Editing Sailor Moon (section)

=== 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>