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== Media == === Manga === {{Main|List of Sailor Moon chapters{{!}}List of ''Sailor Moon'' chapters}} Written and illustrated by [[Naoko Takeuchi]], ''Sailor Moon'' was serialized by [[Kodansha]] in the [[Shōjo manga|{{tlit|ja|shōjo}} manga]] anthology ''[[Nakayoshi]]'' from December 28, 1991, to February 3, 1997.<ref name="timeline"/> The side-stories were serialized simultaneously in ''RunRun''—another of Kodansha's manga magazines.<ref name="timeline"/> The 52 individual chapters were published in 18 ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes by [[Kodansha]] from July 6, 1992, to April 4, 1997.<ref name="JPVolume1">{{cite web|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1787217|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (1)|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン (1)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040620040328/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1787217|archive-date=June 20, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="JPVolume18">{{cite web|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1788582|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (18)|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン (18)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220723/http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1788582|archive-date=May 15, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2003, the chapters were re-released in a collection of 12 ''shinzōban'' volumes to coincide with the release of the [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action series)|live-action series]].<ref name="SMShinsoVolume1">{{cite web|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3347761|title=Sailor Moon New Edition (1)|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン 新装版(1)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127122501/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3347761|archive-date=November 27, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> The manga was retitled ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' and included new cover art,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/comics/new/no1.php|title=Sailor Moon New Edition (1)|date=November 16, 2013|publisher=Sailormoon-official.com|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン新装版（1）：美少女戦士セーラームーン20周年プロジェクト公式サイト|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707111508/http://sailormoon-official.com/comics/new/no1.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and revised dialogue and illustrations. The ten individual short stories were also released in two volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234584026|title=Sailor Moon New Edition Short Stories (1)|website=kc.kodansha.co.jp|publisher=Kodansha Comics|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン新装版 ショートストーリーズ（1）|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715172100/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234584026|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234584031|title=Sailor Moon New Edition Short Stories (2)|website=kc.kodansha.co.jp|publisher=Kodansha Comics|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン新装版 ショートストーリーズ（2）|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715144959/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234584031|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, the chapters were once again re-released in 10 ''kanzenban'' volumes to commemorate the manga's 20th anniversary, which includes digitally remastered artwork, new covers and color artwork from its ''Nakayoshi'' run.<ref name="完全版（1）">{{cite web|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234647154|title=Sailor Moon full version (1)|website=kodansha.co.jp|publisher=Kodansha Comics|language=ja|script-title=ja:美少女戦士セーラームーン 完全版（1）|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=March 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328060013/http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234647154|url-status=live}}</ref> The books have been enlarged from the typical Japanese manga size to A5.<ref>{{cite web |first=Brad |last=Stephenson |url=http://www.moonkitty.net/reviews-buy-sailor-moon-third-gen-kanzenban-manga.php |title=3rd Gen Japanese Sailor Moon Manga Shopping Guide |publisher=moonkitty.net |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204072134/http://www.moonkitty.net/reviews-buy-sailor-moon-third-gen-kanzenban-manga.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="missdream">{{cite web |author=Elly |url=http://missdream.org/sailor-moon-kanzenban-ipad-mini-smart-phone-cases/ |title=Sailor Moon Kanzenban + iPad Mini + Smart Phone Cases |publisher=Miss Dream |date=October 10, 2013 |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005740/http://missdream.org/sailor-moon-kanzenban-ipad-mini-smart-phone-cases/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The short stories were republished in two volumes, with the order of the stories shuffled. ''Codename: Sailor V'' was also included in the third edition.<ref name="missdream"/> The ''Sailor Moon'' manga was initially licensed for an English release by Mixx (later [[Tokyopop]]) in North America. The manga was first published as a serial in ''[[TOKYOPOP (magazine)|MixxZine]]'' beginning in 1997, but was later removed from the magazine and made into a separate, low print monthly comic to finish the first, second and third arcs. At the same time, the fourth and fifth arcs were printed in a secondary magazine called ''[[Smile (magazine)|Smile]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mixx Controversies: Analysis |work=Features |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |date=August 14, 2008 |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/1998-08-14/5 |access-date=January 24, 2007 |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017180135/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/1998-08-14/5 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pages from the Tokyopop version of the manga ran daily in the Japanimation Station, a service accessible to users of [[America Online]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mixxonline.com/mixxonline/company/press_releases/pr_991022_tokyostation.html|title=MIXX ENTERTAINMENT COLLABORATES WITH CENTRAL PARK MEDIA TO PUBLISH SAILOR MOON AND PARASYTE COMICS IN THE JAPANIMATION STATION SECTION OF AMERICA ONLINE (AOL)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001029224708/http://www.mixxonline.com/mixxonline/company/press_releases/pr_991022_tokyostation.html|archive-date=October 29, 2000|publisher=[[Mixx Entertainment]]|date=October 22, 1999|access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> The series was later collected into a three-part graphic novel series spanning eighteen volumes, which were published from December 1, 1998, to September 18, 2001.<ref name="TokyopopUSVolume1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mixxonline.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=1024 |title=Sailor Moon Volume 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041107235344/http://www.mixxonline.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=1024 |archive-date=November 7, 2004 |publisher=[[Mixx Entertainment]] |access-date=July 23, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="TokyopopUSVolume18">{{cite web|url=http://www.mixxonline.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=1041 |title=Sailor Moon StarS Volume 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110195810/http://www.mixxonline.com/dbpage.php?page=product&productid=1041 |archive-date=November 10, 2004 |publisher=[[Mixx Entertainment]] |access-date=July 23, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2005, Tokyopop's license to the ''Sailor Moon'' manga expired, and its edition went out of print.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tokyopop.com/oop.html |title=Tokyopop Out of Print |publisher=Tokyopop|access-date=October 18, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519030938/http://www.tokyopop.com/oop.html|archive-date=May 19, 2007}}</ref> In 2011, [[Kodansha Comics]] announced they had acquired the license for the ''Sailor Moon'' manga and its lead-in series ''Codename: Sailor V'' in English.<ref name="Kodansha2011English">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-announces-the-return-of-sailor-moon|title=Kodansha USA Announces the Return of Sailor Moon|date=March 18, 2011|website=[[Anime News Network]]|publisher=[[Press release]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819130343/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-announces-the-return-of-sailor-moon|url-status=live}}</ref> They published the twelve volumes of ''Sailor Moon'' simultaneously with the two-volume edition of ''Codename Sailor V'' from September 2011 to July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212662/sailor-moon-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|title=Sailor Moon 1 by Naoko Takeuchi – Book|date=September 13, 2011|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404221642/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212662/sailor-moon-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/224019/sailor-moon-12-by-naoko-takeuchi|title=Sailor Moon 1 by Naoko Takeuchi – Book|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016075551/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/224019/sailor-moon-12-by-naoko-takeuchi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212665/codename-sailor-v-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|title=Codename Sailor V 1 by Naoko Takeuchi – Book|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022214829/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212665/codename-sailor-v-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|url-status=live}}</ref> The first of the two related short story volumes was published on September 10, 2013;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/226968/sailor-moon-short-stories-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|title=Sailor Moon Short Stories 1 by Naoko Takeuchi – Book|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=September 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905001023/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/226968/sailor-moon-short-stories-1-by-naoko-takeuchi|url-status=live}}</ref> the second was published on November 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/226651/sailor-moon-short-stories-2-by-naoko-takeuchi|title=Sailor Moon Short Stories 2 by Naoko Takeuchi – Book|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=December 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205015316/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/226651/sailor-moon-short-stories-2-by-naoko-takeuchi|url-status=live}}</ref> At [[Anime Expo]] 2017, Kodansha Comics announced plans to re-release ''Sailor Moon'' in an "Eternal Edition", featuring a new English translation, new cover artwork by Takeuchi, and color pages from the manga's original run, printed on extra-large premium paper.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=Kodansha Comics Announces ''Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle'', ''Fairy Tail S'', ''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'' in Print |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-03/kodansha-comics-announces-battle-angel-alita-mars-chronicle-fairy-tail-s-cardcaptor-sakura-clear-card-in-print/.118330 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=15 January 2021 |date=July 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121200525/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-03/kodansha-comics-announces-battle-angel-alita-mars-chronicle-fairy-tail-s-cardcaptor-sakura-clear-card-in-print/.118330 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Sailor Moon'' Eternal Edition Trailer is HERE! |url=https://kodanshacomics.com/2018/04/01/sailor-moon-eternal-edition-trailer/ |website=[[Kodansha USA|Kodansha Comics]] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |date=April 1, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121230439/https://kodanshacomics.com/2018/04/01/sailor-moon-eternal-edition-trailer/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The first Eternal Edition volume was published on September 11, 2018;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 9–15 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-11/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-9-15/.136652 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |date=September 11, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125154618/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-11/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-9-15/.136652 |url-status=live}}</ref> the tenth and final volume was published on October 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 18–24 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-22/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-18-24/.165408 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |date=October 22, 2020 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113052830/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-22/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-18-24/.165408 |url-status=live}}</ref> On July 1, 2019, Kondasha Comics began releasing the Eternal Editions digitally,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=ComiXology, Kodansha Comics Release Sailor Moon Manga Digitally in English |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-01/comixology-kodansha-comics-release-sailor-moon-manga-digitally-in-english/.148481 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=July 5, 2019 |language=en |date=July 1, 2019 |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701191450/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-01/comixology-kodansha-comics-release-sailor-moon-manga-digitally-in-english/.148481 |url-status=live}}</ref> following an announcement the day before about the series being released digitally in ten different languages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Sailor Moon Manga Gets Worldwide Digital Release in 10 Languages Starting on July 1 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-30/sailor-moon-manga-gets-worldwide-digital-release-in-10-languages-starting-on-july-1/.148440 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=July 5, 2019 |language=en |date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701161310/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-30/sailor-moon-manga-gets-worldwide-digital-release-in-10-languages-starting-on-july-1/.148440 |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2020, Kodansha Comics announced plans to re-release the ''Sailor Moon'' manga again as part of their "Naoko Takeuchi Collection".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hazra |first1=Adriana |title=Kodansha Comics Licenses New Manga by Ema Toyama, Kaori Yuki, More |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-13/kodansha-comics-licenses-new-manga-by-ema-toyama-kaori-yuki-more/.166303 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=January 15, 2021 |date=November 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122013859/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-13/kodansha-comics-licenses-new-manga-by-ema-toyama-kaori-yuki-more/.166303 |url-status=live}}</ref> The company described the new edition as a "more affordable, portable" version of the Eternal Edition. The first volume was published on April 5, 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Sailor Moon'' 1 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669965/sailor-moon-1-naoko-takeuchi-collection-by-naoko-takeuchi/ |website=[[Penguin Random House]] |access-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121015956/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669965/sailor-moon-1-naoko-takeuchi-collection-by-naoko-takeuchi/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the last on September 17, 2024. ''Sailor Moon'' has also been licensed in other English-speaking countries. In the United Kingdom, the volumes are distributed by Turnaround Publisher Services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turnaround-uk.com/sailor-moon-vol-1.html|title=Sailor Moon Vol. 1|access-date=August 20, 2014|publisher=Turnaround Publisher Services|archive-date=August 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822035420/http://www.turnaround-uk.com/sailor-moon-vol-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia, the manga is distributed by Penguin Books Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/naoko-takeuchi/sailor-moon-5-9781612620015.aspx|title=Sailor Moon 5|publisher=[[Random House]] Australia|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401162417/http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/naoko-takeuchi/sailor-moon-5-9781612620015.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga has been licensed in Russia as well as the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] for distribution by publishing company XL Media. The first volume was released in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Издательство XL Media приобрело права на мангу Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon |url=https://news.xlm.ru/news/izdatelstvo-xl-media-priobrelo-prava-na-mangu-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon |website=XL Media |access-date=August 14, 2018 |language=ru |date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814165940/https://news.xlm.ru/news/izdatelstvo-xl-media-priobrelo-prava-na-mangu-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon |url-status=live}}</ref> === Anime series & films === ==== Overview ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | No. ! rowspan="2" | '''Title''' ! rowspan="2" | Episodes ! colspan="2" | Originally aired / Release date ! rowspan="2" | Director |- ! First aired ! Last aired |- ! colspan="7" | ''[[Sailor Moon (TV series)|Sailor Moon]]'' |- ! style="background:#ff66cc;" | ! 1 | ''[[Sailor Moon (season 1)|Sailor Moon]]'' | 46 | March 7, 1992 | February 27, 1993 | [[Junichi Sato]] |- ! style="background:#dc143c;" | ! 2 | ''[[Sailor Moon R]]'' | 43 | March 6, 1993 | March 12, 1994 | [[Kunihiko Ikuhara]], Junichi Sato (#1−13) |- ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon R: The Movie]]'' | colspan="2" | December 5, 1993 | rowspan="2" | Kunihiko Ikuhara |- ! style="background:#FFF200;" | ! 3 | ''[[Sailor Moon S]]'' | 38 | March 19, 1994 | February 25, 1995 |- ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon S: The Movie]]'' | colspan="2" | December 4, 1994 | Hiroki Shibata |- ! style="background:#00FF7F;" | ! 4 | ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS]]'' | 39 | March 4, 1995 | March 2, 1996 | Kunihiko Ikuhara |- ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie]]'' | colspan="2" | December 23, 1995 | Hiroki Shibata |- ! style="background:cyan;" | ! 5 | ''[[Sailor Moon Sailor Stars]]'' | 34 | March 9, 1996 | February 8, 1997 | [[Takuya Igarashi]] |- ! colspan="7" | ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'' |- ! style="background:#0F52BA;" | ! 6 | ''[[List of Sailor Moon Crystal episodes|Season I: Dark Kingdom]]'' | 14 | July 5, 2014 | January 17, 2015 | rowspan="2" | [[Munehisa Sakai]] |- ! style="background:yellow;" | ! 7 | ''[[List of Sailor Moon Crystal episodes|Season II: Black Moon]]'' | 12 | February 7, 2015 | July 18, 2015 |- ! style="background:#50C878;" | ! 8 | ''[[List of Sailor Moon Crystal episodes|Season III: Death Busters]]'' | 13 | April 4, 2016 | June 27, 2016 | rowspan="3" | [[Chiaki Kon]] |- style="background:#white;" ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal#Part One|Sailor Moon Eternal -Part 1-]]'' | colspan="2" | January 8, 2021 |- style="background:#white;" ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal#Part Two|Sailor Moon Eternal -Part 2-]]'' | colspan="2" | February 11, 2021 |- style="background:#white;" ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos#Part One|Sailor Moon Cosmos -Part 1-]]'' | colspan="2" | June 9, 2023 | rowspan="2" | Tomoya Takahashi |- style="background:#white;" ! colspan="2" | Film | colspan="2" | ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos#Part Two|Sailor Moon Cosmos -Part 2-]]'' | colspan="2" | June 30, 2023 |- ! colspan="3" | Total ! 239 + 7 films ! March 7, 1992 ! June 30, 2023 !- |} ==== ''Sailor Moon'' ==== {{Main|Sailor Moon (TV series){{!}}''Sailor Moon'' (TV series)}} Toei Animation produced an anime television series based on the 52 manga chapters, also titled ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''.<ref name="DVD-COLLECTION Vol.1"/><ref name="DVD-COLLECTION Vol.2"/> [[Junichi Sato]] directed the first season, [[Kunihiko Ikuhara]] took over second through fourth season, and [[Takuya Igarashi]] directed the fifth and final season.<ref name=Doi>{{cite web |url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/staff/index.html |title=Sailor Moon staff information |publisher=Usagi.org |access-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514121542/http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/staff/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The series premiered in Japan on [[TV Asahi]] on March 7, 1992, and ran for 200 episodes until its conclusion on February 8, 1997. Upon its release, the show quickly rose to be Toei Animation's highest ranked TV series.<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=260 |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> Most of the international versions, including the English adaptations, are titled ''Sailor Moon''. ==== ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' ==== {{Main|Sailor Moon Crystal{{!}}''Sailor Moon Crystal''}} On July 6, 2012, Kodansha and Toei Animation announced that it would commence the production of a new anime adaptation of ''Sailor Moon'', called ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'', for a simultaneous worldwide release in 2013 as part of the series's 20th anniversary celebrations,<ref name="20th">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-06/sailor-moon-manga-gets-new-anime-in-summer-2013|title=Sailor Moon Manga Gets New Anime in Summer 2013|date=July 6, 2012|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020050554/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-06/sailor-moon-manga-gets-new-anime-in-summer-2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/new-sailor-moon-reboot-arrives-in-2014/|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|title=New 'Sailor Moon' Reboot Arrives in 2013|work=Animation Magazine|date=July 6, 2012|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=July 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709070244/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/new-sailor-moon-reboot-arrives-in-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Japan Times">{{Cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/03/general/happy-birthday-sailor-moon/|title=Happy birthday, Sailor Moon!|last=Mohajer-Va-Pesaran|first=Daphne|date=July 3, 2013|work=The Japan Times|access-date=July 5, 2014|archive-date=July 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705225819/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/03/general/happy-birthday-sailor-moon/|url-status=live}}</ref> and stated that it would be a closer adaptation of the manga than the first anime.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-09/new-sailor-moon-anime-producer/not-remaking-1st-anime|title=New Sailor Moon Anime's Producer: Not Remaking 1st Anime|date=January 9, 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023234908/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-09/new-sailor-moon-anime-producer/not-remaking-1st-anime|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Crystal'' premiered on July 5, 2014, and new episodes would air on the first and third Saturdays of each month.<ref name="smcrystalcast">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|title=Kotono Mitsuishi Leads New Sailor Moon Crystal Anime Cast|date=April 27, 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015021417/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|url-status=live}}</ref> New cast were announced, along with [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] reprising her role as Sailor Moon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|title=Kotono Mitsuishi Leads New Sailor Moon Crystal Anime Cast|work=Anime News Network|access-date=2017-10-26|language=en|archive-date=April 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428155709/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|url-status=live}}</ref> The first two seasons were released together, covering their corresponding arcs of the manga (''Dark Kingdom'' and ''Black Moon''). A third season based on the ''Infinity'' arc on the manga premiered on Japanese television on April 4, 2016, known as ''Death Busters'' arc in this adaptation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-06/sailor-moon-crystal-3rd-season-premiere-date-theme-songs-revealed/.99470|title=Sailor Moon Crystal 3rd Season's Premiere Date, Theme Songs Revealed - News|date=March 6, 2016|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=October 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008191315/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-06/sailor-moon-crystal-3rd-season-premiere-date-theme-songs-revealed/.99470|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Munehisa Sakai]] directed the first and second season, while [[Chiaki Kon]] directed the third season. ==== Films and television specials ==== Three animated theatrical feature films based on the original ''Sailor Moon'' series have been released in Japan: ''[[Sailor Moon R: The Movie]]'' in 1993, followed by ''[[Sailor Moon S: The Movie]]'' in 1994, and ''[[Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie]]'' in 1995. The films are side-stories that do not correlate with the timeline of the original series. A one-hour television special was aired on TV Asahi in Japan on April 8, 1995.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Sailor Moon SuperS Special|series=Sailor Moon SuperS|network=[[TV Asahi]]|language=ja|date=April 8, 1995}}</ref> [[Kunihiko Ikuhara]] directed the first film, while the latter two were directed by Hiroki Shibata. In 1997, an article in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' stated that [[The Walt Disney Company]] was interested in originally acquiring the rights to ''Sailor Moon'' as a live action film to be directed by [[Stanley Tong]] & [[Geena Davis]] set to star as Queen Beryl, along with [[Winona Ryder]] & [[Elisabeth Shue]] planning to star in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/magoo-goes-stunt-crazy-1117863071/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Magoo' goes stunt-crazy|access-date=September 24, 2014|date=May 15, 1997|last=Archerd|first=Army|quote="Disney, which wanted Tong to create an international franchise with his direction of the "live" "Magoo," is also in the process of acquiring rights to the Japanese cartoon ''Sailor Moon'', also for Tong to direct"|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226001230/http://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/magoo-goes-stunt-crazy-1117863071/|url-status=live}}</ref> After Disney put the project on [[turnaround (filmmaking)|turnaround]], [[Universal Pictures]] acquired the film rights.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-17 |title=Sailor Moon Was Almost a Live-Action Disney Princess in the 1990s |url=https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-live-action-disney-90s/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606114556/https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-live-action-disney-90s/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, it was revealed that ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'' anime's fourth season would be produced as a two-part theatrical anime film project, adapting the ''Dream'' arc from the manga.<ref name="Season4Films">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-30/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-4th-season-revealed-as-2-part-film-project/.118230|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Anime 4th Season Revealed as 2-Part Film Project|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=2017-06-30|access-date=2017-06-30|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105054240/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-30/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-4th-season-revealed-as-2-part-film-project/.118230|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 30, 2019, it was announced that the title of the films will be ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie]]''.<ref name="Season4Eternal">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-10-21/1st-sailor-moon-eternal-film-opens-in-japan-on-september-11-2020/.152451|title=1st Sailor Moon Eternal Film Opens in Japan on September 11, 2020|date=October 21, 2019|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024011123/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2019-10-21/1st-sailor-moon-eternal-film-opens-in-japan-on-september-11-2020/.152451|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=sailormoon-official |title=劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」超特報映像/Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The MOVIE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZe5rDHiwe4 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=30 June 2019 |date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=November 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130182115/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZe5rDHiwe4 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first film was originally to be released on September 11, 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-news/2019/10/21-1/sailor-moon-eternal-films-1st-part-hits-japanese-theaters-september-11-2020|title=Sailor Moon Eternal Film's 1st Part Hits Japanese Theaters September 11, 2020|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|work=Crunchyroll |date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022143415/https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-news/2019/10/21-1/sailor-moon-eternal-films-1st-part-hits-japanese-theaters-september-11-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> but was postponed and released on January 8, 2021, and the second film was released on February 11, 2021.<ref name="Season4FilmsDelayed">{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=1st Sailor Moon Eternal Film Delayed to January 8 With 2nd Film Scheduled for February 11 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/1st-sailor-moon-eternal-film-delayed-to-january-8-with-2nd-film-scheduled-for-february-11/.160770 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=18 June 2020 |language=en |date=18 June 2020 |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620014332/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-18/1st-sailor-moon-eternal-film-delayed-to-january-8-with-2nd-film-scheduled-for-february-11/.160770 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chiaki Kon]] returned from ''Crystal''{{'}}s third season to direct the two films.<ref name="Season4Films"/> In 2022, it was announced that a sequel to ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie'', covering the ''Stars'' arc of the manga would also be produced as a two-part theatrical anime film project, titled ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie]]''. The two films are directed by Tomoya Takahashi, and were released on June 9 and 30, 2023, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-28/sailor-moon-manga-final-arc-gets-2-sailor-moon-cosmos-films-in-early-summer-2023/.185105 |title=Sailor Moon Manga's Final Arc Gets 2 Sailor Moon Cosmos Films in Early Summer 2023 |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=April 28, 2022 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428140602/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-28/sailor-moon-manga-final-arc-gets-2-sailor-moon-cosmos-films-in-early-summer-2023/.185105 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Davidson|first=Danica|date=April 11, 2023|title=Sailor Moon Cosmos Shares Eternal Sailor Mars and Eternal Sailor Venus Trailer|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/sailor-moon-cosmos-shares-eternal-sailor-mars-and-eternal-sailor-venus-trailer/|magazine=[[Otaku Magazine]]|access-date=April 11, 2023|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411165320/https://otakuusamagazine.com/sailor-moon-cosmos-shares-eternal-sailor-mars-and-eternal-sailor-venus-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Companion books === There have been numerous companion books to ''Sailor Moon''. Kodansha released some of these books for each of the five story arcs, collectively called the ''Original Picture Collection''. The books contain cover art, promotional material and other work by Takeuchi. Many of the drawings are accompanied by comments on the way she developed her ideas, created each picture and commentary on the anime interpretation of her story.<ref name="Takeuchi"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume II Original Picture Collection |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=August 1994 |isbn=406324508X}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume III Original Picture Collection |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=September 1996 |isbn=4063245187}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume IV Original Picture Collection |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=September 1996 |isbn=4063245195}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Takeuchi |first=Naoko |title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume V Original Picture Collection |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |date=August 1997 |isbn=4063245225}}</ref> Another picture collection, ''Volume Infinity'', was released as a self-published, limited-edition artbook after the end of the series in 1997. This art book includes drawings by Takeuchi and her friends, her staff, and many of the voice actors who worked on the anime. In 1999, Kodansha published the ''Materials Collection''; this contained development sketches and notes for nearly every character in the manga, and for some characters that never appeared. Each drawing includes notes by Takeuchi about costume pieces, the mentality of the characters and her feelings about them. It also includes timelines for the story arcs and for the real-life release of products and materials relating to the anime and manga. A short story, ''Parallel Sailor Moon'' is also featured, celebrating the [[Rabbit (zodiac)|year of the rabbit]].<ref name="Materials"/> === Novels === ''Sailor Moon'' was also adapted for publication as novels and released in 1998. The first book was written by [[Stuart J. Levy]]. The following novels were written by Lianne Sentar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sailor Moon: The Novels by Tokyopop/SMILE Books|url=https://missdream.org/raw-sailor-moon-downloads/sailor-moon-novels-tokyopopsmile-books/|website=Miss Dream|date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=2 April 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402230825/https://missdream.org/raw-sailor-moon-downloads/sailor-moon-novels-tokyopopsmile-books/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Stage musicals === {{Main|Sailor Moon musicals{{!}}''Sailor Moon'' musicals}} In mid-1993, the first musical theater production based on ''Sailor Moon'' premiered and starred [[Anza Ohyama]] as Sailor Moon. Thirty such musicals in all have been produced, with one in pre-production. The shows' stories include anime-inspired plotlines and original material. Music from the series has been released on about 20 memorial albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/video/02.html|title=Video DVD Corner|publisher=Sailor Moon Channel|language=ja|script-title=ja:セーラームーン ビデオ・DVDコーナー|access-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207140031/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/video/02.html|archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> The popularity of the musicals has been cited as a reason behind the production of the live-action television series, ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon''.<ref name=PGSMAF/> During the original run musicals ran in the winter and summer of each year, with summer musicals staged at the [[Sunshine City, Tokyo|Sunshine]] Theater in the [[Ikebukuro]] area of Tokyo. In the winter, musicals toured to other large cities in Japan, including [[Osaka]], [[Fukuoka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/01.html|title=93 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Gaiden Dark Kingdom Resurrection Hen|publisher=Sailormoon. Channel|language=ja|script-title=ja:これまでの公演の紹介 93サマースペシャルミュージカル 美少女戦士セーラームーン 外伝 ダーク・キングダム復活篇|access-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714192144/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/01.html|archive-date=July 14, 2009}}</ref> [[Nagoya]], [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]], [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]], [[Sendai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/04.html|title=94 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S way to the rabbit-love of the warrior|publisher=Sailormoon. Channel|language=ja|script-title=ja:これまでの公演の紹介 94サマースペシャルミュージカル美少女戦士セーラームーンSうさぎ・愛の戦士への道|access-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429192711/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/04.html|archive-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref> [[Saga, Saga|Saga]], [[Ōita, Ōita|Oita]], [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]] and [[Fukushima, Fukushima|Fukushima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/06.html|title=95 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S road to makeover Super Warrior (revised edition)|publisher=Sailormoon. Channel|language=ja|script-title=ja:95スプリングスペシャルミュージカル 美少女戦士セーラームーンS 変身・スーパー戦士への道(改訂版)|access-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226060951/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/06.html|archive-date=February 26, 2008}}</ref> The final incarnation of the first run, {{Nihongo|''New Legend of Kaguya Island (Revised Edition)''|新・かぐや島伝説 <改訂版>|Shin Kaguyashima Densetsu (Kaiteban)}}, went on stage in January 2005, following which, [[Bandai]] officially put the series on a hiatus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.uol.com.br/ohayo/v2.0/eventos/materias/maio24_sailormoon.shtml|title=Musicais do OhaYO! – Parte 2|last=Lobão|first=David Denis|date=May 24, 2007|publisher=[[Universo Online]]|language=pt|access-date=July 24, 2009|archive-date=June 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605141803/http://www2.uol.com.br/ohayo/v2.0/eventos/materias/maio24_sailormoon.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 2, 2013, Fumio Osano announced on his Twitter page that the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals would begin again in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/osabu8|title=Osabu Twitter|language=ja|access-date=June 2, 2013|archive-date=May 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502131917/https://twitter.com/osabu8|url-status=live}}</ref> The 20th anniversary show ''La Reconquista'' ran from September 13 to 23 at Shibuya's AiiA Theater Tokyo, with Satomi Ōkubo as Sailor Moon. Satomi Ōkubo reprised the role in the 2014 production ''Petite Étrangère'' which ran from August 21 to September 7, 2014, again at AiiA Theater Tokyo. === 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> === Video games === {{See also|List of Sailor Moon video games{{!}}List of ''Sailor Moon'' video games}} The ''Sailor Moon'' franchise has spawned several video games across various genres and platforms. Most were made by Bandai and its subsidy Angel; others were produced by [[Banpresto]]. The early games were [[Beat 'em up|side-scrolling fighters]]; later ones were unique [[Computer puzzle game|puzzle games]], or [[versus fighting game]]s. ''[[Sailor Moon: Another Story|Another Story]]'' was a turn-based [[role-playing video game]].<ref name="gamesearch">{{cite web|title=Game Search|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=sailor+moon&platform=0|website=GameFAQs - Video Game Cheats, Reviews, FAQs, Message Boards, and More|access-date=August 5, 2014|archive-date=October 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018022845/http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=sailor+moon&platform=0|url-status=live}}</ref> The only ''Sailor Moon'' game produced outside Japan, 3VR New Media's ''The 3D Adventures of Sailor Moon'', went on sale in North America in 1997, They were developed in association with [[DIC Entertainment]], which held the rights to the game and the TV series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/home/943983.html |title=The 3D Adventures of Sailor Moon for PC |website=GameFAQs |access-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805105940/http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/943983-the-3d-adventures-of-sailor-moon |url-status=live}}</ref> A video game called ''Sailor Moon: La Luna Splende'' (''Sailor Moon: The Moon Shines'') was released on March 16, 2011, for the [[Nintendo DS]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-05/new-sailor-moon-ds-game-to-ship-in-spring-in-italy|title=New Sailor Moon DS Game to Ship in Spring in Italy – Interest|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=September 16, 2011|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220027/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-05/new-sailor-moon-ds-game-to-ship-in-spring-in-italy|url-status=live}}</ref> === Tabletop games === The Dyskami Publishing Company released ''Sailor Moon Crystal Dice Challenge'', created by [[James Ernest]] of Cheapass Games and based on the ''[[Button Men]]'' tabletop game in 2017, and ''Sailor Moon Crystal Truth or Bluff'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Tabletop Games Announcement|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-04-26/sailor-moon-crystal-tabletop-games-announcement/.115274|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=Anime News Network|date=April 26, 2017|language=en|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222045522/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-04-26/sailor-moon-crystal-tabletop-games-announcement/.115274|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Gets 2 Board Games This Year|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-27/sailor-moon-crystal-gets-2-board-games-this-year/.115354|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=Anime News Network|date=April 27, 2017|language=en|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043812/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-27/sailor-moon-crystal-gets-2-board-games-this-year/.115354|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Dice Challenge|url=http://www.dyskami.ca/smc_dice_challenge.html|website=Dyskami Publishing Company|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043744/http://www.dyskami.ca/smc_dice_challenge.html|url-status=live}}</ref> === Theme park attractions === A Sailor Moon attraction, ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D'', was announced for [[Universal Studios Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D |url=http://www.usj.co.jp/e/universal-cool-japan2018/ |website=[[Universal Studios Japan]] |access-date=September 9, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908054240/http://www.usj.co.jp/e/universal-cool-japan2018/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It featured Sailor Moon and the Inner Guardians arriving at the theme park, only to discover and stop the Youma's plan from stealing people's energies. The attraction ran from March 16 through July 24, 2018. The sequel attraction, ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D: Moon Palace arc'', ran from May 31, 2019, to August 25, 2019. It featured all 10 Sailor Guardians and Super Sailor Moon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Komatsu |first1=Mikikazu |title=Watch Web CM for Sailor Moon the Miracle 4-D: Moon Palace Chapter |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/05/17-1/watch-web-cm-for-sailor-moon-the-miracle-4-d-moon-palace-chapter |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |access-date=August 5, 2019 |language=en-us |date=May 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805193245/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/05/17-1/watch-web-cm-for-sailor-moon-the-miracle-4-d-moon-palace-chapter |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2022, a new attraction was announced titled ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D ~Moon Palace arc~ Deluxe''. The attraction features the same storyline as the last and feature the Sailor Guardians in their princess forms. It ran from March 4, 2022, to August 28, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_4-d.php |title=美少女戦士セーラームーン・ザ・ミラクル 4-D ～ムーン・パレス編 デラックス～ |date=January 7, 2022 |website=Sailor Moon Official |language=ja |access-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107052315/http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_4-d.php |url-status=live }}</ref> === Ice skating show === An ice skating show of ''Sailor Moon'' was announced on June 30, 2019, starring [[Evgenia Medvedeva]] as the lead.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Sailor Moon Franchise Gets Ice Show, Café, Collaborations With Uniqlo & Samantha Thavasa |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-06-30/sailor-moon-franchise-gets-ice-show-cafe-collaborations-with-uniqlo-and-samantha-thavasa/.148442 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=June 30, 2019 |language=en |date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630125609/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-06-30/sailor-moon-franchise-gets-ice-show-cafe-collaborations-with-uniqlo-and-samantha-thavasa/.148442 |url-status=live}}</ref> The name for the ice-skating show was announced as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Prism on Ice'', as well as the additional casts, with [[Anza (singer)|Anza]] from the first ''Sailor Moon'' musicals to play Queen Serenity, and the main voice actresses of the ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' anime series to voice their individual characters. Takuya Hiramatsu from the musicals was to write the screenplay, Yuka Sato and Benji Schwimmer were to be in charge of choreography, and Akiko Kosaka & Gesshoku Kaigi were to write the music for the show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrrisy |first1=Kim |title=Sailor Moon Ice Show Unveils Key Visual of Evgenia Medvedeva as Sailor Moon |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-03-16/sailor-moon-ice-show-unveils-key-visual-of-evgenia-medvedeva-as-sailor-moon/.157532 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=16 March 2020 |language=en |date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317143557/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-03-16/sailor-moon-ice-show-unveils-key-visual-of-evgenia-medvedeva-as-sailor-moon/.157532 |url-status=live}}</ref> The show was set to debut in early June 2020, but was first postponed to June 2021, and later to June 2022, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_prism_on_ice_2.php| title=「美少女戦士セーラームーン Prism on Ice」| date=2020-04-16| website=Sailor Moon Official| language=ja| access-date=2020-04-16| archive-date=April 21, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421231732/http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_prism_on_ice_2.php| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_prism_on_ice_3.php|title=「美少女戦士セーラームーン Prism On Ice」公演に関する重要なお知らせ|date=2021-04-07|website=Sailor Moon Official|language=ja|access-date=2021-04-07|archive-date=April 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407042238/http://sailormoon-official.com/information/_prism_on_ice_3.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Antonio |first1=Rafael |title=Sailor Moon Ice Show Postponed by Another Year to June 2022 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/sailor-moon-ice-show-postponed-by-another-year-to-june-2022/.171521 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=7 April 2021 |language=en |date=7 April 2021 |archive-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407053357/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-04-07/sailor-moon-ice-show-postponed-by-another-year-to-june-2022/.171521 |url-status=live}}</ref> and finally cancelled on February 23, 2023, due to an "unstable world situation", following the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/23-1/sailor-moon-ice-skating-show-canceled-due-to-unstable-world-situation|title=Sailor Moon Ice Skating Show Canceled Due to 'Unstable World Situation'|date=2021-02-23|website=Crunchyroll|language=en|access-date=2023-04-16|archive-date=April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416055426/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/02/23-1/sailor-moon-ice-skating-show-canceled-due-to-unstable-world-situation|url-status=live}}</ref> === Idol group === {{main|F5ve}} A Japanese idol pop group named [[F5ve|SG5]], short for Sailor Guardians 5, was announced in June 2022. Early plans to form the group began in 2020, with the official lineup and overall concept finalized in 2022. As part of the process, the group had to seek the approval of Naoko Takeuchi by performing in front of her and giving a presentation. The group consists of five members: Sayaka, Ruri, Miyuu, [[Kaede (dancer)|Kaede]], and Rui. They officially debuted in July 2022 at Anime Expo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moon Prism Power Turn Up: Meet the IRL Japanese Girl Group Based Off 'Sailor Moon' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/moon-prism-power-turn-meet-120059898.html |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=June 28, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702165003/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/moon-prism-power-turn-meet-120059898.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Chan |first=Tim |date=2022-06-28 |title=Moon Prism Power Turn Up: Meet the IRL Japanese Girl Group Based Off 'Sailor Moon' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/j-pop-group-sg5-members-sailor-moon-1372829/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702165008/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/j-pop-group-sg5-members-sailor-moon-1372829/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SG5 Is the New Japanese Girl Group Debuting in Collaboration With 'Sailor Moon' |url=https://hypebae.com/2022/6/sg5-japanese-girl-group-sailor-moon-collaboration-sayaka-ruri-rui-miyuu-kaede-debut-info |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=HYPEBAE |date=June 30, 2022 |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630214026/https://hypebae.com/2022/6/sg5-japanese-girl-group-sailor-moon-collaboration-sayaka-ruri-rui-miyuu-kaede-debut-info |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 1, 2023, SG5 released their debut single "Firetruck", alongside a music video with references to the manga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8WiBNCZpY|title=SG5 - Firetruck (Official Music Video)|date=March 2023 |via=www.youtube.com|access-date=March 2, 2023|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302120334/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8WiBNCZpY|url-status=live}}</ref> The group re-debuted under the name F5ve with the single "Lettuce" in May 2024, ceasing their association with ''Sailor Moon''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Madison |title='Lettuce' Introduce You To The Talented f5ve! |url=https://thehoneypop.com/2024/05/08/lettuce-introduce-you-to-the-talented-f5ve/ |website=The Honey Pop |access-date=July 26, 2024 |date=May 8, 2024}}</ref>
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