List of Sailor Moon R episodes

This is a list of episodes of the "Sailor Moon" anime series, covering nihongo|"Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R"|美少女戦士セーラームーンR|Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Āru, the second season of the series. It was co-produced by TV Asahi, Toei Agency and Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and Kunihiko Ikuhara, originally airing on TV Asahi between March 6, 1993 and March 12, 1994. According to the "Memorial Song Box" booklet, the letter R in the title can be expanded into either "Return" or "Romance."

This season was produced concurrently with the second story arc ("Black Moon") [ [http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/ Sailormoon Channel] Ja icon Name of story arc given on the official website.] of the manga by Naoko Takeuchi, closely following the story of the manga. "Sailor Moon" was originally intended to run only one season, but the first was so popular that Toei asked Takeuchi to keep drawing her manga. At first, she struggled with developing another storyline to extend the series. The premise she settled on, introducing the daughter of Sailor Moon from the future, came from her editor, Fumio Osano. [cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon shinsouban Volume 3 |chapter= Punch! |publisher= Kodansha |date= October 23, 2003 |id= ISBN 4-06-334783-4 ]

Because the manga and anime were being produced at the same time, "Sailor Moon R" begins with a 13-episode sub-arc that does not appear in the manga, created to give Takeuchi time to catch up. This story features the regaining of the Sailor Senshi's memories and their encounters with the Makaiju aliens, and is referred to as the "Makaiju" arc (or "Doom Tree" in the English dub). The main story arc explores the future of all the Senshi in a utopic city called Crystal Tokyo, ruled over by Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. New characters introduced include Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and in the manga, Diana. The primary villains are the Black Moon Clan, led by Prince Demand.

The English-language dub, produced by DiC, included an educational segment, "Sailor Says," at the end of each episode in order to teach a moral based on the story that had just been shown. In its first airing, the English "Sailor Moon" series consisted of just 65 episodes, of which 40 were taken from the first season. The 12 completed episodes of the Chibiusa/Black Moon arc were shown first, then the 13 "Makaiju" episodes from the start of the season.YTV at http://web.archive.org. cite web | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020204073955/http://www.ytv.com/shows/sailor_moon/episodes.htm | title=YTV - Shows - Sailor Moon | accessdate=2006-10-15] The remaining 17 episodes of the Black Moon arc were not released for another three years, billed by Cartoon Network as "the lost episodes." One episode from the season, involving Chibiusa's friendship with a dinosaur, was omitted from the dub and is not included the subtitled DVD releases.

The subtitled DVD set is named "Sailor Moon - Season Two" rather than "Sailor Moon R."

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