Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R (Sailor Moon R)

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Synonyms: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R

Japanese: 美少女戦士セーラームーン R

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Type: TV

Episodes: 43

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 6, 1993 to Mar 12, 1994

Premiered: Spring 1993

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: TV Asahi, Toei Advertising

Licensors: ADV Films, VIZ Media, DiC Entertainment

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Fantasy, Romance

Themes: Mahou Shoujo, Mythology

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.73¹ (scored by 87,195 users)

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Ranked: #1153²

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Popularity: #1462

Members: 159,386

Favorites: 853

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Usagi Tsukino and her friends have been living peacefully until they are called into action again as Sailor Guardians, planetary warriors fighting for the peace of the galaxy. Usagi, also known as Sailor Moon, leads their group into battle when a new threat from beyond the stars presents itself: two survivors of an alien race, An and Ail. In order to save the source of their life force, the Makai Tree, An and Ail begin harvesting energy from unsuspecting humans. The Sailor Guardians must stop their plot or face the annihilation of Earth.

But as one threat subsides, another follows—this time in the form of a little girl from the future who seeks the source of Sailor Moon's power to save her family. However, she is not the only one vying for it, as a group known as the Black Moon Clan also wishes to obtain the power and use it for nefarious purposes. In order to protect their destinies and the harmony of the universe, Sailor Moon and the rest of the Sailor Guardians must fight to stop these forces from succeeding.

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Adaptation:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Prequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Side story:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Sequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S
Summary:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Memorial
Alternative version:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tsukino, Usagi

Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono
Japanese

Hino, Rei

Main

Tomizawa, Michie
Japanese

Kino, Makoto

Main

Shinohara, Emi
Japanese

Aino, Minako

Main

Fukami, Rica
Japanese

Mizuno, Ami

Main

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

Chiba, Mamoru

Main

Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Chibiusa

Main

Araki, Kae
Japanese

Meiou, Setsuna

Supporting

Kawashima, Chiyoko
Japanese

Luna

Supporting

Han, Keiko
Japanese

Artemis

Supporting

Takato, Yasuhiro
Japanese

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Simone, Jamie

Producer

Ikuhara, Kunihiko

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Art Director

Satou, Junichi

Director

Endou, Yuuji

Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Moonlight Densetsu" by DALI

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Ending Theme

"Otome no Policy" by Yoko Ishida

Reviews

Mar 10, 2022

mahoutoons

Recommended

WARNING: This review may contain spoilers

Sailor Moon R, the sequel to the original Sailor Moon anime. And I'm not going to lie to you, the first half of this season was a chore to watch. But luckily, it gets good in the second half.

Story - The story for this is decent. The first 13 episodes are a filler arc involving two aliens named Ail and An who want to collect energy for their home, the Doom Tree. Because of their threat, the Sailor Soldiers are revived. The second half is the real story. A child falls from the sky and demands the Silver Crystal ... from Usagi, claiming that her name IS Usagi Tsukino, which later leads to everyone simply calling her Chibiusa. Later she brainwashes Usagi's family so she can stay with them. An evil organisation called the Black Moon clan is after her because if they get rid of her, the future will be destroyed. Its decent and all. Though one of my complaints lies with Black Lady, who's a good villain but for some reason, they made her have a thing for her father and that's..... not the best. And need I mention the break up arc. Oh God the break up arc. This is the most unnecessary thing in the anime and they made Mamoru such a dickhead for this arc. All communication skills get thrown out of the window. But barring that it is a decent story. Story gets a 7/10.

Art - Its Sailor Moon so of course the art is beautiful. 10/10

Sound - Nothing much to say but the sound was good. I loved the use of La Soldier in the final battle. 8/10.

Character - In the filler arc, we're introduced to Ail and An, two aliens who landed on earth with the Doom Tree, where they live, and they need energy for the tree. Now I would've liked these two if it wasn't for their romantic subplots with Usagi and Mamoru respectively. It was unnecessary and just served to create drama.
In the actual story, we're introduced to Chibiusa, a new main character. I'm not gonna lie, I really disliked her at first. She was bratty and got away with everything she did. In fact, the reason I say this season is a chore to watch was because of her brattiness. And what's even more frustrating is that she got away with everything because she's a child. Like yes, I get it, she's a child who's away from her parents and she's scared. But that doesn't mean all of her actions should be excused. I'm not saying she should be abused or anything, but she should learn that her behavior is wrong. Now I said I disliked her AT FIRST. I do like her now. Also she's MUCH better in the manga.
And once again I need to rant on Mamoru here. So in this season, Mamoru gets dreams that he should stay away with Usagi or something bad will happen to her. So he breaks up with her in the most mean spirited way. He acts like a complete dickhead throughout the break up arc. And later its revealed that MAMORU'S FUTURE SELF gave him those nightmares to test his and Usagi's love which.... you could've done it in other ways than telling your past self to stay away from his girlfriend or she will die.
As for the villains, the Ayakashi sisters were really enjoyable. Rubeus was a dick and I didn't feel sympathy when we was defeated. Esmeraude was pretty but dear lord she could be annoying. Saphir is probably my favourite of the villains simply because of his relationship with Petz in that one episode (btw Saphir and Petz deserved SO MUCH BETTER). Demande is a douchebag, I hate him so much and I can't fathom why people would actually ship him with Usagi after what he did to her. 6/10

Enjoyment - This season can be such a chore to watch sometimes, but the final few episodes are amazing. 6/10

Overall - This is probably my least favourite season of the 90s anime. The only reason I'm not rating it lower is because of the final few episodes. It would've been MUCH better if Chibiusa's brattiness was toned down and the break up arc never existed at all. 7/10

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Dec 31, 2021

Yalaa

Recommended

Big improvement over Season 1!

The first thing that i noticed is the improved art direction and animation, the music is also good though I prefer some of the original soundtrack. Clearly, Sailor Moon R has a higher budget and is being taken more seriously than its first season.

While season 1 lacked any real character development outside of its fillers, in R Sailor Venus is shown to be, in some ways, more like Usagi as in clumsy, sometimes dumb but with a big heart and good intentions. I actually prefer her as the "boring" most mature girl of the group of the first season even though ... many don't like this, why would you want to have two Usagi's in the group? But I still like her anyways. It's a shame the other Soldiers didn't get as much development other than new powers which are all cool.

Chibi-Usa is the best and worst part of Season 2 she adds so much to the lore and world of Sailor Moon and is actually funny and cute most of the time. But she's also the reason for dumbing down the show even more than before. Whenever you get a Chibi-Usa centric episode it's pretty much about her mission to save her parents and the future, which yeah is the whole theme of this season, but in order to do that she needs to find Sailor Moon to help her save the future. Obviously, she doesn't make the connection between the Sailor Soldiers and Usagi and her friends until much later... When she finally finds out she is so shocked and crying and my reaction was literally, Really? Now you noticed?

Yeah, I know she's a kid and too young to see the obvious, and i know that the immediate connection would spoil the whole story but it's quite unbelievable at times. Chibi-Usa is also the reason for the filler Beach episode, which many consider to be the worst Sailor Moon episode ever. I really didn't mind it, like what can you expect from fillers anyways? Speaking of fillers, the first mini arc in this season is all filler but it's surprisingly short and a nice watch! I can't say that for the other fillers though.

Mamoru (and his future self) also annoy me quite a bit here, Mamoru decides to distance himself from Usagi in order to protect her from his nightmares becoming reality. I get that he doesn't understand what's going to happen to Usagi, but couldn't he just be more direct about it instead of causing all kinds of confusion and then later giving up because his alter ego Tuxedo can't stop saving Sailor Moon. Also the explanation his future self gives for the nightmares is also pretty stupid.

However, this does up the romance and drama in Sailor Moon overall which is why I really liked R. It has better action scenes, the villains are so much more interesting this time and both Usagi and Mamoru actually get to express their love for each other quite a few times instead of just hinting at it.

Sailor Moon R is almost perfect and a big improvement over Season 1. I would give it a 9 if it weren't for the high number of fillers but anyways it's definitely recommended!

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Nov 21, 2016

GarlandReese

Mixed Feelings

The Toei Animation Super franchise that is "Sailor Moon" returned for a second season and another 40+ episodes in "Sailor Moon R". While very similar to the first season, it did have some differences that improved upon the franchise as a whole.

This season started with one plot line but then shifted to another after about a dozen episodes. While somewhat awkward, I think it helped this season because it gave a resolution fairly quickly to one conflict and allowed the next and primary conflict to be shortened in the process making this season less of a grind. The primary antagonists themselves are nothing special, but ...

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