Usagi Tsukino (Serena in the US version) is pretty much your typical superhero: a student by day, a heroine by night. And she, and her Sailor Scouts, were quite a hit when the 1990s anime adaptation of Sailor Moon premiered. There were, after all, plenty of superheroes, but not many who were also just regular high school girls, and teenagers ate it up in every medium. The Sailor Moon manga (1992–1997), created by Naoko Takeuchi, sold over 46 million copies worldwide.
In 2014, there was even a remake: Sailor Moon Crystal (2014–2016), and the story concluded with several movies. Here is how to watch all Sailor Moon movies and TV shows in order and where to stream them.
Sailor Moon (1992-1997)
The main anime follows Usagi Tsukino and her team of Sailor Scouts (Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus) as they fight for love and justice. It all starts when Usagi meets a magical black cat named Luna, who gives her an amulet that allows her to transform into Sailor Moon. From there, Usagi must reunite with her team of scouts, discover her past life, and fight against new and old enemies to protect innocents. Oh, she must also find all the pieces of the Legendary Silver Crystal, which have been lost to Earth. That’s all.
Sailor Moon R: The Movie – The Promise of the Rose (1993)
Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose, which was released after Sailor Moon Season 2, Episode 75, can be watched after Season 2 of the show, as it follows the storyline from that season. It can also be watched after the entirety of the show if preferred. It centers on the arrival of an alien named Fiore, who shares a past with Mamoru Chiba (Darien in the US version), Usagi’s rival turned boyfriend. Fiore is set on reuniting with Darien but is being controlled by an evil flower called the Xenian Flower, which forces the Sailor Scouts to rescue both the guy and Earth from Fiore’s destruction.
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994)
Also released after one of the Sailor Moon episodes, specifically Episode 116, Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hears in Ice can be watched after the third season of the show or after finishing the show compeltely. It focuses on Luna, the cat and, in many ways, the guide to Sailor Moon, and her romantic feelings for a human, Kakeru. As if that weren’t enough, there’s also an evil Snow Queen, Kaguya, who wants to freeze Earth. The Sailor Scouts are forced to work together to stop the Snow Queen, with Luna’s feelings for Kakeru proving more important than anyone could have imagined.
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole (1995)
Released after Episode 158 of the series in Season 4, Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole can also be watched after the season, as it’s a completely separate story from the events of the main season. In the movie, children around the world start to disappear thanks to the evil Queen Badiane, who is plotting to trap Earth in a dark energy field called the Black Dream Hole, which will place everyone in an eternal sleep. As always, it’s up to the Sailor Scouts to stop her. Except this time, the bad guy is coming for one of their own.
Sailor Moon Crystal (2014-2021)
Sailor Moon Crystal is basically a remake of the original anime, with less filler and being much more faithful to the original manga. Gone is most of the original material from the first series, but this pretty much follows the same beats anyway. Luna finds Usagi. Usagi becomes Sailor Moon. She finds the rest of the Sailor Scouts. They fight for love and justice and protect people, all while trying to find the pieces of the Legendary Silver Crystal. The show went on to have three seasons, which are the equivalent of the first three seasons of the original Sailor Moon.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie (2021)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie is a two-part movie that basically covers the events of Season 4 of the original Sailor Moon, aka the Dream Arc. In this arc, a dark power makes a total solar eclipse happen, leaving the Earth in darkness and forcing the scattered Sailor Scouts to reunite to bring light back to the world. This is a streamlined version of the arc, without any fillers, that clocks in at a little over two and a half hours for both parts and makes sure the story of the Sailor Scouts continues.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie (2023)
The final Sailor Moon movie, also released in two parts, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie adapts the arc from Season 5 of the original series, aka the Stars arc. This takes the story to the same place where the manga ends, starting with Mamoru’s disappearance and everything that happens after he goes missing—including how that changes Usagi and Usagi’s final battle with Sailor Galaxia. Clocking in at more or less the same time as the previous movie, 2 hours and 40 minutes, this one’s a must-watch for anyone who has watched any part of Sailor Moon Crystal.
Sailor Moon Movies And TV Shows Storyline Order
Not sure what the right watch-order is? If you want to be very, very specific, here’s the order you should watch the shows and movies to make sure you consume the story in the order it was meant to be watched.
- Sailor Moon Seasons 1-2
- Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose
- Sailor Moon Season 3
- Sailor Moon S The Movie: Hearts in Ice
- Sailor Moon Season 4
- Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie - Black Dream Hole
- Sailor Moon Crystal Seasons 1-3
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie, Part 1 & 2
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie, Part 1 & 2
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