This arc introduces most of the major protagonists: Serena Tsukino, Darien Chiba, Amy Mizuno, Raye Hino, Lita Kino, and Mina Aino. These changes were met with great controversy amongst Sailor Moon purists.
Each episode concluded with an educational segment, "Sailor Says," in order to teach a moral based on the story that had just been shown. Many of the remaining episodes were heavily edited, making such changes as renaming place names to sound American, editing Japanese text off buildings and replacing it with English text, mirror-imaging frames that involved traffic, and cutting minor things such as slaps or drink-spitting. Five episodes were omitted from the English dub for inappropriate content and two were forged into one, which makes a total of forty episodes. The first season episodes were among those released in North America by DIC Entertainment, with an English dub produced by them and Optimum Productions. It follows the manga story closely, and although neither series was expected to continue after its initial story arc, both were very successful and their runs were extended. The first season was produced concurrently with the first story arc (Dark Kingdom) of the manga by Naoko Takeuchi. It began broadcasting in Japan on TV Asahi on Maand ended on February 27, 1993, lasting 46 episodes.
The first season of the Sailor Moon anime series, titled Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato.
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