This episode discusses the first half of the Sailor Moon manga by Naoko Takeuchi.

It's our 100th main episode(!!), so we finally suck it up and cover one of the biggest shojo series of all time: Sailor Moon. To start off, Shojo & Tell host Ashley makes a shocking confession, which Anne LaRose, who runs the site Shojo Power dedicated to analyzing Sailor Moon, takes in stride. From there, Ashley and Anne respond to listener feedback on what makes Sailor Moon so beloved, rank their favorite Sailor Guardians, share feelings about Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's romance, and explore how Takeuchi's series altered the course of magical girl stories. The story arcs discussed are the Dark Kingdom and Black Moon.

REFERENCES

• Sailor Moon is available from Kodansha Comics
  • Buy Sailor Moon from a small, family-owned manga shop called MangaMart
  • The 1992 anime is on Hulu
  • Sailor Moon Crystal is on Netflix
  • Sailor Moon Cosmos is on Netflix
• Other manga/anime mentioned:
  • Codename: Sailor V
  • Maid-Sama!
  • Fushigi Yugi
  • Cardcaptor Sakura
  • The Vision of Escaflowne
  • Saint Seiya
  • Hunter x Hunter
  • Tokyo Mew Mew
  • Creamy Mami
  • Alice 19th
  • Fruits Basket
  • Nana
• American cartoons/comics mentioned:
  • Powerpuff Girls
  • Batman: The Animated Series
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • The Real Ghostbusters
  • The Incredibles
• Gen Z/Generation Alpha doesn't understand the concept of files on a desktop
• Alethea and Athena Nibley did the Eternal Editions/Naoko Takeuchi collection translations
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Anne runs shojopower.com
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