<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Next → Sailor Moon R </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Sailor Moon episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> Sailor Moon, known in Japan as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Japanese: 美 少女 戦士 セーラームーン, Hepburn: Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn), is the first season of a 1992 anime television series produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato based on the manga of the same title by Naoko Takeuchi . It was broadcast from March 7, 1992 to February 27, 1993 on TV Asahi . This season adapts the first arc of the series, the "Dark Kingdom" arc . A second season, Sailor Moon R, began airing on March 6, 1993 . </P> <P> It follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino and her friends . After the magical cat Luna reveals Usagi's true identity as the titular character, Usagi fights to protect the Earth from the Dark Kingdom, who previously destroyed the ancient Moon Kingdom . </P>

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