Sailor Moon Cosmos
Kanji劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンCosmos(コスモス)」
Literal meaningPretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie
Revised HepburnGekijōban Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Kosumosu
Directed byTomoya Takahashi
Screenplay byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Based onSailor Moon
by Naoko Takeuchi
Starring
Edited byKeiko Onodera
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Production
companies
Distributed byToei Company, Ltd.
Release dates
  • June 9, 2023 (2023-06-09) (Part 1)
  • June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30) (Part 2)
Running time
160 minutes (total, 80 minutes per film)[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Sailor Moon Cosmos[a] is a 2023 Japanese two-part animated action fantasy film based on the Stars arc of the Sailor Moon manga by Naoko Takeuchi, that is a direct sequel to Sailor Moon Eternal (2021), and serves as the "fifth and final season" for the Sailor Moon Crystal anime series.[3] The two-part film is directed by Tomoya Takahashi, written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, chief supervised by Naoko Takeuchi, and co-produced by Toei Animation and Studio Deen. The two-part film was released in June 2023, with the first film on the 9th, and the second film set for release on the 30th.[4]

Plot

Part One

Usagi Tsukino and her friends are living peaceful lives as ordinary high school students. Mamoru Chiba, Usagi's boyfriend, is headed to America to study abroad. At the airport, after Mamoru proposes to Usagi, he is then mysteriously extinguished by someone's hand. Unable to accept Mamoru's disappearance, Usagi hides her memory of that event. Meanwhile, Shadow Galactica, led by Sailor Galaxia, as well as Sailor Starlights appear in front of Usagi. Without knowing whether Sailor Starlights are allies or enemies, the Sailor Guardians are robbed of their Sailor Crystals, the source of their power, by almighty Sailor Galaxia, and are killed by one after another. In a hopeless situation, Usagi, as Eternal Sailor Moon, challenges Sailor Galaxia for the final battle.[5]

Voice cast

See also: List of Sailor Moon characters
Character Japanese voice cast
Usagi Tsukino/Eternal Sailor Moon Kotono Mitsuishi
Luna Ryō Hirohashi
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask Kenji Nojima
Ami Mizuno/Eternal Sailor Mercury Hisako Kanemoto
Rei Hino/Eternal Sailor Mars Rina Satō
Makoto Kino/Eternal Sailor Jupiter Ami Koshimizu
Minako Aino/Eternal Sailor Venus Shizuka Itō
Artemis Taishi Murata
Chibiusa/Eternal Sailor Chibi Moon Misato Fukuen
Diana Shoko Nakagawa
Setsuna Meioh/Eternal Sailor Pluto Ai Maeda
Haruka Tenoh/Eternal Sailor Uranus Junko Minagawa
Michiru Kaioh/Eternal Sailor Neptune Sayaka Ohara
Hotaru Tomoe/Eternal Sailor Saturn Yukiyo Fujii
Kō Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter Marina Inoue[4]
Kō Taiki/Sailor Star Maker Saori Hayami[4]
Kō Yaten/Sailor Star Healer Ayane Sakura[4]
Princess Kakyuu/Sailor Kakyuu Nana Mizuki[6]
Chibi-Chibi/Sailor Chibi-Chibi Moon/Sailor Cosmos Kotono Mitsuishi[6]
Chaos Mitsuki Saiga
Sailor Galaxia Megumi Hayashibara[6]
Sailor Iron Mouse Sena Koizumi[7]
Sailor Aluminum Siren Ayumu Murase[7]
Sailor Lead Crow Yōko Hikasa[7]
Sailor Tin Nyanko Mariya Ise[7]
Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon Haruka Kudō[7]
Sailor Lethe Shiori Mikami[7]
Sailor Mnemosyne Kanae Itō[7]
Sailor Phi Fumie Mizusawa[7]
Sailor Chi Yuka Komatsu[7]

Additional voice cast includes:

Character Japanese voice cast
Ikuko Tsukino Wakana Yamazaki
Ittō Asanuma Daisuke Sakaguchi
Phobos Kanami Taguchi
Deimos Aya Yamane
Saphir Tsubasa Yonaga
Wiseman Hiroshi Iwasaki
Sailor Ceres Reina Ueda
Sailor Pallas Sumire Morohoshi
Sailor Juno Yūko Hara
Sailor Vesta Rie Takahashi
Guardian Cosmos TBA

Production

Development

The sequel was first teased at the end of the second film of Sailor Moon Eternal.[8] In April 2022, it was announced that the sequel covering the Stars arc of the manga was to be produced as a two-part anime film project, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンCosmos(コスモス)」, Gekijōban Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Kosumosu).[9] Majority of key staff members from Eternal two-part film returned, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu writing the screenplay, Kazuko Tadano designing the characters, and original creator and mangaka Naoko Takeuchi chief supervising the films' production, while Tomoya Takahashi had taken over Chiaki Kon's position as a director. Studio Deen will also continue to co-animate and produce the films with Toei Animation.[10][11]

Casting

The main voice cast from Sailor Moon Crystal and Eternal reprised their respective roles, and had already recorded their lines for the first film prior to the announcement.[12] In January 2023, it was announced that Marina Inoue, Saori Hayami, and Ayane Sakura have been cast as Kō Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter, Kō Taiki/Sailor Star Maker, and Kō Yaten/Sailor Star Healer respectively.[4][13] That same month, it was announced that Megumi Hayashibara and Nana Mizuki were cast as Sailor Galaxia and Princess Kakyuu respectively, while Kotono Mitsuishi would reprise her role as Chibi-Chibi.[6][14] In May 2023, the rest of the Shadow Galactica cast was announced, with Yuka Komatsu and Fumie Mizusawa as Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi, Shiori Mikami and Kanae Itō as Sailor Lethe and Sailor Mnemosyne, and Sena Koizumi, Ayumu Murase, Yōko Hikasa, Mariya Ise, and Haruka Kudō as the Sailor Animamates: Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren, Sailor Lead Crow, Sailor Tin Nyanko, and Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon respectively.[7]

Music

See also: List of Sailor Moon soundtracks

Yasuharu Takanashi returned to compose the music for the two-part film.[11] The theme song for the two-part film is titled "Tsuki no Hana" (月の花, lit. "Moon Flower"), sung by Daoko.[15][16] The five-track theme song collection album, titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie Theme Song Collection, is set to release on June 30, 2023, which includes In-Universe song, Nagareboshi he (流れ星へ, lit. "To the Shooting Star"), sung by voice actresses of Three Lights.[17][18]

Release

The two-part film will be released in theaters in Japan in June 2023, with the first film on the 9th, and the second film on 30th.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (Japanese: 劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンCosmos(コスモス)」, Hepburn: Gekijōban Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Kosumosu)

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