As the Senshi battle for the fate of the world, they learn about a previous life where they had all lived together in a kingdom on the Moon. Its plot line involves the awakening of the Sailor Senshi-teenage super heroines-and their fight against the Dark Kingdom and its leader, Queen Beryl. This arc introduces most of the major protagonists: Usagi Tsukino, Mamoru Chiba, Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, Makoto Kino, and Minako 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 violence such as slaps or drink-spitting. Five episodes were omitted from the English dub for inappropriate content and two were forged into one. The first season episodes were among those released in North America by DIC Entertainment, with an English version produced by them and Optimum Productions. Years later, the same plot line was adapted again into the live-action series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
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.
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