**This is a copy of the SAILOR MOON FAQ.** This FAQ is maintained by Ken Arromdee. E-Mail: arromdee@inetnow.net Home Page: http://www.inetnow.net/~arromdee Version - 08/19/98 This text file contains all five parts of the SAILOR MOON FAQ with all ROT13 spoiler encryptions _decoded_. WARNING: This file contains blatent Spoilers for the Sailor Moon series. Spoilers are information that can ruin the story for you. Read this file at your own risk. This copy is hosted at www.tuxedomask.com And here's the FAQ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I only have four manga volumes, and I'm rather lacking in manga information. I need any more non-American version information that I don't have yet. Is "Sayonara at the End of the Dance" a Japanese or English song? Preferably with a source for the information. Also, was the first Japanese ending song also swiped from somewhere? [Last modified 8/19/98, last posted 8/18/98.] CHAIN LETTER WARNING: There is a chain letter petition going around for the translation of Sailor Moon S. Do not respond to this chain letter! -- It _is_ a chain letter. The fact that it says that it's not a chain letter doesn't mean that it's not a chain letter. -- Chain letters clog up the Internet, since they are much easier to start than to stop. We're still seeing chain letters that first appeared 15 years ago. It gets even worse if the chain letter gets larger every time around, as this one does. -- DIC is _not_ going to dub any more Sailor Moon S. "If fans support it" is a polite way of saying "no, we're not going to do it", since they can always say there's not enough support. If they meant it seriously, don't you think they would have told you _how many_ fans they needed, like the Animeigo petition for Orange Road? -- How are you going to insure that "one person" sends a copy to SOS and Disney? Is the person who sends the one copy going to tell all the thousands of other fans not to send anything? Of course not. So they'll get massive numbers of copies of the same petition clogging up their mailboxes. -- Email is considered worthless by most companies as a feedback method (this is also true in politics), because it's only a few seconds work to add your name and email it in, so it really doesn't show you're that committed. Also, it's trivial to fake email. If you want to complain to a company, use a written letter (and if it's too much bother to write a letter--well, that's the point. If you're not willing to write one, you can't be that committed.) The Sailor Moon FAQ! -------------------- 1) Introduction 2) Air Times/Channels 3) Japanese television series 4) Names: characters (original and dub), attacks and transformations, ages 5) Theme song 6) Japanese myths and cultural elements 7) Cuts, Censorship, and Changes 8) Questions about plot elements 9) Questions about the show itself 10) Movies, comics, video games, etc. 11) Episode availability 12) Character personal information 13) Episode list 14) Other internet resources Appendix: Haruka and Michiru ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction Sailor Moon is a cartoon about teenage sailor-suited superheroines, aimed at young girls, which began broadcast in North America on September 11, 1995 (August 28 on YTV in Canada). In Japan it was produced by Bandai. The English language version was produced by DIC Entertainment and aired in syndi- cation (not Fox, though one episode was shown on Fox as a special). The series is a dub of a Japanese cartoon (anime) whose name (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon) is usually translated as "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon"; this cartoon is based on a manga (Japanese comic book) created by Takeuchi Naoko. (Note: All Japanese names in this FAQ are listed Japanese style, with family name first.) The last TV episode aired in Japan on February 8, 1997; the last manga was the March 1997 Nakayoshi. The replacement for the TV series was a shojo-style Cutey Honey remake (named Cutey Honey Flash) worked on by many of the same people working on the Sailor Moon series. Cutey Honey Flash lasted one year. The manga was replaced with "Mizuiro no Tamago", a completely unrelated manga. In North America, DIC made 65 episodes available in 1995-1996. There was apparently a big falling-out between Bandai and DIC, and a lot of rumors abound. The series was shown in Canada in 1996-1997, and it is now syndicated through Program Exchange, appearing on USA Network (cable) in the US, with further cuts (for more commercials), and on some TV stations. It is not a Fox show, although Fox did show the first Alan/Ann story as a special. 17 new episodes have been dubbed. The voice actors for Darien and Sailor Mars have left (or been fired). The Program Exchange will not have these episodes until June 1, 1998. The 65th North American episode corresponds to Japanese episode 72, which is a minor breaking point (defeat of the four Black Moon sisters) but doesn't finish the story. The first time around, the episodes were shown out of order (the Alan/Ann story was supposed to go _between_ the Beryl and the Black Moon story), but the reruns mostly show them in the proper order. Adding the 17 newer episodes takes the series up to Japanese episode 89, and the end of the R storyline. It was reported that DIC planned to delete the references to Sailor Uranus and Neptune and the S storyline, but they didn't. Distributors and toy producers are as follows: Country Distributor Toys USA Program Exchange (was Bandai USA Seagull Entertainment) Canada Kaleidoscope Entertainment Irwin Toys Australia ? Croner-Tyco New Zealand ? ? Note: There are lots of spoilers here. Read at your own risk. I've tried to rot13 spoilers for episodes that did not appear in America, but I can't rot13 everything. (rot13 is done by moving each letter 13 places in the alphabet, so that applying it twice returns the sentence to normal. It is normally translated by machine, and many newsreaders have commands to do it automatically. Translating it by hand is pointless. In rn, the X command rot-13s the current page, and the ctrl-X command starts the article from the beginning in rot13. In tin, use the d command.) Thanks to everyone on the Internet (far too many names to list, even if I had kept the list) for helping me produce this FAQ. * Requests for un-rot13ed copies of this FAQ will be deleted with no reply. I don't keep an un-rot13ed version and have no easy way to make one. * * Requests that I send you a new version of this FAQ "when it comes out" will be deleted with no reply. * * Requests for the current version will be deleted with no reply. Especially "I missed part 2; please send me another". This is recursive; messages that say "I asked you for part 2 and didn't get a reply" won't get replies. * * Requests for Sailor Moon files or merchandise will be deleted with no reply. * * So will requests asking where to get any. * * Requests to put up HTML versions of this FAQ will be deleted with no reply. If you want to put one up, go ahead, but _please_ update it often. I don't like to see errors perpetuated forever. (I'm also not a fan of rewriting files in html and making them impossible to print out, repost, or otherwise handle outside the Web.) * There are millions of people on the net. I can't respond to everyone's requests, especially not to a request that takes just a minute or two--per person. * If you want to print the FAQ in a fanzine or newsletter (not a large commercial magazine!), go ahead, but please send me a copy of your newsletter if you can. My address is on my web page. * 2) Air Times/Channels/Versions. (This is not as accurate as the rest of this FAQ, because I've collected these from the net.) Cantonese version (TV): Episodes released: Up to Sailor Moon SuperS, plus the R movie. Censorship: Violence: None. Lechery: There may have been a small cut in episode 2. Nudity: None. Homosexuality: None. Misc: The 'elephant' routine in episode 104 was cut. Cuts for time: Pink Sugar Heart Attack was cut from episode 107. Music: First season: new opening and ending. R: Original opening and ending. S: First half, new opening and ending. Second half, original opening and ending with new music. Changed at episode 100. (?) Original music used during the show. Most Japanese songs stay as the originals too. Names: The names are the original ones translated into Chinese. Air times and channels: Hong Kong: TVB at 5:05PM on Fridays starting July 11, 1997 (for SuperS) Cantonese version (video): Episodes released: Up to Sailor Moon SS. Most movies and specials not done. Censorship: Violence: None. Lechery: None. Nudity: None. Homosexuality: None. In the Snow White episode, Mako-chan says "I am tall, big and elegant on stage." instead of referring to her breast size. Cuts for time: Music: All the music is the original, including songs. When characters sing, they suddenly go to Japanese.... Names: The names are the original ones translated into Chinese. Both Cantonese versions use the same names except for the translation of "Michiru". Air times and channels: This is a video release on LD (Japanese/Cantonese bilingual) by Aiko Animation for Edko Video, not a broadcast version. It is widely pirated. The SMS movie was done by Edko Video. English version by DIC Episodes released: 82 (up to the end of Sailor Moon R). Censorship: Violence: characters are not even allowed to slap each other, and episodes 45-46 are combined into one episode where nobody dies. Lechery: Episode 2 does not appear at all. References to Rei's grandfather being a dirty old man are rewritten. Nudity: lines are covered up or removed, scenes sometimes changed. Homosexuality: Zoisite has been changed to a woman. The show never reached Haruka, Michiru, or Fish Eye (not counting the cameos in #82). Cuts for time: Often cut for time. Further cut for time in Australia, and on USA network. CGI scene transitions are added. Misc: The scenes where the Senshi were hung on crosses by Rubeus were cut. Music: Does not use the original music for the most part. The theme song uses new words for a version of the Japanese theme song; the end theme just repeats the start theme. Episodes with songs usually use random songs (once Japanese, usually not) with new words. Names: Some names are similar to the original, some are not. Air times and channels: Australia: formerly on Seven Network Canada: (All times are Eastern.) YTV: 9:30 AM weekdays, 3 PM Saturdays, 11:30 AM Sundays Canwest Global: not on; might change CHUM-owned stations: depends on the area New Zealand: airs on TVNZ (TV2) repeating USA: Shown on local stations at times, formerly on USA Network. Shown on the Cartoon Network at 4PM Eastern and Pacific starting June 1 1998. The 17 new episodes have been delayed until November 1998. Filipino (Tagalog) version: Episodes released: At least to Sailor Moon S. Censorship: Violence: No censorship? Lechery: No censorship? Nudity: No censorship? Homosexuality: No censorship. Cuts for time: A few. Music: The opening theme song was kept in Japanese but in newer episodes is translated; the ending is still in Japanese. Names: Usagi is named Bunny (only before the S season). Other names were kept. Air times and channels: Philippines: ABC 5, 6:30 PM. French version: Episodes released: Up to the start of SuperS in France. Canada is strange; they released 9 episodes and stopped, then started again in 1997 with the Earl/Ann episodes. Some episodes have been completely removed (different ones than in English, so it still may be worth it for Canadians to try to see the series). Censorship: Violence: No or very little censorship. Lechery: Episode 2 has the scene with Umino looking up Ms. Haruna's skirt, cut, but the episode itself was kept. Nudity: In episode 7, a scene with the monster attacking Mikan in the shower was cut. Homosexuality: Zoisite and Kunzite are brothers. Sailor Uranus started out with a female voice actor, but got a male one for her civilian form after a while. It was explained that she was disguised as a man to protect her identity and that Neptune was helping by pretending to be "his" girlfriend. Cuts for time: Yes. Also, some episodes have been completely removed (different ones than in English) Music: Attack and transformation use same music. The theme song music and words are both changed. In episode 7, with a song, the Japanese music was used with new words. The song was removed from SMR episode 3 (49?) The song was kept in episode 54. Names: Most names are different. Usagi is named "Bunny". Air times and channels: Quebec: TVA, 11 AM Saturday. France: Not any more. Special note: The French manga is _much_ better. German version: Episodes released: up to #46 (10/13/95-9/7/96) on ZDF. RTL2 is apparently showing everything, though episode 89 was skipped. Austria showed up to episode 127. Censorship: Violence: Cuts were made in episodes 45-46, apparently on the ZDF version only, not on RTL2. RTL2 takes pains to avoid using the word "kill", though. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: Zoisite changed to a woman. No changes so far for Haruka and Michiru. Cuts for time: None. Music: Start and end themes and words not kept. The original background music was kept. Songs were removed in the first series, kept in Sailor Moon R. Names: Usagi named "Bunny Tsukino", most other names kept. Air times and channels: Germany: RTL2 (3:35 PM daily). Formerly shown (first 46 only) on ZDF. Greek version: Episodes released: reached SMS as of 1996-1997, will do whole series. Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: No censorship. Cuts for time: None. Music: There is a single start and end theme in Greek used for all the series. Names: Usagi named "Bunny", most other names kept. Air times and channels: ANT1, Saturday and Sunday morning at 9:15 to 10:15. Italian version: Episodes released: The entire series. The movies and specials were aired, though out of order. Censorship: Violence: Some scenes with blood cut from Sailor Stars. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: A few seconds were cut from episode 151. (Ami nude.) #200 was heavily modified. Homosexuality: Any lines suggesting Haruka and Michiru were romantically interested were removed or changed. Zoisite and Fisheye were changed to women. (Fish Eye's bare chest scene was cut, of course.) The Starlights were explained by saying that they're replaced by their identical twin sisters. (Bleccch.) Cuts for time: The beginning of several episodes near the end of the first series, plus the beginning of 56-57, had cuts. Music: Background music is the same as Japanese; opening/closing songs and songs within the series are changed to Italian ones. Names: Most names are changed. The four generals have different names, and Alan and Ann have different school names. Cooan is "Kermesite" (!). Usagi is named Bunny, Ami is Amy, Rei is Rea, Makoto is Morea, Minako is Marta. Air times and channels: Channel Rete4, Monday-Saturday, ~7:45 PM Korean version: Episodes released: Everything except the first half of SuperS. Censorship: Violence: ??? Lechery: ??? Nudity: Transformation scenes have been cut. Homosexuality: It is possible that the first half of SuperS was not shown because of Fish Eye. I have no information on Zoisite or Haruka and Michiru. Cuts for time: None. Music: The song from episode 6 has been removed. Names: The names are changed. Air times and channels: ??? Malaysian version: Episodes released: Reached somewhere in SMS. Censorship: Violence: None. Lechery: None. Nudity: None. Homosexuality: None. Cuts for time: None. (?) Music: ??? Names: No changes (?) Air times and channels: Satellite only. Mandarin version: Episodes released: ??? Censorship: Violence: No known cuts. Lechery: No known cuts. Umino still stares up Haruna's skirt. Nudity: Transformation scenes have been cut. Homosexuality: Zoisite is still male. Cuts for time: Music: The song from episode 6 has been removed. Names: Most but not all names are changed. (I have no idea whether the original names are just translated.) Air times and channels: Singapore: (ended) Note: I got this information from someone in Singapore. I don't know if the cuts were made in Taiwan or not. (Probably.) Polish version: Episodes released: 197 episodes (45, 46, and 132 skipped). Subtitled. Censorship: Violence: No changes (?) Lechery: A few changes to Rei's grandfather, I'm not sure what Nudity: No changes (?) Homosexuality: Zoisite's last words were "I loved you like a brother". Cuts for time: Music: Names: Air times and channels: Portuguese version (Brazil): Episodes released: First series (1-46) Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: Zoisite is probably female (his gender isn't specified). This seems to be because the series is a redub of the Spanish version. Cuts for time: Music: Theme song is in portuguese. Other music/songs are original? Names: Mostly DIC names are used. Non-DIC names include Nicholas for Yuuichiro, Lua for Luna, and Sanjouin Masato. Air times and channels: Manchete, channel 9, 9:15 AM, 5:40 PM Monday-Friday. Last aired November 1996? Note: The series uses Spanish episode titles and is probably a redub of the Latin America Spanish version. Portuguese version (Portugal): Episodes released: Entire Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R and S series. Episode 89 was skipped. Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: No censorship. Cuts for time: None. Music: Theme song and some other music is changed. Names: A few names changed, Usagi is Bunny. Air times and channels: SIC, 8:15 AM, Saturday and Sunday Misc: They got the cats' sex wrong. Russian version Episodes released: To the end of Sailor Moon S. Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: No censorship. Cuts for time: Music: Opening and closing uses original Japanese music, but no words. Songs during the shows are still in Japanese, though in one episode the song was also explained in Russian. As of SMS the opening and closing are in original Japanese. Names: Usagi is renamed Bunny, other names are unchanged. Air times and channels: Formerly on 2X2 in Moscow and on satellite channels. Spanish version (Latin America): Episodes released: Eventually to do the whole series. Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: Zoisite is made a woman. This was apparently because they were working from the US version, not due to censorship per se, and Haruka and Michiru are not changed. Zoisite does have a male voice in his first few episodes. Fisheye made female (?) Cuts for time: Each station receives the episodes uncut, but sometimes cuts them locally. Music: Keeps the original music and the start and end themes use the original tunes and are directly translated from the Japanese version. Songs are usually not translated and stay in Japanese. The S season uses the R opening. Names: Mostly uses the same names as the DIC version, including Serena, Lita, Malachite, and Negaverse. Minor characters may be different. One episode goofed and used the names "Bunny" and "Dark Kingdom". Air times and channels: Argentina : Magic Kids (1:00 am, 5:00 am, 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm), Cablin (4:00 am, 10:00 am, 4:00 pm, 10:00 pm), Big Channel (1:00 am, 7:00 am, 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm) Chile: Chilevision, Monday to Friday 4:30 PM. ETC TV, Monday to Friday 8:45 AM, 1:30 PM, 7:30 PM (cable) Costa Rica: Repretel-Canal 6, Mon/Wed/Fri 3:30 PM. Mexico: Television Azteca: Monday to Friday 3:30 PM, Saturday 9 AM. ???, 1:30 PM. Sailor Moon R ended July 14, S started July 15. Peru: Monday-Friday 6:30 PM, Saturday 12:30 PM. Venezuela: previously released, not currently release Spanish version (Spain): Episodes released: At least reached Sailor Moon S. Censorship: Violence: ??? Lechery: ??? Nudity: ??? Homosexuality: ??? Cuts for time: ??? Music: Names: Air times and channels: Swedish version: Episodes released: Two episodes were not shown; apparently, they were damaged. Censorship: Violence: No censorship. Lechery: No censorship. Rei's grandfather is still a dirty old man. Nudity: No censorship. Homosexuality: Zoisite changed to a woman. Allegedly because the station can't show gays who are evil, rather than because they can't show them at all. (Wonder what they'll do with Haruka and Michiru then?) Cuts for time: None. Music: Original music kept. Start and end tunes kept but lyrics not kept. No info about songs. Names: Most, but not all, original names kept. Beryl is renamed Morga, Usagi is renamed Annie. Air times and channels: Owned by TV4, which aired to the middle of the first series but dubbed to the end of R. They have the rights until summer 1999. Miscellaneous: Air times and channels: The European satellite channel JSTV was showing (as of the end of 1996) episodes in the original Japanese at 7:30 PM (English time). 3) Japanese television series Japan does not have television seasons like the US does. However, Sailor Moon has been divided into several different series, each aired weekly and lasting a year: Sailor Moon: 3/7/92-2/27/93 (episodes 1-46): The appearance of the five Sailor Scouts and their fight against the Dark Kingdom. Sailor Moon R: 3/6/93-3/5/94 (episodes 47-88): Episodes 47-59 have as villains two space aliens Earl (Alan) and Ann. 60-88 are a fight against the Black Moon family, also introducing Chibi-Usa (Rini), a young girl from the future. Sailor Pluto first appears (but only briefly) here. Episode 89, 3/12/94, was a special (and a clips episode). For anyone who wonders, the R was supposed to stand for Romance. Probably. (I got a message saying that the notes in the manga said "Returns", but I don't yet have a reference for it.) Sailor Moon Super: 3/19/94-2/25/95 (episodes 90-127): Villains are Professor Tomoe and the Witches 5 (the Death Busters). Chibi-Usa first be- comes Sailor Chibi-Moon, and Sailors Uranus and Neptune first show up (and later Saturn). Sailor Moon SuperS: 3/4/95-3/2/96 (episodes 128-166): Villains are the Dead Moon Circus and Nephrenia. Heavily based around Chibi-Usa. The Outer Senshi don't appear at all except in an (unnumbered) special. Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: 3/16/96-2/8/97 (episodes 167-200): The first 6 episodes (167-172) finish off Nephrenia and are often considered the real ending of SuperS. After that, a new storyline begins with the villain Galaxia from Shadow Galactica, whose henchmen are Iron Mouse, Aluminum Siren, Lead Crow, and Tin Nyanko (the Sailor Anima-mates). Heavy Metal Papillon was another, appearing only in the manga. Introduction of the Sailor Stars, who are male in normal IDs and change to female as Sailor Senshi. Introduction of Chibi-Chibi, an even younger kid character. Chibi-Usa doesn't appear at all except for cameos, and Tuxedo Mask shows up in 173 leaving for Harvard, and then not until the end. The Outer Senshi appear sporadically. 4) Names: characters (original and dub), attacks and transformations, and character ages (I'm sorry. I'm not going to put the Sailor Stars villains here just because they have 'Sailor' in their name.) First Episode Japanese Name NA Name Identity Birthday Planet (J) (NA) ------------- ------- -------- -------- ------ --- --- Tsukino Usagi Serena Sailor Moon June 30 Moon 1 1 Chiba Mamoru Darien*5 Tuxedo Mask August 3 Earth 1 1 Mizuno Ami Amy** Sailor Mercury September 10 Mercury 8 5 Hino Rei Raye*** Sailor Mars April 17 Mars 10 7 Kino Makoto Lita Sailor Jupiter December 5 Jupiter 25 21 Aino Minako Mina Sailor Venus October 22 Venus 33 29 Chibi-Usa* Rini S. Chibi-Moon June 30 Moon 60/103 54/-- Meiou Setsuna -- Sailor Pluto October 29 Pluto 64/75 58/68 Ten'ou Haruka -- Sailor Uranus January 27 Uranus 89/92 82/-- Kaiou Michiru -- Sailor Neptune March 6 Neptune 89/92 82/-- Tomoe Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn January 6 Saturn 110/125 -- [The doll boxes for the Outer Senshi dolls list them as Celia (Pluto), Nerissa (Neptune), and Corinn (Uranus). There's no evidence that these names are official rather than just something that Irwin Toys thought up, and Mixxzine has no plans to use these names. The fan favorite ideas are usually Alex for Haruka and Michelle for Michiru.] [Asteroid senshi are senshi only in the manga. They first appear in the anime in episode 149, in non-Senshi forms.] Cerecere N/A Sailor Ceres ? Ceres N/A N/A Pallapalla N/A Sailor Pallas ? Pallas N/A N/A JunJun N/A Sailor Juno ? Juno N/A N/A VesVes N/A Sailor Vesta ? Vesta N/A N/A [The Sailor Stars are, in the anime, guys in civilian ID and change into girls as Senshi. They've been shown topless, confirming this. They are _not_ related, and "Kou" is not their family name. This must be one of the most persistent rumors around. If they were brothers, do you think they'd have birthdays three months apart? Naoko Takeuchi was asked if they're related, at the San Diego Comics Con in August 1998. No, they're not.] Seiya Kou N/A S. Star Fighter July 30 N/A 173 N/A Taiki Kou N/A S. Star Maker May 30 N/A 173 N/A Yaten Kou N/A S. Star Healer February 8 N/A 173 N/A Chibi-Chibi N/A S. Chibi-Chibi ? N/A 182/187 N/A Princess Kakyuu N/A S. Kakyuu (meaning 'fireball')"Kinmoku" *4 Sailor Stars, manga only: Phi, Chi * This is a nickname; chibi is Japanese for "short". Her real name is also Usagi. (According to the manga it's "Usagi Small-Lady Serenity". Uh, right. The video game Another Story calls her "Lady Serenity".) Note: Please do not confuse "Chibi" and "Chiba". I'm really tired of this. ** Last name "Anderson" used in episode 37. She answers the phone with "Anderson Residence" when she said the equivalent of "Mizuno residence" in the original. (It has been said that she lives in a "mansion". Although the Japanese word "mansion" is a loanword, it's shifted meaning, and doesn't necessarily mean a house, let alone a big house.) *** The dub keeps "Hino". *4 Princess Fireball becomes a Sailor Senshi only in the manga. "Kinmokusei" is a Japanese pun on the word for "sweet olive", which explains her scent. *5 Last name "Shields" in Mixxzine only. The double entries are because Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune first appear sha- dowed, and Chibi-Moon, Saturn, and Chibi-Chibi appear in their normal identities first. Note that the birthdays are appropriate, astrologically, for the planets. The Japanese language uses kanji (written characters derived from Chinese) for the Japanese equivalent of root words. The Japanese family names of the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask all contain the same kanji as the corresponding planet (not necessarily pronounced the same). The kanji used in the Japanese names of the planets include the five Asian elements (fire, water, wood, metal, earth). The days of the week also include the kanji for the elements, so the days of the week, the planets, and the elements are all somewhat related. (The day of week/planet relationship is the same one that exists in the West.) The Sailor Scouts thus could be considered an elemental-based team if you want to count Tuxedo Mask as the element earth (though Saturn's is usually used for the element). The Sailor Scouts' special attacks usually fit the kanji associated with the planet. (For instance, the name of the planet Mars uses the kanji for "fire", and Sailor Mars has fire attacks.) Sailor Venus is an exception; she was named early before Takeuchi started the naming pattern. The kanji in her name means "love", associated with the goddess Venus; her later attacks, how- ever, involve gold/metal and the Japanese name for Venus does use the kanji for "gold" or "metal". Sailor Jupiter's early anime attacks are associated with the god Jupiter, but she does have some attacks associated with wood. (Actually, oak is also associated with the god Jupiter). Planet, etc. Day of Week Kanji Used Character ------------ ----------- ---------- --------- Sun Sunday sun * Moon Monday moon Sailor Moon Mercury Wednesday water (element) Sailor Mercury Venus Friday gold (element) Sailor Venus Earth -- earth (not the element) Tuxedo Mask Mars Tuesday fire (element) Sailor Mars Jupiter Thursday wood (element) Sailor Jupiter Saturn Saturday earth (element) Sailor Saturn Uranus -- heaven king Sailor Uranus Neptune -- sea king Sailor Neptune Pluto -- dark king Sailor Pluto * It has been suggested to me that Tuxedo Mask is partly associated with the sun, which his birthdate supposedly fits with in astrology. Also, Helios (an obvious sun-based name) from Sailor Moon SS is his protector. The names for the Sailor Starlights don't fit the naming pattern as the names of the Senshi from our solar system. Their names are all alternate Japanese pronunciations of the kanji used to mean various types of astronomical light. An old web page in Japan translated them as "starfield light", "atmospheric light", and "night sky light"; there are probably more specific technical translations for them, which I don't know. By the way, Kou is _not_ their family name, and they are _not_ siblings. Ages and grades: Unfortunately, a bit complicated. (Note: I am using the notation 'age 14-15' to mean starting the school year at 14 and having their 15th birthday before the next school year). In Japan, junior high goes up to grade 9, and high school is 10-12. In the US, junior high goes to either 8 or 9, depending on the local school system. In the Japanese version, the main five characters start at age 14, in second year junior high (grade 8). (Actually, since their birthdays are scattered through the year, they would be 13-14 depending on exactly which Senshi and which episode.) The first two years in the manga only occur during one story year. In the anime, there are hints that they lose a year after the Dark Kingdom battle. Hints that they didn't lose a year: -- Jupiter is in Serena's school though she didn't transfer until well past the start of the year -- Molly likes Melvin even though that didn't happen until past the start of the year Hints that they lost a year: -- Episode 45 (original 51) is a cherry blossom episode that happens in April, and the Japanese school year starts in April -- The end of original episode 46 has a repeat of the test paper scene from episode 1, suggesting that things are happening all over again Assuming that they lost a year after the battle with the Dark Kingdom, the the anime happens in real time up to the end of Sailor Moon S. Sailor Moon has her 15th birthday in Japanese episode 101 in Sailor Moon S, which was aired near her birthday in real time, so as of Sailor Moon S, they are 14-15 and in grade 9. In the next season (SuperS), they enter high school--in the manga only. The scene of them entering high school does not appear in the anime until the start of Sailor Stars, but Naoko Takeuchi has stated (manga #12) that this was an error, and they _are_ supposed to be in high school during SuperS. This makes them age 15-16 and grade 10 during SuperS. Sailor Moon states she is 16 in the last episode. This means that Sailor Stars cannot possibly take place in real time, although they _might_ be in grade 11 if only a few months of the school year have passed. Sailor Uranus and Neptune were born in the same year as the main five, but before April, when the school year starts. So they're one school year ahead of the others (15-16/grade 10 in Sailor Moon S, etc.) Tuxedo Mask's age is not simple. In the manga, he starts in second year high school, where he would be 3 years older than Usagi, and thus age 16-17 while Usagi is 13-14. (You can bump Usagi up to age 14-15, and Tuxedo Mask to 17-18, but this causes problems: first, it means college freshmen are 19-20; second, if it applies to the anime, episodes 51-101 would have to happen in under 3 months total; third, Usagi keeps saying she's 14 even after her 15th birthday would have passed around episode 16, which was aired near her birthday in real life.) In the TV series, Tuxedo Mask starts in college. He also goes to America for college in Sailor Stars, which is a little inconsistent (though it could be explained away). He must be at least age 18-19 at the start of the series. The R movie cannot be reconciled with the TV series. He was six years old when he lost his parents in a car crash, and Usagi saw him in the hospital in flashback in the R movie at that time. Usagi had to be at least 2 at that point, so he is at most 4 years older than her and is not old enough to be in college unless he went to college unusually young. However, the R movie doesn't count as part of continuity anyway. Sailor Pluto is in her first year in college in the manga corresponding to S. In the anime, she has not been reincarnated and is thousands of years old. Rini (Chibi-Usa) is 902 in the manga corresponding to the end of S. The "explanation" is that she is the first half-human, half-Silver-Millennium person so there are a lot of unknowns. (This implies that Usagi is not an Earth human even after being reincarnated. The closest the manga comes to saying that she is one is when Queen Serenity calls her a normal girl.) She was born when Usagi was 22, so she was born June 30, 2002 or 2003. In the anime, the Senshi called Earth humans, and Rini's age is not given, which means she's probably really her apparent age (not counting any years in suspended animation). Sailor Saturn goes to the same school as Uranus and Neptune, but this doesn't mean she is as old as them, since sometimes schools combine many different grades. She is also supposed to be small and weak, which plays havoc with at- tempts to guess her age from her appearance. In the manga, she starts in 6th grade, so would be 11-12 as of S. (Note: she is deaged during SS.) The Sailor Stars are stated to be age 16, and are in the same class with the others. To summarize: Under the assumption that the series ends at the end of 10th grade for Usagi, everyone is the following ages: Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter: 16 Tuxedo Mask: 19 (manga), 21+ (anime--20 if he went to college a year early) Sailor Uranus, Neptune: 17 Sailor Pluto: 20 (manga), ancient (anime) Sailor Saturn: 13 (chronologically, ignoring deaging/reaging) Sailor Starlights: 16 Sailor Chibi-Moon: 903 (manga), unknown but young (anime), Sailor Chibi-Chibi: N/A If Usagi doesn't round birthdays up, she cannot say she is 16 in the last episode unless it happens before her 17th birthday. Then the latest the series can end is 11th grade, June 29 (when Mars and Star Maker are a year older than above). The early limit would be 10th grade, after September 28 (the date is mentioned in episode 189), when everyone except Mars, Mercury, Star Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger than above. If Usagi rounds birthdays up, then Sailor Stars is slower than realtime and the last episode must take place before she is 16 1/2 (10th grade, end of December). Then the latest the series can end is 10th grade, end of December (when Star Healer, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are a year younger than above), and the earliest is 10th grade, after September 28, when everyone except Mars, Mercury, Star Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger than above. Note that if you believe the first episode is aired in real time, Usagi must be rounding birthdays up. Also, she says she'll write one letter a day to Mamoru and writes her 30th letter in #182, which pretty much shows the series is slower than realtime. The dub contradicts itself in the first Alan/Ann episode. That episode places Alan (Earl) in grade 10 (instead of 9) and Ann and Serena in grade 9 (instead of 8), and calls it high school (instead of junior high). Fans have guessed that this is a pilot episode, and I wouldn't take it too seriously. The error is repeated later at least once. The dubbed episode 15 has a mistake which put Serena's brother in Crossroads Junior High too, which is ridiculous. Note: The main characters exist in the present because they are reincarnated (a word which the dub refuses to use). However, reincarnation is unrelated to why they are still alive 1000 years in the future. The anime explains (ep- isode 83) that everyone on Earth fell into suspended animation because of some catastrophe and Neo-Queen Serenity restored them in the future. (It isn't stated whether Usagi or Chibi-Usa were in suspended animation too.) In the manga, V5 says they lived 1000 years because of the Silver Crystal, which gave "almost" everyone long life. (Queen Beryl also says in V3 that she can get immortality from the Silver Crystal.) Also, the Silver Millennium family's lifespan is 1000 years (which doesn't quite fit). Supporting characters: Luna: Sailor Moon's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet Mau. Artemis: Sailor Venus's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet Mau. Darien (Mamoru): Serena's boyfriend, and Tuxedo Mask. I listed him above, but must point out another DIC screwup. His name as a prince is originally Endymion; this is taken from mythology, where Selene loved Endymion. It was different from his regular name, Mamoru. Changing both to Darien not only re- moves the reference, but causes two problems: First, when he's under the con- trol of the Negaverse, Serena asks him to remember the name Darien--he claims never to have heard the name "Darien" before, but he's calling himself Prince Darien at the time! Second, Rini knows that her parents are Serena and Darien and manages not to figure out that the Serena and Darien of the 20th century are the same people (because the names weren't _really_ the same in the original). Sam (Shingo): Serena's younger brother. Molly Baker (Osaka Naru): Serena's best friend. She gets attacked by monsters an awful lot. :-) Andrew (Furuhata Motoki): Darien's friend; runs the video arcade where everyone hangs out. Andrew's family owns the arcade (manga only). Lizzie (Furuhata Unazuki): Andrew's sister. Melvin (Gurio Umino): Classmate of Serena and Molly. Ms. Patricia Haruna (Haruna Sakurada): Serena's teacher. (Switched last name for first name and mispronounced it.) Sailor Moon's parents (Ikuko and Kenji). Sailor Mars' grandfather. [Spoiler warning for SuperS] Diana: cat whose parents are Luna and Artemis. Doesn't show up until Sailor Moon SS. [Spoiler warning for Sailor Stars] Chibi-Chibi: girl apparently younger than Chibi-Usa, with unknown background. Some of these supporting characters fade into the background after a while. Villains: Many villains are named after various gems and minerals. The dub has an odd mixture of recognizing that they are mineral names (renaming Kunzite to Malachite had to be done by someone who _knows_) and total cluelessness as to the source of the names (Nephrite is called "Neflyte" in the dub, for instance). The following names are my best attempt to list the names along with their associated minerals. The ones marked * have minerals pronounced (and thus, probably spelled) the same as the villain name. The ones marked with ** are not exact, but are close to mineral names. Others aren't minerals. Spelling, where there isn't an exact mineral name, is mostly just a guess. Dub spellings are from the Cardzillion cards, and official. Sailor Moon: Queen Beryl*, Jadeite*, Nephrite*, Zoisite*, Kunzite* (Malachite* in the dub), Queen Metallia (Negaforce in the dub). The best explanation for the change I've heard is that Kunzite's name was changed for legal reasons (the mineral was named after a person). I haven't seen this confirmed, and I'm not quite sure how to confirm it. The other three generals, in the dub are spelled "Jedite", "Neflyte", and "Zoycite" (ugh). Sailor Moon R, part 1: Earl (Alan in the dub) and Ann(e). Their names seem to be a pun on "alien" (Earl would be pronounced "ail" in Japanese). In the original, Earl and Ann use _different_ names (Ginga Seijuurou and Ginga Natsumi; ginga means "galaxy" or "Milky Way" and was [mis]translated in the dub as "Granger") in school, while keeping the names Earl and Ann as villains. Sailor Moon R, part 2: Cooan** (kermesite; the name of this mineral in Japanese is cooan) (Catzy in the dub), Beruche** (berthierite) (Bertie in the dub, though it's obviously really meant as Birdy), Calaveras** (calaverite) (Avery in the dub), Petz** (petzite) (Prizma in the dub) (these four aren't guesses, but are from the Japanese merchandise.), Rubeus** (ruby?) (Rubbeus in the dub), Esmeraude** (emerald?), Sapphir** (sapphire?) Demand** (diamond?) (some of these apparently derived from non-English names for the minerals), Black Lady, Wiseman. Sailor Moon S: Professor Tomoe, Kaolinite*, Eudial** (eudialyte), Mimete** (mimetite), Tellu** (tellurite), Viluy** (viluite, villiaumite), Cyprine* or Sapphirine*, Puchirol** (ptilolite, pucherite), Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90. Note: these minerals are mostly guesses. Sailor Moon SS: Zirconia*, Hawk's Eye** (Hawk Eye), Fish Eye*, Tiger's Eye** (Tiger Eye), CereCere, PallaPalla, JunJun, VesVes (named after the first four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta), Nephelenia** (nepheline). Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Galaxia, Iron Mouse, Aluminum Siren, Lead Crow, Tin Nyanko. (And Heavy Metal Papillon in the manga). The following lists some early, unused, Sailor Moon US names. The first version was announced soon after Sailor Moon's US release was announced. The second version appears on the English Kodansha WWW site (Kodansha published the Japanese comic) and the third is the DIC dub version. Identity Japanese Name First Kodansha DIC dub -------- ------------- ----- -------- ------- Sailor Moon Tsukino Usagi Victoria Celeste Serena Tuxedo Mask Chiba Mamoru ? Mark Darien Sailor Mars Hino Rei Dana Rae Raye Sailor Mercury Mizuno Ami Blue Amy Amy Sailor Jupiter Kino Makoto Sara Maggie Lita Sailor Venus Aino Minako Kari Monica Mina Note 1. "Amy" and "Ami" are not pronounced the same. 2. The name "Serena" is obviously derived from Usagi's Japanese name as a princess, which can be spelled "Selenity" or "Serenity". In Japanese, there is no distinction between the sounds "l" and "r", and the name has two ori- gins. The first is the reference to the Sea of Serenity on the moon, where the moon palace was located (manga volume 3). The second is to the moon goddess Selene. Japanese merchandise that uses Roman letters spells it with an "r". In the original version, Usagi's regular name wasn't the same as her name as a princess. On the other hand, in it her mother on the moon was also named Serenity, giving her mother and her the same name. (So the original has Queen Serenity and Usagi/Princess Serenity, while the dub has Queen Serenity and Serena/Princess Serena). 3. Before even the first set of names was announced there was a rumor that Usagi was going to be named Darrien. 4. "Minako" is a Japanese pun, sort of. "Mi" and "ko" can also be pronounced as "Bi" and "su", making it "Binasu", a Japanese pronunciation of "Venus". The "no" in most of the names is a pun. The kanji corresponding to the planet is at the start of their name, and "no" is pronounced like "no" meaning "of". The Japanese word "no" works in the reverse order from "of", so the names sound like they mean " of ". Other original names and versions: Sailor Scouts: The Japanese term is Sailor Senshi (meaning Sailor Soldiers or Fighters) Negaverse: originally "Dark Kingdom" (in English.) The later villains were not from there; tying them all together was a dub invention. "Meatball Head": originally "odango atama" (roughly "dumpling head", but odango really don't exist in America). For some inexplicable reason the English manga translation in Mixx changed this. Sailor Mars' anti-spirit attack, when she chants and tosses a magic paper (ofuda) is done with the words (in the original) "Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen. Akuryou taisan!". The characters on the ofuda are also "akuryou taisan"; they mean "evil spirit, begone". She gets this "attack", which shows up in other anime unrelated to Sailor Moon, from being a priestess, not from being Sailor Mars, and she used it before becoming Sailor Mars and when she had amnesia in episode 42. The dub tries to explain it as "I call upon the power of Mars fireballs charge", although not only does it have nothing to do with being Sailor Mars, there are no fireballs in it! The dub attack has also been visually edited to remove a silhouette. (It is excruciatingly obvious that the dubbers were afraid Americans would see it as Satan. A reader has suggested to me that this figure is actually Fudo Myo-o, a god of fire.) In episode 42 (where it obviously couldn't be changed to Mars fireballs) the attack was dubbed differently ("I banish you monster, now!", which could actually be a translation) and keeps the silhouette. Star Crystal: Originally the Black Crystal (kurozuishou). The second one that Zoisite has is called the Black Crystal in both the dub and the original. Silver Crystal: Called "maboroshi no ginzuishou" in the original (meaning something like "illusion silver crystal"). The dub can't seem to decide what to call it, so it becomes the Silver Empyrean Crystal one episode, the Silver Moon Crystal another, and eventually the Empyrean Silver Moon Crystal. Doom Tree: originally the "Makaiju". (Ma=evil/magic, kai=world/land, ju=tree). Schools: Crossroads Junior High (Juuban in the original): Sailor Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter go here. Brookdale Private School (T*A Private Girls' School): Sailor Mars goes here. It is a Catholic school; we see it in a later Sailor Stars episode. Apparently, her father wants to go there even though she's a Shinto shrine maiden. Grass Valley Junior High (Shibakouen): Sailor Venus goes here. Harvard Elementary (Juuban Elementary School): Chibi-Usa (Rini) goes here. Mugen Gakuen: Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune go to school here up until the end of S, where it's destroyed. Juuban High School: Everyone high school-aged except for Mars goes here after the end of S. (Having them enter high school at the start of Sailor Stars was a mistake--stated so by Naoko--and they should be in high school during SS and were in the manga. Uranus and Neptune also go here [shown only in the manga] because Mugen Gakuen was destroyed.) Original and dub attack, etc. names: (most of these are in English; only rarely does an attack include a Japanese word) ep. ep. Sailor North American attack Japanese attack dub Japan ------ --------------------- --------------- --- --- Moon Moon Tiara Magic Moon Tiara Action 1 1 Moon Tiara Vaporize? (4) (not used--episode cut) Moon Tiara Stardust -- 5 Moon Healing Activation Moon Healing Escalation*4 21 25 Moon Crystal Healing Activation Moon Sceptre Elimination Moon Princess Halation 45/54*** 51 Moon Sceptre Activation (67) -- Moon Spiral Heart Attack -- 91 -- Rainbow Moon Heart Ache -- 112 -- Moon Gorgeous Meditation -- 128*6 -- Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss- 168*7 -- Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss -- 187 [I am not making these up.] Mercury Mercury Bubble Blast Shabon Spray* 5 8 Mercury Ice Storm Splash (66) Mercury Ice Bubbles FreezeShabon Spray Freezing* 47 53 Mercury Ice Storm Splash Shine Aqua Illusion 56 62 Shine Aqua Illusion (69) -- Double Shabon Spray Freezing* -- 80 -- Mercury Aqua Rhapsody -- 151 -- Mercury Aqua Mirage -- Special Mars Mars Fire Ignite Fire Soul 7 10 Mars Firestorm Flash (57) Mars Firebird Strike Fire Soul Bird 48 54 Mars Celestial Fire Surround Burning Mandala 57 63 -- Mars Flame Sniper -- 152 Jupiter Supreme Thunder Crash (21)Supreme Thunder 21 25 Jupiter Thunder Crash (22, 24+) Jupiter Thunderbolt Crash (23) Jupiter Thunder Dragon Supreme Thunder Dragon 49 55 Jupiter Thundercrash Zap Sparkling Wide Pressure 59 65 Super Supreme Thunder -- 147 -- Jupiter Oak Evolution -- 154 Venus Venus Crescent Beam Smash Crescent Beam 29 33 Venus Venus Shower (46)(?)Crescent Beam Shower 46 52 (I know I and a lot of other people have heard it as 'Venus Venus'. We'll probably never know for sure.) Venus Meteor Shower (47+) Venus Love Chain Encircle Venus Love Me Chain *9 59 65 -- Venus Love and Beauty Shock -- 154 Chibi-Moon -- Pink Sugar Heart Attack -- 103 -- Twinkle Yell -- 131 Uranus -- World Shaking -- 92 -- Space Sword Blaster *8 -- SS Mv. Neptune -- Deep Submerge -- 92 -- Submarine Reflection -- SS Mv. Pluto -- Dead Scream -- 112 Saturn -- (not shown) *5 -- 125 -- Silence Glaive Surprise -- 172 -- Silence Wall -- 172 S. Star Fighter Star Serious Laser -- 173 S. Star Maker Star Gentle Uterus -- 174 [I am not making this up either. No, it doesn't actually use a uterus.] S. Star Healer Star Sensitive Inferno -- 175 Miscellaneous: Lead Crow got her powers by stealing the "Sailor Crystal" of a Sailor Senshi named Sailor Coronis. Note: In mythology, Coronis was Artemis's brother's lover (Artemis's brother was Apollo), who Artemis killed for infidelity. Transformations: (Note: dub episode 42 adds the word 'transform' to each one) Moon Moon Prism Power Moon Prism Power, Make Up 1 1 Moon Star Power (54-57) Moon Crystal Power, Make Up 45/54*** 51 Moon Crystal Power (45-53,58+) -- Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up -- 91 -- Crisis Make Up -- 112 -- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/Chibi-M)-- 130 -- Moon Eternal Make Up -- 168 Mercury Mercury Power Mercury Power, Make Up 5 8 Mercury Star Power Mercury Star Power, Make Up 56 62 -- Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up -- 151 Mars Mars Power Mars Power, Make Up 7 10 Mars Star Power Mars Star Power, Make Up 57 63 -- Mars Crystal Power, Make Up -- 152 Jupiter Jupiter Power Jupiter Power, Make Up 21 25 Jupiter Star Power Jupiter Star Power, Make Up 59 65 -- Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154 Venus Venus Power Venus Power, Make Up 32 36 Venus Star Power Venus Star Power, Make Up 59 65 -- Venus Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154 Chibi-Moon -- Moon Prism Power, Make Up -- 103 -- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/S.Moon) -- 130 Uranus -- Uranus Planet Power, Make Up -- 106 Neptune -- Neptune Planet Power, Make Up -- 106 Pluto -- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up -- 111 Saturn (Saturn does not transform on camera) S. Star Fighter Fighter Star Power, Make Up -- 176 S. Star Healer Maker Star Power, Make Up -- 177 S. Star Maker Healer Star Power, Make Up -- 178 S. Chibi-Chibi -- -- 187 Miscellaneous: Moon Disguise Power Moon Power 2 3 Moon (no words used) Sailor Moon Kick 14 17 Moon (no words used) Sailor Body Attack 54 60 Chibi-Moon Kitty Magic Luna-P Henge** 54 60 Luna Ball Kitty Magic (55) Luna Sphere Kitty Magic (66) Kitty Power (56) Chibi-Moon Kitty Power Luna-P Magic 56 62 Moon+Chibi-Moon -- Double Sailor Moon Kick -- 107 (combined) Scout Power Sailor Teleport 40 45 (combined) Sailor Planet Power Sailor Planet Power 65 72 (combined) -- Sailor Planet Attack -- 82 (combined) -- Silver Crystal Power -- S Movie * Shabon translates to "soap" or "soap bubbles". The Japanese word apparently comes from Portuguese. ** meaning "Luna-P, transform". *** First episode chronologically, and first one aired, respectively (the episodes were aired out of order). *4 Also translated to "Cosmic Moon Power" in the dub when used as a powerful attack in the last few episodes of the first series. *5 Her manga attack is "Death Reborn Revolution". It is possibly a pun on "ribbon" (though contrary to earlier versions of this FAQ, the katakana for "ribbon" and "reborn" are not the same). *6 First used in #128 but named and fully shown in #130. *7 First used in #168 but named and fully shown in #173. *8 One fansub translates this as "Crystal Attack" It's really badly pronounced and sort of sounds like "Crystal Attack", but it's not. The SuperS movie memorial album even has it as "Space Sword Blaster" in English. *9 Yes, it's "Love Me". It's in English in the Sailor Moon SuperS movie book, as well as being a manga attack with katakana that can be read as "Love Me" but not as "Lovely". Serena's original speech was "For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" It often follows a more episode-specific speech, and is sometimes parodied (for instance, the teaser for the episode with the priest had "in the name of God, I will punish you!") The dub, obviously, can't use it all because "Pretty Soldier" isn't in the English show name. The dub speech started as "I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" It later did use "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!", usually (but not always) when there were few other changes to the scripts. The dub sometimes rewrites the speech such that it looks like Serena is introducing herself several times in a row. If you were puzzled by this, well, now you know who to blame. 5) Theme song The North American version (from the CD lyrics): Fighting evil by moonlight Winning love by daylight Never running from a real fight [ed: did whoever wrote that line _watch_ the show?] She is the one named Sailor Moon! She will never turn her back on a friend, She is always there to defend, She is the one on whom we can depend, She is the one named Sailor... Sailor Venus! Sailor Mercury! Sailor Mars! Sailor Jupiter! With secret powers All so new to her She is the one named Sailor Moon! Fighting evil by moonlight, Winning love by daylight, With her Sailor Scouts to help fight She is the one named Sailor Moon! She is the one named Sailor Moon! She is the one ... Sailor Moon! The original version (translated by Theresa Martin), "Moonlight Legend": (Lyrics in parentheses aren't used in the opening, but are part of the song and appear when it's on CDs and such): "I'm sorry, I'm not gentle.", I can say if it's in my dreams. My thoughts are about to short circuit. Right now, I want to meet! Making me want to cry, moonlight. I can't telephone either, midnight. Because of my naivete, what will i do? My heart is a kaleidoscope. Led by the moonlight, we meet by chance many times over. The number of twinklings of the constellations foretell love's whereabouts. Born on the same earth, a miracle romance. (Once more, a weekend with you. God, grant me a happy end. In the present, past, and future I'll be completely devoted to you.) (I won't forget your dear look when we met. Out of [tens of] millions of stars, I can find you. Changing even serendipity to opportunity, I love this way of life!) (A wondrous miracle growing close, we meet by chance many times over. The number of twinklings of the constellations foretell love's whereabouts. Born on the same earth, a miracle romance that I believe in, a miracle romance.) "Moonlight Legend" (and the US song) are sung to a melody swiped from "Sayonara at the End of the Dance", by Chieko Baishou, in the 1960's. There is a new theme song for Sailor Stars, written by Takeuchi Naoko. 6) Japanese myths and cultural elements Sailor Moon's Japanese name (Tsukino Usagi) means "rabbit of the moon", specifically referring to an Asian legend of a rabbit on the moon pounding the mochi (a rice cake). There are several jokes based on this name: she wears and uses rabbit designs all the time; her hair visually suggests rabbit ears; Luna's computer password is "the rabbit on the moon pounds the mochi"; Chibi- Usa is referred to as "the rabbit" by villains (DIC even kept this a few times); Usagi's _least_ favorite food is carrots, etc. The jokes mostly go over the head of audiences who don't know about the original, though the North American version does claim (on the doll boxes) that her favorite animal is the bunny rabbit. Some dubs in other languages translate her name to keep the jokes; for instance, in the French, German, and Italian versions she's named "Bunny". The Mixx comic book version also uses "Bunny". Japanese schools: The Japanese school system is uniformly 3 grades of mid- dle school and 3 of high school, so Serena is in the equivalent of 8th grade when in second year middle school. Uniforms are standard for Japanese public schools, including sailor suits for girls in many places. Both boys' and girls' uniforms were derived from the uniforms worn by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Meiji era (1868-1912). There is a fierce high school and college entrance exam competition in Japan, and what college you go to ultimately determines a great deal of your standing in your whole life. The exams are nothing like entrance exams in America; they are long and involve a lot of regurgitation. Many students go to special cram schools (juku) for years solely to study for these exams; Amy goes to one (explained as "computer class" in the dub). School is very difficult, and students get hours of homework a day (having much less time for socializing than usually shown in Japanese animation), up to college; college itself is often easier than in America. All Japanese students study English for years, but the English teaching system is one of the worst foreign language teaching systems in the world, and most Japanese can speak little English. Sword, mirror, and jewel (not in dub): These items are based on the myth of the legendary three treasures which the sun goddess Amaterasu brought to Japan. They appear a lot in anime, showing up at least in Yuu Yuu Hakusho, GS Mikami, and Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors). 7) Cuts, Censorship, and Changes Transformations and attacks: The first few appearances of Sailor Mercury and Mars either cut some of the transformation sequence or change it to remove the breast and body lines. Later episodes fairly consistently remove the lines for all four Scouts (Serena's already doesn't have any lines, and isn't altered). Sailor Mars' attacks from above, which give brief panty shots, have been cut, except in a flashback in "The Past Returns". Miscellaneous: Zoisite and Kunzite (Malachite) in the original were male homosexuals. The dub changes Zoisite to a woman. (Awfully flat-chested woman.) Yes, he disguised himself as Sailor Moon. (They were only gay in the anime, not the manga.) There are cuts seemingly made for violence: Raye slapping Serena (twice), Serena spanking Rini, Rini shooting Serena with a toy gun, and one episode where a monster strangles Serena. Episodes 45-46. These episodes end the first series. In them, all the Sailor Scouts are killed (though they're revived in time for the next series). Japanese TV stations were deluged with calls from angry parents when the ep- isodes first came on. (Though I'm a little skeptical, since nobody has reported calls from angry parents in other countries which kept the ending.) The dub combines 45-46 into one standard length episode where nobody dies. By some stroke of luck, or maybe by someone sneaking them through, the Sailor Says segments use the cut scenes rather often. General Japanese culture and religion. Some signs that used Japanese writing have been cut (though most still aren't). The school's sign has been edited to read "Crossroads Junior High" in English. (It's Juu-ban, or Number 10, in Japanese; the Japanese symbol for 10 sort of looks like a crossroads.) Various occurrences of staring up skirts, leering at women, etc. Episode 2, where Melvin (Umino), under mental influence from a villain, stares up the teacher's skirt, was deleted. Raye's grandfather was a dirty old man. [I added the following sections when DIC was still producing new episodes. It is obsolete in the sense that there won't be new episodes, but the information itself is still good.] Possible future censorship (these are complete guesses): --- Gay characters. In particular, Sailors Uranus and Neptune (female), and Fish Eye (male) in Sailor Moon SS. In fact, Fish Eye looks almost exactly like a woman, regularly disguises himself as one, and except for a brief scene where he shows his chest to prove he's male, could easily be redubbed as female with nobody knowing the difference. This type of gay character is common in anime and manga aimed at girls. Sailor Uranus dresses as a male (and is mistaken for one), and sometimes flirts with other girls (including Usagi). In the anime, Sailor Neptune says she's not Sailor Uranus's girlfriend, though there's clearly romantic tension between them. They do not kiss in the anime. (I have gotten conflicting information on whether they kiss in the manga. Haruka does kiss _Usagi_ in the manga.) Uranus and Neptune are associated with homosexuality in some versions of astrology, with Neptune specifically feminine and Uranus masculine. (Confirmed: Charles Carter, "Encyclopedia of Psychological Astrology"). When Mixxzine translated Ice Blade (Jiraishin), they censored out part of a page at the end of chapter 1, to remove references to homosexuality. It is unknown whether they will treat Sailor Moon the same way. (See http://www.ozemail.com.au/~cassiel/jiraishin/ ) * Bad rumors * The bands that Uranus and Neptune wear in the manga are not wedding bands, though one character suspects they might be. Pluto has one too, and they symbolize a promise to raise Hotaru after she becomes a child at the end of the SMS story. I have heard that in the manga, Uranus and Neptune sleep in the same bed, but this seems to be contradicted by a scene at the end of #10 where the Senshi go to visit them after the end of the story and try their rooms. The rooms are separate. One rumor says that Haruka is a hermaphrodite in the manga (physically both male and female). Naoko Takeuchi was asked about this at the san Diego Comic Con in August 1998; Haruka is not. The source of the rumor seems to be a manga line describing her as both male and female (which apparently refers to her personality, not to her body). --- From Sailor Moon S: Sailor Moon gets the holy grail, and is called the Messiah. (Sailor Uranus first believes this, then changes her mind because Sailor Moon can only use the power briefly, then changes her mind back at the very end.) There is also an evil messiah. It seems to be more of a mythologi- cal reference rather than a religious one, but I'll be surprised if the dub keeps it. Other changes, not from censorship: The North American version doesn't use the original Japanese opening or ending credits. It uses the original opening melody (though not the original music) as both the opening and closing, with new words. (see section 5) The computer graphics scene changes don't exist in the original. Essentially all music in the series has been removed, including the music used when Tuxedo Mask appears, the music used for the transformation scenes, and the flute used by Alan (Earl). The flute is especially weird because the replacement flute music is the same for about 8 notes, then suddenly mutates. All the dialogue has been completely rewritten, as if the person writing it just had a 5 line synopsis and had to make everything up. There doesn't seem to be much of a pattern; it can change a serious scene to a joke or the reverse. Exception: episode 10-11, 15, 19, 20, 23, 32-35, 42-8, 55, 60, 64-5. The dub adds a moral at the end, titled "Sailor Says". (Television sta- tions in the US are required to have a certain percentage of kids' shows with educational content.) Any scenes where Queen Beryl sees a scene in her crystal ball were dub inventions (except episode 29). Likewise, any scenes which are shown framed did not have frames in the original. Episodes in the dub with songs in them _did_ have songs in the original. The exception is dub episode 17, where the song was deleted. The dub songs are sometimes from the series, but not necessarily from the same episode. Cuts/changes; Japanese episodes are in parentheses. Full synopses for most of the episodes can be found on Hitoshi Doi's WWW page. Disclaimer: sometimes I miss episodes, and sometimes I get lazy here. If you want to add something I skipped, just send me email. Also, this section probably has the most mistakes of any part of the FAQ. Additional cuts were made in the versions that were broadcast on USA Network. Mostly very sloppy. Often the Sailor Says was removed. Episode 1: An announcer explaining things we're not supposed to learn for dozens of episodes yet, has been added at the start. Serena's waking-up scene at the start was cut; also the scene with Serena standing in the hall after she's late for school was cut; also the scene with her and her brother outside, and her kicking "Sailor V Kick!" and hurting herself on the door. In the original, she says that Darien is weird, not that he's cute. Contrary to what you saw, this episode is the first time she has heard of Sailor V. Also, her mother sends her out of the house, but doesn't tell her to go to the library. (Episode 2): Completely deleted. The monster of this episode is a fortune teller who tells Melvin (who wants to date Serena but is too shy to ask) and his classmates "you are a servant to a great demon, you can do whatever you want". The Tarot card the fortune teller has depicts the Devil. Melvin comes to school in a suit and tie, and looks up the teacher's skirt, breaks a school window, and bluntly asks to kiss Serena. The reason why this was not shown is probably obvious. The episode also features the first appearance of the Sailor V video game, Serena tossing her shoe in the air instead of a coin and having it land on Darien's head, and Serena forgetting her magic words. The episode was shown censored in France, and uncensored in Germany. Episode 2 (3): The scene where Serena's parents mention their wedding anniversary originally had them talking about the sleeping sickness. "The Love Line" was originally named "Midnight Zero". A scene with Haruna jumping up and down when she heard her letter read was cut. (Apparently only partly.) In the original version, Jadeite uses the name "J. Daite" as the host of Midnight Zero, and Serena learns his name. When the teacher chases Serena and Molly because she thinks Serena's love letter is homework, she originally knew it was a love letter and wanted to read it. Episode 3 (4): The first scene with Jadeite and Queen Beryl was moved (it was originally attached to the later scene). The waterline in the tub was moved up a few inches to avoid showing Serena's cleavage (?--someone told me it was just recolored). Serena's dream scene didn't have Andrew offering her food, but talking about the energy of love. A joke with Luna telling Serena to fight the bad guys because she might lose some weight doing it was changed to reminding her about Haruna. In the final scene, the bathroom scale wasn't boobytrapped. The doughnuts were originally nikuman. (Episode 5): Completely deleted. In this episode Serena's brother is shown to dislike Luna. We learn that he hates cats because he was bit on the nose as a baby by a cat. This leads into the monster of the episode's control of a pet shop, releasing creatures called "Chanels", which hypnotize their owners with their scent. Sailor Moon defeats the enemy and things return to normal. Later, Serena's brother is feeding Luna breakfast. The episode also features a one-time-only technique (Moon Tiara Stardust), an absence of Tuxedo Mask (Luna tells Sailor Moon not to depend on other peo- ple), and Serena hiding from her brother to protect her identity (an idea that seems to have been dropped in later episodes.) In this episode, Serena gets permission from her mother to keep Luna. (Episode 6): Completely deleted. The subplot this episode involves a music writer/player named Amade Yuusuke who writes one of his professional songs for his girlfriend Akiko; Jadeite's monster tries to replace the tape with one containing subliminal music. The scene that likely got it deleted was one where Serena changes into an adult and follows Yuusuke. She tries to order cream soda at a bar. Also, it would be difficult to change the Japanese names in this one because they're written down. Episode 4 (7): The star's name was originally Mikan. Melvin was not talking about the Internet. The scene with Serena and Molly trying to sing the opening song from the show did use the opening song in the original. Serena did not say she wasn't scared immediately before running away, and although she did shout for Luna, she didn't address the question to the nonexistent audience. The knock-knock joke comment wasn't there. A part with Serena entering a men's restroom was cut. In this case, the scene with Queen Beryl looking in her crystal ball didn't even _appear_ in the original. The contest was called "Cinderella Caravan". The scene with Melvin getting hit by Serena's streamer was cut, but was left in the "Sailor Says" segment. They cut out a scene where Serena imagines being choked by her mother using a dog collar. Episode 5 (8): The subplot about thinking Amy was working for the "Negaverse" did exist in the original. The gossip over Amy's introduction had no reference to being rejected from "Brainiac Academy". The scene of the Sailor V video game was edited. The screen was originally blue, not pink, and showed "GAME OVER" in a different font, on a slightly different background. (It was still in English; I don't know why they changed it.) When Amy left, it wasn't game over; her game was still going on. Luna's password was "the rabbit in the moon pounds the mo- chi". A clip of Serena imagining her mother angry at her was removed. A scene edited to remove Japanese writing caused the loss of a joke where Darien asked if Serena was talking to her cat, to which she replies that that's silly because cats can't talk. The original "computer course" was juku (cram school) and was _not_ only twice a week, but every day. (Someone managed to sneak in a reference to "cram school" anyway.) Darien did not say Serena is a strange girl. The monster did not leave Amy in charge, and its speech was in- stead the monster introducing itself. The monster did ask questions, but it asked why Newton's apple fell, not a math problem, and its first attack disappeared when Luna answered the question (no explanation is given in the dub for why the first attack disappeared). The second question was to explain gravity in 50 words or less, not "you have 2 choices". Luna said nothing in the final scene. Episode 6 (9): The watches with the price tag of 4000 were 4000 yen, and were "inexpensive" and not "expensive" in the original. The bill with the 10 on it was really a 1000 yen bill. The scenes on the bus with the bus driver were reversed, to put him on the opposite side of the bus. A scene was partly cut where a passenger tries to strangle the bus driver. The Robocop joke in Sailor Mercury's computer was kept, but the original said "Suspect: Mash" (not J. Smith) and had "innocent" misspelled. (You can still see a few frames with the misspelling.) They cut the scene where the enemy hits Sailor Moon with her spear and draws a bit of blood, as well as where Sailor Moon is trying to dodge the spear. Episode 7 (10): Lots of stuff. In the original, Serena wonders if Raye is the princess. The scenes of the bus are partly reversed so the driver is on the left side like in America, but this isn't done consistently. The scene where Raye consults the flame has been partly cut. Episode 8 (11): A shot of the shrine gates and pillar with the name written in Japanese was replaced. A bit of the scene after Tuxedo Mask appears was cut. The scene where Mars puts the paper on the enemy was cut to remove a panty shot. Episode 9 (12): A brief cut of the ship at the start. The flyer advertising the cruise was cut, probably for Japanese content. Serena got tissues, not soap, when she was trying to win the tickets. The dialogue when Raye and Amy were talking was changed. In the original, Raye said that there are bound to be couples that get into fights and they can steal their guys. In this version, Raye wanted her pictures taken with the crew. Amy said they couldn't transform when surrounded by monsters because it would reveal their identity. It was changed to sticking together so they have more of a chance. Sailor Moon says, after she transforms, that it's wrong for the monsters to go after two pitiful girls without boyfriends (which is why Rei is grimacing). Episode 10 (13): Surprisingly, not a whole lot--the first really accurate one. The script was reasonably (for a dub) close to the original, right down to the paying for the damaged airplanes joke, the men made of mud scene (which was _not_ a Gatchaman-style rewriting of the original), and the use of "in the name of the moon, I will punish you". One exception is that dialogue about not being able to fool girls, which was once reported in US media as meaning the Sailors are fighting sexism, was removed. Two constella- tions were cut in the first scene, probably for time. When Serena imagines Andrew as Tuxedo Mask, DIC cut the "I love you!" Episode 11 (14): Mostly unchanged. Nephrite was not "president of his own company". They cut a scene where the first boy hit by the tennis ball introduces himself (bowing Japanese style). Luna's password was still the same as before (not new). When Amy said she couldn't play tennis because they have to make plans to fight the Negaverse, she really said she had to go to cram school. The speech included "punish you" but timed a little oddly in the dub (in the original, it ends with that, not has it in the middle). Molly calling the tennis player her sister was in the original, but it's the translation of a cultural nuance that doesn't work well in English, using the title "big brother/sister" for an unrelated older person looked up to as a child. Episode 12 (15): [changes thanks to Mr. K] There was no reference to a karate class. Rei and Andrew were talking about Darien living by himself in an apartment and going to the same college as Andrew. Rei thought her "dream" about Darien was possible, not that she'd die if it happened. Darien wasn't meeting anybody later. The end dialogue is almost completely different. Rei thinks that Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen, but Usagi says he can't be. Mamoru asks who Tuxedo Kamen is, but they won't say. As the camera panned up, everyone didn't say "Sounds like a date to me!", although Mamoru did. Episode 13 (16): Some scenes at the start were cut a bit. The sign reading "DRESSMAKAR" was spelled properly in the dub version. A scene showing the sign for the wedding dress contest in Japanese was removed. The building is the Juuban district meeting hall, not a wedding chapel. The prize was not a trip to Hawaii; the prizes were a video deck, CD player, and "small gift". A shot of Raye hitting her grandfather with a broom was cut. Serena calls Tuxedo Mask Darien in a daydream by mistake. (Information from Mr. K): The girls weren't mad at Melvin, they were surprised that the teacher was getting engaged. Ms. Lambert was named Higure Akiyama. Ms. Lambert didn't say anything about buying cheap fabric. She said she hadn't found the silk she liked. The pie Usagi's mom made was storebought. Ms. Lambert wasn't quite as mean to her fiance as the dub made it seem. She told him not to come back until she finished the dress or the wedding was off. Ms. Lambert wanted to win the contest, not draw energy from everyone and make them "negaverse" slaves. Serena called Luna a pervert (ecchi?) for looking up her dress. Episode 14 (17): Yet another bento box scene was cut, as well as a scene with Amy doing math homework while eating lunch. The scene of Amy on the communicator was extended by adding video noise and repeating the end. The scene with Serena's brother and the picture was edited, pausing before the original end and superimposing a circle and a slash to create the same effect as in the original, but with no kanji. Serena, in the original, was practicing proper speech while walking. The final scene did not, in the original, have any references to a princess, just a wonderful girl--it should be obvious that it _can't_ have had any, because Sailor Moon didn't _say_ anything about coming from the moon or being a prin- cess. Episode 15 (18): The "DOLL EXHIBITION" sign was redrawn, being in Japanese in the original. The attacking doll did so without a lightning special ef- fect. More noteworthy was a cut in the fight scene; the doll monster had strangled Serena with its detachable hands. Raye was unable to get it to let go (you can see a second or so of her fire here; it was cut), and Tuxedo Mask's attack finally freed her. Serena was starting to turn blue from being choked. The last scene did _not_ take place at Crossroads Junior High (Sam doesn't go to school there). Referring to "Sailor Venus" was an error. We're not supposed to know yet that she is really Sailor V. The script otherwise seems to follow the original. Mika's Japanese name was even kept. Episode 16 (19): Yup, back to the rewritten scripts this episode. The letters all said Tuxedo Mask, and weren't unsigned. Haruna was upset over not getting a love letter, not over having to chaperone the kids. Serena did not turn around and say she should really be helping; she said "Look out, Tuxedo Mask!". The elevator dialog was different, and Serena once asked if Tuxedo Mask was Motoki (Andrew). At the end of the episode, Nephrite said nothing about a memory wipe. In the dub, Serena blows Raye's secret identity in front of Tuxedo Mask. (Apparently, in the original, Rei blew Ami's identity....) When I saw this episode, it had lots of ads for Sailor Moon dolls in it, even though advertising a show's products during the show is prohibited in the USA. (Thanks to Jason Huhn:) Haruna told the girls with invites not to go to Shinjuku and meet with Tuxedo Mask. There were only 4 rules, not 5, in the original on things to remember before a date. 1) Wear clean underwear, and clean clothes. 2) Put one perfume on that is not too offensive. 3) Complete oral hygiene just in case. 4) Light pink for lipstick. And Serena didn't say Ooooooh Irresistible! when she fantasised on being about to be kissed by Tuxedo Mask, she really said, "Naah. Too embarrassing." Molly did know the voice when she saw Nephite dressed as Tuxedo Mask, saying to him that he is Maxfield. (Or Masato Sanjoin) When the real Tuxedo Mask arrived, he really told Nephrite, "Have you sent love letters under my name to lure out Sailor Moon? You will pay for this", rather than telling Sailor Moon that it wasn't him who sent the letters. Yes, Nephrite did mention telling them they'd be flat as a pancake in the original and Sailor Moon did say "I don't wanna be pancake!" Sailor Moon didn't tell Tuxedo Mask oh we have to get out of here. She really said, "What is your hobby? Your favorite food? I'm so dumb. All those stupid questions! I can't believe myself!" When Mars and Mercury arrive Mercury told Sailor Moon, "Look what you can get into if you don't tell us." rather than it's going to be all right. Mercury told the others that they have to take Molly to a hospital. Tuxedo Mask really couldn't stand the girls quarrel than saying they'll be the end of him. (Episode 20): Completely deleted. This episode features the Sailor Scouts staying overnight at a haunted house. The episode starts out with fake mon- sters (disguised servants), but later they find a man living at the house wants to unlock his daughter Sakiko hidden supernatural powers, by getting her to release a (real) spirit, then making her destroy it. The episode is also a swimsuit episode. This is one of the few episodes where the monster of the episode has nothing at all to do with the main plot. Episode 17 (21): The Sailor V TV scene was changed to not show Japanese. A joke was deleted, where Serena wished they'd make an anime of her. Amy had to go to juku, not do her homework. There was no "animation school". Nephrite didn't tell Ami the Sailors are pathetic; rather, he bragged about hiding a monster. Serena wanted animation cells (not to meet Sailor V), and Raye wanted autographs of people doing the animation, not of Sailor V. They removed a joke where Serena is eager to go to the studio, Raye says anime is for kids, and then Raye shows up with the autograph boards anyway. Luna didn't say Amy shouldn't have challenged Nephrite on her own. Raye was not accused of cutting class, and Haruna wasn't mentioned. The Sailor Scouts made a speech, they didn't introduce themselves 3 or 4 times. I saw more Sailor Moon doll ads here. Episode 18 (22): Serena originally claimed to be the Princess of the Ivanovich Kingdom. This matters because of the irony in Serena being disguised as a princess. In the original, Serena's father _did_ say she looked like his daughter. The original had no reference to the princess's standin. They cut out a scene which had Serena dropping from the roof with Tuxedo Mask, Luna throwing her umbrella down to her, and her floating down with the open umbrella. My guess is that this is censorship due to fear that kids would try it (curiously, they didn't worry about kids jumping off roofs when they left in the scene with the Sailors jumping after the princess). The final scene was rewritten. In the original, Tuxedo Mask _really_ kissed Serena (and said it brings back back memories). It was not a dream, and nobody said anything about princesses. (More censorship, likely--Serena got drunk.) Episode 19 (23): This episode was accurate (including "in the name of the moon, I will punish you!"), except for the usual name changes, and it even took care to refer to Zoisite as "that person" without mentioning gender. Episode 20 (24): Another accurate one! Changes that _were_ made, though, include cutting Nephrite's first scene (probably for time), cutting the scene where he sees through Molly's body (probably because she's nude), changing the phone scene to put Serena and Molly on the same split screen, deleting a re- mark where Serena says she can't run fast because she's not a cat, deleting a comment where Nephrite says he doesn't care for Molly (right before he burns the note), changing "Sunday" to "holiday", and changing the line where Zoisite says that Nephrite should be happy to die with the one he loves (it became "... you lose your girlfriend too!") (These are minor changes compared to any of the other episodes.) And they did use "in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" again. Zoisite was referred to as "Madame Zoisite" here (hah!). Episode 21 (25): A joke where Serena introduces Raye as "the mean Rei" was changed to arguing over a different reason. There was no reference to giving the toys to the poor. Lita suggested that using power to get the toys is cheating; Joe didn't suggest it. Nobody thought Zoisite was a jealous girlfriend. :-) They edited the video game again. Joe was named Joe in the original. And those were rice balls, not muffins. Episode 22 (26): The original actually called the priest a priest. Melvin's remark that made Serena slap him was asking to go eat chocolate parfait, not saying that Maxfield Stanton is missing. Melvin did not refer to the Internet (they must really hate us out there), nor did he say anything about inchworms or bugs. The piggybank scene actually happened and wasn't just Luna's guess. Everyone went out to eat, not to see the Sailor V movie. Serena didn't ask what a rainbow crystal is. A scene was cut with Serena throwing a punch at Melvin. Episode 23 (27): Another episode very much like the original, though in the last scene Amy said nothing about having her mouth open like Serena. (Greg was originally named Urawa.) Cut a scene where Greg imagines himself as a monster attacking Amy. Episode 24 (28): Not like the original. Melvin did not offer to list the chemical elements in paint. Serena, in the original, got a strange feeling from the painting, but didn't compare her hair to it, and it didn't say it was about a moon princess, though I'm not sure. Lonnie (Yumeno Yumemi) kept her identity a secret so people would think she's pretty, not because her paintings wouldn't sell--sheesh, that's totally inconsistent with the rest of the episode. In the scene walking in the street, Lonnie said Serena might want to walk with Darien. When Serena met Luna, she said she dropped the stick when she was thinking about Tuxedo Mask; the entire scene's dialogue is nothing like the original. Lonnie said Zoisite was pretty, not an art thief. :-) Serena didn't say "it's me, Serena, I'm Sailor Moon". When Serena says that Tuxedo Mask is cold like Darien, and then is shocked that she'd think they're similar, the original dialogue was like "Tuxedo Mask... Oh, no, the battle's not over yet!" Sailor Jupiter's attack got yet a third name this episode. Episode 25 (29): May as well ask what they didn't change. Andrew in Lita's daydream didn't offer free tokens. Lita originally said she was going to come clean house as well as cook, and when she finally came she did not ask him to do the dishes. (Making it more PC?) The Andrew/Darien dialogue was massively different; there was no reference to karate. When Serena and Lita were talking, she briefly thought Andrew loves Lita in the original. The Sailor V video game went from blue to pink again, A scene was cut where Serena daydreams kissing Andrew and instead nearly kisses Lita; when Luna tells them to relax because it's just cooking, this is what Luna's really making that face for. The reference to potatoes was carrots (Lita was even holding a carrot), and I must conclude that some writers change things only because they can. The phone call was not about being heartbroken, but Rita deciding she was going to go to Africa. The final scene of the episode was reversed in meaning; in the original, Lita and Serena _were_ going to go after Andrew. They partly cut a scene where Lita tries to choke Darien. By the way, Rita was originally named Reika. Calling her Rita, when you already have a character named Lita in love with the same guy, is a testament to bad dubbing. Episode 26 (30): Chad was originally named Yuuichiro, he wasn't a singer, and the dialogue wasn't even close in other ways. The chocolate cakes were daifuku. (Chad is _not_ homeless, however; see episode 34.) Episode 27 (31): I missed this episode, but heard that it was good, and that it did use "in the name of the moon, I'll punish you", implying an otherwise good translation. (Incidentally, Hercules' original name was Rhedd Butler, a pun. The girl was named Ohara.) Episode 28 (32): The password was originally the same password as before, with the same pun (though the new dub password is closer to it than the first one was). Luna's speech over the computer didn't say anything about crystals. The meeting of Scouts was mostly about the princess of the moon and the kingdom of the moon. The shrimp was not "coconut fried". (I'm surprised they left the bento box in.) There was no reference to studying for math tests and none to the Internet (Melvin has _got_ to be from AOL. :-)). The "Wacky World Wrestlers" was really Redman, and Andrew didn't want to go be- cause it was too childish, not because he was expecting a phone call from Rita. (Note: Toei, which produced the Sailor Moon animation, is also responsible for the Sentai series, from which the Power Rangers were derived, and many Sentai series are named _____man, so it's _not_ a coincidence that Redman looks like a Power Ranger.) They changed the lines where Zoisite men- tions he's changing the crystal to work on ordinary humans, which matters for the plot--as it is, you're wondering "hey, it can't do that!" Melvin was not outside Molly's door for the whole night. Serena's first attack was "moon tiara action... just a little bit", and the latter phrase was removed, re- placed with a reference to Redman which was probably a nod to the original. Episode 29 (33): This one was hard to change because it was mostly action, but they tried. :-( When Serena said she wanted to find out who the fake Sailor Moon was, she really said she couldn't stand to see Sailor Moon suffer. Malachite's speech viewing the city, about waiting for Tuxedo Mask, actually had him saying that he wants to see the darkness instead of the light of the city. In the final scene, Sailor Venus _didn't say anything_ when asked if she's the princess. They also mangled one specific idea in this episode: Sailor Venus, until well into her appearance, is referred to as Sailor V. As Sailor V, she wears the mask that she threw away in this episode, and Serena was so excited about her being there because Serena is a fan of Sailor V, not just because they've finally found the fifth member of the team. The dub of this episode doesn't use the name Sailor V at all except in the title. Episode 30 (34): Unfortunately, this particular critical episode _wasn't_ done by the good writer. In the first scene, Sailor Venus was (in the original) asked if she's the princess. Also, they made the same goof as before in not saying "Sailor V"-- Serena thought it was really cool to meet her because she is Sailor V. The Malachite/Zoisite scene had them asking Queen Beryl why they had to retreat, not talking about the crystals. The scenes with Serena and Darien in the street had different dialog, with no reference to bees, karate classes, or first aid. Mina's line about not being able to recognize the Scouts in their normal identities was an addition for the dub. Darien had not promised not to call Serena "meatball head". The scene where Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask reveal their identities had a bunch of extra dialog. The scene at the end where Sailor Moon becomes the princess had a voiceover ("Me, Serena, the princess...") added for the dub too. The scene where Tuxedo Mask gets attacked from behind not only was partly cut, but the DIC dialogue made it sound like the crystal was originally aimed at Tuxedo Mask instead of Sailor Moon. Episode 31 (35): The voiceover at the start was nonexistent. The "Cosmic Moon Power" attack really had no name. Serena wasn't suddenly talking without contractions once she realized she's the moon princess, and there was no voiceover in the flashbacks. The Zoisite/Malachite dialogue had Zoisite telling him that Serena is the princess, not commenting about the crystal. When Zoisite said not to forget him/her, Zoisite really said he wanted to die pretty. A scene was cut where he says he loved Kunzite. Serena's question over whether the Scouts abandoned Tuxedo Mask was really asking if he died. In the flashback, the Earth was taken over. The other four girls weren't said to be princesses on their home planets. (There is a bit of evidence of this in the Sailor V manga and the later Sailor Moon manga, but it isn't in the animation and certainly not in this episode.) They censored out a scene where Raye slaps Serena, as well as a brief flashback to Tuxedo Mask falling, in silhouette, with a crystal in his back. (For some reason, the slap was left _in_ in the preview.) In the original, Serena, when she said she wanted to be normal, added that she didn't want anyone else to be hurt like Darien. This dialogue was deleted. She also didn't say that everyone hated her. There was no reference to getting burgers in the original. Episode 32 (36): Not changed as much as most "bad" writer episodes. There was no reference to repairing toasters at the start, and Serena did not say anything about bad hair days. Later references to burgers and fries, and programming VCRs, were absent from the original. Tuxedo Mask said he didn't like fighting girls. He also didn't ask why he wasn't sent as the Prince instead of Tuxedo Mask. At the end, Serena said she'd change Tuxedo Mask back with her love. Episode 33 (37): Apparently this one got the "good" writer. Most things were the same, although a scene of Serena being late for school was cut, probably for time. The cocoa was really coffee, and Artemis did not say that what makes someone a princess is in the heart (a bit of thought should convince you this isn't true :-)). A scene was cut showing the countess with knives in her hair (?) The dub made a rather half-hearted attempt at "... punish you". Episode 34 (38): A scene of Raye imagining herself winning the contest was cut. There was no reference to Chad singing, of course. There was no hunk instructor. Serena did _not_ say "hey, I'm Sailor Moon", though she did say the monster was wrong about Raye. In the ending scene, Raye said that the Sailor Scouts saved them, not Chad. The contest was called the moon princess contest, and that house did belong to Chad's parents. Episode 35 (39): Nothing significant changed here. "In the name of the moon, I'll punish you" did not appear, but neither did the dub speech. Episode 36 (40): Heavily changed, even though "punish you" was used. A scene at the start with Luna awakening to find that Serena left a note and a bowl of cat food was cut. Serena didn't say the hot springs are for whackos, and in general the original didn't try to explain away the hot springs, which are less unusual in Japan than in North America. Darien saying he didn't remember the name "Darien" was absurd in the dub, because he was constantly called Prince Darien. In the original, he said he didn't remember the name Mamoru, and he was called Prince Endymion, so it made sense there. There was no reference to water sprites, and if you listen carefully, you'll realize that the dub legend was awfully confused about which one of the women in the legend was the water sprite. There was no joke about Serena coming from another planet. In the original, Sam stole Serena's lines when the Scouts appeared. The ending was changed. Serena originally asked why the others came, and they replied that Luna had told them she was there. Episode 37 (41): A scene was cut where Greg said that he planned to ask Ami for help, but he shouldn't keep relying on Ami. Some dialogue was changed when the girls were in Rei's room. Originally, Mina said "I don't understand very well, but do Urawa's predictions come true often?", and Ami replied yes. Luna and Artemis said that the future of the Sailor Senshi looked very dark, they didn't wish that the girls had that much enthusiasm against the Negaverse. In the original, Greg referred back to Ami's plea for Greg to make his own future when Darien was confronting him. They changed Greg's dialogue when he shouted "A murderer! Help!" In the original, when Darien was ready to punch Jupiter, she screamed, and Darien said "As I thought, it's no contest with you alone!". But in the NA, she didn't scream, and Darien said something different. When Ami had tears in her eyes asking Darien why they wanted the Rainbow Crystal carriers, she actually said she'll never forgive him. Luna didn't say "It's working!" during the "MOOOOON...HEALING...ACTIVATION!", she told SM to raise the energy level. In the NA version, at the end, Serena was angry at Ami for taking so long on the Ferris Wheel. In the original, she was worried that Ami would forget about their mission and then they wouldn't have a leader. (Episode 42): Completely deleted. This episode had Sailor Venus meeting a woman (Katarina) who was a friend when she was Sailor V. They had finally separated when Sailor V appeared to die in an explosion; Sailor V really survived, but let her think she died because Katarina had fallen in love with a man named Alan who Sailor Venus also liked. Katarina becomes the monster of this episode, but most of it is a flashback. The episode has nothing objectionable in it, but is unnecessary for the main plot and was probably cut for time. Episode 38 (43): The monster didn't say the jewels are "perfect for my little black dress". They censored out a scene where Sailor Mars kicks Sailor Moon. The news reporter's business card (all Japanese) was removed from the dub. They censored out _another_ kick, though the dialogue still referred to it. The line "they're fighting for real" was changed to "anyone got a bottle of aspirin?" Another shot of the business card was cut when Serena goes to the reporter's house. Note: the synopsis is wrong about the time being 10:00. The speech where Serena says she doesn't care about Mars was changed. The explanation for Mars having the wand was _completely_different_. She was _given_ the wand by Sailor Moon, and pointed out to the other Scouts that if they really hated each other, Sailor Moon would never have trusted her with it. Sailor Moon certainly did not leave it in her room by mistake, and they were _not_ arguing over this at the end of the episode. Yes, this means that Mars doesn't hate Moon, exactly the opposite from what this _bad_ dub implied. The joke used at the end of the episode had Sailor Mars saying that Sailor Moon cried, and when she asked when, she replied "11:16:28". There was no reference to getting ice cream or not inviting Raye and Serena. Episode 39 (44): There was a scene cut from the start, probably for time. The reference to Central Control was a _big_ dubbing goof. Central Control's voice was shown to be Artemis before, and Central Control doesn't really exist. Oh, and Serena doesn't talk without contractions as a princess. Not much of this episode was like the original, either, though the overall plot was the same. Episode 40 (45-46): I'm not going to go into details. Get Hitoshi Doi's synopses. The episode was hacked and slashed to shreds. The hospital scene is wrong. What _really_ happened is that Serena tossed a test paper at Darien just like when they first met. OUT OF ORDER EPISODES: The 13 episodes with the two aliens (episodes 41-53) were shown out of order, after episodes 54-65. Janice Sonski (Sailor Moon co-executive-producer) has explained: "We hoped we would be able to place the Alan and Ann story on a network and so we held them out as 13 exclusive episodes, but no decision has been made and we needed to run them." In reruns, the episodes appear in the proper order. (Most of the time, anyway. Canwest Global kept showing them out of order.) Episode 41 was also shown out of sequence as a special on Fox on September 2, 1995, before the regular series started. Episode 41 (47): The episode starts with some Star Wars-style text before the opening animation. This text doesn't appear in other episodes, and along with the 9th/10th grade goof, the appearance on Fox, and the lack of a "Sailor Says" segment suggests that the episode is a pilot. When the episode was shown later, the text was removed, but the rest was still there. The episode is _much_ more inaccurate than most of the Alan/Ann dubs. An announcer was added, explaining the past episodes. The episode claims that Alan and Ann were sent by Queen Beryl, which is nonsensical and invented purely for the dub. A few seconds were cut at the start where Artemis tries to cuddle with Luna and gets a paw across the face. The entire scene with Serena at school was cut, so after she's late to school she's suddenly home again. The ending was different. She originally walked away saying "to the normal Usagi, bye-bye..." This was changed to a joke. Episode 42 (48): Accurate, and it starts a long run of accurate ones. Luna didn't say that Darien would be getting his memory back soon. The TV station's Japanese sign was replaced with a shot of the Tokyo Tower. When Molly asked Serena to come with her, she really told Serena that since she has a lot of weird things happen to her she's afraid it might be another. Episode 43 (49): All I could find was: The pool of blood scene was cut short (though they didn't delete it). Scenes of Ken taken to the hospital in an ambulance were cut. The dialogue between Alan and Ann about pretending to be brother and sister at the high school was a dub addition (as well as perpetuating the "high school" goof), and right after that a scene of them kissing was cut. Episode 44 (50): As far as I know, the reference to Serena not liking war games was a dub addition. Her episode-specific speech was different, and at the end of the show she was wondering about her tiara as well as Darien. They cut out Serena hitting Sammy. Episode 45 (51): Accurate except for the cuts and the speech (I don't know _how_ the speech got that way). The day wasn't part of their environmental studies. They deleted the scene where Molly closes the sleeping bag with Melvin inside as a prank. Melvin's lunch had no prunes in it. :-) They also deleted the scene where Serena puts extra mustard on Raye's food and Raye runs around screaming with fire coming from her mouth. The nude scene was a bit cut to remove a breast shot. Episode 46 (52): Mostly accurate except for the speech. Oh, and the kids were actually singing the opening theme (which wouldn't make sense in the dub because the dub version of the opening theme talks about Sailor Moon, which the original version doesn't). They cut a scene where Mina lands on Artemis and we see up her skirt. Episode 47 (53): I missed this one. At the very least, a scene with the baby pissing on Ann was changed to him throwing up (but was left in in the Sailor Says, though the whole Sailor Says was left out in the rerun in some areas...) Episode 48 (54): A scene was cut at the start with Mina and Lita selling good luck charms at the temple. Episode 49 (55): Here, the _bad_ scripts start again. Though some of it was inevitable, since the bento boxes and lunch sharing are pretty Japanese- culture-specific. They removed the reference to Moonlight Knight reminding Lita of her old boyfriend. Molly didn't ask Melvin if he was showing her inchworms. Melvin wasn't making the food for an anniversary. They cut the scene where Serena was late and forgot her lunch. A joke was removed where Amy asked Lita if Alan looks like her old boyfriend, whereupon she said no, but they did both like music. They censored out the end of the Lita/Amy scene, where Lita slaps Amy hard before running off to share lunch with Alan. There was no voiceover "what's that guy got that we haven't got?" That wasn't squid. That was sausage cut to look like squid. The Lita/Alan dialogue on the roof was completely different--get a synopsis. Haruna didn't ask Serena to get her lunch. Haruna was upset over Serena sleeping through classes (presumably out of hunger). It was not lunchtime when Serena finally got her lunch. Lita didn't wonder why Ann was so jealous. Lita had asked Alan if he likes to wear Arabian clothes much earlier on-- for some reason they moved the line. Serena's remark about Alan looking like Lita's old boyfriend was added for the dub. Odd, since they took out earlier references to the same joke. The rest of the dialog in that scene wasn't the same either. Lita didn't want to run a restaurant. Alan didn't say that love is supposed to be special (and have Lita agree), he said that love has to be stolen by force (and Lita disagreed). (Of course, no way could the original line appear on US television.) The removal of Serena's speech mattered here, since in the original she was interrupted before she got a chance to finish it. They misdubbed Mina's attack name; it was really the "shower" version of her attack, but they dubbed it as the first version instead. The original joke at the end was Ann asking "what do I do with it?" Episode 50 (56): To anyone who's wondering, yes that was Snow White in the original. This seems to be a "good" writer episode except for the few changes I list below. They cut the first scene (Serena late for school). Alan said that they didn't need to study English, not read fairy tales (though the book itself was still originally a Snow White book). A brief scene was cut where Raye reads a wish that Darien wrote on a board at the temple. Lita's "talents" referred to her breast size. Sailor Mars introduced herself as "Mars of the red heel". Venus's gesture was really referring to her mask as Sailor V, not to "V for victory". This is one of the few cases where the Scouts actually said things in the original that could be used (but of course never are) to deduce their secret identities. Episode 51 (57): Not the good writer. A scene at the start was cut with the Scouts fighting a cardian. The class in question was originally an English class. No essays were in- volved; you can see from what's visible of the problems near the end that Serena and Ann had to answer questions, not write essays. When Ann was asked to read poetry, she was really being asked to translate. Alan originally blamed the Scouts for the lack of energy. There was no reference to seeing a video. They were going to a movie instead of doing real work, though I suppose it could be a movie on video. Serena did not say she was going to go home and do the "essay" in front of the TV (she did say she was going to find Darien). They removed a reference to Serena and Darien being tied by the red string of destiny (and Ann cutting it), a cultural reference. When the cardian breaks out of the "computer class" you see a building front with Japanese writing. This building was originally shown at the start of that scene, too (the dub replaced it with a generic park view). Haruna, on her date, realized she was forgetting something. The Scouts' original speech ended in "in the name of Sailor Moon, we will punish you!" When Ann remarked about the Doom Tree growing stronger when Serena was nice to her, the dialogue was nothing like the original. Ann was actually remembering the fable of the rabbit and the tortoise, where the rabbit is faster but the tortoise manages to win. (note, rabbit=Usagi, Serena's original name). She had asked Serena to rest for ten seconds to give her a chance to catch up, not try mindreading. Venus and Mercury used their powered-up attacks, which were mistakenly dubbed as their non-powered-up attacks. When Sailor Moon jumped down to join with the Scouts, the part of the jump where she is shown coming out of the window was cut (probably censored for fear kids would imitate it). Episode 52 (58): The synopsis is wrong here--it was done from a book that left out the first scene. This is one of those episodes where it's honestly hard to tell if it's the good or bad writer. If I had to answer I'd probably say good, but it's much harder to tell than usual. They removed a joke where Luna says that any show about Serena must be a comedy show. Serena's remark about Alan being a major hunk really had her saying that Alan and Ann don't have other friends. That wasn't hot chocolate, it was tea. Both times. Serena's remark when looking in the tree's room was on the order of "if people tell me not to look, I want to see it more", not anything about curiosity killing the cat. (Though this is sorta close.) The reference to thousands of years (of getting energy) was a dub addition. The dub tries to pretend the "Negaverse" is involved with the tree and lied to them, which isn't true, Episode 53 (59): (Thanks to Cory Thibault for this list) When Alan kicked Darien and Serena's hands apart, he said, "I won't let you touch my Usagi-san.." That's why Ann was angry with him, and said nothing about him lying to her. The Sailor Scouts' lines about not knowing friendship was telling Alan and Ann that love is not something you take. When the Moon- light Knight appeared, he said nothing about the situation looking bad, nor did he say to Ann that she can't bear that Darien dumped her. He said that all people on Earth are brothers, and that Ann should look into her heart before fighting. Though Ann's NA line was "...I'll show you what this misfit can do!", she actually said that anyone on Earth couldn't understand the pain felt by she and Alan. In this episode, we learn the Moonlight Knight's story, and it's accurate, except that he was created by the Ginzuishou, not a part of Darien that wanted to protect Serena. The Doom Tree's story was accurate, ex- cept that the beings born from it were not created on purpose. Episode 54 (60): I missed this one. Reports are that it cut a scene where Rini shoots Serena with a toy gun, and had her leave by showing a reversed version of her arrival scene; more censorship for the kiddies. At the start, that was really a big long kiss, with no dialogue about caramel bubblegum. They also edited a bath scene to cover Serena's cleavage. The milk in the tea reference was different, and Rei's grandfather was making passes at the Sailor Scouts. When Serena asked "And since when do we have a cousin named Rini!", she really said that Rini wasn't human. Episode 55 (61): This apparently got the 'good' writer and is the same (including the scene where Rini says "Mommy... Daddy...") except for the following: There was a brief cut shortening the scene at the start where Serena hugs Darien and where Luna tells her to look for Rini. A scene was cut where Bertie's dress was blown up. No mention is made of Darien's age. (And you get the impression that Serena's father is upset because Serena is growing up and is old enough to have a boyfriend, period, no matter what his age.) The "crystal nucleus" is really a crystal point. According to Hitoshi Doi's synopses, there are six episodes with crystal points (original numbers 61-3, 65, 66, 71). There are ten points on the star, 5 inside and 5 on the tips. Apparently whoever rewrote the US scripts was unaware of this and concluded that the sixth point has to be in the center. (They also said that the next episode's point was the first one, which is likewise wrong.) The sign on the cosmetics shop, and the papers, had the language changed (they originally said "Elegance Shop Otafukuya". The old name was kept inside the shop; only the outside was changed. Even though "love and justice" was, for once, kept, "in the name of the moon, I'll punish you" was removed again. Episode 56 (62): Not even close. The new items were not 10 times as powerful as the old ones. (The Sailor Scouts certainly weren't doing ten times better!) Amy had some dialogue where she asked Rini where she was really from. This was all deleted and replaced with "I always study best at night..." Serena did not say the party was her excuse for buying a dress. According to the synopsis, Amy had to leave in 10 days, not 2 weeks. There was no reference to Queen Beryl. A seatbelt was painted on Amy in the dub. The ending joke was completely absent from the original. Episode 57 (63): The first scene didn't have Raye's grandfather get an expensive 2 page spread by mistake. What really happened was that the magazine had an article warning about a perverted old man. A scene where Serena spanks Rini was deleted. Raye was arguing with her grandfather because he likes to fool around with girls, not because she was afraid he'd get a heart attack. She was jealous over Chad bringing in a lot of girls who liked him, not over her grandfather liking him. (See a pattern here?) "Wait, I'm the coach" said by Chad became "No one has to fight". Amy made a comment about doing her homework in the original. Serena's speech seemed exceptionally redundant in this episode. (In the original, she scolded the enemy for destroying the fun of an old guy who's a little lecherous...) She didn't thank Tuxedo Mask, she said maybe she'll join the gymnastics class. Sailor Mars didn't thank Sailor Moon, she made a comment that Tuxedo Mask still cared for Sailor Moon. And of course, the "Moon Star Power". Episode 58 (64): It's now back to "Moon Crystal Power" and "punish you!", but the rest of the episode wasn't close. Although Serena was scared by lightning, what was mentioned at the beginning of the episode was that the kid was, not Princess Serena. They cut a scene of Serena jumping up and screaming at the lightning. Amy didn't say Serena and Darien are crazy to be out in the storm. What she said is that if they have enough time to be running around in the rain, they should study. I don't _think_ there were any karma references in the original. That voice in the ball was messed up. It's not supposed to be Luna; Rini wasn't talking to the ball, but to a particular person who I won't name here. Episode 59 (65): Half of the first Black Moon scene was moved to closer to the beginning of the episode. A _lot_ of dialog was changed ('bad' writer episode). They removed the line about Rini wanting to marry Darien. The sign on the store was there in the original, but there was another sign in front which had more Japanese in it. A shot of the second sign was replaced with the first. Serena _wasn't_ supposed to drink the good luck potion in doses. Drinking it all at once was the recommended method (though it still doesn't work so well. :-)) The girls weren't arguing over getting the "forgiveness" stone to forgive each other; they wanted it for boyfriend help and were trying to pretend they didn't have any boyfriend trouble. Where Prisma said to get out of the store, she really said "love is worthless". In general, references to love and to men were changed in this episode (though not in the next.) In the original, Mina did not call Lita "Jupiter" while in civilian ID. (What is it this dub has with people giving their secret IDs away?) They censored out a bit of the scene at the end. When Serena drinks the good luck potion, she spits it out at Raye. Episode 60 (66): Got the better writer this time. The Black Moon scene originally appeared much later in the episode. The line "didn't your boyfriend dump you?", said by Avery to Prisma, was removed (it was what made her drop the cake). They cut a scene with Serena and the others at home trying to cook. (Obviously because kids would learn to cut vegetables dangerously. :-)) The scene was left in in the Sailor Says.... The ingredient that Serena forgot was not curry, it was meat. And it wasn't chicken curry, it was beef, and when you see Raye's thoughts about using instant curry, it _says_ "beef" right on the packet! In English. Someone at DIC was _not_ paying attention. "... punish you!" was there for once, but mistimed. They removed the joke where Tuxedo Mask's speech was the same as Sailor Moon's. (Episode 67): Completely deleted. The episode is another one not part of the main plot, where the Sailor Scouts and Rini go to an island while on summer break. The only monsters are a dinosaur and a cute baby dinosaur, and they're friendly (though the Scouts have to stop a volcanic eruption.) Episode 61 (68): Not done by the 'good' writer, despite "punish you!. This episode has a script (available in Hitoshi Doi's page), and you can use it and easily see just how much was changed. A scene where Serena is accused of wetting her bed, but it's really Rini who did it, was removed, and the later dialog changed to not refer to it. Serena was going to go shopping, but had planned it and wasn't out of money. Rini did not say that her mother can't be Serena. And she was using the Luna ball as a communicator, not talking _to_ it (though at least the dub didn't use Luna's voice this time). The villains didn't claim they could take Rini home. When the injured Luna appeared to the others, she _told_ them where to find Rini. The entire plot about Serena not caring for Rini was completely a dub invention. (Consider: when we are shown at the end that she does care for her, Serena is still in costume--and Rini doesn't know Serena is Sailor Moon, so if this plot was real, Rini would never know Serena changed her mind.) Serena didn't say Rini must be a princess. Finding her mother was not one of the requirements for Rini to go back home. She only needed the crystal. The scene about Wiseman saying Rini is Serena's daughter was _not_ that obvious in the original. Episode 62 (69): Mostly accurate. They did cut out a scene where Raye slaps Serena. Again, this scene was left in the preview. Darien's line at the end about roses was originally stating that they were no longer bound by the string of destiny. As Andrew and Darien were chatting, they cut out the couple a few booths over, and the woman KOed her date. They also cut the scene of Sailor Moon's dream where they show Sailor Moon as a kid and in rough waters as well. Episode 63 (70): Not accurate. They cut a scene where Chad tried to sell various items to Catzy. (She eventually got a fortune from him, with large Japanese writing on it). Serena was saying she's reading comics because she can't read them with Rini and Luna around, not because she'd be tired bringing the comics home. Important: In the conversation with Raye, Catzy, and Serena, Raye did _not_ blame Serena in any way for the breakup, and needless to say, nobody said that she should apologize. Where Artemis says that the girls are stuck with the cats because they don't have boyfriends, a bit was cut where Mina hits Artemis in the nose with her finger, hard. Also, Catzy did not make the remark about ruling the universe. Rini did not read Raye's comics. Half the references to love were watered down (admittedly, they're sickeningly sweet for a US audience). For instance, "your heart's good, I believe in you" originally said that since Catzy knows love, she can be a friend. Compare to the next episode, where such changes were not made. Episode 64 (71): Not _too_ inaccurate. They cut part of the chess scene at the start, where Rini plays chess with Serena and wins. They deleted dialogue where Birdie says "I hate nice people like you." Also, where she said that fighting 3 against 1 isn't fair. The reference to a wing clipped was an obvious addition. Serena's speeech was a _different_ cheesy speech in the original, and did use "punish you" then. (At least they're keeping cheesy speeches now, even if they do invent new ones instead of using the original.) The hug scene near the end didn't have a frame around it. Episode 65 (72): Hard to say whether this got the good or bad writer. Those were sweet potatoes, not weight-gain bars. The two remaining sisters' mission was not to change the other two back, but to get information from them (who the Scouts are and where Rini is). (It should be obvious that Rubeus did not want to change them back, since he did reject them in previous episodes.) The synopsis contains no reference to the sisters' old selves being good before they worked with Rubeus. I can't prove this wasn't in the original episode, but it does sound unlikely. Yes, they did say in the original that the stick must be influencing Avery. Rubeus didn't say the sisters were badly dressed. At the end, Rubeus learned Sailor Moon had the crystal, in the original. --- I haven't seen any of these. These are from reports from other people. Episode 66 (73): A scene where Serena nearly slaps Rini was cut. (Some of this footage appeared in the teaser for episode 74.) Some flashbacks to earlier episodes were cut. Rini's flashback to Crystal Tokyo was also partly cut. Episode 67 (74): All the scenes showing the Senshi being held on crosses were cut, so they just appear out of nowhere when Rubeus is defeated. There is a continuity goof where Sailor Moon calls Rini "Rini" while she's trying to pretend that she's "Trini". The new name was necessary in the first place because the villains know Rini's name instead of calling her "the rabbit". The UFO blew up because Rini removed a power crystal, not because of a self-destruct device. Paul Cumming sent me a wonderful list which is unfortunately too long to include here. Episode 70 (77): The love bracelets were promise rings and the promise rings were energy rings. Episode 71 (78): The opening sequence, about the flu spreading through the city, was cut, and it was changed from Christmas to Darien's birthday. Usagi's dream sequence was changed to not talk about the Darien/Serena age difference. Some of the jokes about Minako messing up popular sayings were removed. [Most of 71+ thanks to Jason Huhn.] Episode 72 (79): They cut out the bit where people laughing at Emerald, because a dog was urinating on Emerald's boot then Emerald chasing the dog into the petting zoo. In the English version it was used as an animal shelter. At the end, they did show the same dog urinating on Emerald's boot. Episode 73 (80): They cut out all the scenes with Emerald relaxing in her bath. Sapphire told Emerald at the beginning that she should finish her mission and not to waste time in her bath and Emerald brushing him off. They cut out a scene before the scouts lept out the window. Cut a scene where the droid kicked Serena in the back. Episode 74 (81): The twin droids that were named Doom and Gloom, were known as Chiral and Achiral in the original. Melissa was known as Momo. The flashback of Rini's first day at school, at the beginning was entirely cut. Cut a scene with Melissa knocking out a possessed boy. Episode 75 (82): When Rini sees the fake Neo-Queen, she called Rini "Small Lady" but Rini said she would never call her Small Lady. This was a screw up. In the original, Rini was to be called Small Lady. Neo-Queen Serenity called her the rabbit. That's when Rini knew she was a fake. Episode 76 (83): They cut out the part where Diamond touched Serena's shoulder and Serena shoves it off. Episode 77 (84): Wiseman told her (?) that she was a fool for thinking Emerald could control the Dark crystal, just before Emerald turned into a dragon and said, "I would give my soul for Diamond. Episode 78 (85): When the moon was shown, in the 20th century Tokyo, they cut out the Rini image. A scene where Rini slips and falls in the rain was also cut. Tuxedo Mask said "A pretty flower will die when poisoned." not "Be careful what you wish for". They cut out some bits in the nude scene of the Wicked Lady. Episode 79 (86): In the original, the Doom Phantom was known as the Death Phantom. Sapphire stole a crystal key card, not a control chip. Episode 80 (87): Amy was talking about crumb cake, not cheese cake and here is what the scouts said before they all transformed: Lita: Keep the peace and eat the cake. Mina: For our future. Amy: For Rini and the people of Crystal Tokyo. Raye: Our minds united. Serena: We'll protect this Earth we love. They cut out when Luna and Artemis asked the scouts to be careful. They cut the graphic blood scene on Diamond's chest when he protected Sailor Moon from the Wiseman's attack. The part where the Wicked Lady kissing Darien was cut. Episode 81 (88): The Wicked Lady said nothing about blasting Tuxedo Mask first. She actually said that she would kill them all, starting with Sailor Moon. Darien then threw himself in front of Sailor Moon and took the blast. Sailor Moon wouldn't understand why he would risk his life for another person. Venus forgot to say "Neo" in Neo-Queen Serenity's name. Wicked Lady also said that she wouldn't be decieved instead of saying I'm all alone a few times. Before Rini left home, Mina reminded her not to wet the bed and Rini promised that she wouldn't. A scene was cut with Wiseman choking Serena. Episode 82 (89): Lots of small cuts. And they did not originally say that Professor Tomoe looked like Melvin. They took out the part about showing a preview of the upcoming Sailor Moon S series. Cut a scene with a daimon attacking Raye. 8) Questions about plot elements: (spoilers are in rot-13) Q: Is it true that Venus and Mars are lesbians? No, no, no! This is based on a misinterpretation of a scene in the manga in the June 1996 Nakayoshi, where they are actually expressing their devotion t