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|OriginalAirDate= March 19, 1994
|OriginalAirDate= March 19, 1994
|FirstEngAirDate= June 12, 2000
|FirstEngAirDate= June 12, 2000
|ShortSummary=After she experiences apocalyptic visions, [[Sailor Mars|Rei]] is attacked by a powerful Daimon that [[Sailor Moon (character)|Sailor Moon]] is unable to fight after it breaks her Crystal Star brooch, reversing her transformation. The Daimon is defeated by a pair of mysterious new Sailor Guardians, leaving Usagi to despondently realize that a new battle has begun.
|ShortSummary=After she experiences apocalyptic visions, [[Sailor Mars|Rei]] is attacked by a powerful Daimon that [[Sailor Moon (character)|Sailor Moon]] is unable to fight after it breaks her Crystal Star brooch, reversing her transformation. The Daimon is defeated by a pair of mysterious new Sailor Guardians, leaving Usagi to despondently realize that a new conflict has begun.
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|OriginalAirDate= March 26, 1994
|OriginalAirDate= March 26, 1994
|FirstEngAirDate=June 13, 2000
|FirstEngAirDate=June 13, 2000
|ShortSummary=A young girl is attacked by a Daimon, but Usagi is no longer able to transform into Sailor Moon, and the under-powered Sailor Team must once again rely on the mysterious new Sailor Guardians. Fortunately, Usagi gains a brand new transformation brooch, the Cosmic Heart Compact, and a new and much stronger weapon known as the legendary Spiral Heart Moon Scepter to defeat the new monster at last.
|ShortSummary=While Mamoru strives to cheer Usagi up after her failure in the previous battle, a young girl is the latest target of the Death Busters. Due to Usagi's inability to transform, the under-powered Sailor Team struggles to fight off the Daimon and are once again forced to rely on the mysterious new Sailor Guardians. Once they determine the girl's pure heart is not a talisman, they leave the Sailor Team to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, Tuxedo Mask and Usagi hold hands after the latter's refusal to escape, and through the power of their love Usagi's darkened Crystal Star brooch transforms into the Cosmic Heart Compact, and she gains the Spiral Heart Moon Rod and, along with it, the ability to finally defeat the new enemy.
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|OriginalAirDate= April 16, 1994
|OriginalAirDate= April 16, 1994
|FirstEngAirDate=June 14, 2000
|FirstEngAirDate=June 14, 2000
|ShortSummary=Avoiding their study group, Usagi and [[Sailor Venus|Minako]] meet [[Sailor Uranus|Haruka Tenou]], an attractive and supposedly male student of a prestigious local school, with whom they both become infatuated. After Minako is defeated in a racing game, Michiru arrives to pick up Haruka, and the two depart with Usagi and Minako soon following behind them. Once Michiru and Haruka separate at a mechanic's shop, Usagi and Minako take this as their chance, and Haruka tells them about 'him'self until a Daimon arrives to attack Kameda, the shop mechanic. The Daimon starts to escape when Usagi and Minako transform into their Guardian forms to chase it down, when Uranus and Neptune arrive to investigate Kameda's pure heart crystal. When it turns out not to be a talisman they retreat and Sailor Moon defeats the Daimon. Later, the rest of the girls are at Crown Game Center with Usagi and Minako in hopes of seeing the cute boy they'd told them about; Michiru arrives with a blonde girl, whom Usagi and Minako initially fail to realize is Haruka; once they do, Minako falls to the ground in anguish, and Haruka notes that she'd never said she was male.
|ShortSummary=Usagi and [[Sailor Venus|Minako]] are besotted with [[Sailor Uranus|Haruka Tenou]], who they believe to be an attractive and sophisticated boy. In the meantime, a Daimon attacks a local mechanic and is fought by Sailors Moon, Venus, Uranus and Neptune before it's revealed that his pure heart isn't a talisman. Usagi and Minako meet up with Michiru and a female friend of hers, who the girls initially fail to recognize as Haruka.
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|OriginalAirDate= August 6, 1994
|OriginalAirDate= August 6, 1994
|FirstEngAirDate=June 29, 2000
|FirstEngAirDate=June 29, 2000
|ShortSummary=A genius drummer is recruited to play at a festival for Rei. The Sailor Guardians cannot defeat the Daimon who attacks her, but [[Chibiusa|Sailor Chibi Moon]] arrives.
|ShortSummary=A genius drummer is recruited to play at a festival for Rei. The Sailor Guardians cannot defeat the Daimon who attacks her, but [[Sailor Chibi-Moon]] arrives.
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{{Japanese episode list/sublist|List of Sailor Moon episodes
{{Japanese episode list/sublist|List of Sailor Moon episodes
|EpisodeNumber=104
|EpisodeNumber=104
|EnglishTitle=Tainted Tea Party" / "Seeking Friends! Chibi Moon's Actions
|EnglishTitle=Tainted Tea Party" / "Seeking Friends! Chibi-Moon's Actions
|RomajiTitle=Tomodachi wo motomete! Chibi Mūn no katsuyaku
|RomajiTitle=Tomodachi wo motomete! Chibi Mūn no katsuyaku
|KanjiTitle= 友達を求めて!ちびムーンの活躍
|KanjiTitle= 友達を求めて!ちびムーンの活躍

Revision as of 04:21, 29 December 2012

The anime series logo, which translates to "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S"

The third season of the Sailor Moon anime series, titled Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S (美少女戦士セーラームーン S, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sūpā), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 19, 1994, and ended on February 25, 1995. The S stands for "Super," and is pronounced as such in the series' eyecatches.

Overview

The third season was produced concurrently with the third story arc (Mugen, meaning "Infinity") of the manga by Naoko Takeuchi, closely following the story of the manga. As with the two series before it, Sailor Moon S used "Moonlight Densetsu" as its opening song. For this series, the version by Moon Lips is used. The first two episodes use Sailor Moon R's ending theme, "Otome no Policy" (A Maiden's Policy). After this (from episode ninety-two and so on), the rest of the series uses "Tuxedo Mirage," performed by the five main voice actresses (Peach Hips).

Sailor Moon S is considered one of the darkest story lines in the series, partly due to the villains' ultimate goal of destroying, rather than conquering, all life in the world, as well as ethical themes of sacrifice. The arc is characterized by the appearance of three new Sailor Senshi: Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. It also reintroduces the character of Sailor Pluto and gives her a civilian identity, Setsuna Meioh. In the anime, Chibi-Usa is seen for the first time in her capacity as Sailor Chibi Moon. The series antagonists are the Death Busters, led by Germatoid-possessed Professor Souichi Tomoe and the Witches 5.

This season was not dubbed into English until 2000, three years after the last episodes of the previous series, Sailor Moon R. By this time, the license had gone to Cloverway Inc., who did not cut any episodes, although they did edit the ones they produced for television and edited VHS releases (the later DVD and uncut VHS releases of these episodes were uncut and bilingual). The English dub produced by them and Optimum Productions used mostly the same voice actors from the previous seasons, however, several major characters were recast with new voice actors. The educational "Sailor Says" conclusions were not continued, and the dubbed episode numbers were adjusted by the YTV to match those of the original Japanese version.[1] Because of this, episode numbers 83-89 were never used in that broadcast.

One of the controversies surrounding Sailor Moon S is in the romantic-lesbian relationship of Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who are subtly depicted as romantic lovers, although this is never mentioned directly. Takeuchi has openly admitted they are a romantic couple,[2] and their voice actresses were instructed to play the characters "as if they are a married romantic couple."[3] However, because of differing cultural standards, most countries outside of Japan have censored the relationship. Most notably, in the English-dubbed version this subtext is removed, and instead they are stated to be "cousins".[4]

In the 1995 favorite episode polls for Animage, "Death of Uranus and Neptune!? Talismans Appear" came in first place, "The Bond of Destiny! The Distant Days of Uranus" came in eighth place, and "The Labyrinth of Water! Ami the Targeted" came in ninth place.[5] The following year, "A Bright Shooting Star! Saturn, and the Messiah" came in fifteenth place.[6]

Episode list

No. English dubbed title / English subbed title[1]
Original Japanese title[7] 		Original air date[7] English air date

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References

  1. ^ a b YTV at http://web.archive.org. "YTV - Shows - Sailor Moon". Archived from the original on 2002-02-04. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
  2. ^ "Interview with Naoko Takeuchi". Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  3. ^ Johnson, Dany (2001-04-21). "Q & A Rocking the Boat". Akadot. Digital Manga, Inc. Retrieved 2007-02-21. When I was cast to play Haruka, I asked director Kunihiko Ikuhara, "Are they gay?" He answered, "Act as if they are a married couple." And I asked him again, "Married couple? You, mean, with two ladies?" He replied, "Yes." So they are husband and wife. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Sebert, Paul (2000-06-28). "Kissing cousins may bring controversy Cartoon Network juggles controversial topics contained in the "Sailor Moon S" series". The Daily Athenaeum Interactive. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  5. ^ "第17回アニメグランプリ　［1995年5月号］" (in Japanese). Animage.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  6. ^ "第18回アニメグランプリ　［1996年5月号］" (in Japanese). Animage.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  7. ^ a b Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box (Media notes). Nippon Columbia CO., LTD. 1997. pp. 100–108. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |notestitle= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |publisherid= ignored (help)
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