Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子) born March 15, 1967, a manga artist (mangaka), lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime/manga fans. She has become a well-known mangaka worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga/anime figures to date.
Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of the YuYu Hakusho series and Hunter × Hunter series.
Please note that anime related books are listed under Kōdansha.
With a friend we decided to read the manga before the new anime would aired.
I've just finished, and I'm not sobbing, no, not at all. Just something on my eye.
Sailor Moon has become such an iconic manga and its anime too. Naoko Takeuchi did such a wonderful job, she created an amazing story with lovely, charming, interesting characters.
The art as always is pretty, at least I did enjoy it lot.
This final arc is great. Better than the anime, I have to say. And the way it ended give me so much happiness.
I love the anime when I was 5/6 years old, now that I'm 23 and have seen anime and read manga, I do still love it so much.
This story probably will always have a special place in my heart.
Sagas manga leídas: ''Sailor Moon'', y ''Sailor V'', de Naoko Takeuchi. Glénat, edición española. 18 y 3 tomos. Heroínas, superheroínas, magical girls, cómic, aventuras, acción, romance... Otro de los mangas que compré en cuanto se editaron en España. La serie de televisión la descubrí, en verdad, después... El dibujo es precioso, detallado, divertido y elegante... Entre el manga clásico y moderno de hace una generación. Debo aclarar que antes que ''Sailor Moon'', va ''Sailor V''. Una especie de 'episodio piloto' de 3 tomos, que ya avanza la trama de la serie. Quizás inspirada en una época en la que las mujeres se hartaron de ser consideradas las 'segundonas' en un mundo más bien lleno de mallas masculinas... En un Japón rodeado de seres malvados, unas estudiantes con traje de marinera, nos van a demostrar de lo que son capaces entre familia, amigos, colegio, chicos monos, gatos misteriosos, videojuegos, y que no se nos olvide el almuerzo... para que triunfen la paz, la justicia, la amistad y el amor. Aparecerán muchos personajes, con una historia personal cada uno: los buenos y los malos. La luna, siempre presente, nos mostrará sus varios rostros y secretos... Buenos que se transforman en malos y extraños que se transforman en familia. Y máscaras que ocultan rostros que a veces no pueden ocultar el amor. ¿Quién no conoce ''Sailor Moon''?
"Sailor Moon: Stars #3" es el décimo octavo y último volumen, que recompila los capítulos del 49 al 52 del manga.
Acá finaliza el arco argumental conocido como "Stars".
Mientras la Princesa Kakyuu observa morir a las Sailor Star Lights, Galaxy esta a nada de obtener todos los cristales de poder de las Sailor Guardians y para ello envía a su última Sailor Anima-Mate, Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon, quién está a punto de derrotar a Sailor Moon y a la Princesa, cuando es atacada por Sailor Chibi Moon y las Sailor Squartet.
Las chicas se abren camino al Castillo de Galaxy cuando son interceptadas por Sailor Phi y Sailor Chi, en ese momento la Princesa Kakyuu revela ser una Sailor Guardian, Sailor Kakyuu, y les hace frente junto a Sailor Moon, sin embargo, es atacada por Sailor Chi dejandola al borde de la muerte. En venganza, Sailor Moon las ataca, matando a ambas.
Cuando se dispone a ir contra Sailor Galaxy, Sailor Moon es enfrentada por sus amigas, las Sailor Guardians originales y de la Constelación Exterior, quienes ahora están bajo el control de Galaxy, y atacan a Sailor Moon con todas sus fuerzas. Casi al borde de la muerte, Sailor Moon les pide perdón y utiliza su poder para matar a las imagenes de sus amigas y abrirse paso al siguiente enemigo: Sailor Galaxy.
Sin embargo, al ingresar al castillo, se encuentra con una versión alterada de Tuxedo Mask, a quién Galaxy mata frente a sus ojos, ocasionando a la vez la muerte de Sailor Chibi Moon y dejando a las Sailors Quartet fuera de combate. La batalla entre Sailor Moon y Sailor Galaxy se traslada a la Galaxia Cauldron, cuna de todo, donde finalmente decide eliminar todos los cristales de poder de las Sailor Guardians y así aumentar el dolor de Sailor Moon y despertar a Chaos, el verdadero villano detrás de todo esto.
Chaos revela que utilizo a Sailor Galaxy para atraer a Sailor Moon y apoderarse de la galaxia entera y ser la Guardian más poderosa de todo el mundo. Cuando Chaos decide matar a Galaxy, Sailor Moon la rescata y ambas deciden derrotarlo, sin embargo Galaxy muere en brazos de Sailor Moon.
A punto de rendirse, Sailor Chibi-Chibi, le revela a Sailor Moon quién es Chaos y que él siempre fue quién estuvo detrás de los planes de villanos como: la Reina Metalia, el Fantasma de la Muerte, Pharaoh 90 y Neherenia, y que su plan siempre fue conseguir el Legendario Cristal de Plata.
Al final, Usagi decide sacrificarse por sus amigas y contener la maldad de Chaos, mientras que se revela que Chibi-Chibi en realidad es Sailor Cosmos, la transformación final de Sailor Moon, quién viene de un futuro donde Chaos finalmente venció y todo se destruyo.
Una vez dentro del Infinito, Usagi se reune con sus seres amados y la guardiana del Cosmos le concede la oportunidad de reencarnar en la Tierra y continuar con sus vidas, no sin antes advertirle que su sacrificio no fue eterno, en algún momento del futuro, Chaos volverá a despertar y volverá a atacar, y deben estar preparadas.
Varios meses después de la batalla final, somos testigos del casamiento de Usagi y Mamoru, mientras que esta le anuncia que esta embarazada de Chibiusa, y que tiene un presentimiento de que todo esto aún no ha acabado, pero que juntos defenderan a la Tierra y todos los que la habitan.
This is the end of story. The Three Lights leaving earth, and going back home. What is sad, because I thought that they will stay on earth. On the end is a happy ending. But inside is a fight with Galaxia. I recommend the book for sailor moon fans, just
This amazing path that I started a week ago, now ended but always will shine. I don't wrote a review of any book of Sailor Moon, why? Because will it the same for all of them... amazing, wonderful, dazzling!! The last year a saw many times Serena's face but I was not attracted for know about her world... A day that changed, I gave the opportunity to discover it and was and is a great choice. Almost is January, that's reminds me when all started with the anime (I don't finished it yet but is my next purpose)
Sailor Moon is a fundamental series of manga. Most manga fans and readers will have read it or at the very least be familiar with the character and plot. I was one of those who did not grow up with Sailor Moon; I never really saw the anime episodes and by the time I started to read the manga the Sailor Moon series was long out of print. Nonetheless, I had an idea of what the series was about, the characters and of course the fact that it was famous and very popular. By now I have watched the first season and have read the series. Prior to reading it my expectations of this series were not too high – sure, there must be something about it that so many people would love it. But I also thought that a lot of its high praise must come from that air of nostalgia that Sailor Moon will always have. Despite my doubts, after having read it I feel that this manga truly deserves all the praise it receives!
There are a few things that I did not like – but that holds true for most things. For one thing, Sailor Moon does, in no way, look or act like a 14-year old. I would have been much happier if she were just a few years older. Mamoru is a nice character but the poor guy is pretty much the only representative of males. All other male characters that appear are only around for a couple of chapters, villains, minor characters or women disguised as men. And then, although it is typical for magical girl manga, the name of their attacks. I do not mind them having hearts and whatnot all over their costumes – but all the spells with sugar heart rains and the like were too much for me.
However!
Sailor Moon was so much more than what I expected of a magical girl series. Magical girl types of series often leave me with a lot of disbelief and hardly ever do more than just provide a bit of entertainment. I always thought of Sailor Moon to be just like that but the author delivered such beautiful and logical explanations to all the events happening. I loved the whole concept of the story and it let the characters be true guardians of the earth rather than teenagers in sparkly costumes. I am no big fan of science fiction but I loved how the author played with time and space. Because she managed to make Sailor Moon's role so much more believable for me, it was so much easier to route for her and feel with her through all the hardships.
I loved the power of friendship in this work and the romance between Sailor Moon and Mamoru was beautiful. I watched the first season of the anime before reading the manga: the relationship between Sailor Moon and Mamoru was ridiculous but the manga version just made my heart feel warm. The beautiful artwork of the author helped, of course. But all scenes between Sailor Moon and Mamoru were so gentle and warm. I loved how their memories of their past lives slowly returned to them.
The other thing is the art. The artwork is one of the most important things for me when reading a manga and Sailor Moons is just so astonishingly beautiful. Sailor Moon as a character was also very nice – she grows so much throughout the series and she is nowhere as annoying as she was in the anime adaption. It is also nice how the author goes into the other characters dreams and wishes and does not only focus on Sailor Moon – another thing that many magical girl manga do.
The series delivers many lovely and also comical scenes which is good because it also has many (to me unexpected) dark scenes. I probably enjoyed the middle arcs the most. However, I was very interested in the final arc about Sailor Galaxia and was rather disappointed that it fell so short. I think there could have been a lot more about that arc and I would have liked to have learned more about Sailor Galaxia’s motives and origins as well as the purpose and system of the Cauldron and how it creates the stars and planets.
All in all: nothing but the highest praise for Sailor Moon! I liked this series so much more than what I always what I always thought I would and I think it is never too late to become a fan!
THIS IS THE LAST EVER SAILOR MOON MANGA! I'M ONLY CRYING...A LOT. And so ends the Sailor Moon Saga! Like I could give it any less than 5 stars? I mean, storywise Stars was probably my least favorite, it was too rushed and had so much crazy plots that never had enough room to truly breathe... but it's the final volume ever and those last 5 pages were the most gorgeous panels I've ever read. <3 So Sailor Moon must face Sailor Galaxia once and for all, to avenger her dead friends and the Star Fighters. Chibi Chibi's true identy is revealed to be Sailor Cosmos and her purpose is shown to be that she ran away from the Chaos in the future in hopes she'd get Eternal Sailor Moon to destroy it here in the past. No such luck, as Bunny suddenly becomes philosophical and destroys herself in the midst of Chaos. She manages to free the Sailor Star Seeds and all her friends are reborn as they were on Earth. And Bunny and Darien get married!!! It's everything I've wanted since I've been a child...Bunny and Darien happily married with everyone (except Rini who must go back to the 30th century) surrounding them. <3 Though far from a perfect series, the Sailor Moon story is a perfect intro manga for noobs or a go-to for long time fans of the anime.
To be honest, I didn’t think I was going to like this manga. In fact, I was expecting to loathe it. To my surprise, I didn’t.
To be clear, I didn’t love this manga. I don’t know what it is about this series but it’s a manga that I would love to bash but at the same time there’s this charm and likability to it that I just can’t bring myself to hate it.
Sailor Moon is the shojo manga that basically started the magic girl story in manga. It’s very predictable and cheesy. But that's part of its' charm. Since it is also a romance, it tends to have those romantic clichés such as the main couple being total opposites and not getting along.
While the main character is a bit whiny and a crybaby at times, I didn't find her so unbearable that I couldn't stand her at all. Her slightly annoying personality is a lot better than having no personality at all.
Regardless, no matter how many flaws this manga has, I have to admit that there is this charm to it that just makes it kind of likable. Some of the characters are likable and the plot did move surprisingly fast. Much like my review of Dragon Ball Z I don't love the franchise but I do admire and respect it for what it has done for the Shojo manga and magic girl genre.
Küçük Sena Yağmur için kesinlikle ama 21 yaşındaki Sena Yağmur için eh işte. Chessy, bazı yerlerde 'öğhk' romantikli, tüm kötü karakterlere Mamoru'yu öptüren Naoka'ya surat asmalı, yine de fena olmayan bir seriydi. Sera Myu dünya için bir ikon, benim ise çocukluk kahramanım. Hayatımın her yerinde oldu ve olmaya devam edecek, yine de animesini izlemeye devam edeceğim, bir yerde hakkında bir şeyler duyunca lafa atlayacağım.
Tüm ciltlere dört puan vermemin sebebi birazda duygusallık. Hikaye kötü olmasa da benim yaşımdaki bir kadın için fazla çocuksu kaldı. Usagi'yi, Rei'yi, Minako'yu, Makoto'yu, Ami'yi, Haruka'yı, Michuru'yu, Setsuna'yı, Hotaru'yu, Chibi Usagi Small Lady Serenity'i (a.k.a Chibi-Usa), Mamoru'yu asla unutmayacağım. Kadınım Sailor Mars - Rei, ilk aşkım Mamoru. Umarım Naoko bir şeyler yazmaya devam eder, savaşçılarla ilgili daha 'olgun' hikayeler görmek isterim çünkü. Bu yazıyı da son ciltten çok hoşuma giden bir alıntı ile bitirmek istiyorum.
Yepyeni yıldızlar, yeni savaşçılar da doğsa, sen her zaman en parlak yıldız olacaksın.
Meine Reise begann mit der 90er Jahre Sailor Moon Serie. Der Manga kam tatsächlich erst viel später zu mir.
So war ich früher geschockt über die Unterschiede. Jetzt habe ich ihn erneut gelesen auch nachdem es immer noch keinen Termin für Sailor Moon Cosmos gab.
Tatsächlich fand ich den letzten Band verwirrend.
So wirklich in den Kampf eingegriffen hatte Cosmos ja nicht. Auch ob unsere Kriegerinnen nun wiedergeboren wurden und sich erneut begegnen mussten oder eher in ihre Leben vor dem Kampf zurückkehrten. Ich tendiere auf letzteres.
Es ist Schade, dass sie die Serie vorbei ist. Und obwohl sie sehr am Manga liegen würde ich mir Sailor Moon Crystal nochmal im Stil von Sailor Moon Eternal und Sailor Moon Cosmos wünschen. (Wobei mir letzteres nur durch Trailer bekannt ist)
Sailor Moon ist ein Shoujo Anime und dennoch ist der Manga um einiges erwachsener als der 90er Anime.
Beides ist gut und ich liebe die 90er Songs. Jetzt hoffe ich noch auf eine Neuauflage der Filme und Sondergeschichten.
Cada vez que termino esta serie, ya sea el anime o el manga, me queda una sensación agridulce. El final es precioso pero me provoca nostalgia, y siempre quise que alguna vez hubiese una continuación porque no me gusta que algo tan bonito se acabe. De niña, Sailor Moon fue quien me enseñó que la amistad es lo más valioso que tenemos y que debemos cuidar a aquellos a quienes queremos, y es algo que aún tengo muy presente hoy en día. Quizá no sea la mejor historia del mundo (aunque a mí me parece buenísima) pero está llena de valores y enseñanzas muy importantes.
Un día desapareceremos. Nacerán nuevos guerreros y nuevas estrellas, pero tú, Guerrero Luna, serás inmortal. Para siempre serás la más hermosa de las estrellas brillando en el firmamento de la eternidad.
Un fin a una historia que yo nunca había conocido por completo.
La forma en la que los eventos culminan termina siendo más que curioso. Por que no estoy acostumbrado a los paneles de Naoko podría pensar que hasta anticlimatico.
El final del manga, si lo comparamos con el anime de los 90s en este punto la diferencia es grande, abismal. Pero cada versión tiene lo suyo. Recientemente (hace algunos años ya) hicieron una nueva adaptación más fiel a este manga, y con mejores efectos visuales, pero la narrativa melancólica de los 90s puede más.
Honestly, I forgot how weak the ending of Sailor Moon was until I re-read the manga. It got better and better, and then decided it was going to go completely off the wall and wrap things up in such a weak way where it made little to no sense. SO disappointing.
"Sailor Moon, you will always be Invincible. The most beautiful shining star."
I’m not okay after finishing this, I don’t think I will ever get over it. I cried so much at the end because I wasn’t ready to let them go, everything felt so short that I couldn’t help wanting more. This was much more beautiful in every way comparing to the anime and I enjoyed it a lot. It was my childhood and will always have a precious part of my heart.
This was a well deserve end to the "saga" of Sailor Moon, in particular the story called Sailor Moon Stars. I appreciated very much the drawings: the characters are depicted very beautifully and their emotions are clear through every picture. Every scene melts together very nicely with each other and my main perception was that the story was permeated with sweetness and cuteness. However, specifically speaking of Sailor Moon Stars, it is not a "mature" story, although the moral and the message the is transmitted is very beautiful and positive, but it is clear that the target of this manga is teenagers. Especially the first two numbers were not representing anything specifically new, also within the Sailor Moon story itself. Anyway, I will still keep be a fan of Sailor Moon and I believe it is a great comic that girls should definitely read!
update: Because next year, 2013, is Sailor Moon's 20th anniversary, Toei Animation is completely re-making the anime! This time its plot will follow closely to the manga. Expect the release in the summer of 2013.
I especially loved the anime, and though the manga did get a little confusing, it was the BEST READ OF MY LIFE. I love this manga. And I will continue to love it with all of my heart. It's a classic, hands down.
I couldn't believe there was no more, even though I finished the series back in 2008/2009. Just knowing the manga won't continue makes me bawl my eyes.
And the ending is so spectacular, so damn awesome, so freakin' magical that I can't help but cry tears over it. Happy ending. Beautiful.
btw, I love Takeuchi's idea! Sailor Scouts -- hell, how'd she come up with that? Absolutely genius.
Es increíble que sin importar la edad lo mucho que uno disfruta de leer a Sailor Moon, y el mensaje que siempre esta en toda la serie, de levantarse y seguir luchando a pesar de todo. Leer el manga fue realmente un viaje a la infancia y un escape a toda la novela llena de protagonistas que hacen de un problema minúsculo el fin del mundo, y que todavía se hacen llamar heroínas cuando no hacen absolutamente nada. Cada uno de sus personajes en Sailor Moon lucha por los que ama y por todo lo que quiere, cosas que hoy día en el mundo no se hacen tan seguido. Repito nueva,ente, unas cuantas escritoras de YA deberían leer aunque sea un solo tomo, haber si de dan una idea de lo que realmente tiene que tener una heroína, que hace reír, emociona y lucha por lo que quiere. A pesar de mis 18 años, Sailor Moon es y será una ídola por siempre.
Me encantó, es demasiado hermoso. Muy tierno, lo amo jiji. Me divertí mucho leyendo toda la historia y con cada capítulo que terminaba de leer sentía la enorme necesidad de seguir leyendo el otro >< Al terminarlo igual sentí un poco de nostalgia, ¿saben? Esta fue una de las series que veía de pequeña y después de mucho volví a interesarme por ella y al terminarla es un poco triste, nostálgico pero a la vez es algo bonito por la historia, por los temas que trata: como aquí la amistad, que es algo muy importante. Imposible aburrirse, no importa la edad que tengas... Sailor Moon es genial :).
One of my all-time favorite series. The gateway series to getting me into anime and manga! The artwork impressed me so much, and the story was fun. It is still one of my favorites both because it's well-done, and for nostagia reasons.
This is the version that came out during the middle age of manga: before they stopped flipping the artwork, but right as TokyoPop was starting to emerge, and the volumes got cheaper. Unfortunately you could see it in the quality, as there were a lot of typos and sometimes the edges of pages would get cut off.
A éste le voy a poner 5 estrellas porque el final me ha llegado a la patata. Ha sido genial. Es una historia totalmente nueva en comparación con el anime, y muy intensa. También un poco liosa, porque las cosas pasan tan rápido, que las explicaciones te pillan un poco desprevenida y no te dan tiempo a digerirlas. Y al menos esta vez no me han sangrado los ojos con la traducción, así que la paso por alto y por eso le doy un "cagüenlamar, este cómic es la hostia" (la trama Stars, me refiero).
La batalla final es impresionante y a la vez deja muchas dudas... ¿Sailor Moon es en un futuro Sailor Cosmos? ¿En algun momento de la vida se arrepintió de su decisión de dejar con vida a Sailor Galaxia y regresó en forma de Chibi Chibi para enmendar su error? De cualquier forma, ¡La batalla fue épica y el desenlace fantastico!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Dua bintang karena komik yang "melelahkan" ini tamat dengan happy ending juga. Usagi dan Mamoru akhirnya bersatu tanpa gangguan musuh-musuh. Capek juga baca komik ini, berantem mulu, romantisnya jarang pula. Udah gitu, banyak jenis kelamin yang nggak jelas di sini. Hwadehhh!!!!