Sailor Moon Crystal, known in Japan as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (美少女戦士セーラームーン Crystal / クリスタル Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Kurisutaru), is a 2014 anime produced by Toei Animation, under the direction of Munehisa Sakai at the beginning and later directed by Chiaki Kon. The series, created to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the manga Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon, is the most recent audiovisual adaptation of the work. Instead of a remake of the first anime made by Toei in the 90's, Crystal is a new adaptation, more faithful to the original story created by Naoko Takeuchi.
Dubbing History[]
Prior to the creation of the series, the Sailor Moon franchise was in a state of legal limbo in the United States due to Toei and Naoko Takeuchi's dissatisfaction with the handling of the series by DiC and Cloverway. After the home video rights for the original series expired from 2004-2006, the series had not seen an official release in any form, making the possibility of an American release of Crystal questionable.
However, in May 2014, Viz Media licensed the anime for an English-language release in North America, along with the original series. At the 2014 Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles, Viz Media announced that the cast used for the Sailor Moon re-dub would also reprise their roles in Crystal. On November 20, 2015, Viz Media started streaming the Sailor Moon Crystal English dub on Neon Alley and Hulu.
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
Secondary Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ikuko Tsukino | Yūko Mizutani | Tara Platt | 1-3 |
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Kenji Tsukino | Mitsuaki Madono | Keith Silverstein | 1-3 |
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Shingo Tsukino | Seira Ryū | Nicolas Roye | 1-3 |
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Naru Osaka | Satomi Satō | Danielle Judovits | 1-3 |
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Gurio Umino | Daiki Yamashita | Benjamin Diskin | 1-3 |
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Motoki Furuhata | Hiroshi Okamoto | Lucien Dodge | 1-3 |
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Queen Serenity | Mami Koyama | Wendee Lee | 1-3 |
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Princess Serenity | Kotono Mitsuishi | Stephanie Sheh | 1-3 |
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Prince Endymion | Kenji Nojima | Robbie Daymond | 1 |
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Neo-Queen Serenity | Kotono Mitsuishi | Stephanie Sheh | 2-3 |
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King Endymion | Kenji Nojima | Robbie Daymond | 2-3 |
Villains[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Kingdom | ||||
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Queen Metalia | Yōko Matsuoka | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | 1-2 |
 
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Queen Beryl | Misa Watanabe | Cindy Robinson | 1 |
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Jadeite | Daisuke Kishio | Todd Haberkorn | 1-2 |
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Nephrite | Kōsuke Toriumi | Liam O'Brien | 1-2 |
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Zoisite | Masaya Matsukaze | Lucien Dodge | 1-2 |
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Kunzite | Eiji Takemoto | Patrick Seitz | 1-2 |
| Black Moon | ||||
 
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Wiseman / Death Phantom |
Hiroshi Iwasaki | Steve Kramer | 2 |
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Black Lady | Misato Fukuen | Sandy Fox | 2 |
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Prince Demande | Mamoru Miyano | Matthew Mercer | 2 |
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Prince Saphir | Tsubasa Yonaga | Greg Felden | 2 |
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Rubeus | Hiroki Takahashi | Steve Staley | 2 |
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Esmeraude | Hōko Kuwashima | Rena Strober | 2 |
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Koan | Satsuki Yukino | Eden Riegel | 2 |
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Berthier | Rumi Kasahara | Cindy Robinson | 2 |
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Petz | Wasabi Mizuta | Jessica Gee | 2 |
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Calaveras | Tomoe Hanba | Cassandra Morris | 2 |
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Chiral | Wataru Hatano | Doug Erholtz | 2 |
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Achiral | Kazunari Tanaka | Kyle Hebert | 2 |
| Death Busters | ||||
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Pharaoh 90 | Takaya Hashi | Michael Sorich (ep. 27 only) | 3 |
| John Eric Bentley | ||||
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Mistress 9 | Yukiyo Fujii | Christine Marie Cabanos | 3 |
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Professor Souichi Tomoe / Germatoid |
Takuya Kirimoto | Keith Silverstein | 3 |
 
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Kaorinite / Kaori |
Hikari Yono | Tara Platt | 3 |
 
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Eudial / Yuko Arimura |
Chiaki Takahashi | Erin Fitzgerald | 3 |
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Mimete / Mimi Hanyu |
Yuki Nagaku | Kira Buckland | 3 |
 
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Viluy / Yui Bidou |
Rina Honizumi | Julie Ann Taylor | 3 |
 
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Tellu / Lulu Teruno |
Naomi Ōzora | Laura Post | 3 |
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Cyprine | Umeka Shōji | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | 3 |
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Ptilol | 3 | ||
| Daimons | Ryōhei Arai | ¿? | 3 | |
| Toshiya Chiba | ||||
| Yusuke Handa | ||||
| Sōnosuke Hattori | ||||
| Keiji Hirai | ||||
Recurring Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Reika Nishimura | Mai Nakahara | Erica Mendez | 1, 3 |
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Itto Asanuma | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Greg Felden (ep. 15) | 2 |
| Matthew Mercer (ep. 28) | 3 | |||
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Yumiko | Hyang-Ri Kim | Erin Fitzgerald | 1-2 |
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Kuri | Yukiko Morishita | Julie Ann Taylor | 1-2 |
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Kotono Sarashina | Akemi Kanda | Tara Sands | 2 |
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Momoko "Momo" Momohara |
Taeko Kawata | Debi Derryberry | 2-3 |
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Kyuusuke Sarashina | Yukiko Morishita | Kyle Hebert | 3 |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
 
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Mayumi Osaka / Morga | Sanae Kobayashi | Julie Ann Taylor | 1 |
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Haruna Sakurada | Akemi Kanda | ||
 
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Female Lecturer / Garobe | Mami Kingetsu | Kate Higgins | 2 |
| Security Guard | Yusuke Handa | ¿? | ||
| Male Students | Yōhei Azakami | Liam O'Brien | ||
| Ryōhei Arai | Benjamin Diskin | |||
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Mii | Ayane Sakura | Cherami Leigh | 3 |
| Mii's Mother | Yuka Komatsu | Kate Higgins | ||
| Housewives | Tomo Muranaka | Julie Ann Taylor | ||
| Ayaka Maeda | Veronica Taylor | |||
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Princess D | Kana Ueda | Cindy Robinson | 4 |
| MC | Takahiro Fujimoto | Liam O'Brien | ||
| Lady | Seira Ryu | ¿? | ||
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Ghost Bride | Masumi Asano | Erin Fitzgerald | 5 |
| Makoto's Crush | Kenji Akabane | Patrick Seitz | ||
| Teacher | Ryōhei Arai | |||
| Women | Shino Shimoji | Tara Platt | ||
| Yukiko Morishita | Danielle Judovits | |||
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Professor Izono (Zoisite) |
Yuriko Yamaguchi | Erin Fitzgerald | 6 |
| Female Announcer | Shino Shimoji | Michelle Ruff | ||
| Male Announcer | Keiji Hirai | Liam O'Brien | ||
| Man | Yusuke Handa | ¿? | ||
| Doctor | Masaya Takatsuka | ¿? | 7 | |
| Young Man | Daisuke Matsubara | Liam O'Brien | ||
| Female Student | Shino Shimoji | ¿? | ||
| Driver | Takahiro Fujimoto | Liam O'Brien | ||
| Women | Ayaka Maeda | Erin Fitzgerald | ||
| Yuki Kaneko | Kate Higgins | |||
| Aiko Hibi | ¿? | |||
| Soldiers | Sōta Arai | ¿? | 8 | |
| Ryōhei Arai | ¿? | 8 | ||
| Koji Kawakami | ¿? | 8 - 9 | ||
| Takahiro Fujimoto | ¿? | 9 | ||
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Endo | Hiroaki Miura | Vic Mignogna | 11 |
| People | Daisuke Matsubara | ¿? | 13 | |
| Aiko Hibi | ||||
| Hyang-Ri Kim | ||||
| Yukiko Morishita | ||||
| Woman | Ai Sasaki | ¿? | 14 | |
| Men | Shunzo Miyasaka | |||
| Hirokazu Miyahara | ||||
| Season 2 | ||||
| Sister | Yui Kano | Jessica Gee | 15 | |
| Supernatural Research Club Members | Haruka Terui | ¿? | ||
| Chihiro Ikki | ||||
| Yuka Saitō | Wendee Lee | |||
| Female | Karin Takahashi | ¿? | ||
| Male | Yusuke Handa | |||
| School Janitor | Tomohisa Aso | ¿? | 16 | |
| Announcer | Yasunori Masutani | Keith Silverstein | ||
| Male Students | Yusuke Handa | ¿? | ||
| Masaru Ino | ||||
| Ryōhei Arai | ||||
| Female Newscaster | Yuka Komatsu | ¿? | 17 | |
| Mother | Hiroko Ushida | |||
| Daughter | Haruka Terui | |||
| Droid Soldiers | Ryōhei Arai | |||
| Kosuke Masuo | ||||
| MC | Hiromu Miyazaki | ¿? | 18 | |
| Boys | Aiko Hibi | ¿? | 21 | |
| Hiromi Konno | ||||
| Yukiko Morishita | ||||
| Droids | Yukiko Morishita | ¿? | 22 | |
| Hitomi Owada | ||||
| Season 3 | ||||
| High School Girl | Yui Kano | ¿? | 27 | |
| Coach | Yasunori Masutani | |||
| Reporters | Yusuke Handa | Keith Silverstein | ||
| Toshiya Chiba | ¿? | |||
| Female Students | Chihiro Ikki | ¿? | ||
| Yuri Noguchi | ||||
| Momoko Soyama | ||||
| Male Newscaster | Yusei Oda | Matthew Mercer | 27, 33 | |
| Female Student | Yui Kano | Debi Derryberry | 28 | |
| Girl | Shino Shimoji | Christine Marie Cabanos | 29 | |
| Male Students | Keiji Harai | ¿? | 30 | |
| Daisuke Matsubura | ||||
| Kosuke Masuo | ||||
| Sōnosuke Hattori | ||||
| Female Students | Yukiko Morishita | Julie Ann Taylor | ||
| Yuri Noguchi | ¿? | |||
| Miyuu Tsuji | ||||
| Audience | Yusei Oda | |||
| Chihiro Ikki | ||||
| Momoko Soyama | ||||
| Female Staff | Hitomi Owada | Debi Derryberry | 31 | |
| Female Student | Momoko Soyama | ¿? | ||
| Male Student | Yohei Namekawa | |||
| Senior Student | Kenji Akabane | ¿? | 32 | |
| Professor | Tomohisa Aso | |||
| Teacher | Eri Yasui | Michelle Ruff | ||
| Club Student | Daisuke Matsubara | Matthew Mercer | ||
| Store Clerk | Yuri Noguchi | ¿? | ||
| Female Students | Chihiro Ikki | |||
| Momoko Soyama | ||||
| Hitomi Owada | ||||
| Keiko Tomoe | Shino Kakinuma | Tara Platt | 33 | |
| Men | Sonosuke Hattori | ¿? | ||
| Koichi Gomi | ||||
| Doctor | Keiji Hirai | ¿? | 35 | |
| Young Man | Shunzo Miyasaka | 39 | ||
Additional Voices[]
- Bennett Abara
- Christine Marie Cabanos
- Debi Derryberry
- Ben Diskin
- Lucien Dodge
- Doug Erholtz
- Erin Fitzgerald
- Jessica Gee
- Todd Haberkorn
- Kyle Hebert
- Kate Higgins - Fortune Girl (ep. 15)
- Danielle Judovits
- Wendee Lee
- Cherami Leigh
- Erica Mendez
- Matthew Mercer
- Vic Mignogna
- Liam O'Brien - Porter (ep. 4)
- Tara Platt - Woman B (ep. 3)
- Cindy Robinson - Woman A (ep. 3), Girlfriend (ep. 5)
- Michelle Ruff
- Tara Sands
- Patrick Seitz
- Keith Silverstein
- Julie Ann Taylor
- Veronica Taylor
Notes[]
- Danielle Judovits and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn are credited in episode 14 with both their real names and their aliases (Danielle Nicole and Lucy Todd, respectively).
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ABC Me | Australia | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viz Media | 2016-2017 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States | 
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||
See Also[]
External Links[]
- Sailor Moon Crystal at the Internet Movie Database
- Sailor Moon Crystal (anime) at the Anime News Network
