Sailor Moon R

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R
The anime series logo, which translates to Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	43
Release
Original network	TV Asahi
Original release	March 6, 1993 (1993-03-06) – March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)
Season chronology
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List of Sailor Moon episodes

The second season of the Sailor Moon anime series, titled Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R(美少女戦士セーラームーンR, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Āru^?), was produced Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and Kunihiko Ikuhara. According to the booklet from the Sailor Moon Memorial Song Box, the letter "R" stands for the word "Romance", "Return" or "Rose".

Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Sailor Guardians. The first 13 episodes consist of the "Hell Tree" arc, while the following 29 episodes consist of the "Black Moon Clan" arc which adapts the fourth through seventh volumes of the manga by Naoko Takeuchi. After defeating the Dark Kingdom, the Sailor Guardians encounter the Hell Tree aliens. Afterwards, the Black Moon Clan starts planning an operation to steal energy at the Star Points of the future Crystal Tokyo, forcing the Sailor Guardians to confront them with her daughter from the future, Chibiusa.

This season makes use of two pieces of theme music: one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme, titled "Moonlight Densetsu" (ムーンライト伝説, Mūnraito Densetsu^?, lit. "Moonlight Legend") , is performed by the idol group DALI. The ending theme "Otome no Policy" (乙女のポリシー, Otome no Porishī^?, lit. "A Maiden's Policy") is performed by Yoko Ishida. DIC Entertainment used an English-language version of the Japanese opening theme as both the opening and ending theme.