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5 Sailor Moon Facts You Probably Didn't Know

A pharmacist, a power couple, and the planets.

美少女戦士セーラームーン · Since 1992 · Toei Animation · Naoko Takeuchi

1. The creator is a licensed pharmacist

   Naoko Takeuchi earned a pharmacy degree and worked as a pharmacist before her manga career took off.

2. She married another manga legend

   Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter.

3. The dub turned a couple into "cousins"

   The original English dub rewrote Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, a romantic couple, as cousins.

4. It began in a girls' magazine

   The manga ran in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997, and the Toei anime began in 1992.

5. It got a faithful remake

   Sailor Moon Crystal (2014) and the Sailor Moon Eternal and Cosmos films retold the story closer to the manga.

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