7.224 minSeason 5 • Episode 34
LatestAs Galaxia closes in to take Sailor Moon's star seed, the Light of Hope finally reveals itself. Turning into a sword, the Light of Hope begs Usagi to use its power to stop Galaxia, who is now fully consumed by Chaos.
One day, Usagi Tsukino, clumsy 2nd-year middle school student, stumbles upon a talking cat named Luna. Luna tells her that she is destined to be Sailor Moon, "champion of love and justice", and she must search for the fabled Moon Princess. Usagi finds friends that turn out to be destined senshi as well, and together they fight to save the world from the certain doom brought upon by the Dark Kingdom.
Score
Moonlight Dennetsu lives rent-free in your brain forever
Writing
Monster-of-the-week evolves into galaxy-ending epic
Production
Stock footage so iconic it became art
Kotono Mitsuishi
Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury (voice)
Michie Tomizawa
Rei Hino / Sailor Mars (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (voice)
Rica Fukami
Minako Aino / Sailor Venus (voice)
Toru Furuya
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Keiko Han
Luna (voice)
Kae Araki
Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon (voice)
Yasuhiro Takato
Artemis (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Defined the magical girl genre and spawned the 'monster of the week' format still used today.
The original dub censored lesbian lovers Uranus and Neptune into 'cousins,' creating infamous unintentional incest energy.
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