'Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon' Gets New Two-Part Movie in Early Summer 2023

The special program commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon anime announced on Thursday that it will receive a new two-part anime movie sequel adapting the Shadow Galactica arc, which is the final arc of Naoko Takeuchi's manga. The official site also revealed the main staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and a teaser trailer. The movies, titled Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Cosmos, are scheduled to open in theaters in early Summer 2023.

Staff
Director: Tomoya Takahashi (Gatchaman Crowds assistant director)
Script: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal)
Character Design: Kazuko Tadano (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon)
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal)
Art Director: Yumiko Koga (Umibe no Étranger)
Studio: Toei Animation, Studio Deen

Commemorating the original series' 20th anniversary, the reboot was announced in 2012, with the aim to adapt the manga more faithfully. The first two anime seasons, covering the Dark Kingdom and Black Moon arcs, streamed semimonthly on Niconico beginning July 2014, and later premiered on television in Spring 2015. The third season, based on the Infinity arc, aired in Spring 2016.

The latest two-part movie sequel, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal, opened in theaters on January 8 and February 11 last year.

VIZ Media licensed all three anime seasons in North America and streamed them through Hulu. The company released the first season on Blu-ray and DVD in August 2016, and the second and third in February and December 2017, respectively. Crunchyroll also simulcast the anime seasons as they ran in Japan.

Teaser Trailer


Official site: https://2023.sailormoon-movie.jp/
Official Twitter: @sailor_movie

Source: Comic Natalie

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Cosmos Movie on MAL