Sailor Moon R is the second season of Sailor Moon. Known as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R in Japan, it originally aired on March 6, 1993 on TV Asahi. 25 episodes of this season were bundled with Sailor Moon to create a 65-episode package for English markets in 1995. The remaining 17 episodes were dubbed and aired in 1997.
Plot Summary[]
The Doom Tree[]
For the full plot see: Sailor Moon R (Doom Tree)
After the defeat of the Negaverse, the five Sailor Scouts are 'reborn' in a way -- with no memory of their previous careers as superheroes, or of being friends. But then two aliens appear, masquerading as junior high school students, and Luna and Artemis are forced to 'wake' up Serena's memories, and those of the other Scouts.
The two aliens are Alan and Anne, who have come to Earth to steal life energy from humans to feed their Doom Tree - which is the source of their own energy. Alan and Ann's desperate struggle to survive drives them to attack their fellow students.
During the battles between the Sailors, and Alan and Anne, Darien once again 'splits' into two personalities -- only instead of Tuxedo Mask, he appears as the Moonlight Knight. (After the battle with Queen Beryl, Darien was left with no memory of his relationship with Serena, Sailor Moon or the Moon Princess. So his subconscious creates the Moonlight Knight to protect the Moon Princess.
Eventually, thanks to Sailor Moon, Alan and Ann learn that the tree thrives on the power of love and friendship -- something they've only recently come to understand (Alan developed an infatuation with Serena and Anne had a crush on Darien.) Sailor Moon heals the Doom Tree with her Moon Sceptre and saves the lives of Alan and Anne, who leave Earth to raise the new Tree together. The Moonlight Knight then disappears back into Darien because he is no longer needed.
The Negamoon[]
For the full plot see: Sailor Moon R (Negamoon)
Beings from a future who call themselves the Negamoon family travel back in time to present-day Tokyo to try and change the course of history thus destroying the city in the 30th century -- which is called Crystal Tokyo. To accomplish this, these Negamoon agents try and corrupt sections of the city which are Crystal Points in the future in order to weaken the structure of Crystal Tokyo.
Meanwhile, Serena and Darien, memories restored, are a happy couple until the appearance of a young, pink-haired girl named Rini who arrives out of nowhere (she actually falls out of the sky onto Serena's head.) Rini carries with her the Luna Sphere, which she uses to hypnotize Serena's family into thinking she is just a cousin come to visit.
Soon after Rini's appearance, Darien begins to have strange dreams that show disaster for Sailor Moon if he continues to see her -- so he begins avoiding Serena, leaving her heartbroken. Rini has come back to the past from Crystal Tokyo. (In the 30th century, Crystal Tokyo is a huge city centering around commerce and diplomatic relations between other civilizations and peoples.) Rini was sent back to modern day Tokyo by the Guardian of Time. Her Luna Sphere is used to communicate with this Guardian.
She is desperate to find Sailor Moon and her Silver Crystal, because she believes it can save her mother's life. Eventually, Rini sees the Sailor Scouts transform and discovers that Serena is Sailor Moon, and concludes that Darien is Tuxedo Mask. When Rini tries to steal the Silver Crystal to return to the future, she is noticed by Rubeus (the leader of the Four Sisters), who uses her to set a trap for the Sailors. Rini and Sailor Moon free the other Scouts, allowing them to win their first battle against the Negamoon.
Emerald takes over the invasion of the past, using Dark Wedges created by Sapphire, to spread darkness over the city. After several failed attempts, Emerald returns to the future. Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts use this opportunity to travel to the future along with Rini. There they meet Sailor Pluto, the mysterious Guardian of Time who has been helping Rini. They learn the future Crystal Tokyo has been ravaged by the Negamoon's attack. Neo Queen Serenity was attacked during the battle since the Silver Crystal of the future was missing. The Sailor Scouts encased her in a protective crystal, and the four of them are using the rest of their power to protect the Crystal Palace.
Wiseman lures Rini from her friends and brainwashes her into hating them, transforming her into Wicked Lady, an agent of the Negamoon. Prince Diamond, the ruler of the Negamoon, returns to the past with Sapphire, Wicked Lady and Wiseman to begin their final assault on the past. Sapphire learns Wiseman is using Prince Diamond for his own selfish plan, but is destroyed before he can convince Diamond of the truth. Wiseman reveals he is actually the Doom Phantom and kills Prince Diamond himself. Serena and Darien are able to break Wicked Lady free of Wiseman's dark magic and it is revealed that the missing Silver Crystal from the future has been inside Rini all along.
Together Serena and Rini use their Silver Cyrstals and eliminate the Doom Phantom. After a tearful goodbye, Rini returns to the future which has been restored and Neo Queen Serenity welcomes her home.[note 1]
Production & Broadcast[]
Sailor Moon R was part of DiC's initial 65-episode package. Containing 25 episodes of Sailor Moon R, the package was simply sold as one series; Sailor Moon. DiC would never use the "Sailor Moon R" title for any promotion or merchandise, since most North American cartoons didn't change the title of their series from season to season, something Japan would do.
Sailor Moon was not the success DiC and Bandai were hoping for in North America, and chose not to dub any remaining episodes of the series. With support from The Program Exchange and its sponsor General Mills, DiC announced that Sailor Moon R would debut on the USA Network.[4][5] However, in December 1997, Sailor Moon R and several other children's programming were dropped from the USA Network after a change of ownership in the network.[6] The new batch of dubbed episode would air on YTV starting September 20, 1997. [7]
The 17 newly dubbed episodes retained most of the original cast, with the major change being Emilie Barlow and Vince Corazza taking over as Raye and Darien respectfully. The episodes used the same method of censorship, music as the previous 65-episodes, but would retain the original Japanese sound effects and would re-use old Sailor Says segments from previous episodes.
In April 1998, Cartoon Network gained syndication rights for DiC's entire 82-episode package. Sailor Moon debuted on Cartoon Network's Toonami June 1, 1998. The final seventeen episodes of Sailor Moon R, promoted as "The Lost Episodes", premiered November 30, 1998[8] through December 22, 1998. Sailor Moon became the highest rated series on Toonami, August 1998[9], before it was overtaken by Dragonball Z in December of the same year.[10]
Episodes[]
Doom Tree Arc[]
Ep. # | Episode Title | Original Airdate (CA) | Original Airdate (US) | |
JP | US | |||
47 | 41 | "The Return of Sailor Moon" | Nov. 10, 1995 | Nov. 22, 1995 |
48 | 42 | "So You Want To Be In The Pictures" | Nov. 13, 1995 | Nov. 23, 1995 |
49 | 43 | "A Knight to Remember" | Nov. 14, 1995 | Nov. 24, 1995 |
50 | 44 | "VR Madness" | Nov. 15, 1995 | Nov. 27, 1995 |
51 | 45 | "Cherry Blossom Time" | Nov. 16, 1995 | Nov. 28, 1995 |
52 | 46 | "Kindergarten Chaos" | Nov. 17, 1995 | Nov. 29, 1995 |
53 | 47 | "Much Ado About Babysitting" | Nov. 20, 1995 | Nov. 30, 1995 |
54 | 48 | "Raye's Day in the Spotlight" | Nov. 21, 1995 | Dec. 1, 1995 |
55 | 49 | "Food Fetish" | Nov. 22, 1995 | Dec. 4, 1995 |
56 | 50 | "Mirror Mirror on the Wall" | Nov. 23, 1995 | Dec. 5, 1995 |
57 | 51 | "Detention Doldrums" | Nov. 24, 1995 | Dec. 6, 1995 |
58 | 52 | "Secret Garden" | Nov. 27, 1995 | Dec. 7, 1995 |
59 | 53 | "Treed" | Nov. 28, 1995 | Dec. 8, 1995 |
Negamoon Arc[]
Ep. # | Episode Title | Original Airdate (CA) | Original Airdate (US) | |
JP | US | |||
60 | 54 | "Serena Times Two" | Oct. 25, 1995 | Nov. 6, 1995 |
61 | 55 | "The Cosmetic Caper" | Oct. 26, 1995 | Nov. 7, 1995 |
62 | 56 | "Sailor Mercury Moving On?" | Oct. 27, 1995 | Nov. 8, 1995 |
63 | 57 | "Gramps in a Pickle" | Oct. 30, 1995 | Nov. 9, 1995 |
64 | 58 | "Trouble Comes Thundering Down" | Oct. 31, 1995 | Nov. 10, 1995 |
65 | 59 | "A Charmed Life" | Nov. 1, 1995 | Nov. 13, 1995 |
66 | 60 | "A Curried Favor" | Nov. 2, 1995 | Nov. 14, 1995 |
68 | 61 | "Naughty 'N' Nice" | Nov. 3, 1995 | Nov. 15, 1995 |
69 | 62 | "Prediction of Doom" | Nov. 6, 1995 | Nov. 16, 1995 |
70 | 63 | "Enemies no More" | Nov. 7, 1995 | Nov. 17, 1995 |
71 | 64 | "Checkmate" | Nov. 8, 1995 | Nov. 20, 1995 |
72 | 65 | "Sibling Rivalry" | Nov. 9, 1995 | Nov. 21, 1995 |
73 | 66 | "Rubeus Evens The Score" | Sep. 20, 1997 | Nov. 30, 1998 |
74 | 67 | "Rubeus Strikes Out" | Sep. 27, 1997 | Dec. 1, 1998 |
75 | 68 | "The Secret of the Luna Sphere" | Oct. 4, 1997 | Dec. 2, 1998 |
76 | 69 | "Emerald Takes Over" | Oct. 11, 1997 | Dec. 3, 1998 |
77 | 70 | "Promises Fulfilled" | Oct. 18, 1997 | Dec. 4, 1998 |
78 | 71 | "No Thanks, Nurse Venus" | Oct. 25, 1997 | Dec. 7, 1998 |
79 | 72 | "Dog Day For Artemis" | Nov. 1, 1997 | Dec. 8, 1998 |
80 | 73 | "Smart Payoff" | Nov. 7, 1997 | Dec. 9, 1998 |
81 | 74 | "Child's Play" | Nov. 11, 1997 | Dec. 10, 1998 |
82 | 75 | "Future Shocked" | Nov. 12, 1997 | Dec. 11, 1998 |
83 | 76 | "Legend of the Negamoon" | Nov. 13, 1997 | Dec. 14, 1998 |
84 | 77 | "Jealousy's Just Reward" | Nov. 14, 1997 | Dec. 15, 1998 |
85 | 78 | "The Birth of Wicked Lady" | Nov. 17, 1997 | Dec. 16, 1998 |
86 | 79 | "Brotherly Love" | Nov. 18, 1997 | Dec. 17, 1998 |
87 | 80 | "Diamond in the Rough" | Nov. 19, 1997 | Dec. 18, 1998 |
88 | 81 | "Final Battle" | Nov. 20, 1997 | Dec. 21, 1998 |
89 | 82 | "Follow the Leader" | Nov. 21, 1997 | Dec. 22, 1998 |
Missing Episode[]
A single episode of Sailor Moon R was cut for DiC's 65-episode package. The episode, "The Beach, the Island and a Vacation: The Guardians' Break", had the girls on vacation and didn't feature the Negamoon.
Credits[]
Episodes 41-65[]
Episodes 66-82[]
Role | Name |
---|---|
Executive Producer | Andy Heyward |
Co-Executive Producer | Michael Helfand |
English Adaption Produced by | Louis Hurtubise |
English Adaption Co-Producers | Janice Sonski, Kevin McLaughlin |
Production Creative Consultant | Fred Ladd |
Directed by | Junichi Sato |
English Adaptation Written By | Lisa Lumby-Richards |
English Adaption Script Consultant | Martha Moran |
Casting | Trish Dynes, Nicole Thuault |
Performers | Emilie Barlow, Steven Bednarski, Karen Bernstein, Kirsten Bishop, Elizabeth Brown, Vince Corazza, Tony Daniels, Jill Frappier, David Fraser, Sabrina Grdevich, Terri Hawkes, Tracey Hoyt, Loretta Jafelice, Kathleen Laskey, Julie Lemieux, Mary Long, Stephanie Morgenstern, Roland Parliament, Nadine Rabinovitch, Barbara Radecki, Susan Roman, Ron Rubin, Lyon Smith, Robert Tinkler, Maria Vacratsis |
ADR Executive in Charge of Production | Randall H. Zalken |
ADR Associate Producer | Nicole Thuault |
ADR Director | John Stocker |
Post Production Supervisor | André Gagnon |
Post Production Creative Consultant | Todd Swift |
Audio Engineers | Mike Rowland, John Carey |
Audio Mixer Engineers | Mike Rowland, Scott Campbell |
Video Editing | Darren Laberee, Mark Fred Lenchner, Ed Rafferty |
ADR Mixing Services Provided by | Optimum Productions Toronto, Canada |
Original Music | Takanori Arisawa, Tetsuya Komoro, Kazuo Sato |
Main Title Music Adaptation | Bob Summers for Don Perry Music |
Additional Music by | Angelo Oddi |
Main Title Vocals by | Nicole & Brynne Price |
Home Media[]
Buena Vista released the complete Doom Tree arc in July 2000. It would be the company's last Sailor Moon release before ADV Films took over the license that same year.[11] Sailor Moon R was released under the Sailor Moon banner and treated the first 2 seasons of the Sailor Moon as one single 82-episode series. 10 VHS tapes and 8 DVDs contain Sailor Moon R episodes.
Following the success of the dub releases, ADV Films also released the complete uncut second season (minus episode 67) with original Japanese audio and English subtitles in 2003.
In 2004, ADV Film announced the Sailor Moon license would be expiring[12]. There is no official DiC Entertainment dub of Sailor Moon currently available, with all of ADV Films products being out of print. Viz Media has taken over the license, and in 2014 began releasing DVD and Blu-ray sets with the original Japanese audio, and new English dub.
Trivia[]
- Sailor Moon - Series 2 is never referred to as "Sailor Moon R" in any North American media outside the film, and on the YTV website as of 2000. DiC and Optimum Productions packaged the first 82 episodes using the show title "Sailor Moon". For the clarity of this wiki, series 2 of Sailor Moon will be called "Sailor Moon R".
- Sailor Moon R is the longest season produced for North America at 42 episodes.
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ YTV Schedule Archive
- ↑ Sailor Moon 1995-96 syndication listings
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Answers.com - What Channel Does Sailor Moon Air On?
- ↑ Sailor Moon on USA!
- ↑ Sailor Moon USA Network Ad
- ↑ Queen Beryl Moves into Black Tower (Gets Corner Office)
- ↑ YTV Sailor Moon R Air Dates
- ↑ Sailor Our Sailors - Final 17 Episodes Scheduled!
- ↑ We're #1 In The Toonami Block!
- ↑ Dragonball Now #1 On Toonami
- ↑ ADV Sailor Moon VHS press release
- ↑ ADV losing Sailor Moon license