Title: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal
Japanese: 美少女戦士セーラームーン クリスタル
Airing dates: Summer 2013 Winter 2014 5/7/2014 (ONA series, episode 1 to 13) and April 2015 (TV series 1st cour)
Genres: Magical girl, Romance, Comedy, Drama, Shoujo
Original creator: Naoko Takeuchi
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Written by: Yuji Kobayashi
Music by: Yasuharu Takanashi
Character designer: Yukie Sakou
Color design by: Kunio Tsujita and Tomoko Kobiki
Art directors: Takashi Yurahashi and Yumi Hosaka
Director of photography: Takeo Ogiwara
Produced by: Junichirō Tsuchiya and Yū Kamiki
Studio: Toei Animation
Music production: King Records / Starchild Records
Network: Niconico
Opening theme: "MOON PRIDE" by Momoiro Clover Z
Ending theme: "Moonbow (月虹 Gekkou)" by Momoiro Clover Z
Main cast: Usagi Tsukino (月野 うさぎ) / Sailor Moon (セーラームーン) / Princess Serenity (プリンセス・セレニティ) voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi
Ami Mizuno (水野 亜美) / Sailor Mercury (セーラーマーキュリー) voiced by Hisako Kanemoto
Rei Hino (火野 レイ) / Sailor Mars (セーラーマーズ) voiced by Rina Satō
Makoto Kino (木野 まこと) / Sailor Jupiter (セーラーセージュピター) voiced by Ami Koshimizu
Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子) / Sailor Venus (セーラーヴィーナス) / Sailor V (セーラーV) voiced by Shizuka Itō
Mamoru Chiba (地場 衛) / Tuxedo Mask (タキシード仮面) / Prince Endymion (プリンス・エンディミオン) voiced by Kenji Nojima
Luna (ルナ) voiced by Ryō Hirohashi
Artemis (アルテミス) voiced by Yōhei Obayashi
Dark Kingdom (ダーク・キングダム): Queen Beryl (クイン・ベリル) voiced by Misa Watanabe
Jadeite (ジェダイト) voiced by Daisuke Kishio
Nephrite (ネフライト) voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi
Zoisite (ゾイサイト) voiced by Masaya Matsukaze
Kunzite (クンツァイト) voiced by Eiji Takemoto
Queen Metalia (クイン・メタリア) voiced by Yoko Matsuoka
Supporting cast: Queen Serenity (クイーン・セレニティ) voiced by Mami Koyama
Ikuko Tsukino (月野 育子) voiced by Yuko Mizutani
Shingo Tsukino (月野 進悟) voiced by Seira Ryū
Naru Osaka (大阪 なる) voiced by Satomi Satō
Haruna Sakurada (桜田 春菜) voiced by Akemi Kanda
Motoki Furuhata (古幡 元基) voiced by Hiroshi Okamoto
Gurio Umino (海野 ぐりお) voiced by Daiki Yamashita
Yumiko (ゆみこ) voiced by Kim Hyangri
Kuri (くり) voiced by Yukiko Morishita
Official english website and ONA PVs:
Synopsis: On July 6, 2012, Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha and idol group Momoiro Clover Z announced that a new anime adaptation was in production and scheduled to premiere in Summer 2013 for a simultaneous worldwide release as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations, with Momoiro Clover Z performing both the opening and ending theme music. However in April 2013, the new anime had been delayed. On August 4, it was confirmed that the new anime will be streamed in the winter. On January 9, 2014, it was announced that the new anime will premiere in July. On March 13, 2014, the official website for the new anime was updated to reveal a countdown (beginning on March 14), regarding a special announcement that will be revealed on March 21, 2014. That same day, an image displaying the key visual art, synopsis and staff for the new anime were announced on Toei's website, revealing the name for the anime.
Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess. Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold…. Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?
QUOTE (Kit-Tsukasa @ Jul 07 2012, 11:46 AM)Hopefully next year's Sailor Moon series doesn't fall in the same trap then (assuming Kunihiko is directing again)
QUOTE (Ausdoerrt @ Jul 07 2012, 12:49 PM)There's a new SM series?
Although, considering that R was the best and it went downhill from there, there isn't much to expect anyway