Sailor Moon fans will be thrilled to hear the official website for the Sailor Moon Franchise's 25th anniversary has
announced that details are coming on an upcoming sequel for the
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal anime.
The website also announced that the original 1990s Sailor Moon television anime will receive its first Blu-ray Disc release in Japan! The first of two 23-episode volumes of the first anime series' Blu-ray Collection will go on sale on June 14, and the second will go on sale on August 9.
The third season focused on the Death Busters arc. This was also known as the Infinity arc and featured a new staff. It premiered in Japan last April and streamed on
Crunchyroll, Niconico and hulu. Viz Media licensed both seasons for release in North America.
Viz Media released the first season of Sailor Moon Crystal on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray combo pack on August 16
More about
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal:
The Dark Kingdom, a great evil consisting of Queen Beryl, her generals, the Four Kings of Heaven, and an amorphous evil power named Queen Metaria attempt to steal energy so that Beryl can take over the world.
Standing in their way are the Sailor Guardians, five middle-school-aged girls: perky Usagi Tsukino, genius Ami Mizuno, paranormally gifted shrine maiden Rei Hino, tomboyish Makoto Kino, and J-pop idol Minako Aino, who are sworn to protect the Princess of the Moon and defeat the Dark Kingdom. Two beings that appear to be sentient stuffed toy cats, Luna and Artemis, serve as the girls' mentors. The Guardians also encounter Tuxedo Mask, a jewel thief in search of an immensely powerful, mystical Silver Crystal belonging to the Princess of the Moon.
While searching for the Princess of the Moon and the Silver Crystal, the initially disparate girls develop a strong bond of friendship, while Usagi also struggles with her feelings for the irksome and mysterious Mamoru Chiba. Later in the series, Metaria and Sailor Moon each get too powerful to be reined in, and the conflict shifts to attempting to postpone the inevitable destruction of the planet Earth.