As someone who deeply loves nostalgic anime, Sailor Moon remains incredibly precious to the magical girl genre and the young girls who grew up watching the Sailor Soldiers adopt their duties and grow alongside one another to become capable, loyal friends and fighters for justice. The series was only able to air in the U.S. in 1995 after the license and dubbing of the original anime went through a strict regime of adaptation for Western audiences, which included the main cast’s name changes, removal of Japanese references, and revised scripts that even extended to the opening song.

Written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon is an incredible story that is cited as being far ahead of its time with its themes of self-discovery, gender identity, and LGBTQ+ representation.

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