Sailor Moon SuperS

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Infobox television seasonTemplate:Italic title The fourth season of the Sailor Moon anime series, Sailor Moon SuperS (originally released in Japan as Template:Nihongo, and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS<ref name="SuperS Bluray">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It adapts the "Dream" arc of the Sailor Moon manga series by Naoko Takeuchi and follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her fellow Super Sailor Guardians. The series is divided into two story arcs: the first arc for 22 episodes depicts a mighty deity known as Pegasus, entering Chibiusa's dreams to flee from the Amazon Trio, minions of the Dead Moon Circus, who are trying to steal the legendary Golden Crystal from him. The second arc for 17 episodes depicts the arrival of the Amazoness Quartet, a group of enemies who dream of remaining young forever, as well as Queen Nehelenia, the depraved ruler of the Dead Moon Circus.

The season began broadcasting on TV Asahi on March 4, 1995, and ended on March 2, 1996. It was licensed by Cloverway Inc. and produced by Optimum Productions for an English-language broadcast in North America in 2000–02. The series was broadcast on YTV in Canada and on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in the United States. It was the last season to be licensed by Cloverway, the last to be dubbed by Optimum, and the last season to be aired in the United States. Edited VHSs and unedited DVDs of their adaptation were released by Pioneer Entertainment. Eventually, the season was re-licensed by Viz Media in 2014 for an updated English-language release, produced by Studiopolis. The first 18 episodes of the season were released as Part 1 on Blu-ray and DVD on April 24, 2018, and the other 19 episodes were released as "Part 2" on November 13, 2018.

Three pieces of theme music were used: one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme, an updated version of "Moonlight Densetsu", is performed by MoonLips. The first ending theme, used for the first 13 episodes, is "Watashitachi ni Naritakute" performed by Miwako Fujitani. The second ending theme, used for the rest of the season, is "Rashiku' Ikimasho" performed by Miyuki Kajitani, who is credited as Meu. Cloverway used the English-language version of "Moonlight Densetsu" first commissioned for DiC Entertainment's dub of the first season and R for their adaptation.

Episodes

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Specials

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Home video releases

English

DVD

United States

Pioneer Entertainment (Region 1)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
	Pegasus Collection I	128–133 (121–126 edited)	January 29, 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection II	134–139 (127–132 edited)	March 19, 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection III	140–145 (133–138 edited)	June 11, 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection IV	146–151 (139–144 edited)	September 3, 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection V	152–157 (145–150 edited)	November 19, 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection VI	158–163 (151–156 edited)	February 18, 2003	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pegasus Collection VII	164–166 (157–159 edited)	May 13, 2003	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Sailor Moon Super S - The Complete Uncut TV Set	128–166 (121–159 edited)	August 3, 2004	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Viz Media (Region 1)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
	Season 4 Part 1	128–146	April 24, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Season 4 Part 2	147–166	November 13, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Australia and New Zealand

Madman Entertainment (Region 4)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Template:Abbr
	Season 4 Part 1	128–146	June 6, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Season 4 Part 2	147–166	February 6, 2019	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Blu-ray

Japan

Toei Video (Region 2)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
	美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS BLU-RAY COLLECTION	1	128-149	May 8, 2019	<ref name="SuperS Bluray"/>
		2	150-166	July 10, 2019	<ref name="SuperS Bluray"/>

United States

Viz Media (Region A)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Ref.
	Season 4 Part 1	128–146	April 24, 2018	<ref name="S4P1"/>
	Season 4 Part 2	147–166	November 13, 2018	<ref name="S4P2"/>
	The Complete Fourth Season	128-166	January 30, 2024	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Australia and New Zealand

Madman Entertainment (Region B)

Volume		Episodes	Release date	Template:Abbr
	Season 4 Part 1	128–146	June 6, 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Season 4 Part 2	147–166	February 6, 2019	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie, originally released Japan as Template:Nihongo, and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS: The Nine Sailor Guardians Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole, and released in the U.S. as Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole in the Pioneer Entertainment dub, and simply Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie in Viz media re-dub, is an anime film directed by Hiroki Shibata and animated by Toei Animation. The film debuted in Japanese theaters on December 23, 1995, accompanied by a 16-minute short film titled Template:Nihongo.

Video games

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Several video games were released to promote this season, most of them developed or published by Bandai. In 1995, a puzzle video game titled Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Fuwa Fuwa Panic was developed by Tom Create and published by Bandai for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.<ref name="fuwa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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References

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