The first season of the Sailor Moon anime television series was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato. It contains a single story arc called , which adapts the first 13 chapters of Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga over 46 episodes, following the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and the Sailor Guardians. After the magical cat Luna reveals Usagi's true identity as the titular character, Usagi fights to protect the Earth from the Dark Kingdom, an entity which previously destroyed the ancient Moon Kingdom and has returned to steal the mythical Silver Crystal and life energy from humankind to resurrect their entity and supreme ruler Queen Metalia.

The season first ran from 7 March 1992, to 27 February 1993, on TV Asahi in Japan. Eight DVD compilations were released in Japan between 21 May and 21 July 2002, and the series was later released in a remastered edition in two box-sets from 11 December 2009 to 21 January 2010. In the English language adaptation of the series by former licensee DIC Entertainment, the season's 46 episodes were cut down to 40. The episodes were first broadcast on YTV in Canada from 28 August – 24 October 1995, and later had its first-run syndication in the United States from 11 September – 3 November 1995. The first season was later released by ADV Films in a subtitle-only DVD box set in 2003. Eventually, Viz Media re-released the season's episodes on two uncut DVD and Blu-ray compilations on 11 November 2014 and 10 February 2015.

The season uses four pieces of theme music: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme for the whole season is "Moonlight Densetsu" performed by the idol group Dali. "Heart Moving", performed by Misae Takamatsu of Sakura Sakura, is used as the ending theme for the first 26 episodes, and "Princess Moon", performed by Ushio Hashimoto, is used for the remainder of the season. DIC Entertainment made an English-language version of the Japanese opening theme for its adaptation.

Several video games were released to promote the first season of the original Sailor Moon. On 18 December 1992, Angel (a subsidiary company of Bandai), published Sailor Moon for Game Boy, and on 27 August 1993, published Sailor Moon for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A port for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Arc System Works was released a year later. Also in 1993, Black HCS developed and published a beat 'em up video game called Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Kessen Dark Kingdom for Sharp X68000. In 1995, Gazelle developed the arcade game Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, which was published by Banpresto.

Episodes

Home media release Japanese VHS + Toei Video (Japan, VHS) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーン 1 1–4 18 December 1992 2 5–8 25 March 1993 3 9–12 25 July 1993 4 13–16 25 August 1993 5 17–20 25 November 1993 6 21–24 17 December 1993 7 25–28 25 January 1994 8 29–32 25 February 1994 9 33–36 21 March 1994 10 37–40 21 April 1994 11 41–44 21 May 1994 12 45–46 21 June 1994

DVD + Toei Video (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーン 1 1–6 21 May 2002 2 7–12 21 May 2002 3 13–18 21 May 2002 4 19–24 21 June 2002 5 25–30 21 June 2002 6 31–36 21 June 2002 7 37–41 21 July 2002 8 42–46 21 July 2002 美少女戦士セーラームーン DVD COLLECTION 1 1–24 11 December 2009 2 25–46 21 January 2010

Blu-ray + Toei Video (Japan, Region A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 美少女戦士セーラームーン Blu-ray COLLECTION VOL.1 1–23 4 June 2017 美少女戦士セーラームーン Blu-ray COLLECTION VOL.2 24–46 9 August 2017

English VHS United States + Buena Vista Home Video/DIC Toon-Time Video Volume Episodes Release date Stock Number Ref. Sailor Moon: A Moon Star Is Born 1, 3 (1–2 edited) 11 March 1997 6145 Sailor Moon: Scouts Unite! 8, 10 (5, 7 edited) 11 March 1997 6146 Sailor Moon: Evil Eyes 12, 17 (9, 14 edited) 18 March 1997 6148 Sailor Moon: Jupiter and Venus Arrive! 25, 33 (21, 29 edited) 30 April 1997 10422 Sailor Moon: Secret Identities 34–36 (30–31 edited) 30 April 1997 10423 Sailor Moon: Good Queen, Bad Queen 44–46 (39–40 edited) 30 April 1997 10424

+ ADV Films Volume Episodes Release date Stock Number Ref. Volume 1: The Legend Begins 1, 3–4, 7 (1–4 edited) 21 November 2000 707303 Volume 2: The Power of Friendship 8–11 (5–8 edited) 21 November 2000 707743 Volume 3: Sailor Mars Joins the Battle 12–15 (9–12 edited) 9 January 2001 707313 Volume 4: Mysterious Tuxedo Mask 16–19 (13–16 edited) 9 January 2001 707753 Volume 5: Red Hearts & Silver Crystals 21–24 (17–20 edited) 13 February 2001 707343 Volume 6: Introducing Sailor Jupiter 25–28 (21–24 edited) 13 February 2001 707783 Volume 7: Green Eyed Monsters 29–32 (25–28 edited) 1 May 2001 707353 Volume 8: And in This Corner... Sailor Venus! 33–36 (29–32 edited) 1 May 2001 707793 Volume 9: Field Trips 37–40 (33–36 edited) 3 July 2001 707363 Volume 10: Trials And Troubles! 41, 43–46 (37–40 edited) 3 July 2001 707803

United Kingdom + MVM Films Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Episodes 1 & 2 1, 3 (1–2 edited) 12 November 2001 Episodes 3 & 4 4, 7 (3–4 edited) 12 November 2001 Episodes 5 & 6 8–9 (5–6 edited) 27 December 2001 Episodes 7 & 8 10–11 (7–8 edited) 22 April 2002 Episodes 9 & 10 12–13 (9–10 edited) 22 April 2002 Episodes 11 & 12 14–15 (11–12 edited) 10 March 2003 Episodes 13–18 16–19, 21–22 (13–18 edited) 21 April 2003 Episodes 19–24 23–28 (19–24 edited) 2 June 2003

Australia + Network Entertainment Volume Episodes Release date Stock Number Ref. Sailor Moon: A Moon Star Is Born 1–3 (1–3 edited) 1997 NW1144 Sailor Moon: Computer School Blues 4–6 (4–6 edited) 1997 NW1145 Sailor Moon: Nightmare In Dreamland 7–9 (7–9 edited) 1997 NW1146 Sailor Moon: Fight To The Finish 10–12 (10–12 edited) 1997 NW1198 Sailor Moon: Dangerous Dollies 13–15 (13–15 edited) 1997 NW1199 Sailor Moon: Who Is That Masked Man? 16–18 (16–18 edited) 1997 NW1200

DVD United States + ADV Films (Region 1) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. A Heroine Is Chosen 1, 3–4, 7–9 (1–6 edited) 16 April 2002 Sailor Scouts to the Rescue! 10–15 (7–12 edited) 16 April 2002 The Man in the Tuxedo Mask 16–19, 21–22 (13–18 edited) 11 June 2002 The Secret of the Sailor Scouts 23–28 (19–24 edited) 11 June 2002 Introducing Sailor Venus! 29–34 (25–30 edited) 23 July 2002 Adventure Girls! 35–40 (31–36 edited) 23 July 2002 Fight to the Finish! 41, 43–48 (37–42 edited) 3 September 2002 Season One, Complete and Uncut 1–46 15 July 2003

+ Viz Media (Region 1) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 1 Part 1 1–23 11 November 2014 Season 1 Part 2 24–46 10 February 2015

United Kingdom + MVM Films (Region 2) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Episodes 1–6 1, 3–4, 7–9 (1–6 edited) 24 February 2003 Episodes 7–12 10–15 (7–12 edited) 4 October 2004 Episodes 13–18 16–19, 21–22 (13–18 edited) 8 November 2004 Episodes 19–24 23–28 (19–24 edited) 4 October 2004 Episodes 25–30 29–34 (25–30 edited) 4 October 2004 Episodes 31–36 35–40 (31–36 edited) 4 October 2004 Episodes 37–42 41, 43–48 (37–42 edited) 4 October 2004 Series 1 1, 3–4, 7–19, 21–41, 43–48 (1–42 edited) 11 October 2004

Australia and New Zealand + Madman Entertainment (Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date Part 1 1–24 2 December 2015 Part 2 25–46 10 February 2016 Volume 1: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation 1–6 2 December 2015 Volume 2: The Girl Genius 7–12 2 December 2015 Volume 3: Girls Unite 13–18 2 March 2016 Volume 4: A Love Letter from Tuxedo Mask 19–24 2 March 2016 Volume 5: Jupiter, the Powerful Girl in Love 25–30 6 July 2016 Volume 6: Enter Venus, the Last Sailor Guardian 31–35 6 July 2016 Volume 7: Friendship and Monsters 36–41 7 December 2016 Volume 8: Usagi's Awakening 42–46 7 December 2016 Complete Season 1 1–46 6 December 2017 Moon Prism Power Collection 1–24 6 June 2018 Moon Prism Power Collection 2 25–46 6 June 2018

Blu-ray + DVD combo North America + Viz Media (Region A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 1 Part 1 1–23 11 November 2014 Season 1 Part 2 24–46 10 February 2015 Complete First Season [Blu-ray only] 1–46 14 June 2022

Australia and New Zealand + Madman Entertainment (Region B) Volume Episodes Release date Complete Season 1 1–46 6 December 2017

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