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'''''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal''''' in Japanese. This is the 2014 [[Continuity Reboot|reboot]] of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime, featuring an art style and a storyline which both draw more strongly upon the original ''Sailor Moon'' manga than its animated predecessor did.

 

This series covers the first three manga arcs (''Dark Kingdom'', ''Black Moon'' and ''Death Busters'') in two seasons. A Two-part movie covering the Dead Moon arc of the manga, ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie]]'', was premiered in 2021; it can be viewed on [[Netflix]] worldwide.

 

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* [[Action Girl]]: Right from the first few words of the theme song, it's very clear that this reboot not only embraces the original "girl power" themes underlying the original ''Sailor Moon'', but extends and expands them.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Rabbit-head imagery appears on just about everything Usagi owns, starting with the umbrella she carries in the opening credits, and even extending to the ''brand logo'' on her laptop computer.

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Following in the footsteps of the [[Live Action Adaptation]], ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal'' uses a new theme written for it instead of the venerable "Moonlight Densetsu". Rather than being about finding one's "miracle romance", the new theme is about being a strong and determined woman ready to do battle for what she believes in.

* [[Art Shift]]: Compared to the original anime, which disturbs some fans. In addition to a crisper, sharper look (no doubt thanks to modern digital animation) with a hint of pastels in the coloring, the overall art style harkens directly back to the original manga.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: When Usagi finally manifests the Ginzuishou in episode 9, its light revitalizes and heals -- but it also ends up feeding Metaria (who is all the way in the Dark Kingdom) the energy it needs.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Usagi, as part of her ability to make friends with anyone.

* [[Off-Model]]: Again, only by comparison to the original anime. Characters are thinner and have exaggerated legs and more adult-looking faces with larger eyes (as they did in the manga); their heads appear slightly too large for their bodies in some shots. Individual characters also have changes specific to them -- for instance, Ami's pageboy-like haircut is now a shaggy gamine closer to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei Ayanami's]] style. By the ''Season III'' and the movie, the proportions are sightly closer to the 90s anime.

* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: The second season of the series is titled ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III'', probably in the implication that the first season was a full 26 episode series in contrast with said season 13-episode order. The film, whom for all that matters is a sequel, is titled ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie''.

* [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]]: Umino -- and they're huge to the point of comedy.

* [[Paper Master]]: The youma behind the Crystal Seminar.

 

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