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== Gallery == |
== Gallery == |
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| + | ===Codename: Sailor V=== |
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| + | RunRun_August_1991_Codename_Sailor_V_Color_Page.jpg|Minako in Chapter 3 |
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| + | Minako_and_Artemis_Christmas_Theme.jpg |
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| + | Minako_and_Sailor_V_profile_in_the_back_of_volume_1.jpg|Minako and Sailor V's profile in the back of volume 1 |
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| + | Minako_with_Angel_Wings.jpg |
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| + | Minako_Hair_Up.jpg |
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| + | Minako_in_a_color_insert_for_volume_2.jpg |
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| + | Minako_on_the_back_of_volume_2.jpg |
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| + | Minako_talking_to_boss.jpg |
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| + | A Teeny Nap.jpg|Minako sleeping |
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| + | Double Sided.jpg|Minako, and Sailor V |
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| + | Codename_Sailor_V_Volume_14_Colored_Coverpage.jpg|Minako and Artemis on the coverpage of Chapter 14 |
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| + | Moon Power Transform 2.jpg |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Dark Kingdom Arc=== |
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| + | |Minako changes back.gif|Sailor Venus de-transforms. |
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| + | Minako introduces herself.gif|Minako introduces herself to the Sailor Team. |
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| + | Minako at the game center.gif|Minako at the game center |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Black Moon Arc=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako, Luna, and Artemis.gif|Minako, Luna and Artemis. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Infinity Arc=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako and Makoto.png|Minako with Makoto, who has purchased Tellurians. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Dream Arc=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako tries to transform.gif|Minako tries to transform... |
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| + | Minako fails to transform.gif|...and fails to do so. |
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| + | Minako in the shower.gif|Minako in the shower |
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| + | Minako as the goddess Venus.gif|Artemis imagining Minako as the goddess Venus. |
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| + | Minako getting out of the shower.gif|Minako getting out of the shower. |
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| + | Group m12.jpg|Minako and the others walking around town |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Stars Arc=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako holding up a Three Lights Poster.gif|Minako holding up a poster of the Three Lights. |
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| + | Minako_misquotes.jpg |
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| + | Minako in her Gym clothes.gif|Minako in her high school gym clothes. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Miscellaneous=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako and Aretmis in the manga.gif|Minako and Artemis |
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| + | Sm venus340.jpg|Minako along with her guardian |
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| + | V-Chan.jpg |
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| + | Tumblr m3nqj3Yu1Y1r89poho1 500.png|Minako singing |
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| + | School Time Chibz.gif |
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| + | HSMHM Profiles Manga.PNG|Hotaru, Setsuna, Michiru, Haruka, and Minako's profiles from volume 10 of the tankouban version of the manga. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Artbook Scans=== |
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| + | ===Materials' Collection=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Minako_Concept_Art.jpg|Minako's early concept art |
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| + | Minako_Anime_Design_30.jpg|Minako's and Sailor Venus's Material Collection pages |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ===Miscellaneous=== |
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| + | <gallery position="center"> |
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| + | Sm.minarei.rareartwork.naoko.PNG|A Minako and Rei artwork from the official Sailor Moon website, drawn by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. |
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| + | BlimXPECEAATRAd.jpg|Minako and Artemis drawn by [[Wikipedia:Arina Tanemura|Arina Tanemura]] |
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| + | Kanzenban 10.jpg|The Inner Sailor Senshi on the cover of volume 10 of the Kanzenban manga. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*Takeuchi has said that the reason Venus looks so much like Sailor Moon was in fact because it was her duty to take Serenity's place to keep her from danger. |
*Takeuchi has said that the reason Venus looks so much like Sailor Moon was in fact because it was her duty to take Serenity's place to keep her from danger. |
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Revision as of 06:19, 9 February 2020
Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子, Aino Minako) is the present-day incarnation of Sailor Venus (セーラーヴィーナス, Seeraa bu~iinasu) and the civilian identity of Sailor V (セーラーV, Seeraa Bui).
Nomenclature & Etymology
Etymology
Her family name begins with the character meaning "love" (愛), which still indirectly represented the planet of Venus, as Venus was the goddess of love in Roman mythology.
Her first name, Minako (美奈子), contains the kanji for "beautiful" (美, mi) and "child" (子, ko), along with 奈 (na), a phonetic character.
Minako's full name means. "Beautiful Child of Love" in Japanese.
Appearance
Civilian
Minako Aino has blue eyes and blonde hair, preferring to wear her hair down with a simple red bow in it. When she was in junior high, she wore a sailor-style school uniform like the other Sailor Guardians did in their civilian forms, but with a few differences. Also, the uniform was the most classic or orthodox among those of the Sailor Team.
Sailor Guardian
Template:Minako Form/Sailor V
Template:Minako Form/Sailor Venus
Template:Minako Form/Super Sailor Venus
Template:Minako Form/Evil Sailor Venus
Template:Minako Form/Eternal Sailor Venus
Template:Minako Form/Princess Venus
Information
Dark Kingdom arc
Black Moon arc
Infinity arc
Dream arc
Stars arc
Sailor Guardian Info
Minako Aino can transform info Sailor V by saying Moon Power, Transform. Later as Sailor Venus, she utters the words Venus Power, Make Up! Also, she can disguise herself as anyone she desires to be as well as Usagi with her compact, by saying Crescent Moon Power, Transform! Her attacks are centered around metal (gold) and light element attributes
Phrases
- Moon Power, Transform
- Venus Power, Make Up
- Venus Star Power, Make Up
- Venus Planet Power, Make Up
- Venus Crystal Power, Make Up
Attacks
- Crescent Beam
- Venus Love-Me Chain
- Sailor V Kick
- Venus Wink Chain Sword
- Venus Love and Beauty Shock
- Venus Love and Galactica Shock
Items
Development
In the transition between the Sailor V and Sailor Moon series, Minako's basic character design did not change. Naoko Takeuchi had written that the concept of Minako has barely changed at all from the first moment she was created. Run-Run, the magazine that serialized Sailor V, had intended to produce an OVA based on the character, but it went bankrupt before it could happen, so Minako was relegated to the sidelines as one of Sailor Moon's co-stars, to Takeuchi's regret.
Gallery
Codename: Sailor V
Dark Kingdom Arc
Black Moon Arc
Infinity Arc
Dream Arc
Stars Arc
Miscellaneous
Artbook Scans
Materials' Collection
Miscellaneous
Trivia
- Takeuchi has said that the reason Venus looks so much like Sailor Moon was in fact because it was her duty to take Serenity's place to keep her from danger.
- Minako is the only Solar System Sailor Senshi whose civilian family name does not begin with the Japanese kanji character(s) directly denoting the corresponding celestial body.
- "Minako" can alternatively be read as Venus (Biinasu).
- Her surname is a pun on a phrase meaning "of love," making her name sound like "Venus of Love".
- She is the only character who awakened twice as two different Sailor Senshi identities: First as Sailor V, then as Sailor Venus.
- Minako is the fifth Sailor Guardian; creating an additional pun on her first Sailor Senshi identity, Sailor V. The letter V is the Roman numeral for 5.
References
- ↑ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume 10 (tankoban version)
