Sailor Moon in Azerbaijan

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Sailor Moon in Azerbaijan refers to Sailor Moon series translated into Azerbaijani which aired in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani title of the series was Ay Savaşçısı (Moon Warrior), similar to the Turkish dub.

Translation and Channels

The anime started airing in Azerbaijan on Region TV (now ARB) every Saturday between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. As is common in Azerbaijan, it was not a full lip-synced dub but a voiceover, similar to the Russian dub. The first three seasons were aired in 2008, and the fourth and fifth seasons aired in 2009.

In April 2016, ARB Günəş started rebroadcasting the entire series every day at 8:30 p.m.

Censorship and Changes

  • All next episode previews were removed.
  • Ami's dream from episode 151 was completely removed, along with her new transformation sequence.

Names

Character names were adjusted to follow the Azerbaijani spelling system, while Senshi names were translated as "Warrior [planet name]," so that Sailor Mercury became "Merkur Savaşçısı," Sailor Uranus "Uran Savaşçısı," and so on.

Original Turkish
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon Usaqi Tsukino/Ay Savaşçısı
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury Ami Mizuno/Merkur Savaşçısı
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars Rey Hino/Mars Savaşçısı
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter Makoto Kino/Yupiter Savaşçısı
Minako Aino/Sailor Venus Minako Ayno/Venera Savaşçısı
Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon Çibiusa/Kiçik Ay Savaşçısı
(Little Moon Warrior)
Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus Haruka Teno/Uran Savaşçısı
Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune Miçiru Kayo/Neptun Savaşçısı
Setsuna Meiou/Sailor Pluto Setsuna Meyo/Pluton Savaşçısı
Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn Hotaru Tomoe/Saturn Savaşçısı
Mamoru Chiba Mamoru Çiba

Trivia