# sailormoon

Makoto and Minako are the only core Sailor Senshi who maintain their civilian hair accessories — respectively, a green ball hair tie and a red bow — after they transform; Makoto also retains her signature rose earrings.

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2020-12-22

Episode 40 features a yōkai, a creature or spirit from Japanese folklore. Kunzite said the yōkai's power is similar to a yōma's; the Lake Yōkai's appearance could be based on a nure-onna (濡女).

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2020-12-09

In the '90s anime, Usagi didn't hold her first brooch up before transforming like she did with her subsequent ones.

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2020-12-04

Not all but some Rainbow Crystal hosts had notable preternatural gifts: Joe was telekinetic, Ryō was precognitive, Yumemi might have been retrocognitive, and Rei's grandfather was a powerful Shinto priest.

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2020-12-03

Although DiC's run skipped episode 20, the story was adapted in 'Cel Mates,' the 7th book in TokyoPop's line of novelizations.

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2020-12-02

In this group shot from the first season (also used for the LD box), Yūichirō's hair is jet black like Rei's rather than its standard color of deep brown. However, his hair color verged on black in some episodes of the anime, as well.

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2020-11-25

The animation in every '90s season finale was directed by the season's respective character designer except for R & S; episode 127's animation director was Masahiro Andō rather than Ikuko Itō, who directed 124-125. Also, R ended with a clips episode.

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2020-11-24

Unlike in the manga or both anime adaptations, live-action Sailor Venus' back bow is orange like her skirt rather than yellow.

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2020-11-22

Hotaru can be seen in the 1995 point-and-click game TORIN'S PASSAGE. Art tech Bryan Wilkinson says he included her in a scene because he's a fan.

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2020-11-19

In the '03 manga reprint, the Rose Belt was added to Jupiter's original uniform. Since the live-action coincided with the reprint, that Jupiter wore it, too. The belt is ornamental as it served no weaponry function there; it was omitted from Crystal.

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2020-11-19

The Hyper Tellun was called Big Bertha in the CWi dub of episode 121. Its namesake is the Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), a German siege howitzer nicknamed Big Bertha.

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2020-11-16

In episode 57, Usagi said she and Mamoru are bound by the red string of fate. This East Asian belief, originating in Chinese folklore, states that two individuals who are connected by an invisible red thread, are destined to meet one day.

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2020-11-12

Both Silver Crystals reappeared when Usagi and Chibi-Usa cried at crucial points in the '90s anime.

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2020-11-08

This animation cel from episode 45, depicting Venus' capture prior to her death, shows the scene happening somewhere else other than D Point, among other differences. The setting seen in the cel looks like the Hikawa Shrine. https://t.co/bTRrbWKYOe

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2020-10-12

Like at other Shinto and Buddhist shrines in Japan, Hikawa Shrine provides traditional engimono (lucky charms) like omamori (amulet) and hamaya (demon breaking arrow). Meanwhile, ema plaques and o-mikuji (fortune strips) are for prayers.

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2020-10-06

When Jupiter first used 'Supreme Thunder' in the '90s anime, misheard the name as "choux/shū cream sundae" (シュー・クリーム・サンデー). This is because the dessert & 'Supreme Thunder' (シュープリーム・サンダー) sound similar in Japanese.

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2020-09-26

The Space Sword, the Garnet Rod & the Silence Glaive were all damaged during the Outers' fight with Galaxia; the Deep Aqua Mirror was left unharmed only because Sailor Neptune didn't use it.

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2020-09-16

Although Mercury & Venus individually combined their personal attacks with either Mars or Jupiter's, the two never joined their maneuvers in the '90s anime. The closest was a group attack in episode 44 during the flashback fight against Metalia.

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2020-09-01

Among all the monsters seen in the Virtual Reality Theater in episode 50, the most recognizable ones resemble Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and the Mummy. There's also Great Yōma Boxy from episode 26.

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2020-08-28

The DiC English adaptation of episode 53 ('Much Ado About Babysitting') removed the scene of Manami (or Jordan) urinating on Natsumi (Anne), but it can still be seen in the attached Sailor Says segment.

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2020-08-18