The first story, the Makai Tree arc, covers the first 13 episodes of the season and pits the Guardians against aliens Ail and An.Īil and An's source of life, the Makai Tree is dying. Two months after the fall of the Dark Kingdom, the Sailor Senshi and Mamoru are living their normal lives with no memories of the events from the previous season. It was written by Rui Serizawa and performed Yoko Ishida. The closing sequence, entitled Maiden's Policy (乙女のポリシー Otome no Porishii), was used for the entire season of Sailor Moon R. There were 2 versions of the opening theme, the first having more generic visuals, the second more closely following and representing the story of the R season, as it features brand new places such as Crystal Tokyo, and even new characters: Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and the Black Moon family, which is called the Negamoon in the original English version. Like the previous season, the opening sequence featured Moonlight Legend (ムーンライト伝説 'Moonlight Densetsu'), written by Kanako Oda and performed by DALI. Because both the Sailor Moon manga and the anime were being produced at the same time, Sailor Moon R begins with a 13-episode sub-arc that does not appear in the manga, created to give Naoko Takeuchi time to catch up in creating the Sailor Moon manga. Despite struggling to extend the Sailor Moon series with another storyline, Naoko Takeuchi settled with the introduction of Chibiusa, the future daughter of Sailor Moon, after her editor Fumio Osano recommended the idea.

The Sailor Moon franchise was originally intended to run on television for only one season, but due to its success, Toei Animation requested that the creator of the Sailor Moon franchise, Naoko Takeuchi, keep drawing her Sailor Moon manga.

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