The official website for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie, the two-part anime film project adapting the final “Shadow Galactica” arc of Naoko Takeuchi’s original Sailor Moon manga, recently revealed exciting news for fans.
The famous idol group, The Three Lights, will create a new song exclusively for the film’s limited edition Blu-ray Disc/DVD release in Japan on December 20. In a video streamed on the website, fans were treated to The Three Lights’ insert song Nagareboshi e, along with the announcement of this eagerly anticipated new song.
The Three Lights, portrayed by Saori Hayami as Taiki Kō/Sailor Star Maker, Marina Inoue as Seiya Kō/Sailor Star Fighter, and Ayane Sakura as Yaten Kō/Sailor Star Healer, are integral to the film’s storyline. The first film debuted on June 9, followed by the second on June 30.
Originally slated for a September 11, 2020 release, the first film was rescheduled to January 2021 due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan, while the second film hit theaters in February 2021. These films celebrate a significant milestone, celebrating 25 years since the franchise was last screened in Japanese theaters.
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Sailor Moon Cosmos: Staff, Cast & Plot
The anime films are directed by Tomoya Takahashi, and the famous JoJo script writer will handle the scripts for the films. The original character designer for Sailor Moon, Kazuko Tadano, will make a comeback to add his magic to the films.
With Yumiko Soraga as the art director, Yasuharu Takanashi will compose the music, and Daoko will sing the song “Tsuki no Hana” for the upcoming adaptation.
The Cast
The cast includes Saori Hayami, voicing Sailor Star Maker, Marina Inoue, voicing Sailor Star Fighter, and Ayane Sakura voicing Sailor Star Healer.
The three Starlights teased in the video are Princess Kakyū, voiced by Nana Mizuki, Sailor Galaxia, voiced by Megumi Hayashibara and Chibi Chibi, voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, who also voices the main character Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.
The Shadow Galactica Arc (Spoilers)
Sailor Galaxia’s journey took a turn when she met Wiseman, who guided her to Sagittarius Zero Star, where she met Chaos. This starts the Shadow Galactica Empire, with the Galactica Palace acting as its headquarters at the heart of the Zero Star.
The empire embarked on a Milky Way campaign targeting worlds such as Mau, Mermaid, Kinmoku, Chuu, Cocoon, and Coronis to collect Sailor Crystals. Their ultimate motive was to overtake control of the Galaxy Cauldron, the celestial body governing the balance of life and death.
While neither Galaxia nor Chaos desired to share power, they silently agreed to work together until their mission was achieved.
Under Galaxia’s rule, several Sailor Guardians and other members were recruited into the empire. Sailor Phi and Sailor Chi were firmly loyal to Galaxia, on the other hand, Sailor Lethe and Sailor Mnemosyne joined out of survival, having witnessed the devastation Galaxia brought upon their worlds. Their loyalty was solely to living peaceful lives.
Earth became the next target for Shadow Galactica after Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion’s battle against Queen Nehelenia. Galaxia wished to manipulate Sailor Moon into destroying Chaos while acquiring the Sailor Crystals from others. Simultaneously, Chaos had his agenda involving Sailor Moon.
The Sailor Moon manga was one of the best-selling manga, with over 46 million copies sold, so there was no surprise when an anime adaptation was announced in 2014. A live-action adaptation, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, was released in 2003, and a second anime series called “Sailor Moon Crystal” followed in 2004.
The fourth season of the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime was released as a duel part film adapting the Dream arc from the manga.
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