Crescent Beam

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Sailor Senshi Attacks
Attack Name: Crescent Beam
Attack Name (kanji/kana): クレッセント・ビーム
English Name: Venus Crescent Beam Smash
Performed by: Sailor V, Sailor Venus
Item Required: Compact (Sailor V)
First Used (anime): The Last Sailor Senshi! Sailor Venus Appears
First Used (manga): Sailor V is Born!
First Used (PGSM): Act 12 - Sailor V's True Identity was the Princess!
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Crescent Beam in the anime

Crescent Beam was the first attack used by Sailor V in Codename: Sailor V and the first attack used by Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon anime.

Manga

Background

Crescent Beam first appeared in act one of the Codename: Sailor V manga, "Sailor V is Born!." After catching Narkissos, a member of the Dark Agency collecting young girls to be his slaves, hypnotizing a fellow student named Haneda, Minako Aino transformed into Sailor V. After engaging the enemy in a fight, Sailor V was instructed by Artemis to use her compact to reveal his true form and defeat him. Sailor V cast Crescent Beam with her compact, destroying Narkissos and returning the hypnotized young girls to normal.

Crescent Beam was never used in the Sailor Moon manga.

Technique

In the Codename: Sailor V manga, Crescent Beam consisted of Sailor V holding her compact to face her enemy, letting its mirrors reflect the enemy's true form, and shouting the words "Crescent Beam." A flash of light would then emit from the compact, killing or wounding her enemy. In some cases she would also wave the compact in in arc above her head while performing the attack.

Anime

Background

Crescent Beam was the first of Sailor Venus's many attacks in the Sailor Moon anime. She first used it in "The Last Sailor Senshi! Sailor Venus Appears" to give Tuxedo Mask a chance to escape from Zoisite's attack. Later in the episode she used Crescent Beam again to break Kunzite's forcefield, saving Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, and Sailor Jupiter.

Technique

Crescent Beam's anime animation began with two crescent moons colliding above Sailor Venus's head. She then raised her right index finger to the now connected crescent moons, brought down her arm, and shot a beam of light from her index finger.

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Sailor Venus had an attack similar to Crescent Beam in the live-action series, but it was never named. It is referred to as Venus Beam.

Video Games

Crescent Beam appeared in many Sailor Moon video games, including Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Super Famicom), Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (arcade), Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen (Super Famicom), and Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom). Since all of these games were based on the Sailor Moon anime and manga series, their renditions of Crescent Beam were based on the anime rather than the Codename: Sailor V manga.

Trivia