Sailor Moon S: The Movie facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sailor Moon S: The Movie |
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Directed by | Hiroki Shibata |
Produced by | Iriya Azuma |
Screenplay by | Sukehiro Tomita |
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Music by | Takanori Arisawa |
Cinematography | Motoi Takahashi |
Editing by | Yasuhiro Yoshikawa |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date(s) | December 4, 1994(Japan) |
Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Money made | ¥1.05 billion |
Sailor Moon S: The Movie is a 1994 Japanese animated superhero fantasy film directed by Hiroki Shibata and written by Sukehiro Tomita. It is the second film in the series, following Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993), and is adapted from a side story of the original Sailor Moon manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi, The Lover of Princess Kaguya. It takes its name from the third arc of the Sailor Moon anime series, Sailor Moon S, as Toei Company distributed it around the same time. The film was released in Japan on December 4, 1994, as part of the Winter '94 Toei Anime Fair.
Plot
An extraterrestrial ice entity named Princess Snow Kaguya (プリンセス・スノー・カグヤ, Purinsesu Sunō Kaguya) arrives on Earth in an attempt to freeze it, but a fragment of her comet has been lost and she is unable to proceed without it. She has her henchwomen, the Snow Dancers, search for the missing fragment. In Tokyo, a young astronomer named Kakeru Ōzora (宇宙 翔, Ōzora Kakeru) finds the fragment and keeps it in his observatory to study it further.
Meanwhile, the Sailor Guardians are enjoying a day in the Juban Shopping District. Luna falls ill and decides to go back to Usagi's house. Along the way, she collapses while crossing the road, and is almost hit by a car, but is rescued and nursed to health by Kakeru. Luna then develops romantic feelings for him, even kissing him on the cheek in his sleep, leaving Artemis crushed. Luna herself ends up with unrequited love because it is revealed that Kakeru himself has a girlfriend, an astronaut named Himeko Nayotake (名夜竹 姫子, Nayotake Himeko), and more importantly, because Luna is a cat. The two are devastated because Himeko is oblivious to Kakeru's belief of Princess Kaguya's existence. Later, after finding herself unable to reconcile her differences with Kakeru, Himeko leaves on a space mission.
The fragment of the comet attaches itself to his life force, and begins slowly stealing his life-force energy, causing him to become very ill. Kaguya later steals the shard, but because it is linked to his life-force, he is brought even closer to death when Kaguya throws the shard into the ocean and creates an enormous ice crystal that will continue to drain away Kakeru's life-force energy completely. She and her Snow Dancers then begin freezing the entire Earth, little by little. The Sailor Guardians attempt to stop her, only for Kaguya to revive the Snow Dancers using the Crystal. Just before Kaguya could kill the Sailor Scouts, Sailor Moon arrives and tries to talk her out of her plot. Wanting more strength, she activates the mighty powers of the legendary Holy Grail to evolve into Super Sailor Moon, but is easily overpowered by Snow Queen Kaguya. Determined to protect the Earth and its people, Usagi prepares to activate the Legendary Silver Crystal's immense energy and power. The eight Sailor Guardians, along with Sailor Chibi Moon, combine their own strength and Sailor abilities at once to further strengthen the healing power of the Legendary Silver Crystal, destroying Snow Queen Kaguya and the Snow Dancers head-on, and eliminating the ice crystal in the ocean, as well as her comet.
Usagi wishes for Luna to become the mythical Princess Kaguya for one night. Concerned about Himeko's safety, Kakeru wanders in the snowstorm and is saved by Luna at the exact point Kakeru saved her, transformed into a human. She takes him near the moon, where Himeko, on her space mission, witnesses the phenomenon and realizes that Princess Kaguya does exist. Luna tells him that he needs to start focusing on his relationship with Himeko, and the two kiss. After returning to the Earth, Kakeru takes up Luna's advice and meets Himeko at the airport, where the two lovingly hug. Artemis meets up with Luna, and the cats reconcile.
Voice cast
Character | Japanese voice actor | English voice actor (Pioneer/Optimum Productions, 2000) |
English voice actor (Viz Media/Studiopolis, 2018) |
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Usagi Tsukino | Kotono Mitsuishi | Terri Hawkes as Serena | Stephanie Sheh |
Ami Mizuno | Aya Hisakawa | Karen Bernstein as Amy Anderson | Kate Higgins |
Rei Hino | Michie Tomizawa | Katie Griffin as Raven/Raye | Cristina Valenzuela |
Makoto Kino | Emi Shinohara | Susan Roman as Lita | Amanda C. Miller |
Minako Aino | Rika Fukami | Stephanie Morgenstern as Mina | Cherami Leigh |
Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino | Kae Araki | Tracey Hoyt as Serena/Rina | Sandy Fox |
Setsuna Meioh | Chiyoko Kawashima | Sabrina Grdevich as Trista | Veronica Taylor |
Haruka Tenoh | Megumi Ogata | Sarah Lafleur as Amara | Erica Mendez |
Michiru Kaioh | Masako Katsuki | Barbara Radecki as Michelle | Lauren Landa |
Mamoru Chiba | Tōru Furuya | Vincent Corazza as Darien Shields | Robbie Daymond |
Luna | Keiko Han | Jill Frappier | Michelle Ruff |
Artemis | Yasuhiro Takato | Ron Rubin | Johnny Yong Bosch |
Princess Snow Kaguya | Eiko Masuyama | Catherine Disher | Melissa Fahn |
Kakeru Ōzora | Masami Kikuchi | Jeff Lumby | Chris Hackney |
Himeko Nayotake | Megumi Hayashibara | Jen Gould | Eden Riegel |
Snow Dancers | Mariko Onodera Yūko Nagashima |
Esther Thibault | TBA |
Announcers | Tomohisa Asō Yasunori Masutani |
Tony Daniels | TBA |
Journalist | Yoshiyuki Kōno | unknown | TBA |
See also
In Spanish: Sailor Moon S The movie para niños