The Death Busters ( デスバスターズ , Desu Basutāzu ) are a group of fictional characters in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi . This group comprises the villains of the third major story arc, which is called the Infinity in the manga, Sailor Moon S in the first anime adaptation , and Death Busters in Sailor Moon Crystal . They are first introduced in chapter #27 "Infinity 1 – Premonition", originally published in Japan on July 7, 1994. In the Cloverway English adaptation, they are called the "Heart Snatchers".
120-524: Originally from the " Tau Ceti Star System" in another dimension, the Death Busters acquire human host bodies to act through with Kaolinite and Professor Tomoe as acting leaders. Based in Mugen Academy ( 無限学園 , Mugen Gakuen , Literally "Infinity Academy") , an elite high school built in the middle of Tokyo's Sankakusu District ( 三角州区 , Sankakusu-ku , Literally "Delta District") ,
240-570: A miko . Originally designed with her own unique outfit, when Takeuchi decided to give all of the Guardians identical outfits, Rei's high heels were the only aspect that was carried over. A cold and aloof character in the manga, her personality was drastically changed in the anime adaptation at the behest of Kunihiko Ikuhara , where she became stubborn. Rei first appears as a miko at the Hikawa Shrine ( 火川神社 , Hikawa Jinja ) , and
360-477: A Daimon to gather Hearts and attacks the city until the Sailor Guardians stop her, destroying both her and the oven. In the video games Sailor Moon S: Quiz Taiketsu! Sailor Power Ketsushuu and Sailor Moon S - Kotaete Moon Call , Tomoe creates a Daimon named Quiz ( クイーズ , Kuīzu ) , who resurrects Monsters , Droids , and Daimons from the first three seasons of the anime. In the former video game,
480-469: A Sailor Guardian, however, before she can access her celestial powers. She makes this change by raising a special device (pen, bracelet, wand, or crystal) into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Mars Power, Make-up!" As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Mars Star, Planet, or Crystal Power. In both anime, Sailor Mars' transformation sequence evolves slightly over time, whether to update
600-661: A barrier into the sea below, killing her instantly. Voice actor Maria Kawamura provides her voice for the original Japanese production and Chiaki Takahashi voices her in Crystal . Canadian actress Loretta Jafelice does her voice for the Cloverway English adaptation, in which her name is changed to "Eugeal". In the Viz Media English adaptation, she is voiced by Erin Fitzgerald . In the musicals, she
720-517: A choice: allow Mamoru and Usagi to see each other even for a day or she will tell her friends about Mio (which will not end well for her). Mio wisely chooses to let them see each other in order to keep Rei quiet about her. Mars uses her own dagger with Venus' to attempt to stop Serenity from destroying the Earth. In the Special Act movie, Rei senses Mio's return and investigates it with Luna . She
840-447: A civilian while using an ofuda, for her fire attacks. In the anime, she shoots a fireball from her index fingers and shouts the words "Fire Soul" and in the live-action series she shouts "Youma Taisan" ("Monster, begone"). This basic power is improved to "Fire Soul Bird" in the second arc of the anime only; the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal anime also have her develop an animal-based attack, "Mars Snake Fire," but it does not appear until
960-404: A dagger, which she uses alongside Venus 's similar dagger. In the "Special Act", Venus wields both weapons. Rei is not named in the original proposal for a hypothetical Codename: Sailor V anime, but an identical character in miko clothing is present, named Miyabi Yoruno. Creator Naoko Takeuchi revealed that this character eventually became Rei, and wrote that her role as a shrine maiden
1080-469: A generally low opinion of men. She considers them untrustworthy and seems genuinely uninterested in romance. The one exception is in a manga side-story centering on her, Casablanca Memories , which tells of Rei's friendship with her father's young secretary, Kaidou. He had been kind to her for her entire life and, in the story, she fancies herself in love with him. She is shocked when he suddenly announces his engagement to another girl and his decision to become
1200-520: A hobby. The elegance of her character is further underscored by the contrast between her favorite subject, ancient writing, and her least favorite, modern society. She also belongs to the Archery club at school, which later provides the context for her most powerful weapon, the Mars Arrow. Rei is also skilled in martial arts and a talented skier in the anime. As for more general tastes, Rei likes
1320-648: A large machine to guide Pharaoh 90 to Earth so that he may destroy it. Sailor Moon tries to stop her and Tomoe, now freed from Germatoid, attempts to reach her, still seeing her as Hotaru, and the vessel of Sailor Saturn; a fellow Sailor Guardian. She attacks both of them but is seriously injured by energy emanating from the machine. Professor Tomoe takes her in his arms and Hotaru's consciousness begins to respond. Mistress 9 attempts to subdue her once again but Hotaru's memories of both her father and of Chibiusa prove to be overpowering. It results in Hotaru awakening by merging with
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#17328021026801440-506: A mountain retreat on "Mount M" for an orientation that doubles as a ritual to extract their Hosties. While retaining her human form in Crystal , Eudial assumes her medusa -like Daimon form to overwhelm Sailors Mars and Jupiter when they interfere before being killed by Sailor Moon. When Kaolinite revives the Witches 5 for her curse against the Sailor Guardians, Eudial targets Mars's insecurities and later attacks Sailor Moon before destroyed by
1560-497: A number of her artificial Telluns plants to the populace to absorb Hostes from their victims. Though her scheme is found out by the Sailor Guardians as they confront her, Tellu overpowers the Sailor Guardians before assuming her Daimon form to finish them off. But Tellu ends up being killed by a newly re-awakened Sailor Pluto. When Kaolinite revives the Witches 5 for her curse against the Sailor Guardians, Tellu targets Jupiter's insecurities and later attacks Sailor Moon before destroyed by
1680-417: A person inside of a television, which would increase that person's power exponentially. However, if the power to the television were disconnected while the user was still inside, the user would be trapped within it forever (the exact reason why Eudial never used it). Tellu mercilessly imprisons Mimete by pulling the plug off the machine. In the original anime, she is voiced by Mika Kanai and in Crystal , she
1800-484: A physical bow , she recalls some advice given to her by Michiru Kaioh —"[If] you think you're being taken advantage of by the enemies, stretch a line taut in your soul. Then, with your whole body and spirit, shoot the arrow of your finishing blow!" In the live-action series , she is given a tambourine-like weapon, called the Sailor Star Tambo, by Artemis . During the final battle, her Tambo transforms into
1920-428: A politician, despite having once said that he did not like what had happened to Rei's family as a result of her father's work. Proof of her feelings are further cemented when she moves to kiss Kaidou, asking why, if he wanted to marry into the profession, did not he choose to marry her due to her father's political influence. In the manga, this is the only potential romance in her life; in the live-action series, nothing of
2040-587: A portal is opened by Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90 begins to surface before being destroyed by Sailor Moon (empowered by the other Guardians) and the newly awakened Sailor Saturn. Pharaoh 90 is voiced by Takaya Hashi in Crystal , with Michael Sorich (in his first two appearances) and John Eric Bentley voicing him in the English version. Tony Daniels provides vocal effects in the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation. The Witches 5 ( ウィッチーズ5 , Witchīzu Faibu )
2160-554: A replacement for the obsolete Taioron Crystal as he is brought to Earth via an established portal. Once on Earth, Sailor Moon describing his form as that of "black lava reeking of death", Pharaoh absorbs Mistress 9 while beginning to cover the entire Earth despite the Outer Guardians' attempts to contain him within Sankakusu. With Pharaoh 90 able to absorb their attacks, Sailor Moon attempted to sacrifice herself by unleashing
2280-477: A scientific explanation for the origin of mankind or its relation with other lifeforms, any hypothetical rational lifeforms had by necessity to be humans. Even in mythology, all deities are mostly humanlike. For example, Voltaire 's Micromégas features people from Saturn , who are simply of higher proportions. This was changed by the 1859 book On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin , which proposed
2400-420: A vow of chastity to Princess Serenity. After this realization, she is never again shown having any doubts about her lack of interest in romance. This is never mentioned in the other series. Rei's lifelong dream is to become the head priestess at Hikawa Shrine, and much of her life is influenced by spirituality, particularly in the manga. Meditation is given as her strong point, and she enjoys fortune-telling as
2520-406: Is "火野麗" (lit. "Fire-Field Beauty/Elegance" / "Beauty/Elegance of Fire")). Regardless, the entire name is structured as a pun , as the syllable "no" indicates a possessive , so that her name can also be understood as "Ray of Fire." Her prototypical name, Miyabi Yoruno ( 夜野 みやび , Yoruno Miyabi ) , means "Elegance of Night" (みやび = 雅). It has been noted that her outfit as Sailor Mars echoes
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#17328021026802640-536: Is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi . In the series, Rei is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Guardians, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Rei is the second Sailor Guardian to be discovered by Usagi , following after Ami Mizuno . She possesses powers associated with fire ,
2760-495: Is a malevolent extraterrestrial entity who is Pharaoh 90's main partner, sent to oversee her master's arrival to Earth with Tomoe implanting her Daimon Egg in the comatose body of Hotaru. But Mistress 9 did not fully awaken despite Hotaru having seizures while in the presence of a Taioron Crystal fragment, though Mistress 9 slowly becomes more active when exposed to the light of the Legendary Silver Crystal. After
2880-642: Is a malevolent interdimensional being from "Tau Ceti Star System", an amorphous being who is both the mastermind of the Death Busters and the originator of the Daimons. He is Mistress 9's partner. As the Taioron Crystal that he uses for substance is nearly spent with his domain on the verge of collapse, Pharaoh 90 uses the spatial distortions in Tokyo's Sankakusu district to send an advance guard of Daimon Eggs to make preparations for his coming. Pharaoh 90's goal
3000-496: Is a subset of the Death Busters led by Kaolinite, artificial human/Daimon hybrids created by Tomoe. The Witches 5 pose as Mugen Academy prefects while given the task to gather souls, or "Hostes," of the student body to both prolong the Tau Ceti Star System and provide vessels for Daimon Eggs. They are seen as either being equal to or stronger than the main Sailor Guardians, whom they target for their interference with
3120-573: Is an extension of Cyprine, Ptilol normally resides within Cyprine's body until they split into two separate beings. The two are mirror-imaged with Cyprine having blue hair and eyes with a braid with a bun on top on the right side of her head and dresses in blue, while Ptilol has red hair and eyes, a braid with a bun on top on the left side of her head and dresses in red. The two are named for the minerals cyprine and clinoptilolite . As prefect of Mugen Academy's business division and sorcery class, Cyprine
3240-460: Is destroyed by Sailor Uranus and Neptune, attempting to reach Hotaru. Following the final battle, Tomoe loses his memories as he is entrusted with his reborn daughter's care until the season premiere of Sailor Stars , when Setsuna Meioh comes to retrieve her, and after that, he is not seen again in the series. Professor Tomoe appears in several musicals . In the Last Dracul arc, his body
3360-438: Is forced to kill him with her Rainbow Moon Heart Ache, Hotaru has briefly seen saying goodbye to her father while accepting that he died a long time ago after her mother's death. In the first anime, Hotaru's injury and the Death Busters' arrival occur at the same time. Professor Tomoe's story is the same with the exception that he was forcefully possessed by Germatoid. Tomoe also survives the ordeal as Germatoid leaves his body and
3480-483: Is her destiny as a Sailor Guardian. Rei is told that she is to be the secondary leader of the Guardians, and alternately admires and resents Minako's teachings about what that means. She later becomes aware of Mio hurting Usagi just to keep Mamoru at Beryl's side and confronts her while in the Dark Kingdom. Rei tells her off it is her own selfishness that is encouraging Serenity to keep using the crystal and give her
3600-558: Is killed off when she is thrown into an electrified wall by Mistress 9 for "having served her purpose". The stage musicals follow the manga version, though no mention of what was occurring at the time of the lightning strike is made, and the event is not shown, only mentioned. The musicals imply Kaori to be her original name, as she is always addressed as Kaori-Kun in Hotaru's presence by Professor Tomoe who states she has been helping them out since, at least, his wife's death. In Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi , she leads another set of minions,
3720-501: Is later incapacitated by Mio's growing dark powers. As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations and a long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century, Rei gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Rei's Sailor Guardian identity is Sailor Mars. She wears a sailor suit colored in red and violet , along with red high heels , and in
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3840-537: Is not given a new title. A similar event is divided between episodes 143 and 152 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Mars. A third form appears in Act 49 of the manga, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon ( sans wings). In the official visual book for Sailor Moon Eternal , this form was named "Eternal Sailor Mars". In Silver Millennium, Sailor Mars was also the Princess of her home planet. She
3960-500: Is played by Hitomi Tsumura and Saya Chinen. Mimete ( ミメット , Mimetto ) is the orange-haired member of the Witches 5 with a rank of Level 40 and able to use the "Charm Buster" attack, named for the mineral mimetite . Under the alias of Mimi Hanyu ( 羽生美々 , Hanyū Mimi ) , she is a pop idol who is prefect of Mugen Academy's Arts Division. She uses her cover to hold a concert for Mugen Academy students to take their Hosties, having not expected Sailor Venus to be attending under
4080-519: Is possessed by an alchemist known as Dreadful Berserk ( アンデッド・ベルセルク , Andeddo Beruseruku ) . Using Tomoe's laboratory, Berserk tries to create perfect homunculi in order to replace human beings; however, his first homunculi, the Death Mannetjes , turned out to be flawed creatures. Although Tomoe is possessed by Berserk, the latter shows concern for Hotaru. In Kessen / Transylvania no Mori (Kaiteiban) - Saikyou no Kataki Dark Cain no Nazo ,
4200-462: Is replaced with the kanji for "fire"—a reflection of Rei's fire-related powers. Sailor Mars' original costume design, like the others', was fully unique. It featured an alternate bow, double shoulder-guards, plate-armor, elaborate jewelry, and a gold-rimmed mask. Her trademark high-heeled shoes were already present, as well. Later, Takeuchi was surprised by these sketches and stated that she did not remember drawing them. In an intermediate design,
4320-405: Is shown to have an affinity with two crows who live there. It is revealed in the manga that as a child, the crows "told" her that their names are Phobos and Deimos (the same as Mars' two moons). In the manga, she is portrayed as imperial, ancient, conservative, old-fashioned, traditional, serious, disciplined, and practical, having contempt for men and disliking modern romantic relationships. In
4440-782: Is surprised to find that Hotaru's soul still exists and is inhibiting the entity from leaving her body, managing to thwart her by forcing her to be paralyzed on the ground, so Hotaru has enough time to restore the souls of the Inner Guardians and Chibiusa to their bodies. Mistress 9, who turned into her true Daimon form and broke free of Hotaru's force, attempts to steal Sailor Moon's Silver Crystal before Sailor Chibi Moon arrives, Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon assume their Super forms to overwhelm Mistress 9. But when Pharaoh 90 fully manifests, Mistress 9 allows herself to be assimilated into her master with Sailor Saturn's spirit possessing Hotaru by later manifesting from what remained of Mistress 9. In
4560-492: Is tasked by Kaolinite specifically to take care of Haruka and Michiru after the two revealed their true colors. While caught off guard that her quarry are Sailors, Cyprine uses her power to have all the Sailor Guardians save Sailor Moon turn on each other. While she and Ptilol split to dodge her initial attack on them, Sailor Moon manages to kill the twin witches after transforming into Super Sailor Moon and using her "Rainbow Moon Heartache" attack on them again. When Kaolinite revives
4680-665: Is the alphabet usually used for foreign loanwords, it may also be intended as a Western name, such as Raye (which is indeed used in American continent localizations) or Rae. In the Chinese versions of the series (anime and manga), Rei's name is written with the character "麗", which carries the same phonetic as "Rei", but means "beauty" and "elegance", and, ultimately, is the one included in the 5th Original Picture Collection Volume Artbook (Vol. V) (meaning that Rei's name written all in Kanji
4800-406: Is to assimilate Earth and terraform it into a new home for himself and his Daimon spawn. As his right-hand Mistress 9 was inactive at the time, Pharaoh 90 communicated with Kaolinite at the top of Mugen Academy as he senses both the Legendary Silver Crystal and an unawakened Sailor Saturn whom he expresses dread towards. Mistress 9 retrieved Chibiusa's future Silver Crystal with Pharaoh deeming it as
4920-488: Is voiced by Yuki Nagaku. Catherine Disher provides her voice in the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation, in which her name is spelled "Mimet". In the Viz Media English adaptation, she is voiced by Kira Buckland . In the musicals, she is played by Shiori Honda and Aki Kudou. Viluy ( ビリユイ , Biriyui ) is the white-haired member of the Witches 5 with a rank of Level 202 and able to use nano-machines to completely obliterate her enemy in her "Mosaic Buster" attack, named for
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5040-663: The Amazoness Quartet , known as "Samael Quartet" in this revision, are homunculi created by Tomoe from Chibiusa 's star seed. Professor Tomoe is voiced by Akira Kamiya in Sailor Moon S and by Takuya Kirimoto in Crystal . In the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation produced in association with Optimum Productions, he is voiced by Jeff Lumby , and the Germatoid creatures are voiced by a range of actors including Tony Daniels , David Fraser, and Steven Bednarski . In
5160-491: The Dead Moon Circus harass Rei with a reflection of her young self, which mocks her for her friendships and her dream of being a priestess. The reflection tells her that the only way for her to be happy is to try her luck with numerous men until she ends up married to someone rich. Rei is able to defeat this illusion, and in the process gains her Sailor Crystal along with the memory that, long ago, she had in fact made
5280-572: The Death Nightmares . In Sailor Moon S , she is voiced by Noriko Uemura . In Crystal , she is voiced by Hikari Yono. In the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation, her name is changed to Kaorinite (though she retains her original name in her second incarnation) and is voiced by Kirsten Bishop . In the Viz Media English adaptation, she is voiced by Tara Platt . In the musicals, Kaolinite is played by Keiko Hanayama, Mutsumi Fukuma, and Miki Kawasaki. Mistress 9 ( ミストレス9 , Misutoresu Nain )
5400-653: The Last Dracul musical, they are female dream demons, appearing again as beautiful and seductive women but with dark hair. Some of them are named in this arc: Olam Tiphareth, Roi Malkuth, and Elyon Yesod; however, there are other unnamed members. They have no relation to the Death Busters in this version; since Kaolinite does not appear in this musical, their leader is Undead Berserk's right-hand woman, Death Lamia ( デス・ラミアー , Desu Ramia ) . The Last Dracul Death Nightmares are portrayed by Miki Kawasaki, Ado Endou, Noriko Yamakawa, Junko Yamauchi, and Izumi Ogino. Daimons ( ダイモーン , Daimōn ) are amorphous monsters deployed by
5520-480: The Last Dracul musical. They are homunculi created by Undead Berserk while he takes over Tomoe's body and laboratory. They have no relation to the Death Busters in this version. The Mannetjes have different names in this continuity: Death Pa, Death Pi, Death Pu, and Death Pe. They are respectively portrayed by Jun Kanzaki, Seiko Takuma, Takashi Kashiwagi, and Yoshiya Yukimura. The Death Nightmares ( デス・ナイトメア , Desu Naitomea ) are nameless servants of Kaolinite in
5640-550: The Ofuda charm, and psychic clairvoyance . Aside from the main body of the Sailor Moon series, Rei is featured in two different manga short stories. The first, Casablanca Memories , is entirely about her and her past; the second, Rei and Minako's Girls School Battle , is shared with Minako Aino . A number of image songs mentioning her character have been released as well, including the contents of three different CD singles . Takeuchi based Rei on her own personal experience as
5760-521: The stage musicals it is clearly stated that Sailor Mars and Jadeite were in love at the time of the Moon Kingdom. It is revealed later in the manga that Phobos and Deimos are actually maidens from Planet Coronis sent to protect Princess Mars. They take the form of crows during the present time and were near Rei when she first came to the shrine as a child, supposedly "telling" her their names. Phobos and Deimos reveal their true forms when delivering
5880-454: The theory of evolution . This book caused a revolution in fiction as much as it did in science, as authors began to imagine extraterrestrial races completely different from human beings. With the rationale that evolution in other worlds may take completely different directions than on Earth, aliens began to be described as creepy monsters. Usually, authors used features from other animals, such as insects, crabs, and octopuses. Some such aliens are
6000-463: The Daimons serve as monsters-of-the-day . Appearing as red feminine liquid humanoids in their natural state, the Daimons are artificially created by Tomoe and Vesselize objects to assume personalized form. The first batch of Daimon Eggs used by Kaolinite was allowed to randomly enter objects on their whim and possess a Death Buster mark somewhere on their bodies that allows them to extract a Heart Crystal from their target. When Eudial takes over search for
6120-477: The Death Busters to carry out several tasks, normally used as their enforcers. Being a form of life native to the Tau System, the Daimons that manifest on Earth as special pods called Daimon Eggs which need to assimilate host bodies in a process called Vesselization to survive the planet's conditions, both Kaolinite and a willing Tomoe being such examples of the hybridization. But when Tomoe attempted to replicate
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#17328021026806240-445: The Death Busters work to gather human souls which would prolong their dying homeworld. Their ultimate goal is the revival of their commander Mistress 9 so they can bring their master Pharaoh 90 to Earth and terraform it into a new home at the cost of the current life forms . Professor Souichi Tomoe ( 土萠 創一 , Tomoe Sōichi Kyouju ) is the leader of the Death Busters and Hotaru Tomoe 's father. A genetic scientist forced out of
6360-517: The Mars Crystal to her and refer to her using her princess title. Rei is one of few Sailor Moon characters who is able to use special powers in her civilian form. These are mainly the result of her role as a shrine maiden, which gives her heightened spirituality as well as certain resources. In addition to some psychic talent, including occasional unprompted premonitions , Rei is able to do fire readings and to dispel evil spirits. She does
6480-447: The Outer Guardians. In the anime, Eudial seems to be the oldest of the group and is much resented by the others; particularly Mimete, because Professor Tomoe seems to favor her. She is referred to as Chief by the other members. Eudial is generally fairly even-tempered and level-headed; however, she is also portrayed as a reckless driver . A brilliant inventor, she is able to construct and jury rig weaponry and computer technology through
6600-407: The Outer Guardians. In the first anime, after deposing of Mimete, Tellu's role is slightly different as she opens a flower shop to sale her Telluns before being confronted by Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, Sailor Pluto, and Tuxedo Mask. When her Telluns being destroyed, Tellu mutates the last into a Hyper-Tellun to kill the group. But Tuxedo Mask hurls one of his roses at Tellu and causes her to lose
6720-577: The Pure Heart Crystals she gathered, resulting in her being attacked by her own creation. Tellu electrocutes the Hyper-Tellun in an attempt to break free, but it self-destructs and she is consumed in the explosion. She was voiced by Chieko Honda until episodes 30 and 31 of Sailor Moon S . In Crystal , she is voiced by Naomi Ōzora . In the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation, her name is changed to "Telulu" and her silhouette appearance
6840-528: The Sailor Guardians and Sailor Moon . Rei's was released in 1996. This book was later translated into English by Mixx . The episode where Sailor Mars gained her powers was novelised by Mixx. Other merchandise has been released based on her character, including T-shirts, fashion dolls , trading card stickers, gashapon and UFO dolls . Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion is named after Rei Hino. She has also been referenced in non-Japanese media: DC Comics character Martian Manhunter briefly assumes
6960-503: The Sailor Guardians interfere, she and Ptilol split and overwhelm the group with one twin blocking an attack aimed at the other and using the absorbed energy to counter while increasing their power. But the Sailors formulate a counter-strategy with Sailor Mercury using her Bubble spray to obscure the area so they can force Cyprine and Ptilol apart, tricking the two into blasting each other as both are killed when their staves are overloaded by
7080-457: The Sailor Guardians, Viluy targets Mercury's insecurities and later attacks Sailor Moon before destroyed by the Outer Guardians. In the anime, Viluy is handed the task of gathering pure hearts after Tellu's death. She collects the pure hearts from the students using a supercomputer, controlled by her wristband. She overpowers Sailors Mercury, Uranus, and Neptune using nanomachines controlled by her wristband. Sailor Moon damages Viluy's wristband and
7200-602: The Talismans until Eudial's death; the other members of the group are later instructed by Mistress 9 to find "pure hearts" instead. After a member of the group dies, her successor alters the "Witches 5" sign on the lab's door to reflect the number of remaining members. In the Cloverway English adaptation, the name of the group is changed to "Bureau of Bad Behavior". (In one episode of the Cloverway dub, Tomoe did refer to them as "Witches 5 Research" most likely in error caused by
7320-404: The Talismans, Tomoe built a specialized oven to create fixed Vesselizations with the resulting Daimons created as bodyguards for the witch. The final batch of Daimons, combining the roles of the previous two with the task to revive Mistress 9, are created by Tomoe to aid Mimete and are modified with cormorant traits so they can suck out a Heart Crystal by simply kissing their prey. When defeated,
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#17328021026807440-475: The Viz Media English adaptation, he is voiced by Keith Silverstein . In the musicals, he has been portrayed by Shunsaku Yajima, Ryuuji Kasahara, Kaname Aoki, and Yuuki Kaon. Kaolinite ( カオリナイト , Kaorinaito ) is the Commander of the Witches 5 with the title of Magus ( 秘術師 / マグス , Magusu ), named after the mineral of the same name . Originally Kaori Kuromine ( 黒峰カオリ , Kuromine Kaori ) , she
7560-495: The Witch ends up being consumed when her Mosaic Buster rebounded on her. Viluy also appears in the stage musicals . She is voiced by Yoshino Takamori in the original anime and by Rina Honnizumi in Crystal . In the Cloverway Inc. English adaptation, her names were changed to "Byruit" and "Julie Bidoh" and is voiced by Kim Bubbs. In the Viz Media English adaptation, she is voiced by Julie Ann Taylor (credited as Cricket Brown). In
7680-433: The Witches 5 have all been killed, her influence overwhelmed Hotaru as she force-grows her vessel into a woman with long hair. Mistress 9 steals Chibiusa's soul and Legendary Silver Crystal while using the latter as a replacement power source when she conducts the ritual to summon Pharaoh 90 to Earth. As Pharaoh 90 begins to manifest, Mistress 9 attempts to rip herself out of Hotaru's body to assume her true form. But Mistress 9
7800-509: The Witches 5 to deal with the Sailor Guardians and eventually take the Legendary Silver Crystal while also making attempts to prevent the awakening of Sailor Saturn whom she deemed a threat to her group. After the Witches 5 have all been killed and Mistress 9 had awakened, Kaolinite is given the task to kill the Sailor Guardians herself before the Outer Guardians intervene. This forces Kaolinite to assume her Daimon form prior to being destroyed by Super Sailor Moon's Rainbow Moon Heartache attack. In
7920-439: The Witches 5, Cyprine and Ptilol oversee the Sailor Guardians' ensnarement in their trap. After their teammates dealt with the other Sailor Guardians, the twins join the other Witches 5 in overwhelming Sailor Moon before they are all destroyed by the Outer Guardians. In the anime, while still the last of the Witches 5, Cyprine's story is altered to have her make a final attempt of gathering Pure Hearts for Mistress 9's revival. When
8040-506: The aliens apparently attracted to his darkness. Witnessing his assistant be reborn as Kaolinite, Tomoe sold his soul to Pharaoh 90 and willfully discards his humanity by ingesting a Daimon Egg to become a hybrid as he began to build Mugen Academy while working to perfect the stability of Daimon/human hybrids. When Super Sailor Moon and the Outer Guardians arrive at his lab and dispatch his Daimon test subjects, Tomoe changes into his Daimon form Germatoid ( ゲルマトイド , Gerumatoido ) . Sailor Moon
8160-460: The aliens made by the Hills, with oversized heads, big eyes, pale grey skin, and small noses captivated the public imagination and was later used by TV shows and films. This started the grey alien archetype. According to Wade Roush, a science and technology writer, "The standard depiction of aliens at that point became the little grey man. So, when Steven Spielberg came along and made probably what are
8280-471: The anime adaptation, Rei is a disciplined and practical person. She is also greatly interested in pop culture , and she excels at music— composing songs for a school festival. Rei and Usagi Tsukino have a very tempestuous relationship, and argue frequently. Though these arguments are usually petty, early in the series Rei attempts to usurp Usagi as the leader of Sailor Guardians. Even though Rei does become more loyal to Usagi, with slightly calmer emotions in
8400-555: The anime adaptation, while ditzy and targeting celebrities, Mimete is assigned to collect Pure Heart Crystals after she orchestrated Eudial's death. Out of all the Witches 5, she is the least organized and the most easily distracted. She can launch mirages in the shape of stars at her opponents and induces severe vertigo and disorientation, capable of rendering someone unconscious in seconds. After several failed attempts at collecting hearts, she tries to use one of Eudial's abandoned inventions (Witches Electric Warp). The machine would transport
8520-438: The anime). At this point in the series, she acquires a special weapon, the Mars Arrow, and with it "Mars Flame Sniper," which is her primary attack for the duration of the series. In the manga, the Mars Crystal and Mars Arrow are among her most significant mystical possessions. The former is her Sailor Crystal and the source of all of her power. The latter is associated with her skill as an archer, and although she does not receive
8640-419: The background images or to accommodate changes to her uniform or new transformation items, but they all involve rings of fire that circle her body as she spins, forming her outfit in a flash of light. Sailor Mars has the power to create and control fire. Her named powers are somewhat inconsistent across the various series—in the first arc of the manga, she says "Evil spirits, begone!" the same phrase she uses as
8760-443: The colors red and black , fugu , Thai food, white casablancas , ruby gemstones, little lizards , and pandas , and dislikes men in general. The manga states that she once enjoyed Devilman , which the English manga changes to Buffy . In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , Rei has problems trusting people, even her fellow Sailor Guardians, and has a tendency to rely too much on herself. She says that she hates karaoke (which
8880-643: The colors of her miko robes, and she is the only character that is mostly tied into tradition. In the Japanese anime television series, Rei is voiced by Michie Tomizawa , who later said that working on Sailor Moon had been "exactly like magic" for her. Rina Satō voices the character in Sailor Moon Crystal and all media since. In the DIC/Cloverway English adaptations produced in association with Optimum Productions, her name
9000-428: The dimensional distortion and trap Pharaoh 90 within his dying world. Like all of the head villains in the manga, Pharaoh 90 is later revealed to be an incarnation of Chaos , the ultimate enemy of the series. In Sailor Moon S , Pharaoh 90 appears as a huge, black eyeball-like sphere with tentacles who are simply acting on an impulse to destroy Earth and recruited Tomoe by providing him with Mistress 9's Daimon Egg. When
9120-528: The dub script). Eudial ( ユージアル , Yūjiaru ) , named for the mineral Eudialyte , is the first member and leader of the Witches 5 who appears. She is a red-haired humanoid with a rank of Level 78 and able to use the "Fire Buster" flame torrent attack. Under the alias of Yuko Arimura ( 有村ゆうこ , Arimura Yūko ) , she is the Etiquette class prefect in charge of Mugen Academy's Philosophy division. Eudial uses her position to bring newly enrolled students to
9240-408: The excess energy. In Sailor Moon S , Yuriko Fuchizaki did the voice of Cyprine and Rumi Kasahara did the voice of Ptilol. In Crystal , they are both voiced by Umeka Shōji . In the Cloverway Inc. English version, their names are changed to "Cyprin" and "Petirol". They are voiced by Naomi Emmerson and Sara Sahr. In the Viz Media English adaptations, they are both voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn . In
9360-785: The first anime adaptation, her role is changed to oversee the initial Death Buster attacks, Kaolinite seeks out the three Talismans to obtain the Legendary Holy Grail. Her Daimons having attacked Sailor Mars , Sailor Mercury , and Sailor Jupiter prior, Kaolinite targets Sailor Moon while deducing her identity and ends up appearing to fall to death from Tokyo Tower in the resulting battle. But Kaolinite survived, though she lost her memory and Tomoe placed her Hotaru's guardian. Kaolinite eventually regains her memories, stealing Chibiusa's Pure Heart to offer to Mistress 9 so she can win Tomoe's love. But Kaolinite, after Tomoe congratulated her,
9480-481: The first anime's third season , Mistress 9 (commonly mistaken for Sailor Saturn herself) makes her presence known early as she occasionally controls Hotaru to communicate with the other Death Busters, making Hotaru's eyes glow red and emit a red aura of pure evil, in contest to Sailor Saturn's light purplish one. But Mistress 9 fully awakens once obtaining Chibiusa's Pure Heart Crystal, killing Kaolinite for serving her purpose in her full revival. Mistress 9 attempts to use
9600-405: The first steps in the history of astronomy was to realize that the objects seen in the night sky were not gods or lights, but physical objects like Earth. This notion was followed by the one that celestial objects should be inhabited as well. However, when people thought about such extraterrestrials, they thought of them simply as people, indistinguishable from humans. As people had never considered
9720-404: The guise of a Mugen student. When the other Sailor Guardians arrive, Mimete is forced to fight them with support from Daimons created by some of the students. But she ends up being killed by Sailor Uranus. When Kaolinite revives the Witches 5 for her curse against the Sailor Guardians, Mimete targets Venus through her fantasy and later attacks Sailor Moon before destroyed by the Outer Guardians. In
9840-524: The later seasons, she still remains somewhat more of a typical teenager than her manga counterpart. In the anime, Rei also tends to engage in long periods of antagonizing Usagi (who returns the same reaction), as a running gag in their arguments. Rei goes to a different school from the other girls, namely T*A Private Girls School, a Catholic institution run by nuns . She herself is a practitioner of Shinto , living and working at Hikawa Shrine with her grandfather , its head priest . Her mother died when Rei
9960-445: The latter by performing Kuji-Goshin-Ho , a ritual which consists of chanting nine words of power ( Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen! ) while making relevant hand signs. She then shouts "Evil spirit, be exorcised!" ( 悪霊退散 , Akuryō Taisan! ) , and throws one or multiple ofuda scrolls. She commonly uses this attack while in her Sailor Mars form as well as when she is in her civilian form. Rei must transform into
10080-462: The manga and live-action series has a small red jewel at the waist, though this vanishes upon upgrades. (Concept art shows this was supposed to appear as a necklace when not transformed but never does) She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Guardian of War and Guardian of Flame and Passion. Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain powers are unavailable to her in that form. In Japanese,
10200-427: The manga, she is listed as the secondary leader of the Sailor Guardians, after Sailor Venus . This fact is especially significant in the live-action series. As she grows stronger, Sailor Mars gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 41 of the manga, when she obtains the Mars Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She
10320-542: The mineral viluite . She acts under the alias of Yui Bidoh ( 美堂ゆい , Bidō Yui ) , Mugen Academy's top student and prefect of the Computer Club, using her nanomachines to turn computers into Hoste-sucking machines for the Mugen Prep School held in Mugen Academy. Viluy attempts to take Mercury's soul but ends up being killed by Sailor Uranus. When Kaolinite revives the Witches 5 for her curse against
10440-599: The musical Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi . They are portrayed as beautiful, seductive women with silver hair, and have a rivalry with the Death Mannetjes in the heart snatching. They use a Daimon named Gondola to steal Chibiusa's pure crystal heart, but they are stopped by Sailors Uranus and Neptune, and later killed by the Guardians, only to be revived by Sailor Moon at the end of the musical. They are played by Kaori Ishikawa, Ado Endou, Yuuko Matsumoto, Eri Ikemoto, Hisako Doubayashi, Yoshiko Nakahara, and Junko Oyama. In
10560-440: The musicals, only Cyprine has made an appearance, and she is played by Michiho Matsumoto, Saeri Amano, and Maana. The Death Mannetjes ( デス・マネッチャーズ , Desu Manecchāzu ) are servants of Professor Tomoe in the musicals Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi , Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi , and its revision. They are four men portrayed as thinking highly of themselves and as masters of disguise. The Mannetjes are tasked with finding
10680-425: The musicals, she is played by Nao Futatsugi, Yuka Kuwahara, and Yui Hasegawa. Tellu ( テルル , Teruru ) is the green-haired member of the Witches 5 with a rank of Level 404 and able to use the "Mandragora Buster" attack, named for the mineral tellurite . She acts under the alias of Lulu Teruno ( 照野留々 , Teruno Ruru ) and is prefect of Mugen Academy's Physical Education class and Botanical Garden, providing
10800-487: The name for the planet Mars is Kasei ( 火星 ) , the first kanji meaning ' fire ' and the second indicating a celestial object. Although the Roman planet-name is used, Sailor Mars' abilities are fire-based due to this aspect of Japanese mythology. Most are offensive attacks, although as a priestess, she also possesses a certain amount of psychic ability, and is able to do fire-readings , sense danger, and subdue evil spirits. In
10920-735: The new standard. This is especially noticeable in the Star Trek franchise; this would later be explained in-universe as a result of an ancient spacefaring humanoid civilization “seeding” its DNA across countless planets including Earth. This changed again since the 1990s with the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI), and later on as CGI became more effective and less expensive, as it allows to generate bizarre lifeforms without being constrained to actors with costumes or mechanical effects. Sailor Mars Rei Hino ( 火野 レイ , Hino Rei , renamed Raye Hino in some English adaptations) , better known as Sailor Mars ( セーラーマーズ , Sērā Māzu ) ,
11040-503: The object reverts to its original state with the Daimon Egg destroyed in the process releasing the bird-formed evil spirits. After the remaining Witches 5 have all been killed, the remaining Daimon Eggs all hatched and serve as a barrier to prevent the Sailor Guardians from entering Mugen Academy. After the final battle, one Daimon survived and Vesselized with the oven to become Rangy ( レンジ , Renji ) . Rangy acts on her instincts as
11160-692: The octopean Martians from The War of the Worlds (1898), the Selenites from First men in the Moon (1901), the birdlike Tweel from A Martian Odyssey (1934) and even a sentient star in Star Maker (1937). The Barney and Betty Hill incident took place in 1961 when the couple claimed that they were abducted by aliens and subjected to invasive experiments. It was the first recorded claim of an alien abduction , soon followed by others. The description of
11280-532: The other girls love, especially Usagi), but is later forced by Minako into posing as an idol. As "Mars Reiko," she appears on three occasions: performing for hospitalized people, working alongside Minako, and staging a contest with Minako in order to stop her from quitting the idol business. She has a complex relationship with Minako; though they often disagree and compete with each other, they also share great respect. Minako even sometimes lets her guard down around Rei, and eventually confides to her about what she feels
11400-515: The pendant that sat at her waist in the early manga was also intended to be worn as a necklace in her civilian form. Hitoshi Doi states that Kunihiko Ikuhara was responsible for much of Rei's changed personality in the anime. The kanji of Rei's surname translate as "fire" ( 火 , hi ) and "field" or "civilian" ( 野 , no ) . Her given name is in katakana rei ( レイ ) ; possible meanings include "spirit" ( 霊 ) , "companion" ( 儷 ) , "cool" ( 冷 ) , and "zero" ( 零 ) . Because katakana
11520-468: The player must beat five quizzes in order to defeat these enemies and to make it to the final challenge to confront Quiz. The musicals also portray them as using human hosts but have more in common in appearance with the anime version. Writer Rebecca Silverman reviewed the first part of the Sailor Moon S English dubbed blu-ray for Anime News Network and considered that there was a "distinct difference between Kaolinite's and Eudial's approaches to getting
11640-513: The powers of the Legendary Holy Grail and the Silver Crystal while within the entity. But the gambit caused the Outer Guardians' Talismans to resonate and awaken Sailor Saturn, who uses her "Death Reborn Revolution" to weaken Pharaoh 90 but stayed her hand from killing him when Sailor Moon emerged unharmed. The dying Pharaoh 90 attempts to flee back into the Tau System as Saturn gives chase, having Sailor Pluto use her "Dark Dome Close" to seal
11760-406: The process he used to create the Witches 5, a process that combines genetic manipulation and cybernetic modification, the result is malformed Atavized worm creatures which the others called failed experiments despite Tomoe's opinion of the monsters. When defeated, humans recently turned into Daimons revert to their original state while the Daimon Egg shatters upon being ejected. In the first anime,
11880-418: The promise of being promoted to Magus level. Kaolinite would later revive the Witches 5 as Mugen Academy's first line of defense when the Sailor Guardians storm the school. In the anime, the Witches 5 are led by Professor Tomoe while being at odds with Kaolinite. They work as researchers in an underground lab and compete amongst themselves for the professor's approval. They are first given the task to search for
12000-420: The scientific community for his unethical experiments, he sold his findings to companies and bought the entire Sankakusu District to continue his research to create "Super Beings". But a fire occurs in Tomoe's apartment that killed his wife Keiko and gravely wounded his daughter Hotaru. Tomoe saves his daughter by outfitting her body with cybernetic limbs during a freak storm that brought the Death Busters to Earth,
12120-527: The second-century parody True History by Lucian of Samosata . The 2nd century writer of satires, Lucian, in his True History claims to have visited the Moon when his ship was sent up by a fountain, which was peopled and at war with the people of the Sun over colonisation of the Morning Star. The way people have thought about extraterrestrials is tied to the development of actual sciences. One of
12240-486: The sort is ever shown, as Rei unquestionably detests boys. In the anime only, she "dates" Mamoru Chiba in the first season (though he thinks they are just friends), and occasionally seems open to a relationship with Yūichirō Kumada , her grandfather's pupil. In one episode, on the brink of death, she states that she wished she had kissed Yūichirō before leaving. In the original anime, she states in episode 152 that she dreams of one day getting married. Later on, members of
12360-617: The spirit of Sailor Saturn within her, their combined strength destroying Mistress 9's dark essence for good. In Sailor Moon S , Mistress 9's voice is provided by Yuko Minaguchi and Yukiyo Fujii provides her voice in Crystal . In the CWI English dub, she is voiced by Susan Aceron . In the Viz Media English dub, she is voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos . In the musicals, two actresses have played her: Tomoko Inami and Chinatsu Akiyama. Master Pharaoh 90 ( 師 ( マスター ) ファラオ 90 ( ナインティ ) , Masutā Farao Nainti )
12480-473: The talismans and are rivals of Kaolinite's own set of minions: the Death Nightmares. They are killed by the Sailor Guardians but are revived by Sailor Moon at the end of the musical. Their leader is Death Ra, and other members include Death Ri, Death Ru, and Death Debu Re. They are respectively played by Ryuuji Kasahara, Masakazu Idono, Masayuki Ozaki, and Kouhei Kowada. The Death Mannetjes appear in
12600-604: The talismans." Regarding Keith Silverstein 's job dubbing Professor Tomoe, Silverman stated that the voice actor seemed to have fun while doing his part and thought he found "a very good balance between insane and evil ." Silverman also noted the increased sexuality of Kaolinite's Daimons. On a later review of the second part, Silverman regrets the producers did not devote enough time to develop Tellu, Viluy, Cyprine, and Ptilol, as they spent too much time on Mimete. However, she praised Kira Buckland 's voice acting as Mimete, and positively compared her to Mika Kanai . In his review of
12720-445: The third story arc and third season respectively. Her first attack to be the same across all versions is "Burning Mandala," which incorporates Buddhist symbolism in the fiery rings Sailor Mars summons. She is not immune to her own powers, as she is able to use them for a suicide move in the anime. Sailor Mars' final and greatest power comes in the fourth story arc, when she takes on her second Sailor Guardian form (Super Sailor Mars in
12840-477: The third-season finale of Sailor Moon Crystal in Den of Geek , writer Michael S. Mammano noted that Master Pharaoh 90 is the first of the major antagonists to beg for his life: "We've seen rage, denial, despair, but never begging. I'm not sure if that makes Pharaoh 90 pathetic or Pluto and Saturn just that much cooler. Perhaps both?" In the third official Sailor Moon popularity poll, out of fifty-one choices, Mistress 9
12960-554: The two most influential movies about aliens – Close Encounters of the Third Kind , and ET the Extra-Terrestrial – the aliens and those movies were both basically variations on the 1950s and 1960s little green or little grey man image". The advent of TV and films, with extraterrestrials played by actors, toned down the fantasy. For budget reasons, humanlike aliens with just some specific non-human body features became
13080-549: The use of everyday items, like her deadly shoulder-mounted flamethrower , the Fire Buster, and later in the series booby-traps the under-construction Marine Cathedral. Eudial actually succeeds in getting two of the Talismans but loses them to Sailor Pluto . She uses the Fire Buster to try to attack Super Sailor Moon , but she deflects it back to her. Furious, she escapes in her car, only to find that Mimete has torn out its brakes and filled it with snails. The car crashes through
13200-795: The voice matching. Barlow would later become the permanent replacement voice for Sailor Venus after Griffin returned to voice Sailor Mars. Sandy Howell also provides English vocals for songs sung by Raye in the English dub. In the Viz Media English adaptation produced in association with Studiopolis , her voice is supplied by Cristina Vee , a long-time Sailor Moon fan. In the musical productions, Rei has been portrayed by ten actresses: Hiroko Nakayama, Misako Kotani, Asuka Umemiya, Hiromi Sakai, Eri Kanda, Megumi Yoshida, Aiko Kawasaki, Risa Honma, Kanon Nanaki, Karen Kobayashi., Kazumi Takayama , Ranze Terada, Kotomi Hirai, Kyoko Ninomiya and Yui Hasegawa. In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , Rei
13320-487: Was Tomoe's assistant before being infected with a Daimon Egg that consumes her humanity while pledging her loyalty to Pharaoh 90. Serving as Pharaoh 90's emissary, with access to Tairon Crystal, Kaolinite convinces Tomoe to offer himself and Hotaru to the Death Busters. Despite no longer being human, Kaolinite retained some of her former self like her infatuation with Tomoe. Posing as Mugen Academy's headmistress, communicating with Pharaoh 90 to relay his orders, Kaolinite directs
13440-545: Was among those given the duty of protecting Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. As Princess Mars, she lived in Phobos-Deimos Castle and wore a red gown—she appears in this form in the original manga, as well as in supplementary art. Naoko Takeuchi once drew her in the arms of Jadeite . In the manga, he expresses at least a physical attraction to her, and in Sailor Moon Crystal and in
13560-538: Was inspired by Takeuchi's own experience working as a miko for Shiba Daijingu Shrine while in college. She also stated that she was frequently hit on by the shrine's patrons, a source of annoyance that carries over into the character. Hikawa Shrine, where Rei lives and works, is based on the Hikawa Shrines , one of which is in Azabu Jūban , where the story is set. The kanji for "ice" in the original name (氷川神社)
13680-524: Was played by Julie Lemieux . In the Viz Media English adaptation, she is voiced by Laura Post . In the musicals, she is played by Mio Nunokawa, Akiko Iwasaki and Momoko Sadachi. Cyprine ( シプリン , Shipurin ) and Ptilol ( プチロル , Puchiroru ) are collectively the final members of the Witches 5 with a rank of Level 999 and able to use the "Ribbon Buster" attack. In the Materials Collection , author Naoko Takeuchi states that Ptilol
13800-541: Was played by Keiko Kitagawa . In addition, Haruhi Mizukuro and Akira Tanaka portray the younger Rei in flashbacks and childhood photos. The character has been well received by manga readers. Official Sailor Moon popularity polls listed Rei Hino and Sailor Mars as separate entities. In 1992, readers ranked them at thirteenth and fourteenth respectively, out of thirty eight choices. One year later, now with fifty choices, Mars remained at fourteenth most popular while Rei dropped to fifteenth. In 1994, with fifty one choices, Rei
13920-423: Was ranked the twenty-third most popular character in the series, Professor Tomoe was thirty-fourth, Kaolinite was thirty-sixth, and Pharaoh 90 was forty-eighth. The poll listed the magical and civilian forms of the Witches 5 as separate entities. Mimete was the twenty-eighth most popular character, Mimi Hanyu was thirty-first, Eudial was thirty-second, Cyprine was thirty-fifth, Yui Bidoh was thirty-seventh, Lulu Teruno
14040-478: Was spelled as Raye Hino and was voiced by Katie Griffin , in her first voice acting role, for most of the franchise; however, Emilie-Claire Barlow filled in for the last 17 episodes of the second season while Griffin was involved in a film production. Raye was also Barlow's first voice acting role, and she said that during recording, it was difficult to take care of her voice, as Raye "had a lot of yelling." She also listened to Griffin's recording sessions to help with
14160-405: Was the twentieth most popular character, whereas Sailor Mars was the twenty-second, with a gap between the two characters of over three thousand votes. In early 1996, with fifty one choices, Sailor Mars was the thirty-first most popular character and Rei was the thirty-second. In Animage 's 1993 poll, she came sixth. In 1994, she came tenth. A five-book series was published, one book on each of
14280-409: Was thirty-eighth, Viluy was fortieth, Yuko Arimura was forty-second, Tellu was forty-third, and Ptilol was forty-fourth. Extraterrestrials in fiction An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction , and also appeared in much earlier works such as
14400-433: Was very young; her father is a famous politician who cares more about his job than about her (though in the live-action version he still tries to be involved in her life), and who only visits Rei on her birthday. She carries a certain amount of dislike towards him, especially in the live-action series, in which the character of her grandfather does not appear. Because of the lack of respectable males in her life, Rei harbors
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