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Sailor Moon: A Moon Star is Born

 

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9.0 Superb
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Air Date

Monday September 11, 1995

Production Code

101

Episode Summary

A clumsy girl named Serena Tsukino encounters a talking cat named Luna who says that Serena is the Soldier of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon. Serena must now fight evil as Queen Beryl and the evil Negaverse have begun their attacks on Earth.

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    9.5 Superb

    This episode, A Moon Star Is Born, is an amazing start to a great series. In this episode we are introduced to Serena, a teenage girl who learns that she is Sailor Moon, defender of Earth from the Negaverse. She learns this from Luna, a talking cat. hide show

    This was an amazing episode and a great way to start off the series. It demonstrated great animation, especially when we see Serena transform into Sailor Moon for the first time and fight the Negaverse. Great animation is also shown when the Negaverse tries to take over Earth for the first time. We really do get to see how great this series will be and this episode shows how relatable the characters are! We also are introduced to the main characters such as Tuxedo Mask and Serena and Lune, the lovable cat who helps Serena realize she is really Sailor Moon!

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    10 Perfect

    Serena Tsukino becomes Sailor Moon hide show

    This is the first episode in one of the best anime series to ever hit television! Serena Tsukino is a crybaby, and sort of bratty, teenager. Her grades suck big time, and she has no boyfriend. On her way to school, she sees a bunch of boys picking on a black cat. Serena takes pitty on it, and saves it. And there's some weird moon shape on the cat's forehead!!! After she fails a big Algebra test, her friend Molly takes her shopping to cheer her up. They swing by Molly's mom's jewelry store, where everything is 99% off! I'd like to go shopping there! ;) After a bit, Serena decides to go home and face her mother. On her way home, she bumps into some hunky older student who calls her meatball head! XD When Serena arrives home, Mrs. Tsukino is outraged and locks Serena out of the house and refuses to let her back in until she studies at the library. So she does, and when she arrives home, Serena collapses on her bed. The weird cat from before sneaks into her window, and starts to talk to her! She tells Serena that she is actually Sailor Moon, and it's her destiny to protect the world. Back at the jewelry shop, Molly's mom is actually some crazy demon thing, and Serena, erm, Sailor Moon, has to go save Molly. Just as SM is about to be beaten, the devilishly handsome Tuxedo Mask comes to her rescue!!! Who is this strange man? Find out next time on Sailor Moon!

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    10 Perfect

    luna finds serena and tells her she's a sailor scout and she fights for love and justice hide show

    this is one of my favorite episode because it started everything. Serena was realy shocked when luna to her that she was sailor moon a soider of love and justice .but later on she gets use to it the song is realy good Sailor Moon - Sailor Moon Theme Lyrics


    Sailor Moon ThemeFighting evil by moonlight
    Winning love by daylight
    Never running from a real fight
    She is the one named Sailor Moon
    She will...never turn her back on a friend
    She is... always there to defend
    She is...the one on whom we can depend
    She is the one named Sailor.....
    .... Sailor Venus
    .... Sailor Mercury
    .... Sailor Mars
    ..... Sailor Jupiter
    With secret powers
    All so new to her
    She is the one named Sailor Moon
    Fighting evil by moonlight
    Winning love by daylight
    With her Sailor Scouts to help fight
    She is the one named Sailor Moon
    She is the one named Sailor Moon
    She is the one . . . Sailor Moo

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    9.7 Superb

    serena is sailor moon shock! hide show

    i grew up watching this and to find out that alot more people liked it is exciting i never went a day without watching it i loved it soo much i havent got the best memory but on of the episodes i do remember is this one the classic opening episode when she realises that she is sailor moon,love her reaction lol i also realised how lame it can be as well what she says before she fights the evil women is funny and when she says "moon tiara magic" funny funny funny love sailor moon and always will!!!

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    8 Great

    Shows Serena before she became a sailor scout. An ok episode. Serena has her first transformation! hide show

    The start of the series, Serena transforms for the first time. She meets Tuxedo Mask, and fights in her first battle. It starts with serena getting a really bad grade in school. She crumples it up and it lands on Darien's head ( Note: First time she & Darien meet). He looks at it and calls her meatball head for the first time. She goes home & Luna meets her. Luna gives her a locket and tells her to say Moon Prism Power. Serena transforms and starts freaking out. She hears Molly screaming for help through her hair accessory & runs to the rescue. She does her first intro and the monster aims an attack at her. Serena gets hurt and starts crying. Tuxedo Mask appears and gives her incouragement. Luna tells her to say the words Moon Tiara Magic. She defeats the monster and saves Molly. Tuxedo Mask disapears and it ends with serena starts going goo goo gaa gaa over him.

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  • When Sailor Moon saves Molly she gets a cut on her leg, but in the next scene the cut is gone. []
  • After Serena and Molly enter the shop Molly's mum is yelling into a Megaphone
    'Today only, everything in the store is 90 percent off!' but when she puts down the Megaphone she keeps yelling 'Please feel free to try on anything.'
    Her voice is still loud as if she was talking into the megaphone but how can that be if she put it away from her lips. []
  • In the jewelry store, Molly said to Serena "Where are you going?", but Serena showed no indication of wanting to go anywhere. []
  • This episode does not have the "Today on Sailor Moon" segment. []
  • In the original, the Game Center was called the Crown Arcade. []
  • In the dub, the Sailor Scouts don't say "Make-Up" at the end of their transformation phrases. Strangely, they still do in the manga. []
More Notes
  • Serena: Moon Prism Power! []
  • Serena: I just wanna play Sailor V games. I don't wanna live them! []
  • Serena: I'm hallucinating, I'm hallucinating!
    Luna: (Stands on Serena's head) Serena you are not hallucinating! []

Allusions

  • The way the first season's opening sequence begins (with the the words moving up on the screen) is a reference to how the Star Wars movies open up with a description of the movie. []
  • The title is an allusion to the phrase 'A Star is Born'. []
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