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Sailor Moon S1E1 — A Moon Star Is Born

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Sailor Moon•Season 1•Episode 1

A Moon Star Is Born

7.5/10 · 455 votesMar 7, 199224 min

Ranked #14 of 46 in Season 1•+0.1 vs season avg

Usagi Tsukino is a 14-year-old schoolgirl who is very cheerful, but clumsy and is always finding herself into unwanted trouble. One day, Usagi meets a talking black cat named Luna, who reveals that dark forces are threatening the lives of the innocent and that Usagi

Directed byJunichi Sato

Written bySukehiro Tomita

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Cast18

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury (voice)

Michie Tomizawa

Michie Tomizawa

Rei Hino / Sailor Mars (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Emi Shinohara

Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (voice)

Rica Fukami

Rica Fukami

Minako Aino / Sailor Venus (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Jadeite (voice)

Katsuji Mori

Katsuji Mori

Nephrite (voice)

Keiko Han

Keiko Han

Queen Beryl / Luna (voice)

Sanae Takagi

Sanae Takagi

Ikuko Tsukino (voice)

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kunzite (voice)

Shino Kakinuma

Shino Kakinuma

Naru Osaka (voice)

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S

Sukehiro Tomita

Writer

Y

Yosuji Kudo

Key Animation

Yasuhiro Aoki

Yasuhiro Aoki

Key Animation

H

Hiromi Matsushita

Animation Director

Junichi Sato

Junichi Sato

Director

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Daisuke Hiruma

Key Animation

S

Satoshi Nishimura

Key Animation

Y

Yoshiyuki Shikano

Art Designer

H

Hiroaki Yoshikawa

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"A Moon Star Is Born" is episode 1 of Sailor Moon season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 455 votes, ranking #14 of 46 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Junichi Sato and written by Sukehiro Tomita, it aired on March 7, 1992.

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