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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action TV)

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Alternative title:
Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon (Japanese)
美少女戦士 セーラームーン (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, magic, romance
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Middle school student Usagi Tsukino is having her typical late run for school when a plush cat doll named Luna falls out of the sky and lands on her face. That night, she is revisited by Luna, who tells her that she is one of the Sailor Guardians. Using her special makeup, Usagi transforms herself into Sailor Moon, champion of love and justice. With the aid of her new friends Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury), Rei Hino (Sailor Mars) and Makoto Kino (Sailor Jupiter), along with idol singer/vigilante-at-night Minako Aino (Sailor Venus, a.k.a. Sailor V) and the mysterious masked man known as Tuxedo Kamen, Sailor Moon strives to find the Moon Princess and the Mystical Silver Crystal, and protect them from Queen Beryl and the Dark Kingdom.
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 49
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage: 2003-10-04 to 2004-09-25
Release dates: We have 24
Opening Theme:
"Kirari ☆ Sailor Dream!" (キラリ☆セーラードリーム!) by Sae (eps 1-48)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kirari ☆ Sailor Dream!" (キラリ☆セーラードリーム!) by Sae (ep 28)
#2: "Friend" by Miyuu Sawai/Chisaki Hama/Keiko Kitagawa/Myuu Azama/Ayaka Komatsu (ep 49)
Insert song:
"Cest la vie ~ Watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun" (C'est la vie 〜私のなかの恋する部分) by Ayaka Komatsu
"Change of pace" by Alisa (ep 29)
"I Was Born to Love You" by Queen [TV broadcast version] (ep 29)
"Kiss! Kiss! Bang! Bang!" by Ayaka Komatsu
"Romance" by Ayaka Komatsu
Links: We have 13
Trivia: We have 6
Review:
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Apr 6, 2004)
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Tetsujin 28, Samurai 7 Get Adapted as Stage Plays (Oct 1, 2008)
Interest:
Live-Action Sailor Moon TV Series Cast Reunites for Last Heisei-Era Photo (May 1, 2019)
Live-Action Sailor Moon Cast Performs at Daigo and Keiko Kitagawa's Wedding (May 1, 2016)
Press Release:
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Other article: Show:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Ryuta Tasaki
Director:
Kenzo Maihara (8 episodes
eps 5-6, 13-14, 21-22, 27-28
)
Masataka Takamaru (9 episodes
eps 3-4, 11-12, 19-20, 25-26, 31
)
Nobuhiro Suzumura (eps 9-10, 15-16)
Ryuta Tasaki (eps 1-2, 7-8)
Takemitsu Sato (6 episodes
eps 17-18, 23-24, 29-30
)
Screenplay:
Yasuko Kobayashi (eps 1-49)
Music: Michiru Oshima
Original creator: Naoko Takeuchi
Art:
Hiroshi Yamashita
Masayuki Hasegawa
Producer:
Kouichi Yada (Toei Agency)
Shinichiro Shirakura (Toei)
Shinya Maruyama (Toei)
Yuba Sakata (Dentsu)

Chief Producer:
Takeyuki Okazaki (CBC)
Toshiyuki Takezawa (竹澤寿之; CAZBE)
Costume Design: Dango Takeda
Insert Song Arrangement:
Akihiko Hirama ("Cest la vie ~ Watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun")
Kensuke Akihabara ("Romance")
Queen ("I Was Born to Love You")
Yū Takami ("Kiss!² Bang!²")
Insert Song Composition:
Akihiko Hirama ("Cest la vie ~ Watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun")
Atsushi Sugiura ("Romance")
Hideyuki Obata ("Change of pace")
Yū Takami ("Kiss!² Bang!²")
Insert Song Lyrics:
Atsushi Sugiura ("Romance")
Mikiko Tagata ("Kiss!² Bang!²")
Shin ("Change of pace")
Yuho Iwasato ("Cest la vie ~ Watashi no Naka no Koi Suru Bubun")
Insert Song Performance:
Alisa
Ayaka Komatsu
Freddie Mercury
Planning:
Naotsugu Kato
Tetsuya Watanabe (Dentsu; eps 1-44)
Toichiro Shiraishi (Dentsu; eps 45-49)
Planning Assistant: Kenichi Yoshino
Special Effects Director: Hiroshi Butsuda
Stunt Coordination: Yoko Komaki
Tape Producer: Toshiyuki Takezawa 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Seiichi Kyōda (OP, ED1)
Yū Takami (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Hitoshi Haba (OP, ED1)
Yū Takami (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Naoko Takeuchi (OP; ED1)
Shinya Maruyama (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Alisa (as Mio Kuroki)
Ayaka Komatsu (as Minako Aino)
Chisaki Hama (as Ami Mizuno)
Freddie Mercury ("I Was Born to Love You") 
Keiko Kitagawa (as Rei Hino a.k.a. Mars Reiko)
Miyū Sawai (as Usagi Tsukino)
Myuu Azama (as Makoto Kino)
Sae (OP)
Ayaka Komatsu as Minako Aino / Sailor Venus / Sailor V
Chisaki Hama as Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury
Jōji Shibue as
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Kamen
Prince Endymion
Keiko Kitagawa as Rei Hino / Sailor Mars
Mew Azama as Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter
Miyū Sawai as
Princess Sailor Moon
Princess Serenity
Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon

Akira Kubodera as Kunzite
Alisa as Mio Kuroki (eps 29-48)
Aya Sugimoto as Queen Beryl
Chieko Kawabe as Naru Osaka
Hiroyuki Matsumoto as Nephrite
Jun Masuo as Jadeite
Kaori Moriwaka as Ikuko Tsukino
Kappei Yamaguchi as Artemis
Keiko Han as Luna
Masaya Kikawada as Motoki Furuhata
Moeko Matsushita as Hina Kusaka
Naoki Takeshi as Shingo Tsukino
Rina Koike as Sailor Luna (eps 26-49)
Yoshito Endou as Zoicite

Aiko Hirai as Kanami Abe
Ami Koike as Erika (eps 10, 27)
Asahi Yoshida as Ueshima (ep 15)
Eran Mochizuki as Hikari Nozaki (eps 19-20)
Fujio Mori as Masanobu Narita (ep 9)
Haruhi Mizukuro as young Rei (eps 10, 33-34)
Jun Okunogi as Kura (ep 5)
Junko Onoguchi as Secretary
Keisuke Mishima as Kouta Takai
Kouji Tashiro as Takeru (ep 6)
Kyoko Miyashita as Ms. Kurata
Kyonosuke Hanai as Shimomura (ep 15)
Misayo Haruki as Alto Seminar Lecturer (ep 2)
Misho Narumi as young Makoto (ep 6)
Motohiko Takayama as Masa (ep 6)
Narushi Ikeda as Sugao Saito (ep 11)
Natsumi Kiyoura as Momoko Kimura
Noriko Watanabe as Mayumi Osaka (ep 1)
Olena as Princess of Estoa (ep 10)
Reina Kunimitsu as
Ayumi (Possessed Student) (ep 13)
Bully Student A (ep 3)
Rieko Maki as News Anchorwoman (eps 1, 4, 15)
Rika Kanada as Female Student B (ep 2)
Ryoko Matsui as Ms. Kikuchi (eps 16-18)
Ryousuke Tsuyuki as DJ (eps 4, 28)
Satomi Hoshino as Female Student A (ep 2)
Satoru Jitsunashi as Policeman (ep 15)
Satoshi Ichijo as Yuuto (ep 32)
Shinnosuke Matsukawa as Daichi Shimizu (eps 19-20)
Takashi Yamanaka as Nakamoto (ep 15)
Tomohisa Yuge as Fake Tuxedo Kamen (ep 9)
Tomoko Otakara as Haruna Sakurada
Tomozou Hosokawa as Matsuo (ep 11)
Victor Casale as Priest (eps 17-18)
Yasuji Kimura as Teruaki Aoi (ep 9)
Yōko Soumi as Book Narrator (ep 5)
Youto Uesugi as Shun (ep 6)
Yuu Misaki as Yuka Sakuragi

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