Netflix YouTube Shares Sailor Moon Eternal Films’ Key Animation Drawing Behind Scenes
The Netflix Anime YouTube channel posted a “Step by Step” video showing key animation drawings from the Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie (Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal) anime films.
The short video can be viewed using clips from the English, German, French, Spanish, Thai and Portuguese voice-overs. Subtitles are available in Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Latin America and Spain), Vietnamese, and Thai.
Neflix began streaming both movies around the world on June 3. The two-part film project replaces the fourth season of Sailor Moon Crystal. The English dub cast is returning from previous dubbing of the Sailor Moon Crystal anime.
The first film was originally scheduled to open in Japan on September 11, 2020, but was delayed until January 8 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan. The second film opened in Japan on February 11.
Sailor Moon is one of the highest grossing anime/manga franchise. It is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes.
The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into Sailor Moon to search for a magical artifact, the “Legendary Silver Crystal” (「幻 の 銀 水晶」, Maboroshi no Ginsuishō, literally “Ghost Silver Crystal”) . . She leads a group of comrades, the Sailor Soldiers, called Sailor Guardians in later editions, as they fight villains to prevent the theft of the Silver Crystal and the destruction of the Solar System.
