Editing Sailor Moon (section)

=== Westernization ===
After the ''Sailor Moon'' anime was released in North America and dubbed in English, fans and academics alike noted that the dub had westernized ''Sailor Moon'' from how it had been released in Japan. In the 1995 English version of ''Sailor Moon'', the westernization of the characters is seen in how a majority of the character names are changed from Japanese to English names.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Burgos |first=Diana |date=2021-01-01 |title=The Queer Glow up of Hero-Sword Legacies in She-Ra, Korra, and Sailor Moon |journal=Open Cultural Studies |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=248–261 |doi=10.1515/culture-2020-0135 |s2cid=245091754 |issn=2451-3474|doi-access=free }}</ref> Sailor Moon's civilian name, Usagi Tsukino, is turned into Serena.<ref name=":0" /> The love interest of Sailor Moon, Mamoru Chiba, is turned into Darien Shields.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Craig, Timothy J. |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1295917706 |title=Japan pop! inside the world of Japanese popular culture |date=2000 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=0-585-38331-6 |pages=272 |oclc=1295917706 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206163232/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1295917706 |url-status=live }}</ref> The main theme is changed from a romance ballad discussing Serena's (Usagi's) eternal love for Darien (Mamoru) to an anthem focused on Serena's newfound identity as the superheroine Sailor Moon.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Aldea, Silvia |url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:936733/FULLTEXT01.pdf#page=29 |title=A comparative study of approaches to audiovisual translation |date=2016 |publisher=Dalarna University |page=29 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603041218/https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:936733/FULLTEXT01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Other examples of westernization referenced by ''Sailor Moon''<nowiki/>'s audience included flipping scenes of traffic to have cars [[Left- and right-hand traffic|drive on the right side of the road]] along with the English dub changing any conversations between characters that contained lesser-known (in North America at the time) Japanese cultural references.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=A short history of 'Sailor Moon' and censorship in America. |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/tv/the-dangers-of-censorship-and-sailor-moon/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226231509/https://www.michigandaily.com/tv/the-dangers-of-censorship-and-sailor-moon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[Bandai America]], the company in charge of Sailor Moon merchandise in the western hemisphere, the approach to advertising ''Sailor Moon'' was to make the show and super-heroine "'culturally appropriate' for the American market".<ref>{{Cite book |author=Craig, Timothy J. |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1295917706 |title=Japan pop! inside the world of Japanese popular culture |date=2000 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=0-585-38331-6 |pages=265 |oclc=1295917706 |access-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206163232/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1295917706 |url-status=live }}</ref>