Editing Death Busters (section)

{{short description|Group of fictional characters (Sailor Moon)}}
{{Infobox comics organization
| image        = DeathBusters.jpg
| caption      = The Death Busters. Left column, top to bottom: Mistress 9, Germatoid, Master Pharaoh 90. Center column: Professor Tomoe, Kaolinite. Right column, in both magical and civilian forms: Mimete, Eudial, Viluy, Tellu. Bottom: Cyprine and Ptilol.
| publisher    = [[Kodansha]]
| debut        = ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' chapter #27: ''Infinity 1 – Premonition'' (July 1994)
| creators     = [[Naoko Takeuchi]]
| team         = y
| base         = Mugen Academy
| owners       = [[#Professor Tomoe|Professor Tomoe]] <br /> [[#Master Pharaoh 90|Master Pharaoh 90]]
| members      = [[#Kaolinite|Kaolinite]] <br /> [[Sailor Saturn#Mistress 9|Mistress 9]] <br /> [[#Witches 5|Witches 5]] <br /> [[#Daimons|Daimons]]
| cat          = teams
| villain      = y
| sortkey      = Death Busters
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Death Busters'''|デスバスターズ|Desu Basutāzu}} are a group of fictional characters in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga series written by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. This group comprises the villains of the third major story arc, which is called the ''Infinity'' in the manga, ''[[Sailor Moon S]]'' in the [[Sailor Moon (TV series)|first anime adaptation]], and ''Death Busters'' in ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]''. They are first introduced in chapter #27 "Infinity 1 – Premonition", originally published in Japan on July 7, 1994.<ref name="JPVolume7">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | author-link = Naoko Takeuchi | title= 美少女戦士セーラームーン (7) |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date=June 1994 |isbn= 4-06-178781-0}}</ref> In the Cloverway English adaptation, they are called the "Heart Snatchers".

[[Extraterrestrials in fiction|Originally from]] the "[[Tau Ceti]] Star System" in another dimension, the Death Busters acquire human host bodies to act through with [[#Kaolinite|Kaolinite]] and [[#Professor Tomoe|Professor Tomoe]] as acting leaders. Based in {{nihongo|Mugen Academy|無限学園|Mugen Gakuen|Literally "Infinity Academy"}}, an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's {{nihongo|Sankakusu District|三角州区|Sankakusu-ku|Literally "Delta District"}}, the Death Busters work to gather human souls which would prolong their dying homeworld. Their ultimate goal is the revival of their commander [[#Mistress 9|Mistress 9]] so they can bring their master [[#Master Pharaoh 90|Pharaoh 90]] to Earth and [[Alien invasion|terraform it into a new home at the cost of the current life forms]].