The official Sailor Moon YouTube channel will stream the franchise’s first three anime seasons from the 1990s — Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R, and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S — for free starting this Friday, April 24, with ten episodes from the show added each week between now and July.
The move is reportedly to promote the forthcoming release of the two-part Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie, the first part of which opens in Japan this September.
“Ten episodes from a total of the 127 episodes from the three series will be added each week,” according to Crunchyroll.
These three seasons are said to have been selected because Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie is “based on the fourth ‘Dead Moon’ arc of Naoko Takeuchi’s original Sailor Moon manga, which was adapted into the fourth TV anime series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS (34 episodes/1995-1996).” No word yet on if the episodes will be subbed or dubbed.
The streaming schedule can be found below:
- April 24-30, 2020: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (1st to 10th episodes)
- May 1-7: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (11th to 20th episodes)
- May 8-14: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (21st to 30th episodes)
- May 15-21: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (31st to 40th episodes)
- May 22-28: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (41st to 46th episodes) / “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (1st to 4th episodes)
- May 29 – June 4: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (5th to 14th episodes)
- June 5-11: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (15th to 24th episodes)
- June 12-18: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (25th to 34th episodes)
- June 19-25: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (35th to 43rd episodes) / “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (1st episode)
- June 26 – July 2: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (2nd to 11th episodes)
- July 3-9: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (12th to 21st episodes)
- July 10-16: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (22nd to 31st episodes)
- July 17-23: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (32nd to 38th episodes)
Find out where we ranked Sailor Moon on our list of the Top 25 anime of all time by scrolling through the slideshow below:
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Source: IGN.com Sailor Moon: How to Watch the First 3 Seasons for Free