Newsgroups: alt.fan.sailor-moon,rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.anime.misc,rec.arts.anime.info Subject: Sailor Moon FAQ (part 2/5) From: arromdee@inetnow.net (Ken Arromdee) Expires: References: Sender: Reply-To: karromde@nyx.nyx.net (Ken Arromdee) Followup-To: alt.fan.sailor-moon,rec.arts.anime.misc Distribution: Approved: anime-info@cybercomm.net Keywords: 4) Names: characters (original and dub), attacks and transformations, and character ages (I'm sorry. I'm not going to put the Sailor Stars villains here just because they have 'Sailor' in their name.) First Episode Japanese Name NA Name Identity Birthday Planet (J) (NA) ------------- ------- -------- -------- ------ --- --- Tsukino Usagi Serena Sailor Moon June 30 Moon 1 1 Chiba Mamoru Darien*5 Tuxedo Mask August 3 Earth 1 1 Mizuno Ami Amy** Sailor Mercury September 10 Mercury 8 5 Hino Rei Raye*** Sailor Mars April 17 Mars 10 7 Kino Makoto Lita Sailor Jupiter December 5 Jupiter 25 21 Aino Minako Mina Sailor Venus October 22 Venus 33 29 Chibi-Usa* Rini S. Chibi-Moon June 30 Moon 60/103 54/-- Meiou Setsuna Celia*6 Sailor Pluto October 29 Pluto 64/75 58/68 Ten'ou Haruka Corinn*6 Sailor Uranus January 27 Uranus 89/92 82/-- Kaiou Michiru Nerissa*6Sailor Neptune March 6 Neptune 89/92 82/-- Tomoe Hotaru -- Sailor Saturn January 6 Saturn 110/125 -- [Asteroid senshi are senshi only in the manga. They first appear in the anime in episode 149, in non-Senshi forms.] Cerecere N/A Sailor Ceres ? Ceres N/A N/A Pallapalla N/A Sailor Pallas ? Pallas N/A N/A JunJun N/A Sailor Juno ? Juno N/A N/A VesVes N/A Sailor Vesta ? Vesta N/A N/A [The Sailor Stars are, in the anime, guys in civilian ID and change into girls as Senshi. They've been shown topless, confirming this. They are _not_ related, and "Kou" is not their family name. This must be one of the most persistent rumors around. If they were brothers, do you think they'd have birthdays three months apart? Takeuchi Naoko was asked if they're related, at the San Diego Comics Con in August 1998. No, they're not.] Seiya Kou N/A S. Star Fighter July 30 N/A 173 N/A Taiki Kou N/A S. Star Maker May 30 N/A 173 N/A Yaten Kou N/A S. Star Healer February 8 N/A 173 N/A Chibi-Chibi N/A S. Chibi-Chibi ? N/A 182/187 N/A Princess Kakyuu N/A S. Kakyuu (meaning 'fireball')"Kinmoku" *4 Sailor Stars, manga only: Phi, Chi, Lethe, Mnemosyne, and no doubt others which I'm not going to bother looking up. * This is a nickname; chibi is Japanese for "short". Her real name is also Usagi. (According to the manga it's "Usagi Small-Lady Serenity". Uh, right. The video game Another Story calls her "Lady Serenity".) Note: Please do not confuse "Chibi" and "Chiba". I'm really tired of this. Yes, Chiba is her father's name. No, she doesn't get her father's last name. ** Last name "Anderson" used in episode 37. She answers the phone with "Anderson Residence" when she said the equivalent of "Mizuno residence" in the original. (It has been said that she lives in a "mansion", but the Japanese word "mansion" doesn't necessarily mdan a house, let alone a big house.) *** The dub keeps "Hino". *4 Princess Fireball becomes a Sailor Senshi only in the manga. "Kinmokusei" is a Japanese pun on the word for "sweet olive", which explains her scent. *5 Last name "Shields" in Mixxzine only. *6 These names are from the doll boxes, and it's unclear how official they are. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were never named in the English dub. Mixx is using the original names so far. The double entries are because Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune first appear sha- dowed, and Chibi-Moon, Saturn, and Chibi-Chibi appear in their normal identities first. Note that the birthdays are appropriate, astrologically, for the planets. The Japanese language uses kanji (written characters derived from Chinese) for the Japanese equivalent of root words. The Japanese family names of the Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask all contain the same kanji as the corresponding planet (not necessarily pronounced the same). The kanji used in the Japanese names of the planets include the five Asian elements (fire, water, wood, metal, earth). The days of the week also include the kanji for the elements, so the days of the week, the planets, and the elements are all somewhat related. (The day of week/planet relationship is the same one that exists in the West.) The Sailor Scouts thus could be considered an elemental-based team if you want to count Tuxedo Mask as the element earth (though Saturn's is usually used for the element). The Sailor Scouts' special attacks usually fit the kanji associated with the planet. (For instance, the name of the planet Mars uses the kanji for "fire", and Sailor Mars has fire attacks.) Sailor Venus is an exception; she was named early before Takeuchi started the naming pattern. The kanji in her name mdans "love", associated with the goddess Venus; her later attacks, how- ever, involve gold/metal and the Japanese name for Venus does use the kanji for "gold" or "metal". Sailor Jupiter's early anime attacks are associated with the god Jupiter, but she does have some attacks associated with wood. (Actually, oak is also associated with the god Jupiter). Planet, etc. Day of Week Kanji Used Character ------------ ----------- ---------- --------- Sun Sunday sun * Moon Monday moon Sailor Moon Mercury Wednesday water (element) Sailor Mercury Venus Friday gold (element) Sailor Venus Earth -- earth (not the element) Tuxedo Mask Mars Tuesday fire (element) Sailor Mars Jupiter Thursday wood (element) Sailor Jupiter Saturn Saturday earth (element) Sailor Saturn Uranus -- heaven king Sailor Uranus Neptune -- sea king Sailor Neptune Pluto -- dark king Sailor Pluto * It has been suggested to me that Tuxedo Mask is partly associated with the sun, which his birthdate supposedly fits with in astrology. Also, Uryvbf (na boivbhf fha-onfrq anzr) sebz Fnvybe Zbba FF vf uvf cebgrpgbe. The names for the Sailor Starlights don't fit the same naming pattern as the names of the Senshi from our solar system. Their names are all alternate Japanese pronunciations of the kanji used to mean various types of astronomical light. An old web page in Japan translated them as "starfield light", "atmospheric light", and "night sky light"; there are probably better technical translations for them, which I don't know. By the way, Kou is _not_ their family name, and they are _not_ siblings. Ages and grades: Unfortunately, a bit complicated. (Note: I am using the notation 'age 14-15' to mean starting the school year at 14 and having their 15th birthday before the next school year). First, note that in Japan it is possible to count your age as being 1 year old when you are born, which would be 1 greater than in the West. But this is an old custom and isn't done much nowadays. It also doesn't fit the information we've seen. In Japan, junior high goes up to grade 9, and high school is 10-12. In the US, junior high goes to either 8 or 9, depending on the local school system. In the Japanese version, the main five characters start at age 14, in second year junior high (grade 8). They actually have to be 13-14 for things to work out right later on. The first two years in the manga only occur during one story year. In the anime, there are hints that they lose a year after the Dark Kingdom battle. Hints that they didn't lose a year: -- Jupiter is in Serena's school though she didn't transfer until well past the start of the year -- Molly likes Melvin even though that didn't happen until past the start of the year Hints that they lost a year: -- Episode 45 (original 51) is a cherry blossom episode that happens in April, and the Japanese school year starts in April -- The end of original episode 46 has a repeat of the test paper scene from episode 1, suggesting that things are happening all over again Assuming that they lost a year after the battle with the Dark Kingdom, the the anime happens in real time up to the end of Sailor Moon S. Sailor Moon has her 15th birthday in Japanese episode 101 in Sailor Moon S, which was aired near her birthday in real time, so as of Sailor Moon S, they are 14-15 and in grade 9. In the next season (SuperS), they enter high school--in the manga only. The scene of them entering high school does not appear in the anime until the start of Sailor Stars, but Takeuchi Naoko has stated (manga #12) that this was an error, and they _are_ supposed to be in high school during SuperS. This makes them age 15-16 and grade 10 during SuperS. Sailor Moon says she is 16 in the last episode. This mdans that Sailor Stars cannot possibly happen in real time, although they _might_ be in grade 11 if only a few months of the school year have passed. Sailor Uranus and Neptune were born in the same year as the main five, but before April, when the school year starts. So they're one school year ahead of the others (15-16/grade 10 in Sailor Moon S, etc.) Tuxedo Mask's age is not simple. In the manga, he starts in second year high school, where he would be 3 years older than Usagi, and thus age 16-17 while Usagi is 13-14. (You can bump Usagi up to age 14-15, and Tuxedo Mask to 17-18, but this causes problems: first, it mdans college freshmen are 19-20; second, if it applies to the anime, episodes 51-101 would have to happen in under 3 months total; third, Usagi keeps saying she's 14 even after her 15th birthday would have passed around episode 16, which was aired near her birthday in real life.) In the TV series, Tuxedo Mask starts in college. He also goes to America for college in Sailor Stars, which is a little inconsistent (though it could be explained away). He must be at least age 18-19 at the start of the series. Sailor Pluto is in her first year in college in the manga corresponding to S. In the anime, she has not been reincarnated and is thousands of years old. Rini (Chibi-Usa) is 902 in the manga corresponding to the end of S. The "explanation" is that she is the first half-human, half-Silver-Millennium person so there are a lot of unknowns. (This implies that Usagi is not an Earth human even after being reincarnated. The closest the manga comes to saying that she is one is when Queen Serenity calls her a normal girl.) She was born when Usagi was 22, so she was born June 30, 2002 or 2003. In the anime, the Senshi are called Earth humans, and Rini's age is not given, which mdans she's probably really her apparent age (not counting any years in suspended animation). Sailor Saturn goes to the same school as Uranus and Neptune, but this doesn't mean she is as old as them, since sometimes schools combine many different grades. She is also supposed to be small and weak, which plays havoc with at- tempts to guess her age from her appearance. In the manga, she starts in 6th grade, so would be 11-12 as of S. (Note: she is deaged during SS.) The Sailor Stars are stated to be age 16, and are in the same class with the others. To summarize: Under the assumption that the series ends at the end of 10th grade for Usagi, everyone is the following ages: Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter: 16 Tuxedo Mask: 19 (manga), 21+ (anime--20 if he went to college a year early) Sailor Uranus, Neptune: 17 Sailor Pluto: 20 (manga), ancient (anime) Sailor Saturn: 13 (chronologically, ignoring deaging/reaging) Sailor Starlights: 16 Sailor Chibi-Moon: 903 (manga), unknown but young (anime), Sailor Chibi-Chibi: N/A If Usagi doesn't round birthdays up, she cannot say she is 16 in the last episode unless it happens before her 17th birthday. Then the latest the series can end is 11th grade, June 29 (when Mars and Star Maker are a year older than above). The early limit would be 10th grade, after September 28 (the date is mentioned in episode 189), when everyone except Mars, Mercury, Star Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger than above. If Usagi rounds birthdays up, then Sailor Stars is slower than realtime and the last episode must take place before she is 16 1/2 (10th grade, end of December). Then the latest the series can end is 10th grade, end of December (when Star Healer, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are a year younger than above), and the earliest is 10th grade, after September 28, when everyone except Mars, Mercury, Star Fighter, Star Maker, Moon, and Chibi-Moon are a year younger than above. Note that if you believe the first episode is aired in real time, Usagi must be rounding birthdays up. Also, she says she'll write one letter a day to Mamoru and writes her 30th letter in #182, which pretty much shows the series is slower than realtime. The dub contradicts itself in the first Alan/Ann episode. That episode places Alan (Earl) in grade 10 (instead of 9) and Ann and Serena in grade 9 (instead of 8), and calls it high school (instead of junior high). Fans have guessed that this is a pilot episode, and I wouldn't take it too seriously. The error is repeated later at least once. The dubbed episode 15 has a mistake which put Serena's brother in Crossroads Junior High too, which is ridiculous. Note: The main characters exist in the present because they are reincarnated (a word which the dub refuses to use). However, reincarnation is unrelated to why they are still alive 1000 years in the future. The anime explains (ep- isode 83) that everyone on Earth fell into suspended animation because of some catastrophe and Neo-Queen Serenity restored them in the future. (It isn't stated whether Usagi or Chibi-Usa were in suspended animation too.) In the manga, V5 says they lived 1000 years because of the Silver Crystal, which gave "almost" everyone long life. (Queen Beryl also says in V3 that she can get immortality from the Silver Crystal.) Also, the Silver Millennium family's lifespan is 1000 years (which doesn't quite fit). Supporting characters: Luna: Sailor Moon's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet Mau. Artemis: Sailor Venus's magical cat. In the manga (only) comes from planet Mau. Darien (Mamoru): Serena's boyfriend, and Tuxedo Mask. I listed him above, but must point out another DIC screwup. His name as a prince is originally Endymion; this is taken from mythology, where Selene loved Endymion. It was different from his regular name, Mamoru. Changing both to Darien not only re- moves the reference, but causes two problems: First, when he's under the con- trol of the Negaverse, Serena asks him to remember the name Darien--he claims never to have heard the name "Darien" before, but he's calling himself Prince Darien at the time! Second, Rini knows that her parents are Serena and Darien and manages not to figure out that the Serena and Darien of the 20th century are the same people (because the names weren't _really_ the same in the original). Sam (Shingo): Serena's younger brother. Molly Baker (Osaka Naru): Serena's best friend. She gets attacked by monsters an awful lot. :-) Andrew (Furuhata Motoki): Darien's friend; runs the video arcade where everyone hangs out. Andrew's family owns the arcade (manga only). Lizzie (Furuhata Unazuki): Andrew's sister. Melvin (Gurio Umino): Classmate of Serena and Molly. Ms. Patricia Haruna (Haruna Sakurada): Serena's teacher. (Switched last name for first name and mispronounced it.) Sailor Moon's parents (Ikuko and Kenji). Sailor Mars' grandfather. [Spoiler warning for SuperS] Qvnan: png jubfr cneragf ner Yhan naq Negrzvf. Qbrfa'g fubj hc hagvy Fnvybe Zbba FF. [Spoiler warning for Sailor Stars] Puvov-Puvov: tvey nccneragyl lbhatre guna Puvov-Hfn, jvgu haxabja onpxtebhaq. Some of these supporting characters fade into the background after a while. Villains: Many villains are named after various gems and minerals. The dub has an odd mixture of recognizing that they are mineral names (renaming Kunzite to Malachite had to be done by someone who _knows_) and total cluelessness as to the source of the names (Nephrite is called "Neflyte" in the dub, for instance). The following names are my best attempt to list the names along with their associated minerals. The ones marked * have minerals pronounced (and thus, probably spelled) the same as the villain name. The ones marked with ** are not exact, but are close to mineral names. Others aren't minerals. Spelling, where there isn't an exact mineral name, is mostly just a guess. Dub spellings are from the Cardzillion cards, and official. Sailor Moon: Queen Beryl*, Jadeite*, Nephrite*, Zoisite*, Kunzite* (Malachite* in the dub), Queen Metallia (Negaforce in the dub). The best explanation for the change I've heard is that Kunzite's name was changed for legal reasons (the mineral was named after a person. So was zoisite, but the person wasn't from the US). I haven't seen this confirmed, and I'm not quite sure how to confirm it. The other three generals, in the dub are spelled "Jedite", "Neflyte", and "Zoycite" (ugh). Sailor Moon R, part 1: Earl (Alan in the dub) and Ann(e). Their names seem to be a pun on "alien" (Earl would be pronounced "ail" in Japanese). In the original, Earl and Ann use _different_ names (Ginga Seijuurou and Ginga Natsumi; ginga mdans "galaxy" or "Milky Way" and was [mis]translated in the dub as "Granger") in school, while keeping the names Earl and Ann as villains. (Remember what I said about spelling being a guess--don't write to me saying 'Earl' should be 'Ail'.) Sailor Moon R, part 2: Cooan** (kermesite; the name of this mineral in Japanese is cooan) (Catzy in the dub), Beruche** (berthierite) (Bertie in the dub, though it's obviously really mdant as Birdy), Calaveras** (calaverite) (Avery in the dub), Petz** (petzite) (Prizma in the dub) (these four aren't guesses, but are from the Japanese merchandise.), Rubeus** (ruby?) (Rubbeus in the dub), Esmeraude** (emerald?), Sapphir** (sapphire?) Demand** (diamond?) (some of these apparently derived from non-English names for the minerals), Black Lady, Wiseman. Sailor Moon S: Professor Tomoe, Kaolinite*, Eudial** (eudialyte), Mimete** (mimetite), Tellu** (tellurite), Viluy** (viluite, villiaumite), Cyprine* or Sapphirine*, Puchirol** (ptilolite, pucherite), Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90. Note: these minerals are mostly guesses. Sailor Moon SS: Zirconia*, Hawk's Eye** (Hawk Eye), Fish Eye*, Tiger's Eye** (Tiger Eye), CereCere, PallaPalla, JunJun, VesVes (named after the first four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta), Nephelenia** (nepheline). Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Galaxia, Iron Mouse, Aluminum Siren, Lead Crow, Tin Nyanko. (And Heavy Metal Papillon in the manga). The following lists some early, unused, Sailor Moon US names. The first version was announced soon after Sailor Moon's US release was announced. The second version appears on the English Kodansha WWW site (Kodansha published the Japanese comic) and the third is the DIC dub version. Identity Japanese Name First Kodansha DIC dub -------- ------------- ----- -------- ------- Sailor Moon Tsukino Usagi Victoria Celeste Serena Tuxedo Mask Chiba Mamoru ? Mark Darien Sailor Mars Hino Rei Dana Rae Raye Sailor Mercury Mizuno Ami Blue Amy Amy Sailor Jupiter Kino Makoto Sara Maggie Lita Sailor Venus Aino Minako Kari Monica Mina Note 1. "Amy" and "Ami" are not pronounced the same. 2. The name "Serena" is obviously derived from Usagi's Japanese name as a princess, which can be spelled "Selenity" or "Serenity". In Japanese, there is no distinction between the sounds "l" and "r", and the name has two ori- gins. The first is the reference to the Sea of Serenity on the moon, where the moon palace was located (manga volume 3). The second is to the moon goddess Selene. Japanese merchandise that uses Roman letters spells it with an "r". In the original version, Usagi's regular name wasn't the same as her name as a princess. On the other hand, in it her mother on the moon was also named Serenity, giving her mother and her the same name. (So the original has Queen Serenity and Usagi/Princess Serenity, while the dub has Queen Serenity and Serena/Princess Serena). 3. Before even the first set of names was announced there was a rumor that Usagi was going to be named Darrien. 4. "Minako" is a Japanese pun, sort of. "Mi" and "ko" can also be pronounced as "Bi" and "su", making it "Binasu", a Japanese pronunciation of "Venus". The "no" in most of the names is a pun. The kanji corresponding to the planet is at the start of their name, and "no" is pronounced like "no" meaning "of". The Japanese word "no" works in the reverse order from "of", so the names sound like they mean " of ". Other original names and versions: Sailor Scouts: The Japanese term is Sailor Senshi (meaning Sailor Soldiers or Fighters) Negaverse: originally "Dark Kingdom" (in English.) The later villains were not from there; tying them all together was a dub invention. "Meatball Head": originally "odango atama" (roughly "dumpling head", but odango really don't exist in America). For some inexplicable reason the English manga translation in Mixx changed this. Sailor Mars' anti-spirit attack, when she chants and tosses a magic paper (ofuda) is done with the words (in the original) "Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, retsu, sai, zen. Akuryou taisan!". The characters on the ofuda are also "akuryou taisan"; they mean "evil spirit, begone". She gets this "attack", which shows up in other anime unrelated to Sailor Moon, from being a priestess, not from being Sailor Mars, and she used it before becoming Sailor Mars and when she had amnesia in episode 42. The dub tries to explain it as "I call upon the power of Mars fireballs charge", although not only does it have nothing to do with being Sailor Mars, there are no fireballs in it! The dub attack has also been visually edited to remove a silhouette. (It is excruciatingly obvious that the dubbers were afraid Americans would see it as Satan. A reader has suggested to me that this figure is actually Fudo Myo-o, a god of fire.) In episode 42 (where it obviously couldn't be changed to Mars fireballs) the attack was dubbed differently ("I banish you monster, now!", which could be a translation) and keeps the silhouette. Star Crystal: Originally the Black Crystal (kurozuishou). The second one that Zoisite has is called the Black Crystal in both the dub and the original. Silver Crystal: Called "maboroshi no ginzuishou" in the original (meaning something like "legendary silver crystal", with maboroshi literally mdaning 'illusion'). The dub can't seem to decide what to call it, so it becomes the Silver Empyrean Crystal one episode, the Silver Moon Crystal another, and eventually the Empyrean Silver Moon Crystal. Doom Tree: originally the "Makaiju". (Ma=evil/magic, kai=world/land, ju=tree). Schools: Crossroads Junior High (Juuban in the original): Sailor Moon, Mercury, and Jupiter go here. Brookdale Private School (T*A Private Girls' School): Sailor Mars goes here. It is a Catholic school; we see it in a later Sailor Stars episode. Apparently, her father wants her to go there even though she's a Shinto shrine maiden. Grass Valley Junior High (Shibakouen): Sailor Venus goes here. Harvard Elementary (Juuban Elementary School): Chibi-Usa (Rini) goes here. Mugen Gakuen: Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune go to school here up until the end of S, where it's destroyed. Juuban High School: Everyone high school-aged except for Mars goes here after the end of S. (Having them enter high school at the start of Sailor Stars was a mistake--stated so by Naoko--and they should be in high school during SS and were in the manga. Uranus and Neptune also go here [shown only in the manga] because Mugen Gakuen was destroyed.) Original and dub attack, etc. names: (most of these are in English; only rarely does an attack include a Japanese word) ep. ep. Sailor North American attack Japanese attack dub Japan ------ --------------------- --------------- --- --- Moon Moon Tiara Magic Moon Tiara Action 1 1 Moon Tiara Vaporize? (4) (not used--episode cut) Moon Tiara Stardust -- 5 Moon Healing Activation Moon Healing Escalation*4 21 25 Moon Crystal Healing Activation Moon Sceptre Elimination Moon Princess Halation 45/54*** 51 Moon Sceptre Activation (67) -- Moon Spiral Heart Attack -- 91 -- Rainbow Moon Heart Ache -- 112 -- Moon Gorgeous Meditation -- 128*6 -- Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss- 168*7 -- Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss -- 187 [I am not making these up.] Mercury Mercury Bubble Blast Shabon Spray* 5 8 Mercury Ice Storm Splash (66) Mercury Ice Bubbles FreezeShabon Spray Freezing* 47 53 Mercury Ice Storm Splash Shine Aqua Illusion 56 62 Shine Aqua Illusion (69) -- Double Shabon Spray Freezing* -- 80 -- Mercury Aqua Rhapsody -- 151 -- Mercury Aqua Mirage -- Special Mars Mars Fire Ignite Fire Soul 7 10 Mars Firestorm Flash (57) Mars Firebird Strike Fire Soul Bird 48 54 Mars Celestial Fire Surround Burning Mandala 57 63 -- Mars Flame Sniper -- 152 Jupiter Supreme Thunder Crash (21)Supreme Thunder 21 25 Jupiter Thunder Crash (22, 24+) Jupiter Thunderbolt Crash (23) Jupiter Thunder Dragon Supreme Thunder Dragon 49 55 Jupiter Thundercrash Zap Sparkling Wide Pressure 59 65 Super Supreme Thunder -- 147 -- Jupiter Oak Evolution -- 154 Venus Venus Crescent Beam Smash Crescent Beam 29 33 Venus Venus Shower (46)(?)Crescent Beam Shower 46 52 (I know I and a lot of other people have heard it as 'Venus Venus'. We'll probably never know for sure.) Venus Meteor Shower (47+) Venus Love Chain Encircle Venus Love Me Chain *9 59 65 -- Venus Love and Beauty Shock -- 154 Chibi-Moon -- Pink Sugar Heart Attack -- 103 -- Twinkle Yell -- 131 Uranus -- World Shaking -- 92 -- Space Sword Blaster *8 -- SS Mv. Neptune -- Deep Submerge -- 92 -- Submarine Reflection -- SS Mv. Pluto -- Dead Scream -- 112 Saturn -- (not shown) *5 -- 125 -- Silence Glaive Surprise -- 172 -- Silence Wall -- 172 S. Star Fighter Star Serious Laser -- 173 S. Star Maker Star Gentle Uterus -- 174 [I am not making this up either. No, it doesn't actually use a uterus.] S. Star Healer Star Sensitive Inferno -- 175 Miscellaneous: Lead Crow got her powers by stealing the "Sailor Crystal" of a Sailor Senshi named Sailor Coronis. Note: In mythology, Coronis was Artemis's brother's lover (Artemis's brother was Apollo), who Artemis killed for infidelity. Transformations: (Note: dub episode 42 adds the word 'transform' to each one) Moon Moon Prism Power Moon Prism Power, Make Up 1 1 Moon Star Power (54-57) Moon Crystal Power, Make Up 45/54*** 51 Moon Crystal Power (45-53,58+) -- Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up -- 91 -- Crisis Make Up -- 112 -- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/Chibi-M)-- 130 -- Moon Eternal Make Up -- 168 Mercury Mercury Power Mercury Power, Make Up 5 8 Mercury Star Power Mercury Star Power, Make Up 56 62 -- Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up -- 151 Mars Mars Power Mars Power, Make Up 7 10 Mars Star Power Mars Star Power, Make Up 57 63 -- Mars Crystal Power, Make Up -- 152 Jupiter Jupiter Power Jupiter Power, Make Up 21 25 Jupiter Star Power Jupiter Star Power, Make Up 59 65 -- Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154 Venus Venus Power Venus Power, Make Up 32 36 Venus Star Power Venus Star Power, Make Up 59 65 -- Venus Crystal Power, Make Up -- 154 Chibi-Moon -- Moon Prism Power, Make Up -- 103 -- Moon Crisis Make Up (w/S.Moon) -- 130 Uranus -- Uranus Planet Power, Make Up -- 106 Neptune -- Neptune Planet Power, Make Up -- 106 Pluto -- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up -- 111 Saturn (Saturn does not transform on camera) S. Star Fighter Fighter Star Power, Make Up -- 176 S. Star Healer Maker Star Power, Make Up -- 177 S. Star Maker Healer Star Power, Make Up -- 178 S. Chibi-Chibi -- -- 187 Miscellaneous: Moon Disguise Power Moon Power 2 3 Moon (no words used) Sailor Moon Kick 14 17 Moon (no words used) Sailor Body Attack 54 60 Chibi-Moon Kitty Magic Luna-P Henge** 54 60 Luna Ball Kitty Magic (55) Luna Sphere Kitty Magic (66) Kitty Power (56) Chibi-Moon Kitty Power Luna-P Magic 56 62 Moon+Chibi-Moon -- Double Sailor Moon Kick -- 107 (combined) Scout Power Sailor Teleport 40 45 Sailor Teleport Sailor Teleport 67 74 (combined) Sailor Planet Power Sailor Planet Power 65 72 (combined) -- Sailor Planet Attack -- 82 (combined) -- Silver Crystal Power -- S Movie * Shabon translates to "soap" or "soap bubbles". The Japanese word apparently comes from Portuguese. ** meaning "Luna-P, transform". *** First episode chronologically, and first one aired, respectively (the episodes were aired out of order). *4 Also translated to "Cosmic Moon Power" in the dub when used as a powerful attack in the last few episodes of the first series. *5 Her manga attack is "Death Reborn Revolution". It is possibly a pun on "ribbon" (though contrary to earlier versions of this FAQ, the katakana for "ribbon" and "reborn" are not the same). *6 First used in #128 but named and fully shown in #130. *7 First used in #168 but named and fully shown in #173. *8 One fansub translates this as "Crystal Attack" It's really badly pronounced and sort of sounds like "Crystal Attack", but it's not. The SuperS movie memorial album even has it as "Space Sword Blaster" in English. *9 Yes, it's "Love Me". It's in English in the Sailor Moon SuperS movie book, as well as being a manga attack with katakana that can be read as "Love Me" but not as "Lovely". No, I don't care what your VKLL sub says. Serena's original speech was "For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you!" It often follows a more episode-specific speech, and is sometimes parodied (for instance, the teaser for the episode with the priest had "in the name of God, I will punish you!") The dub, obviously, can't use it all because "Pretty Soldier" isn't in the English show name. The dub speech started as "I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that mdans you!" It later did use "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!", usually (but not always) when there were few other changes to the scripts. The dub sometimes rewrites the speech such that it looks like Serena is introducing herself several times in a row. If you were puzzled by this, well, now you know who to blame. 5) Theme song The North American version (from the CD lyrics): Fighting evil by moonlight Winning love by daylight Never running from a real fight [ed: did whoever wrote that line _watch_ the show?] She is the one named Sailor Moon! She will never turn her back on a friend, She is always there to defend, She is the one on whom we can depend, She is the one named Sailor... Sailor Venus! Sailor Mercury! Sailor Mars! Sailor Jupiter! With secret powers All so new to her She is the one named Sailor Moon! Fighting evil by moonlight, Winning love by daylight, With her Sailor Scouts to help fight She is the one named Sailor Moon! She is the one named Sailor Moon! She is the one ... Sailor Moon! The original version (translated by Theresa Martin), "Moonlight Legend": (Lyrics in parentheses aren't used in the opening, but are part of the song and appear when it's on CDs and such): "I'm sorry, I'm not gentle.", I can say if it's in my dreams. My thoughts are about to short circuit. Right now, I want to meet! Making me want to cry, moonlight. I can't telephone either, midnight. Because of my naivete, what will i do? My heart is a kaleidoscope. Led by the moonlight, we meet by chance many times over. The number of twinklings of the constellations foretell love's whereabouts. Born on the same earth, a miracle romance. (Once more, a weekend with you. God, grant me a happy end. In the present, past, and future I'll be completely devoted to you.) (I won't forget your dear look when we met. Out of [tens of] millions of stars, I can find you. Changing even serendipity to opportunity, I love this way of life!) (A wondrous miracle growing close, we meet by chance many times over. The number of twinklings of the constellations foretell love's whereabouts. Born on the same earth, a miracle romance that I believe in, a miracle romance.) "Moonlight Legend" (and the US song) are sung to a mdlody swiped from "Sayonara at the End of the Dance", by Chieko Baishou, in the 1960's. There is a newer theme song for Sailor Stars, written by Takeuchi Naoko. 6) Japanese myths and cultural elements Sailor Moon's Japanese name (Tsukino Usagi) mdans "rabbit of the moon", specifically referring to an Asian legend of a rabbit on the moon pounding the mochi (a rice cake). There are several jokes based on this name: she wears and uses rabbit designs all the time; her hair visually suggests rabbit ears; Luna's computer password is "the rabbit on the moon pounds the mochi"; Chibi- Usa is referred to as "the rabbit" by villains (DIC even kept this a few times); Usagi's _least_ favorite food is carrots, etc. The jokes mostly go over the head of audiences who don't know about the original, though the North American version does claim (on the doll boxes) that her favorite animal is the bunny rabbit. Some dubs in other languages translate her name to keep the jokes; for instance, in the French, German, and Italian versions she's named "Bunny". The Mixx comic book version also uses "Bunny". Japanese schools: The Japanese school system is uniformly 3 grades of mid- dle school and 3 of high school, so Serena is in the equivalent of 8th grade when in second year middle school. Uniforms are standard for Japanese public schools, including sailor suits for girls in many places. Both boys' and girls' uniforms were derived from the uniforms worn by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Meiji era (1868-1912). There is a fierce high school and college entrance exam competition in Japan, and what college you go to ultimately determines a great deal of your standing in your whole life. The exams are nothing like entrance exams in America; they are long and involve a lot of regurgitation. Many students go to special cram schools (juku) for years solely to study for these exams; Amy goes to one (explained as "computer class" in the dub). School is very difficult, and students get hours of homework a day (having much less time for socializing than usually shown in Japanese animation), up to college; college itself is often easier than in America. All Japanese students study English for years, but the English teaching system is one of the worst foreign language teaching systems in the world, and most Japanese can speak little English. Sword, mirror, and jewel (not in dub): These items are based on the myth of the legendary three treasures which the sun goddess Amaterasu brought to Japan. They appear a lot in anime, showing up at least in Yuu Yuu Hakusho, GS Mikami, and Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors). -- Ken Arromdee |They said it was *daft* to build a space arromdee@inetnow.net |station in a swamp, but I showed them! It karromde@nyx.nyx.net |sank unto the swamp. So I built a second http://www.inetnow.net/~arromdee|space station. That sank into the swamp too. --------------------------------+My third space station sank into the swamp. So I built a fourth one. That fell into a time warp and _then_ sank into the swamp. But the fifth one... stayed up! --Monty Python/Babylon 5