With the millions of Sailor Moon websites we have now on the net (Most on GeoCities), most people don't know that Sailor Moon Universe was one of the first Sailor Moon websites to sprout up along with Karl's Sailor Moon Site and the Sailor Moon Support Site.
Sailor Moon Universe (Visitors call it "SMU") used to be called "Sailor Moon Homepage Of New York City." But later when DiC temporarily canceled Sailor Moon in the US, it was apparent to SMU to change it's name to Sailor Moon Universe. We tried our best to incorporate the best graphics, best content. We wanted to create a interactive Sailor Moon site. So we had decided to incorporate CGI Scripts to make our site interactive. Now we have our own Chat, Virtual Postcards, and Bulletin Board. All programmed on our server. What's in store for the future, many many things. But time does take a toll on things.
Introduction to the "Sailor Moon Series"
Sailor Moon is about an ordinary, klutzy, crybaby, 14 year old
junior high school girl who receives a special quest from a talking cat
named Luna to fight evil and find someone called the "Moon Princess". She
accomplishes all this by transforming into the sailor suited "pretty
soldier" Sailor Moon. Over time, she discovers other Sailor Scouts/Senshi
and another cat Artemis who join her as a team.
She also runs into this cute guy named Mamoru/Darien and this
caped hero Tuxedo Kamen/Tuxedo Mask. Coincidentally enough, they happen
to be one and the same. Tuxedo Kamen/Tuxedo Mask reappears constantly
to save the Sailor Senshi/Scouts from the generals of the Dark
Kingdom/Negaverse who, at first, begin stealing life energy out of
people, then attempt to acquire the ginzuishou/Imperium Silver Crystal.
Then Sailor Moon learns about the Silver Millenium/Moon Kingdom.
The Moon Kingdom was what existed a thousand years ago when the
universe was at peace. It was ruled by Queen Serenity, until the evil
forces from the Dark Kingdom/Negaverse decided to try and take over.
Queen Serenity was able to repel the invasion, but only by sacrificing
herself and sending all of her court and the ginzuishou/Imperium Silver
Crystal to the future on Earth.
Now, all this ties into the plot because Sailor Moon a.k.a.
Usagi/Serena just *happens* to be a reincarnation of the Moon Princess,
Princess Serenity/Princess Serena in addition to just being Sailor Moon.
It also turns out that the Sailor Senshi/Scouts are reincarnations of the
guardians of the Moon Kingdom, and that Mamoru/Darien is a reincarnation
of Prince Endymion/Prince Darien, who was to marry Princess
Serenity/Princess Serena. This adds a bit of romance to the series, but
in the end, the Sailor Senshi/Scouts and Tuxedo Kamen/Tuxedo Mask are
able to use the ginzuishou/Imperium Silver Crystal to *annhilate* the
Dark Kingdom/Negaverse, but at the cost of their own lives.
Note: In the DIC translation, no one dies. Everyone just has
their memories erased. Reportedly, the original makers of the series
weren't sure if they were going to do a second season, and so they wanted
to potentially end off the series with a bang. The way this works in the
original is that the Sailor Senshi die, but their alter-ego secret
identities live on to have a chance at a normal life.
Introduction to the Sailor Moon R series
Anyhow, the next season of the show starts, and everyone gets
their memories restored, except for Darien/Mamoru (to the annoyance of
Usagi/Serena). Two aliens, Alan/Ail and Ann arrive on Earth and start
stealing people's life energy for a tree called "Doom Tree." At the end of the
saga we find out Moonlight Knight (Who is Darien) is the split personality of
Darien because he didn't get his memory back Moonlight Knight was sent to
help Sailor Moon. Serena revives the Doom Tree by using her crystal and alls well.
Just when things start to get comfortable, all of a sudden a
strange kid who looks an awful lot like Usagi/Serena falls out of the sky
with a quest to find her mother and the ginzuishou/Imperium Silver
Crystal. She's Chibi Usa/Rini, and she's from the future, but she didn't
come alone. She's followed by some agents of the Black
Moon/Negaverse(again!), namely Rubeus, and the four weird sisters,
Cooan/Catsy, Beruche/Berti, Petz/Avery, and Karaberas/Prisma. In an
interesting change from the usual, the Sailor Senshi/Scouts were able to
heal the sisters of their evil rather than just kill them like usual.
