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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:Sailormoonmusical_seramyu_flyer.jpg\|frame]] The ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' musicals, commonly referred to as ''[[Sera Myu]]'', are a series of live theater productions based on Naoko Takeuchi's metaseries Sailor Moon. The series consists of 2931 musicals as of 2021, which have had more than 800 performances since the show first opened in Summer 1993. The producers generally follow and expand upon plot concepts presented in the anime and manga; however, there are also several plot lines original to the plays. New musicals were generally first preformed in the summer; a revised version of the summer play (the ''Kaiteiban'') was performed in the winter. The plays officially went on ~~indefinite~~ hiatus in 2005, and while all the recorded plays are available on DVD and VHS (not all the plays were recorded - some of the earlier plays never were), they are nevertheless pricey and are only officially available in Japan. Some fans who do have their own copies have thankfully [[Keep Circulating the Tapes\|subbed the shows]] for the unfortunate ones who can't buy their own. A new series of Musicals began on 2013 under a new production company, in order to go with the 20th Anniversary of the manga. It lasted from 2013 to 2017, covering all five manga arcs. After that, there were two musicals featuring members of the girl group Nogizaka46, who were the musicals on stage in 2018 and 2019. A new musical was announced for 2021. Line 37 ⟶ 39: * Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu (2004 Summer Special) * Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu (Kaiteiban) - Marinamoon Final (2005 Winter Special) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: La Reconquista (2013 Summer Musical - 20th Anniversary of the Manga) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Petite Étrangère (2014 Summer Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Un Nouveau Voyage (2015 Summer Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Amour Eternal (2016 Summer Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Le Mouvement Final (201 Summer7 Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Nogizaka46 Ver. Musical Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2018 Summer Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Nogizaka46 Ver. Musical Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 2019 (2019 Summer Musical) * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Kaguya-hime no Koibito (2021 Summer Musical) Additionally, ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Super Live'' opened at the Playstation Theatre on Times Square in New York on March 29, 2019, and appears to be a [[Spiritual Successor]] to the ''Sera Myu'' if it is not an actual instance thereof. The 1993 to 2005 musicals are divided into "Stages" though the division varies between official and fan listings. Officially there are 3 stages. Once the entire senshi cast left, the next started. Fans however, divide it based on which of the four actresses is playing Sailor Moon at the time, Anza Ōyama, Fumina Hara, Miyuki Kanbe or Marina Kuroki. The current era is called "20th Anniversary Stage" by fans. Only tropes unique (or overly relevant) to this adaption are listed here. All others are at ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Adapted Out]]: [[Team Pet\|Luna, Artemis, and Diana]] don't exist, due to [[Pragmatic Adaptation\|practical reasons]]. * [[Aliens Speaking English\|Aliens Speaking Japanese]] * [[All Musicals Are Adaptations]] * [[Almost -Dead Guy]]: The song Sorezore no Elegy is built around this trope. * [[Alternate Continuity]] * [[A Pirate 400 Years Too Late]]: Some translations even refer to them as ''[[Space Pirates~~\|space pirates~~]]''. * [[Badass Cape]]: From the original ''Kaguya'', Space Knight/{{spoiler\|King Endymion}} is THE Sera Myu badass to the point where his goofy clothing is ignored in favor of his [[Curb Stomp Battle\|curb-stomping]] ways. ** And while we're at it, Dracul. He ''flies''. Line 54 ⟶ 66: * [[Berserk Button]]: Heaven help any character who calls Usagi an idiot. [[Breaking the Fourth Wall\|The children in the audience will disagree]]. * [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: In ''Eien Densetsu'', the character Kyaosu acts as ridiculously funny comic relief and occasionally helps the Senshi against Galaxia. {{spoiler\|It turns out [[The Man Behind the Man\|he is actually Chaos]], who has been manipulating Galaxia all along.}} * [[Bland -Name Product]]: Banzai appears as a sponsor for a show preformed in Eian Densetsu K. It's logo is shown to be nearly the same as the Bandai logo. Bandai also happens to sponsor the musical. ** In a subversion however, it's stated to be a separate company that makes Omochi (Rice Cakes) and is confused for one that makes Omocha (Toys) * [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: It just wouldn't be Sailor Moon without a [[Brainwashed]] Mamoru/Endymion. One musical takes this to the extreme and has both Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask and his future self King Endymion brainwashed. Line 63 ⟶ 75: * [[Car Fu]]: Now with mopeds! * [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler\|Loof Merrow}} and {{spoiler\|Bloody Dracul Vampir}}. * [[Continuity ~~Snarl~~Reboot]]: ~~Each~~The ~~musical~~20th ~~except~~Anniversary ~~for~~Musicals, to the ~~3rd Stage (AKA Dracul Arc) are unrelated and not~~previous ~~connected.~~era * [[Continuity Snarl]]: Each musical from the 1993 to 2005 era except for the 3rd Stage (AKA Dracul Arc) are unrelated and not connected. * [[Cool Big Sis]]: Mandrako. * [[Counter -Earth]]: A planet called Vulcan is said to be on the other side of the sun. * [[Crosscast Role]]: Most notably Prince Demand (played by a woman), the shitennou (played by women in several musicals, includeing the longest running Neptune as Jeadite) and Petz (once played by a ''man''). ** On the contrary, Hikari Ono (Sailor Star Maker #1, Prince Demand) seems to play male and gender ambiguous roles better than female roles. Line 74 ⟶ 87: * {{spoiler\|[[Devil but No God]]}}: It's all a trick by {{spoiler\|The Third Stage [[Big Bad]] to kill everyone}}. * [[Dhampyr]] Bloody Dracul Vampir. Her mother was human, her father was Count Dracul. * [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: What better way to unintentionally trip up all powerful manifestations of evil from their plan than to...give them a raspberry? * [[Cute Kitten]] Dark Kingdom Gaiden: Think Cats, the musical. * [[Frame -Up]]: {{spoiler\|Rei in ''Sailor Stars''}} and {{spoiler\|Sensational Jaguar Mask in ''Ai no Sanctuary''}}. * [[Free -Range Children]]: Basically the reason Chibi-Usa gets kidnapped all the damn time in the musicals. * [[Hostage for Macguffin]]: Almost always Chibi-Usa. * [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]: Let's see here. We have Bloody Dracul Vampir, a female Dampyhr. She dislikes her father, Count Dracul, who was the vampire parent. In a subversion, her problem is he let her mother, Le Fay, die rather than turning her. It turns out her Le Fay didn't want to be turned and he respected her wishes but she was killed by her father for falling in love with a vampire. Vampir forgives him on this point but their relationship doesn't improve much in the 3rd musical. She still loves him as a family member and seeks revenge on Sailor Moon for seemingly killing him. ** And in Chibi-Usa's case, [[Mama Bear]]! * [[In the Name of ~~The~~the Moon]]: Of course. * [[Joker Immunity]]: Queen Beryl and Galaxia. Good ''god'' Queen Beryl and Galaxia. ** They Do die or get redeemed. But because each musical is a different retelling, Galaixia is still around and she's still resurrecting Beryal. * [[Kayfabe]]: Subverted in ''Ai no Sanctuary''. {{spoiler\|It's part of the villain's plan.}} * [[Kill 'Em All]]: How most of the musicals end up. [[Unexplained Recovery\|The senshi usually bounce back.]] * [[Large Ham]]: The rare female variant, found in ''the actress '''HIKARI ONO'''''!! * [[Last of His Kind]]: {{spoiler\|The Hoshinos}}, {{spoiler\|Vampir}}, The Starlights, {{spoiler\|Loof Merrow}}... Line 94 ⟶ 107: * [[Little Miss Con Artist]]: Pretty much every non-Chibi-Usa child in ''Black Lady'' and ''Mugen Gakuen'', save Hotaru. * [[MacGuffin]]: ANYTHING with the term "Samael" in it. * [[Magic Wand]]: Most of them. But given it's nearly ''half Sailor Moon's size'', [http://www.reisei-sa.net/seramyuantics/images/screenshots/darkkingdomfukkatsuhen-s/darkkingdomfukkatsuhen-s240.jpg this particular wand]{{Dead link}} might also count as a [[Bigger Stick]]. * [[Manchurian Agent]]: {{spoiler\|Mandrako.}} * [[Mauve Shirt]]: Several supporting characters throughout the plays are this. * [[Mix -and -Match Weapon]]: Loof Merrow's shotgun-sword-family heirloom-thing. {{spoiler\|Also known as [[Chekhov's Gun]].}} * [[The Musical]] * [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie]]: Though Loof Merrow's group aren't very good ninjas. Line 108 ⟶ 121: ** In one of the songs in that musical, Mamoru even says that it's too good to be true, but then brushes it off five seconds later with a, "well, that's fine." Oh Mamoru, no wonder you're constantly being Brainwashed. * [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Many of the actors and actresses were fans of the series. [[Sera Myu]] ran lasted for over 11 years, allowing some to grow from childhood watching the show and later preform. * [[Put Onon a Bus]]: After a grand total of two musicals; [[Team Pet\|Luna and Artemis]], we hardly knew ya. * [[Rearrange the Song]]: All of the songs in ''Ai no Sanctuary'' were [[Sera Myu]] songs given new lyrics. * [[Show Within a Show]]: ''Sailor Stars''-based shows had concerts, ''Dracul'' had a magic show, ''Ai no Sanctuary'' had [[Professional Wrestling]], and the first two ''SuperS'' had a circus show. * [[Single -Minded Twins]]: Aron and Mana. * [[Talking Is a Free Action\|Singing is a Free Action]]: Played straight except in the Koi no Senshi ja Irarenai version mentioned above. * [[The Bible]]: {{spoiler\|The Third Stage [[Big Bad]] wrote it to get himself killed.}} * [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: La Soldier is considered the theme of the musicals by fans. (It appears in nearly every musical, sometimes just as an encore; it is even heard in one episode of the [[Sailor Moon\|anime]].) The Black Lady Musical has the Guardian Senshi and Moon rehearsing it for a contest (and arguing about said rehearsal) and Usagi complains that the enemies will recognize them if they perform La Soldier. The [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] shows up in [[Paper -Thin Disguise\|Paper Thin Disguises]] and performs their version as well. * [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Aron and Mana (or Aaron and Manna) are named after things in [[The Bible]]. * [[The Musical]]: Well, obviously... Line 123 ⟶ 136: {{reflist}} {{Sailor Moon Franchise}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:The Musical]] [[Category:~~Sera~~Theatrical ~~Myu~~Productions]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Japanese Media]]