About Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (which translates as "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon") originated as a manga (japanese comic) series written by Naoko Takeuchi in 1992. Fifty-two (52) manga chapters were originally published in Nakayoshi magazine, a magazine mainly for shoujo (girls) stories, but was then picked up by Kodansha Comics and released and resold in eighteen (18) compilations called tankobon volumes ("graphic novels"). TOEI animation noticed the manga's growing popularity and decided to turn the manga into an anime series to run on T.V. The television show started running in 1993, and was immediately a great success: All five seasons of BSSM were released on television on TV Asahi (a total of 200 episodes), along with 5 specials, three movies, several video games, and lots of merchandise. In 1993 started the Sailor Moon Musicals, aka Sera Myu, immediately a great success. The musicals ended in 2005 still with a strong fan following. After the airing of the last anime season in 1997, Sailor Moon had fans of all nationalities and ages all over the world. The series was such a hit that even today there is no shortage of Sailor Moon fans, and its popularity is still growing in the United States and around the world.

Update: In October of 2003 the live action Sailor Moon series "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" started its run. After 49 episodes, 2 DVD specials, and 1 "Making of" special, it ended in September of 2004. There are plenty of websites dedicated to this wonderful take on Sailor Moon, and I highly recommend you visit some of you're interested!
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    Anime Information:
    Seasons:
  • Pretty Soldier Sailormoon
    (episodes 001-046)
  • Pretty Soldier Sailormoon R
    (episodes 047-089)
  • Pretty Soldier Sailormoon S
    (episodes 090-127)
  • Pretty Soldier Sailormoon SuperS
    (episodes 128-166)
  • Pretty Soldier Sailormoon Sailor Stars
    (episodes 167-200)
    		•  Movies:
  • Sailormoon R
  • Sailormoon S
  • Sailormoon SuperS

    TV Specials:
  • Sailormoon R Make Up Sailor Senshi
  • Dreaming Moon Christmas Musical
  • SuperS: Ami-chan no Hatsukoi
  • SuperS: TV Special

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