Trivia / Sailor Moon Cosmos

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• Acting for Two: Like in Sailor Stars, Kotono Mitsuishi voices both Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon as well as Chibi-Chibi.
• Awesome, Dear Boy: As opposed to most Celebrity Voice Actors, Keiko Kitagawa wanted to be part of the Sailor Moon franchise again and went in to audition for this movie.
• B-Team Sequel: Usagi's final cinematic entry is also her first without Chiaki Kon as director, with newcomer Tomoya Takahashi taking over directing duties.
• Cast the Runner-Up: Marina Inoue, Saori Hayami and Ayane Sakura auditioned for different roles in Crystal, but Inoue and Hayami weren't selected and Sakura voiced Mii. The three were eventually cast as the Sailor Starlights for Cosmos.
• Celebrity Voice Actor: Sailor Cosmos is voiced by actress Keiko Kitagawa, who previously appeared as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Ayumu Murase, who is male, voices the female Sailor Aluminum Siren.
• Meaningful Release Date: The duology's second half was released on June 30, 2023. June 30 also happens to be Usagi Tsukino's birthday.
• Milestone Celebration: Cosmos was announced during the franchise's 30th anniversary event in April 2022 and was released in June 2023, during the year of the water rabbit. The releases also happened to be four months before the 20th anniversary of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Due to Cosmos being released over 26 years after the final episode of Sailor Stars, some characters appearing in both were inevitably recast.
    • Marina Inoue voices Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter instead of Shiho Niiyama, who succumbed to pneumonia in February 2000.
    • Saori Hayami voices Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Maker instead of Narumi Tsunoda.
    • Ayane Sakura voices Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer instead of Chika Sakamoto.
    • Nana Mizuki voices Princess Kakyu instead of Sakiko Tamagawa.
    • Megumi Hayashibara voices Sailor Galaxia instead of Mitsuko Horie.
    • Sena Koizumi voices Sailor Iron Mouse instead of Eriko Hara.
    • Ayumu Murase voices Sailor Aluminum Siren instead of Kikuko Inoue.
    • Yōko Hikasa voices Sailor Lead Crow instead of Chiharu Suzuka.
    • Mariya Ise voices Sailor Tin Nyanko instead of Ikue Otani.
  • Yuko Mizutani, who voiced Ikuko Tsukino in Crystal, died of breast cancer in May 2016. For Cosmos, she was replaced by Wakana Yamazaki, who voiced Koan in R.
• Promoted Fangirl: As it turns out, Marina Inoue (Seiya), Saori Hayami (Taiki), Ayane Sakura (Yaten) and Yōko Hikasa (Lead Crow) are lifelong fans of the Sailor Moon franchise. Inoue and Hayami in particular watched the '90s anime as children.
• Recast as a Regular:
  • Ayane Sakura voiced One-Shot Character Mii on Sailor Moon Crystal before playing Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer.
  • Megumi Hayashibara, who had previously voiced Himeko Nayotake in Sailor Moon S: The Movie, appears as Sailor Galaxia, the leader of Shadow Galactica.
  • Yuka Komatsu previously voiced Mii's mother and a female announcer in Crystal, before voicing Sailor Chi in Cosmos.
  • Wakana Yamazaki voiced Koan and some one-off roles in the first Sailor Moon anime before voicing Ikuko Tsukino in Cosmos.
• Role Reprise:
  • Kotono Mitsuishi (Usagi/Sailor Moon) also returns to voice Chibi-Chibi, a role she last played back in 1997, for this final Sailor Moon installment.
  • Hiroshi Iwasaki and Tsubasa Yonaga reprise their respective roles as Wiseman and Saphir, eight years after last appearing in Crystal.
  • Daisuke Sakaguchi also returns as Itto Asanuma after being absent from Sailor Moon Eternal.
• Self-Adaptation: As with Eternal, Naoko Takeuchi served as the film's chief supervisor.

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