Sailor Moon S: The Movie (known in Japan as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S: The Movie) a Japanese Christmas film based on the anime television series Sailor Moon. It was produced by Toei Animation and originally released in Japanese theaters by Toei Company on December 4, 1994 as part of the Winter '94 Toei Anime Fair.
In the United States, it was originally released straight to VHS and DVD as Sailor Moon S: The Movie - Hearts in Ice by Pioneer Entertainment on August 31, 1999 in both subtitled and an English dub recorded at Optimum Productions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada using almost the same cast as the Cloverway dub of the Sailor Moon S season. The edited version of the Pioneer dub later aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block that same year. In 2014, Viz Media (after acquiring the rights to the Sailor Moon franchise) created a new uncut English dub of the film recorded at Studiopolis in Los Angeles, California and both it and the subtitled version were given a limited theatrical release through Fathom Events in 2018 on July 28th and July 30th before being released straight to DVD and Blu-ray through Warner Home Video on October 2nd that same year.
Much like Young Sherlock Holmes and Die Hard, Christmas is seen throughout the film. Due to the appearance of Chibiusa and Sailor Pluto, the film takes place during the show's second half of the Sailor Moon S story arc.
Plot[]
An extraterrestrial ice entity named Snow Queen Kaguya arrives on Earth in an attempt to freeze it, but a fragment of her comet has been lost and she is unable to proceed without it. She has her henchwomen, the Snow Dancers, search for the missing fragment. In Tokyo, a young astronomer named Ōzora Kakeru finds the fragment and keeps it in his observatory to study it further.
Meanwhile, the Sailor Guardians are enjoying a day in the Juban Shopping District. Luna falls ill and decides to go back to Usagi's house. Along the way, she collapses while crossing the road, and is almost hit by a car, but is rescued and nursed to health by Kakeru. Luna then develops romantic feelings for him, even kissing him on the cheek in his sleep, leaving Artemis crushed. Luna herself ends up with unrequited love because it is revealed that Kakeru himself has a girlfriend, an astronaut named Nayotake Himeko, and more importantly, because Luna is a cat. The two are devastated because Himeko is oblivious to Kakeru's belief of Princess Kaguya's existence. Later, after finding herself unable to reconcile her differences with Kakeru, Himeko leaves on a space mission.
The fragment of the comet attaches itself to his life force, and begins slowly stealing his life-force energy, causing him to become very ill. Kaguya later steals the shard, but because it is linked to his life-force, he is brought even closer to death when Kaguya throws the shard into the ocean and creates an enormous ice crystal that will continue to drain away Kakeru's life-force energy completely. She and her Snow Dancers then begin freezing the entire Earth, little by little. The Sailor Guardians attempt to stop her, only for Kaguya to revive the Snow Dancers using the Crystal. Just before Kaguya could kill the Sailor Scouts, Sailor Moon arrives and tries to talk her out of her plot. Wanting more strength, she activates the mighty powers of the legendary Holy Grail to evolve into Super Sailor Moon, but is easily overpowered by Snow Queen Kaguya. Determined to protect the Earth and its people, Usagi prepares to activate the Legendary Silver Crystal's immense energy and power. The eight Sailor Guardians, along with Sailor Chibi Moon, combine their own strength and Sailor abilities at once to further strengthen the healing power of the Legendary Silver Crystal, destroying Snow Queen Kaguya and the Snow Dancers head-on, and eliminating the ice crystal in the ocean, as well as her comet.
Usagi wishes for Luna to become the mythical Princess Kaguya for one night. Concerned about Himeko's safety, Kakeru wanders in the snowstorm and is saved by Luna at the exact point Kakeru saved her, transformed into a human. She takes him near the moon, where Himeko, on her space mission, witnesses the phenomenon and realizes that Princess Kaguya does exist. Luna tells him that he needs to start focusing on his relationship with Himeko, and the two kiss. After returning to the Earth, Kakeru takes up Luna's advice and meets Himeko at the airport, where the two lovingly hug. Artemis meets up with Luna, and the cats reconcile.
Voice cast[]
| Character | Japanese voice actor | English voice actor (Pioneer/Optimum Productions, 2000) |
English voice actor (Viz Media/Studiopolis, 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino | Kotono Mitsuishi | Serena Tsukino | Stephanie Sheh |
| Terri Hawkes | |||
| Sailor Mercury/Ami Mizuno | Aya Hisakawa | Amy Anderson | Kate Higgins |
| Karen Bernstein | |||
| Sailor Mars/Rei Hino | Michie Tomizawa | Raye Hino | Cristina Valenzuela |
| Katie Griffin | |||
| Sailor Jupiter/Makoto Kino | Emi Shinohara | Lita Kino | Amanda C. Miller |
| Susan Roman | |||
| Sailor Venus/Minako Aino | Rika Fukami | Mina Aino | Cherami Leigh |
| Stephanie Morgenstern | |||
| Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino | Kae Araki | Serena "Rini" Tsukino | Sandy Fox |
| Tracey Hoyt | |||
| Sailor Pluto/Setsuna Meioh | Chiyoko Kawashima | Trista Meioh | Veronica Taylor |
| Sabrina Grdevich | |||
| Sailor Uranus/Haruka Tenoh | Megumi Ogata | Amara Tenoh | Erica Mendez |
| Sarah Lafleur | |||
| Sailor Neptune/Michiru Kaioh | Masako Katsuki | Michelle Kaioh | Lauren Landa |
| Barbara Radecki | |||
| Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba | Tōru Furuya | Darien Shields | Robbie Daymond |
| Vincent Corazza | |||
| Luna | Keiko Han | Jill Frappier | Michelle Ruff |
| Artemis | Yasuhiro Takato | Ron Rubin | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Princess Snow Kaguya | Eiko Masuyama | Catherine Disher | Melissa Fahn |
| Kakeru Ōzora | Masami Kikuchi | Jeff Lumby | Chris Hackney |
| Himeko Nayotake | Megumi Hayashibara | Jen Gould | Eden Riegel |
| Snow Dancers | Mariko Onodera Yūko Nagashima |
Esther Thibault | Unknown |
| Announcers | Tomohisa Asō Yasunori Masutani |
Tony Daniels | Unknown |
| Journalist | Yoshiyuki Kōno | Unknown | Unknown |
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