History Anime / SailorMoonCrystal

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Anime/SailorMoonEternalTheMovie''. The first and second parts were released on January 8 and February 11, 2021, respectively. %% date per https://sailormoon-movie.jp

** Ai Maeda (Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto) previously played a Three Lights fan in ''Sailor Stars''.

** Yoko Matsuoka played various MonstersOfTheWeek in the '90s anime before playing Queen Metalia in ''Crystal''.

** Takaya Hashi (Phantom 5) voiced Sergei Asimov in ''S'' and the ventriloquist in the ''[=SuperS=]'' special.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The censorship in ''Crystal'' is present due to Japanese censorship laws having become more strict in the past 22 years.

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Anime/SailorMoonEternal''. The first and second parts were released on January 8 and February 11, 2021, respectively. %% date per https://sailormoon-movie.jp

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Sailor Moon Eternal''. The first and second parts were released on January 8 and February 11, 2021, respectively. %% date per https://sailormoon-movie.jp

Creator/KotonoMitsuishi is the only Japanese voice actress reprising her role from the '90s anime, as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.

** It's not the first time Creator/RinaSato (Rei) has voiced a {{Miko}} [[VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu before]].

** Creator/MisatoFukuen (Chibiusa) is no stranger to [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce magical girls]], especially [[Anime/GlitterForce ones who are]] [[PinkHeroine pink heroines.]]

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Sailor Moon Eternal''. The first part was released on January 8, 2021, with the second part set for February 11, 2021. %% date per https://sailormoon-movie.jp

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The Shitennou. In the manga, Jadeite was burnt to death by Sailor Mars's ''Akuryou Taisan'' attack in Act 3, Nephrite suffered a similar fate in Act 5 thanks to Sailor Jupiter's extremely powerful combo of Flower Hurricane and Jupiter Thunderbolt, and Zoisite died to Sailor V's Crescent Boomerang at the end of Act 7. ''Crystal'' recreates these scenes, but has Jadeite and Nephrite teleport away before the guardians' attacks cause enough damage; Zoisite is only slightly scratched and escapes at the beginning of Act 8. Then, in ''Crystal'''s version of Act 12, [[spoiler:all four of the Shitennou are killed at the hands of Queen Metalia.]]

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: The Shitennou. In the manga, Jadeite was burnt to death by Sailor Mars's ''Akuryou Taisan'' attack in Act 3, Nephrite suffered a similar fate in Act 5 thanks to Sailor Jupiter's extremely powerful combo of Flower Hurricane and Jupiter Thunderbolt, and Zoisite died to Sailor V's Crescent Boomerang at the end of Act 7. ''Crystal'' recreates these scenes, but has Jadeite and Nephrite teleport away before the guardians' attacks cause enough damage; Zoisite is only slightly scratched and escapes at the beginning of Act 8. Then, in ''Crystal'''s version of Act 12, all four of the Shitennou are killed at the hands of [[spoiler:Queen Metalia.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Shitennou. In the manga, Jadeite was burnt to death by Sailor Mars's ''Akuryou Taisan'' attack in Act 3, Nephrite suffered a similar fate in Act 5 thanks to Sailor Jupiter's extremely powerful combo of Flower Hurricane and Jupiter Thunderbolt, and Zoisite died to Sailor V's Crescent Boomerang at the end of Act 7. ''Crystal'' recreates these scenes, but has Jadeite and Nephrite teleport away before the guardians' attacks cause enough damage; Zoisite is only slightly scratched and escapes at the beginning of Act 8. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Crystal'''s version of Act 12, when all four of the Shitennou are killed at the hands of Queen Metalia.]]

** In Season 3, the on-screen action maintains the impression that Haruka is male not just to the characters but to the audience, going as far as drawing her eyes differently when she's not transformed (her transformed design has long eyelashes, where when not transformed her eyes are drawn similarly to those of Mamoru and Motoki). The prominence of Uranus and Neptune in the promotional art, eyecatches, and end theme sequence make this pretense entirely pointless even to first-time fans who've somehow avoided being spoiled for any previous media.

** The Dream Arc movie duology will have [[https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max600x600/cms/news.2/148439/eternal.jpg another art shift]], with Kazuko Tadano, the original character designer from the original anime, returning to do designs.

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Sailor Moon Eternal''. The first part is scheduled to be released on January 8, 2021, with the second part set for February 11, 2021. %% date per https://sailormoon-movie.jp

** Played straight with the third season, which has a [[http://i.imgur.com/yayXbDk.jpg different art style]] due to Akira Takahashi replacing Yukie Sato as character designer, and employs more of the comedic exaggeration art tropes that the previous seasons did not.

* NoodlePeople: This is especially [[ExaggeratedTrope pronounced]] in the first two seasons, where Yukie Sato's character designs hew closer to manga-ka Creator/NaokoTakeuchi's original willowy, leggy bishoujo look, but also ''lack'' the source material's periodic lapses into cartoonier, SuperDeformed states.

The first two seasons were simulcast worldwide on a twice-monthly basis (the first and third Saturdays of each month) via streaming services Website/NicoNicoDouga, Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, and Creator/{{Hulu}}'s Creator/NeonAlley channel, beginning in July 2014.

* LighterAndSofter: The manga which ''Crystal'' uses as the base had much more graphic violence and controversial material. There were quite a few instances where children got killed ''a la'' BodyHorror and many, if not all, of the bystander-turned-monsters didn't survive the final blow. Also, editing laws in Japan have gotten much stricter since the '90s anime was broadcast; some of the blood had to be cut out. It's, basically, what happened to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' when it was turned into ''Anime/DragonBallKai''.

* TruerToTheText: Just like ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' (also produced by Toei Animation) was to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Crystal'' is a more direct adaptation of the original [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] than the [[Anime/SailorMoon 90's anime]] or [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon live-action show]], albeit with a SettingUpdate from 1992 to 2014. To this end, Toei {{Art Shifted|Sequel}} the character designs closer to Creator/NaokoTakeuchi's NoodlePeople aesthetic, and the plotting and pacing follow the manga's structure closely, recreating some panels scene for scene. As with the manga's chapters, episodes are called "[[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming acts]]", and each episode takes its title from the chapter it adapts. There are some deviations from the manga, particularly involving the increased presence of the Shitennou, but the sequence of events remains mostly the same.

* VillianHasAPoint: Prince Demande tells Sailor Moon that his desire to use the Silver Crystal to remake the world how he thinks it should be is no different then what Neo-Queen Serenity did with it which is true, especially when you consider the deeper ramifications that a population that lived for thousands of years and still reproduces as fast as humans do would have for the planet.

On January 25, 2017, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-25/sailor-moon-crystal-anime-gets-sequel/.111437 another continuation of the series was announced]] during the series' 25th anniversary. In June 2017, it was confirmed that it will consist of two movies that cover the Dream arc. On June 30, 2019, it was revealed that the movie duology would have the title ''Sailor Moon Eternal''.

->''"Across time... A new light of destiny is unleashed."''

** While Usagi's father Kenji was always considered to be reasonably good-looking (though more in an {{adorkable}} way) by fans of both the manga and the first anime, when he showed up in Act 4 of ''Crystal'' the fans went all "WHOA THERE, SINCE WHEN IS HE '''HOT'''?!"

* TransformationSequence: A CelShaded ConspicuousCGI variation on its predecessor, with ten more seconds worth of mid-air [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning twirling]], flying hair and additional sweeping {{Orbital Shot}}s, accompanied by an EtherealChoir and capped off with a spray of [[SomethingAboutARose red roses]] climbing the standard [[WeirdMoon stylized crescent]] moon background. Season 3 transformations dropped the ConspicuousCG, but the choreography remained mostly similar.

* ConspicuousCG: The CelShaded 3D animation used during the opening and the {{Transformation Sequence}}s in the first two seasons was generated on computer.