1992
The Sailor Moon Manga and anime are born. Created by Naoko Takeuchi and animated by Toei Animation, this series became the start of the super heroine in anime.
1993
The Sailor Moon anime becomes Sailor Moon R for its second season
Chibiusa and Sailor Pluto are added to the mix
Sales of Sailor Moon merchandise are a hit
The Sailor Moon musicals begin in production
Talks of an English adaptation of Sailor Moon begins
Sailor Moon R the Movie is released in theaters
Sailor Moon begins to be released for laserdiscs and VHS
Saban acquires the license for Sailor Moon
1994
The Sailor Moon anime becomes Sailor Moon S for its third season
A pilot was made for the Sailor Moon English Adaptation. The plan was a mix of live action with new 2D animation.
Sailor Moon S the Movie is released in theaters
The project to adapt Sailor Moon into English failed. It would be cheaper just to dub the original show.
Chibiusa is now Sailor Chibi Moon
Saban loses the license for Sailor Moon
1995
The Sailor Moon anime becomes Sailor Moon Super S for its fourth season
Chibiusa becomes the number 1 character licensed for Sailor Moon merchandise
DIC acquires the license for Sailor Moon. This deal insures 65 episodes to be run in syndication (although more than those episodes ended up being dubbed).
Sailor Moon Super S the Movie is released in theaters
North America finally gets introduced to Sailor Moon officially.
The Sailor Moon dub begins airing in syndication
1996
The Sailor Moon anime becomes Sailor Moon Sailor Stars for its fifth season
More characters were added to the mix including the Sailor Starlights and Chibi Chibi
Sailor Moon bombs in syndication and was cancelled
1997
After 200 episodes, the Sailor Moon anime comes to an end
Reruns of the Sailor Moon DIC dub runs on the USA Network as part of its Cartoon Express block
Disney begins releasing episodes of the dub on VHS (DIC was owned by Disney at the time)
Disney in talks of fully acquiring the Sailor Moon franchise, but fails to do so
1998
Reruns of Sailor Moon DIC dub runs on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami
Unreleased dubbed episodes begins to be a part of the run showcasing the first two seasons
Disney continues their release of Sailor Moon with the collectible Doom Tree boxed set. This contains the Doom Tree story arc from season 2
Ratings for Sailor Moon on Cartoon Network prove successful
1999
Cartoon Network orders for more episodes of Sailor Moon to be dubbed
Cloverway acquires the licensing for the three movies and Sailor Moon S and Super S
Pioneer releases the subs for the movies on VHS
2000
The three movies were officially dubbed by Cloverway and were released on VHS (with DIC music) and DVD (with the original music) via Pioneer
Sailor Moon S and Super S receives a dub and begins airing on Cartoon Network only to be available on VHS soon after
Changes were made to Sailors Uranus and Neptune for the English dub. Instead of being a couple, they were cousins
Changes were also made with a slight change of cast for the next two seasons being dubbed including Sailor Moon
2001
DIC hands the license to Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R to ADV
ADV begins releasing Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R on VHS
2002
Cartoon Network ends its run of Sailor Moon on Toonami
ADV begins releasing Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R on DVD
Pioneer begins releasing Sailor Moon S and Super S on DVD and includes the original subs as well
Toei (the original owner) begins releasing the Sailor Moon series on DVD in Japan
2003
The live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon series begins airing in Japan
ADV releases boxed sets of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R. These one of a kind collections releases the uncut subs for the first time though using the masters provided by DIC rather than using Toei's original masters
2004
Due to a pre-existing contract issue, the Sailor Moon anime got its license revoked for both Cloverway and ADV
2009
Toei begins releasing the Sailor Moon anime in boxed sets. Each set contains one half of each season. The project was completed by 2010
2012
Sailor Moon celebrates 20 years with talks of a new series
2014
Sailor Moon Crystal was revealed
Sailor Moon Crystal begins airing online
Viz Media acquires the license to the Sailor Moon franchise. This includes all the episodes, specials, movies, and the Sailor Moon Crystal reboot.
A new dub begins production for the Sailor Moon anime and never before dubbed episodes get included
Sailor Moon begins streaming on Hulu
Viz begins releasing Sailor Moon on Blu-ray with the new dub. These collector editions came out each by half a season. The first two volumes (vol. 2 came out the next year), had quality issues with ghosting however.
2015
Viz releases Sailor Moon R on Blu-ray
The first series of Sailor Moon Crystal ends. The show received mixed reviews with criticism on character designs, CGI transformations, story, and bad animation
Viz begins dubbing Sailor Moon Crystal
2016
Viz begins releasing Sailor Moon S on Blu-ray
The next series of Sailor Moon Crystal begins airing with a vast improvement
Viz begins releasing Sailor Moon Crystal on Blu-ray
2017
Viz releases the new dub to Sailor Moon R the Movie in theaters and on Blu-ray
Toei begins releasing Sailor Moon on Blu-ray
The future still shines bright for our super heroine. Here's to 25 more years!!!!!!!
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