Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal

Template:InfoboxTVPretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal is a web anime series based off of the Sailor Moon series, specifically the manga. It is the second animated adaption of the series and like the previous animated adaption, it is made by Toei Animation

Plot

Season 1

Dark Kingdom Arc

While she was hurrying to get to her school on time one day, Usagi Tsukino accidently steps on a cat. When she picks it up and takes off the band aids on its forehead, she notices a crescent shaped symbol on the cat's forehead. Usagi, however, thinks that it's just a bald spot and runs off to school. Later that day, Usagi takes a nap, only to be awakened by the cat from earlier that day. To her surprise, the cat starts talking to her and introduces itself as Luna. Luna tells Usagi that she is destined to become a Sailor Senshi and gives her a brooch that enables her to transform into Sailor Moon. After transforming, Sailor Moon hears her friend Naru screaming and yelling and goes to rescue her from a Youma. After defeating the Youma, she meets Tuxedo Mask, a mysterious man who encouraged her to defeat the Youma during the fight. The next day, Usagi wakes up to go to school thinking that what happened that night was dream...that is, until she hears Naru telling her friends about what happened the previous night. Soon, Usagi finds out that not only does she need to find the other Sailor Senshi, but she also has to find the Moon Princess and protect the Silver Crystal from the Dark Kingdom, a mysterious group of villains that attempts to steal energy from humans. She eventually finds the rest of the Sailor Senshi and finds out that Tuxedo Mask is actually Mamoru Chiba, a man that had previously made fun of her for multiple things, including her low test grades and her hairstyle. He and Usagi later begin to fall in love with each. However during a battle with Kunzite, Tuxedo Mask injures himself while trying to protect Sailor Moon from an attack, causing him to lose consciousness as well. Sailor Moon is overwhelmed with sadness when this happens and after crying out in anguish, her tiara breaks, revealing a crescent moon symbol on her forehead and instantly, she transforms into Princess Serenity, the Moon Princess. After getting back her memories of her past life, one of her teardrops turns into the Silver Crystal, which starts to send out immense energy throughout the city. After attempting to attack Serenity, Kunzite abducts Tuxedo Mask.

Season 2

To be announced.

Cast

Main Characters

• Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon - Kotono Mitsuishi
• Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury - Hisako Kanemoto
• Rei Hino/Sailor Mars - Rina Sato
• Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter - Ami Koshimizu
• Minako Aino/Sailor Venus - Shizuka Ito
• Luna - Ryo Hirohashi
• Artemis - Youhei Oobayashi
• Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask - Kenji Nojima
• Chibiusa Tsukino/Sailor Chibi Moon - Misato Fukuen
• Sailor Pluto - Ai Maeda

Dark Kingdom

• Queen Beryl - Misa Watanabe
• Queen Metaria - Yoko Matsuoka
• Jadeite - Daisuke Kishio
• Nephrite - Kosuke Toriumi
• Zoisite - Masaya Matsukaze
• Kunzite - Eiji Takemoto

Black Moon Clan

• Prince Demande - Mamoru Miyano
• Saphir - Tsubasa Yonaga
• Rubeus - Hiroki Takahashi
• Esmeraude - Houko Kuwashima
• Wiseman - Hiroshi Iwasaki

Supporting

• Ikuko Tsukino - Yuko Mizutani
• Shingo Tsukino - Seira Ryu
• Kenji Tsukino - Mitsuaki Madono
• Naru Osaka - Satomi Sato
• Haruna Sakurada  -  Akemi Kanda
• Motoki Furuhata - Hiroshi Okamoto
• Gurio Umino - Daiki Yamashita
• Yumiko - Hyang-Ri Kim
• Kuri - Yukiko Morishita
• Mayumi Osaka - Sanae Kobayashi

Staff

• Original Creator - Naoko Takeuchi
• Director - Munehisa Sakai
• Series Script Supervisor - Yuuji Kobayashi
• Animation Producer -  Toei Animation
• Theme Song Performance - Momoiro Clover Z
• Character designer - Yukie Sako
• Series composer - Yasuharu Takanashi
• Art directors - Takashi Kurahashi and Yumi Hosaka
• Animation directors - Kozue Komatsu
• Soundtrack production - King Record Company, Limited
• Color Design - Kunio Tsujita and Tomoko Kobiki
• Director of Photography - Takeo Ogiwara

Production

Announcement Of The Anime, First Delay, And First New Estimated Premiere

The anime was first announced at a 20th anniversary event streamed on niconico on July 6, 2012. There, it was announced that it will premiere in the summer of 2013. It was also announced that Momoiro Clover Z will be singing the theme song for the anime.

It was officially announced in spring 2013 that the Sailor Moon anime that was supposed to start airing in the summer of 2013 was going to be delayed until further notice.

In July 2013, the new Sailor Moon anime was officially estimated to premiere in November 2013 - January 2014. Nakayoshi Magazine announced that the series was officially in production followed by those dates of expected premiere.

Second Estimated Premiere, Second Delay and Third Estimated Premiere

During the second 20th Anniversary event on August 4, 2013, it was revealed that the new Sailor Moon anime will air in December 2013, and that it would be streamed internationally online via niconico. It was also revealed that Momoiro Clover Z will be doing both the opening and the ending for the new anime.

The key image.

Later, it was announced on October 17 that the anime will be subtitled in 10 languages.

It was confirmed January 9th that the anime will be premiering in July 2014. Before the announcement, Atsutoshi Umezawa confirmed in a press release that the new anime will not remake the old anime, but adapt from the manga.

New Staff And Image Leak

On February 27, the series' composer and the character designer were announced.

On March 13, 2014, the official website for the 20th anniversary celebration opened up a countdown for the page for the new anime. On the same day, Toei Animation uploaded the unlinked key image for the anime to the page. The full image showed that the story will have the same story as the manga. The image also revealed the title and Sailor Moon's anime appearance.

Nico Nico Choukaigi Announcements And Number of Episodes

On April 18th, it was revealed that the cast for the anime was going to be announced at a Nico Nico Choukaigi event that will take place at the Makuhari Messe convention center on April 27. The main cast of the next musical was also going to be introduced at the event.

At the event, the cast for the Sailor Team was revealed. Kotono Mitsuishi will be reprising her role as Usagi, while the rest will be played by different actresses. Character designs were also revealed at the event, as well as the airdate. Later, more character designs were shown on the official website.

The new anime is scheduled to run on the first and third Saturdays every month, beginning July 5 at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. ET).

On April 29th, photos showing a purported trade show flyer have appeared on the internet. The flyer implied that the anime will run for 26 episodes with each episode lasting thirty minutes.

Anime Distributors Announced And Trailers And Streaming Plans Revealed

On May 16th, Viz Media, a North American anime and manga distributor, announced that they have licensed both the first Sailor Moon anime and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal after their panel at Anime Central.

Later on May 24th at its Fanime panel, Crunchyroll, a media distribution service, announced that it will be streaming the anime starting on July 5th.

On June 5th (in Tokyo time, June 4th), Fumio Osano will be at an event that will be broadcasted on niconico. There, he will talk about the new anime.

The trailer was posted on YouTube on June 5th. The opening theme to the anime, "MOON PRIDE" by Momoiro Clover Z, was heard in the trailer. It was later announced that the ending will be "Moon Rainbow".

On June 19th, Viz Media posted the trailer with English subtitles on their YouTube channel. On the same day, they posted a page for the show on their website. This page announced that the anime will be streaming on Neon Alley starting July 5th. Hulu also posted a page for the show on their site as well. On June 20th, a press release on Anime News Network announced that Hulu and Neon Alley will stream it at the exact same time it gets streamed in Japan, making it a true simultaneous release.

On June 24th, Crunchyroll made a page for the show on their website. There, they uploaded the PV for the series. They also mentioned that the series will be avaliable to Crunchyroll's audience in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Later, an extended version of the trailer, called the BGM version, was released on the site.

It was later revealed that niconico will stream the anime with subtitles in over thirteen languages. The languages are Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasu Melayu, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish.

Black Moon arc

At the Animate Girls Festival 2014 on November 7, 2014, the second half of Sailor Moon Crystal was announced and a key visual was shown as well. The second half, which premiered in January 2015, covers the Black Moon arc of the manga.

Later, Chibiusa's voice actress and Sailor Pluto's voice actress, as well as the new ending for the second half of the anime, were all announced on December 27, 2014, during an event. On January 26, 2015, the character designs and the cast for the members of the Black Moon Clan (excluding the Spectre Sisters) were all shown and announced on the official website for the 20th anniversary project.

French License and Upcoming Second Season

On April 10, 2015, Toei Animation Europe announced on their website that Canal J, a French cable channel, acquired the rights to the anime and that it will be airing the first season in Autumn 2015. They also mention that a second season is currently under production and that it is planned to premiere in Summer 2015.

Episode List

Ep. #	Episode Title	Airdate
1	"Act 1 - Usagi, Sailor Moon"	July 5, 2014
2	"Act 2 - Ami, Sailor Mercury"	July 19, 2014
3	"Act 3 - Rei, Sailor Mars"	August 2, 2014
4	"Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party"	August 16, 2014
5	"Act 5 - Makoto, Sailor Jupiter"	September 6, 2014
6	"Act 6 - Tuxedo Mask..."	September 20, 2014
7	"Act 7 - Mamoru Chiba, Tuxedo Mask"	October 4, 2014
8	"Act 8 - Minako, Sailor V"	October 18, 2014
9	"Act 9 - Serenity, Princess"	November 1, 2014
10	"Act 10 - Moon"	November 15, 2014
11	"Act 11 - Reunion, Endymion"	December 6, 2014
12	"Act 12 - Enemy, Queen Metaria"	December 20, 2014
13	"Act 13 - Final Battle, Reincarnation"	January 3, 2015
14	"Act 14 - Conclusion and Commencement, Petite Étrangere"	January 17, 2015
15	"Act 15 - Infiltration, Sailor Mars"	February 7, 2015
16	"Act 16 - Abduction, Sailor Mercury"	February 21, 2015
17	"Act 17 - Secret, Sailor Jupiter"	March 7. 2015
18	"Act 18 - Invasion, Sailor Venus"	March 21. 2015
19	"Act 19 - Time Warp, Sailor Pluto"	April 4. 2015
20	"Act 20 - Crystal Tokyo, King Endymion"	April 18. 2015

Merchandise

Main article: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Merchandise

Gallery

Promo Images

The full version of the key image. This version reveals the plot of the anime.

The official English translation of the part of the key image that explained the plot (bottom part).

File:Sailor Moon Crystal Poster.jpg

A poster for the new anime at Anime Japan 2014.

The English logo by itself

The key visual for the second season.

Character Designs

Sailor Moon's Design

Usagi's Design

Sailor Mercury's Design

Ami's Design

Sailor Mars' Design

Rei's Design

Sailor Jupiter's Design

Makoto's Design

Sailor Venus' Design

Minako's Design

The characters designs for the main members of the Black Moon Clan

Videos

Sailor Moon Crystal - Official English Subtitled Trailer

Sailor Moon Crystal First Season Wrap Up