 |  angel eyes1212: fuck america god bless nigeria and fuck that queen BITCH yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we the citesins of chezosylvackia will not stand for this cat shit whooooooo!!!!!!!!!! vlad putin is may cousin and we will take your dogs and toasters dont fuck with us antarcticans we will fuck your cat up man u dont want none of this bitch!!!!! we gon steel your washermachine and your goats fuc america avengers angel eyes1212: The Sailor Moon manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Naoko Takeuchi. The series takes place in Tokyo, Japan, where the Sailor Soldiers (セーラー戦士 Sērā Senshi), a group of ten magical girls, are formed to combat an assortment of antagonists attempting to take over the Earth, the Solar System, and the Milky Way galaxy. Each Soldier undergoes a transformation which grants her a uniform in her own theme colors and a unique elemental power. The ten Sailor Soldiers are named after the planets of the Solar System, with the exception of Earth but including its moon. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strength and magical abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals and extraterrestrial lifeforms. The series follows the adventures of the titular protagonist, Sailor Moon, her lover Tuxedo Mask, and her guardians: Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. They are later joined by Chibiusa (Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's daughter from the future) and four more guardians: Sailors Pluto, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. The series' antagonists include the Dark Kingdom, the Black Moon Clan, the Death Busters, the Dead Moon Circus, and Shadow Galactica. Takeuchi's initial concept was a story called Codename: Sailor V, in which Sailor V discovers her magical powers and protects the people of Earth. After the Codename: Sailor V manga was proposed for an anime adaptation, Takeuchi changed her concept to include ten superheroines who defend the galaxy. The manga's anime and live-action adaptations feature some original characters created by the production staff and not by Takeuchi. Contents 1 Creation and conception 2 Character design 3 Main characters 3.1 Sailor Moon 3.2 Tuxedo Mask 3.3 Sailor Mercury 3.4 Sailor Mars 3.5 Sailor Jupiter 3.6 Sailor Venus 3.7 Sailor Chibi Moon 3.8 Sailor Pluto 3.9 Sailor Uranus 3.10 Sailor Neptune 3.11 Sailor Saturn 4 Antagonists 4.1 Dark Kingdom 4.2 Hell Tree aliens 4.3 Black Moon Clan 4.4 Death Busters 4.5 Dead Moon Circus 4.6 Shadow Galactica 5 Supporting characters 5.1 Luna, Artemis, and Diana 5.2 Sailor Starlights 5.3 Other humans 5.4 Other nonhumans 6 Merchandise 7 Reception 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Creation and conception Naoko Takeuchi initially wrote Codename: Sailor V, a one-shot manga which focused on Sailor Venus. When Sailor V was proposed for an anime adaptation by Toei Animation, Takeuchi changed the concept to include Sailor Venus as a part of a "sentai" (team of five) and created the characters of Sailors Moon, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter.[1] The name "Sailor Senshi", or "Sailor Soldier", comes from sailor fuku, a type of Japanese school uniform that the main characters' fighting uniforms are based on, and the Japanese word senshi, which can mean "soldier", "warrior", "guardian", or "fighter".[citation needed] Takeuchi created the term by fusing English and Japanese words.[citation needed] The DIC Entertainment/Cloverway English adaptation of the anime changed it to "Sailor Scout" for most of its run. According to Takeuchi, only females can be Sailor Soldiers.[1] In the anime's fifth season, the Sailor Starlights are depicted as men transforming into women when changing from their normal forms into Sailor Soldiers (rather than just being women disguising as men as they appear in the manga), which strongly displeased Takeuchi as she felt this undermined her rule that only girls could be Sailor Soldiers.[citation needed] Most of the antagonists in the series have names that are related to minerals and gemstones, including Queen Beryl and the Four Kings of Heaven, the Black Moon Clan, Kaolinite and the Witches 5, and most of the members of the Dead Moon Circus. Members of the Amazoness Quartet are named after the first four asteroids to be discovered. The Sailor Animamates have the prefix "Sailor" (despite not being true Sailor Soldiers in the manga),[2]:Act 45 followed by the name of a metal and the name of an animal. Character design Takeuchi wanted to create a series about girls in outer space, and her editor, Fumio Osano, suggested that Takeuchi add the "sailor suit" motif to the uniform worn by the Sailor Soldiers.[3] Originally, each of the Soldiers were intended to have their own unique outfit; however, it was later determined that they would wear uniforms based on a single theme,[citation needed] and Sailor Moon's costume concept was the closest to that which would eventually be used for all the girls.[citation needed] While the Soldiers first uniforms had slight differences,[4][not in citation given] Takeuchi settled on a more unified appearance in later stages of character design.[citation needed] Among the protagonist Sailor Soldiers, Sailor Venus (during her time as Sailor V) has the only outfit that varies significantly from the others. Sailor Moon, whatever form she takes, always has a more elaborate costume than any of the others. She also gains individual power-ups more frequently than any other character. Sailor Soldiers originating from outside the Solar System have different and varying outfits; however, one single feature – the sailor collar – connects them all. Main characters The Sailor Soldiers as seen in Sailor Moon Crystal (season 3) Sailor Moon Main article: Sailor Moon (character) Usagi Tsukino (月野 うさぎ Tsukino Usagi, called Serena Tsukino in the original English dub) is the main protagonist of the series and leader of the Sailor Soldiers. Usagi is a careless fourteen-year-old girl with an enormous capacity for love, compassion, and understanding. Usagi transforms into the heroine called Sailor Moon, Soldier of Love and Justice. At the beginning of the series, she is a self-described immature crybaby who resents fighting evil and wants nothing more than to be a normal girl. As the story progresses, however, she embraces the chance to use her power to protect those she cares about.[5]:283–284[6]:209 Tuxedo Mask Main article: Tuxedo Mask Mamoru Chiba (地場 衛 Chiba Mamoru, called Darien Shields in the original English dub) is a student who is older than Usagi. When he was a young child, Mamoru was in a car accident that killed his parents and erased his memories.[7] He and Usagi share a special psychic connection, and he can sense when she is in danger.[8][9] This inspires him to take on the guise of Tuxedo Mask and fight alongside the Sailor Soldiers when needed. After an initially confrontational relationship,[10] he and Usagi remember their past lives together and fall in love again. Sailor Mercury Main article: Sailor Mercury Ami Mizuno (水野 亜美 Mizuno Ami, called Amy Anderson in the original English dub) is a quiet but intelligent fourteen-year-old bookworm in Usagi's class with a rumored IQ of 300.[11]:Act 2 She can transform into Sailor Mercury, Soldier of Water and Wisdom. Ami's shy exterior masks a passion for learning and taking care of the people around her.[12] She hopes to eventually become a doctor like her mother, and tends to be the practical one in the group. She is secretly a fan of pop culture and romance novels, and becomes embarrassed whenever this is pointed out. Ami also uses her handheld computer, which is capable of scanning and detecting virtually anything about which she requires information. Sailor Mars Main article: Sailor Mars Rei Hino (火野 レイ Hino Rei, called Raye Hino in the original English dub) is an elegant fourteen-year-old miko (English: shrine maiden). Because of her work as a Shinto priestess, Rei has limited precognition and can dispel or nullify evil using special ofuda scrolls, even in her civilian form.[5]:165–166 She transforms into Sailor Mars, Soldier of Fire and Passion.She is very serious and focused, and easily becomes annoyed by Usagi's laziness, although she cares about her very much. In the anime adaptation, Rei is portrayed as boy-crazy[5]:165–166 and short-tempered, while in the manga and live-action series she is depicted as uninterested in romance and more self-controlled.[13]:Act 36 She attends a private Catholic school separate from the other girls. Sailor Jupiter Main article: Sailor Jupiter Makoto Kino (木野 まこと Kino Makoto, called Lita Kino in the original English dub) is a fourteen-year-old girl who is a student in Usagi Tsukino's class and was rumoured to have been expelled from her previous school for fighting. Unusually tall and strong for a Japanese schoolgirl,[14]:12 she transforms into Sailor Jupiter, Soldier of Thunder and Courage.Both of Makoto's parents died in a plane crash years ago, so she lives alone and takes care of herself. In the original anime, she confesses to Seijuro that she has a younger sister who no longer wishes to speak to her.[15] She cultivates her physical strength and domestic interests, including housekeeping, cooking, and gardening. Makoto excels at hand-to-hand combat. Her dream is to marry a young handsome man and to own a flower-and-cake shop.[16] Sailor Venus Main article: Sailor Venus Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子 Aino Minako, called Mina Aino in the original English dub) is a fourteen-year-old perky dreamer. Minako first appears as the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V.[17][18]:Act 9 She has a companion cat called Artemis who works alongside Luna in guiding the Sailor Soldiers. Minako transforms into Sailor Venus, Soldier of Love and Beauty,and leads Sailor Moon's four inner soldiers, while acting as Sailor Moon's bodyguard and decoy because of their near-identical looks. She dreams of becoming a famous singer and idol, and attends auditions whenever she can.[19] In contrast, in the live-action series, she is a successful J-pop singer (of whom Usagi, Ami, and Makoto are fans) and has poor health due to her anemia, choosing to isolate herself from the other Guardians as a result.[20] Sailor Chibi Moon Main article: Chibiusa Chibiusa (ちびうさ Chibiusa, called Rini in the original English dub) is the future daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion in the 30th century. She later trains with Sailor Moon to become a Sailor Soldier in her own right,[5]:123–211 and learns to transform into Sailor Chibi Moon (or "Sailor Mini Moon" in the English series). At times she has an adversarial relationship with her mother in the 20th century,[5]:284 as she is more mature than Usagi, but as the series progresses they develop a deep bond. Chibiusa wants to grow up to become like her mother.[13]:35 Sailor Pluto Main article: Sailor Pluto Setsuna Meioh (冥王 せつな Meiō Setsuna, called Trista Meioh in the original English dub) is a mysterious woman who appears first as Sailor Pluto, Soldier of Spacetime and Change.She has the duty of guarding the Space-Time Door from unauthorized travelers. Only later does she appear on Earth, living as a college student. She has a distant personality and can be very stern, but can also be quite friendly and helps the Sailor Soldiers when she can.[5]:212 After her long vigil guarding the Space-Time Door she carries a deep sense of loneliness, although she is close friends with Chibiusa. Chibiusa calls her by her nickname "Puu". Sailor Pluto's talisman is her Garnet Rod, which aids her power to freeze time and attacks. Sailor Uranus Main article: Sailor Uranus Haruka Tenoh (天王 はるか Ten'ō Haruka, called Amara Tenoh in t angel eyes1212: Sailor Saturn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sailor Saturn Sailor Moon character SailorSaturn.jpg Sailor Saturn in her original uniform with her Silence Glaive, as drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. First appearance "Infinity 1 - Premonition" (Manga) "Who is the True Messiah? Chaos of Light and Darkness" (1990s series) "Infinity 1 Premonition - Part 2" (Sailor Moon Crystal) Created by Naoko Takeuchi Voiced by Japanese: Yūko Minaguchi Yukiyo Fujii (Sailor Moon Crystal) English: Christine Marie Cabanos (Viz Dub) Jen Gould (CWi Dub) Profile Alias Hotaru Tomoe Princess Saturn Goddess of Destruction and Rebirth Mysterious Girl (musicals only)[1] Kon (musicals only)[2] Affiliations Sailor Guardians Death Busters (As Mistress 9's host) Dead Moon Circus (musicals)[1] Shadow Galactica (manga) Powers and abilities Immense destructive/deathly powers Erection of force fields Minor healing abilities Reincarnation Premonition Sailor Saturn (セーラーサターン Sērā Satān) is a fictional lead character in Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon media franchise. She is the alternate human identity of Hotaru Tomoe (土萠 ほたる Tomoe Hotaru), and a member of the Sailor Guardians, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Sailor Saturn is the last of the Sailor Guardians to be discovered, possessing powers associated with destruction, death, and rebirth that made her a potential threat as she can wipe out a planet and even an entire star system or reset its evolution. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Saturn 2.2 Princess Saturn 2.3 Mistress 9 2.4 Mysterious Girl 2.5 Kon 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 7 See also 8 References Profile 12-year-old Hotaru Tomoe, as seen in the original 1990s anime Years prior to the story, Hotaru was eight years old and living with her parents in Tokyo's Sankakusu District prior to a freak storm which caused a fire that killed her mother Keiko and left her on the verge of death herself. Later admitting that she was meant to die at the time, Hotaru's life was unnaturally prolonged by both the actions of her father Souichi Tomoe turning her into a cyborg and being made a host to the Daimon Mistress 9 whose presence caused Hotaru's body to suffer seizures with only the Tairon Crystal appearing to reduce the pain. Wearing clothes to conceal her altered body, unaware of Mistress 9's existence prior, Hotaru was friendless prior to meeting Chibiusa. By the time Hotaru realized Mistress 9's existence, she loses her body to the Daimon as she steals Chibiusa's Legendary Silver Crystal to fully regain her strength. Hotaru is also revealed to be the reincarnation of Sailor Saturn who was responsible for destroying the last remnants of the fallen Moon Kingdom Silver Millenium so it can begin anew of Earth. This fact and her power made her feared by the Outer Guardians as they initially intended to kill Hotaru and seal her soul before she could awaken and destroy Earth. But Hotaru, seemingly destroyed when Mistress 9 ripped herself out of the human's body, ended up awakening as Saturn when Master Pharaoh appeared and Sailor Moon appeared to have died in a gambit. Though Saturn intended to destroy Earth along with Pharaoh 90, she stays her hand upon seeing Sailor Moon alive and deemed destroying Earth so it to be renewed for the new Silver Millenium not needed. She then drives Pharaoh 90 to his domain while sacrificing herself to ensure he remains trapped, though Sailor Moon's restoration brings Hotaru back to Earth as a human infant. With Tomoe dead, Hotaru becomes the adopted daughter of Haruka Tenoh, Michiru Kaioh and Setsuna Meioh as the four of them reside at an Empire Victorian House. In the first anime, Hotaru's story is mostly the same except that she was not modified into a cyborg and Mistress 9 had a stronger influence that played a role in her being ostracized by her classmates. Her father also survived the Death Busters' defeat and was allowed to raise her until Sailor Pluto asks for her help in the first part of Sailor Moon Stars. Hotaru's age fluctuates during the series; she is first introduced as a 12-year-old, is reborn as an infant, quickly develops into a young child around 4, 5, or 8 then reaches her proper chronological age after a metaphysical epiphany. In the musicals, Professor Tomoe is only present in a few stages, though Sailor Saturn appears in every musical from the third on. In musicals where Tomoe is absent, Hotaru is presented as being in the care of Haruka and Michiru. During Last Dracul Jokyoku, Hotaru is presented in the care of Professor Tomoe, knowing of the existence of the Sailor Soldiers, yet not awakening as Sailor Saturn until halfway through the musical. Naoko Takeuchi, the series creator, describes her as delicate, quiet, precocious, and expressionless.[3] Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations and a long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century, Hotaru gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Saturn Sailor Saturn wears a dark blue-violet Sailor suit and maroon uniform. The initial version of this uniform has petal-shaped sleeves, a windrose brooch and choker with the same kind of windrose, gloves, and knee high boots, lace up boots. She is given various specific titles, including Soldier of Silence,[4] Soldier of Destruction,[4] and Soldier of Ruin and Birth.[5] Sailor Saturn carries the Silence Glaive, which she may use to bring about the destruction of a world or worlds with a single swing. She also has the ability to heal minor wounds in both her civilian and Soldier forms, having healed Chibiusa when she was attacked by a Daimon, through the process weakens her which was more detrimental while she had Mistress 9 in her body. In her past life, Sailor Saturn lived far from Silver Millennium and only appears during a crisis with the Talismans of the Outer Guardians serving as keys to summon her once the items were brought together. Because of their distance from Silver Millennium and each other, Saturn and the Outer Guardians were not intended to reborn.[6] But as Hotaru theorized, the events caused by the Death Busters played a key role in her awakening when she was originally meant to die and the Outer Guardians allowed to live normal lives. Sailor Saturn gains additional powers as the series progresses, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Saturn Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title. A similar event takes place in Episode 168 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Saturn. A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, also unnamed, but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[7] Princess Saturn According to the manga, on Silver Millennium, Sailor Saturn was also the princess of her home planet. She was among those given the duty of protecting the Solar System's Outer Rim. As Princess Saturn, she dwelt in Titan Castle and wore a purple gown—she appears in this form in the original manga and in supplementary art.[8][9] Unlike the other Sailor Guardians, it is stated that Saturn did not awaken on Silver Millennium until after it was destroyed so Princess Saturn's exact status during that time is unclear. Mistress 9 Main article: Mistress 9 During the third story arc of the manga and the anime adaptations, Hotaru's body was possessed by a parasitic Daimon known as Mistress 9. Mistress 9 eventually took over Hotaru's body and distorted it into an adult-like form, eventually destroying it when Mistress rips out of her host body. In the first anime, retaining her sense and defying the parasite like in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, Hotaru awakened as Saturn and destroyed Mistress 9 at the cost of her body. Mysterious Girl In the musical Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni... and its revision, Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni... Saturn Fukkatsu Hen!, Hotaru takes the alias of a nameless girl while under the control of the Dead Moon Circus, who beat and ridicule her. Her memories are seemingly erased and she is given the powers to enter and alter people's dreams. Only Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto realize who she really is. In the original musical, it is only implied that she is Hotaru, and it is stated but not shown that she is Sailor Saturn. Her actual awakening as Saturn is also ambiguous, while implied, it's not shown and she is simply shown as a normal girl at the end of the musical. In the revision, her identity as Hotaru is stated plainly, and she awakens on-stage as Saturn, after being saved by the other Sailor Soldiers and appears transformed moments later. Kon In all four of the Kaguya Island musicals, Hotaru is possessed by a spirit named Kon, who speaks through Hotaru to the other Sailor Guardians. When Hotaru awakens she has no memory of what happened while Kon possessed her body. Kon is the remnant of stars destroyed by Dark Plasman and the comet Coatl. In the first two of these musicals, she gives her power to Sailor Moon in the final battle to allow her to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon. Kon was given the song "Hitosuji no Hikari no Kokoro" in her appearances. Special powers and items While several Sailor Guardians have unusual powers as civilians, Hotaru's are numerous and varied. Some of these are portrayed only in the third story arc, such as her past life existing as a secondary personality that unconscious transmits visions to the other Sailor Guardians of uncoming disasters that would lead to her eventual awakening. Prior to her awakening, Hotaru displayed the ability to involuntarily create force-fields and energy beams whenever in danger and heal minor flesh wounds. Her possession by Mistress 9 also revealed her ability to exist as a disembodied soul as long as her body is intact. Due to the destructive nature of her powers, Hotaru would be reborn as an infant immediately upon fulfilling her task as Sailor Saturn in an event that ends with her demise.[10]. The infant Hotaru would later grow to her former within a matter of days should she need to reawaken, with a visitation by the soul of her past life completing the process. Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto gained their second evolved transformation when Hotaru gives them their Sailor Crystals while she regained her teenage body. In the anime, Hotaru is still a baby when her power floods Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, upgrading them and herself to their evolved Super forms. In both versions, Hotaru has visions of coming events, especially of danger, and can project these visions to other people. When she is a young girl, she creates a small projection of the galaxy which hovers in the air in her room, simulating astronomical history at high speed. However, it is only in the manga that Haruka stays with her while she reproduces these events to help keep her increasingly powerful abilities in check. Hotaru's transformation into Sailor Saturn is rare. The transformation sequence into her Soldier form is never shown in the main series, although one of the video games included a shortened transformation sequence, which she initiated by raising her hand in the air (like the other Sailor Soldiers) and shouting "Saturn Planet Power, Make up!".[11] In the manga she eventually gains her Saturn Crystal and does transform in front of the other Soldiers, evoking Saturn Crystal Power! Make Up!.[12] In the anime, although she does upgrade to Super Sailor Saturn, the command Saturn Crystal Power is never mentioned and her transformation is again not shown on-screen. Sailor Saturn's powers are mostly based on Roman mythology, in which Sa angel eyes1212: Makoto Kino (木野 まこと Kino Makoto, renamed "Lita Kino" in some English adaptations), better known as Sailor Jupiter (セーラージュピター Sērā Jupitā), is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. Makoto is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. In the series, Makoto is the third Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Usagi Tsukino, and serves as the "muscles" of the group,[1] as she possesses superhuman strength, as well as powers associated with electricity and plants. Aside from the main body of the Sailor Moon series, Makoto features in her own manga short story, The Melancholy of Mako-chan. A number of image songs mentioning her character have been released as well, including the contents of three different CD singles. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Jupiter 2.2 Princess Jupiter 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 7 See also 8 References Profile Makoto's strong, independent personality is hinted at in her most striking physical feature—her unusual height (5'8" or 1.77 meters). She is stated at her first appearance in the series to be very tall, and considerable notice is taken in the original Japanese versions, although this trait is downplayed in English translations (as her relative height is not all that uncommon in most Europeans). She is physically very strong, and in fact was rumoured to have been kicked out of her previous school for fighting. She is introduced to the series after transferring to Azabu Jūban Junior High, where Usagi Tsukino and Ami Mizuno are students, and where she stands out all the more because her school uniform is different from everyone else's; unable to find anything in her size, her school's administration tells her to wear her old one. It has a long skirt, which when coupled with her curly hair, was a common visual cue for a tough or delinquent girl at the time the series was created.[2] However, unlike these delinquent girls, her wavy hair is natural.[3] Despite her tough appearance, she is very gentle. She always wears pink rose earrings and a green hair tie that decorates her ponytail. Makoto in her school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. One of the most consistent characters across the many versions of the series, Makoto is always depicted as simultaneously the most masculine and feminine of the four Guardian Soldiers. Her most closely held dream is to get married and own a cake and flower shop.[4] After entering high school, she also joins the cooking and gardening clubs.[5] Her domestic talents are explained as a deliberate effort to overcome her tomboyishness.[6] In the live-action series she enjoys shopping, but eschews "girly" things (she can be seen shopping for basketball shoes in one scene, for instance[7]); she cooks, but also physically overpowers delinquents; she reorganizes her home, but does so with a sledgehammer.[8] She also excels in dancing, especially ice-skating. She insists that she is not the least bit feminine, and seems surprised and touched when someone tells her she is.[9] This dual nature comes from a need to be self-sufficient: her parents died in an aviation accident as a child and she has since then looked after herself. She is self-sufficient almost to a fault, and gets shocked when an airplane passes overhead. In the anime adaptation, Makoto lives alone. In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Makoto's parents' death is told in a flashback in Act 6, but how they died is not mentioned.[10] Makoto has at least one former boyfriend, which is the importance of this subplot. Her senpai is mentioned only once or twice. In the anime adaptation Makoto is extremely boy-crazy. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon is an integral part of why Makoto feels she needs to be alone.[10] In each version, there are mentions of other men who were very briefly a part of her life. Makoto is generally attracted to Motoki Furuhata, especially in the anime, but only in the live-action show do they become close.[9] By the end of the direct-to-DVD Special Act, they are engaged to be married.[11] Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations and extended longevity; a really long ageless lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th Century, Makoto gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Jupiter Makoto's Soldier identity is Sailor Jupiter. She wears a sailor suit colored in green and pink, with rose-shaped earrings and green, laced-up boots with height just above the ankles. In the manga and live-action series she has a belt carrying a small ball of potpourri.[12] She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including "Soldier of Protection",[13] "Herculean Jupiter",[14] "Soldier of Thunder and Courage",[10] and "Soldier of Caring".[15] Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain powers are unavailable to her in that form. In Japanese, the name for the planet Jupiter is Mokusei (木星), the first kanji meaning 'wood' and the second indicating a celestial object. Although the Roman planet-name is used, Sailor Jupiter's dominant element is wood[16] due to this aspect of Japanese mythology.[17] Unusually, most of her attacks are based on her secondary power, lightning, which is in reference to the Roman god Jupiter. She is by far the physically strongest of the Sailor Soldiers, able to lift a full-grown man above her head,[18] even while ice skating[19] or to stop a stone pillar from falling.[20] In the early manga, she always has a short antenna coming from her tiara, which serves as a lightning rod; eventually this takes on the same role as in the anime, and extends upward only when she summons lightning. It does not appear in the live-action series. As she grows much stronger and more powerful, Sailor Jupiter gains additional special abilities and powers, and at key points her Sailor Soldier uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 37 of the manga, when she obtains the Jupiter Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title.[4] A similar event is divided between Episodes 143 and 154 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Jupiter. A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[21] Princess Jupiter In Silver Millennium, Sailor Jupiter was also the Princess of her home planet. She was among those given the duty of protecting Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. As Princess Jupiter, she dwelt in Io Castle and wore a green gown—she appears in this form in the original manga, as well as in supplementary art.[22][23] Naoko Takeuchi once drew her in the arms of Nephrite, but no further romantic link between them was established in the manga or the first anime adaptation.[24] However, in Sailor Moon Crystal it is clearly stated that Sailor Jupiter and Nephrite were in love at the time of the Moon Kingdom.[25] This is also established in the stage musicals,[26] and it is implied in the Another Story video game.[27] Special powers and items Sailor Jupiter using Sparkling Wide Pressure in Sailor Moon Crystal. Makoto is portrayed as unusually strong for a teenage girl,[1] but like the other Sailor Soldiers, she must transform in order to gain access to her celestial powers.[28] She transforms into a Sailor Soldier by raising a special device (pen, bracelet, wand, or crystal) into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Jupiter Power, Make-up!"[29] As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Jupiter Star, Planet, or Crystal Power.[30] In the manga, Sailor Jupiter's first named attack is Flower Hurricane, which is immediately followed by calling down lightning.[31] Emphasis is quickly placed upon her electric-based powers, and these are the norm in all versions of the series.[32] Her primary attack for the first story arc and most of the second is Supreme Thunder,[33] for which she calls down lightning from the sky with a tiny lightning rod that extends from the stone on her tiara (or, in the live-action series, with her leg). Sometimes, before performing the attack she would call out "Waga shugo Mokusei yo! Arashi wo okose! Kumo wo yobe! Ikazuchi wo furaseyo!" (我が守護木星よ！嵐を起こせ！雲を呼べ！雷を降らせよ！; My guardian Jupiter! Brew a storm! Call the clouds! Bring down the lightning!). Although she channels this power, she is not immune to its effects, and can use her body to focus the electricity in a suicide move.[34] It is upgraded twice for one-off attacks in the anime series: once to Supreme Thunder Dragon,[35] and much later to Super Supreme Thunder.[36] In the second story arc Sailor Jupiter gains Sparkling Wide Pressure, an attack consisting of a lightning ball [37] which, aside from a manga-only power called Jupiter Coconut Cyclone, remains her primary attack for the rest of the second story arc, all of the third, and much of the fourth. When she takes on her second Soldier form (Super Sailor Jupiter in the anime), she acquires a special item, a wreath of oak leaves, which is described in the manga as "the emblem of thunder and lightning." It appears in her hair and enables her to use Jupiter Oak Evolution.[38] Sailor Jupiter's earrings, large pink roses, are occasionally significant. She wears them in both her Soldier and civilian forms, and can use them as a projectile weapon if she needs to.[39] When they first meet in the manga, Usagi thinks the roses have a nice fragrance, and late in the anime the sight of them brings her back from temporary memory loss because it reminds her of Tuxedo Mask.[40] Much more important, in the manga, are the Jupiter Crystal and Leaves of Oak. The former is Makoto's Sailor Crystal and the source of all of her power, which becomes especially important in the fifth story arc. In the live-action series, she frequently uses unnamed electric attacks, and is given a tambourine-like weapon (the Sailor Star Tambo) by Artemis.[41] In the final episode, the Tambo transforms into a lance. Development Makoto is present in the original proposal for a hypothetical Codename: Sailor V anime, but her name is given as Mamoru Chino. Creator Naoko Takeuchi confirms that this character eventually became Makoto, and writes that the original concept was quite different—Makoto was not only tough, but in fact was meant to be the leader of a female gang as well as a smoker.[42] A very similar name was later given to the series' male protagonist, Mamoru Chiba. Sailor Jupiter's original costume design, like the others', was fully unique. It featured buckles, very long gloves, blue and yellow highlights, a bare lower torso, and a profusion of thin, dark pink ribbons—along with a face-plate and communicator. Later, Takeuchi was surprised by these sketches and stated that she did not remember drawing them.[43] Her instructions to the animators included a note that Makoto should appear muscular, "a little meatier than normal."[1] The kanji of Makoto's surname translate as "tree" or "wood" or "spirit" (木 ki) and "field" or "civilian" (野 no). Her given name is in hiragana makoto (まこと) and therefore difficult to translate. Possible meanings include "truth", "fidelity", and "sincerity". The given name "Makoto," however, is a unisex name usually given to boys, but is sometimes given to girls; its use here highlights Makoto's tomboyishness.[44] Actresses In the original Japanese series, Makoto is voiced by Emi Shinohara in the original series, and by Ami Koshimizu in Sailor Moon Crystal and all media since.[45] In the DIC/Cloverway English adaptation, her name was changed to "Lita" and was voiced by Susan Roman. In the Viz Media English adaptation, her voice is supplied by Amanda C. Miller.[46][47] In the stage musicals, Makoto has been portrayed by 13 actresses: Noriko Kamiyama, Marie Sada, Takako Inayoshi, Emika Satoh, Akari Tonegawa, Chiho Oyama (whose older sister Anza was the first to play Sailor Moon), Emi Kuriyama, Yuriko Hayashi, Ayano Sugimoto, Kaori Sakata, Karina Okada, Mai Watanabe, Yu Takahashi[48], Kaede.[49], Ami Noujo, Minami Umezawa, Kie Obana, Kanna Matsuzaki and Shio Yamazaki In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Makoto is played by Mew Azama. Also, child actress Misho Narumi portrays Makoto in flashbacks, dream sequences, and childhood photos. Reception and influence The official Sailor Moon character popularity polls listed Makoto Kino and Sailor Jupiter as separate entities. In 1992, readers ranked them at eleventh and fifth respectively, out of thirty eight choices.[50] One year later, now with fifty choices, Jupiter dropped to the eleventh most popular while Makoto was twelfth most popular.[51] In 1994, with fifty one choices, Sailor Jupiter was the seventeenth most popular character and Makoto was eighteenth.[52] In early 1996, with fifty one choices, Makoto was the twenty third most popular character and Jupiter was the twenty seventh.[53] A five-book series was published, one book on each of the S angel eyes1212: Sailor Pluto (セーラープルート Sērā Purūto) is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. The alternate identity of Setsuna Meioh (冥王 せつな Meiō Setsuna, renamed "Trista Meioh" in some English adaptations), she is a member of the Sailor Guardians, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. She is unique among all the characters in that she is stationed at the Door of Space-Time, with the specific duty of forbidding anyone to pass through it without permission. She possesses powers that are associated with time, space, the underworld, and darkness. She was one of several new characters introduced in the series' second arc (called R in the anime and also called the "Black Moon Clan Arc" by fans; not given an official name in the manga, but often referred to as "Black Moon" or the "Black Moon Arc" by fans), which was comparable to a retool to continue Sailor Moon past the point it was originally supposed to end. Her role and importance differ greatly between the first anime and manga (though strangely her personality in the two media is mostly the same). Her role in Sailor Moon Crystal is basically identical to that of her manga counterpart, though a line was added where she said she always wished to fight alongside her Queen and the other Guardians. A huge part of the second arc in the original manga is Pluto and Chibiusa's relationship, thus the two of them are important characters. In the anime, this relationship is not focused on and Pluto loses her prominence. Chibiusa remained a major character due to the fact that she is the future daughter of the lead couple. In Pluto's stead, the villains of this arc, the Black Moon Clan, were focused on. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Pluto 2.2 Princess Pluto 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Profile Sailor Pluto isn't introduced until late in the Sailor Moon R series, though she appears earlier in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, in the chapter/episode named after her, though this is still at the halfway point. She is the Guardian who guards the Gates of Time. She is first seen contacting Chibiusa through Luna-P in the anime; this does not happen in the manga or Crystal. In fact, this ability of Luna-P's is anime-only. Sailor Pluto refers to Chibiusa as "Small Lady." Chibiusa usually calls Sailor Pluto by the nickname "Puu". She acts as Chibiusa's guardian in the anime,[1] but is more of a friend in the manga and Crystal and her deference to the future queen is apparent. She's also very good friends with Diana, which makes sense considering Diana is to Luna and Artemis what Chibiusa is to Usagi and Mamoru, and occasionally trusts her to watch the Door of Space-time. Overall, Pluto in the manga seems to be good with children, which is probably why she ends up working as a nurse at Chibiusa's school in the fifth arc. She also mentors Ami/Sailor Mercury in the fourth arc, allowing her to power up to her Super form. Setsuna Meioh, as seen in the anime After the events of the second story arc, she leaves the gates of time to temporarily live as a normal human, joins Sailors Uranus and Neptune, and becomes a university student studying physics. At this point, she gains the civilian identity "Setsuna Meioh" where previously it seems Pluto had none, unique among the ten main Sol System Guardians. The exact nature of how she leaves her post differs between versions: in the manga and Crystal, she is reincarnated in the present-day by Neo-Queen Serenity after sacrificing herself during the second arc while the anime gives no explicit reason for her appearing in the third season; she just shows up with a previously unmentioned civilian form with no apparent consequences. This is most likely due to Pluto's sacrifice not happening in R and the Infinity arc requiring her presence. Neo-Queen Serenity was also never established as having the ability to reincarnate people in the anime. The identity of who set Pluto at the time door and gave her the taboos and when this might have happened are also never stated in the anime. Even in her civilian form, Setsuna is the oldest of the girls, around her late teens or older.[2] Her personality has been described as distant and somewhat lonely; however, she does consistently display warmth and affection for Chibiusa.[3] When she reincarnates, she becomes more friendly, but is still not very emotional, although there are moments in the manga where she expresses much more emotion than the anime (she loosens up enough that she brings alcohol to a minor's birthday party). She later cares for Hotaru along with Michiru and Haruka; this happens at the end of the Infinity arc in the manga, but not until the fifth and final arc in the anime (which was shorter than the previous four arcs). She does not seem to have any non-Guardian contacts in the anime, which is in sharp contrast both to the other Guardians in that continuity and the manga and Crystal. In the latter, she befriends Reika Nishimura as they attend the same college and are around the same age. They may also share an interest in fashion. In fact, as soon as Uranus and Neptune show up in the anime, Pluto loses her independence and does whatever they do, despite not being as harsh towards the Inners for their idealism. Contrariwise in the manga and Crystal, Setsuna is Haruka and Michiru's equal and she even attempts to investigate the strange going-ons at Infinity Academy by herself before she reawakens as Sailor Pluto, for instance, by buying one of Tellu's Tellun plants (who she later kills). Unlike the other Guardians (excluding Sailor Venus, who has been described as a goddess before), it is questioned whether she is fully human—she has been described as "a goddess, eternally guarding the Portal of Space and Time." She was born under the sun sign Scorpio, whose modern ruling planet is Pluto,[4] though sometimes Pluto is said to co-rule with Mars, Scorpio's traditional ruling planet. In the anime, Sailor Pluto appears in relatively few episodes (despite being the sixth Sailor Guardian introduced) and doesn't really do anything of consequence, even her sacrifice comes off as existing simply because it was in the manga and the writers felt the need to include it, despite the circumstances not being as dire and heart-wrenching. Unlike Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus, she is sympathetic toward the Inners and assists them on several occasions. During the second story arc, she allows them to travel through time even though this is not ordinarily allowed.[5] In the third story arc, she often extends help or advice to Sailor Moon and her companions even when Sailors Uranus and Neptune want the two groups separate.[6] Later, Setsuna joins the Sailor Guardians in investigating the true identity of ChibiChibi.[7] Sailor Pluto has additional, less cited spheres of dominion in her manga and Crystal incarnation, influences that are vaguely suggested in the anime, but never made explicit. Sailor Pluto is much darker in the black-and-white manga than in color illustrations and both anime series (something which has not gone unnoticed by the Western fandom; her skin color also isn't consistent between seasons with her appearance in R being extremely pale, being a bit darker in S, and being flat-out orange in Stars, making her look like she has a fake tan. In Crystal, she's dark enough to tell she isn't the same shade as everyone else which is fairly consistent with how Takeuchi draws her in her color pictures), identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld" wearing a black-themed sailor suit. She is also stated to be the daughter of Chronos, the god of time.[8] She is ruthless and follows rather exacting laws, executing any intruders who dare violate the underworld in search for the Gates of Time. She nearly kills Sailor Moon before realizing who she is, stating that "all who break the taboo must be eliminated."[9] Luna also states to the others that no one is to even know that Sailor Pluto exists, due to her dominion and nature, and that to her knowledge no one has ever seen her. Luna calls her a "lone warrior," noting the sadness in her eyes.[9] In the manga and Crystal, not even the cats know she exists at first. In the manga and Crystal, Pluto's death scene vaguely implies a romantic interest in Endymion, though this is never explored again. In the Sailor Moon musicals, Sailor Pluto has an unrequited love for King Endymion. It is explicitly mentioned in Eien Denetsu and Shin-Densetsu Kourin, in the song Onna no Ronsou ("Woman's Conflicts".[10] In the manga and Crystal, it can only be inferred from depictions of Pluto blushing while around King Endymion and her reaction when he runs to comfort her during her death. Various situations in the musicals have shown Pluto's unrequited love; for example, Tuxedo Mask's actor, Yuuta Mochizuki being leaned on by the actress of Sailor Pluto, Rei Saitou, and commenting on his new year's resolution: to be by Pluto's side.[11] It's entirely possible she only has a crush on King Endymion and not on any of the other forms of Mamoru Chiba. Since King Endymion only appears in person in the Black Moon arc, it makes sense why it never appears outside of that story line. Takeuchi also could have changed her mind after writing it and was thus dropped, never to be mentioned again. A small quirk occurs in continuity between the manga and anime. Sailor Pluto (temporarily) expires in both, but at different times; her death in the manga and Crystal occurs much earlier and reawakens the good side of Black Lady, a brainwashed Chibiusa, due to remembering her friendship with Pluto as she watches her die. This is also the point where Sailor Chibimoon appears, again much earlier than in the anime. However, for all intents and purposes, in the manga and Crystal the technicality of Sailor Pluto existing outside of time means she is able to be reincarnated as a normal woman while still existing back at her post at the Time Gate (though this doesn't cause problems in the manga and Crystal continuity to begin with). Alternately, she reincarnates backwards, so the Setsuna known in seasons 3-5 will become the Sailor Pluto seen in season 2. Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations, and a long lifetime spanning the Silver Millennium and the 30th century, Setsuna gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Pluto Setsuna's primary identity is that of a Sailor Guardian. Her sailor suit theme colors are black and garnet and in its first iteration has no sleeves and a jewel hanging from the choker. These colors never change. During the manga's Black Moon arc, she is depicted with a chain of keys around her waist. This accessory is included in her Sailor Moon Crystal character design, but was absent from the first anime. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Guardian of Change,[12] Guardian of Revolution, Guardian of the Afterlife, and, most commonly, Guardian of Time. Her personality is not noticeably different in civilian form, much like the other Sailor Guardians seen. Sailor Pluto has power over both time and space[12] and is ordinarily stationed at the Space-Time Door (a time travelling gate) to prevent its use. When charged with this duty by Queen Serenity, she was given three "taboos", rules which she was forbidden to disobey: she must not travel through time, she must not abandon her post at the Door, and she must never cause time to stop. If she does stop time, her life is forfeit.[13] Throughout the course of the series, Sailor Pluto breaks all three of these rules. As she grows stronger, Sailor Pluto gains additional powers and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Pluto Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title. A similar event takes place in episode 167 of the anime and she is given the name Super Sailor Pluto. A third, manga-only form appears in act 42, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[14] Princess Pluto In Silver Millennium, Sailor Pluto was also the princess of her home world. She was among those given the duty of protecting the Solar System from outside invasion. As Princess Pluto, she dwelt in Charon Castle and wore a black gown—she appear angel eyes1212: Sailor Neptune (セーラーネプチューン Sērā Nepuchūn) is a fictional lead character in the Sailor Moon media franchise. The alternate identity of Michiru Kaioh (海王 みちる Kaiō Michiru, renamed "Michelle Kaioh" in some English adaptations), a teenage Japanese schoolgirl. Michiru is a member of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Introduced in the third story arc, Sailor Neptune fights alongside her partner and lover Sailor Uranus. In both versions of the story she is portrayed as elegant, sophisticated, capable of sharp anger, occasionally cold, and fully dedicated to her duty as a Sailor Soldier. She possesses powers associated with the sea, precognitive ones, as well as powers granted by her magic mirror. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Neptune 2.2 Princess Neptune 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 6.1 Censorship 7 See also 8 References Profile Michiru with a cello, as drawn by Naoko Takeuchi Michiru is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Uranus in episode 89, a "teaser" to Sailor Moon S. She is portrayed as a very polite, calm character in the series. She dislikes being patronized even if not doing so would hurt her feelings, and subsequently will not indulge people. This is alluded to in her backstory, explaining that she was congenial but generally not social. Michiru is also graceful and delicate, with an aura of sophistication. She is clearly intelligent, and this usually manifests itself through art and music. Usagi (to whom this observation is especially relevant) once commented that Michiru was the ideal example of a princess. Michiru attends Infinity Academy with Haruka (and the younger Hotaru Tomoe) when she is first introduced. In the manga, after Infinity is destroyed, she and Haruka later attend the same high school as Usagi and the other girls. It is never mentioned where they go after this in the anime, but the two of them are shown driving away in their last appearance in Sailor Moon S, and during a made-for-TV special set during the following season, they are shown staying at a hotel elsewhere in Japan. According to the musicals, Michiru had experience studying abroad.[2] Michiru's closest bond is with Haruka, and Takeuchi has explicitly stated that the two are in a lesbian relationship in both the manga and the anime[3] as well as the musicals. In the anime adaptation, Michiru briefly flirts with Seiya, at that time a man, asking him to help her unzip her dress. Her stated intention, earlier in the episode, is to learn Seiya's motives out of fear that he is a threat to the planet.[4] This flirtation does not occur in the manga, where Seiya is always a female and plays a much more minor role. However, in the Infinity arc, Michiru appears as temptation for Mamoru, paralleling Haruka being used as temptation for Usagi. Though she never makes any of the advances on Mamoru that Haruka makes on Usagi, Usagi is jealous of her because she sees them together. Michiru is deeply artistic and is the Sailor Soldier most associated with the arts. Her known skills include the violin, swimming, and painting; of all her skills, her strongest is as a violinist, which is also her greatest dream.[5] She likes all her classes, especially music, and belongs to the music club at school as well as the swimming club.[6] In the manga, she collects cosmetics; in the anime, she loves to swim, often using the water as a way to relax.[7] Her favorite food is sashimi, while her least favorite is kikurage mushrooms. She also dislikes sea cucumbers for unclear reasons, and her favorite color is Marine blue.[5] Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations and a long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century, Michiru gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Neptune Michiru's Soldier identity. She wears a uniform colored in teal and cerulean, and unlike most of the other Soldiers, her gloves extend only to her mid-forearms and has an 8 stars shaped jewel on her teal-colored choker. She wears planet shaped teal colored earrings (which is the shape of Planet Neptune) but the earrings were absent in the 1992 version of Sailor Moon, and present in the Sailor Moon Crystal. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Soldier of the Deep Waters[8] (or "Depths" in the English manga), Soldier of Embrace,[9] Soldier of the Sea, and Soldier of Comprehension.[10] Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain special abilities and powers are unavailable to her in her regular civilian form. Just like her partner, Haruka, Michiru has some precognitive abilities while in her normal form. She is able to prophetically predict who the next target of the Death Busters is likely to be next. Sailor Neptune uses ocean-based attacks (not just water),[11] and carries one of three Talismans carried by the "outer" Sailor Soldiers; Neptune has the Deep Aqua Mirror, which always reveals the truth. She takes a black-and-white approach to her role as a Soldier, one shared by Sailor Uranus, who is virtually always at her side. As she grows stronger, Sailor Neptune gains additional unique special abilities, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Neptune Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title. A similar event takes place in Episode 167 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Neptune. A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, also unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[12] Princess Neptune On Silver Millennium, Sailor Neptune was also the princess of her home planet. She was among those given the duty of protecting the Solar System from outside invasion. As Princess Neptune, she dwelt in Triton Castle and wore a sea-green gown. She appears in this form in the original manga Act 41, as well as in supplementary art. It is unknown whether she had a romantic relationship with Princess Uranus at that time. Special powers and items Sailor Neptune using the Deep Aqua Mirror to perform Submarine Reflection in Sailor Moon Crystal. Even in civilian form, Michiru has some precognitive gifts, as she occasionally states that "the sea is stormy" when there is an evil presence at work. She is not shown using any other special powers in her civilian form, and must first transform into a Sailor Soldier by raising her hand or a special device into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Neptune Planet Power, Make-up!"[13] In the manga she eventually gains her Neptune Crystal and this phrase changes to evoke Neptune Crystal Power.[14] In the anime, although she does upgrade to Super Sailor Neptune, the Crystal is never mentioned and her transformation is never shown on screen after the upgrade.[15] Sailor Neptune's powers are inspired by Roman mythology, where Neptune is the god of the sea. She draws energy from the "deep waters" and blasts it at her foes. She is given three major attacks in the series, and although they all have English names (like those of the other Sailor Soldiers), each is also given kanji in the manga to denote the meaning to Japanese readers. For example, her first attack, Deep Submerge,[16] is given kanji which translate precisely to "deep" (深) and "submerge" (水没).[9] The intended English pronunciation is given in furigana. This is Sailor Neptune's primary attack for most of the anime series. In the manga, Michiru owns a special hand mirror which supplements her precognition.[17] This turns out to be the Deep Aqua Mirror, one of three powerful Talismans, the other two of which are carried by Sailor Uranus and Sailor Pluto. In the anime, she does not gain the mirror until she is revealed as one of the Talisman bearers;[18] in either case, it is used in her second attack, Submarine Reflection[19] (深海鏡射, "deep sea mirror shoot".[9] In both the anime and manga, she can use to launch an extremely powerful and devastating attack. In the anime, Michiru can also use it through and dispelling illusions, as seen in the SuperS movie. In the manga, she can also use it for astral projection,[20] and lends it to Chibiusa while she and the other Outer Soldiers are away. Chibiusa invokes the Deep Aqua Mirror's strength and power by stating its name and is able to teleport to Sailor Neptune's location. Michiru's violin, a Stradivarius worth some five million dollars, is called the Marine Cathédrale and is named after "the temple of the sea".[21] Aside from playing it in concert, she uses it in her third and final attack, which (like the instrument itself) has a French-inspired name: Submarine Violon Tide (深海提琴潮流, "deep sea violin tide". This third attack is only used in the manga, and was never shown in the anime. This attack is also used by the evil Sailor Neptune in Act 50, where it is renamed Galactica Violon Tide. The Neptune Crystal is perhaps her most important possession, as it is her Sailor Crystal and the source of all her power, which becomes especially important in the fifth story arc. It is given to her by Sailor Saturn.[9] Development The character of Sailor Neptune was not developed until partway through the Sailor Moon series, after the Sailor Soldiers were well-established. She was created in tandem with Sailor Uranus, as a pair of "complementary but opposite characters",[22] and meant from the beginning to work alongside Sailor Pluto. Creator Naoko Takeuchi has said that she was shocked by the changes made to Michiru's personality in the anime series, but that she was glad fans still liked the character.[23] Sailor Neptune's visual design is intended to evoke images of her element, from the choice of colors to the wavy quality of her hair, which Takeuchi even joked might be thought of as seaweed hair. In street clothes, Michiru is supposed to be an "artist type" and to dress accordingly; in fact, initial drawings are extremely elegant and "adult", because she was originally intended to be involved in the all-female Takarazuka Revue with Haruka.[24] Although this was not included in the series itself, Takeuchi stated in an interview that she feels Takarazuka is "the maximum level of feminine emancipation," that as such it was her inspiration for the character of Haruka, and that it seemed natural for Haruka to fall in love with another woman—namely Michiru.[25] The kanji of Michiru's surname translate as "sea" (海 kai) and "king" (王 ō). Together, they constitute most of the name of the planet Neptune in Japanese, Kaiōsei (海王星, "Sea King Star". Her given name is in hiragana michiru (みちる) and so its meaning is not inherent, but the word itself means "to rise" (満). The packaging of Irwin dolls released in Canada in 1998 called Michiru by the name Nerissa. Actresses Lauren Landa is the voice of Michiru in the Viz Media dub. In the Japanese anime series and movies, Michiru Kaioh is voiced by veteran voice actress Masako Katsuki.[26] In the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal, she is voiced by Sayaka Ohara.[27] In the original English dub her name is changed to "Michelle Kaioh" and her voice is provided by Barbara Radecki. Michiru is voiced by Lauren Landa in the Viz Media English dub.[28] In the stage musicals, Michiru has been played by nine actresses: Kaoru Sakamoto, Chikage Tomita, Miyuki Fuji, Hiroko Tahara, Sara Shimada, Yuhka Asami, Tomoko Inami, Takayo Oyama, and Sayaka Fujioka. Asami, the longest-running of these actresses, knew nothing about Sailor Moon when she was given a role in the musical, but came to greatly admire the character of Michiru after reading the manga and watching the anime. Nao Takagi, who played opposite her as Sailor Uranus, has stated that certain scenes were specially created just for the two of them.[29] Michiru does not appear in the live-action series. Reception and influence The official Sailor Moon popularity polls listed Michiru Kaioh and Sailor Neptune as separate characters. In 1994, with fifty one choices, Sailor Neptune was the seventh most popular character, receiving almost eight thousand votes more than Michiru, who was the ninth.[30] In early 1996, with fifty one choices, Michiru was the sixteenth most popular character, and Neptune was the twenty second.[31] Fan fiction featuring Haruka and Michiru is among the most searched-for fan fiction on the Internet,[32] and Erica Friedman of Yuricon has described Haruka and Michiru as being "one of the most romantic, funny, and fun yuri couples, ever."[33] angel eyes1212: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sailor Mars Sailor Moon character Sailor Mars 01.jpg Rei in her Super Sailor Mars form as seen in Season 4 of the 1990s anime. First appearance Sailor Moon chapter #3: "Rei - Sailor Mars" (1992) Created by Naoko Takeuchi Voiced by Japanese: Michie Tomizawa Rina Satō (Sailor Moon Crystal) English: Cristina Vee (Viz dub) Katie Griffin (1995 and 2000 DiC, Pioneer and CWi dubbed versions of season 1, some/first few season 2 episodes, movies and seasons 3-4 (1992-1996)) Emilie-Claire Barlow (1998 DiC dubbed versions of last 15 season 2 episodes (1993-1994)) Portrayed by Keiko Kitagawa Profile Alias Rei Hino Princess Mars Mars Reiko (PGSM) Affiliations Sailor Soldiers Shadow Galactica (manga) Powers and abilities Pyrokinesis Psychic and spiritual powers 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), 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 Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Rei is the second Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Usagi. She possesses powers associated with fire, the Ofuda charm, and psychic clairvoyance.[1] 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 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[2] at the behest of Kunihiko Ikuhara, where she became fiery and hotheaded. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Mars 2.2 Princess Mars 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 4.1 Actresses 5 Reception 6 See also 7 References Profile Rei first appears as a miko at the Hikawa Shrine (火川神社 Hikawa Jinja), and 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 the anime adaptation, Rei is a disciplined and practical person.[3] She is also greatly interested in pop culture, and she excels at music - playing the piano and guitar, singing, and composing songs for a school festival.[4] 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 Soldiers. Even though Rei does become more loyal to Usagi, with slightly calmer emotions in 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 sticking her tongue out at 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 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. Rei in her unique school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi for the short story "Casablanca Memories". Because of the lack of respectable males in her life, Rei harbors a generally low opinion of men. She considers them emotionally weak and 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 a politician, despite having once said that he didn't 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, didn't 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 the sort is ever shown, as Rei unquestionably detests boys.[5] In the anime only, she "dates" Mamoru Chiba in the first season (though he thinks they're 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 wishes she had kissed Yūichirō before leaving.[6] Later on, members of 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 a vow of chastity to Princess Serenity.[7] 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, although in the equivalent anime episode she expresses an intention to remain single forever.[8] 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 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.[9] She also belongs to the Archery club at school,[10] 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 fugu, Thai food, white casablancas, ruby gemstones, little lizards, and pandas[11] and dislikes men in general. The manga states that she once enjoyed Devilman,[12] which the English manga[which?] 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.[13] She says that she hates karaoke (which the other girls love, especially Usagi),[14] but is later forced by Minako into posing as an idol. As "Mars Reiko," she appears on three occasions: performing for hospitalized children, working alongside Minako, and staging a contest with Minako in order to stop her from quitting the idol business.[15] 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 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.[16] 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's her own selfishness that is encouraging Serenity to keep using the crystal and give her a choice: allow Mamoru and Usagi to see each other even for a day or she will tell her friends about Mio(which won't 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 Arc movie, Rei senses Mio's return and investigates it with Luna. She is later incapacitated by Mio's growing dark powers. Aspects and forms 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. Sailor Mars Rei's Soldier identity is Sailor Mars. She wears a sailor suit colored in red and purple, along with red high heels, and in 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 Soldier of War[17] and Guardian of Flame and Passion.[18] Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain powers are unavailable to her in that form. In Japanese, 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.[19] 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 the manga, she is listed as the secondary leader of the Sailor Soldiers, 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 36 of the manga, when she obtains the Mars Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title.[7] A similar event is divided between episodes 143 and 152 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Mars.[8] A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, also unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[20] Princess Mars In Silver Millennium, Sailor Mars was also the Princess of her home planet. She 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.[21][22] Naoko Takeuchi once drew her in the arms of Jadeite.[23] In the manga, he expresses at least a physical attraction to her,[24] and in Sailor Moon Crystal[25] and in the stage musicals[26] 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 the Mars Crystal to her and refer to her using her princess title.[7] Special powers and items Sailor Mars using Akuryō Taisan in Sailor Moon Crystal. 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,[27] Rei is able to do fire readings and to dispel evil spirits. She does 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.[28] She commonly uses this attack while in her Sailor Mars form as well as when she is in her civilian form.[29] Rei must transform into a Sailor Soldier, however, before she can access her celestial powers.[30] 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!"[31] As she becomes more powerful and obtains new transformation devices, this phrase changes to evoke Mars Star, Planet, or Crystal Power.[32] Sailor Mars has the power to create and control fire.[33] 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 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"[34] 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;[4] the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal anime also have her develop an animal-based attack, "Mars Snake Fire," but it does not appear until the third story arc and third season respectively.[35] Her first attack to be the same across all versions is "Burning Mandala," which incorporates Buddhist symbolism in the fiery rings Sailor Mars summons.[36] She is not immune to her own powers, as she is able to use them for a suicide move in the anime.[37] Sailor Mars' final and greatest power comes in the fourth story arc, when she takes on her second Soldier form (Super Sailor Mars in the anime). At this point in the series, she acquires a special weapon, the Mars Arrow,[7] and with it "Mars Flame Sniper,"[38] 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 Sai angel eyes1212: Sailor Mercury (セーラーマーキュリー Sērā Mākyurī) is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. She is the alternate human identity of Ami Mizuno (水野 亜美 Mizuno Ami, renamed "Amy Anderson" or "Amy Mizuno" in some English adaptations), a teenage Japanese schoolgirl, and a part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Sailor Mercury is the first Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Sailor Moon. She serves as the "brains" of the group,[1] as she is highly intelligent and can also use a supercomputer to collect useful information in battles. She possesses powers associated with water and ice. Aside from the main body of the Sailor Moon series, Ami features in her own short story in the manga, Ami's First Love. Originally published in volume fourteen of the manga, this was the only of three "Exam Battle" stories to be made into a special for the anime, which by therefore, makes her one of the most recognizable and popular characters in the series.[2] A number of image songs mentioning Ami's character have been released as well, including the contents of three different 3-inch CD singles. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Mercury 2.1.1 Dark Mercury 2.2 Princess Mercury 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 7 See also 8 References Profile Ami's most emphasized character trait is that she is extremely intelligent—in the anime and manga she is rumored by other characters to have an IQ of three hundred, while in the stage musicals this is stated as a fact.[3] She is adept at English in both the musicals and the anime, and in the live action it was clearly, although briefly, demonstrated by the actress portraying her (actress Chisaki Hama was speaking to an English speaking character as her character was visiting the United States as a medical intern).[4] Her peers view her with a mixture of awe and distaste, misinterpreting her inherent shyness as snobbery, and so she tends to have a difficult time making new friends.[5] Ami is depicted as kind, sweet, gentle, and loyal, as well as slightly insecure. She also dislikes the fights of Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.[6] Anne Allison describes her as "a smart girl who needs to relax", calling her "conscientious" and "studious", "everything Usagi is not".[7] Early on in the story, she relies heavily on the approval of her mother, teachers, and friends, but as the series progresses she becomes stronger and more confident in herself. She is generally the most sensible of the main characters, and is often the only one embarrassed when the group has a dull-witted moment. As the story begins, she attends Azabu Jūban Junior High along with Usagi Tsukino and, later, Makoto Kino. Ami in her school uniform, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. Throughout the series, much of Ami's free time is spent studying. She loves to read, and dreams aloud of one day being a doctor like her mother and becomes one in both Parallel Sailor Moon and the live action series. In the musicals, Ami's dream of being a doctor and leaving Japan to study abroad is a recurring theme.[8] The first part of the song Dream Yume wa Ookiku (ドリーム 夢は大きく lit. Dream - Dreams are Huge) shows Ami's conflict between studying abroad and growing up or being with everyone else and staying a young girl. She faces a similar dilemma in the anime, but very directly; given the opportunity to study in Germany, she gets as far as the airport before deciding to stay in Japan and fight evil alongside her friends.[9][10] Ami has a great appreciation for art as well as science, and, contrary to the usual depiction of a bookworm, enjoys pop culture and romance novels (though she is usually embarrassed to admit it). In both the anime and the manga, Ami's diligence in her studies becomes a running gag; she often comically scolds Usagi and the others for not doing their homework, and she can become obsessive about being the best student. Her character has been interpreted as a political commentary on the education system of Japan.[11] She sometimes displays attraction to boys her age, and other times aversion to the idea. Love letters are listed as the one thing she has most trouble with,[12] and when she later receives one, it gives her a rash.[2] In the anime, a classmate named Ryo Urawa learns her identity and expresses attraction to her, but this is never resolved, as he disappears after just two appearances in the first series.[13] Besides reading, Ami is shown playing chess and swimming in order to relax.[12] As the team scholar, computers are listed her strong point; she even belongs to the club at school.[14] She loves all her classes, especially mathematics. Her favorite foods are given as sandwiches and anmitsu, with her least favorite being yellowtail.[12] Other loves include cats,[15] the colors aquamarine and blue, the flower Water Lily, and the gemstone sapphire. Ami is one of the few girls in the series whose family situation is explicitly mentioned in the anime. Her parents are divorced, and she lives with her mother, a busy doctor who is not home very often, named Saeko in the live-action series.[16] They look very similar, and Ami admires her mother and longs to live up to her example.[11] Besides her workaholic tendencies, Dr. Mizuno is portrayed as a good person who openly resents not having more time to spend with her daughter. Ami's father is never named, but is stated in the manga and anime to be a painter. The manga says that he never visits them, having decided one day not to come home from the forest where he was relaxing and painting, but he sends her postcards on her birthday. Thinking about this, Ami sometimes resents her parents' selfishness in separating,[17] partly because divorce in Japan is taboo.[18] However, in the anime Ami seems to appreciate her father and seems to share some of his artistic traits, at one point even composing matching lyrics for a tune that had none.[19] In the manga, Ami's mother is revealed to be fairly rich, as they live in a condominium.[20] Ami is shown testing the strength of a sword that the Sailor Soldiers received on the Moon by using it to chip a diamond ring. (Classically, a diamond is the hardest mineral.) When the girls panic, she calms them by saying that her mother has many more.[20] In the live-action series, Ami is especially shy and usually wears glasses while in public, even though she does not need them.[21] At her middle school, she has no friends before meeting Usagi and always eats lunch alone on the roof so she can study.[22] Usagi seems to be the only one to realize that Ami is merely shy, not truly standoffish, and in befriending her gradually helps Ami to learn that she is more than just a bookworm. By Act 34, when Ami's mother attempts to transfer her to another school because she thinks Ami's friends are bad influences, Ami rebels, avoiding the admission interview and spending the night at the Sailor Guardians' hideout with Rei Hino. Later she tells her mother that what she's doing in her life right now is more important than studying, and her mother understands.[23] Ami is a kind and gentle girl who dislike quarrels and abhorred harming innocent people. This trait was even cited in the title of an anime episode, "Believe in Love! Ami, a Kind Hearted Soldier," where she persuaded Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune not to kill Hotaru. Like her comrades, her loyalty to Sailor Moon was unwavering, and she would sacrifice her life for her princess if necessary. Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special abilities, powers, transformations and ageless extended longevity; an extremely long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century, Ami gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Mercury Ami's Sailor Soldier identity is Sailor Mercury. She wears a uniform colored in shades of blue. In the manga and live action series, her outfit is initially sleeveless and she adorns three blue studs in each of her ears. Her Sailor Moon Crystal design is largely faithful to her manga design, with the exception of having one blue stud on her right ear and three on the left. In contrast, the original anime initially depicted her with sleeves and a single blue stud in each ear. Sailor Mercury is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Soldier of Water and Intelligence,[24] Soldier of Wisdom,[25] Soldier of Justice and Wisdom,[2] and Soldier of Love and Exams. Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain special abilities are unavailable to her in that form. In Japanese, the name for the planet Mercury is Suisei (水星), the first kanji meaning 'water' and the second indicating a celestial object. Although the Roman planet-name is used, Sailor Mercury's abilities are water-based due to this aspect of Japanese mythology.[26] Initially most of her powers are strategic rather than offensive,[5] and she possesses various pieces of computerized equipment to help her study the enemy. As she grows much stronger and more powerful, Sailor Mercury gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 35 of the manga, when she obtains the Mercury Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title.[17] A similar event is divided between episodes 143 and 151 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Mercury.[19] A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[27] Dark Mercury In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the live-action series, Ami is briefly taken over by the power of the Dark Kingdom and becomes Dark Mercury (悪のマーキュリー Aku no Mākyurī). This form first appears in Act 21, as a servant of Kunzite. Her sailor suit has black tulle and lace on the back bow and sleeves, and tribal designs appear on her tiara and boots. She also gains a chain with a black charm on it around her waist. Her transformation phrase is Dark Power! Make-up! and is said in a much darker tone. She wields a sword fashioned from an icicle, which she creates herself the first time her transformation is displayed. In promotional photos prior to her premiere, she was shown with a different sword, which seemed to have strings on it like a harp or violin; the latter seems more likely, as she is also seen holding a bow. This bow was redecorated and given to Zoisite for use as a sword. Dark Mercury is created when Kunzite manages to kidnap Ami in a moment of vulnerability while the other Sailor Guardians are busy. He exposes her directly to the power of Queen Metaria, causing drastic personality changes as well as the alterations to her uniform. She is self-confident to the point of egotism, and continues to attend school in civilian form, mainly to antagonize Usagi by brainwashing all of her former friends. Dressing predominantly in black, evil-Ami tends to move about slowly and dramatically, and when confronting the Sailor Guardians gives a sense of sadistic glee. Dark Mercury has no intention of being a follower to anyone, and is always trying to pursue her own agenda, which is to kill her friends and become as strong as possible.[28] She shows blatant disrespect to Kunzite and the other Kings of Heaven, even to Queen Beryl, perhaps because, unlike even the Four Kings of Heaven, she had been directly exposed to Metaria's power during her conversion, as opposed to having Queen Beryl or another intermediary filtering it. Despite these alterations, certain aspects of the real Ami still remain. She still wants to do well in school, and wants friends, hence the brainwashing of her classmates. She seems to retain a sense of sympathy, which is evident when she repairs Nephrite's cape for him, stating that she does not like to see him alone.[29] Periodically, Sailor Moon attempts to heal her friend with the power of the Silver Crystal. Mercury is always snatched away before this can be completed, but it has some effect, ultimately resulting in her recovery. In Act 28, the catalyst for her finally returning to normal is when, having defeated Sailor Moon in battle, the sight of her injured friend causes her to realize she cares about Usagi, and to remember who she really is. After being healed, she has no memories of what happened while she was Dark Mercury. This haunts her, as she becomes terrified of what she may have done to her friends while not in control. Princess Mercury According to the manga, during the age of Silver Millennium, Sailor Mercury was also the Princess of her home planet. She was among those given the duty of protecting Princess Serenity of Silver Millennium. As Princess Mercury, she dwelt in Mariner Castle and wore a light blue gown—she appears in this form in the original manga and in supplementary art.[30][31] Naoko Takeuchi once drew her in the arms of Zoisite, but no further romantic link between them was established in the manga or the first anime adaptation.[32] However, in Sailor Moon Crystal, it is clearly stated that Sailor Mercury and Zoisite were in love during the Silver Millennium.[33] This is also established in the first stage musical,[34] and in the later Eien Densetsu, where Ami and a disguised Zoisite share a duet, "A Fabricated Forevermore" (偽りのForevermore Itsuwari no forevermore). Special powers and items angel eyes1212: Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子 Aino Minako, renamed "Mina Aino" in some English adaptations), better known as Sailor Venus (セーラーヴィーナス Sērā Vīnasu), is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Minako is the fourth Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Usagi Tsukino, although she was the first Soldier to awaken her powers, even before Usagi did. She possesses powers associated with love and beauty, light, and golden material metal. In the manga and anime series, she dreams of becoming a famous idol, but in the live-action series, her character is already a well-known celebrity. Minako is introduced as the protagonist of Naoko Takeuchi's much-shorter manga series Codename: Sailor V, the predecessor to Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. In it (and the early part of Sailor Moon), she goes by the pseudonym Sailor V (セーラーＶ Sērā V), short for "Venus", and is given a personal backstory. The plot lines of Sailor V are generally compatible with the latter series, but are usually considered separate. Later, she co-stars with Rei Hino in a special short story titled Rei and Minako's Girls School Battle. Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Manga and anime 1.2 Live-action series 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Venus 2.2 Princess Venus 2.3 Sailor V 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 4.1 Actresses 5 Reception and influence 6 See also 7 References Profile Manga and anime Minako is first introduced in the Codename: Sailor V manga, of which she is the lead character. She is awakened as a Soldier by the white cat Artemis when she is thirteen years old and instructed that she has a duty to become the beautiful warrior, Sailor V. Artemis explains that Venus and Earth are "twin planets" of about the same size and weight, that Venus is her "mother star," and that she must protect Earth from its enemies. He shows her Magellan Castle orbiting around Venus and says that it is hers, although the existence of these castles is not revealed to the other Soldier characters until late in the Sailor Moon series. She first dons her red hair bow during the first chapter of the story, on the recommendation of a handsome villain character that she defeats, and is almost never seen without it again.[1] Minako is depicted as athletic, friendly, romantic, resilient, and intelligent. She is very versatile acting very graceful, clever, and refined at times at others. When Codename: Sailor V was enough of a hit to earn its own anime adaptation, Takeuchi was asked to expand the concept to include more girls, and when she did, she placed Usagi Tsukino as the protagonist, with Minako as a part of the team.[2] Minako as depicted in manga, drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. In the anime only, Minako spends some of her time as Sailor V in London, where she meets a young Interpol officer named Katarina who taught her English and acts as a big sister, and a young man called Alan, with whom she falls in love. After Sailor V is caught in an explosion after a criminal threw a grenade and assumed to be dead, she saw Alan and Katarina together and realizes that they had become a couple. She moves back to Japan shortly thereafter.[3] She is also widely traveled in the manga, having visited Greece and China.[4][5] As a result of her past battles, when Minako meets the other Sailor Soldiers she has a relatively serious personality, and is very focused on their mission as Sailor Soldier.[6] In the manga, she even tells them she is the princess they have been searching for, although in fact she is merely serving as a decoy to protect the real princess, Usagi. Throughout the first story arc she has by far the strongest memories of their past life during the time of Silver Millennium.[6] Artemis lives in Minako's home and is one of her closest friends. Minako lives with both her parents, although references to her family life are few in the Sailor Moon series. Her family, like Usagi's, is based on Takeuchi's own family.[7] For the first several story arcs, Minako attends a different junior high school from the others, Shiba Kōen.[8] When the characters enter high school, she joins Usagi, Ami, and Makoto at Azabu Jūban.[9] One of her greatest loves is volleyball, as shown from the beginning of the first Sailor V chapter[citation needed] and throughout the rest of the series — she even considers quitting the Sailor Soldiers to become a professional,[10] and in high school joins the Volleyball club.[11] Her favorite class is Physical Education,[citation needed] while in the manga her least favorites are mathematics and the English language.[12] In the anime, having lived in England for some time,[3] she is skilled at the language (in one episode it is shown her skills are more refined than Ami Mizuno's), and Usagi begs Minako to teach her.[13] Minako's other greatest love is pop culture. She desperately wants to be an idol, and so makes a hobby of chasing them and attending auditions in acting, dancing, and singing whenever possible.[14] She takes her role as the "Soldier of Love" literally, and enjoys regaling friends and acquaintances with advice about romance.[15] Despite her declared expertise, Minako herself has little personal experience in relationships (aside from a brief and ill-fated love in the Sailor V manga),[5] but is enthusiastic about romantic opportunities — even to the point of two-timing a pair of the series' villains.[16] She has a crush on Yaten Kou throughout the Sailor Stars anime storyline, and in one episode the sinister idea of herself as a cat with Yaten gives her a nosebleed[17] — a common symbol of sexual arousal in anime.[18] In the manga, by contrast, Minako suspects Yaten of being an enemy; while confronting the Starlights, she and Rei reaffirm that they do not need men because they have dedicated their lives to their duty of protecting Usagi.[19] Live-action series While Minako dreams of being an idol in the manga and anime adaptations,[14] in the live-action series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon depicts her as a famous singer whose fanbase includes Usagi Tsukino in particular is an enormous fan.[20] Her second album, newly released at the start of the series, is called Venus and her most popular song is C'est La Vie, which is a Japanese pun: in Japanese (and, to some extent, in English as well), the French phrase and the name of her alter-ego, Sailor V, are pronounced almost identically (as sērāvī). Her first album, Imitation, was released prior to her meeting Artemis and becoming a Sailor Guardian, but its track listing, shown onscreen, foreshadows later plot developments: Origin of the Legend, Imitation, Don't Lose! Christmas Girl, Love Versus Dream, Happily, Secret!, Orange Heart, White Rendezvous, and Make Up! Power!!.[21] In the live-action series, Minako secretly leads a double life as idol and heroine—famous as a singer, and equally well known as Sailor V. She remains entirely separate from the other girls, but is aware of each of their civilian identities.[22] As in the other series, she eventually discards the guise of Sailor V in favor of her true form, Sailor Venus;[23] nevertheless, she becomes only slightly involved with the others, and frequently expresses disapproval of their effectiveness as Guardians. She is frustrated by their lack of focus, and distances herself both for that reason and because, as revealed later, she has a terminal illness and does not want them to become close to her and then be saddened by her probable death.[24] When the other Guardians learn that Minako and Sailor V are the same person, they hide it from the irresponsible Usagi for some time. The character Minako is closest to being friends with is Rei Hino, with whom she has a conflicted relationship. Rei is supposed to be the secondary leader, but she is initially both less skilled than Minako and resentful of her advice.[25] Although they often disagree and compete, they develop great respect for each other, to the point where Minako sometimes lets her guard down, and eventually confides to Rei about both her illness and what she feels is her destiny as a Sailor Soldier.[26] In terms of personality, the live-action Minako is deeply solemn and rarely smiles. Besides the complications from her unnamed illness (the doctors in one episode give her six months to live), her obsession with the collective past life makes her feel detached from the world, thinking of her current life as less important. However, she does seem to genuinely love singing, and shows a small mischievous side, especially in her relationship with Artemis.[27] As in the manga, she serves as a decoy Moon Princess for part of the series. She seems to be aware of her true position, often endangering herself to protect the real princess, Sailor Moon.[28][29] In a twist, Usagi serves as a decoy Minako, chasing away a group of autograph hounds. She does this because she figures Minako needed to be away from the trappings of stardom for a while.[23] Minako is touched by this and cares about Usagi as a friend to the point of trying to protect her from Mio(whom she suspected is working with the Dark Kingdom to hurt Usagi). Near the end of the series, it is revealed that there is a surgery which might either correct Minako's condition or kill her early.[30] She refuses to undergo the procedure, preferring to last as long as she can without it, but the other girls convince her to take any chance at life she can get. She is shown leaving for the hospital, and later that day, Artemis arrives at Rei's temple to tell the girls that Minako has died. She did, however, leave each of them a note giving her goodbyes.[31] Rei uses Minako's weapon, Venus Dagger, in conjunction with her own Mars Dagger in the final battle. Though Minako dies before the final battle, Usagi's use of the Silver Crystal in the finale gives her a second chance at life.[32] This allows her to take part in the battle in the direct-to-DVD special, in which she uses her own weapon as well as Rei's (who is in the hospital) in combat.[33] Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations and a long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century, Minako gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Venus Minako's primary Soldier identity is that of Sailor Venus. Sailor Venus wears a sailor suit colored in orange (choker, collar, center of front bow, elbow fittings on her gloves, skirt, earrings, and a matching set of orange ankle-strap heels), navy blue (front bow) and yellow (tiara gem and back bow), and retains the red bow she wears as a civilian. In the live-action series, this bow appears only when she is in one of her Guardian forms, and has a gem in the center. In the manga, live-action series and Sailor Moon Crystal, she wears an item called the Wink Chain around her waist, which she sometimes uses as a weapon. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Soldier of Love,[34] Soldier of Love and Hope,[35] and Soldier of Love and Beauty.[36] Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although she must be Sailor Venus to access her celestial powers.[37] In Japanese, the name for the planet Venus is Kinsei (金星), the first kanji indicating a metal, especially gold, and the second indicating a celestial object. Unlike the other Soldiers, her special abilities are not derived from the element in her planet's name, but are instead based on the concept of love, a reference to the Roman goddess of love, Venus.[38] Metal does appear in her use of a special chain as a weapon, and she also has a few attacks with "crescent" in their names, mainly acquired during her time as Sailor V. Sailor Venus is the de jure leader of the Sailor Soldiers in their mission to protect Princess Serenity.[8] In the manga, as the leader, she is entrusted with the poisonous sword used to kill Queen Beryl, which turns the stone blade into a sword made of Silver Crystal.[39] In the live-action series only, upon her introduction, Sailor Venus's sailor suit is slightly different, in order to represent her disguise as the Moon Princess. She bears the crescent moon symbol on her forehead in place of a tiara (just as she did when she was Sailor V), and wears a crown with a fake Silver Crystal on it.[23] The latter disappears after the gem is revealed to be a fake,[40] and she gains a normal tiara when Usagi is revealed as the real princess.[41] Other characters refer to her in this form as Princess Sailor Venus. In the manga she does not have a different title or a crown, but she does retain the crescent moon on her forehead until Usagi is revealed as the princess.[42] As she grows stronger, Sailor Venus gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first takes place in Act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Venus Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title.[43] A similar event is divided between Episodes 143 and 154 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Venus.[44] A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[45] Princess Venus In Silver Millennium, Sailor Venus was also the Princess of her home planet. She was the leader of those who protected Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom. As Princess Venus, she dwelt in Magellan Castle and wore a yellow gown—she appears in this form in the original manga, as well as in supplementary art.[46][47] In Codename: Sailor V, it is shown that she was loved by Adonis, a foot soldier in her army, who was later under the command of Endymion. His love went unnoticed by her, and he became a villain working for the Dark Agency after he was reborn.[5] Takeuchi once drew her in the arms of Kunzite, leader of the Four Kings of Heaven. In the Original Picture Collection Vol. I, Takeuchi expresses a desire to explore the possibility of such relationships;[48] unlike the other characters, with Venus and Kunzite this is explored within the series. In one flashback, Minako blushes and seems flustered around Kunzite after a conversation about love,[49] and in the last chapter of Codename: Sailor V, Princess Venus is shown as having had an infatuation with Kunzite.[5] In Sailor Moon Crystal it is established that Sailor Venus and Kunzite were in love at the time of the Moon Kingdom.[50] This is also stated in the stage musicals,[51] as well as in the Another Story video game.[52] Sailor V angel eyes1212: Sailor Uranus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sailor Uranus Sailor Moon character Sailoruranus.jpg Haruka in her Super Sailor Uranus form, as seen in the anime. First appearance Sailor Moon chapter #24: "Infinity 1 – Premonition" (1994) Created by Naoko Takeuchi Voiced by Japanese: Megumi Ogata Junko Minagawa (Sailor Moon Crystal) English: Sarah Lafleur (CWi dub) Erica Mendez (Viz dub) Profile Alias Haruka Tenoh Princess Uranus Affiliations Sailor Soldiers Shadow Galactica Powers and abilities Air manipulation Precognition High proficiency in hand-to-hand combat and sword combat Superhuman strength, speed, and agility Sailor Uranus (セーラーウラヌス Sērā Uranusu) is a fictional lead character in the Sailor Moon media franchise. Sailor Uranus’ alternate identity is Haruka Tenoh (天王 はるか Ten'ō Haruka, renamed "Amara Tenoh" in some English adaptations), a teenage Japanese student. Haruka is a member of the Sailor Soldiers, supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Sailor Uranus fights alongside her partner and lover Sailor Neptune. Sailor Uranus possesses powers associated with the wind and sky, precognition, as well as sword combat. Contents 1 Profile 2 Aspects and forms 2.1 Sailor Uranus 2.2 Princess Uranus 3 Special powers and items 4 Development 5 Actresses 6 Reception and influence 6.1 Censorship 7 See also 8 References Profile Haruka is a stubborn, protective individual, as well as strong-willed, capable, charming, and occasionally even daring. She is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Neptune in the final episode of Sailor Moon R. She is the tallest of the Sailor Soldiers at 6', followed by Sailor Pluto at 5'10". Haruka is a racecar driver, even though she is barely sixteen years old at her first appearance. However, the timing of her birthday to the Japanese school year means she is one grade ahead of the Sailor Soldiers. Haruka loves to tease pretty girls. In the manga, she even kisses Usagi.[1] Throughout the manga, she lightly flirts with Usagi, either out of habit in her first appearance or just for fun, and eventually Usagi flirts back. Their relationship in the anime is different, as Haruka also refers to Usagi as "Odango", or dumpling, in the same way Tuxedo Mask does—as a playful nickname. By the time she returns in Sailor Stars, however, she begins to refer to Usagi as "Kitten". Haruka with sword and Ferrari F512M, as drawn by Naoko Takeuchi. Although her relationship with Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune is not implicitly sexual until later in the series, their romantic situation is referred to early on and generally understood by most of the metaseries' characters fairly quickly. It is sometimes a source of good-natured humor, particularly because few of the other Soldiers have serious romantic prospects in comparison and because the otherwise bold Haruka finds it impolite to discuss romantic matters in public. In the anime, however, the physical aspects of their relationship are limited to hand-holding, flirting, and sometimes even humorous implications, but generally remains circumspect. She complicates the perception of her gender by appearing as a "Tuxedo Mask" instead of a Sailor Soldier in her first appearance. This form is never mentioned again.[2] Besides her relationship with Michiru, Haruka is also close friends with Setsuna Meioh, because the three of them work closely together. Following the destruction of the Death Busters and the rebirth of Sailor Saturn as an infant, they vow to be her family and care for her. Later story arcs show that the four live together happily for some time. Nothing about Haruka's family life is ever discussed, although she and Michiru appear noticeably wealthy by unknown means. In the manga, Haruka says that she and Michiru have "wealthy patrons". The anime and manga versions of the character are reasonably interchangeable, although her standoffishness is more pronounced in the anime. Like Michiru, Haruka is sometimes considered an antihero. In the Sailor Moon musicals (Seramyu), Haruka and Michiru's relationship remains largely unchanged; they are always shown together, which is consistent with both manga and anime, and while their romance in the musicals is usually kept low-key, the actresses for the two do kiss on stage in the omake of Kaguya Shima Densetsu Kaiteiban. They are also the only two Soldiers to engage in physical combat with Galaxia.[3] The other Soldiers only use their powers to combat her.[4] As in the anime, however, neither Uranus or Neptune are capable of harming Galaxia in combat. It is seen that Uranus has the ability to sense Neptune's death when Galaxia gravely injures Neptune, who had been weakened while protecting Sailor Mars.[5] Otherwise, the two are shown to be more willing to work as a team with the other Sailor Soldiers in the musicals than in the anime, except where plot-lines are directly drawn from the anime, such as their pretended betrayal of the other Soldiers in Sailor Stars. Haruka's ambition prior to becoming a Sailor Soldier, was to be a professional racer. Thereafter, driving is still a well-loved hobby and is listed in the manga as her best skill.[6] She is also an accomplished runner, belonging to the track and field club at school.[7] On occasion, Haruka can be seen playing piano in accompaniment during Michiru's violin performances. While physical education is her best class, modern Japanese language is her worst. Haruka is highly private, able to tease others while becoming flustered if teased herself, and has difficulty with confessions. Her favorite food is salad and her least favorite is nattō (fermented soybeans); she also likes the color gold. According to Michiru, Haruka has had trouble with popular men on more than one occasion. Haruka denies this, but it clearly annoys her.[8] Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna appear in Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie, although this conflicts with the general timeline of the series in several ways. Notably, they are more overtly friendly and helpful than they had been when they last met, and Sailor Pluto is present (which conflicts with certain events in the third series). Aspects and forms As a character with different incarnations, special powers, transformations, and a long lifetime that spans the Silver Millennium era to the 30th century, Haruka gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses. Sailor Uranus Haruka's Soldier identity. She wears a uniform colored in Navy and Yellow. Unlike most of the other Soldiers, her gloves extend only to mid-forearm. In transformed state, she wears two golden hoop earrings. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Soldier of Sky[9] (or "the Skies" in the English manga) and Soldier of Flight. She is known to run as fast as the wind, and can forecast bad things from the sky. Perhaps her titles regarding the sky is in reference to the Greco-Roman Uranus, who was the embodiment of the sky.[10] Sailor Uranus is one of the more aggressive, and yet also intelligent, Sailor Soldiers, and carries the Space Sword, which is one of three Talisman carried by herself, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Pluto. Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although certain powers are unavailable to her in that form. Sailor Neptune is her constant companion, and they are rarely separated. As she grows stronger, Sailor Uranus gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first change takes place in Act 39 of the manga, when she obtains the Uranus Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title. A similar event takes place in Episode 167 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Uranus. A third, manga-only form appears in Act 42, also unnamed but analogous to Eternal Sailor Moon (sans wings).[11] Princess Uranus On Silver Millennium, Sailor Uranus was also the princess of her home planet. She was among those given the duty of protecting the Solar System from outside invasion. As Princess Uranus, she dwelt in Miranda Castle and wore a deep blue gown—she appears in this form in the original manga Act 41, as well as in supplementary art. Special powers and items Sailor Uranus using Space Sword Blaster in Sailor Moon Crystal. Although Haruka is extremely strong and has some psychic sensitivity (mostly in the form of dreams, shared by Michiru and Setsuna, or by "hearing" ill omens in the wind), she is not shown using any special powers in her civilian form. She must first transform into a Sailor Soldier by raising her hand or a special device into the air and shouting a special phrase, originally "Uranus Planet Power, Make-up!"[12] In the manga she eventually gains her Uranus Crystal and this phrase changes to evoke Uranus Crystal Power.[13] In the anime, although she does upgrade to Super Sailor Uranus, the Crystal is never mentioned and her transformation is not shown on screen.[14] Sailor Uranus' powers are inspired by Greek mythology, where Uranus is the god of the sky. They are also inspired by Western astrology, where the planet Uranus is associated with natural disasters, such as "earthquakes, tornadoes, typhoons and hurricanes."[15] Her first attack is World Shaking;[16] she gathers energy from the sky and sends it toward to her foes by smashing the energy against the ground. She is given three major attacks in the series, and although they all have English names (like those of the other Sailor Soldiers), each is also given kanji in the manga to denote the meaning to Japanese readers. For example, World Shaking is given kanji which translate to "sky" (天), "world" (界), and "shake" (震).[10] The intended English pronunciation is given in furigana. This is Sailor Uranus's primary attack for most of the anime series. Haruka carries a special blade, the Space Sword, which is one of three powerful Talismans, the other two of which are carried by Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto. In the manga, she seems to already know it is a Talisman; in the anime, she does not gain the sword until it is revealed as such.[17] In either case, it is used in her second attack, Space Sword Blaster[18] (宇宙剣乱風, "space sword chaos wind",[10] which fires damaging energy, as well as in physical strikes. Her third and final attack, appearing only in the manga, is called Space Turbulence (宇宙乱気流),[19] which uses no item at all. The Uranus Crystal is perhaps her most important possession, as it is her Sailor Crystal and the source of all her power, which becomes especially important in the fifth story arc. It is given to her by Sailor Saturn.[10] Development The character of Sailor Uranus was not developed until partway through the Sailor Moon series, after the Sailor Soldiers were well-established. She was created in tandem with Sailor Neptune, as "complementary but opposite characters,"[20] and meant from the beginning to work alongside Sailor Pluto. Creator Naoko Takeuchi has said that she was shocked by the changes made to Haruka's personality in the anime series, but that she was glad fans still liked the character.[21] Initial drawings of Haruka are softer and more feminine than they would later become; she was originally intended to be involved in the all-female Takarazuka Revue, playing male roles on stage.[22] Although this was not included in the series itself, Takeuchi stated in an interview that she feels Takarazuka is "the maximum level of feminine emancipation. These actress cover all roles of the plays, even the male ones. I was inspired by them to create Haruka."[23] She also described such a figure as "the female best friend and the fairy tale prince in one," stating that she had wanted for a long time to include a character like this in one of her works. Haruka is intended as an older sister figure for the younger girls populating the series, and as a counterpoint to Mamoru, Takeuchi's ideal man.[24] Haruka is relatively androgynous in the manga, wearing both feminine and masculine outfits, in tune with the traditional depiction of a beautiful androgynous woman in shōjo comics. Takeuchi drew Haruka as physically different when she dresses in male clothes, with a more masculine figure than otherwise.[25] She even refers to Haruka as being "in male form" at these times, and stated that she wanted this to continue in the anime—which it did.[21] In the anime, Haruka's sometimes-feminine appearance is downplayed, and she almost always appears masculine. Haruka's fascination with racing draws at least some of its details from Takeuchi herself; in the manga, they even share a favorite car, the Ferrari 512M.[21] In the anime, she is seen driving either a yellow or white 1968 Toyota 2000GT open-top (resembling the custom "Bond Model", or, once, a 1990 montego blue Mazda Mx-5 Miata.[citation needed] The kanji of Haruka's surname translate as "sky" (天 ten) and "king" (王 ō). Together, they constitute most of the name of the planet Uranus in Japanese, Ten'ōsei (天王星, "sky king star".[26][27] Her given name is in hiragana haruka (はるか) and so its meaning is not inherent, but the word itself means "distant" (遥). Her family name is sometimes incorrectly romanized as Tennō, which is in fact a more common writing of the planet's name,[28] but the manga invariably glosses Haruka's surname as Ten'ō where furigana are used, and it is pronounced this way in the anime. Actresses Erica Mendez is the voice of Haruka in the Viz Media dub. In the Japanese anime and movies, Haruka Tenoh is voiced by veteran voice actress Megumi Ogata, who had previously portrayed a monster-of-the-day, Petz, and a young Mamoru in the series.[29] Ogata was instructed by the director to portray Haruka as if she and Michiru were a married couple. In 1995, Ogata won the 16th Animage Anime Grand Prix award for best voice actress, largely because of her work as Sailor Uranus, breaking up a 12-win streak by Megumi Hayashibara. The previous year she had ranked third, and she ranked second for the next three years before dropping to ninth place in 1999.[30] In the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal, she is voiced by Junko Minagawa.[31] In the original English dub, her name is changed to "Amara" and she is voiced by Sarah Lafleur. Haruka is voiced by Erica Mendez in the Viz Media English dub.[32] In the stage musicals, Haruka has been played by 5 actresses: Sanae Kimura, Nao Takagi, Asako Uchida, Akiko Nakayama, and Shu Shiotsuki.[33][34] Sanae Kimura regarded the betrayal of Uranus and Neptune in her last musical, Eien Densetsu kaiteiban, to be a very difficult scene for her and cried during it.[35] 019, at 08:56 (UTC). angel eyes1212: sell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004),[1] better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as O.D.B.), was an American rapper and producer. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from New York City, New York, which first rose to mainstream prominence with their 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).[2][3] His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, including incarceration.[1] He died on November 13, 2004, of a drug overdose, two days before his 36th birthday.[4] Ol' Dirty Bastard was noted for his "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style."[1] His stage name was derived from the 1980 martial arts film Ol' Dirty and the Bastard (also called An Old Kung Fu Master, starring Yuen Siu-tien).[5] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan 1.2 Music career 2 Legal issues 3 Death 4 Discography 4.1 Studio albums 4.2 Posthumous studio albums 5 Awards and nominations 6 Appears on 7 References 8 External links Biography Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan Russell Jones was born on November 15, 1968, in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York. He and his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice shared a taste for rap music and martial arts-style movies.[3] Jones, Diggs, and Grice (later known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA respectively) formed the group Force of the Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as All in Together Now after their successful underground single of the same name. They eventually added six more members to their group, calling it the Wu-Tang Clan. The group released their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, receiving notable commercial and critical success. Music career Ol' Dirty Bastard's solo career began March 28, 1995. His first solo album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, spawned the hit singles "Brooklyn Zoo" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", which helped propel the album to platinum status. The album's sound was noted by several music writers as being as "raw and gritty" as 36 Chambers, with RZA and 4th Disciple producing beats of an even more minimalist and stripped-down style than on the group's debut album. In this same year, Ol' Dirty Bastard collaborated with Mariah Carey for the "Fantasy Remix". It was around this time that Ol' Dirty Bastard gained notoriety when, as he was being profiled for an MTV biography, he took two of his seven children by limousine to a New York State welfare office to cash a $375 welfare check and receive food stamps;[6] his latest album was still in the top ten of the US charts. The entire incident was filmed by an MTV camera crew and was broadcast nationwide.[7][8] Although he had recently received a $45,000 cash advance for his first solo album and was earning a cut of the profits from the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Ol' Dirty Bastard was still listed as eligible for welfare and food stamps due to the fact that he had not yet filed his taxes for the current year. His caseworker revoked his eligibility after seeing the MTV segment, and the incident was viewed as an example of the welfare abuses that led to the significant welfare reforms enacted in 1996.[9] In 1997, Ol' Dirty Bastard appeared on the Wu-Tang Clan's second and most commercially successful work, the double album Wu-Tang Forever. He had fewer appearances on this album than the group's debut, contributing to one solo track ("Dog Shit", three verses ("Maria", "Reunited", "Heaterz", one hook ("As High as Wu-Tang Get", and a spoken introduction/refrain ("Triumph".[citation needed] In February 1998, Ol' Dirty Bastard witnessed a car accident from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend ran to the accident scene and organized about a dozen onlookers, who assisted in lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital with first and second degree burns. Using a false name, Ol' Dirty Bastard visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.[10] The evening following the traffic accident, Ol' Dirty Bastard rushed on-stage unexpectedly as Shawn Colvin took the stage to give her acceptance speech for Song of the Year at the 1998 Grammy Awards, and he announced he had recently purchased expensive clothes in anticipation of winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album that he lost to Puff Daddy. As Ol' Dirty Bastard took the stage to a round of applause, he asked the audience, "Please calm down, the music and everything. It's nice that I went and bought me an outfit today that costed a lot of money today, you know what I mean? 'Cause I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win. I don't know how you all see it, but when it comes to the children, Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. You know what I mean? Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best, Okay? I want you all to know that this is ODB, and I love you all. Peace!" The incident was widely covered in the mainstream media.[11][12] The morning after the Grammy Awards, he appeared on The Howard Stern Show, to discuss the incident.[13] In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastard wrote and recorded his second studio album, Nigga Please, between jail sentences. The album received notable commercial success, although it failed to parallel the critical praise of his debut. This release included the single "Got Your Money", which garnered worldwide chart success. The song was produced by The Neptunes and featured chorus vocals by R&B singer Kelis. In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastard was paid $30,000 to appear on Insane Clown Posse's album, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Completing his track in two days, his recording consisted of his "rambling about bitches". Insane Clown Posse re-recorded the track and re-edited Ol' Dirty Bastard's vocals in order to form four rhymes out of his rambling, titling the song "Bitches".[14] In 2001, with Ol' Dirty Bastard again in jail for crack cocaine possession, his record label Elektra Records made the decision to release a greatest hits album (despite there being only two albums in his back catalog) in order to both end their contract with the artist (see below section), in order to help him profit from the publicity generated by his legal troubles. After the contract with Elektra was terminated, the label D-3 records released the album The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones in 2002, composed of tracks compiled without Ol' Dirty Bastard's input. In 2003, the day he was released from prison, Ol' Dirty Bastard signed a contract with Roc-A-Fella Records. Living at his mother's home under house arrest and with a court-ordered probation, he used his criminal record to title his VH1 special, Inside Out: Ol' Dirty Bastard On Parole. He also managed to record a new album, originally scheduled to be released through Dame Dash Music Group in 2004; it has since been shelved indefinitely. In October 2004, one month before his death, his last collaboration was with Jon B. on the track, "Everytime" from the album, Stronger Everyday. In 2005, five months after his death, he appeared posthumously on the song "Blah-Blah-Blah" by Brooke Valentine on her debut album, Chain Letter. In August 2017 in an interview on Hot 97, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA confirmed that the new Wu-Tang album, Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, will contain unreleased vocals by Ol' Dirty Bastard.[15] To celebrate Ol' Dirty Bastard's birthday, "Intoxicated" from the unreleased album A Son Unique was released as a single on November, 15th, 2018.[16] Legal issues Ol' Dirty Bastard in a 2001 police mugshot In 1993, Ol' Dirty Bastard was convicted of second degree assault for an attempted robbery and in 1994, he was shot in the abdomen following an argument with another rapper.[1] In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay child support for three of his children.[17] In 1998, he pleaded guilty to attempted assault on his wife and was the victim of a home invasion robbery at his girlfriend's house. He was shot in the back and arm but the wounds were superficial.[18] In July 1998, only days after being shot in a push-in robbery at his girlfriend's house in Brooklyn, he was arrested for shoplifting a pair of $50 shoes from a Sneaker Stadium store in Virginia Beach, Virginia, although he was carrying close to $500 in cash at the time. He was issued bench warrants by the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Department to stand trial after he failed to appear in court numerous times. He was arrested for criminal threatening after a series of confrontations in Los Angeles a few weeks later, and was then re-arrested for similar charges not long after that. During a traffic stop, the details of which remain clouded in multiple versions of events, he was arrested for attempted murder and criminal weapon possession.[19] The case was later dismissed.[20] On January 14, 1999[21] shortly before the killing of Amadou Diallo, two officers from the Street Crimes Unit fired eight shots at Ol' Dirty Bastard and accused him of firing at them after they stopped his car in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ol' Dirty Bastard was cleared by a grand jury and insisted that the officers had been scared by his cellular phone. No weapons or shell casings (besides those of the officers) were found in the vehicle or near the scene.[22] In February 1999, he was arrested for driving without a license and for being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest. At the time, it was illegal for felons to own body armor.[19] Back in New York weeks later, he was arrested for drug possession of crack cocaine and for traffic offenses. With multiple cases in the past and present, he was arrested with marijuana and 20 vials of crack.[23] In October 2000, he escaped from his court-mandated drug treatment facility and spent one month as a fugitive. During his time on the run, he met with RZA and spent some time in their recording studio. He then appeared onstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York drinking from a bottle at the record release party for The W, the third Wu-Tang Clan album.[citation needed] In late November 2000, while still a fugitive, he was arrested outside a South Philadelphia McDonald's (at 29th and Gray's Ferry Ave.), after he drew a crowd while signing autographs. He spent several days in a Philadelphia jail and was later extradited to New York City. A Manhattan court sentenced him to two to four years incarceration.[citation needed] He was released on parole on May 1, 2003.[24] In 2012, his FBI file was released to the public after a Freedom of Information Act request.[25] It contains details of numerous crimes, such as alleged connections to three murders, a shoot out with the New York City Police Department, and a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act investigation against the Wu-Tang Clan.[26][27] Death Mural of Ol' Dirty Bastard Leading up to his death, Ol' Dirty Bastard's legal troubles and eccentric behavior made him "something of a folk hero", according to The New Yorker writer Michael Agger.[28] Music writer Steve Huey wrote: "it was difficult for observers to tell whether Ol' Dirty Bastard's wildly erratic behavior was the result of serious drug problems or genuine mental instability."[1] According to The Atlantic contributing editor and music biographer James Parker, Ol' Dirty Bastard had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2003.[29] Ol' Dirty Bastard collapsed at approximately 4:35 pm (EST) on November 13, 2004 (two days before his 36th birthday) at RZA's recording studio (36 Chambers Records LLC on West 34th Street in New York City). His funeral was held at Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center and drew a crowd of thousands. The official cause of death was a drug overdose; an autopsy found a lethal mixture of cocaine and the prescription drug tramadol.[30] The overdose was ruled accidental and witnesses say Ol' Dirty Bastard complained of chest pain on the day he died.[31] Mourning the decline of Jones' mental and physical health, RZA wrote in his 2009 book The Tao of Wu: Trust me, the man who became ODB, Ason Unique, my cousin, he was a scientist and a minor prophet...People may not know this from the outrageous character he played, but ODB was a visionary. But he decayed, he lost that vision...From the time they put him in jail to all the drugs he was doing to all the stress he went through with his family, it took away his ability to see. And this night, he sat there and looked me in the eye and said, "RZA, I don't understand."...Now, I know that right there, right when he said that—we lost him. Eight hours later, ODB was gone.[32] Discography Main article: Ol' Dirty Bastard discography Studio albums Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) Nigga Please (1999)← Posthumous studio albums A Son Unique (2005) Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year Nominated work Award Result 1996 Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Best Rap Album Nominated 1998 Wu-Tang Forever (with Wu-Tang Clan) Best Rap Album Nominated 1999 "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" (with Pras and Mýa) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated Appears on [33] Year Song Other artist(s) Released on 1993 "Shame On A Nigga" Method Man, Raekwon Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber" Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Da Mystery Of Chessboxin" U-God, Inspektah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa "Protect Ya Neck" Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber—Part II" Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Show & Prove" Big Daddy Kane, Scoob Lover, Sauce Money, Shyheim, Jay-Z "Show & Prove" 1995 "Give It To Ya Raw" "Brooklyn Zoo" "Don't You Know Part 2" "Rawhide" "Fantasy (Remix)" Mariah Carey "Fantasy" "Duel of the Iron Mic" GZA, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck Liquid Swords 1996 "Ol' Dirty's Back" 12 O'Clock O.D.B.E.P. "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" Busta Rhymes "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" "Dirty The Moocher" Ol' Dirty Bastard "N/A" "Lint Balls" Sunz of Man 1997 "Reunited" GZA, RZA, Method Man Wu-Tang Forever "As High As Wu-Tang Get" GZA, Method Man "Maria" Cappadonna, RZA "Triumph" Wu-Tang Clan "Dog Shit" "Heaterz" Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Cappadonna "Hip-Hop Drunkies" Tha Alkaholiks "Likwidation" 1998 "Ghetto Supastar" Pras, Mýa Ghetto Supastar "Shining Star" Sunz Of Ma angel eyes1212: sell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004),[1] better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as O.D.B.), was an American rapper and producer. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from New York City, New York, which first rose to mainstream prominence with their 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).[2][3] His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, including incarceration.[1] He died on November 13, 2004, of a drug overdose, two days before his 36th birthday.[4] Ol' Dirty Bastard was noted for his "outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes delivered in a distinctive half-rapped, half-sung style."[1] His stage name was derived from the 1980 martial arts film Ol' Dirty and the Bastard (also called An Old Kung Fu Master, starring Yuen Siu-tien).[5] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan 1.2 Music career 2 Legal issues 3 Death 4 Discography 4.1 Studio albums 4.2 Posthumous studio albums 5 Awards and nominations 6 Appears on 7 References 8 External links Biography Early life, formation of the Wu-Tang Clan Russell Jones was born on November 15, 1968, in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, New York. He and his cousins Robert Diggs and Gary Grice shared a taste for rap music and martial arts-style movies.[3] Jones, Diggs, and Grice (later known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA respectively) formed the group Force of the Imperial Master, which subsequently became known as All in Together Now after their successful underground single of the same name. They eventually added six more members to their group, calling it the Wu-Tang Clan. The group released their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, receiving notable commercial and critical success. Music career Ol' Dirty Bastard's solo career began March 28, 1995. His first solo album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, spawned the hit singles "Brooklyn Zoo" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ya", which helped propel the album to platinum status. The album's sound was noted by several music writers as being as "raw and gritty" as 36 Chambers, with RZA and 4th Disciple producing beats of an even more minimalist and stripped-down style than on the group's debut album. In this same year, Ol' Dirty Bastard collaborated with Mariah Carey for the "Fantasy Remix". It was around this time that Ol' Dirty Bastard gained notoriety when, as he was being profiled for an MTV biography, he took two of his seven children by limousine to a New York State welfare office to cash a $375 welfare check and receive food stamps;[6] his latest album was still in the top ten of the US charts. The entire incident was filmed by an MTV camera crew and was broadcast nationwide.[7][8] Although he had recently received a $45,000 cash advance for his first solo album and was earning a cut of the profits from the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Ol' Dirty Bastard was still listed as eligible for welfare and food stamps due to the fact that he had not yet filed his taxes for the current year. His caseworker revoked his eligibility after seeing the MTV segment, and the incident was viewed as an example of the welfare abuses that led to the significant welfare reforms enacted in 1996.[9] In 1997, Ol' Dirty Bastard appeared on the Wu-Tang Clan's second and most commercially successful work, the double album Wu-Tang Forever. He had fewer appearances on this album than the group's debut, contributing to one solo track ("Dog Shit", three verses ("Maria", "Reunited", "Heaterz", one hook ("As High as Wu-Tang Get", and a spoken introduction/refrain ("Triumph".[citation needed] In February 1998, Ol' Dirty Bastard witnessed a car accident from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend ran to the accident scene and organized about a dozen onlookers, who assisted in lifting the 1996 Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4-year-old girl from the wreckage. She was taken to a hospital with first and second degree burns. Using a false name, Ol' Dirty Bastard visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.[10] The evening following the traffic accident, Ol' Dirty Bastard rushed on-stage unexpectedly as Shawn Colvin took the stage to give her acceptance speech for Song of the Year at the 1998 Grammy Awards, and he announced he had recently purchased expensive clothes in anticipation of winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album that he lost to Puff Daddy. As Ol' Dirty Bastard took the stage to a round of applause, he asked the audience, "Please calm down, the music and everything. It's nice that I went and bought me an outfit today that costed a lot of money today, you know what I mean? 'Cause I figured that Wu-Tang was gonna win. I don't know how you all see it, but when it comes to the children, Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. You know what I mean? Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best, Okay? I want you all to know that this is ODB, and I love you all. Peace!" The incident was widely covered in the mainstream media.[11][12] The morning after the Grammy Awards, he appeared on The Howard Stern Show, to discuss the incident.[13] In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastard wrote and recorded his second studio album, Nigga Please, between jail sentences. The album received notable commercial success, although it failed to parallel the critical praise of his debut. This release included the single "Got Your Money", which garnered worldwide chart success. The song was produced by The Neptunes and featured chorus vocals by R&B singer Kelis. In 1999, Ol' Dirty Bastard was paid $30,000 to appear on Insane Clown Posse's album, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Completing his track in two days, his recording consisted of his "rambling about bitches". Insane Clown Posse re-recorded the track and re-edited Ol' Dirty Bastard's vocals in order to form four rhymes out of his rambling, titling the song "Bitches".[14] In 2001, with Ol' Dirty Bastard again in jail for crack cocaine possession, his record label Elektra Records made the decision to release a greatest hits album (despite there being only two albums in his back catalog) in order to both end their contract with the artist (see below section), in order to help him profit from the publicity generated by his legal troubles. After the contract with Elektra was terminated, the label D-3 records released the album The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones in 2002, composed of tracks compiled without Ol' Dirty Bastard's input. In 2003, the day he was released from prison, Ol' Dirty Bastard signed a contract with Roc-A-Fella Records. Living at his mother's home under house arrest and with a court-ordered probation, he used his criminal record to title his VH1 special, Inside Out: Ol' Dirty Bastard On Parole. He also managed to record a new album, originally scheduled to be released through Dame Dash Music Group in 2004; it has since been shelved indefinitely. In October 2004, one month before his death, his last collaboration was with Jon B. on the track, "Everytime" from the album, Stronger Everyday. In 2005, five months after his death, he appeared posthumously on the song "Blah-Blah-Blah" by Brooke Valentine on her debut album, Chain Letter. In August 2017 in an interview on Hot 97, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA confirmed that the new Wu-Tang album, Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, will contain unreleased vocals by Ol' Dirty Bastard.[15] To celebrate Ol' Dirty Bastard's birthday, "Intoxicated" from the unreleased album A Son Unique was released as a single on November, 15th, 2018.[16] Legal issues Ol' Dirty Bastard in a 2001 police mugshot In 1993, Ol' Dirty Bastard was convicted of second degree assault for an attempted robbery and in 1994, he was shot in the abdomen following an argument with another rapper.[1] In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay child support for three of his children.[17] In 1998, he pleaded guilty to attempted assault on his wife and was the victim of a home invasion robbery at his girlfriend's house. He was shot in the back and arm but the wounds were superficial.[18] In July 1998, only days after being shot in a push-in robbery at his girlfriend's house in Brooklyn, he was arrested for shoplifting a pair of $50 shoes from a Sneaker Stadium store in Virginia Beach, Virginia, although he was carrying close to $500 in cash at the time. He was issued bench warrants by the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Department to stand trial after he failed to appear in court numerous times. He was arrested for criminal threatening after a series of confrontations in Los Angeles a few weeks later, and was then re-arrested for similar charges not long after that. During a traffic stop, the details of which remain clouded in multiple versions of events, he was arrested for attempted murder and criminal weapon possession.[19] The case was later dismissed.[20] On January 14, 1999[21] shortly before the killing of Amadou Diallo, two officers from the Street Crimes Unit fired eight shots at Ol' Dirty Bastard and accused him of firing at them after they stopped his car in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ol' Dirty Bastard was cleared by a grand jury and insisted that the officers had been scared by his cellular phone. No weapons or shell casings (besides those of the officers) were found in the vehicle or near the scene.[22] In February 1999, he was arrested for driving without a license and for being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest. At the time, it was illegal for felons to own body armor.[19] Back in New York weeks later, he was arrested for drug possession of crack cocaine and for traffic offenses. With multiple cases in the past and present, he was arrested with marijuana and 20 vials of crack.[23] In October 2000, he escaped from his court-mandated drug treatment facility and spent one month as a fugitive. During his time on the run, he met with RZA and spent some time in their recording studio. He then appeared onstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York drinking from a bottle at the record release party for The W, the third Wu-Tang Clan album.[citation needed] In late November 2000, while still a fugitive, he was arrested outside a South Philadelphia McDonald's (at 29th and Gray's Ferry Ave.), after he drew a crowd while signing autographs. He spent several days in a Philadelphia jail and was later extradited to New York City. A Manhattan court sentenced him to two to four years incarceration.[citation needed] He was released on parole on May 1, 2003.[24] In 2012, his FBI file was released to the public after a Freedom of Information Act request.[25] It contains details of numerous crimes, such as alleged connections to three murders, a shoot out with the New York City Police Department, and a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act investigation against the Wu-Tang Clan.[26][27] Death Mural of Ol' Dirty Bastard Leading up to his death, Ol' Dirty Bastard's legal troubles and eccentric behavior made him "something of a folk hero", according to The New Yorker writer Michael Agger.[28] Music writer Steve Huey wrote: "it was difficult for observers to tell whether Ol' Dirty Bastard's wildly erratic behavior was the result of serious drug problems or genuine mental instability."[1] According to The Atlantic contributing editor and music biographer James Parker, Ol' Dirty Bastard had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2003.[29] Ol' Dirty Bastard collapsed at approximately 4:35 pm (EST) on November 13, 2004 (two days before his 36th birthday) at RZA's recording studio (36 Chambers Records LLC on West 34th Street in New York City). His funeral was held at Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center and drew a crowd of thousands. The official cause of death was a drug overdose; an autopsy found a lethal mixture of cocaine and the prescription drug tramadol.[30] The overdose was ruled accidental and witnesses say Ol' Dirty Bastard complained of chest pain on the day he died.[31] Mourning the decline of Jones' mental and physical health, RZA wrote in his 2009 book The Tao of Wu: Trust me, the man who became ODB, Ason Unique, my cousin, he was a scientist and a minor prophet...People may not know this from the outrageous character he played, but ODB was a visionary. But he decayed, he lost that vision...From the time they put him in jail to all the drugs he was doing to all the stress he went through with his family, it took away his ability to see. And this night, he sat there and looked me in the eye and said, "RZA, I don't understand."...Now, I know that right there, right when he said that—we lost him. Eight hours later, ODB was gone.[32] Discography Main article: Ol' Dirty Bastard discography Studio albums Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995) Nigga Please (1999)← Posthumous studio albums A Son Unique (2005) Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year Nominated work Award Result 1996 Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Best Rap Album Nominated 1998 Wu-Tang Forever (with Wu-Tang Clan) Best Rap Album Nominated 1999 "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" (with Pras and Mýa) Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated Appears on [33] Year Song Other artist(s) Released on 1993 "Shame On A Nigga" Method Man, Raekwon Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber" Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Da Mystery Of Chessboxin" U-God, Inspektah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa "Protect Ya Neck" Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber—Part II" Raekwon, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA "Show & Prove" Big Daddy Kane, Scoob Lover, Sauce Money, Shyheim, Jay-Z "Show & Prove" 1995 "Give It To Ya Raw" "Brooklyn Zoo" "Don't You Know Part 2" "Rawhide" "Fantasy (Remix)" Mariah Carey "Fantasy" "Duel of the Iron Mic" GZA, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck Liquid Swords 1996 "Ol' Dirty's Back" 12 O'Clock O.D.B.E.P. "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" Busta Rhymes "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" "Dirty The Moocher" Ol' Dirty Bastard "N/A" "Lint Balls" Sunz of Man 1997 "Reunited" GZA, RZA, Method Man Wu-Tang Forever "As High As Wu-Tang Get" GZA, Method Man "Maria" Cappadonna, RZA "Triumph" Wu-Tang Clan "Dog Shit" "Heaterz" Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Cappadonna "Hip-Hop Drunkies" Tha Alkaholiks "Likwidation" 1998 "Ghetto Supastar" Pras, Mýa Ghetto Supastar "Shining Star" Sunz Of Man angel eyes1212: Bitch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Look up bitch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bitch may refer to: A female dog or other canine Bitch (slang), a vulgar slur for a human female Bitch or bitches may also refer to: Contents 1 Arts and media 1.1 Film and television 1.2 Music 1.2.1 Performers 1.2.2 Songs 1.3 Other media 2 Geographical 3 Other uses Arts and media Film and television The Bitch (film), a 1979 film starring Joan Collins Bitch (film), a 2017 dark comedy film starring Marianna Palka "Bitches" (Pushing Daisies), an episode of Pushing Daisies The Bitch, an alternative title of Jean Renoir's 1931 film, La Chienne Music Performers Bitch (band), an American heavy metal band Bitch (performer), a musician, formerly of queercore duo "Bitch and Animal" Songs "Bitch" (Meredith Brooks song) "Bitch" (the Rolling Stones song) "Bitch" (Sevendust song) "Bitch" (E-40 song). "Bitches" (Tove Lo song) "Bitches", song by Mindless Self Indulgence from Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy "Bitches", song by Insane Clown Posse featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard from The Amazing Jeckel Brothers "Bitches", song by Hollywood Undead from Swan Songs Rarities Other media Bitch (magazine) "Bitch" (short story), by Roald Dahl Geographical Bitch Creek, a stream in Idaho, USA Bitch Mountain, a mountain in New York, U.S. The Bitches, rocks near Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire Other uses BITCH-100, or Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity, a psychometric test Bitches (cards), one of the many nicknames for a pair of Queens in card games Disambiguation icon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bitch. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. 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Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. angel eyes1212: Sailor Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Sailor moon) Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Sailor Moon (character). For other uses, see Sailor Moon (disambiguation). "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" redirects here. For the 2003 TV series, see Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series). Sailor Moon SMVolume1.jpg First tankōbon volume, released in Japan on July 6, 1992 featuring Usagi Tsukino as Sailor Moon. 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Bishōjo Senshi Sērāmūn) Genre Magical girl Manga Written by Naoko Takeuchi Published by Kodansha English publisher AUS Penguin Books Australia NA Kodansha Comics UK Turnaround Publisher Services Demographic Shōjo Magazine Nakayoshi, Run Run English magazine NA Mixxzine, Smile Original run December 28, 1991 – February 3, 1997 Volumes 18 (List of volumes) Anime television series Sailor Moon Sailor Moon Crystal Other media Codename: Sailor V (1991-1997) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action) Films: Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993) Sailor Moon S: The Movie (1994) Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (1995) Collectible Card Game Musicals Soundtracks Video games Wikipe-tan face.svg Anime and Manga portal Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn, originally translated as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon[1] and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon[2][3]) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into Sailor Moon to search for a magical artifact, the "Legendary Silver Crystal" (「幻の銀水晶」 Maboroshi no Ginzuishō, lit. "Phantom Silver Crystal". She leads a diverse group of comrades, the Sailor Soldiers (セーラー戦士 Sērā Senshi) (Sailor Guardians in later editions) as they battle against villains to prevent the theft of the Silver Crystal and the destruction of the Solar System. The manga was adapted into an anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast in Japan from 1992 to 1997.[4][5] Toei also developed three animated feature films, a television special, and three short films based on the anime. A live-action television adaptation, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, aired from 2003 to 2004, and a second anime series, Sailor Moon Crystal, began simulcasting in 2014. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Kodansha Comics in North America, and in Australia and New Zealand by Random House Australia. The entire anime series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. Since its release, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon has received acclaim, with praise for its art, characterization, and humor. The manga has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling shōjo manga series. The franchise has also generated $13 billion in worldwide merchandise sales. Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Media 3.1 Manga 3.2 Anime series 3.2.1 Sailor Moon 3.2.2 Sailor Moon Crystal 3.3 Films and television specials 3.4 Companion books 3.5 Novels 3.6 Stage musicals 3.7 Live-action series 3.7.1 Unmade American remake 3.7.2 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 3.8 Video games 3.9 Tabletop games 3.10 Theme park attractions 4 Reception 5 Legacy 6 References 7 External links Plot See also: List of Sailor Moon characters In Minato, Tokyo, a middle-school student named Usagi Tsukino befriends Luna, a talking black cat who gives her a magical brooch enabling her to become Sailor Moon: a soldier destined to save Earth from the forces of evil. Luna and Usagi assemble a team of fellow Sailor Soldiers to find their princess and the Silver Crystal. They encounter the studious Ami Mizuno, who awakens as Sailor Mercury; Rei Hino, a local shrine maiden who awakens as Sailor Mars; Makoto Kino, a tall transfer student who awakens as Sailor Jupiter; and Minako Aino, a young aspiring idol who awakens as Sailor Venus, accompanied by her talking feline companion Artemis. Additionally, they befriend Mamoru Chiba, a high-school student who assists them on occasion as Tuxedo Mask. In the first arc, the group battles the Dark Kingdom. Led by Queen Beryl, a team of generals—the Four Kings of Heaven (四天王 Shiten'ō, lit. "Four Heavenly Kings"—attempt to find the Silver Crystal and free an imprisoned, evil entity called Queen Metaria. Usagi and her team discover that in their previous lives they were members of the ancient Moon Kingdom in a period of time called the Silver Millennium. The Dark Kingdom waged war against them, resulting in the destruction of the Moon Kingdom. Its ruler Queen Serenity later sent her daughter Princess Serenity, her protectors the Sailor Soldiers, their feline advisers Luna and Artemis, and the princess's true love Prince Endymion into the future to be reborn through the power of the Silver Crystal. The team recognizes Usagi as the reincarnated Serenity and Mamoru as Endymion. The Soldiers kill the Four Kings, who turn out to have been Endymion's guardians who defected in their past lives. In a final confrontation with the Dark Kingdom, Minako kills Queen Beryl; she and the other Soldiers then sacrifice their lives in an attempt to destroy Queen Metaria. Using the Silver Crystal, Usagi defeats Metaria and resurrects her friends. At the beginning of the second arc, Usagi and Mamoru's daughter Chibiusa arrives from the future to find the Silver Crystal. As a result, the Soldiers encounter Wiseman and his Black Moon Clan, who are pursuing her. Chibiusa takes the Soldiers to the future city Crystal Tokyo, where her parents rule as Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. During their journey, they meet Sailor Pluto, guardian of the Time-Space Door. Pluto stops the Clan's ruler Prince Demand from destroying the spacetime continuum, leading to her death. Chibiusa later awakens as a Soldier—Sailor Chibi Moon and helps Usagi kill Wiseman's true form, Death Phantom. The third arc revolves around a group of lifeforms called the Death Busters, created by Professor Soichi Tomoe, who seek to transport the entity Pharaoh 90 to Earth to merge with the planet. Tomoe's daughter, Hotaru, is possessed by the entity Mistress 9, who must open the dimensional gateway through which Pharaoh 90 must travel. Auto-racer Haruka Tenoh and violinist Michiru Kaioh appear as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who guard the outer rim of the Solar System from external threats. Physics student Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto's reincarnation, joins the protagonists. Usagi obtains the Holy Grail, transforms into Super Sailor Moon, and attempts to use the power of the Grail and the Silver Crystal to destroy Pharaoh 90. This causes Hotaru to awaken as Sailor Saturn, whom Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna initially perceive as a threat. As the harbinger of death, Hotaru uses her power of destruction to sever Pharaoh 90 from the Earth and instructs Setsuna to use her power over time-space to close the dimensional gateway. In the fourth arc, Usagi and her friends enter high school and fight against the Dead Moon Circus, led by Queen Nehelenia, the self-proclaimed "rightful ruler" of both Silver Millennium and Earth. Nehelenia invades Elysion, which hosts the Earth's Golden Kingdom, capturing its High Priest Helios and instructing her followers to steal the Silver Crystal. As Prince Endymion, Mamoru is revealed to be the owner of the Golden Crystal, the sacred stone of the Golden Kingdom. Mamoru and the Soldiers combine their powers with those of the Holy Grail, enabling Usagi to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon and kill Nehelenia. Four of Nehelenia's henchmen, the Amazoness Quartet, are revealed to be Sailor Soldiers called the Sailor Quartet, who are destined to become Chibiusa's guardians in the future; they had been awakened prematurely and corrupted by Nehelenia. In the fifth and final arc, Usagi and her friends are drawn into a battle against Shadow Galactica, a group of false Sailor Soldiers. Their leader, Sailor Galaxia, plans to steal the Sailor Crystals of true Soldiers to take over the galaxy and kill an evil lifeform known as Chaos. When Galaxia kills Mamoru and most of the Sailor Soldiers, she steals their Sailor Crystals. Usagi travels to the Galaxy Cauldron to defeat Galaxia and revive her teammates. Joining Usagi are the Sailor Starlights who come from the planet Kinmoku, their ruler Princess Kakyuu and the infant Sailor Chibichibi, who comes from the distant future. Later, Chibiusa and the Sailor Quartet join Usagi and company. After numerous battles and the death of Galaxia, Sailor Chibichibi reveals her true form as Sailor Cosmos. After defeating Chaos with the Silver Crystal, Usagi revives Mamoru and the Sailor Soldiers, before returning to Earth. The series ends with Usagi and Mamoru's wedding six years later. Production Naoko Takeuchi redeveloped Sailor Moon from her 1991 manga serial Codename: Sailor V, which was first published on August 20, 1991, and featured Sailor Venus as the main protagonist.[6] Takeuchi wanted to create a story with a theme about girls in outer space. While discussing with her editor Fumio Osano, he suggested the addition of Sailor fuku.[7] When Codename: Sailor V was proposed for adaptation into an anime by Toei Animation, Takeuchi redeveloped the concept so Sailor Venus became a member of a team.[8][9] The resulting manga series became a fusion of the popular magical girl genre and the Super Sentai series, of which Takeuchi was a fan.[10] Recurring motifs include astronomy,[7] astrology, gemology, Greek and Roman mythology,[11] Japanese elemental themes,[12]:286 teen fashions,[11][13] and schoolgirl antics.[13] Takeuchi said discussions with Kodansha originally envisaged a single story arc;[14] the storyline was developed in meetings a year before serialization began.[15]:93 After completing the arc, Toei and Kodansha asked Takeuchi to continue the series. She wrote four more story arcs,[14] which were often published simultaneously with the five corresponding seasons of the anime adaptation. The anime ran one or two months behind the manga.[15]:93 As a result, the anime follows the storyline of the manga fairly closely, although there are deviations.[16] Takeuchi later said because Toei's production staff were mostly male, she feels the anime has "a slight male perspective."[16] Takeuchi later said she planned to kill off the protagonists, but Osano rejected the notion and said, "[Sailor Moon] is a shōjo manga!" When the anime adaptation was produced, the protagonists were killed in the final battle with the Dark Kingdom, although they were revived. Takeuchi resented that she was unable to do that in her version.[17] Takeuchi also intended for the Sailor Moon anime adaptation to last for one season, but due to the immense popularity, Toei asked Takeuchi to continue the series. At first, she struggled to develop another storyline to extend the series. While discussing with Osano, he suggested the inclusion of Usagi's daughter from the future, Chibiusa.[17] Media Manga Main article: List of Sailor Moon chapters Written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon was serialized in the monthly manga anthology Nakayoshi from December 28, 1991 to February 3, 1997.[6] The side-stories were serialized simultaneously in RunRun—another of Kodansha's manga magazines.[6] The 52 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha from July 6, 1992, to April 4, 1997.[18][19] In 2003, the chapters were re-released in a collection of 12 shinzōban volumes to coincide with the release of the live-action series.[20] The manga was retitled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and included new cover art,[21] and revised dialogue and illustrations. The ten individual short stories were also released in 2 volumes.[22][23] In 2013, the chapters were once again re-released in 10 kanzenban volumes to commemorate the manga's 20th anniversary, which includes digitally remastered artwork, new covers and color artwork from its Nakayoshi run.[24] The books have been enlarged from the typical Japanese manga size to A5.[25][26] The short stories were republished in two volumes, with the order of the stories shuffled. Codename: Sailor V was also included in the third edition.[26] The Sailor Moon manga was initially licensed for an English release by Mixx (later Tokyopop) in North America. The manga was first published as a serial in MixxZine beginning in 1997, but was later removed from the magazine and made into a separate, monthly comic to finish the first, second and third arcs. At the same time, the fourth and fifth arcs were printed in a secondary magazine called Smile.[27] The sas Chisaki Hama) as Ami Mizuno, K angel eyes1212: Sailor Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Sailor moon) Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about the media franchise. For the title character, see Sailor Moon (character). For other uses, see Sailor Moon (disambiguation). "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" redirects here. For the 2003 TV series, see Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series). Sailor Moon SMVolume1.jpg First tankōbon volume, released in Japan on July 6, 1992 featuring Usagi Tsukino as Sailor Moon. 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Bishōjo Senshi Sērāmūn) Genre Magical girl Manga Written by Naoko Takeuchi Published by Kodansha English publisher AUS Penguin Books Australia NA Kodansha Comics UK Turnaround Publisher Services Demographic Shōjo Magazine Nakayoshi, Run Run English magazine NA Mixxzine, Smile Original run December 28, 1991 – February 3, 1997 Volumes 18 (List of volumes) Anime television series Sailor Moon Sailor Moon Crystal Other media Codename: Sailor V (1991-1997) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live-action) Films: Sailor Moon R: The Movie (1993) Sailor Moon S: The Movie (1994) Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie (1995) Collectible Card Game Musicals Soundtracks Video games Wikipe-tan face.svg Anime and Manga portal Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn, originally translated as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon[1] and later as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon[2][3]) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series follows the adventures of a schoolgirl named Usagi Tsukino as she transforms into Sailor Moon to search for a magical artifact, the "Legendary Silver Crystal" (「幻の銀水晶」 Maboroshi no Ginzuishō, lit. "Phantom Silver Crystal". She leads a diverse group of comrades, the Sailor Soldiers (セーラー戦士 Sērā Senshi) (Sailor Guardians in later editions) as they battle against villains to prevent the theft of the Silver Crystal and the destruction of the Solar System. The manga was adapted into an anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast in Japan from 1992 to 1997.[4][5] Toei also developed three animated feature films, a television special, and three short films based on the anime. A live-action television adaptation, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, aired from 2003 to 2004, and a second anime series, Sailor Moon Crystal, began simulcasting in 2014. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Kodansha Comics in North America, and in Australia and New Zealand by Random House Australia. The entire anime series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. Since its release, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon has received acclaim, with praise for its art, characterization, and humor. The manga has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling shōjo manga series. The franchise has also generated $13 billion in worldwide merchandise sales. Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Media 3.1 Manga 3.2 Anime series 3.2.1 Sailor Moon 3.2.2 Sailor Moon Crystal 3.3 Films and television specials 3.4 Companion books 3.5 Novels 3.6 Stage musicals 3.7 Live-action series 3.7.1 Unmade American remake 3.7.2 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 3.8 Video games 3.9 Tabletop games 3.10 Theme park attractions 4 Reception 5 Legacy 6 References 7 External links Plot See also: List of Sailor Moon characters In Minato, Tokyo, a middle-school student named Usagi Tsukino befriends Luna, a talking black cat who gives her a magical brooch enabling her to become Sailor Moon: a soldier destined to save Earth from the forces of evil. Luna and Usagi assemble a team of fellow Sailor Soldiers to find their princess and the Silver Crystal. They encounter the studious Ami Mizuno, who awakens as Sailor Mercury; Rei Hino, a local shrine maiden who awakens as Sailor Mars; Makoto Kino, a tall transfer student who awakens as Sailor Jupiter; and Minako Aino, a young aspiring idol who awakens as Sailor Venus, accompanied by her talking feline companion Artemis. Additionally, they befriend Mamoru Chiba, a high-school student who assists them on occasion as Tuxedo Mask. angel eyes1212: charles is most known for his YouTube channel focusing on makeup which he launched on December 1, 2015. At its highest point (May 6, 2019) his channel had 16.6 million subscribers. It currently has 15.4 million. His channel also has over 1.6 billion views on YouTube. On May 11, 2019, he became the first ever YouTube personality to lose over 1 million subscribers in 24 hours.[9] At the 8th Streamy Awards he won the award for best channel in the Beauty category.[10] Makeup On October 11, 2016, at the age of seventeen, Charles became the first male spokesmodel for cosmetics brand CoverGirl, working alongside brand ambassador Katy Perry.[11][12][13][14][15][16] In 2018, Charles collaborated with Morphe Cosmetics to release an eyeshadow palette. In January 2019, he was invited to Birmingham, England, to open the company's second UK store, where over 7,000 fans showed up to see him, causing parts of the city centre to come to a standstill.[17][18] In March 2019, Charles did the makeup for Iggy Azalea's music video shoot for "Sally Walker". He also made a cameo appearance in the video.[19] Modeling In 2017, Charles walked the runway for MarcoMarco's Six 1/2 collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week.[20][21] Controversies In February 2017, Charles was criticized after tweeting an offensive joke about Africa and Ebola. He later issued an apology saying; "I am extremely sorry for what I said. There are no excuses. No one owes me forgiveness, but I've learned a lot from the experience. I hope that the people who might look up to me will be able to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them".[22][23] In March 2017, YouTube make-up artist Thomas Halbert posted screenshots of previous conversations with Charles where he admitted his story regarding his rise in notability was falsified. Charles originally claimed he had his high school prom photographs retaken with a ring light,[24] however the conversation revealed that he had actually edited the photographs.[25] In April 2019, Charles said that he was not fully gay, and a 5.5 on the Kinsey scale, saying that "there have been girls in the past who I've thought were very, very beautiful. There's also been trans guys in the past, too, that I was really, really into for a moment in time." These comments created controversy and some claimed they were transphobic.[26] Charles apologized shortly after, releasing a statement saying that his comments were unintentionally transphobic, though that was not his intent, and that he should have chosen different words to convey what he meant.[27] On May 10, 2019, long-time collaborator Tati Westbrook uploaded a 43-minute long video titled "BYE SISTER ..." to her YouTube channel heavily criticizing Charles. In her video, Westbrook accused Charles of "manipulating people's sexuality"[28][29] and "using... fame, power and money to play with people's emotions".[8] After this, Charles set a YouTube record for losing over one million subscribers in less than 24 hours. It continued to fall from 16.6 million subscribers around May 6, 2019 to a low point of 13.4 million on May 15, 2019, recovering somewhat in the days that followed. Westbrook's subscriber count increased by over four million over the same period.[30][31] Charles later uploaded an 8-minute response video titled "tati" addressing the issues raised by Westbrook and apologizing to his fans and both her and her husband. This video received mostly negative feedback, with the video becoming one of the 10 most disliked videos in YouTube history.[7][32] On May 18, 2019, Charles made a second, 41-minute, video addressing the comments made by Westbrook, entitled "No More Lies".[33][34] It presented evidence appearing to refute many of Westbrook's accusations and led to renewed support for Charles and criticism towards Westbrook. Soon after its posting Charles regained a million subscribers and Westbrook lost two hundred thousand.[35][36] Westbrook later removed the 'Bye Sister' video from her YouTube channel.[37] The saga sparked analysis relating to internet cancel culture, the alleged toxicity of YouTube's beauty community, stereotypes of gay men being predatory and profits made from online 'drama'.[38][39][40] Filmography Year Title Notes 2017 Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett Episode: "James Charles" Zall Good Episode: "James Charles" Shane and Friends Episode: "James Charles" 2018 The Secret World of Jeffree Star Episode: "Becoming Jeffree Star for a Day" 2019 Strahan & Sara Music videos Year Title Artist Notes 2019 "Sally Walker" Iggy Azalea References "James Charles Detailed Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved June 2, 2019. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "Meet The First Ever Male CoverGirl, James Charles". Huffington Post. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-13. WITW Staff (2015-11-24). "Meet CoverGirl's 1st 'cover boy' — a high school student – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW". Nytlive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "James Charles loses a million subscribers in a week". 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "YouTube star James Charles loses 2m subscribers after row with fellow vlogger". Sky News. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "jamescharles YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-23. Neeti Upadhye. "CoverGirl Features First Male - Video". The New York Times. 40.755978;-73.990396: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "CoverGirl Announces Its First Male CoverGirl Spokesmodel". Cosmopolitan.com. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Cady Lang (2016-10-09). "CoverGirl Appoints First Male Spokesperson, James Charles". Time.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "Meet CoverGirl's first-ever CoverBoy, James Charles". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Andrews, Travis M. "CoverGirl's first CoverBoy: 17-year-old YouTube sensation James Charles". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Puglise, Nicole (2016-10-11). "CoverGirl names makeup artist James Charles its first cover boy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-12. editor, Jim Waterson Media (2019-01-27). "Birmingham brought to standstill by YouTuber James Charles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-27. "City gridlocked after YouTuber visit". 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles Turned Iggy Azaela Into a Drag Queen for Her New Single". www.out.com. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "RUNWAY - Mens underwear - Mens Designer Underwear". Marco Marco. WOWPresents (16 October 2017). "#MarcoMarcoShow Collection Six 1/2 LA Style Fashion Week "Day"" – via YouTube. "James Charles Responds to Ebola Social Media Controversy". Teen Vogue. February 17, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017. Nast, Condé. "James Charles Tweeted About Getting Ebola in Africa and the Internet Is Dragging Him". Allure. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-05-05. Teen.com (2017-03-02). "YouTube Beauty Guru Exposed for Lying About the Thing That Made Him Famous". Teen.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05. "James Charles Says He's Not "Full Gay" Because He's Been Into Trans Men". Nylon. Retrieved 2019-04-28. "James Charles Addresses Ignorant Comment About Transgender Men After Facing Backlash". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-04-27. "Here's Everybody Who Has Accused James Charles of "Predatory Behavior"". Distractify. Retrieved 2019-05-15. "Don't ignore James Charles allegedly trying to turn straight men gay". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles losing subscribers since feud with Tati Westbrook". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles has lost 1 million subscribers since his Tati feud". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Capon, Laura (2019-05-12). "James Charles has lost 2million YouTube subscribers in 3 days". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Grossman, Lena (2019). "James Charles Speaks Out Amid Tati Westbrook Feud: No More Lies". E! Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019. "James Charles brings out the receipts in his latest video on the Tati Westbrook feud". CNN Entertainment. Ohlheiser, Abby (2019-05-20). "The new hot thing on YouTube is destroying someone else". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Lunning, Just (2019-05-18). "Tati Westbrook has lost 200,000 subscribers following James Charles' 'tell all' video". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Boan, Daniel (2019-05-21). "A complete timeline of James Charles and Tati Westbrook's explosive feud that tore their relationship apart". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Tietjen, Alexa (2019-05-25). "James Charles, Tati Westbrook and the Chaos of Cancel Culture". Women's Wear Daily. Michallon, Michallon (2019-05-22). "Now it's over, let's talk about everything that's wrong with the feud between James Charles and Tati Westbrook". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Sands, Mason (2019-05-24). "The James Charles Scandal Was More Than The "Ugly" Beauty Community". Forbes. 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Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., angel eyes1212: harles is most known for his YouTube channel focusing on makeup which he launched on December 1, 2015. At its highest point (May 6, 2019) his channel had 16.6 million subscribers. It currently has 15.4 million. His channel also has over 1.6 billion views on YouTube. On May 11, 2019, he became the first ever YouTube personality to lose over 1 million subscribers in 24 hours.[9] At the 8th Streamy Awards he won the award for best channel in the Beauty category.[10] Makeup On October 11, 2016, at the age of seventeen, Charles became the first male spokesmodel for cosmetics brand CoverGirl, working alongside brand ambassador Katy Perry.[11][12][13][14][15][16] In 2018, Charles collaborated with Morphe Cosmetics to release an eyeshadow palette. In January 2019, he was invited to Birmingham, England, to open the company's second UK store, where over 7,000 fans showed up to see him, causing parts of the city centre to come to a standstill.[17][18] In March 2019, Charles did the makeup for Iggy Azalea's music video shoot for "Sally Walker". He also made a cameo appearance in the video.[19] Modeling In 2017, Charles walked the runway for MarcoMarco's Six 1/2 collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week.[20][21] Controversies In February 2017, Charles was criticized after tweeting an offensive joke about Africa and Ebola. He later issued an apology saying; "I am extremely sorry for what I said. There are no excuses. No one owes me forgiveness, but I've learned a lot from the experience. I hope that the people who might look up to me will be able to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them".[22][23] In March 2017, YouTube make-up artist Thomas Halbert posted screenshots of previous conversations with Charles where he admitted his story regarding his rise in notability was falsified. Charles originally claimed he had his high school prom photographs retaken with a ring light,[24] however the conversation revealed that he had actually edited the photographs.[25] In April 2019, Charles said that he was not fully gay, and a 5.5 on the Kinsey scale, saying that "there have been girls in the past who I've thought were very, very beautiful. There's also been trans guys in the past, too, that I was really, really into for a moment in time." These comments created controversy and some claimed they were transphobic.[26] Charles apologized shortly after, releasing a statement saying that his comments were unintentionally transphobic, though that was not his intent, and that he should have chosen different words to convey what he meant.[27] On May 10, 2019, long-time collaborator Tati Westbrook uploaded a 43-minute long video titled "BYE SISTER ..." to her YouTube channel heavily criticizing Charles. In her video, Westbrook accused Charles of "manipulating people's sexuality"[28][29] and "using... fame, power and money to play with people's emotions".[8] After this, Charles set a YouTube record for losing over one million subscribers in less than 24 hours. It continued to fall from 16.6 million subscribers around May 6, 2019 to a low point of 13.4 million on May 15, 2019, recovering somewhat in the days that followed. Westbrook's subscriber count increased by over four million over the same period.[30][31] Charles later uploaded an 8-minute response video titled "tati" addressing the issues raised by Westbrook and apologizing to his fans and both her and her husband. This video received mostly negative feedback, with the video becoming one of the 10 most disliked videos in YouTube history.[7][32] On May 18, 2019, Charles made a second, 41-minute, video addressing the comments made by Westbrook, entitled "No More Lies".[33][34] It presented evidence appearing to refute many of Westbrook's accusations and led to renewed support for Charles and criticism towards Westbrook. Soon after its posting Charles regained a million subscribers and Westbrook lost two hundred thousand.[35][36] Westbrook later removed the 'Bye Sister' video from her YouTube channel.[37] The saga sparked analysis relating to internet cancel culture, the alleged toxicity of YouTube's beauty community, stereotypes of gay men being predatory and profits made from online 'drama'.[38][39][40] Filmography Year Title Notes 2017 Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett Episode: "James Charles" Zall Good Episode: "James Charles" Shane and Friends Episode: "James Charles" 2018 The Secret World of Jeffree Star Episode: "Becoming Jeffree Star for a Day" 2019 Strahan & Sara Music videos Year Title Artist Notes 2019 "Sally Walker" Iggy Azalea References "James Charles Detailed Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved June 2, 2019. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "Meet The First Ever Male CoverGirl, James Charles". Huffington Post. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-13. WITW Staff (2015-11-24). "Meet CoverGirl's 1st 'cover boy' — a high school student – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW". Nytlive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "James Charles loses a million subscribers in a week". 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "YouTube star James Charles loses 2m subscribers after row with fellow vlogger". Sky News. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "jamescharles YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-23. Neeti Upadhye. "CoverGirl Features First Male - Video". The New York Times. 40.755978;-73.990396: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "CoverGirl Announces Its First Male CoverGirl Spokesmodel". Cosmopolitan.com. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Cady Lang (2016-10-09). "CoverGirl Appoints First Male Spokesperson, James Charles". Time.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "Meet CoverGirl's first-ever CoverBoy, James Charles". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Andrews, Travis M. "CoverGirl's first CoverBoy: 17-year-old YouTube sensation James Charles". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Puglise, Nicole (2016-10-11). "CoverGirl names makeup artist James Charles its first cover boy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-12. editor, Jim Waterson Media (2019-01-27). "Birmingham brought to standstill by YouTuber James Charles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-27. "City gridlocked after YouTuber visit". 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles Turned Iggy Azaela Into a Drag Queen for Her New Single". www.out.com. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "RUNWAY - Mens underwear - Mens Designer Underwear". Marco Marco. WOWPresents (16 October 2017). "#MarcoMarcoShow Collection Six 1/2 LA Style Fashion Week "Day"" – via YouTube. "James Charles Responds to Ebola Social Media Controversy". Teen Vogue. February 17, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017. Nast, Condé. "James Charles Tweeted About Getting Ebola in Africa and the Internet Is Dragging Him". Allure. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-05-05. Teen.com (2017-03-02). "YouTube Beauty Guru Exposed for Lying About the Thing That Made Him Famous". Teen.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05. "James Charles Says He's Not "Full Gay" Because He's Been Into Trans Men". Nylon. Retrieved 2019-04-28. "James Charles Addresses Ignorant Comment About Transgender Men After Facing Backlash". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-04-27. "Here's Everybody Who Has Accused James Charles of "Predatory Behavior"". Distractify. Retrieved 2019-05-15. "Don't ignore James Charles allegedly trying to turn straight men gay". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles losing subscribers since feud with Tati Westbrook". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles has lost 1 million subscribers since his Tati feud". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Capon, Laura (2019-05-12). "James Charles has lost 2million YouTube subscribers in 3 days". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Grossman, Lena (2019). "James Charles Speaks Out Amid Tati Westbrook Feud: No More Lies". E! Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019. "James Charles brings out the receipts in his latest video on the Tati Westbrook feud". CNN Entertainment. Ohlheiser, Abby (2019-05-20). "The new hot thing on YouTube is destroying someone else". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Lunning, Just (2019-05-18). "Tati Westbrook has lost 200,000 subscribers following James Charles' 'tell all' video". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Boan, Daniel (2019-05-21). "A complete timeline of James Charles and Tati Westbrook's explosive feud that tore their relationship apart". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Tietjen, Alexa (2019-05-25). "James Charles, Tati Westbrook and the Chaos of Cancel Culture". Women's Wear Daily. Michallon, Michallon (2019-05-22). "Now it's over, let's talk about everything that's wrong with the feud between James Charles and Tati Westbrook". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Sands, Mason (2019-05-24). "The James Charles Scandal Was More Than The "Ugly" Beauty Community". Forbes. 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Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. angel eyes1212: harles is most known for his YouTube channel focusing on makeup which he launched on December 1, 2015. At its highest point (May 6, 2019) his channel had 16.6 million subscribers. It currently has 15.4 million. His channel also has over 1.6 billion views on YouTube. On May 11, 2019, he became the first ever YouTube personality to lose over 1 million subscribers in 24 hours.[9] At the 8th Streamy Awards he won the award for best channel in the Beauty category.[10] Makeup On October 11, 2016, at the age of seventeen, Charles became the first male spokesmodel for cosmetics brand CoverGirl, working alongside brand ambassador Katy Perry.[11][12][13][14][15][16] In 2018, Charles collaborated with Morphe Cosmetics to release an eyeshadow palette. In January 2019, he was invited to Birmingham, England, to open the company's second UK store, where over 7,000 fans showed up to see him, causing parts of the city centre to come to a standstill.[17][18] In March 2019, Charles did the makeup for Iggy Azalea's music video shoot for "Sally Walker". He also made a cameo appearance in the video.[19] Modeling In 2017, Charles walked the runway for MarcoMarco's Six 1/2 collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week.[20][21] Controversies In February 2017, Charles was criticized after tweeting an offensive joke about Africa and Ebola. He later issued an apology saying; "I am extremely sorry for what I said. There are no excuses. No one owes me forgiveness, but I've learned a lot from the experience. I hope that the people who might look up to me will be able to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them".[22][23] In March 2017, YouTube make-up artist Thomas Halbert posted screenshots of previous conversations with Charles where he admitted his story regarding his rise in notability was falsified. Charles originally claimed he had his high school prom photographs retaken with a ring light,[24] however the conversation revealed that he had actually edited the photographs.[25] In April 2019, Charles said that he was not fully gay, and a 5.5 on the Kinsey scale, saying that "there have been girls in the past who I've thought were very, very beautiful. There's also been trans guys in the past, too, that I was really, really into for a moment in time." These comments created controversy and some claimed they were transphobic.[26] Charles apologized shortly after, releasing a statement saying that his comments were unintentionally transphobic, though that was not his intent, and that he should have chosen different words to convey what he meant.[27] On May 10, 2019, long-time collaborator Tati Westbrook uploaded a 43-minute long video titled "BYE SISTER ..." to her YouTube channel heavily criticizing Charles. In her video, Westbrook accused Charles of "manipulating people's sexuality"[28][29] and "using... fame, power and money to play with people's emotions".[8] After this, Charles set a YouTube record for losing over one million subscribers in less than 24 hours. It continued to fall from 16.6 million subscribers around May 6, 2019 to a low point of 13.4 million on May 15, 2019, recovering somewhat in the days that followed. Westbrook's subscriber count increased by over four million over the same period.[30][31] Charles later uploaded an 8-minute response video titled "tati" addressing the issues raised by Westbrook and apologizing to his fans and both her and her husband. This video received mostly negative feedback, with the video becoming one of the 10 most disliked videos in YouTube history.[7][32] On May 18, 2019, Charles made a second, 41-minute, video addressing the comments made by Westbrook, entitled "No More Lies".[33][34] It presented evidence appearing to refute many of Westbrook's accusations and led to renewed support for Charles and criticism towards Westbrook. Soon after its posting Charles regained a million subscribers and Westbrook lost two hundred thousand.[35][36] Westbrook later removed the 'Bye Sister' video from her YouTube channel.[37] The saga sparked analysis relating to internet cancel culture, the alleged toxicity of YouTube's beauty community, stereotypes of gay men being predatory and profits made from online 'drama'.[38][39][40] Filmography Year Title Notes 2017 Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett Episode: "James Charles" Zall Good Episode: "James Charles" Shane and Friends Episode: "James Charles" 2018 The Secret World of Jeffree Star Episode: "Becoming Jeffree Star for a Day" 2019 Strahan & Sara Music videos Year Title Artist Notes 2019 "Sally Walker" Iggy Azalea References "James Charles Detailed Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved June 2, 2019. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "jamescharles Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24. "Meet The First Ever Male CoverGirl, James Charles". Huffington Post. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-13. WITW Staff (2015-11-24). "Meet CoverGirl's 1st 'cover boy' — a high school student – Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW". Nytlive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "James Charles loses a million subscribers in a week". 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "YouTube star James Charles loses 2m subscribers after row with fellow vlogger". Sky News. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "jamescharles YouTube Stats, Channel Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "Streamy Awards 2018: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-23. Neeti Upadhye. "CoverGirl Features First Male - Video". The New York Times. 40.755978;-73.990396: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "CoverGirl Announces Its First Male CoverGirl Spokesmodel". Cosmopolitan.com. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Cady Lang (2016-10-09). "CoverGirl Appoints First Male Spokesperson, James Charles". Time.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. "Meet CoverGirl's first-ever CoverBoy, James Charles". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Andrews, Travis M. "CoverGirl's first CoverBoy: 17-year-old YouTube sensation James Charles". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-13. Puglise, Nicole (2016-10-11). "CoverGirl names makeup artist James Charles its first cover boy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-12. editor, Jim Waterson Media (2019-01-27). "Birmingham brought to standstill by YouTuber James Charles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-27. "City gridlocked after YouTuber visit". 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles Turned Iggy Azaela Into a Drag Queen for Her New Single". www.out.com. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-05-12. "RUNWAY - Mens underwear - Mens Designer Underwear". Marco Marco. WOWPresents (16 October 2017). "#MarcoMarcoShow Collection Six 1/2 LA Style Fashion Week "Day"" – via YouTube. "James Charles Responds to Ebola Social Media Controversy". Teen Vogue. February 17, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017. Nast, Condé. "James Charles Tweeted About Getting Ebola in Africa and the Internet Is Dragging Him". Allure. Retrieved 2019-05-11. "James Charles on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-05-05. Teen.com (2017-03-02). "YouTube Beauty Guru Exposed for Lying About the Thing That Made Him Famous". Teen.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05. "James Charles Says He's Not "Full Gay" Because He's Been Into Trans Men". Nylon. Retrieved 2019-04-28. "James Charles Addresses Ignorant Comment About Transgender Men After Facing Backlash". Seventeen. Retrieved 2019-04-27. "Here's Everybody Who Has Accused James Charles of "Predatory Behavior"". Distractify. Retrieved 2019-05-15. "Don't ignore James Charles allegedly trying to turn straight men gay". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles losing subscribers since feud with Tati Westbrook". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-15. CNN, Harmeet Kaur. "YouTuber James Charles has lost 1 million subscribers since his Tati feud". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Capon, Laura (2019-05-12). "James Charles has lost 2million YouTube subscribers in 3 days". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2019-05-12. Grossman, Lena (2019). "James Charles Speaks Out Amid Tati Westbrook Feud: No More Lies". E! Online. Retrieved 22 May 2019. "James Charles brings out the receipts in his latest video on the Tati Westbrook feud". CNN Entertainment. Ohlheiser, Abby (2019-05-20). "The new hot thing on YouTube is destroying someone else". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Lunning, Just (2019-05-18). "Tati Westbrook has lost 200,000 subscribers following James Charles' 'tell all' video". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Boan, Daniel (2019-05-21). "A complete timeline of James Charles and Tati Westbrook's explosive feud that tore their relationship apart". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Tietjen, Alexa (2019-05-25). "James Charles, Tati Westbrook and the Chaos of Cancel Culture". Women's Wear Daily. Michallon, Michallon (2019-05-22). "Now it's over, let's talk about everything that's wrong with the feud between James Charles and Tati Westbrook". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-05-27. Sands, Mason (2019-05-24). "The James Charles Scandal Was More Than The "Ugly" Beauty Community". Forbes. External links James Charles on IMDb James Charles YouTube channel vte Streamy Awards winners – Channel, Series, or Show Categories: 1999 birthsLiving peopleAmerican child modelsAmerican make-up artistsAmerican YouTubersBeauty and makeup YouTubersFashion influencersFashion YouTubersGay entertainersGay modelsInternet-related controversiesLGBT entertainers from the United StatesLGBT people from New York (state)LGBT YouTubersMale bloggersMale models from New York (state)Male YouTubersPeople from Bethlehem, New YorkStreamy Award winnersYouTube Diamond Play Button recipients Navigation menu Not logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog inArticleTalkReadView sourceView historySearch Search Wikipedia Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikipedia store Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Wikidata item Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Català فارسی Français Polski Română Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 2 June 2019, at 15:51 (UTC). 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