Sailor Moon R

What is Sailor Moon R about?

Sailor Moon R is a TV anime series of 43 episodes animated by Toei Animation, adapted from a manga. It aired from March 6, 1993 to March 12, 1994. AniList classifies it as action, fantasy, mahou shoujo and romance. It continues from Sailor Moon, which is worth watching first.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Magic, Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast, Shoujo, Henshin, Primarily Teen Cast, Space, Superhero, Super Power, Slapstick.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Usagi Tsukino 月野うさぎ

  Main character

  The main character of the series, called Serena in the English dub (nicknamed Bunny in the manga). Usagi is a carefree schoolgirl with an enormous capacity for love, and transforms into the heroine called Sailor Moon.

  Japanese voice: Kotono Mitsuishi

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  Ami Mizuno 水野亜美

  Main character

  A quiet bookworm in Usagi's class called Amy in the English adaptations of the series. She is hugely intelligent, with an IQ of 300, and can transform into Sailor Mercury, acquiring power over water. Ami's shy exterior masks a passion for knowledge and for taking care of the people around her.

  Japanese voice: Aya Hisakawa

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  Rei Hino 火野レイ

  Main character

  An elegant miko (shrine maiden), called Raye in the English version and Raya in the French version. Because of her work as a Shintô priestess, Rei can sense and dispel evil even in civilian form. When she transforms into Sailor Mars, she can also manipulate fire.

  Japanese voice: Michie Tomizawa

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  Makoto Kino 木野まこと

  Main character

  Makoto is the third member of the Sailor Team to be discovered by Sailor Moon, and serves as the "muscles" of the group. In addition to being physically tough, she is able to manipulate electricity and uses some plant-based powers. Her friends rarely use her full given name, normally shortening it to Mako-chan.

  Japanese voice: Emi Shinohara

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  Minako Aino 愛野美奈子

  Main character

  Minako is the fourth member of the Sailor Team to be discovered by Sailor Moon, and serves as the leader of the Guardian Senshi who protect her. She uses love-related powers.

  Japanese voice: Rica Fukami

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  Chibiusa ちびうさ

  Main character

  Chibiusa's real name is actually Usagi, but she is nicknamed Chibiusa to distinguish her from Usagi. She is usually very upbeat, extroverted and outgoing. Though she started out socially awkward, she quickly became popular with her classmates in the 20th-century.

  Japanese voice: Kae Araki

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  Mamoru Chiba 地場衛

  Main character

  Mamoru Chiba is the major romantic interest of Usagi Tsukino. He is often portrayed as stoic, steady and introverted.

  Japanese voice: Tooru Furuya

Supporting characters

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  Setsuna Meiou 冥王せつな

  Supporting character

  Sailor Pluto is the soldier who guards the gates of time and acts as Chibiusa's guardian. After the events of the second story arc, she leaves the gates of time to temporarily live as a human being, joins the rest of the Outer Senshi, and becomes a university student studying physics.

  Japanese voice: Chiyoko Kawashima

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  Luna ルナ

  Supporting character

  Luna was a talking cat and advisor to Usagi Tsukino. It was she who first detected Usagi's power, but at the time did not realize that she was the Moon Princess.

  Japanese voice: Keiko Han

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  Artemis アルテミス

  Supporting character

  Artemis is the companion to the leader of the Guardian Senshi—he trained Minako Aino as Sailor V, and remains by her side when she takes on her proper role as Sailor Venus.

  Japanese voice: Yasuhiro Takato

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  Naru Oosaka 大阪なる

  Supporting character

  Naru starts the series as Usagi's best friend in school. Her mother owns a jewelry shop and she is the victim of several attacks by Youma.

  Japanese voice: Shino Kakinuma

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  Gurio Umino 海野ぐりお

  Supporting character

  Gurio is a smart nerd who is a classmate of Usagi and Naru at Juban Public MIddle School. He is usually called by his family name “Umino”. He keeps the sailor team up-to-date with information and rumors.

  Japanese voice: Keiichi Nanba

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  Green Esmeraude 翠のエスメロード

  Supporting character

  Green Esmeraude is the second of the Black Moon Clan to appear. She is a selfish and vain woman who tries to emanate a goddess-like appearance by wearing an elegant, tight-fitting dress along with opera-length gloves and knee-high stiletto boots.

  Japanese voice: Mami Koyama

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  Crimson Rubeus 紅のルベウス

  Supporting character

  Crimson Rubeus is the first member of the Black Moon Clan to appear in the 20th century. He is charged with finding a person codenamed "Rabbit", who had fled into the Tokyo of the past. Besides following the orders of Prince Demand and Wiseman, he leads his own set of minions (the Ayakashi Sisters).

  Japanese voice: Wataru Takagi

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  Cooan コーアン

  Supporting character

  Cooan is the youngest of the sisters with the attack called "Dark Fire", and represents a counterpart of Rei Hino. Her name is short for kouankou, the Japanese word for kermesite. In the manga, Cooan tells Rubeus she feels someone like her that is kindred to fire and could be convinced to join the Black Moon.

  Japanese voice: Wakana Yamazaki

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  Berthier ベルチェ

  Supporting character

  Berthier is the second-youngest sister. Her name is French, coming from the mineral berthierite, and is pronounced roughly as "BEAR-tyay." Her magical attack is called "Dark water" and she is a counterpart of Ami Mizuno. She fears Rubeus but has no love interest for him unlike her other sisters.

  Japanese voice: Yuri Amano

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  Calaveras カラベラス

  Supporting character

  Calaveras is the second-oldest of the sisters and has the ability, much like Tuxedo Mask, of communing with spirits of the dead. She uses the energy of her deceased sisters to attack Sailor Venus in the manga whom she fails to kidnap. She is named for the mineral calaverite, and is a counterpart of Minako Aino.

  Japanese voice: Akiko Hiramatsu

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  Petz ペッツ

  Supporting character

  Petz is the oldest of the four sisters, with the magical power called "Dark thunder" in the anime, though she is only shown using a tornado in the manga, paralleling Sailor Jupiter's Flower Hurricane. She is named for the mineral petzite and is the counterpart of Makoto Kino.

  Japanese voice: Megumi Ogata

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  Saphir 蒼のサフィール

  Supporting character

  Saphir is the Alchemist of the Black Moon Clan, and the younger brother of Prince Demand. He is noted for being considerably more cautious and rational than his companions. He is the only member of the Clan that does not wear earrings made from Black Crystal, despite having invented them.

  Japanese voice: Tsutomu Kashiwakura