Editing Sailor Moon (section)

=== Live-action film & series ===
==== Cancelled Disney film adaptation ====
During the 1990s, [[Disney]] was going to adapt Sailor Moon into a film under the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner but it was cancelled immediately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tomatazos.com/articulos/432611/Sailor-Moon-Todo-lo-que-sabemos-de-la-pelicula-liveaction-de-Disney-que-fue-cancelada|title=Sailor Moon: Todo lo que sabemos de la película live-action de Disney que fue cancelada|website=Tomatazos|date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206032643/https://www.tomatazos.com/articulos/432611/Sailor-Moon-Todo-lo-que-sabemos-de-la-pelicula-liveaction-de-Disney-que-fue-cancelada|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisa.com/canal5/anime/sailor-moon-estuvo-a-punto-de-tener-una-pelicula-por-disney|title=Sailor Moon estuvo a punto de tener una película por Disney|first=Televisa|last=TIM|website=Canal 5|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206163339/https://pixels.ad.gt/api/v1/getpixels?tagger_id=a0e4267c96699192c353e3dc2d425e32&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.televisa.com%2Fcanal5%2Fanime%2Fsailor-moon-estuvo-a-punto-de-tener-una-pelicula-por-disney&code=%27none%27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cultture.com/sailor-moon-y-otros-9-animemanga-que-no-sabias-que-tenian-adaptaciones-extranjeras|title=Sailor Moon y otros 9 anime/manga que no sabías que tenían adaptaciones extranjeras|website=Cultture|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206032647/https://www.cultture.com/sailor-moon-y-otros-9-animemanga-que-no-sabias-que-tenian-adaptaciones-extranjeras|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senpai.com.mx/noticias/anime/salior-moon-pelicula-live-action-disney-bitme/|title=Disney tuvo en mente hacer una película live-action de Sailor Moon|date=November 19, 2019|website=Senpai|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206032643/https://www.senpai.com.mx/noticias/anime/salior-moon-pelicula-live-action-disney-bitme/|url-status=live |last1=Tavera |first1=Enrique }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elmanana.com.mx/escena/2019/11/19/disney-estuvo-punto-de-hacer-una-pelicula-live-action-de-sailor-moon-15691.html|title=Disney estuvo a punto de hacer una película live-action de 'Sailor Moon' - El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo|website=elmanana.com.mx|date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206032643/https://elmanana.com.mx/escena/2019/11/19/disney-estuvo-punto-de-hacer-una-pelicula-live-action-de-sailor-moon-15691.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/2019/11/20/salior-moon-pelicula-live-action-de-disney-iba-a-tener-a-winona-ryder-como-serena-tsukino-anime-manga/|title=Salior [sic] Moon: Disney iba a realizar live action con Winona Ryder de protagonista [VIDEO]|first=Redacción|last=LR|date=November 20, 2019|website=larepublica.pe|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126165458/https://larepublica.pe/cine-series/2019/11/20/salior-moon-pelicula-live-action-de-disney-iba-a-tener-a-winona-ryder-como-serena-tsukino-anime-manga/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/208976/the-sailor-moon-movie-that-disney-never-made/|title=The Sailor Moon Movie That Disney Never Made|first=Alex|last=G|date=May 12, 2020|website=Looper|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206032642/https://www.looper.com/208976/the-sailor-moon-movie-that-disney-never-made/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Unrealized American adaptation ====
{{Main|Sailor Moon (1994 TV pilot){{!}}''Sailor Moon'' (1994 TV pilot)}}
In 1993, Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, Bandai and Toon Makers, Inc. conceptualized their own version of ''Sailor Moon'', which was half live-action and half Western-style animation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donohoo |first=Timothy |date=2021-07-12 |title=Toon Makers' Sailor Moon Is the Strangest Thing in the Entire Franchise |url=https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-toon-makers-explained/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134254/https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-toon-makers-explained/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.toonmakers.com/about.htm |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=www.toonmakers.com |archive-date=August 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822172027/http://www.toonmakers.com/about.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Toon Makers produced a 17-minute [[proof of concept]] pilot and a two-minute music video, both of which were directed by Rocky Solotoff, who also worked on the pilot's script.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=Rocky Solotoff {{!}} Animation Insider – "Interviews about Animators by Animators" |url=http://www.animationinsider.com/2011/11/rocky-solotoff/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206102216/http://www.animationinsider.com/2011/11/rocky-solotoff/ |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref> Renaissance-Atlantic presented the concept to Toei, but it was turned down as their concept would have cost significantly more than simply exporting and dubbing the anime adaptation.<ref name="Johnston">{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2016-12-29 |title=A Very American Sailor Moon |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/595178/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134248/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/595178/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The companies' work is believed by Solotoff to have been handed over to Raymond Iacovacci, one of the producers on the project, who stored the pilot script and animation cels in a storage facility.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2018-07-19 |title=We Tried To Uncover The Long-Lost 'American Sailor Moon' And Found Something Incredible |url=https://kotaku.com/we-tried-to-uncover-the-long-lost-american-sailor-moon-1827695456 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Kotaku |language=en-us |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719221334/https://kotaku.com/we-tried-to-uncover-the-long-lost-american-sailor-moon-1827695456 |url-status=live }}</ref> The logo created for the pilot was kept for the English dub, and Bandai released a "Moon Cycle" as part of its merchandise for the show, based on vehicles designed for the pilot.<ref name="Johnston"/>

The project was rediscovered in 1998 when the music video was screened at the [[Anime Expo]] convention in Los Angeles,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mike Toole Show - Hey There, Sailor! |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2012-07-15 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824184410/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-toole-show/2012-07-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> where it was met with laughter by onlookers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stefan |date=2010-01-19 |title=The Cartoon Historian: The Cartoon Historian Lesson 6: Saban Moon |url=http://cartoonhistorian.blogspot.com/2010/01/cartoon-historian-lesson-6-saban-moon.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=The Cartoon Historian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229025218/http://cartoonhistorian.blogspot.com/2010/01/cartoon-historian-lesson-6-saban-moon.html |archive-date=December 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Saban Moon: The Failed Project to Americanize Sailor Moon | date=July 12, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZRLL1PM1k |language=en |access-date=2022-08-23 |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134254/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZRLL1PM1k |url-status=live }}</ref> A congoer recorded the music video and the audience response, which would later resurface on video sites such as [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-25 |title=History of Sailor Moon, Part 2: Coming to America |url=https://www.themarysue.com/sailor-moon-history-part-2/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134248/https://www.themarysue.com/sailor-moon-history-part-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The pilot and the music video would go on to be discussed at conventions such as the 2011 [[Gen Con]] and 2012 [[Anime Expo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="Saban Moon" Toon Makers' Sailor Moon panel planned for Anime Expo on July 6th {{!}} Sailor Moon News |date=June 29, 2014 |url=http://sailormoonnews.com/2014/06/29/saban-moon-toon-makers-sailor-moon-panel-planned-for-anime-expo-on-july-6th/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810140819/http://sailormoonnews.com/2014/06/29/saban-moon-toon-makers-sailor-moon-panel-planned-for-anime-expo-on-july-6th/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/gencon_2011_program |title=Gen Con Indy 2011 Program Book |date=2011-08-04 |language=English}}</ref> It was given the monikers of "''Toon Makers' Sailor Moon"'' and "Saban Moon" despite having no connection with [[Saban Entertainment]] save for Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, which worked with the company on ''[[Power Rangers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=The Pilot Episode Of America's Bizarre Sailor Moon Remake Has Been Found |url=https://kotaku.com/sailor-moon-saban-anime-america-1995-90s-found-footage-1849449208 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Kotaku |language=en-us |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824170735/https://kotaku.com/sailor-moon-saban-anime-america-1995-90s-found-footage-1849449208 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment |url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2014075206/ |website=WorldCat |access-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824154329/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2014075206/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The proof of concept video was widely considered to be [[lost media]] and director Solotoff reported that he was frequently contacted by people searching for the pilot.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Adam "OMEGA" |title=Animefringe: Features: Sailor Moon à la Saban: Debunked |url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.06/feature/2/index.php3 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Anime Fringe |archive-date=June 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617131216/http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/01.06/feature/2/index.php3 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012 multiple animation cels from the pilot, along with the script, surfaced on the internet after a storage locker, believed to be the one owned by Iacovacci, was sold.<ref name=":2" />

In 1998, Frank Ward, along with his company Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, tried to revive the idea of doing a live-action series based on Sailor Moon, this time called ''Team Angel'', without the involvement of Toon Makers. A 2-minute reel was produced and sent to Bandai America, but was also rejected.<ref name=":2" />

In August 2022, the proof of concept was showcased for the first time on [[YouTube]] in a documentary by Ray Mona. Ray Mona obtained both the pilot and its music video, as well and its related materials, from the [[Library of Congress]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Barsanti |first1=Sam |title=YouTuber Ray Mona uncovers unaired American Sailor Moon pilot |url=https://www.avclub.com/youtuber-uncovers-unaired-american-sailor-moon-pilot-1849439284 |access-date=August 22, 2022 |work=The A.V. Club |date=August 21, 2022 |language=en-us |archive-date=August 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821223411/https://www.avclub.com/youtuber-uncovers-unaired-american-sailor-moon-pilot-1849439284 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' ====
{{Main|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series){{!}}''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' (2003 TV series)}}

In 2003, [[Toei Company]] produced a Japanese live-action ''Sailor Moon'' television series using the new translated English title of ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon''. Its 49 episodes were broadcast on [[Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting]] from October 4, 2003, to September 25, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/ayumi/2003.html|title=Sailormoon. Channel – History of Sailor Moon|website=sailormoon.channel.or.jp|publisher=Sailor Moon Channel|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806114404/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/ayumi/2003.html|archive-date=August 6, 2007|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/jisha/storylist_01.html|title=Sailormoon. Channel – Sailor Moon Live Action TV Corner|language=ja|script-title=ja:「美少女戦士セーラームーン」|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617052042/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/jisha/storylist_01.html|archive-date=June 17, 2007|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' featured [[Miyuu Sawai]] as Usagi Tsukino, [[Rika Izumi]] (credited as Chisaki Hama) as Ami Mizuno, [[Keiko Kitagawa]] as Rei Hino, [[Mew Azama]] as Makoto Kino, [[Ayaka Komatsu]] as Minako Aino, [[Jouji Shibue]] as Mamoru Chiba, [[Keiko Han]] reprising her voice role as Luna from the original anime and [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] voicing Artemis. The series was an alternate retelling of the Dark Kingdom arc, adding a storyline different from that in the manga and first anime series, with original characters and new plot developments.<ref name=PGSMAF>{{cite web|url=http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/05/feature/02.php|title=Sailor Soldiers, Saban Style|last=Font|first=Dillon|date=May 2004|work=Animefringe|access-date=July 20, 2009|archive-date=September 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911040937/http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/05/feature/02.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PGSM ANN">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pretty-guardian-sailor-moon|title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon – Review|last=Mays|first=Jonathon|date=April 6, 2004|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 20, 2009|archive-date=April 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429061856/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pretty-guardian-sailor-moon|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the main episodes, two [[direct-to-video]] releases appeared after the show ended its television broadcast. "Special Act" is set four years after the main storyline ends, and shows the wedding of the two main characters. "Act Zero" is a prequel showing the origins of [[Codename: Sailor V|Sailor V]] and Tuxedo Mask.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/video/top.html |title=Live-action plate DVD (TV series) |publisher=Sailormoon. Channel |language=ja |script-title=ja:実写板DVD(TVシリーズ) |access-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201141828/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/video/top.html |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>