Running out of anime to marathon this lockdown season? Well, why don’t we watch all 127 episodes of the iconic Sailor Moon series? Yes this will be possible soon, folks, as the official website of the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie has announced that the first three seasons of the 90s Sailor Moon anime will be made available for online streaming—for free—and worldwide! (Yes, not just Youtube Japan!)
The first three seasons—Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R, and (my personal favorite!) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S—will be streamed via the franchise’s official Youtube channel starting on April 24, with 10 episodes to be available for streaming each week. Check out the full streaming schedule below!
· April 24-30, 2020: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon" (1st to 10th episodes)
· May 1-7: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon" (11th to 20th episodes)
· May 8-14: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon" (21st to 30th episodes)
· May 15-21: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon" (31st to 40th episodes)
· May 22-28: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon" (41st to 46th episodes) / “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon R" (1st to 4th episodes)
· May 29 – June 4: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon R" (5th to 14th episodes)
· June 5-11: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon R" (15th to 24th episodes)
· June 12-18: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon R" (25th to 34th episodes)
· June 19-25: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon R" (35th to 43rd episodes) / “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon S" (1st episode)
· June 26 – July 2: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon S" (2nd to 11th episodes)
· July 3-9: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon S" (12th to 21st episodes)
· July 10-16: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon S" (22nd to 31st episodes)
· July 17-23: “Pretty Guardian ”../../sailor-moon">Sailor Moon S" (32nd to 38th episodes)
This streaming party is part of promotions for the upcoming release of the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie—actually the first of two parts, since it was announced that the project will be composed of two movie releases. The first three seasons were chosen to be streamed because the upcoming movie will be adapting the manga’s “Dead Moon” arc, which was adapted into the fourth Sailor Moon season (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS).
The first movie is set for a September 2020 release, with no release date announced yet for the second movie. Toei announced that they will be co-producing the films with Studio DEEN. Chiaki Kon, who directed the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal (which critics deemed an improvement from the first two seasons) will be returning to direct the two films. Character design will be done by Kazuko Tadano, who is credited for the same role in the original anime. The script will be penned by JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, with the manga’s author herself Naoko Takeuchi serving as supervisor to the movies.
Source: Crunchyroll News
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