About the Encyclopaedia

This encyclopaedia is intended as a reference guide to the anime series Sailor Moon. At the moment, it is a work in progress: the anime contains 200 episodes, plus three movies and various specials. New data is being added all the time, so don't forget to check the updates section for details.

As you've probably gathered by now, this guide concentrates exclusively on the anime. This is partly out of personal preference - I consider the anime to be the richest and most interesting continuity - and partly out of practicality, since the inclusion of multiple continuities in a single reference work will most likely lead to confusion. Besides, I'd say that documenting every person, place, object and event in an anime that ran for five years is a big enough task already.

With regards to continuity, for the purposes of this encyclopaedia I am considering all of the anime to be canon, with the exception of episode 89 (in which the senshi discuss the upcoming season). I'm aware that the SuperS movie and the Make Up! Sailor Senshi special are often considered non-canon, but to be honest, the continuity problems in these stories are pretty minor compared to certain continuity issues in the series proper. Hence, both of these productions, along with pretty much everything else in the Sailor Moon anime universe, will be found here.

Lovers of obscure facts may be interested to know that this guide also contains information only available in the Sailor Moon Nakayoshi Anime Album Guides. Many characters or items in the anime were not named on-screen, but did, nonetheless have names, and these are included here. So if you want to know exactly what a Dark Beaut is used for, or why the name "Ashley" strikes fear into the hearts of Tokyo's cats, then read on. Also included are the "Character Data" sections from the guides. In all probability, you'll have seen the lists for the Sailor Senshi before: the anime versions aren't quite as ubiquitous as those from the manga, but they appear on a good few sites at least. However, data also exists for lesser characters such as Naru and Haruna, plus most of the Youma, Cardians, Droids and Daimons. Admittedly, whether or not these facts are really canon is debatable, so all of these lists are marked with their origins.

As well as the main alphabetical section of the encyclopaedia, there is also a seiyuu guide. This is already complete (although may require some tweaks later on) and is, as far as I'm aware, the only complete guide to Sailor Moon's Japanese voice artists anywhere on the web. Compiling this was no mean feat. It wasn't, as you might imagine, merely a case of copying down the credits from the English language releases. The ADV releases of Classic and R contained only partial credits. The Pioneer S, SuperS and movie releases were much better in this regard, but still contained the occasional omission or error. Stars, of course, has no English language release at all, and neither do any of the specials. So the only sure-fire method was to go back to the original Japanese credits. Now, my Japanese really isn't all that it should be, but armed with original copies of the episodes, James Breen's phenomenally good WWWJDIC, the Anime News Network seiyuu database and enough Japanese dictionaries to sink a hovercraft, I set about the task. The result is, I believe, accurate, although if you do spot any mistakes then please let me know.

This brings me onto the subject of corrections as a whole. I'll welcome any corrections you'd care to submit, whether they're regarding factual errors or just a typo you've spotted. You will, of course be credited for any changes I make as the result of your submissions. There is one caveat to all of this, however. I'm well aware of the debates amongst fandom about the correct spellings of various terms - particularly terms of non-Japanese origin - within the series. As interesting as that debate is, that is not what this guide is about. I have simply used spellings which I believe to be the most correct, and where there is a degree of debate about particular spelling, I have used the most common one. The only other option was to list every alternative spelling, which would bloat the encyclopaedia and also be largely pointless (as in most cases, all of the alternative spellings would be sitting right next to each other anyway). There are other websites on which spellings are discussed in some detail, and if the debate interests you then I suggest you seek them out. They are not the subject of this guide. I have chosen my preferred spellings carefully, and I intend to stick with them. If you still want to correct them, go ahead, but unless you provide conclusive evidence, don't expect me to act on it...

So, with that lengthy disclaimer out of the way, I hope you enjoy the encyclopaedia. Feel free to contact me with any comments, criticism, catgirls or cute pictures of the Animamates.