Sailor Galaxia

Infobox animanga character
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name = Galaxia
series = Sailor Moon


caption = Sailor Galaxia's evil form
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creator = Naoko Takeuchi
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alias = Sailor Galaxia

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paux1 = Shadow Galactica
Sailor Senshi

nihongo|Sailor Galaxia|セーラーギャラクシア|Sērā Gyarakushia is a fictional character in the "Sailor Moon" universe. She appears as Sailor Moon's strongest opponent in the manga "Stars" and its anime counterpart, "Sailor Stars".

Sailor Galaxia is the self-proclaimed "Golden Queen of Shadow Galactica" who directly commands the Sailor Animamates. Her goal is to discover all the Sailor Crystals in the universe so that she can rule the universe unopposed.

Galaxia's own crystal, the Saffer Crystal, is described as one of the most powerful Sailor Crystals in the galaxy. Its name is Old English for "sapphire," [cite book | last = Schumann | first = Walter | others = Trans. Annette Englander & Daniel Shea | title = Gemstones of the World | origyear = 2002 | edition = Newly Revised & Expanded 3rd | year = 2006 | publisher = Sterling | location = New York | pages = p. 102 | chapter = Sapphire | quote =In antiquity and as late as the Middle Ages, the name sapphire was understood to mean what is today described as lapis lazuli.] and the kanji applied to it in the text of the manga are 青金石 ("seikinseki"), meaning "lapis lazuli."

Profile

Manga

Sailor Galaxia was born alone on a small planet she deemed "trash". She wandered through alone until the day her powers awakened. But she had no purpose for herself, and felt she needed something more in life. Even being just a Sailor Senshi was not enough; she craved something and she thought that was power.

She left her planet in search of another place which she could call home. During her travels she came upon a bar, talking to someone there she asked about the place "where stars are born". Not finding an answer, she determined that everyone there was "trash". But someone caught her attention when it spoke of the holy land she was searching for. That someone was Chaos in the form of Wiseman.

Chaos showed Galaxia what she was looking for—the Galaxy Cauldron. She discovered that in order for her gain control of the Galaxy Cauldron she had to gather the Sailor Crystals of all the Sailor Soldiers of the galaxy. Those powers combined together with that of Sailor Moon would give her the power to kill Chaos and rule the galaxy.

She then created Shadow Galactica and traveled to planet after planet turning them into places of death and stealing the star seeds of their guardian Sailor Soldier. Stealing someone's star seed allowed her to revive their dead body, and use it like a puppet, such as the solar system's Sailor Soldiers. Her first conquest on Earth was to steal Mamoru's golden star seed right in front of Usagi's eyes; and after that, she and her minions stole the life force of each of the Sailor Soldiers on Earth until only Sailor Moon, Chibichibi and the Sailor Quartet were left. At the Galaxy Cauldron, Galaxia proceeded to battle them, until Chaos tried to kill Galaxia by blasting her off a cliff. Sailor Moon rescued her from falling over the cliff into the cauldron, and Galaxia finally realized that what she had always really wanted was love, not power. By accepting Sailor Moon's offer of friendship, the bracelets which supplied Galaxia with life and power shattered, and she died with a smile on her face.

Anime

Sailor Galaxia was once the legendary strongest Sailor Senshi in the universe. The Sailor Wars pitted all of the Sailor Senshi against those who infringed on love and justice. Eventually, the Wars ended when Sailor Galaxia sealed the source of all malice, Chaos, within her body to save the cosmos. However, Chaos began to increase its power while it was sealed. Knowing her power put the entire universe at risk, Galaxia expelled her star seed into the rural galaxy of the Milky Way, where the newly born stars of love and justice resided.

It was her last act of free will. Now completely controlled by Chaos, Sailor Galaxia sought to steal all the star seeds in the universe to control it for herself in the name of "Star Galaxia". Among the planets she wrecked was the planet "Kinmoku"; the resident Sailor Soldiers and Princess Kakyuu managed to escape destruction and flee to Earth, the last place that Sailor Galaxia had not invaded.

To be able to enter Earth, Sailor Galaxia did two things first. She broke the seal of Queen Nehellenia, in order to force the awakening of the soldier of silence, Sailor Saturn. Galaxia wanted Sailor Saturn to be ready for Galaxia to take all the star seeds of the Solar System. After Nehellenia was defeated by Sailor Moon and she was given a second chance at life, Galaxia began her plan.

As Mamoru Chiba was flying to America to begin his studies, Galaxia attacked the airplane he was travelling in and stole his golden star seed. Once this was done, she sent her Sailor Animamates to find true star seeds belonging to Sailor Soldiers - in other words, Sailor Crystals. After numerous failures, Galaxia would kill most of her Animamates, and eventually confronted the Sailor Soldiers herself.

Galaxia first battled Princess Kakyuu, who had recently come out of hiding. While Kakyuu was able to hold a barrier against Galaxia for a time, she was eventually overpowered and killed. The Starlights, Guardian Senshi, and Outer Senshi each initiated their own plans of attack. The Starlights confronted Galaxia first, but before their star seeds could be taken, the Guardian Senshi teleported in to rescue them. During Galaxia's attempt to steal the star seeds of the Starlights, the Guardian Senshi intervened directly, protecting them from attack and dying so that their star seeds were stolen instead.

With the battered Starlights protecting Sailor Moon and Chibi Chibi, the Outer Senshi confronted Galaxia. It was here that Galaxia revealed her hand in releasing Nehellenia and forcing Saturn to mature. Galaxia offered the Outer Senshi a chance to serve her in exchange for their starseeds - an offer Uranus and Neptune accepted, killing Pluto and Saturn and then proceeding to hunt down the Starlights. With their own powers enhanced by Galaxia's power, Uranus and Neptune were able to overpower the Starlights, but turned on Galaxia at the last minute to try to take her starseed. Their attack failed since Galaxia had no starseed to take and the last two Outer Sailor Soldiers were killed.

The Starlights engaged in a final battle with Galaxia, teaming up with their attacks and managing to deal some damage to her before being defeated. Unlike most of the other characters, though, they are not killed. Galaxia crushed Sailor Star Fighter's hand and Sailor Star Yell with her heel before the Sailor Soldiers could try another assault, gloating that apart from the five in front of her - the three Starlights, Sailor Moon, and ChibiChibi - every other being in the galaxy had had their starseed removed. Sailor Moon tried to restore her to normal but her attack was stopped when Galaxia broke her scepter. In an attempt to defend the fallen Starlights, Eternal Sailor Moon's star seed was taken by Sailor Galaxia. Here, ChibiChibi's powers awoke revealing her to be the Light of Hope. She stops Galaxia's attack and restores Sailor Moon's star seed. Sailor Moon learns here that Chibi Chibi is the re-incarnation of Galaxia's star seed. Sailor Moon with her star seed becomes Princess Serenity and the Light of Hope transforms into the Sword of Sealing, which she asks Serenity to use as a weapon to defeat Galaxia. When Serenity is unwilling to do so, Galaxia shatters the sword and ChibiChibi disappears.

Sailor Moon continues refusing to fight Sailor Galaxia believing there is still good inside of her. She instead gives Galaxia the strength to expel Chaos from her body, an act which returns darkness to the minds of all life, where it belongs together with the Light of Hope. The battle is finally over, Sailor Galaxia's soul having been restored and the star seeds she had stolen released. Galaxia then leaves with the task of returning the star seeds home.

Her seiyuu was Mitsuko Horie, an idol in Taiwan who also voiced lines from the manga for Galaxia's image songs.

enshi powers

*"Galactica Superstring" - Rings of energy surround Sailor Galaxia which she blasts at her opponent. This attack is used in the manga and musicals.
*"Galactica Inflation" - Sailor Galaxia uses lightning to attack her opponent. This attack is used in the manga and musicals.
*"Galactica Magnum" - Sailor Galaxia fires a blast at her enemies. Used only in the musicals.
*"Golden Bracelets" - Sailor Galaxia's bracelets enable a body to live without a star seed, but the tradeoff is that the wearer is forced to do Galaxia's bidding. Her bracelets also give the wearer a seemingly unlimited increase of power that is provided by Sailor Galaxia. The only two Senshi to wear a bracelet and have the will to break free from her control are Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune in the anime and musicals. They also allow the wearer to remove a person's star seed.
*"Golden Bracelet Blast" - Sailor Galaxia unleashes a flurry of golden lights from her bracelets which cause explosive effects when it strikes ground and will steal a star seed if it connects with an opponent. Anyone wearing the bracelets can use this attack. This attack is only used in the anime.
*"Fuuin no Ken" - The "Sword of Sealing" is only called by this name in the anime, and may not actually be the weapon that Galaxia carries. It is carried by Princess Serenity in episode 200.

Variations

In the Sailor Moon musicals (or Seramyu), Galaxia features prominently in the "Sailor Moon Sailor Stars" musical and its revision, the "Eien Densetsu" musical and its revision, "Shin Densetsu Kourin", "Starlights - Ryuusei Densetsu" and "Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin".

Her musical story is similar to both the anime and manga versions. As in the manga, the final showdown with Galaxia often occurs in the Galaxy Cauldron. As in the anime, Uranus and Neptune pretend to betray the others to work for Galaxia. It's worth noting that Chibichibi doesn't factor into the "Sailor Moon Sailor Stars" musical at all, but is included in the stories for all the others. Galaxia generally employs fewer Animamates in the musicals than in either the manga or anime. Several times, she resurrects Queen Beryl to work for her along with either Beryl's four generals or in one case the Amazon Trio.

Depending on the musical's story, Galaxia is either the final or enemy the Senshi must defeat. In "Eien Densetsu", Galaxia is successfully purged of evil and sacrifices herself to help the Senshi destroy Chaos, who had been posing as a low-ranking minion. In another, Galaxia becomes Sailor Chaos.Fact|date=February 2007 In yet another version of the ending, Beryl will become Queen Metaria and fight alongside Sailor Chaos, forcing the Senshi to defeat them both. [2004 Winter Seramyu Musical Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin]

Development

*Galaxia was created as a Sailor Senshi "to rival Sailor Moon".cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko |authorlink=Naoko Takeuchi | title= Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume V Original Picture Collection |publisher= Kodansha |date= August 1997 |id= ISBN 4-06-324522-5]
*Galaxia's golden costume was described by Takeuchi as "difficult to draw".

Actresses

In the anime, Galaxia was voiced by Mitsuko Horie. [cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |accessdate=2006-10-06 |last= Doi |first= Hitoshi |authorlink=Hitoshi Doi ] In the stage musicals, she has been portrayed by four actresses: Saori Sara, Tamami Matsumoto, Takemi, and Yumie Sakaguchi. Matsumoto stated that she greatly enjoyed the role: "ordering people around and being above others is such a great feeling". [Sailor Moon Musical 1998 "Eien Densetsu kaiteiban (Senshuuraku)" - Eikyuu Honzonban Video]

References

External links

* [http://thetour.animehunters.com Bunny's Tour of the Silver Millennium]
* [http://www.sailorgalaxia.net/ Shadowed Galaxy]