaka

Producer

Simone, Jamie

Producer

Ikuhara, Kunihiko

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Shibata, Hiroki

Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Moonlight Densetsu" by Moon Lips

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Ending Theme

	1: "Otome no Policy" by Yoko Ishida (eps 1-2)
	2: "Tuxedo Mirage" by Peach Hips (eps 3-38)

Reviews

Mar 16, 2009

Skadi

Recommended

It always seems that the longer a series goes on that it almost inevitably gets worse. That can pretty much be said for Sailor Moon S, the third season of the franchise. While it is not a bad series (far from it), I found that it was the most difficult of the three I have seen so far to watch.

It has always been a peeve of mine when a story develops to a point and then mystically finds itself reverting back. Sailor Moon S suffers from the introduction of some pretty unlikable characters plus the reintroduction of an annoying one. The ... later is Chibi-Usa, the future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru who pointlessly returns from the future, apparently to just become a pest. The progress made in the relationship between Usagi and Chibi-Usa apparently is meaningless as we are again treated to constant arguing and disrespect shown to her "mother". Honestly the whole time I just wanted Usagi to take her over her knee and throttle her back to the future. Even more inexplicable is Chibi Usa's constant interference in Usagi's and Mamoru's relationship. I mean she does realize if they aren’t together she won’t be born... right?

The other new characters are the introduction of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. A pair of completely unlikeable, cruel, and arrogant girls who never do answer for their own crimes as they ruthlessly pursue their own goals. Their rude and despicable attitude towards Usagi and the other guardian senshi despite being saved by them multiple times made them, for me at least, difficult to like.

For the most part these are my early impressions, and made it hard to get through the series until it starts to reach its climax. Chibi-Usa does become less annoying and she really isn’t in the series as much as it appeared she was going to be by the end. Though my dislike for Uranus and Neptune remained until the end. The story is pretty good but really not as strong as the first two series. The motivations of the villains don’t feel as defined as in previous seasons and the plot really feels repetitive for almost three quarters of the show. The weaknesses of the first two series remain, though the action is a little better. Mostly because of the addition of the new warriors the numbers of combinations increase which makes the battles a little more diverse. Though they are still pretty boring. I also felt that the Inner Senshi characters that are really important took too much of a backseat to the unlikable Outer Senshi. While each girl does have a couple episodes devoted to them it does feel like they have been mostly neglected. Also the romance elements were almost nonexistent in this series, which was a major disappointment for me. Despite all these things, the ending arc is very well done and I did enjoy the whole Sailor Saturn/Mistress 9 part of the story.

The art is probably the best it has been up to this point. Though there are a number of issues I had with the animation. Mostly this has to do with the really silly and overly long cut scenes, the biggest offender being Usagi's use of her special attack. Really was all that dancing around and spins necessary? Also the music really suffers here as well with the introduction of some of the corniest anime music I have ever heard. Now when the sailors transform we get treated to individual songs for each girl. I wasn’t sure whether I should laugh or cry when listening to it.

Overall though I still did end up liking this series, and it is particularly saved by the last arc involving Sailor Saturn. It has a number of flaws but it is still the Sailor Moon I know and love. It seems to know when you are really getting annoyed or frustrated with something and stops in time before you want to turn it off. Fans of the first two seasons will still enjoy this but you will probably be a little let down, particularly on the romance side, like I was.

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Jan 26, 2014

Eeame

Mixed Feelings

Sailor Moon was my introduction to anime back on Toonami and i really enjoyed Sailor Moon and R a lot. With this season I felt very let down.

I didn't enjoy the different voice actress for Usagi/Serena. I found her trying overly hard to sound like the previous actress and it really annoyed me.

I also didn't really find the plot too interesting. I felt like I really didn't connect with the characters and found them just uninteresting. This season I usually skip while I watch Sailor Moon (I have all the seasons on dvd) and I feel like I don't miss a lot at all ...

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Nov 15, 2020

gonzasaturn5

Not Recommended

It is HORRIBLE, the worst adaptation, too much absurd filler does not follow the story of the manga already bores. The design its bad and the story too. the first episode is the only thing that saves since it is almost the same as the manga but from the second everything got worse. They made the senshi very infanti and it does not match the manga and not to mention crystal that exceeds a thousand times is a version of crap The adaptation sucks, it is almost nothing faithful there are no moments that you say this excites me nothing there is no felling. Rei ...

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