History Franchise / SailorMoon

* ''Sailor Moon Crystal'': An upcoming anime announced in 2012 with a target release window of July 2014. This anime's aim is to much more faithfully adapt the original manga.

* ''VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory'': An RPG based on the anime, taking place after the S season.

* ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'': A Sailor Venus- centric predecessor to the Sailor Moon manga. [[BroadStrokes vaguely in continuity]] within different ''Sailor Moon'' adaptations.

* ''Sailor Moon (Reboot)'': An upcoming reboot anime announced in 2012 with a target release window of July 2014.

* ''SeraMyu'': A series of musicals, often heavily deviating from the source material.

* ''Sailor Moon (Reboot)'': An upcoming reboot anime announced in 2012 with a target release window of late November 2013 to early January 2014.

* ''Sailor Moon (Reboot)'': An upcoming reboot anime announced in 2012 with a target release window of late November 2013 to early January 2014. Probably canceled because we're a month away from January have heard nothing, and TOEI is Satan.

* ''Sailor Moon (Reboot)'': An upcoming reboot anime announced in 2012 with a target release window of late November 2013 to early January 2014.

* ''Sailor Moon (Reboot)'': An upcoming reboot anime originally planned for a summer 2013 release, though it has since been delayed and may possibly move into 2014.

* ''Sailor Moon (2013)'': An upcoming reboot anime planned for a summer 2013 release. Currently [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-27/new-sailor-moon-anime-delayed delayed]] for unknown reasons.

* ''Sailor Moon (2013)'': An upcoming reboot anime planned for a summer 2013 release.

Known in Japan as ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon'' (and given the non-literal English title of ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''), '''''Sailor Moon''''' is a multimedia franchise that fused the {{Sentai}} and MagicalGirl genres. The series started as a manga and was later adapted into an anime. Created by pharmacist-turned-manga author Creator/NaokoTakeuchi, ''Sailor Moon'' lasted for five seasons, three motion pictures, and a number of TV specials, becoming its own cottage industry in the process.

Known in Japan as ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon'' (and given the non-literal English title of ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''), '''''Sailor Moon''''' is a multimedia franchise that fused the {{Sentai}} and MagicalGirl genres. The series started as a manga and was later adapted into an anime. Created by pharmacist-turned-manga author Creator/NaokoTakeuchi, ''SailorMoon'' lasted for five seasons, three motion pictures, and a number of TV specials, becoming its own cottage industry in the process.

!Works this franchise includes:

* [[''Sailor Moon (2013)'']]: An upcoming reboot anime planned for a summer 2013 release.

* ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'': A predecessor to the Sailor Moon manga, starring Sailor Venus.
* ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': A live-action adaptation and retelling of the Dark Kingdom arc.
* ''SeraMyu'': A series of musicals.

* ''Sailor Moon'' (2013): An upcoming reboot anime planned for a summer 2013 release.

* ''Sailor Moon'' (2013): An upcoming reboot anime planned for summer 2013 release, which is said to be more faithful to the original manga.

Known in Japan as ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon'' (and given the non-literal English title of ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''), '''''Sailor Moon''''' is a multimedia franchise that fused the {{Sentai}} and MagicalGirl genres. The series started as a manga and was later adapted into an anime. Created by pharmacist-turned-manga author NaokoTakeuchi, ''SailorMoon'' lasted for five seasons, three motion pictures, and a number of TV specials, becoming its own cottage industry in the process.

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* ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'': A prequel of sorts to the Sailor Moon manga, starring Sailor Venus.

* ''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': A live-action adaptation and retelling of the Dark Kingdom arc.

* ''CodenameSailorV'': A prequel of sorts to the Sailor Moon manga, starring Sailor Venus.

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* ''VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory: An RPG based on the anime, taking place after the S season.

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->''"Moon Prism Power, Make-UP!"''

''Sailor Moon'' is the story of Usagi Tsukino ("Serena" in the North American dub), a clumsy, lazy, underachieving 14-year-old crybaby schoolgirl whose life is completely changed when she meets a talking cat. The cat, Luna, tells her that she is a predestined magical warrior who must find the reincarnated princess of a lost kingdom of magic while, at the same time, defending Earth against the forces of the extra-dimensional evil responsible for the fall of said kingdom. In the course of a year, Usagi discovers other reincarnated warriors, learns how to be a leader, and discovers a secret power within herself that puts the combined force of the other Sailor Senshi to shame. In the end, she must find the courage to confront the evil mastermind behind the Dark Kingdom, sacrificing everything in her attempt to destroy it forever. Subsequent seasons go through a similar pattern with [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil the strength of each set of foes escalating]].

The show was licensed overseas throughout a good portion of TheNineties, with pretty much every country/region getting their own international dubs which thoroughly displaced the original work (itself heavily displacing the original ''manga'' it was adapted from). Naturally, the regulation of translation accuracy, adaptation for ease of viewing, and editing due to local censorship concerns varied wildly by region. Coupled with the blooming internet, this allowed to fans to actually be aware of these changes ([[TheyChangedItNowItSucks loudly, in the case of the North American fandom]]) sometimes even before they aired.

Uncensored and censored versions of most of the series were eventually offered by Creator/{{Geneon}} and even ADVFilms. All of these sets, as well as the uncut DVD releases for the three films (also released by Geneon), are now out of print. For various marketing reasons, the last season was never offically sold.

Around 2003, Toei quietly pulled all licenses to the franchise worldwide, so non-bootlegged [=DVDs=] now go for a great deal of money online. [[http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16792.html This may be changing]], as Toei has been shopping the show (in its entirety) around again, and some countries have begun rebroadcasting the series -- but only using their old dubs.

The original manga was one of the earliest series TokyoPop picked up (back when they were Mixx Comics), but all of their releases went out of print in 2005. Kodansha began to re-release the manga in English in September 2011, basing the new releases on the 2003 Japanese reprints.

A live-action version of the franchise appeared on Japanese television between October 2003 and October 2004. Forty-nine episodes were broadcast of ''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', which established itself as [[AlternateContinuity a completely separate continuity]], a BroadStrokes adaptation of the first BigBad's arc leaning more heavily towards the original comic book.

The manga has a {{prequel}} to ''Sailor Moon'', which is ''CodenameSailorV'' (it's a prequel of sorts, anyway; the first issue was released before ''Sailor Moon'', but the series itself was finished afterwards). There is also a set of [[TheMusical stage musicals]] known as ''SeraMyu'', an apocryphal Super Famicom RPG titled ''[[SailorMoonAnotherStory Sailor Moon: Another Story]]'', and various other video game releases. There was also an aborted American live action/animation blend adaption by a company called Toon Makers which was pitched to Toei instead of the dub but it didn't get picked up and the only footage ever released to the public is a two minute music video that was put together using the pilot they produced. This adaptation was going to be rather...different, shall we say, and more information on that can be found at ''WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon''.

On July 6, 2012, [[MegatonAnnouncement Toei Animation revealed plans]] for a [[{{Remake}} remake]] of ''Sailor Moon'' that will air worldwide starting [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-07-06/sailor-moon-manga-gets-new-anime-in-summer-2013 in the summer of 2013]]. This new project is not a film, but rather a serialized anime. Upon hearing this news, [[AndTheFandomRejoiced the fandom exploded.]]

[[Characters/SailorMoon There is a character sheet for more details.]] '''Please''' put character-specific tropes there instead of adding them here.

Do not mention the [[PrettyGuardianSailorMoon live-action version]], the [[SeraMyu musical]], or the [[SailorMoonAnotherStory video game]] here. Put tropes relating to those specific entries on the appropriate pages.

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!! ''SailorMoon'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* [[SailorMoon/TropesOne Tropes found in both the anime and manga]]
* [[SailorMoon/TropesTwo Tropes found in the anime]]
* [[SailorMoon/TropesThree Tropes found in the manga]]
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Known in Japan as ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon'' (and given the non-literal English title of ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon''), '''''Sailor Moon''''' is a manga and anime series that fused the {{Sentai}} and MagicalGirl genres. Created by pharmacist-turned-manga author NaokoTakeuchi, ''SailorMoon'' lasted for five seasons, three motion pictures, and a number of TV specials, becoming its own cottage industry in the process.