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Sailor Moon

Two anime series tell the same five stories in different ways, and the newer one finishes in cinemas rather than on television.

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Where to start with Sailor Moon

Watch the 1992 anime, all five seasons in order. It is the complete version, it is the one nearly everyone means, and its story runs to an ending. Crystal tells the same five stories again in a quarter of the running time, so it is a second pass rather than a starting point.

  1. 1
    Sailor Moon, 46 episodes Sailor Moon

    The Dark Kingdom story from the beginning. Largely monster of the week for its first half, and its last few episodes are where the series shows what it is actually doing.

  2. 2
    Sailor Moon R, 43 episodes Sailor Moon R

    Opens with thirteen anime original episodes that exist only to fill time while the manga got ahead, then begins the Black Moon story and introduces Chibiusa, who matters for the rest of the run.

  3. 3
    Sailor Moon S, 38 episodes Sailor Moon S

    The season most people rate highest, introducing Haruka, Michiru and a plot that treats its stakes seriously. Nothing here needs the films to make sense.

  4. 4
    Sailor Moon SuperS, 39 episodes Sailor Moon SuperS

    The lightest season, centred on Chibiusa and mostly detached from the larger story. It is the one people skip, and skipping it costs the least.

  5. 5
    Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, 34 episodes Sailor Moon Sailor Stars

    The ending, and for twenty-two years the season no English speaker could watch dubbed. It follows on directly from SuperS and closes the whole series.

Then what? The three 1990s films are optional and each sits inside a season rather than after it: the R film during R, the S film during S, the SuperS film during SuperS. None of them changes anything. After that, Crystal is worth watching as a different telling of the same events, in order: the 39 television episodes, then Eternal Parts 1 and 2, then Cosmos Parts 1 and 2, which is where Crystal finishes the story on film. The 2003 live action series is a third version with its own ending and is best left until last.

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