Newsgroups: alt.fan.sailor-moon,rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.anime.misc,rec.arts.anime.info From: arromdee@rahul.net (Ken Arromdee) Subject: Sailor Moon FAQ (part 4/5) Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: alt.fan.sailor-moon,rec.arts.anime.misc Distribution: Approved: anime-info@cybercomm.net Keywords: 8) Questions about plot elements: Q: Is it true that Venus and Mars are lesbians? No, no, no! This is based on a misinterpretation of a scene in the manga in the June 1996 Nakayoshi, where they are actually expressing their devotion to the Princess, except that since she doesn't say any words, people reading just the translation thought they were referring to each other. I had hoped this rumor would die soon, but when I took it out, over a year after I put it in, the question popped up again in less than a month. The fact that you can find manga scans showing them as lesbians means nothing. Those manga scans are from dojinshi, which are produced by Japanese fans and have no connection to the actual series. Q: Why does nobody ever recognize Serena or the others in costume? There's no real explanation. You can guess that they're magically immune to being recognized, but we never get _told_ that. In Japanese episode 5, and in the dub episode 15, she hides from her brother when in costume, ap- parently because she's afraid she'd be recognized, so if there is magic in- volved, she didn't know it. Dub episode 30 says that they can't be recog- nized in their normal identities, though I'm not sure if this line was in the original version. Asai in episode 100 recognizes Venus. Fiore in the R movie recognizes Tuxedo Mask. This problem doesn't happen in the manga; they seldom appear in front of people they know, Usagi (Serena) and Tuxedo Mask recognize each other almost immediately, and Motoki (Andrew) does recognize them in costume (V3 p. 100, 177; V4 p. 113). Q: Why do the villains all attack places in walking distance, at best, of where the Sailor Scouts are? They can't teleport like the Power Rangers (they do have a Sailor Teleport group power, but they don't teleport routinely), so if the villains attacked Paris or New York, the heroines would be helpless to stop them. For that matter, why don't they ever attack somewhere far away from school when the Sailor Scouts are in class? Boy, you're smart. Q: Why does nobody attack the Scouts while they're transforming or charging their attacks? Usually, the transformations don't really take much time and are there just for the viewers' sake. (Like near the end of the first series where Serena and Darien are attacked, and Serena completely transforms while the attack is still in the air.) There is an episode, however, where Jupiter does her usual motions to attack and gets tied up in mid-gesture. In dub #32, Sailor Moon was attacked while trying to "heal" the youma. According to the storyboard writers, in dub #30 Usagi was embarassed at transforming in front of Mamoru because she would be seen naked, implying the transformations do take some time (Source: Animage 5/93, formerly translated on ftp.tcp.com) Q: There are nine planets, so why don't we see a Sailor Scout for each one? Darian (Chiba Mamoru) is prince of the Earth, and his name in Japanese uses the kanji for "Earth", so he obviously represents Earth (besides, the moon revolves around the Earth :-)) and you'll never see a Sailor Scout for the planet Earth. Mamoru is claimed by some fans to also represent the sun, with Helios (from SuperS) as his guardian, and his astrological sign is supposedly ruled by the sun. Sailor Mars has pet ravens named Phobos and Deimos (which are the names of the moons of Mars). They have been shown in human form in the manga, where they are said to come from planet Coronis (which is not a real planet). The black moon in Sailor Moon R is Nemesis, a dark star theorized as responsible for comets like the one that killed off the dinosaurs. (The Nemesis theory is widely discredited now; infrared scans have found no such dark star.) In the manga corresponding to Sailor Moon SS, the Amazoness Quartet become Sailor Scouts of the four largest main-belt asteroids, but not in the anime. The Sailor Stars don't seem to be associated with particular heavenly bodies. Q: Who is Sailor V? Does she really exist? Sailor V is really Sailor Venus, the fifth member of the team. In real life, the Sailor V comics were published first, before Sailor Moon. After the Sailor Moon comic started, Sailor V was included in it as Sailor Venus. Unfortunately, DIC messed up the dub. The first Sailor Venus episodes had Sailor Venus appear, and everyone was told she's Sailor V. Serena was happy because Serena is a big Sailor V fan. The dub of those particular episodes took out all reference to Sailor V except in the title. The references in "Follow the Leader" were kept in, though. Q: Who is Luna talking to on the computer in the early episodes? It's Artemis, Sailor Venus's cat. Luna is rather annoyed when she finds out. The dub goofs here. In dubbed episode 39, Luna and Artemis inexplicably refer to a real Central Control. I would guess the episode was dubbed by someone who didn't see the episode where Central Control is found to be Ar- temis. Anyway, ignore it. Central Control doesn't exist. Q: Who is the Moonlight Knight? Tuxedo Mask was split into two when revived after the battle with the Dark Kingdom. The Moonlight Knight held his love for Serena, so his regular self didn't remember anything of her for a while. Q: Who is Rini (Chibi-Usa)? She is the daughter of Serena and Darian, time-travelled from the future. Q: Who is Rini talking to back in the future, through her Luna ball? Sailor Pluto, who Chibi-Usa calls "Pu". The dub messes up the first occurrence of this by using Luna's voice and pretending Rini is talking to the _ball_ instead of using it as a communicator to talk to another person. Q: Why does Serena stop using some of her magic items later on? Why does everyone else stop using some of their attacks? The attack in the first episode, where she hurts the monster by crying, reappears in Sailor Moon SS, as a joint attack of Usagi and Chibi-Usa. Usagi loses the first moon stick at the end of the first storyline and never gets it back, though she does recover and use the silver crystal (which moves to her brooch). There is no explanation of why she stops using the disguise pen. (It is still around; at least, Venus uses it later in SMS when she has to disguise herself as Sailor Moon.) The explanation of why she can't use her moon tiara is that she has to really want to be Sailor Moon to use it. This immediately makes you wonder if she uses it again when her mood improves. In (Japanese) episodes 98, 100, 114, and 123, she _does_ use it again, although the attack is stock footage, cut so that you can't see that she wore a different brooch when the stock footage was drawn. She also uses it in the R movie, episode 163, and the SuperS movie without the old stock footage. The Eternal Sailor Moon outfit in Sailor Stars no longer includes a tiara; however, Usagi uses "Moon Tiara Action" with a frozen pizza in episode 184. The attacks that the Senshi get in the Earl/Ann story almost never appear later except for Sailor Moon's, with no explanation of why not. (Crescent Beam Shower shows up in #141 with a different name, and Shabon Spray Freezing is reused in #80. The attacks show up in the video game Another Story, but these are the only single attacks without voice samples.) The real explanation is that these episodes were something of a fill-in (the original comic is monthly, and the series is weekly, so they had to stretch it out). Note that the clip episode at the start of the SS special completely ignores this series; also, although the Another Story game uses all the old villains and monsters up to S, it leaves out Earl and Ann. Sailor Planet Attack is used again in Japanese episode 102, with different footage. Q: Who is Chibi-Chibi? The manga and anime differ on this question. In the manga, she is a "Sailor Cosmos" from the future, but later says that Sailor Moon is the true Sailor Cosmos because she has the power to defeat Chaos. It's not clear if or how she's related to Usagi. One character _asks_ if she is the ultimate form of Sailor Moon, but she doesn't seem to be, regardless of early rumors. In the anime she is the "light of hope" from Galaxia's star seed. Q: Why does Sailor Jupiter wear a different school uniform? There is no uniform her size. This is explained in episode 25 and in the Japanese book "Secrets to Sailor Moon". In Sailor Stars (anime) and SuperS (manga) she gets the regular Juuban uniform. Q: What city does the series take place in? Tokyo, even in the dub. "Kitty Chaos" mentioned the name, and the episodes derived from the second part of Sailor Moon R refer to Crystal Tokyo. That tower is the Tokyo Tower. (It's not in France.) Q: Are Alan and Ann really brother and sister? Wouldn't that make their relationship incest? They're really children of the tree, from which their race came. In a sense, this does mean they really are brother and sister (and they admit the tree is their mother), but in another sense, they're no more brother and sister than Adam and Eve were. Take your pick. Q: Have Serena and Darien had sex together (in the present day)? There is a scene in the manga which is commonly pointed to as evidence. (act 18, manga 5), showing them kissing and lying on top of each other. Later, she shows up with the same dress she had on but with her shirt off, implying that she undressed. Nothing is shown explicitly, though. Usagi and Mamoru have sex at the end of manga 18, act 52, conceiving Chibi-Usa just before they get married. Q: How can Rini's hair be pink when her parents' hair colors are black and blond? How is pink hair inherited anyway? Anime hair colors are normally a stylistic convention and the characters' hair colors are almost never really what you see. Apparently her hair is really pink, though, as mentioned in the Chibi-Usa segment in the SS special, and in the manga story it was based on. So I guess this will remain forever a mystery. Q: Is Fiore (from the Sailor Moon R movie) from the same planet as Alan and Ann? He certainly looks similar, and is voiced by Alan's original voice actor. It is conceivable that they're from the same race, but this is never stated. (They definitely aren't the same _person_.) Ikuhara Kunihiko, the director of the R series and R movie, has explained in the LD bonus for the R movie that the movie contained shared ideas with the TV series.) Q: What does the writing on Rei's shrine mean? Does such a shrine really exist in Japan? The shrine is based off a real one. The writing reads "Hikawa shrine", with the character for "fire" (hi) substituted for the one for "ice" (also hi) in the real shrine. Q: What does the symbol Nephrite uses mean? It is not a kanji and has no real meaning. Some people have suggested that it is a stylized "ne" hiragana or katakana. No, I refuse to enter the debate as to whether it looks more like the katakana or hiragana. Q: Have the Sailor Senshi ever killed anyone? Most of the enemies seem to die by other enemies killing them off, by running into their own attacks, getting caught in the destruction of their base, etc. Metallia ("negaforce") is obviously killed at the end of the first series. It is arguable that they killed Kunzite (Malachite), although he really died from his own reflected attack. Many monsters of the day die, but they prob- ably fall under the usual animation/comics rule that if you're artificial, it's not considered killing to get rid of you even if you _are_ sentient. In the manga, the Senshi do kill their enemies. Q: Were the four main generals really friends of Tuxedo Mask once? This idea is stated in the Sailor Moon "Friends and Foes" children's book, in English. The idea really does come from the original manga, though not the anime, and is also used in the Another Story video game. There are also pictures in the manga showing them paired with the four Senshi. The only reference I know of in the text to this is one reference in Sailor V #3 where Danburite refers to Sailor V falling in love "since way back then", showing Kunzite. (It says nothing about them being engaged or about the love being both ways, a common fan idea.) Q: What happened to the parents of all the Scouts (present day)? Sailor Moon: parents alive and shown. Tuxedo Mask: parents dead in a car crash. Sailor Mercury: parents separated; she lives with her mother. Her mother is shown from the back in the SuperS movie, and her father in #151. Sailor Mars: lives with her grandfather (mother's side). In the manga it is explained that her mother is dead (V4) and that her father is alive but she prefers living with her grandfather to living with him (V11). Sailor Jupiter: parents dead in an airplane crash; she lives by herself. (Don't ask where she gets the money to live on. Maybe it's insurance.) The dub tries to cover this up by pretending she has a mother. Sailor Venus: parents alive. Shown only in the Sailor V manga. Sailor Uranus/Neptune: they have an unknown benefactor (in the manga) and live by themselves. (I've gotten some conflicting information on this, specifically that their stuff is paid for by their parents.) Sailor Pluto: old enough to live on her own, and if she was brought back as an adult (in the manga) she wouldn't have parents anyway. Sailor Saturn: mother apparently dead, father alive in anime, but dies in manga at end of SMS story. Names are Tomoe Keiko and Tomoe Souichi. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto act as substitute parents in the manga after her father dies. Asteroid senshi, Sailor Stars: not much known. Q: Who was Serena's father in the Silver Millennium? Apparently unknown. Q: Is Sailor Jupiter a lesbian? The episode which makes people think this is #96 where she seems to have a crush on Haruka (Sailor Uranus). While some of the other characters thought it might be a homosexual attraction, it was not. What it was was somewhat culture specific: a situation where a younger girl looks to an older girl as a role model, and wants to be like her, but is not in love with her. Similar situations happen in other series, such as Akane in Orange Road being "in love" with Madoka (which is also often seen by Western fans as a lesbian attraction, and which the creator of Orange Road has specifically said is not). If you think someone showed you a manga showing otherwise, it was a dojinshi. Dojinshi are written and drawn by fans and are not official. Q: In flashback, we are shown that Queen Serenity died immediately upon using the Silver Crystal to send the Scouts into the future. Yet we are also shown that she split up the crystal to seal away the Seven Shadows. How could these both have happened? The entire Seven Shadows plot was added to fill time in the anime version. In the manga, the crystal comes directly out of Sailor Moon's tear, rather than her tear combining the seven pieces into the crystal. I've been told that the original Japanese could be translated to mean that they are just splinters of the original crystal and aren't a significant part of it, but that doesn't sound to me very consistent with how the seven crystals are treated in the series. Any Japanese speakers care to comment? Q: Do Uranus and Neptune wear wedding bands or sleep in the same bed? There is a rumor that both of these things happen in the manga. Neither is true. Pluto has one of the bands too; they symbolize a promise to raise Hotaru after she becomes a child at the end of the SMS story. As for the beds, there is a scene in manga #10 where the Senshi go to visit them in their rooms after the end of the story. The rooms are separate. Q: Is Haruka a hermaphrodite in the manga? (physically both male and female) No. Takeuchi Naoko was asked about this at the san Diego Comic Con in August 1998; Haruka isn't. This rumor comes from a manga line describing her as both male and female (which apparently refers to her personality, not to her body).) Q: Are the Starlights really male or female? In the anime, they are obviously male in their civilian identities and become female as Senshi; they are even shown with bare chests to confirm this. In the manga, there are two references: First, Princess Fireball asked the Starlights why they chose "this appearance", and they responded that it was easier to find women that way. Second, in manga #16, page 165-166, Tin Nyanko tells Usagi not to trust those who are female but dress up as guys. Takeuchi Naoko was asked about this at the San Diego Comic Con in August 1998. She apparently said that they are girls in the manga, and that they were made boys in the anime without her approval. I assume that this means they don't change sex in the manga, they just crossdress. Q: Are the Senshi really princesses on their home planets? This idea is from the original manga, but not, as far as I know, from the anime. They have castles named as follows (thanks to Silver0091@aol.com for the list): Mercury - Mariner Castle Mars - Phobos Deimos Castle Jupiter - Io Castle Venus - Magellan Castle Uranus - Miranda Castle Neptune - Triton Castle Pluto - Charon Castle Saturn - Titan Castle These are named after moons of the planets, except for Mercury and Venus, which are named after space probes (these planets have no moons). Don't ask me how come they can be named after space probes not named until hundreds or thousands of years after they existed--it's like the sailor suits. Q: Who is the leader of the Senshi? I heard that Venus is really the leader. In the anime, Sailor Pluto claims to be the leader (of the outers?) in episode 171 (haven't checked this yet) In the manga, Venus pretends to be the princess for one chapter. She is leader of the four Senshi that protect the princess. Sailor Saturn takes leadership of the others in volume 14. 9) Questions about the series itself Q: What about this "live action version" I've heard of? The half live action version was a really horrible idea that indeed was one possible plan for a North American Sailor Moon. All they made was a brief promo (lucky for us). The promo was shown to the public at Anime Expo in summer 1995. The animated part was _American_ animation. And yes, Sailor Mars was in a wheelchair. Someone digitized this clip and it can be found on the web. Q: Why does everyone look American if this is a translated Japanese show? It's the style used in Japanese animation. The large eyes date back to artists partly inspired by Disney. The hair is not 'really' colored the way you see it; normally, the hair color of Japanese characters in anime is always brown/black no matter what you see on the screen, and is shown as something else only to visually distinguish between the characters. (An exception is Chibi-Usa, whose hair is described as pink in the text.) Q: Are there male monsters-of-the-episode? The monsters of the episode are mostly female, but there is a point where Zoisite is turning ordinary people (reincarnated youma) into monsters, which includes several males (a priest, Raye's grandfather, and Amy's boyfriend). Still, it's usually pretty rare. Also, in episode 18 the monster is formless but has Nephrite's voice, and might be considered male (this episode was adapted from a manga story, so the monster is a little unusual) and in episode 35 two skaters, one male, are changed into monsters. And in Sailor Moon SS, Fish Eye's monsters are male. The gender of the monster of the episode seems mostly random in Sailor Stars. For those who are interested, the original names of the monsters of the episode are as follows: Episodes 1-46 (versus the Dark Kingdom): youma Episodes 47-59 (versus Earl and Ann): cardian (also used in the dub). Episodes 60-88 (versus the Black Moon): droid (also used in the dub). Episodes 90-125 (versus Master Pharaoh 90, Mistress 9, Professor Tomoe, and the Death Busters): daimon Episodes 128-166 (versus the Dead Moon Circus): lemures Episodes 167-172: mirror palais dolly (French for "palace dolly") Episodes 173-200: phage Q: American voice actors/actresses (I'm not going to bother trying to phrase this as a question): Serena/Sailor Moon: Tracey Moore (eps. 1-11, 13, 21, 41) Terri Hawkes (all others) Ami/Sailor Mercury: Karen Bernstein Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin (up to 65), Emilie Barlow (66+) Lita/Sailor Jupiter: Susan Roman Darien/Tuxedo Mask: Rino Romano (1-11), Toby Proctor (12-65), Vince Corraza (66+) Mina/Sailor Venus: Stephanie Morganstern Luna: Jill Frappier Artemis: Ron Rubin Sailor Pluto/Luna Ball: Jill Frappier (58), Sabrina Grdevich (61+) Molly: Mary Long Melvin: Roland Parliament Andrew: Colin O'Meara Rini: Traci Hoyt Queen Beryl: Naz Edwards Jedite [sic]: Tony Daniels Neflite [sic]: Kevin Lund Zoycite [sic]: Kirsten Bishop Malachite: Dennis Akayama Queen Metallia/Negaforce: Maria Vacratsis Alan: Vince Carraza Ann(e): Sabrina Grdevich Doom Tree/Tree of Life: Liz Hannah Catzy: Alice Poon (54-60), Mary Long (61+) Avery: Jennifer Griffiths Birdie: Kathy Laskey Prizma: Norma Dell'Agnese Rubius: Rob Tinkler Wiseman: Tony Daniels Emerald: Kirsten Bishop Prince Diamond: Robert Bockstael Prince Sapphire: Lyon Smith Wicked Lady: Liz Brown Queen Serenity: Wendy Lyon Sammy: Julie Lemieux Serena's Mom: Barbara Radecki Serena's Dad: David Hubard Patricia Haruna: Nadine Rabinovitch Grandpa: David Fraser Chad: Steve Bednarski Announcer: Chris Wiggins Monster of the Day: Harvey Atkins, Lindsay Collins, Lisa Dalbello, Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Terri Hawkes, Elva Mai Hoover, Loretta Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Allison Sealy-Smith, Maria Vacratisis Background voices: Steve Bednarski, Chris Britton, Lindsay Collins, Tony Daniels, David Fraser, Hillary Goldhar, Loretta Jafelice, Julie Lemieux, Roland Parliament, Alice Poon, Nadine Rabinovitch, Greg Swanson (one-shots) Mr. Baxter: Chris Wiggins Game Machine Joe: Rino Romano Jordan (baby): Tony Daniels Peter Fisher: Joel Feeney Greg: Eric Kimmel Peggy Jones: Katherine Trowell Misha: Jeff Lumby Jenelle: Tracey Hoyt Mika: Kathy Laskey Mika's Mother: Wendy Lyon Chess Tower owner: Roland Parliament Countess Rose: Wendy Lyon Herbert: Greg Swanson S and SS only: Serena/Sailor Moon: Lynda Ballentine Ami/Sailor Mercury: Liza Balkan Rei/Sailor Mars: Katie Griffin Mina/Sailor Venus: Emilie Barlow Rini: Stephanie Beard Trista/Sailor Pluto: Susan Aceron Michelle/Sailor Neptune: Barbara Radecki Amara/Sailor Uranus: Sara Lafleur Q: Do we ever see the Scouts transform back? In episode 115 (108 US), Sailor Uranus transforms back normally. We also see Sailor Moon transform back twice when she loses a previous transformation before getting powered-up, but these might not necessarily look like normal detransformations. Q: Do we ever see Tuxedo Mask transform? Episodes in which he transforms are 16, 22, 30, 62, and 106 (19, 26, 34, 69, and 113 for Japanese versions.) Q: Why do we see a few times and then we never see it again when we logically should? meaning: Sailor Moon's parents and other relatives, Greg (Urawa), Rita (Reika), Queen Serenity's ghost, Moon Tiara Stardust, Lizzie (Unazuki), Molly (Naru), Melvin (Umino) and Molly together, Chad (Yuuichiro), etc. The anime was partly based on the manga, but was weekly instead of monthly, so had to be stretched out a lot. This means that one shot characters or minor characters from the manga got major roles in several stories, and it also means that several characters and subplots were completely invented for the TV series. This made it look like something was a big part of the series when it really never was. Q: How do I get past that boss on Ami's level in the Another Story RPG? The fastest way is to use a manicure to raise your attack power, then attack and heal when you start running low on hit points. (Don't bother to cure yourself of poison.) Many monsters around this level provide healing items. Unfortunately, I know of no way to get a manicure there--you'd have to buy it in advance at home before knowing you need it. Raising your level a little bit helps, too. Alternatively, raise your level to an ungodly amount so that you're doing around 10 points of damage per round, then attack and heal constantly. The only special attack that works on this boss is Shabon Spray. The boss can be killed using Shabon Spray plus healing items, but this takes much longer because of the Shabon Spray animation. In any case, be sure to wear both special accessories, and buy another one to fill the third slot. Also, change the formation to arrow (with Mercury in front) or cluster (with her in the center) to increase her attack power. Q: How do I get all the puzzle pieces on the Another Story RPG? The last few puzzle pieces are not found by killing monsters. You have to find them in special places. (???--it used to be on the web) Q: How do I get the second ending on the Another Story RPG? You get divided into two groups. Usagi's group fights the final boss. If you lose with Usagi's group, Chibi-Usa's group comes in, and defeating the boss with her (which is hard, since you don't get a chance to control how your characters are arranged in the formation) gives you a different ending. Q: What does "talent" mean (as a joke used on the Internet)? This refers to a line in the Snow White episode. Sailor Jupiter said that she should be Snow White because she has the largest breasts. In the dub, it was changed to having the most "talent". So people on the net will sometimes refer to breast size as "talents". Q: Why are the attacks and some other things in the Mixx translated manga different from the ones shown in the dub? The dub uses different attack names from the original TV episodes. Also, the original comics were sometimes different from the original TV episodes. The Mixx version is different for both of these reasons. For instance, the original manga (and Mixx) uses "Moon Frisbee", the original TV uses "Moon Tiara Action", and the dub uses "Moon Tiara Magic". This does not apply to "cow tails", which Mixx deliberately changed. Q: Where do the movies take place, chronologically? It isn't really possible to fit the movies into the series continuity. In the R movie, Chibi-Usa (Rini) appears. She leaves at the end of the R series, which means that the R movie could only happen if the Black Moon villains are alive but for some reason not doing anything during the movie. If that is true, then it happens between episodes 77 and 82, because Mamoru and Usagi don't reconcile until episode 77, and nobody has found out that Usagi is Chibi-Usa's mother, which happens in 82. 77-82 happen during winter, and it's summer in the R movie. In the S movie, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto appear. Pluto is gone before the end of the S series, which means that the S series villains would also have to be alive but not doing anything. Furthermore, Hotaru does _not_ appear in the movie, yet in the series she appears before Pluto reappears. (This movie was based on a manga story. Unfortunately it doesn't quite fit manga continuity either for similar reasons....) In the SS movie, Pluto appears, yet in the Sailor Stars series, the Senshi are surprised to learn that she is alive. Also, Uranus and Neptune get versions of their new attacks in this movie before they actually do for real in Sailor Stars. (And in Sailor Stars they not only get the attacks, but also new transformations, which aren't used in the movie.) Q: Why is Pluto associated with time and Saturn with death? I thought it was the other way around! Part of it is probably that astrology does have some of these associations, and part of it is that the myths themselves weren't completely consistent; there is some mythological precedent for doing it either way. Q: Why is Jupiter considered an inner Senshi when Jupiter is outside the asteroid belt and is one of the outer planets? "Inner Senshi" and "Outer Senshi" are fan ideas. No Japanese source claims that the Senshi that protect the princess must all be associated with planets that are in the inner solar system. I have also heard that astrologers consider Jupiter to be an inner planet even though it's not really. Q: Is Pluto really a planet? (Or: why are some people saying that Pluto shouldn't be considered a planet? If so, what is it instead?) Some astronomers have suggested that Pluto should be considered to be, not a planet, but the largest member of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is a group of objects orbiting outside Neptune. It was only a theory, until the first one was discovered in 1992. The objects in the Kuiper Belt are similar to both asteroids and comets (they are officially numbered as asteroids). They don't give off vapor and dust like comets do, because they are too far from the sun, and many of them are much larger than normal comets. But they are probably icy, like comets (regular asteroids are made of rock or metal), and some normal comets might have once been part of the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt objects are probably made of the same material as Pluto, share a similar origin with Pluto, and some have orbits in a 3:2 resonance with Neptune, like Pluto's orbit. (This means that they go around the sun 3 times when Neptune does 2 times.) Pluto is, however, large enough to be round due to gravity, and to hold an atmosphere, which is not true of asteroids (except perhaps for the few largest ones being round) or comets. It has a bright surface which may be due to melting and refreezing (or vaporizing and recondensing) of ice, a process that doesn't happen on asteroids or comets. There was a proposal from the Minor Planet Center (of ??) to classify Pluto as asteroid number 10000. This proposal has not been accepted, and the Small Bodies Names Committee of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the International Astronomical Union has decided not to classify Pluto as a minor planet (i.e. asteroid). The IAU considered whether to classify Pluto as a "trans-Neptunian object", but in a way which would give Pluto a dual status. The IAU claimed that there was no proposal to demote Pluto to not being a planet. (I don't know, the minor planet one sounded like that to me, since it'd be silly to have Pluto be a planet and a minor planet at the same time.) Q: Wasn't another planet recently discovered? Or a moon? Planets in other solar systems and in interstellar space have recently been discovered. None have been given a real name. In mid-1997, the orbit of asteroid 3753 was shown to be in a complicated pattern related to the Earth's orbit. It's not another moon, and pretty sophisticated calculations are needed to show that there's anything at all odd about its orbit. The press release called this asteroid a "companion to the Earth", which is misleading. Two new moons of Uranus were discovered in late 1997; they have been named "Caliban" and "Sycorax", after characters from Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Another was found in 1999 on old Voyager II images. And in July 1999, two more. Four new moons of Saturn were discovered at the end of 2000, as well as a bunch of moons of Jupiter (and more in 2001). Asteroid 2001KX76 (28978), an object in the Kuiper Belt (see above) was discovered in 2001 and is estimated to be 1200 kilometers in diameter, larger than the biggest regular asteroid, Ceres, and larger than the previous record holders, Varuna (20000) and 1999TO66. Pluto is 2300 kilometers in diameter. Asteroids are sometimes called "minor planets" or "planetoids". 10) Movies, comics, video games There are three Sailor Moon movies. They have been released in America by Pioneer. There are uncut versions available, but the S and SS movies are not letterboxed. A special, "Ami-chan's First Love", was shown with the SMSS movie but released to video separately. It hasn't been released in the US. Several Sailor V stories were to be released directly to video in Japan, but have been indefinitely postponed. The Japanese comic (manga) was published in a monthly collection, on news- print, at one chapter per issue, mostly in black and white (which is typical for a Japanese comic), and the chapters were collected into volumes (tan- koubon) about the size and cost of a paperback book (all B&W). There was also a Japanese Sailor V manga. These are all in Japanese (several fan translations exist); you can get them at Japanese bookstores. The last volumes were #18 for Sailor Moon and #3 for Sailor V. There is a more recent (1999-2000) manga series in the Japanese magazine Tanoshii Youchien, which uses color anime-style drawings and adapts the musicals. Translations of the manga include French (by Glenat publishers), Chinese, and a lot of other languages. French and Chinese keep the original notes. Mixx is releasing the manga in English in black and white; it was in Mixxzine up to issue 2-1. Sailor Moon is now being published in its own comic and in a girls' magazine named Smile that was originally meant to be for photo sticker machines (which explains the part about the readers sending in their photos). The comic continues the current storyline and Smile has later stories. Mixx has claimed that they are required to use the DIC versions of the names because of an edict from Kodansha, but according to Ron Scovill, who was working for Mixx until August 1998, this was a lie. (Note that Mixx changes the names in some other series, where they don't have any similar excuses, and they're not using dub names for Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto.) Note: in the manga, Sailor Uranus has white hair and Sailor Pluto has somewhat dark skin. (The other colors are basically the same as the anime.) The color manga (anime manga) actually uses the TV series dialog and pictures and isn't the original manga. In the UK, Bloomsbury (which has translated Ironfist Chinmi cheap and in its original format) was once planning to translate Sailor Moon manga in its original format. This fell through for some reason. In North America, dolls have been made for the Sailor Scouts and most villains up to the end of the dub, including Sailor Uranus and Neptune. Some early runs of the dolls have the wrong boots. According to a Bandai representative in the July 22 1995 Washington Post, "We discovered that some Americans thought the outfits were too sexy for little girls. The short skirt and high heels--that means a prostitute in the US, is that right? So we shifted to boots." Nevertheless this was eventually fixed. (This paragraph is probably obsolete because of new dolls to correspond with the S and SS episodes.) There seems to be a set of pirate dolls called "Planet Girl(s)" which uses recolored and (possibly) renamed Sailor Senshi. 11) Video games There are Japanese video games for just about every system up to the Playstation. Most anime-based video games are terrible as games, and these are no exception. Saturn and Playstation games are not usable on American machines without modifying your machine (or using a special adaptor on a Saturn.) The Another Story game has been fan-translated and can be played if you have a fast computer and an emulator. Here is the list of Sailor Moon games from the anime video games list. Arcade, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A Banpresto (Final Fight clone) Arcade, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S", N/A (Fighting Game) PC Engine SCD, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A Banpresto, 1994, Y8800 (Digital Comic) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A Angel, 8/27/93, Y9800 (Final Fight clone) [French version titled 'Sailormoon' and released 1994] Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon R", N/A Bandai, 1993, Y9800 (Final Fight Clone) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S [kanji]", N/A Angel, 1994, Y??? (Fighting Game) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S Kurukkurin", N/A Bandai/Zoo, 1995, Y??? (Puzzle Game) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Another Story", N/A Bandai, 1995, Y9800 (Role-Playing Game) This game is mostly in kana except for names and a very small handful of kanji. There is a limited edition version that came with a card. It's been completely fan-translated and can be played on emulators. Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioikiyo!", N/A Zoo/Bandai, 1994, Y??? (Puzzle Game) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Fuwa Fuwa Panic", N/A Bandai, 1995, Y??? (Puzzle Game) Super Famicom, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS [kanji]", N/A Angel, SHVC-AJQJ-JPN, 1996, Y??? (Fighting Game) There is a limited edition version that came with a card. Sufami Turbo, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Fuwa Fuwa Panic 2", N/A Bandai, 1996, Y??? (Puzzle Game) Gameboy, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A Angel, 12/18/92, Y3500 (Action Game) Gameboy, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon R", N/A Angel, 1994, Y??? (Action/Puzzle Game) Mega Drive, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon", N/A Bandai, 1994, Y??? (Final Fight clone) Not locked out on the version I played. Mega Drive, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S" (?), N/A Angel, Y9800 (Fighting Game) Playdia, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Quiz Taiketsu! Sailor Power Ketsushuu", N/A Bandai, PAPD-C2, 1994, Y??? (Interactive animation/quiz) PC Engine SCD, "Sailor Moon collection", N/A Banpresto, 1994, Y??? (Gallery/Mini-games) [Apparently requires Japanese knowledge.] 3DO, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S" (?), N/A (Fighting Game) Game Gear, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon S", N/A Bandai, 1995, Y??? (Action Game) Playstation, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S Shin Shuyaku Soudatsusen", N/A Angel, SLPS 00260, 3/8/96, Y5800 Angel, SLPS 00262, Y5800 (rerelease) (Fighting Game) Saturn, "Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Various Emotion", N/A Angel, 11/29/96, Y5800 (Fighting Game) There is a rumor of another game, based around Chibi-Usa, coming for the Playstation on November 29. There is a North American PC game called "The 3D Adventures of Sailor Moon". It is supposedly pretty terrible too. 12) Episode availability Japanese versions of the whole series have been released on videotape and on laserdisc. The laserdiscs for the first year, and the movies, include brief bonuses (such as interviews). Japan uses NTSC like North America does, and the tapes and discs will work on North American machines. The episodes are in untranslated Japanese. Fansubs are episodes translated unofficially by fans. (Note: this _is_ technically illegal.) Ask around to get these. You shouldn't pay more than cost for any fansubs. While there is a raging debate among fans about exactly what costs fansubbers can ethically charge, if you're being charged $10 (US) or more per tape, you're being ripped off. There is an audio tape for dub episode 12 (Unnatural Phenomena). Another source of episodes may be Chinatown, if you have a Chinatown and can speak the right dialect (if dubbed) or read Chinese (if subbed). AD Vision is releasing the dubbed episodes up to R on tape. Pioneer has released the R, S, and SS movies on tape and DVD. There are separate cut and uncut tape versions. Pioneer is releasing the S and SS TV series on DVD "uncut", although actually the next episode previews are gone and they used the wrong versions of the openings (which contain spoilers for new characters). The first episodes are also somewhat zoomed because they used the TV version of the show. There are no plans for anyone to release Sailor Stars, despite an April Fools joke that keeps getting spread around (guys, please stop it, okay? You can recognize the joke by the reference to Ursula's Kiss.) The American soundtrack has been released on CD. Another CD, "Sailor Moon and the Scouts: Lunarock" has been released in Canada. There are a whole lot of Japanese CDs, none of which I have any real information about. (Note: CDs which come from the companies "SM" or "Ever Anime" are pirated CDs made in Taiwan and originally sell for the equivalent of about $8 each.) 13) Character Personal Information The Japanese information below is mostly "official", written by Takeuchi Naoko, and is directly translated from manga #10. The exceptions are the gem- stones, which come from the Super Famicom roleplaying game, Tuxedo Mask, from the SuperS movie Memorial Album, and the Sailor Stars, from May 1996 Nakayoshi. I've decided to include the gemstones from the game because the game is mostly consistent with the official information on the rest. (They don't seem to be the gemstones associated with their astrological signs.) Note: Blood type is in Japan considered to fit certain personality types just like astrological signs. This is only for O/A/B/AB, not + and -. From the rec.arts.manga glossary: In Japanese pop culture, blood type is thought to be related to personality. This belief became popular in the early '80s. Profiles of manga artists or characters from manga will often include blood type along with other statis- tics like age and place of birth. A very rough guide to blood types: A nervous, introverted, honest, loyal B outgoing, optimistic, adventurous AB proud, diplomatic, discriminating O workaholic, insecure, emotional The North American version is from the back of the doll boxes. It fits the original in some parts, and changes it in others (mostly when it's a cultural reference like Japanese food, or when it's not in the original at all). Japanese version: Sailor Moon: ----------- Name: Tsukino Usagi Birthday: June 30 Astrological sign: Cancer Blood type: O Favorite color: white Hobby: eating cake Favorite food: ice cream Least favorite food: carrots [note: Bwahahahaha] Favorite subject: Home Economics Worst subject: math, English Has trouble with: dentists, ghosts Strong point: brownnosing, crying Dream: to be a bride Gemstone: diamond Tuxedo Mask: ----------- Name: Chiba Mamoru Birthday: August 3 Astrological sign: Leo Blood type: A Favorite color: black Hobby: reading books Favorite food: chocolate Least favorite food: none Favorite subject: physics Worst subject: none Has trouble with: Usagi's persuasion in tears (?) Strong point: Lady First Dream: to be a doctor Gemstone: (not listed) Sailor Chibi-Moon: ----------------- Name: Chibi-Usa Birthday: June 30 Astrological sign: Cancer Blood type: O Favorite color: red and pink Hobby: collecting Usagi goods (can also be translated as rabbit goods) Favorite food: pudding Least favorite food: carrots Favorite subject: drawing Worst subject: languages Has trouble with: taking care of the house [note: this must be _hard_ in a large crystal palace] Strong point: getting people to give her things Dream: becoming a lady Gemstone: diamond Sailor Mercury: -------------- Name: Mizuno Ami Birthday: September 10 Astrological sign: Virgo Blood type: A Favorite color: aquamarine Hobby: reading, chess Favorite food: sandwiches Least favorite food: yellow-tail tuna (hamachi) Favorite subject: mathematics Worst subject: none Has trouble with: love letters Strong point: calculating Dream: to be a doctor Gemstone: sapphire Sailor Mars: ----------- Name: Hino Rei Birthday: April 17 Astrological sign: Aries Blood type: AB Favorite color: red and black Hobby: fortunetelling (also reading, in the SFC RPG) Favorite food: fugu Least favorite food: canned asparagus Favorite subject: ancient writing Worst subject: modern society Has trouble with: television Strong point: meditation Dream: to be a head priestess Gemstone: ruby Sailor Jupiter: -------------- Name: Kino Makoto Birthday: December 5 Astrological sign: Sagittarius Blood type: O Favorite color: pink Hobby: bargain-hunting Favorite food: cherry pie Least favorite food: none Favorite subject: Home Economics Worst subject: physics Has trouble with: airplanes Strong point: cooking (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG) Dream: being a bride, selling cake, selling flowers Gemstone: emerald Sailor Venus: ------------ Name: Aino Minako Birthday: October 22 Astrological sign: Libra Blood type: B Favorite color: yellow and red Hobby: chasing after idols Favorite food: curry Least favorite food: shiitake mushrooms Favorite subject: Phys. Ed Worst subject: math, English Has trouble with: mama and the police Strong point: playing (listed as a hobby in the SFC RPG) Dream: being an idol Gemstone: topaz Sailor Uranus: ------------- Name: Ten'ou Haruka Birthday: January 27 Astrological sign: Aquarius Blood type: B Favorite color: gold Hobby: driving Favorite food: salads Least favorite food: natto (a fermented soybean Japanese dish that even a lot of Japanese will refuse to eat) Favorite subject: Phys. Ed. Worst subject: modern Japanese Has trouble with: confessing Strong point: racing Dream: to be a racer Gemstone: amber Sailor Neptune: -------------- Name: Kaiou Michiru Birthday: March 6 Astrological sign: Pisces Blood type: O Favorite color: marine blue Hobby: collecting cosmetics Favorite food: sashimi Least favorite food: kikurage (a kind of mushroom) Favorite subject: Music Worst subject: none Has trouble with: sea cucumbers Strong point: violins Dream: to be a violinist Gemstone: aquamarine Sailor Pluto: ------------ (Note: in the Japanese comic, Sailor Pluto is teenage, but in the animation she is not, so much of this isn't true for the animation.) Name: Meiou Setsuna Birthday: October 29 Astrological sign: Scorpio Blood type: A Favorite color: dark red Hobby: shopping Favorite food: tea (o-cha) Least favorite food: eggplant Favorite subject: Physics Worst subject: Music Has trouble with: cockroaches Strong point: sewing Dream: to be a designer Gemstone: garnet Sailor Saturn: ------------- Name: Tomoe Hotaru Birthday: January 6 Astrological sign: Capricorn Blood type: AB Favorite color: purple Hobby: reading, collecting lamps Favorite food: nihon soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles) Least favorite food: milk Favorite subject: World History Worst subject: Phys Ed. Has trouble with: marathons Strong point: injury treatment Dream: to be a doctor Gemstone: fluorite Sailor Star Fighter: ------------------- Name: Seiya Kou Birthday: July 30 Blood type: A Responsibilities: Lead Vocal (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics, Composing Music) Club membership: American Football club Hobby: American Football Favorite subject: Physical Education Least favorite subject: Literature Favorite food: Hamburgers Has trouble with: Girls Sailor Star Maker: ----------------- Name: Taiki Kou Birthday: May 30 Blood type: AB Responsibilities: Guitar (Keyboard, Writing Lyrics) Club membership: Literary club Hobby: Reciting Poetry Favorite subject: Literature Least favorite subject: None Favorite food: Sushi Has trouble with: Arguments Sailor Star Healer: ------------------ Name: Yaten Kou Birthday: February 8 Blood type: B Responsibilities: Keyboard (Arrangement) Club membership: Homecoming club Hobby: Cameras Favorite subject: Art Least favorite subject: Physical Education Favorite food: Caviar Has trouble with: Physical Exertion North American Version: Sailor Moon: ----------- Name: Serena Age: 14 Birthday: June 30 Likes: eating, video games Dislikes: surprise tests in school Hobbies: shopping Special strengths: Loyal Friend Favorite food: peanut butter and jelly, ice cream Favorite color: pink Favorite animal: bunny rabbit Favorite subject: music Sailor Mercury: -------------- Name: Amy Anderson Age: 14 Birthday: September 10 Likes: books, chess Dislikes: practical jokes Hobbies: computers Special strengths: smart, strategist Favorite food: sandwiches Favorite color: blue Favorite animal: cat Favorite subject: math Sailor Mars: ----------- Name: Raye Hino Age: 14 Birthday: April 17 Likes: meditation Dislikes: TV Hobbies: reading Special strengths: Dedication to Causes Favorite food: vegetarian pizza Favorite color: red Favorite animal: panda Favorite subject: classical literature Sailor Jupiter: -------------- Name: Lita Age: 14 Birthday: December 5 Likes: romance novels Dislikes: cheaters Hobbies: cooking Special strengths: strong, athletic Favorite food: cherry pie, meatloaf Favorite color: green Favorite animal: horse Favorite subject: history Sailor Venus: ------------ Name: Mina Age: 14 Birthday: October 22 Likes: sports & dance Dislikes: show-offs Hobbies: playing games Special strengths: leadership Favorite food: any pasta Favorite color: orange Favorite animal: birds Favorite subject: gymnastics Queen Beryl: ----------- Name: Queen Beryl Age: Twenty-something Birthday: November 1 Likes: Anarchy, Bedlam & Chaos Dislikes: Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts Hobbies: snooping, spying & sabotage Special strengths: ability to control henchmen Favorite food: liver Favorite color: black Favorite animal: scorpion Favorite topic of conversation: world domination Heights: The Nakayoshi "Sailor Moon" fan book gives Usagi's height as 150 cm, which is about 4'11". Kyle Pope has sent me comparisons based on this and on the Sailor Moon Nakayoshi Anime Album character sheets, V1, page 103, and V2, page 94 and 111. THESE ARE ESTIMATES: Sailor Moon: 4'11" (not an estimate) Sailor Mercury: 5'2" Sailor Mars: 5'3" Sailor Jupiter: 5'6" Sailor Venus: 5'2" Sailor Uranus: 5'9" Sailor Neptune: 5'5" Sailor Pluto: 5'7" (from page 8, Sailor Moon S movie memorial album) Sailor Saturn: 4'7" Tuxedo Mask: 5'8" Motoki (Andrew): 5'8" Jadeite: 5'11" Queen Beryl: 6'2" Naru-chan (Molly): 5'1" Umino (Melvin): 5'1" Shingo (Sammy): 4'5" Sailor Moon's mother: 5'4" Sailor Moon's father: 5'7" 14) Episode list SAILOR MOON (first Japanese year) Episode Original Broadcast Date Number (North J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) America) (YTV) ---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- (1) 1. A Moon Star is Born 3/7/92 9/11/95 8/28/95 (2) -- ---- 3/14/92 --- --- (3) 2. Talk Radio 3/21/92 9/12/95 8/29/95 (4) 3. Slim City 3/28/92 9/13/95 8/30/95 (5) -- ---- 4/11/92 --- --- (6) -- ---- 4/18/92 --- --- (7) 4. So You Want to be a Superstar 4/25/92 9/14/95 8/31/95 (8) 5. Computer School Blues 5/2/92 9/15/95 9/1/95 (9) 6. Time Bomb 5/9/92 9/18/95 9/6/95 (10) 7. An Uncharmed Life 5/16/92 9/19/95 9/7/95 (11) 8. Nightmare in Dreamland 5/23/92 9/20/95 9/8/95 (12) 9. Cruise Blues 5/30/92 9/21/95 9/11/95 (13) 10. Fight to the Finish 6/6/92 9/22/95 9/12/95 (14) 11. Match Point for Sailor Moon 6/13/92 9/25/95 9/13/95 (15) 12. An Unnatural Phenomena [sic] 6/20/92 9/26/95 9/14/95 (16) 13. Wedding Day Blues 6/27/92 9/27/95 9/15/95 (17) 14. Shutter Bugged 7/4/92 9/28/95 9/18/95 (18) 15. Dangerous Dollies 7/11/92 9/29/95 9/19/95 (19) 16. Who is that Masked Man? 7/25/92 10/2/95 9/20/95 (20) -- ---- 8/1/92 --- --- (21) 17. An Animated Mess 8/8/92 10/3/95 9/21/95 (22) 18. Worth a Princess's Ransom 8/15/92 10/4/95 9/22/95 (23) 19. Molly's Folly 8/22/92 10/5/95 9/25/95 (24) 20. A Friend in Wolf's Clothing 8/29/92 10/6/95 9/26/95 (25) 21. Jupiter Comes Thundering In 9/5/92 10/9/95 9/27/95 (26) 22. The Power of Friendship 9/12/92 10/10/95 9/28/95 (27) 23. Mercury's Mental Match 10/10/92 10/11/95 9/29/95 (28) 24. An Artful Attack 10/17/92 10/12/95 10/2/95 (29) 25. Too Many Girlfriends 10/24/92 10/13/95 10/3/95 (30) 26. Grandpa's Follies 10/31/92 10/16/95 10/4/95 (31) 27. Kitty Chaos 11/7/92 10/17/95 10/5/95 (32) 28. Tuxedo Melvin 11/14/92 10/18/95 10/6/95 (33) 29. Sailor V Makes the Scene 11/21/92 10/19/95 10/9/95 (34) 30. A Crystal Clear Destiny 11/28/92 10/20/95 10/10/95 (35) 31. A Reluctant Princess 12/5/92 10/23/95 10/11/95 (36) 32. Bad Hair Day 12/12/92 10/24/95 10/12/95 (37) 33. Little Miss Manners 12/19/92 10/25/95 10/13/95 (38) 34. Ski Bunny Blues 12/26/92 10/26/95 10/16/95 (39) 35. Ice Princess 1/9/93 10/27/95 10/17/95 (40) 36. Last Resort 1/16/93 10/30/95 10/18/95 (41) 37. Tuxedo Unmasked 1/23/93 10/31/95 10/19/95 (42) -- ---- 1/30/93 --- --- (43) 38. Fractious Friends 2/6/93 11/1/95 10/20/95 (44) 39. The Past Returns 2/13/93 11/2/95 10/23/95 (45)\_40. Day of Destiny 2/20/93 11/3/95 10/24/95 (46)/ 2/27/93 SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 1 (Skipped and shown later) Episode Original Broadcast Date Number J. NA. Episode title (North America) (Japan) (USA) (YTV) ---- --- -------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- (47) 41. The Return of Sailor Moon* 3/6/93 11/22/95 11/10/95 (48) 42. So You Want to be in Pictures 3/13/93 11/23/95 11/13/95 (49) 43. A Knight to Remember 3/20/93 11/24/95 11/14/95 (50) 44. VR Madness 4/10/93 11/27/95 11/15/95 (51) 45. Cherry Blossom Time 4/17/93 11/28/95 11/16/95 (52) 46. Kindergarten Chaos 4/24/93 11/29/95 11/17/95 (53) 47. Much Ado about Babysitting 5/1/93 11/30/95 11/20/95 (54) 48. Raye's Day in the Spotlight 5/8/93 12/1/95 11/21/95 (55) 49. Food Fetish 5/22/93 12/4/95 11/22/95 (56) 50. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall 5/29/93 12/5/95 11/23/95 (57) 51. Detention Doldrums 6/5/93 12/6/95 11/24/95 (58) 52. Secret Garden 6/12/93 12/7/95 11/27/95 (59) 53. Treed 6/19/93 12/8/95 11/28/95 * Aired on 9/2/95 as a special on Fox SAILOR MOON R (second Japanese year), part 2 (Although these episodes were _shown_ out of order, they're not _numbered_ out of order; the satellite link numbers them as 54-65, just like they should be.) (60) 54. Serena Times Two 6/26/93 11/6/95 10/25/95 (61) 55. The Cosmetic Caper 7/3/93 11/7/95 10/26/95 (62) 56. Sailor Mercury Moving On? 7/10/93 11/8/95 10/27/95 (63) 57. Gramps in a Pickle 7/24/93 11/9/95 10/30/95 (64) 58. Trouble Comes Thundering Down 7/31/93 11/10/95 10/31/95 (65) 59. A Charmed Life 8/14/93 11/13/95 11/1/95 (66) 60. A Curried Favor 8/21/93 11/14/95 11/2/95 (67) -- ---- 8/28/93 --- --- (68) 61. Naughty 'N' Nice 9/11/93 11/15/95 11/3/95 (69) 62. Prediction of Doom 9/25/93 11/16/95 11/6/95 (70) 63. Enemies No More 10/2/93 11/17/95 11/7/95 (71) 64. Checkmate 10/16/93 11/20/95 11/8/95 (72) 65. Sibling Rivalry 10/30/93 11/21/95 11/9/95 Last 17 episodes (USA dates are Cartoon Network dates and individual stations which syndicate the show may have had it earlier): (73) 66. Rubeus Evens the Score 11/6/93 11/30/98 9/20/97 (74) 67. Rubeus Strikes Out 11/13/93 12/1/98 9/27/97 (75) 68. The Secret of the Luna Sphere 11/20/93 12/2/98 10/4/97 (76) 69. Emerald Takes Over 12/4/93 12/3/98 10/11/97 (77) 70. Promises Fulfilled 12/11/93 12/4/98 10/18/97 (78) 71. No Thanks, Nurse Venus 12/18/93 12/7/98 10/25/97 (79) 72. Dog Day for Artemis 12/25/93 12/8/98 11/1/97 (80) 73. Lonely Amy 1/8/94 12/9/98 11/7/97 (81) 74. Child's Play 1/15/94 12/10/98 11/11/97 (82) 75. Future Shocked 1/22/94 12/11/98 11/12/97 (83) 76. Legend of the Negamoon 1/29/94 12/14/98 11/13/97 (84) 77. Jealousy's Just Rewards 2/5/94 12/15/98 11/14/97 (85) 78. Birth of the Wicked Lady 2/12/94 12/16/98 11/17/97 (86) 79. Brotherly Love 2/19/94 12/17/98 11/18/97 (87) 80. Diamond in the Rough 2/26/94 12/18/98 11/19/97 (88) 81. Final Battle 3/5/94 12/20/98 11/20/97 CLIPS EPISODE (not officially named "Sailor Moon R", just "Sailor Moon") (89) 82. Follow the Leader 3/12/94 12/22/98 11/21/97 SAILOR MOON S (third Japanese year) (90) 83. Star Struck, Bad Luck 3/19/94 6/12/00 9/12/00 (91) 84. Crystal Clear Again 3/26/94 6/13/00 9/16/00 (92) 85. Driving Dangerously 4/16/94 6/14/00 9/23/00 (93) 86. Bad Harmony 4/23/94 6/15/00 9/23/00 (94) 87. Swept Off Her Feet 4/30/94 6/16/00 9/30/00 (95) 88. Blinded By Love's Light 5/7/94 6/19/00 9/30/00 (96) 89. Lita Borrows Trouble 5/14/94 6/20/00 10/7/00 (97) 90. Damp Spirits 5/21/94 6/21/00 10/7/00 (98) 91. Friendly Foes 5/28/94 6/22/00 (99) 92. Mixed Emotions 6/18/94 6/23/00 (100) 93. Individual Happiness 6/25/94 6/26/00 (101) 94. Birthday Blues, Part 1 7/2/94 6/27/00 (102) 95. Birthday Blues, Part 2 7/16/94 6/28/00 (103) 96. Hello, Sailor Mini Moon 8/6/94 6/29/00 (104) 97. Tainted Tea Party 8/20/94 6/30/00 (105) 98. People Who Need People 8/27/94 7/3/00 (106) 99. Related By Destiny 9/3/94 7/4/00 (107) 100. Art Appreciation 9/10/94 7/5/00 (108) 101. Everything's Coming Up Rosey 9/17/94 7/6/00 (109) 102. No Turning Back 9/24/94 7/7/00 (110) 103. Destiny's Arrival 10/15/94 7/10/00 (111) 104. The Purity Chalice 10/22/94 7/11/00 (112) 105. Show Stoppers 11/5/94 7/12/00 (113) 106. Rini's Risky Friendship 11/12/94 7/13/00 (114) 107. Mimet's Mess 11/19/94 7/14/00 (115) 108. The Shadow of Silence 11/26/94 7/17/00 (116) 109. Thorny Weather 12/3/94 7/18/00 (117) 110. Heightened Hazard 12/10/94 7/19/00 (118) 111. It's In The Cards 12/17/94 7/20/00 (119) 112. Goodness Eclipsed 12/24/94 9/13/00 (120) 113. Next In Line 1/7/95 7/21/00 (121) 114. Friendly Fems 1/14/95 7/24/00 (122) 115. The Science of Love 1/21/95 7/25/00 (123) 116. Wake Up Call 1/28/95 7/26/00 (124) 117. Who's Really Who 2/4/95 7/27/00 (125) 118. Darkness, My Old Friend 2/11/95 7/28/00 (126) 119. Second Chance 2/18/95 7/31/00 (127) 120. Tough Kindness 2/25/95 8/1/00 SAILOR MOON SuperS (fourth Japanese year) (128) 121. Dreams Take Flight 3/4/95 9/26/00 (129) 122. No Ordinary Horsepower 3/11/95 9/27/00 (130) 123. Sweet Dreams 3/18/95 9/28/00 (131) 124. Baiting the Trap 3/25/95 9/29/00 special 4/8/95 Get a fansub. (132) 125. Perfect Couple 4/15/95 10/2/00 (133) 126. Much Ado About Kitten 4/29/95 10/3/00 (134) 127. A Pegasus Page Turner 5/13/95 10/4/00 (135) 128. A Teacher's Lesson 5/20/95 10/5/00 (136) 129. The Trouble With Love 5/27/95 10/6/00 (137) 130. Phony Fairy 6/3/95 10/9/00 (138) 131. Driven Dreamer 6/10/95 10/10/00 (139) 132. Cutting it Close 6/17/95 10/11/00 (140) 133. Clothes Call 7/1/95 10/12/00 (141) 134. Double Trouble 7/8/95 10/13/00 (142) 135. Recipe for Danger 7/15/95 10/15/00 (143) 136. Kickin' Into High Gear 7/22/95 10/17/00 (144) 137. Beach Blanket Bungle 8/12/95 10/18/00 (145) 138. Tutu Treachery 8/19/95 10/19/00 (146) 139. The Duchess's Day Off 8/26/95 10/20/00 (147) 140. No Prince Charming 9/2/95 10/23/00 (148) 141. A True Reflection 9/23/95 10/24/00 (149) 10/21/95 (150) 10/28/95 (151) 11/4/95 (152) 11/11/95 (153) 11/18/95 (154) 11/25/95 (155) 12/2/95 (156) 12/9/95 (157) 12/16/95 (158) 12/23/95 (159) 1/13/96 (160) 1/20/96 (161) 1/27/96 (162) 2/3/96 (163) 2/10/96 (164) 2/17/96 (165) 2/24/96 (166) 3/2/96 15) Other internet resources Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.misc discusses Japanese animation in general. alt.fan.sailor-moon specifically for Sailor Moon. Note: the existence of this group does _not_ mean that Sailor Moon discussion doesn't belong in rec.arts.anime or its subgroups. World Wide Web and FTP sites in English: Most Sailor Moon pages suck. And there are hundreds of them. I refuse to go through all of them--even if your site doesn't suck, it wouldn't be fair to list your site without at least checking all the others. The best site for the original Japanese series is Hitoshi Doi's page. The original is located at http://www.win.or.jp/~toshi/smoon and mirrors are at http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/ and and at : http://anime.jyu.fi/~doi/smoon/ . http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/knzarysk/sm.html is _the_ site for lots of Sailor Moon links. Mailing lists: Send mail to majordomo@taronga.com with the text "subscribe sailor-moon". sailor-moon@indiana.edu is another list; less censored (send to majordomo@indiana.edu with "subscribe sailor-moon") There is a third list; send a subscribe request to pretty-soldier-request@sailor-moon.net. Fan fiction: ftp ftp.cs.ubc.ca in archives/anime-fan-works/Sailor-Moon, for Sailor Moon fan fiction posted to rec.arts.anime.creative. One of the biggest sites for specifically Sailor Moon fanfiction is "A Sailor Moon Romance" (http://www.moonromance.com/). Translated scripts exist on the net for many episodes, as well as for some of the manga. Arctic Animation was subtitling episodes, but has released their old Sailor Moon scripts to the public. The home page for Mixx, who is publishing the manga in English, is at http://www.mixxonline.com/ . Alex Glover's page has some Sailor V translations. The Sailor Moon translations have been removed by request of Mixx. This page is at http://www.nwlink.com/~kurozuki/manga.htm . -- Ken Arromdee / arromdee@rahul.net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee "There are some corners of the universe that have bred the most terrible things, things which act against everything that we believe in. They must be fought." --Dr. Who, "The Moonbase"