First “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal” promotional image surfaces
A new anime adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s critically acclaimed Sailor Moon magical girl anime has been confirmed for quite some time now, despite details being scarce and trickling out a snail’s pace. One Piece director Munehisa Sakai will be directing the new Toei Animated series, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, which is currently slated to be streamed worldwide via NicoNico this July and now, we finally have the first piece of promotional artwork:
The series’ official synopsis is as follows:
Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.
Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal which has immense power. Strange events start to unfold….
Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?
The official website for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal recently posted up a countdown clock that begins on Friday, teasing an announcement in eight days.
Kodansha USA have republished the original manga in English-speaking territories.
