text: '''Codename: Sailor V''' (''Codename Wa Sailor V'')is a manga (serialised from 1991-1997) that follows the adventures of [[Minako Aino]] before she meets up with the other [[sailor soldiers]].  
  
  Minako, at thirteen years old, is the first of the soldiers to be awakened.  She is given the Moon Princess's powers, in order to act as a decoy.  She earns the respect of the police department and falls in love with [[Ace Kaitou]].  
  
  ==Story==
  
  ''Codename wa Sailor V'' tells the story of [[Minako Aino]], a 13 year old middle school student, who is slightly distracted, out-spoken and dreams about some day finding true love. But soon, her calm and normal life changes when she encounters a talking white cat with a crescent moon on its forehead. This cat introduces himself as [[Artemis]] and claims that Minako is a girl with the power to transform into a woman stronger and more beautiful than anyone.
  
  He calls her "Venus" and tells her she has a mission to protect Earth in the name of her guardian planet Venus. To help her with her new mission, Artemis gives her two items, a crescent moon shaped compact and a magical pen. The magical pen allows her to transform into her alter-ego, the sailor-suited beautiful soldier of justice, '''Sailor V'''.
  
  Sailor V begins fighting the evil agents known as the Dark Agency, who fight under Danburite's command. He's in charge of sending his many talented idols to enslave the public.
  
  Sailor V has many adventures as a Soldier of Justice, some leaving her to spark the envy and admiration of the police force. She also later gained the aid of Kaitou Ace, who had for a moment taken her spotlight due to his TV show.
  
  At the end Minako realizes that her duty is more important than romance and discovers her true mission as Sailor Venus.
  
  ==Online Series==
  [[Image:Codename sailor v online.jpg]]
  "Codename Sailor V" the new online show created by Jamie Connolly is bassically an identical version of the manga, just in english and a tv show. The images used for the creation of the show we're scans from the original Manga comic book, written and drawn by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. there are 20 episodes up for the first season. The first 15 episodes are exacly identical to the Manga series, Even the story and plots are the same. The final 5 episodes 16-20 is a custom made arc, finishing off the first series. And the start of Sailor V's New birth, which is shown on episode 15 (Chapter 15 in the manga) The first episode is said to be aired on the 14th of febrary 2008 ''explained on the official site http://www.freewebs.com/sailormoonova/'' on the Official youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/sailorvtv.  
  
  [[In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]
  
  The Sailor V manga was so popular that [[Naoko Takeuchi]] wanted to pursue an anime. Her editors suggested making Sailor V just one of the Sailor Soldiers. The final act of Codename: Sailor V foreshadowed the beginning of a new series. Sailor V also spilled over into [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]].
  
  
  {{Reflist}}
  [http://www.wikipedia.or/wiki/Codename_sailor_V/ Wikipedia]
  [http://www.freewebs.com/sailormoonova Moon Dub Official Site] The big...[[http://www.codenamesailorv.wikia.com/ Go to the wikia page for more info]]
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  {{Wikipedia|Codename: Sailor V}}
  --[[User:SMdubonline|SMdubonline]] 17:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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diff.text: [[In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]
diff.text: The Sailor V manga was so popular that [[Naoko Takeuchi]] wanted to pursue an anime. Her editors suggested making Sailor V just one of the Sailor Soldiers. The final act of Codename: Sailor V foreshadowed the beginning of a new series. Sailor V also spilled over into [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]].