Two common themes covered often in this blog are about names (where they come from, what they mean, etc.) and the nuance of the Japanese language and the subtle nuance/implications it has on the series. If you’ve had a question about any of the names in Sailor Moon, odds are I’ve talked about it once — or maybe even twice!
- Answering Your Sailor Moon Questions — Round 5
- What Is Sailor Saturn’s Attack – Death Reborn / Ribbon Revolution?
- 3 Problematic Names in Sailor Moon Translations
- Is Sailor Stars Really a Story About Flowers?
- What Is the SuperS Movie’s Three O’Clock Fairy Song Referring To?
- Does Sailor Moon’s Naru Have an Osakan Accent?
- Who Is the Real Princess Kaguya in the Sailor Moon S Movie?
- Who Do the Genius Loci Villains in Sailor Moon Work For?
- What Was the Inspiration For the Three Lights’ Names?
- Is There a Connection Between Rei Hino and Rei Ayanami?
- What Happens When Google Translates Sailor Moon?
- Where Did the Members of Shadow Galactica Get Their Names?
- Where Did the Sailor Animamates Get Their Names?
- Why Did Naoko Start Writing Sailor Moon Attack Names in Kanji?
- Is the Sailor Starlights’ Kinmokusei a Planet or a Star?
- Why Does Sailor Moon Talk About Angry Lizards, Salamanders, and Fish?
- What Is the Correct Spelling of Haruka’s Last Name, Tenoh or Tenou?
- Where Did the Dead Moon Circus’ Lemures Get Their Names? (Part 3)
- What Are Some Difficulties Faced in Translating Sailor Moon?
- Where Did the Dead Moon Circus’ Lemures Get Their Names? (Part 2)
- Where Did the Dead Moon Circus’ Lemures Get Their Names? (Part 1)
- What Inspired the Design and Name of the Legendary Silver Crystal?
- What Do Youma, Droid, Daimon, Lemure, and Phage Refer To?
- Why Are There Numbers in Mistress 9 & Pharaoh 90’s Names?
- How Are the Oppositio Senshi in Sailor Moon Another Story Connected?
- Where Did the Members of the Dead Moon Circus Get Their Names?
- Why Are the Black Moon Clan’s Names Spelled Incorrectly?
- Where Did the Moon Stick Get its Name?
- Do Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna’s Names Refer Back to Usagi?
- Where Did the Death Busters’ Daimons Get Their Names? (Part 3)
- Where Did the Death Busters’ Daimons Get Their Names? (Part 2)
- Where Did the Death Busters’ Daimons Get Their Names? (Part 1)
- How Did the Black Moon’s Droids Get Their Names? (Part 2)
- How Did the Black Moon’s Droids Get Their Names? (Part 1)
- What Does Luna’s Code Name 0091 Mean?
- Is Hotaru the Source for the Otaku Slang Term “Moe”?
- Why Did Mimete Call Eudial a Snail Lady?
- What Does Nephrite’s Cursed Symbol Mean?
- Where Did the Death Busters Get Their Names?
- How Uncommon Are the Names of the Sailor Moon Characters?
- How Did Ail and An’s Cardians Get Their Names?
- What Is the Shared Mythology Between Luna, Artemis, and Diana?
- What Do Queen Serenity and Queen Metalia Have in Common?
- What is the Story Behind ChibiUsa / Small Lady’s Name?
- How Did the Youma of the Dark Kingdom Get Their Names? (Part 2)
- How Did the Youma of the Dark Kingdom Get Their Names? (Part 1)
- What Does Rei’s Name Mean?
- Why Isn’t Minako’s Name Associated With Venus?
- What is the Story Behind the R in Sailor Moon R?
- How did the Ministry of Education Change Sailor Moon?
- Guardians? Soldiers? What Are the Sailor Senshi?