The Live Action Sailor Moon Show That You Should Watch 

Thank you for all the kind birthday wishes. Seen a few people ask where they can watch the series and towards the end of the video I did mention the websites. If you check the description box I added links for 2 websites that have fansubbed the entire series.

honestly i just can't thank you enough for covering this because i know nobody else was gonna do it and i also know nobody could have done it as well as you've done here💗💚

PGSM was my SHIT as a kid. I watched both the anime and the live action but I fell absolutely in love with the live action version. Live action Ami was my absolute favourite. I related to her so much as a shy kid who struggled to make friends.

The live action Winx Club can takes a few cues from this show.

FUN FACT: Miyuu Sawai nearly did not get the part of Usagi, but with the persuasion of Naoko Takeuchi, Sawai got the part! Miyuu's voice and mannerisms is like Usagi!

I'm so glad to see PGSM getting more attention from the wider fandom! I regard it as the definitive version & love how it allowed the characters tp grow & develop in ways not seen in other iterations. One thing I heard is the reason the "Darkury" arc came about is because Rika Izumi was thinking of leaving the show to prepare for highschool entrance exams & the showrunners enticed her to stay by giving Ami a bigger role. It sux that no sources exist to verify this but I find it very interesting as it was just a way to avoid recasting lead to my favorite subplot in the whole franchise (& my favorite ship)

PGSM was and still is the best SM adaptation, and my only wish is to revive it again and do a run of all 5 seasons because I really want my live action HaruMichi. the musicals have been covering me on that part, and I love them so so much, but they are only 2 and a half hours long only. great analysis by the way, so good to see more people speaking about this amazing show, much love

Definitely my favourite version of Sailor Moon, and the one I recommend to people unfamiliar with the series. Rei's actress always stood out to me amongst the cast as the most accomplished, so its great to know Kitagawa's career is doing well. I'm not surprised that Komatsu wasn't familiar with Sailor Moon before PGSM, I don't think she'd be as convincing as Mean Sailor Venus if she knew her character from the anime/manga. Its really nice to hear that the actors all had input into their characters

I really love how you analized this series, Pgsm is very special to me as i watched it when i was on my early teens. I'd like to add some fun facts i recently find out, Ayaka, who was Venus a few years ago spoke a bit more about her experience working on pgsm, she says that during her audition she was supposed to demostrate sporty abilities and she tried to show off she was good at tennis due she played it when she was in school but she ended making a mess breaking things and surely thought she ruined it but later on she received the call that she did got the part as Minako and looking back she belives it was thanks to it that she got it 😅 and smth that she recalls is once they were chosen, Naoko talked to all the girls and she remembers that she told her that she was so sure she was the right choice to be Minako since quoting her "Every time she saw her she could picture her as Venus, she felt as her drawings have truly come to life" though Ayaka at first wasn't that familiar to the sailor moon franchise she eventually has really kept herself involved on it, besides that the 5 girls are still friends and somehow everytime they see each other they always anknowledge happily who they were in pgsm, i wonder if it's due to what Naoko itself told them that they might have a special care for those character they once played. But also Ayaka was the only one so far who went to a Anime convention on 2019 in Brazil and she says she was surprised how much people outside Japan did recognize her and how welcoming and lovely they were and seeing footage i could see she was really happy to see people singing her songs and gladly answered as many questions as she could. I wish more people give it a chance to this series since i believe it did captured so well the essence of love and truly friendship that the Sailor Moon story was meant to be and how that even has impacted on those who were involved on that project.

happy birthday! :D thanks for breaking this down. I had no idea about any of this or the influences of sailor moon. it's a fascinating history

Watching the actresses looking back and laughing at their scenes together is so unbelievably wholesome I can't 💖💖💖

Happy birthday! I remember watching the entire series on youtube years ago, this was a lovely walk down memory lane. I still occasionally follow keiko kitagawas career as I thought she was a standout actress. Thanks for this lovely, well researched video!! This made my evening 🥰

I loved this show when I found it as a kid, I’m so glad whenever someone talks about it.

I am one of those people that thinks this is the best adaptation. So thank you for this. This is truly the best example of how big budgets are not what makes a something work and I wish more adaptations were like this

PGSM was a wonderful series. It's an injustice how it's not really talked about all that much in the Sailor Moon fandom anymore.

This is truly how a live action with a budget should be done, so camp so much love yet so unapologetically silly

honestly, this is making want to give sailor moon another chance. this was so amazing.

Great work, this was so fun to watch, especially with your knowledge of Tokusatsu. I've seen bits and pieces of the anime but never watched it properly. Definitely am more eager to now. Adaptations of anime are so difficult so it's really cool to see they pulled it off and added interesting depth. Happy birthday!

I've been a fan of this version for a very long time and when I heard about kunzite's actor it broke my heart :(

just watched this for the first time at the end of 2023 and it was such a treat! i loved it so much and i was so happy to see someone discuss it with as much love as you did!

Saturn: im the soldier of silence. I shall swing this gla- PGSM Serenity: go back to sleep I'll do it myself.

Nicely done! I also liked the pseudo-schizophrenic Usagi / Princess Serenity take. It was the adult story that made it worth wading through the cheese. Usagi coming to the realization that she embodies the potential destruction of the Earth within her was great. And that march forward scene where she deflected attacks with her sword like they were nothing was awesome. Even live-action Luna was adorable considering she was so young and that it could have come off badly.

There is also a full Polish fansub of all the episodes, live shows and behind the scenes and that's how I experienced the series for the first time: back when I couldn't understand neither English nor Japanese. I remembered being prejudice against PGSM as a kid because it looked cheap. But then I started hearing good opinions about it, and after finding that fansub I decided to give it a go and I loved it. Definitely one of the best adaptations. Great video, I'm going to share it with couple of friends. Happy belated birthday!

I love your vdeo, I really do. Sailor Moon is my favorite franchise, it holds a very special place in my heart and this version is my all time favorite. I remember when it was announced back in 2002/2003 I think, I was 12/13 and I was both excited and fearful. I watched the transformation of Usagi and thought that it looks both accurate and charming and yet bad and low budget. I was afraid that the show would turn into a total camp show for 5 yo girls but I still watched it every week, as a fansub group started uploading the episodes a mear day after it aired in Japan. The first version of every episode's sub was totally half assed but a week later it was reuploaded in a more polished way. I was surprised of every turn the show had, with every passing episode it deviated further from the source material but it was done right. BTW you didn't elaborate the relationship of Usagi and Mamoru, this is the only version of Sailor Moon were it's believable that they fell in love for reasons beyond their past lives. They really are compatible as a couple. Usagi's altruism and desire to help everybody combines perfectly with Mamoru's cld headed way of always seek for a solution for any given problem, and while Usagi's teaches Mamoru to open up, Mamoru help Usagi to grow up.

Fun Fact: the actor and actress whom are played as Mamoru and Usagi were in the last Heisei Era Super Sentai, KishiRyu Sentai RyuSoulger

No lie, this version of Sailor Moon is my ABSOLUTE favorite.

Watched it. Loved it. It got me through my first year of college and inspired me creatively on a massive level. And happy birthday!! Thanks for this amazing video!!!

Oh my god this opened such a vault in my brain. I remember when I watched it, the world was still in its colour-coded-fansubs era lolol

What i loved about this series and the manga was both showed how the relationship blossomed between Mamoru and Usagi something I felt that was missing from the og anime. Oh and the fact that Mamo had a gf already Miss Hina, oh that tore my little baby heart.

I remember being confused as a little girl when my mom handed me the DVD collection for PGSM, but quickly grew to like it when i watched the episodes. I remember buying one of the magazine (that was in Japanese, which i could not read) and just fangirling about all the pictures and props that were shown. I even bought the stickers! The Dark Mercury arc was definitely one of my favs cos it was so unexpected and different, yet fun and thoughtful. Glad to see other people also enjoy this show and appreciate it! ❤❤❤❤

I really loved PGSM and remember watching the fansubs in high school. It was so relatable and heartwarming like you said. I need to give it another rewatch sometime.

I LOVE PGSM! Thank you so much for covering it! I have never seen those interviews you showed clips from and I didn't know a lot of the background context/info you presented. Showing how many of the actors have stayed close since the show's end made me genuinely tear up at the end

Yes. This. 100%. I was absolutely obsessed with this when it came out and I still love it far too much for all its weaknesses I now recognise. This show can do absolutely no wrong in my mind and it's all exactly the correct and best level of silly and no amount of budget increase or acting classes could have made it any better. Also, Miss Dream best in bizz.

Thank you for this AMAZING perspective/ take on PGSM. Happy Belated Birthday! Found this on the almost eve of the official reunion of our favorite girls ❤ 12/25/23 PGSM Cast Reunion

I'm glad that you made this video. I was a fan of this show back when it was on TV. 😮 It was great, seeing how they made it their own. I love that it wasn't just a copy of the manga and anime. Rei x Minako was real, and the production MILKED that cow.😅

"Those moments can range from melodramatic to heartfelt and just downright relatable." **shows Makoto punching Tuxedo Mask at 'downright relatable'** I guffawed! I finally gave PGSM another chance last week, after bouncing off it many years ago, and I just fell in love! I love the new take on all of the characters and I'm especially fond of the sheer effort and care that went into characterising the five leads. Right now, when I think of those characters, I think of the performances those young actors gave in 2003 and 2004. They're iconic to me now.

Happy Birthday and happy 30 aniversary for sailor moon.

Fate:Winglesswhitewashsaga is QUAKING!!!

Happy birthday! Great video, truly a beautiful love letter to a wonderful show.

Lmao I was actually looking at that gym floor and thinking 👀 with those shoes? varnished wood cares for no one. No but seriously, this video is excellent. Also hearing that they stayed in contact made me feel a little emotional. I’ve never watched any of this but I’m going to try to dig around and check it out. Happy birthday!!!!!

Happy birthday! I've always wanted to see this broken down and I'm glad I can now. Enjoy yourself!

I ADORE Sailor Moon and I had no idea this was a thing 😭😭 I'm def going to try to find a way to watch this!

Thank you soooo much for posting the links to the fansubs! Haven't been able to watch PGSM since the old days of RU-vid when the eps were all posted in 3 part increments lol. I can't wait to force my husband to sit through all of it with me :D

I love PGSM! Though the special effects aren't good, the story is amazing (especially later on) and it has the best character developement of all adaptations. I also love how it doesn't really have useless filler episodes, where a character is introduced that will never show up after that episode again (like in the 90s anime). Every episode something important happened. It's a pity so many fans don't know about it, or don't wanna watch it, because of the effects. By the way, there are German subtitles for the show on SailorMoonGerman.^^

So, I LOVED PGSM so much when I watched it in early College. I had the same experience where I saw clips and pictures then HUNTED it down and I found fan subs. I enjoyed the show SO much. This was such a nostalgic watch for me but I also got to learn a lot about the production. Thanks for making this!

Happy birthday 🎉🎉 I knew it existed and now it definitely want to watch Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 🤎🤎

Happy belated brithday dear. Better late than never. Though I have always admire what you put up and the way you simplify things. But I must say you really did a comprehensive audio on this one. Bravo!!!

Happy Birthday! This show is so cheesy BUT!!! it has some moments with real depth. It made me tear up a few times. Also! Serenity being the true villain adds so much depth to the show. That is a phenomenal and mature turn of events that makes this show impressive despite its silliness.

Super insightful ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for covering this

6:50 - Yeah, and for someone who claimed to not have much acting experience, she did a fantastic job with Sailor Venus. This is especially true, given what the show ends up doing with her character. 9:50 - The hair color thing was probably both a cost cutting measure and also it was likely influenced by Pretty Cure, since that show was going at the time and it was another Magical Girl franchise where the characters would change their hair colors and even the lengths of their hair when they transformed.

PGSM is absolutely the definitive version of Sailor Moon! I really wish more people would give it a chance

The fight choreography was genuinely impressive.

Freaking awesome to see a PGSM Live Action video in 2023/2024. Despite some people's perception, PGSM was an amazing, mature adapation of the anime/manga. The storyline was well-paced and heartwrenching. I loved each individual character arc and enjoyed how they had a second chracter arc focus in the later half of the series. Personally, one of my favorite interpretations of the story of Sailor Moon, and dare I say, a very good one that I consider 'canon' to an extent. Thanks for this video and showing so much love to it!!

they were serving hands free cartwheels and a backflip here and there, they did pretty well with the luxury free ballet fu, I gotta say...not well enough to want to watch but better than I would've expected for fresh talent. meaning, they really tried. and for some reason I'm surprised (but not, since they have super fan expectations to meet)

Happy birthday Aisha!! Hope you get to relax

16:02 so true, the only thing live actions can add that's significant is a decent OST/sound design. it's a way it can strike out from the original work.

I saw this about 15 years ago and I lived for it then... I need to give it another watch, because I was shocked how true it was but different at the same time. I loved all the songs the girls sang. It just made me happy. I saw it here on RU-vid sonim not sure if it's still here but I'm definitely going to go watch. Thanks for the reminder ✌🏻❤️

Happy birthday! I've been waiting for this vid.

Happy birthday this show always looked bad from the clips I've seen but you made it sound interesting

Oh my god. You swapping out the fight scene music made a HUGE difference. Despite the less impressive stunts, the music change made it more dramatic and interesting. I was super engaged lol!

I'm glad its getting attention again 😌 when I first watch this I was in my pre teens and now rewatching it again I forgot how good it is seriously one of best adaption from the anime I wish it did continue we saw Outer Senshi it had so much potential since they had new arcs like Sailor Princess Moon and Dark Sailor Mercury. And I like this Usagi version she so much likeable and sweeter.

Omg happy belated birthday 🎂 🎉🎈🎈💐🍰🎊🎊🎂 I've always seen clips and gifs of this show but never watched because it looked really off putting but I liked how you broke it down and gave some back story on how it came to be. Plus learned that Power ranger style shows has an actual name and is a genre tokusatsu

I Love How they fight in the live action, it's so cute and fierce💖

Happy Bornday Aishyo 🎈The Ballet Fu is not that bad for the show that it is.

I love PGSM 🌙 FOREVER 🌟 And I will ALWAYS love her. It is for me "The Best Adaptation of a Manga to the Screen" 🌙👍👍 I love Ayaka KOMATSU 🧡💞

It's about 5 days late, but Happy Birthday! Also, I really love Sailor Moon and want more content so thanks for this I'll try checking it out

I remember trying to get into PGSM many years ago, and I do get its appeal, it was just not my thi- *Makoto punches Tuxedo Kamen* Ok nevermind, this show is f*cking amazing.

thank you for this. i love pgsm so much! i need more people to appreciate it and every sailor moon fan should watch it

well I definitely want to watch it now! happy belated birthday!!

Love your videos! Great to see more Sailor Moon content.

Oh man, I discovered PGSM back in high school, a good 15-ish years ago, on one of the old fansub sites. It's remained to this day the only Sailor Moon series that I've watched completely and fully because it's THAT GOOD. The drama and characterization just sells it for me. I've introduced it to many other SM fans along the years and will continue to do so because EVERYONE needs to know how good this is. Thanks for a great recap video!

Great video! I LOVE that Keiko Kitagawa still has her jewelry star bracelet after all these years

The cross influence you talk about back and forth through mediums and styles is so wild...

happy birthday 🎉🎈🎉

I remember this! I watched a subbed version of this on RU-vid on the family computer when I was in high school!

Happy birthday 🥳🎉 to be honest, I'm great FaN of Sailormoon anime, since 90'S until now,, ☺️😊😆

Happy Birthday to you and Sailor Moon I just started watching this series.

Happy twentieth anniversary of the best adaptation of Sailor Moon!

A WONDERFUL this series...💝💖💖👍👍👍 IT'S GREAT Friend that you like it, I LOVE IT. FOR me it is still THE BEST adaptation of the manga to the screen, in history, costumes, character development and interpretation it is unsurpassed (of course the special effects were not the best). IT IS a beautiful TRIBUTE to Sailor Moon, it was SO EPIC that until now NOBODY dares to produce a LIVE ACTION of Sailor Moon again 🌙🌙⭐I imagine they would do a series with Spectacular Effects, but they COULD not beat these ICONIC performances.

I may have only caught 1 anime episode in my whole childhood (and I can't even remember what channel, I think it was channel 4 saturday morning 1 time in the 2000's) But i'm getting snacks to watch this documentary for a sentai of a maho shojo show

Starting at minute 6:03, in those shorts clips from the interviews of the actresses, they have Atomic Kitten's Right Now song on the background. So 2000's! Long time I haven't listen to that song.

Also watching the girls behind the scenes re-watch their takes is so cute, charming, and endearing they truly look like they’re enjoying it and not taking themselves too seriously at all. Seems like a great work environment

The cast's interactions with each other look really like Usagi and friends even when they're outside their character. So perfect! I love PGSM. The story was so solid and I don't mind the ballet-fu. It sets them apart from other sentai shows.

Happy Birthday

I remember watching some clips of the show back in the day as a joke but now regret not digging more into it. Great video

Loved this show and their interpretation of the series 🎉

Very nice review! I was a big fan of PGSM, and I absolutely loved the plot!! I agree that it was the best adaptation!! Also, happy belated Birthday :)

I’m kinda surprised they haven’t tried to do a live action pretty cure series. If they can pull it off like PGSM (with better CGI of course) I bet it would be great.

Yesssssss! Love PGSM, thank you for covering it!

Awesome video it’s nice to see PGSM live action getting the love she deserves

Thank god Netflix or Disney haven't gotten their hands on this IP. Yet.

Wow, two for two! (Just watched a previous review from a younger fan) As a PGSM fan for YEARS who owns a bit of merchandise from the series, I'm happy to see people finding about it now. I wish we could do a reaction series in the future, but...I feel like it would get taken down fast. Anyway, I'm bookmarking this to see it later

Where did you find all those behind the scenes and making of videos from PGSM? 15:04 was an interesting insight into how difficult it was to film some scenes, especially with those shoes on the slippery surface. Great video, by the way. I'm a fan of PGSM, too. The actresses did a remarkably dedicated job.

I remember watching this years ago when it was super hard to find any episodes. Might have to go back and rewatch it. Would love for them to do a remake or do another show with other Arcs from the Manga

Thank you for your informative video.

Say what you want about the ballet style of fighting, but it instantly makes Sailor Moon look way more competent as a fighter than her other counterparts, and it gives something to pull from if they ever decide to do another video game adaptation

Happy Birthday!!! I actually learned about PGSM through random Google searches when I was bored, and the only spoiler I knew of (but didn't know it was PGSM) was that Sailor Mercury turns evil into Dark Mercury. I have also never read the manga, only ever seen the anime, so if that happens in the manga then I am none the wiser lol While trying to watch the first act, I couldn't do it... it was too cheezy and the CGI was just awful, I stopped halfway though. I tried again later with some alcohol... nope, couldn't do it. A few weeks later I tried again, sat through it. And then episode 3 hit, like you said that was the first hook. After that it was hook, line, and sinker. I kept comparing it to the first season. And after a while I was just like "Well that's not right", "that didn't happen", "wtf", "WTF". I almost RAGE QUIT when Minako was convincing everyone that SHE was the Princess. I was just sitting here thinking... THAT'S TOO BIG of a change! NOPE! Thankfully I didn't quit. This series made me laugh, this series made me cry my eyes out, the final episodes were brutal (and the most poignant was when Mars KNEW Venus was gone and was holding everything back... that scene just makes me fucking cry it's heartbreaking. The movie was great, I always hated Kuroki Mio, sucks that Mars was barely in it because of FATF but I get it. Also... KUROKI MIO! New fucking villain, totally new, easily hateable. I love and HATE her. On that note, Sailor Luna!!!!!!!!!!!! I figured she was a live-action stand-in for Chibi-Moon but damn I love her. This series was fucking genius, I love it and always will. This was live action done right. Take Notes!

Ah.. this Evil Version of Ami-Chan give me Nightmares!

My best friend downloaded desk and gave it to me as a birthday present I was instantly fell in love with the show on how beautiful how different it is and said fun there is an action show that girls can like and relate to I guess why they didn't want it dubbed or beliefs in other states because of the americanisation they did before and look what they did

6:21 But she is Dessapointing a Little Bit!!! 😠🤏🏻