Editing Sailor Moon (section)

=== Concept and creation ===
[[Naoko Takeuchi]], after working on the 1991 [[Nami Akimoto]] manga [[Miracle Girls]], redeveloped ''Sailor Moon'' from her 1991 manga serial ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'', which was first published on August 20, 1991, and featured Sailor Venus as the main protagonist.<ref name="timeline">{{cite book|author=Takeuchi, Naoko|title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Short Stories|volume=2|chapter=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon ~Ten Years of Love and Miracles~|year=2013|location=New York|publisher=Kodansha Comics|pages=196–200|isbn=9781612620107}}</ref> Takeuchi wanted to create a story with a theme about girls in outer space. While discussing with her editor Fumio Osano, he suggested the addition of [[Sailor fuku]].<ref name="shinzōban2back">{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko | author-link =Naoko Takeuchi |title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon shinzōban vol. 2 |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=September 2003 |isbn=406334777X}}</ref> When ''Codename: Sailor V'' was proposed for adaptation into an anime by [[Toei Animation]], Takeuchi redeveloped the concept so Sailor Venus became a member of a team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Codename wa Sailor V |volume=1|chapter=Vol. 1 |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=December 18, 1993 |isbn=4063228010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Codename: Sailor V shinzoban vol. 1 |chapter=Vol. 1 |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=September 29, 2004 |isbn=4063349292}}</ref> The resulting manga series became a fusion of the popular magical girl genre and the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series, of which Takeuchi was a fan.<ref name="McCarter">{{cite web|last1=McCarter|first1=Charles|title=Public Interview with Takeuchi Naoko|url=http://www.ex.org/3.6/13-feature_takeuchi.html|website=EX|publisher=Wayback Machine|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221051150/http://www.ex.org/3.6/13-feature_takeuchi.html|archive-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> Recurring motifs include [[astronomy]],<ref name="shinzōban2back"/> [[astrology]], [[gemology]], [[Classical mythology|Greco-Roman mythology]],<ref name="Grigsby">{{cite journal|last1=Grigsby|first1=Mary|title=Sailormoon: Manga (Comics) and Anime (Cartoon) Superheroine Meets Barbie: Global Entertainment Commodity Comes to the United States|journal=The Journal of Popular Culture|date=June 1998|volume=32|issue=1|pages=59–80|doi=10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3201_59.x}}</ref> [[Japanese mythology|Japanese elemental themes]],<ref name="Drazen">{{cite book|last1=Drazen|first1=Patrick|title=Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation|date=2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=[[Berkeley, California]]|isbn=1880656728}}</ref>{{rp|286}} teen fashions,<ref name="Grigsby"/><ref name="Allison">{{cite journal|last1=Allison|first1=Anne|title=A Challenge to Hollywood? Japanese Character Goods Hit the US|journal=Japanese Studies|date=4 August 2010|volume=20|issue=1|pages=67–88|doi=10.1080/10371390050009075|s2cid=145517443}}</ref> and schoolgirl antics.<ref name="Allison"/>

Takeuchi said discussions with Kodansha originally envisaged a single story arc;<ref name="Materials">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Prety Soldier Sailor Moon Materials Collection|date=1999|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|location=Tokyo|isbn=4063245217}}</ref> the storyline was developed in meetings a year before serialization began.<ref name="Schodt">{{cite book|last1=Schodt|first1=Frederik L.|author-link=Frederik L. Schodt|title=[[Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga]]|date=1999|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley, California|isbn=9781880656235|edition=2nd}}</ref>{{rp|93}} After completing the arc, Toei and Kodansha asked Takeuchi to continue the series. She wrote four more story arcs,<ref name="Materials"/> which were often published simultaneously with the five corresponding seasons of the anime adaptation. The anime ran one or two months behind the manga.<ref name="Schodt"/>{{rp|93}} As a result, the anime follows the storyline of the manga fairly closely, although there are deviations.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2621750/sailor-moon-101-pretty-powerful-and-pure-of-heart/ |title=Sailor Moon 101: Pretty, Powerful, And Pure of Heart |author=Alverson, Brigid |publisher=MTV |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416210800/http://www.mtv.com/news/2621750/sailor-moon-101-pretty-powerful-and-pure-of-heart/ |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Takeuchi later said because Toei's production staff were mostly male, she feels the anime has "a slight male perspective".<ref name="MTV"/>

Takeuchi later said she planned to kill off the protagonists, but Osano rejected the notion and said, "[''Sailor Moon''] is a [[Shōjo manga|''shōjo'' manga]]!" When the anime adaptation was produced, the protagonists were killed in the final battle with the Dark Kingdom, although they were revived. Takeuchi resented that she was unable to do that in her version.<ref name="vol3">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Volume 3|date=2003|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=4063347834|edition=Shinsōban|chapter=Punch!}}</ref> Takeuchi also intended for the ''Sailor Moon'' anime adaptation to last for one season, but due to the immense popularity, Toei asked Takeuchi to continue the series. At first, she struggled to develop another storyline to extend the series. While discussing with Osano, he suggested the inclusion of Usagi's daughter from the future, Chibiusa.<ref name="vol3"/>