text: '''The anime version of ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''''' is the anime adaptation of the manga. It aired from March 1992 to February 1997, running near-simultaneously to the manga series.
  
  ==Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon==
  
  [[Image:1stseasonlogo.png|frame|right|The first-season logo of the series in Japan]]
  The first season, despite a filler arc used to draw out the plot, is generally regarded as the most accurate to the manga. Most major episodes are based on a corresponding manga chapter.
  
  === Plot synopsis ===
  
  One day as she's running tot school from home, a young girl named [[Usagi Tsukino]] runs into a cat being tortured by some children. She chases them off and removes a bandage from its forehead, finding underneath what she calls a "crescent-shaped bald spot".
  Meanwhile, the evil [[Queen Beryl]] of the [[Negaverse]] is planning with her servant, [[Jedite]], to steal energy for the [[Negaforce]]. Jedite sends a [[Negaverse monster|monster]] named [[Morga]] to the diamond shop run by Serena's friend [[Molly]]'s mother, and she drains energy by selling cursed jewelry. After failing an exam, and later running into [[Darien]], who calls her "meatballhead". Later at home the cat comes and talks to her. It tells her that she is the Pretty [[Sailor soldier|Sailor Soldier]] of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon. It is her destiny to save the world from the [[Dark Kingdom]].[[Luna]], gives her a magic locket and tells her to say "Moon Prism Power". She does and is transformed into Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon goes to the jewelry store to save Molly and the others from Morga. A mysterious masked man named [[Tuxedo Mask]] appears to help Sailor Moon, and she throws her tiara at Morga and says "Moon Tiara Magic!" Morga is destroyed, and Jedite's energy lost.
  
  Sailor Moon foils three more of Jedite's plans, destroying the monsters [[Fro]] and [[Derela]], and releasing some musclemen from Jedite's control. Serena meets a girl named [[Amy]] whom Luna suspects to be from the Negaverse, but fighting off an attack from Jedite's monster [[Garoben]], Luna realizes that Amy is [[Sailor Mercury]], so she gives her a transformation pen that, when she says "Mercury Power", transforms her into Sailor Mercury. She weakens Garoben with Mercury Bubbles Blast and Sailor Moon destroys her.
  
  After Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury defeat Jedite's monster [[Ramwoir]], Sailor Moon goes aboard a bus that Jedite's monster [[Kigaan]] is taking into another dimension. [[Raye]] discovers Jedite's intentions so he sends her there as well. Luna gives her a transformation pen so she can transform into Sailor Mars, and she destroys Kigaan with Mars Fire Ignite. Sailor Mercury stops the black hole from closing, and Tuxedo Mask rescues all the girls from the dimension.
  
  After the three Sailor Scouts foil two more of Jedite's plans and destroy his monsters [[Dream Dolly]] and [[Titus]], Queen Beryl threatens to put Jedite to Eternal Sleep if he fails again. He challenges the Sailor Scouts to a battle at the airport, but eventually they defeat him and he is run over by a jet. Beryl puts him into an eternal frozen state and vanishes him into endless darkness (Eternal Sleep). [[Neflite]] becomes her new commander, but [[Zoycite]] dislikes him and wants to have her turn.
  
  Neflite's plans to gather energy for the Negaforce involved draining one person's energy at its peak (as opposed to Jedite gathering energy from several people at once) by charging an item close to them with dark energy, and eventually a monster would appear from the item. However, each of his plans was foiled when Sailor Moon destroyed his monsters: [[Tensie]], [[Petasos]], [[Black Widow]], [[Kyameran]], and [[Jumo]]. While he is posing as a millionaire named Maxfield Stanton, Molly falls in love with him.
  
  After sending a monster named [[Leo the Lion]] after Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, and later attacking them in an elevator shaft, Neflite discovers Tuxedo Mask's true identity. After one more of Neflite's plans is foiled (the [[Gemini Warriors]] being destroyed by the Sailor Scouts), Queen Beryl turns her attention to getting the [[Imperium Silver Crystal]], and searches for the Moon Princess. He mistakenly thinks Princess Diamond is the Moon Princess and implants [[Soul Shadow]] in her, but he is driven out, and Sailor Moon destroys him.
  
  Eventually Serena discovers that Molly is in love with Neflite, and tries to tell her that he is evil. The Sailor Scouts fight Neflite and defeat him. Sailor Moon is about to destroy him with her tiara when Molly jumps in front of him, forcing Sailor Moon to stop her attack. Neflite in turn protects Molly from an attack by Zoycite's monster, [[Yasha]], and Sailor Moon destroys her with her tiara. When Neflite, in an attempt to find Sailor Moon, tells Molly his real name and that he wants to fight alongside the Sailor Scouts, she calls Serena, and Neflite soon discovers (though Molly does not know) that she is Sailor Moon. However, Zoycite has three monsters, [[Housenka]], [[Grape]], and [[Suzuran]], kidnap Molly, and Neflite saves her from them. But the monsters return and Housenka stabs Neflite with thorns from her arm. The Sailor Scouts destroy all three monsters, but Neflite dies of his injuries and dissolves into dust.
  
  Queen Beryl gets some energy for the Negaforce, who tells her to find the seven Rainbow Crystals, each of which is inside an earthling, with one of the [[Negaverse monster#Zoycite#Seven Shadows|Seven Shadows]] inside it. Zoycite tracks down the first, Joe, who becomes friends with a girl named Lita, and extracts the crystal from him, then awakens the shadow within him, transforming him into [[Game Machine Man]]. Luna gives Lita a transformation pen and she uses it to transform into [[Sailor Jupiter]]. Luna gives Sailor Moon the Crescent Moon Wand, and she uses it to heal Joe.
  
  The other six crystal carriers are a priest, Greg (who becomes friends with Amy), an artist named Peggy Jones, Andrew's girlfriend Rita, Raye's grandpa, and a fat cat named Hercules. One by one, Zoycite extracts their crystals and transforms them into (respectively) [[Bobo the Vulture]], [[Bumboo]], [[Veena]], [[Techniclon]], [[Pox]], and [[Bakene]]. The Sailor Scouts get one of the crystals, Tuxedo Mask gets two, and Zoycite gets three, bringing her total up to four. All six monsters are healed by Sailor Moon (killing the shadows within them). Eventually, after fighting off an attack from [[Akan]] (a wrestler turned into a monster by Zoycite), Sailor Moon is forced to hand her crystal over to Zoycite, even though she heals the wrestler.
  
  Queen Beryl's fourth general, [[Malachite]], who is in love with Zoycite, goes with her to attack the Sailor Scouts, and he traps them in a dark dome, while Zoycite impersonates Sailor Moon to trick Tuxedo Mask, and she stabs him. However, she is attacked by [[Sailor Venus]], who then attacks Malachite, releasing the Sailor Scouts from the dome. Sailor Venus has with her a talking cat like Luna. His name is [[Artemis]].
  
  Zoycite challenges Darien (who is really Tuxedo Mask) to a battle at the tower over the crystals. Serena comes with him, unaware of what Zoycite is going to do. Before they can fight, Malachite appears and takes the crystals. Darien scratches Zoycite's face. Despite the fact that Queen Beryl ordered her to take him alive (so she can turn him to her side), Zoycite tries to kill Darien, forcing Serena to transform into Sailor Moon in front of him. Darien reveals himself as Tuxedo Mask. Zoycite stabs him with an ice crystal, nearly killing him. The seven Rainbow Crystals transform together into the Imperium Silver Crystal, and Sailor Moon is revealed to be the Moon Princess, Princess Serena.
  
  Zoycite attacks Serena, but she defeats her using Cosmic Moon Power. Malachite captures Darien and returns to the Negaverse with Zoycite, whom Queen Beryl kills with an energy blast from her crystal ball as a punishment for disobeying her. The Negaforce begins to turn Darien evil. Malachite attacks the Sailor Scouts, but Sailor Moon defeats him with Cosmic Moon Power.
  
  Malachite is assigned the task of finding and destroying Sailor Moon, and getting the silver crystal back from her. He turns several people into monsters, like [[Mitsuaami]], [[Polite Society]], [[Blizzard]], and [[Misha]] and [[Janelle]], but they are all healed by Sailor Moon. Darien, though he is now evil, often gets into arguments with Malachite and even helps the Sailor Scouts out on a few occasions. Malachite summons the [[Ancient Creature of the Lake]], but she is healed by Sailor Moon, turning back into the spirit of a girl. Malachite later tries to recapture the crystal carriers in the hope that he can revive the Seven Shadows, but his plan is foiled by Sailor Moon, who heals Darien. However, Malachite recaptures him.
  
  The Sailor Scouts pretend to fight each other so they can find the entrance to the Negaverse, and fight off Malachite's monster, [[Ninjana]], Sailor Moon restoring her to her original form. The Sailor Scouts enter a tunnel leading to the Negaverse and fight Malachite. In the middle of the battle, they are taken back in time, where [[Queen Serenity]] tells them the story: Princess Serena from the Moon Kingdom was in love with Prince Darien from Earth. But Queen Beryl and her followers attacked from the Negaverse, and captured Serena, Darien, and all the Sailor Scouts, so Serenity was forced to use Cosmic Moon Power and use up all her power to seal everyone inside the crystal, and all the Sailor Scouts reborn on Earth. After returning to the present, they are attacked by Malachite again, who gets much stronger each time they see him, but Sailor Moon uses Cosmic Moon Power and reflects one of his own energy blades at him, killing him.
  
  The Sailor Scouts head for the entrance to the Negaverse to fight Queen Beryl, who sends the [[Doom and Gloom Girls]] after them. In the end, the Doom and Gloom Girls and all the Sailor Scouts except Sailor Moon destroy each other, and Beryl teleports Sailor Moon to the Negaverse to fight Prince Darien, who has been turned evil again. Moon Healing Activation doesn't work, but she is able to heal him with her locket, and he injures Queen Beryl. The Negaforce combines with Beryl, transforming her into a gigantic form. Sailor Moon fights her and transforms into Princess Serena. They enter a beam struggle, and, powered up by the other Sailor Scouts, Serena uses Cosmic Moon Power to completely destroy Beryl.
  
  All the Sailor Scouts and Darien return to Earth safely, with their memories of being friends and Sailor Scouts erased.
  
  [[Sailor Moon R]] is the next season of Sailor Moon, where the Sailor Scouts return to fight off [[Alan and Ann]], and later the evil villains of the Negamoon.
diff.text: [[Image:1stseasonlogo.png|frame|right|The first-season logo of the series in Japan] The first season, despite a filler arc used to draw out the plot, is generally regarded as the most accurate to the manga. Most major episodes are based on a corresponding manga chapter.]
diff.text: The first season, despite a filler arc used to draw out the plot, is generally regarded as the most accurate to the manga. Most major episodes are based on a corresponding manga chapter.