Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon was a tokusatsu TV series in the Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon fictional universe originally created by Takeuchi Naoko. It is created by Toei, the same company that produces the Super Sentai series, and genre to which the original story arugably also belongs. It ran from 2003–2004, and was a retelling of the first major Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon arc (sometimes refered to as the 'Dark Kingdom' arc or just 'Classic') but with considerable plot divergences.

The theme song is called "Kirari*Sailor Dream!" and was performed by J-Pop singer Sae. The lyrics were written by Takeuchi Naoko herself.

The series lasted 49 episodes, and also included four seperate made for DVD specials.

1 DVD Specials
2 Changes in Story
- 2.1 New Sailor Senshi
3 Cast
4 External links

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DVD Specials

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Special Act

A sequel to the series that portrayed the wedding of Mamoru and Usagi. Before their nuptiuals they must do battle with Mio Kuroki who has been resurrected and claims to be the new queen of the Dark Kingdom. She kidnaps Mamoru and Usagi and forces Mamoru to marry her. However, the Shitennou are revived and help their master to defeat Mio's youma, Sword and Shield. Meanwhile the Sailor Senshi, minus Sailor Mars who is bedridden with injuries from battle, use the Moon Sword provided by Queen Serenity to defeat Mio, who had turned into a giant plant monster.

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Act Zero

The last special made for the series ironicall is a prequel of sorts that leads directly to the first episode. In it we see how Minako Aino met Artemis and became Sailor V. She must use her newfound powers to foil a jewel theif called Cutie Kenko. Meanwhile Usagi and her friends decide to dress in their own homemade Sailor Fuku in order to scare the theives away from the jewelry store owned by Naru Osaka's mother. The actors who portray the Shitennou are featured as unexperienced police officers for comic relief. The story ends with Luna coming to Earth in order to give Usagi her powers.

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Mini-Episodes

Act Zero also came with two mini-episodes. Each one was approximately five minutes long and told quick short stories. Hina Afterward showed what happened to the character of Hina after breaking off her engagement with Mamoru Chiba. Tuxedo Mask's Secret Birth showed the origin of the Tuxedo Mask persona and a henshin sequence that was put in mainly for laughs.

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Super Dance Lesson

A quick video hosted by Luna, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Moon, that instructed the viewer how to perform the dances from different songs from PGSM. The dances included were for the songs "Romance" and "Here We Go! -Shinjiru Chikara-" Also demonstrated were "C'est La Vie~ The Loving Part Inside me" and "Kirari*Sailor Dream!" although no formal instructions were given on how to dance to them.

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Kirari Sailor Dream Live!

The DVD footage of the live-stage show of the same name. Kirari Sailor Dream Live featured the actors and actresses from the show singing and dancing to the various songs from the show.

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Changes in Story

Although Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (dubbed PGSM by fans) is an adaptation from the first manga story arc, there are many changes that set it aside from the manga and anime adaptations of the mythos. The storylines are more character-based and driven, focusing on the girls' civilian lives and their connection to the past. While the first few episodes seemed directly based on anime and manga storylines, by the time Sailor Jupiter had arrived, the show was starting to spin off in its own direction.

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New Sailor Senshi

With the new adaptation of the show, new Sailor Senshi were added to give it originality and depth.

Sailor Luna - Many secondary characters were modified, most notably Luna. A human-version of the character Luna appears in this live-action series as a young girl that transforms by use of her magical cell phone (She presses the numbers '6,7'and 2' respectivly to transform.) into Sailor Luna. Initially, she appears as a plush cat and then continues to switch between plush cat and human. Sneezing causes her to lose her human form. Even though she is a plush cat, when Sailor Luna is in her human form she acts much like a normal cat would. Initially, many American fans thought she would serve as the show's counterpart to the original story's Chibiusa. The character of Luna does have a human form in the original manga story of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, although she is portrayed as being older. Takeuchi Naoko personally designed Sailor Luna herself.

As Sailor Luna, she is the "Guardian of Small Things" and uses candy in her powers. Her only named attack is Luna Sucré Candy in which she makes a barrage of candy and small explosions attack the enemy. She also has her own Moon Stick that she can turn into a paper fan used to beat enemies. In one episode she was able to turn the stick into a butterfly net, and in another she turned it into a golden fan. She also moved very swiftly and once used a super hearing ability through her candy powers.

Dark Sailor Mercury - Also known as Dark Mercury or Darkury. When Ami was kidnapped by Kunzite, he used his powers to turn her evil and she became Dark Mercury. As Dark Mercury she was granted a new henshin device that was connected to a black leather strap. Her suit also changed giving her black, tribal designs on her scarf and boots and a dark butterfly design on her bow. She also had black tooling on her back bow, under her skirt and under her scarf. Her tiara also changed into a tribal design. Her transformation phrase was "Dark Power, Make up!"

Ami's attitude changed drastically as Dark Mercury, especially in her civilian form. However, certain aspects still remained. She still wanted to do well in school, so instead of confronting Usagi during classes, she posessed her classmates. And she also seemed to have some sympathy for people, which was evident when she sewed Nephrite's cape for him, stating that she hated to see anybody be alone.

As Dark Mercury, Ami's powers were the same, but infused with dark energy. She never had a proper attack phrase, but often used a sword made of ice that she made from an icicle. In promotional pictures prior to her premiere, she was shown with a different sword, which seemed to have strings on it like a harp.

She eventually reverted back to her former self, after feeling remorse for hurting Usagi.

Princess Sailor Moon - Usually referred to as simply "The Princess," Princess Sailor Moon was Sailor Moon's powered-up form for the series. However, in contrast to previous versions of the story, Princess Sailor Moon was actually what happened when she was "possessed" by the spirit of her former self, ending up being a bit sinister. She originally appeared after Queen Beryl took the Shitennou hostage in exchange for Mamoru. Sailor Moon transformed into Princess Sailor Moon and halted Queen Beryl using her sword (which later could be turned into a harp). It was obvious, however, that Princess Sailor Moon was not the same as Usagi when she showed no remorse for the fate of the Shitennou.

Princess Sailor Moon later went on to be a major plot point, often showing Usagi trying to suppress her power in fear that she would eventually destroy the world. Her internal conflict ended up being the major conflict for the rest of the series.

Princess Sailor Moon had a sword, which also doubled as a harp with invisible strings. By playing a melody on her harp she could suck the world of its energy, much in the same way that the Dark Kingdom could do. However, it was also shown she could heal people with the harp as well. Using the sword, she could deflect enemy attacks and perform an unnamed finishing move that was devastating to say the least. She also had the ability to float using the giant bow on her back.

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