The introduction of a TV rating system for children also helped to lessen censorship, as the show was rated TV-Y7-FV due to the amount of violence and thanks to the rules for children's television relaxing as a result of the system, the Sailor Says segment was cut out. Their scripts were also much more faithful to their original ones and may also have been influenced by demand from the fans. Because of the rush to complete the show in time for its summer run, there was not enough time to rescore the show, so they would just put an English version of the song to replace it (as what they did for Guardian of Love), or just completely remove the song without a replacement. Once Cloverway started dubbing the series, there were many improvements but also many downfalls.
Their dub of the two seasons was rushed thanks to Cartoon Network wanting Cloverway to get the dub done in several months and, as a result, both of the seasons began to air new episodes and finished airing its episodes in the same year their dubs aired (2000). Later on, in 2000, Cloverway Inc., Toei's international branch, bought the rights to the first anime and dubbed Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon SuperS. Both seasons also included changes to transformation sequences where breast and other body lines were erased, editing and cutting to some scenes that showed violence, and the addition of the Sailor Says segment for educational and moral value.
The dub of the second season went through the same treatment and the only episode that was cut was T he Ocean! The Island! A Vacation! A Break for the Sailor Senshi. Other changes in the first season included Zoisite's gender being changed, six episodes being cut or merged, scenes being edited or cut for time or because they were deemed inappropriate, and a large amount of slang that was seen as "hip" at the time. The opening also included a new theme song and it added in clips from other episodes as well. The opening sequence also ended up doing something similar, as it showed the scene where Princess Serenity and the spirits of the Sailor Senshi are fighting against Super Beryl in the last episode of the first season.Īnother example of DiC's edits, this time from their dub of A Guardian’s Friendship: Goodbye, Ami. However, this ended up majorly spoiling the plot, as one of the scenes showed Princess Serenity, Prince Endymion, and the rest of the Sailor Team, making their identities apparent to the audience. In the first season, some scenes from Usagi's Awakening: A Message from the Distant Past were added onto the first episode as an introduction. They would also try to cover or edit Japanese references, in order to try to make the show seem less foreign to viewers.
Usagi was now called Serena) and that major plot points and elements were changed or abolished completely. In the English dub (second image), the water is made opaque.Ī number of changes were made in DiC's dub of the anime, with the notable ones being that character names were changed (i.e. In the original scene (first image), Usagi is shown taking a bath with the water being transparent and little to no detail on her body. markets.Īn example of one of DiC's edits. This was long after the episodes aired on YTV in Canada, and a few months after airing in limited syndication in selected U.S.
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When they first got the series, they only aired sixty-five episodes in America and they had to cut episodes that were deemed inappropriate for children to be watching or, in the case of Death of the Sailor Guardians: The Tragic Final Battle and Usagi's Eternal Wish: A Brand New Life, merge them together and cut out specific scenes focusing on violence or sexuality.Ībout two years later, however, Cartoon Network, with support from the General Mills-sponsored Program Exchange, acquired the rights to air the last seventeen episodes of R nationally on American television after the series got more popular on the Toonami block. DiC was the first company to own the rights to the Sailor Moon anime in North America when they won the rights to the first two seasons in 1995 after striking a deal with Bandai, which would make toys based on the series.
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