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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)

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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]

Toonami advertisement for the "Lost Episodes" of Sailor Moon R.

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[]

Role Name
Executive Producer Andy Heyward
English Adaption Produced by Louis Hurtubise
Production Creative Consultant Fred Ladd
Directed by Junichi Sato
English Adaptation Writers Mycheline Tremblay, Gary Plaxton, Lisa Lumby-Richards
Casting Trish Dynes, Nicole Thuault
Performers Denis Akiyama, Steven Bednarski, Karen Bernstein, Kirsten Bishop, Lindsay Collins, Lisa Dalbello, Tony Daniels, Naz Edwards, Jill Frappier, David Fraser, Katie Griffin, Terri Hawkes, Elva Mai Hoover, David Huband, Loretta Jafelice, Kathleen Laskey, Julie Lemieux, Mary Long, Kevin Lund, Wendy Lyon, Colin O'Meara, Stephanie Morgenstern, Roland Parliament, Nadine Rabinovitch, Barbara Radecki, Susan Roman, Ron Rubin, Alison Sealy-Smith, Maria Vacratsis
ADR Executive in Charge of Production Randall H. Zalken
ADR Associate Producer Nicole Thuault
ADR Directors Tracey Moore, Roland Parliament
ADR Assistant Director Jeff Lumby
ADR Engineer Salvatore Grimaldi
Audio Mixer Engineers Mark Baldi, Luc Hébert
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
Main Title Vocals by Nicole & Brynne Price

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[]

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Poster for Buena Vista's Doom Tree VHS boxset.

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.

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