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Template:InfoboxSongMoonlight Legend is the original opening theme of the Sailor Moon Anime series. It was used in the first four seasons of the anime, before being replaced by the "Sailor Star Song". It was one of the series' most popular songs, and is about Usagi and Mamoru's love for each other.

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"Moonlight Legend" was first performed by DALI as the opening theme for the first two series in the anime, and then by Moon Lips for the third and fourth. The song was then replaced by the "Sailor Star Song" for the fifth season's opening, but "Moonlight Legend" returned as the ending for the 200th episode.

"Moonlight Legend" has been covered and remixed many times by artists such as the punk supergroup Osaka Popstar, and other Japanese singers like Kitade Nana and Tsuji Nozomi, along with popular voice actors like Megumi Ogata, the voice actress of Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus. It is believed that the song's melody was inspired by "Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni (Goodbye at the End of the Dance)," performed in the 1960s by Chieko Baisho. It has also been noted that the songs melody sounds similar to "Omoide-no Kujukuri-hama (Memories of Kujukuri Beach)," a song performed be Mi-Ke that was released in 1991, one year before "Moonlight Legend" was released.

The song has been translated and sung into many other languages, with several of them being used for other language dubs of the anime, such as the Tagalog and Korean dubs. The English dub, however, uses the same melody with different lyrics.

Lyrics

ゴメンね　素直じゃなくて
夢の中なら云える
思考回路はショート寸前
今すぐ　会いたいよ
泣きたくなるよなmoonlight
電話も出来ないmidnight
だって純情　どうしよう
ハートは万華鏡

月の光に　導かれ
何度も　巡り会う
星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方
同じ地球に生まれたの　ミラクル・ロマンス

も一度　ふたりでweekend
神様　かなえてhappy-end
現在・過去・未来も
あなたに首ったけ

出会った時の　なつかしい
まなざし　忘れない
幾千万の星から　あなたを見つけられる
偶然もチャンスに換える　生き方が好きよ

不思議な奇跡クロスして
何度も　巡り会う
星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方
同じ地球に生まれたの　ミラクル・ロマンス

信じているの　ミラクル・ロマンス

Gomen ne sunao janakute
Yume no naka nara ieru
Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen
Ima sugu aitai yo
Nakitaku naru you na moonlight
Denwa mo dekinai midnight
Datte junjou doushiyou
Heart wa mangekyou

Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare
Nando mo meguriau
Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue
Onaji kuni ni umareta no miracle romance

Moichido futari de weekend
Kamisama kanaete happy-end
Genzai kako mirai mo
Anata ni kubittake

Deatta toki no natsukashii
Manazashi wasurenai
Ikusenman no hoshi kara anata wo mitsukerareru
Guuzen mo chance ni kaeru ikikata ga suki yo

Fushigi na kiseki kurosu shite
Nando mo meguri au
Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue
Onaji kuni ni umareta no miracle romance

Shinjite iru no miracle romance

ゴメンね　素直じゃなくて
夢の中なら云える
思考回路はショート寸前
今すぐ　会いたいよ
泣きたくなるよなmoonlight
電話も出来ないmidnight
だって純情　どうしよう
ハートは万華鏡

月の光に　導かれ
何度も　巡り会
星座の瞬き数え　占う恋の行方
同じ地球に生まれたの
ミラクル・ロマンス
信じているの

ミラクル・ロマンス

Gomen ne sunao janakute
Yume no naka nara ieru
Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen
Ima sugu aitai yo
Nakitaku naru you na moonlight
Denwa mo dekinai midnight
Datte junjou doushiyou
Haato wa mangekyou

Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare
Nando mo meguriau
Seiza no matataki kazoe uranau koi no yukue
Onaji kuni ni umareta no
Miracle romance
Shinjite iru no

Miracle romance

Trivia

The Sailor Moon: Another Story RPG has a remixed version of Moonlight Legend for it's title theme.
The song won first place in the song category in Animage's Anime Grand Prix in 1993 and 1994.^[1]^[2] In 1995, however, it placed at number seven and in 1997, it was placed at number sixteen .^[3]^[4]
Two different versions of the song were featured on the album "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE". The first one was a Japanese version sung by Momoiro Clover Z, while the second version was a French version sung by French singer Clémentine.
This song was sung (very badly) by Usagi and Naru in episode 7.

References

[1] 第15回アニメグランプリ　［1993年5月号］- Animage (Japanese)

[2] 第16回アニメグランプリ　［1994年5月号］- Animage (Japanese)

[3] 第17回アニメグランプリ　［1995年5月号］- Animage (Japanese)

[4] 第19回アニメグランプリ　［1997年6月号］- Animage (Japanese)

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 |opening or ending = Opening for the first four seasons of the Sailor Moon anime<br /> Ending for episode 200 of the anime
 |link = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXn5bVeZm68 DALI version]<br /> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwRCWZjowfg Moon Lips version]<br />  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi7sVRiWHcg DALI version (instrumental)]<br /> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnvsMfcIeIw Moon Lips version (instrumental)]<br /> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdW1PR4dMTw Orgel version]<br /> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6klWB_hJGc Piano version]<br /> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79lMJ4DB7S8 Sailor Moon: Another Story Title Theme]<br />
-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVmi8pSlMgs La Reconquista performance]}}'''Moonlight Legend '''is the original opening theme of the Sailor Moon anime series. It was used in the first four seasons of the anime, before being replaced by the "[[Sailor Star Song]]". It was one of the series' most popular songs, and is about [[Usagi]] and [[Mamoru|Mamoru's]] love for each other.
+[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVmi8pSlMgs La Reconquista performance]}}'''Moonlight Legend '''is the original opening theme of the Sailor Moon Anime series. It was used in the first four seasons of the anime, before being replaced by the "[[Sailor Star Song]]". It was one of the series' most popular songs, and is about [[Usagi]] and [[Mamoru|Mamoru's]] love for each other.
 ==Information==
 "Moonlight Legend" was first performed by [[DALI]] as the opening theme for the first two series in the anime, and then by [[Moon Lips]] for the third and fourth. The song was then replaced by the "Sailor Star Song" for the fifth season's opening, but "Moonlight Legend" returned as the ending for the 200th episode.