The second season of the Sailor Moon anime series Sailor Moon R (originally released in Japan as , and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and Kunihiko Ikuhara. According to the booklet from the Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box,Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box(1997) Nippon Columbia. ISBN COCC-14459~64 the letter "R" stands for the word "Romance", "Return" or "Rose". Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Sailor Guardians and contains two story arcs. The first 13 episodes consist of the self-contained "Makai Tree" arc, while the following 29 episodes consist of the "Black Moon Clan" arc which adapts the fourth through seventh volumes of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga. After defeating the Dark Kingdom, the Sailor Guardians are living normal lives, but their memories and powers are then restored after the Hell Tree aliens arrive to harvest energy from people and challenge the Sailor Guardians. Afterwards, the Black Moon Clan travel to the present to steal energy at the Star Points of the future Crystal Tokyo, forcing the protagonists to confront them with Usagi's future daughter Chibiusa.

The season initially ran from March 6, 1993 to March 12, 1994 on all ANN stations in Japan. In the 1994 "favorite episode" polls for Animage, "Protect Chibiusa! Clash of the 10 Warriors" came in eighth place. The following year, "The Final Battle Between Light and Darkness! Love Sworn to the Future" came in seventh place. The season was licensed for a heavily edited dubbed broadcast in English by DIC Entertainment (which was later acquired by Disney in 1996, then by General Mills via barter syndication in 1997). Their adaptation were run on the Canadian channel YTV from October 25 to November 28, 1995. Eventually, the remaining 17 episodes aired from October 4 to November 21, 1997, omitting only one of the season's 43 episodes. Starting with the third season, Cloverway Inc. took over dubbing new episodes for broadcast on Cartoon Network. Eventually, Viz Media began redubbing the series from the start for an uncut release on DVD and Blu-ray and released R in two boxsets on July 14 and October 27, 2015.

This season makes use of two pieces of theme music: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme, titled "Moonlight Densetsu", is performed by the idol group DALI. The ending theme "Otome no Policy" is performed by Yoko Ishida. The DIC Entertainment dub uses an English-language version of "Moonlight Densetsu" in their adaptation.

Episodes

Home media Japanese VHS + Toei Video (Japan, VHS) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーンR 1 47–50 July 21, 1994 2 51–54 August 21, 1994 3 55–58 September 21, 1994 4 59–62 October 21, 1994 5 63–66 November 21, 1994 6 67–70 December 9, 1994 7 71–74 January 25, 1995 8 75–78 February 25, 1995 9 79–82 March 21, 1995 10 83–85 April 21, 1995 11 86–89 May 21, 1995

DVD + Toei Video (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーンR 1 47–52 September 21, 2004 2 53–58 September 21, 2004 3 59–64 October 21, 2004 4 65–69 October 21, 2004 5 70–74 November 21, 2004 6 75–79 November 21, 2004 7 80–84 December 10, 2004 8 85–89 December 10, 2004 美少女戦士セーラームーンR DVD COLLECTION 1 47–69 March 21, 2010 2 70–89 April 21, 2010

Blu-ray + Toei Video (Japan, Region A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーンR Blu-ray COLLECTION VOL.1 47–68 October 4, 2017 美少女戦士セーラームーンR Blu-ray COLLECTION VOL.2 69–89 December 6, 2017

English VHS United States + Buena Vista Home Video/DIC Toon-Time Video Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Sailor Moon: The Doom Tree Series 1 47–50 (41–44 edited) April 22, 1997 2 51–53 (45–47 edited) 3 54–56 (48–50 edited) 4 57–59 (51–53 edited)

+ ADV Films Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Volume 11: The Return of Sailor Moon 47–50 (41–44 edited) September 11, 2001 Volume 12: Tree of Doom! 51–54 (45–48 edited) September 11, 2001 Volume 13: Moonlight Knight and the Garden of Evil 55–58 (49–52 edited) November 13, 2001 Volume 14: Big Changes! 59–62 (53–56 edited) November 13, 2001 Volume 15: Invaders from the Future 63–66 (57–60 edited) January 29, 2002 Volume 16: By the Light of the Negamoon 68–71 (61–64 edited) January 29, 2002 Volume 17: Crystal Matrix 72–75 (65–68 edited) February 19, 2002 Volume 18: Looking for Trouble 76–79 (69–72 edited) February 19, 2002 Volume 19: Time Travelers! 80–84 (73–77 edited) March 13, 2002 Volume 20: Love Conquers All! 85–89 (78–82 edited) March 13, 2002

DVD United States + ADV Films (Region 1) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. The Doom Tree Strikes! 49–54 (43–48 edited) September 3, 2002 The Return of the Doom Tree 55–60 (49–54 edited) October 15, 2002 The Trouble with Rini 61–66 (55–60 edited) October 15, 2002 The Ties that Bind 68–73 (61–66 edited) November 26, 2002 The Wrath of the Emerald 74–79 (67–72 edited) November 26, 2002 Time Travelers! 80–84 (73–77 edited) January 7, 2003 Love Conquers All! 85–89 (78–82 edited) January 7, 2003 Season Two – Uncut 47–66, 68–89 September 16, 2003

+ Viz Media (Region 1) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 2 Part 1 47–68 July 14, 2015 Season 2 Part 2 69–89 October 27, 2015

United Kingdom + MVM Films (Region 2) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Episodes 43–48 49–54 (43–48 edited) February 16, 2004 Episodes 49–54 55–60 (49–54 edited) March 8, 2004 Episodes 55–60 61–66 (55–60 edited) April 5, 2004 Episodes 61–66 68–73 (61–66 edited) May 10, 2004 Episodes 67–72 74–79 (67–72 edited) June 7, 2004 Episodes 73–77 80–84 (73–77 edited) July 3, 2004 Episodes 78–82 85–89 (78–82 edited) August 2, 2004

Australia and New Zealand + Madman Entertainment (Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date Season 2 Part 1 47–68 April 13, 2016 Season 2 Part 2 69–89 August 16, 2017 Complete Series 47–89 April 11, 2018

Blu-ray + DVD combo United States + Viz Media (Region A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 2 Part 1 47–68 July 14, 2015 Season 2 Part 2 69–89 October 27, 2015 Complete Second Season [Blu-ray only] 47-89 February 28, 2023

Australia and New Zealand + Madman Entertainment (Region B) Volume Episodes Release date Complete Series 47–89 April 11, 2018

Film

Sailor Moon R: The Movie, originally released in Japan as , and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R: The Movie, and in the United States as Sailor Moon R: The Movie: The Promise of the Rose, is an anime film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and written by Sukehiro Tomita. The film debuted in Japanese theaters on December 5, 1993 and Pioneer Entertainment released it in the United States on February 8, 2000. On January 13, 2017, Viz Media re-released the movie re-dubbed and uncut for the first time in American theaters, simply titled Sailor Moon R: The Movie.

The events portrayed in this film seem to take place somewhere in the very end of the series, as Chibiusa knows about the identities of the Sailor Guardians, the characters are in the present rather than the future, and Mamoru and Usagi are back together. The film centers on the arrival of an alien named Fiore on Earth, who has a past with Mamoru and wishes to reunite with him. Unfortunately, Fiore is being controlled by an evil flower called Xenian Flower, forcing Usagi and her friends to save Mamoru and the Earth from destruction.

Japanese theaters featured a 15-minute short recap episode before the film titled . The re-dub also included the English dubbed short.

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