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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon R

By | Nov 22, 2022 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our monthly look at all things Sailor Moon. Today we are revisiting Sailor Moon R, the second season of the ’90s anime (which, depending on who you ask, stands for Sailor Moon Return, or Sailor Moon Romance.) Slightly shorter than its predecessor, at 43 episodes (which first aired in Japan from […]

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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon (1992-93)

By | Oct 17, 2022 | Columns

[Header art from the LaserDisc releases] Welcome back to Mooniversity, our monthly look at all things Sailor Moon. Today we are revisiting the first season of the anime itself, simply named Sailor Moon, which aired in Japan from March 7, 1992, to February 27, 1993. Offering an expanded, monster-of-the-week take on the initial ‘Dark Kingdom’ […]

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Mooniversity: The Beginning

By | Sep 19, 2022 | Columns

Welcome to the first true installment of Mooniversity, our monthly look at all things “Sailor Moon.” We spent the summer revisiting Naoko Takeuchi’s manga series, and now we’ll begin looking at the TV shows, films, and stage musicals in the run-up to the release of Sailor Moon Cosmos next year. Today, we’re starting from the […]

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“Sailor Moon” Short Stories: ‘Casablanca Memory,’ ‘The Lover of Princess Kaguya,’ & ‘Parallel Sailor Moon’

By | Sep 12, 2022 | Reviews

We are concluding our Summer Comics Binge of Naoko Takeuchi’s manga “Sailor Moon” this week, with three standalone short stories that are not part of the ‘Chibiusa’s Picture Diary‘ or ‘Entrance Exam Wars‘ series. They consist of ‘Casablanca Memory,’ a sad, somber tale about Rei Hino/Sailor Mars; ‘The Lover of Princess Kaguya,’ a holiday special […]

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“Sailor Moon” Short Stories: ‘The Entrance Exam Wars’ #1-3

By | Sep 5, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to the Summer Comics Binge of Naoko Takeuchi’s manga “Sailor Moon,” this week we’re continuing to look at the short stories, namely the three-part ‘Entrance Exam Wars.’ These lighthearted stories shine the spotlight on the Inner Guardians, as they prepare for their upper high school entrance tests during the ‘Infinity’ arc. Before we […]

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“Sailor Moon” Short Stories: ‘Chibiusa’s Picture Diary’ #1-4

By | Aug 29, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to our Summer Comics Binge of Naoko Takeuchi’s “Sailor Moon” manga: this week we’re taking a look at the four ‘Chibiusa’s Picture Diary’ specials, featuring Usagi and Mamoru’s future daughter on all kinds of wacky and bizarre adventures during and in-between the events of the main series. ‘Beware of the Transfer Student!:’ Taking […]

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“Codename: Sailor V” #9-16

By | Aug 22, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome to today’s Summer Comics Binge of the “Sailor Moon” manga, concluding our look at the prequel “Codename: Sailor V.” Do Minako Aino and Artemis’s goofy adventures get more serious as they approach the timeframe of their operatic sister series? Yes, but only slightly: the second half introduces a Tuxedo Mask-esque love interest for Mina […]

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“Codename: Sailor V” #1-8

By | Aug 15, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to the Summer Comics Binge of Naoko Takeuchi’s “Sailor Moon,” today we’re looking at the first half of the prequel “Codename: Sailor V,” which we feel comfortable calling a prequel even though it debuted before its sister title on August 3, 1991, since it was released quarterly alongside it, and concluded afterwards on […]

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“Sailor Moon” #56-60

By | Aug 8, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to the Summer Comics Binge of the “Sailor Moon” manga, today we’re looking at the final chapters of the main series itself. All of Usagi’s Sailor Guardians, and her beloved Mamoru, have been slain by Galaxia and her minions. Together with the Sailor Starlights, Princess Kakyuu, and Sailor Chibi Chibi, our heroine flies […]

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“Sailor Moon” #50-55

By | Aug 1, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to our Summer Comics Binge of the “Sailor Moon” manga, today we begin looking at the fifth and final story arc, ‘Stars,’ which introduces the Sailor Starlights, a trio of Guardians from beyond the Solar system; Sailor Galaxia, the corrupt ruler of the interstellar empire Shadow Galactica; and Chibi Chibi, a mysterious youngster […]

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“Sailor Moon” #45-49

By | Jul 25, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to the Summer Comics Binge of the “Sailor Moon” manga, continuing with the back half of the ‘Dream’ arc. As we pick up, both Usagi and Mamoru have been infected by a lung virus from the Dead Moon Circus, while the Inner Guardians have been captured by the Amazoness Quartet — cue a […]

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“Sailor Moon” #39-44

By | Jul 18, 2022 | Reviews

Welcome back to the Summer Comics Binge of Naoko Takeuchi’s “Sailor Moon,” this week we’re starting the fourth arc of the series, the ‘Dream’ saga, which many of you will have just revisited, as it formed the basis of last year’s Sailor Moon Eternal movies. For those who need a refresher, this story pits the […]

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