Sailor Moon in Italy

Sailor Moon in Italy refers to the Italian adaptation of Sailor Moon. This included a dubbed version of the anime, translated versions of the manga and anime comics, and monthly magazines about Sailor Moon which were published by Diamond. The magazines included Sailor Moon, which contained summaries of the episodes, games, and fan mail; and Gioca con Sailor Moon (Play with Sailor Moon) and Le avventure di Sailor Moon (The Adventure of Sailor Moon), which contained summaries of certain episodes of the anime, though with some poetic license.

In 2010, Italy was chosen as the first country to start an international Sailor Moon "revival," and Italy's Backstage Licensing and Toei signed an exclusive deal to re-launch the series in the Italian market; Backstage is now managing the TV, publishing, merchandising, and theatrical release rights of the franchise. Since the rights to air the Sailor Moon anime were blocked by Naoko Takeuchi for several years, the anime could not be aired outside of Japan, but Italy was the first country to re-air the whole series in 2010, and new merchandise was produced to accompany the re-launch. Italian artist Marco Albiero was chosen by Toei and Takeuchi to draw the new international Sailor Moon style guide, and his illustrations were featured in most of the international merchandise. Recently, his illustrations have also been used in Japan.

Anime

Translation and Channels

Original Italian logo

The anime premiered in Italy on February 21 1995 on Canale 5's children programming block "Bim Bum Bam" at 4:32pm local time. Episodes of the anime aired every day from Monday to Saturday. Although the first season finished on April 14 in the same year, Sailor Moon R did not air until October 5, and finished on November 22. The last three seasons were aired between February 5, 1996 and May 1997, shown Monday through Saturday in the evening as part of the children's program "Game Boat" on Rete 4. Sailor Moon S aired from February 5 to March 20, 1996, SuperS aired from September 9 to October 23 in the same year, and Stars aired from March 24 to May 1, 1997. After the end of the fifth season, some of the previous seasons were re-aired on different Mediaset channels, but episodes were skipped or shown out of order. Each season was given its own title:

• Sailor Moon: Sailor Moon

• Sailor Moon R: Sailor Moon, la Luna Splende (Sailor Moon, the Moon Shines)

• Sailor Moon S: Sailor Moon e il Cristallo del Cuore (Sailor Moon and the Heart Crystal)

• Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor Moon e il Mistero dei Sogni (Sailor Moon and the Mystery of Dreams)

• Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Petali di Stelle per Sailor Moon (Petals of Stars for Sailor Moon)

Mediaset also dubbed the movies, but called them special episodes of Sailor Moon S (the first and second movies) and Sailor Moon SuperS (the third movie).

The broadcast of the last movie was followed by the other special episodes:

• Il Primo Amore di Amy (Amy's First Love)

• La Storia di Bunny (Bunny's Story)

• Nemici Insidiosi (Insidious Enemies)

• Il Ritorno del Vampiro (The Return of the Vampire)

• Le Guerriere Sailor Unite per la Libertà (The Sailor Soldiers Together for Freedom)

The anime comics were translated and published by Marvel Manga (now Planet Manga) in thirty volumes.

The first series and episode 167 aired on the channel Italian Teen Television after Mediaset's first broadcast.

In 2003, Shin Vision bought the rights to distribute the whole series (including the movies) on DVD with a new dub, which would be completely faithful to the original, with a new cast. Only one DVD, including the first movie and the short Make up! Sailor Senshi were released before the series was internationally blocked; this project was never completed and the new dub was never re-released.

In 2010, the anime began airing on Italian television once more, first on the pay channel Hiro on March 1 and then on Italia 1 on August 23. This new edition, including all the seasons, movies, and specials, retained the Mediaset dub and opening songs, but had uncensored video (the deleted scenes of the previous version were dubbed by the same cast). The entire anime was then re-aired in 2014 - 2015 and 2016 - 2017 in the morning on Italia 1. Episodes from the first season were also aired on Boing at 3:00 pm Monday through Friday in October 2011, but the broadcast stopped after only two weeks due to low ratings. The anime aired once again on Boing from September 1 to December 20, 2014. The broadcast time was usually Monday to Saturday at 10:30 pm, with only one episode showing on weekdays and two on Saturdays. Only the first two seasons were aired, ending with episode 87.

Home Media Releases

Several episodes from the first and second seasons were released by Medusa Film under the Bim Bum Bam Video label during the show's first run, with two episodes each on fifteen VHS tapes. Medusa Film also released the Sailor Moon R movie on VHS, under the name "Sailor Moon, la Luna Splende: La Pianta Malvagia - Una fantastica avventura da 60 minuti!" (The Evil Plant - A fantastic 60-minute adventure!). Around the same time, Fabbri Video released what they called "best episodes" from the first four seasons on VHS tapes, each containing two episodes.

Between 2010 and 2014, Dynit Italy released all episodes, movies, and specials on both single DVDs and DVD box sets. These contained remastered video footage along with Italian and Japanese audio tracks. Also starting in 2010, Hobby & Work released all five seasons on DVD. This version contained the televised version and, as such, only the Italian audio track was available.

Sailor Moon Italian Opening Songs

The theme songs were original Italian songs and changed every season. They were sung by Cristina D'Avena, a famous Italian singer; the music was written by Ninni Carucci for the first three and by Piero Cassano for the remaining, and the lyrics were written by Alessandra Valeri Manera, who was responsible for children's programming at Mediaset. Each opening song had the title of the corresponding season:

• Sailor Moon: "Sailor Moon"

• Sailor Moon R: "Sailor Moon, la Luna Splende" (Sailor Moon, the Moon Shines)

• Sailor Moon S: "Sailor Moon e il Cristallo del Cuore" (Sailor Moon and the Heart Crystal)

• Sailor Moon SuperS: "Sailor Moon e il Mistero dei Sogni" (Sailor Moon and the Mystery of Dreams)

• Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: "Petali di Stelle per Sailor Moon" (Petals of Stars for Sailor Moon)

Abridged versions of the Italian songs accompanied the opening sequence of each episode, which were a combination of scenes from the season and parts of the original opening from that season. As there were no ending themes in the Italian dub, at the end of the episode the same video was shown, but with the addition of sliding subtitles containing some information about the dub and the original producers.

A collection of all the Italian opening songs is found on the album Cristalli, Petali e Misteri per Sailor Moon (Crystals, Petals and Mysteries for Sailor Moon), a CD produced in 1997. The album also contained a remix version of the first Italian song in an electropop style, and a narration of the last episode titled "Sailor Moon e il Trionfo delle Stelle" (Sailor Moon and the Triumph of Stars). They were later re-released on a 2011 album with the same name, Cristalli, Petali e Misteri per Sailor Moon, which did not include the narration of the last episode, but included instrumental and karaoke versions of the theme songs.

Censorship and Changes

This list refers to the original Italian version aired by Mediaset in the 90s. The Shin Vision dub had original names and no censorship, while the new Mediaset version aired from 2010 onward has no video censorship, though it uses the first dub and all the associated changes in the dialogue.

• All the names were changed to Italian or English ones. Usagi was called "Bunny" as in various foreign dubs. Some fans speculate that the other characters' names were chosen as cultural references: for example, Rei, who was also a priestess, was called "Rea," which could refer to Rea Silvia, the priestess mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.

• In the Italian version, as in many of the other foreign-language dubs, Zoisite and Fisheye were changed to be female.

• Wiseman was not Death Phantom, but instead was his servant.

• Haruka and Michiru were shown as two friends who considered each other as sisters, which meant any dialogue which referred to their relationship was completely changed.

• During Sailor Moon S, Mediaset put in flashbacks to earlier episodes to fill in running time.

• In episode 140, all scenes of Fisheye without his shirt were ethier zoomed in, or were replaced by fixed images or different shots.

• In Italy, the anime was blamed by some psychologists and parents' associations because of its violent scenes and sexual references which, in their opinion, made it unfit for a young audience. In 1997 the psychologist Vera Slepoj declared that the last season would seriously compromise children's sexual identity, because of the Three Lights' sex change when they transformed into Sailor Senshi. Because of this, there were a number of changes which altered the storyline and affected the popularity of the series, one of which was that the Sailor Starlights were the twin sisters of the Three Lights. This change, however, did not occur until episode 188 and was abandoned after that episode.

• In the last episode the voice actor for Kou Seiya, who was also the director of the dub, was added as a narrator, while all the scenes of Sailor Moon's nudity were replaced by fixed images or different shots.

• The last episode's ending was removed.

• Episode 89 was never aired.

• Episode 138 through episode 147 were broadcast in opposite order. This mistake continued in later rebroadcasts of the series, except for the broadcast in 2010, where the episodes were not only aired in the correct order, but with the original Japanese openings and endings, even though the rest of the series used the Italian-dubbed songs and video.

• Almost all vocal songs were removed. In episode 49, "Anata no Sei Janai" was replaced with a non-vocal version of "Eien no Melody." The same was done with "Ai no Senshi" in episode 68. "Azusa Nigou" in episode 99 was replaced with a non-vocal version of "Tuxedo Mirage." "Motto Suteki Na Asa Ga Kuru Yo" in episode 178 was replaced by a dubbed version of "Route Venus." However, "Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute," "Eien no Melody," "Route Venus," "Nagareboshi He," "Todokanu Omoi: My Friend's Love," and "Sailor Star Song" were all dubbed into Italian.

Cast

The Mediaset dub was produced by Deneb Film in Milano and directed by Federico Danti. The scripts were translated by Pino Pirovano for the first season, Biancamaria De Rossi and Lidia Costanzo for the second, Annalisa Costantino and Tullia Piredda for the third, Benedetta Brugia for the fourth, and Nicola Bartolini Carrassi for the fifth and final season.

Character	Mediaset Cast	Shin Vision Cast
Bunny	Elisabetta Spinelli	Federica de Bortoli
Bunny (child)	Elisabetta Spinelli	Benedetta Manfredi
Marzio	Marco Balzarotti	Massimiliano Manfredi
Marzio (child)	Davide Garbolino Veronica Pivetti	Jacopo Bonanni
Amy	Deborah Magnanghi	Domittila D'Amico
Rea	Alessandra Karpoff (season 1) Giusy di Marino (seasons 2-5)	Georgia Lepore
Morea	Donatella Fanfani (seasons 1-3) Alessandra Karpoff (seasons 4-5)	Stella Musy
Marta	Roberta Gallina Laurenti	Ilaria Latini
Chibiusa	Debora Morese Marcella Silvestri (Black Lady)	Letizia Ciampa
Heles	Maddalena Valdacca Loredana Nicosia (episode 200)	N/A
Milena	Alessandra Kaproff (season 3) Patrizia Scianca (season 5)	N/A
Silvia	Daniela Fava	N/A
Ottavia Tomoe	Giulia Franzoso	N/A
Luna	Graziella Porta	Laura Lenghi
Artemis	Piero Ubaldi	Simone D'Andrea
Diana	Monica Mantegazza	N/A
Regina Selene	Patrizia Scianca	N/A
Helios/Pegasus	Massimo Antonio Rossi	N/A
Seiya	Nicola Bartolini "Ryan" Carrassi Fracesca Cassola (Sailorstar Regina del Coraggio)	N/A
Taiki	Diego Sabre Francesca Bielli (Sailorstar Polvere di Stelle)	N/A
Yaten	Simone D'Andrea Jenny De Caserei (Sailorstar Cuore del Futuro)	N/A
Chibi Chibi	Federica Valenti	N/A
La Principessa	Lara Parmiani	N/A
Ilenia	Cinzia Massironi Marina Massironi (season 2)	N/A
Kenji Tsukino	Federico Danti	N/A
Sam	Paolo Torrisi	N/A
Moran	Caludio Ridulfo	N/A
Nina	Lisa Mazzotti	N/A
Ubaldo	Giorgio Ginex	N/A
Professoressa Arianna	Patrizia Scianca	N/A
Nonno di Rea	Pietro Ubaldi (season 1) Maurizio Scatorin (season 2)	N/A
Yuri	Caludio Moneta	N/A
Regina Metallia	Patrizia Scianca	N/A
Regina Periglia	Veronica Pivetti	N/A
Jack	Gianfranco Gamba	N/A
Nevius	Gianluca Iacono	N/A
Zackar	Cinzia Mantegazza Daniela Silvestri	N/A
Lord Kaspar	Federico Danti	N/A
Albero dell'Oscurità	Maurizio Scattorin	N/A
Ale	Pino Pirovano	N/A
Anna	Loredana Nicosia	N/A
Fiore	Flavio Arras	Francesco Bulckaen
Fiore (child)	Patrizia Scianca	Alessio Nissolino
Xenian	Patrizia Scianca	Giò Giò Rapattoni
Grande Saggio	Alfredo Danti	N/A
Principe Daimond	Federico Danti	N/A
Zaffiro	Claudio Moneta	N/A

Character Names

Japanese	Italian
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon	Bunny/Sailor Moon
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury	Amy/Sailor Mercury
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars	Rea/Sailor Mars
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	Morea/Sailor Jupiter
Minako Aino/Sailor V/Sailor Venus	Marta/Sailor/Sailor Venus
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen	Marzio/Milord (Mediaset dub) Lo Smoking Mascherato (Tuxedo Mask) (Shin Vision dub)
Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon	Chibiusa (pronounced "kibiùsa")/Sailor Chibiusa
Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus	Heles/Sailor Uranus
Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune	Milena/Sailor Neptuno
Setsuna Meiou/Sailor Pluto	Sidya/Sailor Pluto
Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn	Ottavia Tomoe/Sailor Saturn
Queen Serenity	Regina (Queen) Selene
Naru Osaka	Nina
Mayumi Osaka	Morgan
Gurio Umino	Ubaldo
Motoki Furuhata	Moran
Shingo Tsukino	Sam
Ikuko Tsukino	Ilenia
Unazuki Furuhata	Ursula
Haruna Sakurada	Professoressa Arianna
Yuuichirou Kumada	Yuri
Dark Kingdom	Regno delle Tenebre (Kingdom of Darkness)
Queen Metalia	Regina (Queen) Metallia
Queen Beryl	Regina (Queen) Periglia
Shitennou	I Quattro Grandi (The Great Four)
Jadeite	Jack
Nephrite/Masato Sanjouin	Nevius/Johnny
Zoisite	Zackar
Kunzite	Lord Kaspar
Youma	Mostri (Monsters)
The Seven Great Youma	I Sette Malvagi (The Seven Evils)
Ail/Seijuurou Ginga	Ale/Fançois
Ann/Natsumi Ginga	Anna/Michelle
Makaiju	L'Albero dell'Oscurità/Albero del Mondo Oscuro (episode 47) (The Tree of Darkness/The Tree of Dark World)
Black Moon Clan	Famiglia della Luna Nera (Black Moon Family)
The Ayakashi Sisters	Le Sorelle Persecutrici (The Persecuting Sisters)
Petz	Pezzite
Calaveras	Calaverite
Berthier	Bertierite
Koan	Kermesite
Rubeus	Ruben
Esmeraude	Esmeralda
Safir	Zaffiro
Prince Dimande	Principe Diamond
Wiseman	Grande Saggio (Great Wiseman)
Death Phantom	Il Supremo Fantasma (The Supreme Phantom)
Death Busters	Esercito del Silenzio (The Silence Army)
Professor Souichi Tomoe	Dottor Tomoe
The Messiah	L'Essenza Suprema (The Supreme Essence)
Kaolinite	Katia
Eudial	Eugeal
Mimete	Mimma
Tellu	Telulu
Viluy	Viruit
Cyprine	Cyprine
Ptilol	Petirò
Mistress 9/The Messiah of Silence	Despota 9/La Creatura del Silenzio (Despot 9/The Creature of Silence)
Pharaoh 90	Faraone 90
Daimons	Demoni (Demons)
Princess Snow Kaguya	Principessa Neve di Luna (Princess Snow of the Moon)
Dead Moon Circus	Circo della Luna spenta
Queen Nehellenia	Regina Nehellenia
Amazon Trio	Trio Amazzonico
Tiger's Eye	Occhio di Tigre
Fisheye	Occhio di Pesce
Hawk's Eye	Occhio di Falco
Amazoness Quartet	Quartetto delle Amazzoni (Quartet of the Amazons)
CereCere	Seresere
JunJun	Junjun
VesVes	Besubesu
PallaPalla	Pallapalla
Lemures	Lemuri
Kou Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter	Seiya/Sailorstar Regina del Coraggio (Sailorstar Queen of Courage)
Kou Taiki/Sailor Star Maker	Taiki/Sailorstar Polvere di Stelle (Sailorstar Stardust)
Kou Yaten/Sailor Star Healer	Yaten/Sailorstar Cuore del Futuro (Sailorstar Heart of the Future)
Phage	Automi (Automatons)
Sailor Iron Mouse	Sailor Cuore di Ferro (Sailor Iron Heart)
Sailor Aluminum Seiren	Sailor Fantàsia
Sailor Lead Crow	Sailor Vulcania
Sailor Tin Nyanko	Sailor Metallia
Kakyuu Princess	La Principessa (The Princess)
Chibi Chibi/Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon	Chibi Chibi (pronounced "kibi kibi")
Kyuusuke Sarashina	Carlo
Momoko Momohara	Miriam

Place and Object Names

Japanese	Italian
Sailor Senshi	Guerriere Sailor (Sailor Warriors)
Odango Atama	Testolina Buffa (Funny Little Head)
Transformation Brooch	Spilla (Brooch)
Disguise Pen	Penna Lunare (Moon Pen)
Moon Stick / Cutie Moon Rod	Scettro Lunare (Moon Scepter)
Silver Crystal	Cristallo d'Argento (Silver Crystal)
Silver Millennium	Regno Argentato (Silver Kingdom)
Crystal Tokyo	Crystal City
Crystal Point	Punte di Cristallo (Crystal Points)
Evil Black Crystal	Cristallo Corvino (Raven Crystal)
Nemesis	Menesis
Dark Gate	Porte del Mondo Oscuro (Doors of the Dark World)
Pure Heart Crystals	Cristalli del Cuore (Heart Crystals) / Cuori Puri (Pure Hearts)
Cosmic Heart Compact	Magico Cuore (Magical Heart)
Spiral Heart Moon Rod	Grande Scettro Leggendario (Legendary Great Scepter)
The Holy Grail	Coppa Lunare / Sacro Graal (Moon Cup / Holy Grail) (episodes 90 and 91)
Elysion	Illusion
Dream Mirrors	Specchi dei Sogni (Mirrors of Dreams)
Kaleidomoon Scope	Scettro di Super Sailor Moon (Super Sailor Moon's Scepter)
Crystal Carillon	Magica Campana di Chibiusa (Chibiusa's Magic Bell)
Eternal Tiare	Scettro dei Petali di Stelle (Scepter of the Petals of Stars)
Moon Power Tiare	Scettro della Luna Eterna (Scepter of the Eternal Moon)
Star Seeds	Semi di Stella / Semi delle Stelle (Star Seeds / Seeds of the Stars)
Light of Hope	Raggio di Speranza (Ray of Hope)

Transformations and Attacks

Sailor Moon

Original	Italian	Translation
Moon Prism Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo di Luna, vieni a me! Potere del prisma di Luna, vieni a me! (SuperS Special)	Moon crystal power, come to me! Moon prism power, come to me!
Moon Power [disguise] ni nare	Penna lunare, in una [disguise] mi voglio trasformare!	Moon pen, I want to transform into a [disguise]!
Moon Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo d'argento, vieni a me!	Silver crystal power, come to me!
Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo del cuore, vieni a me!	Heart crystal power, come to me!
Crisis, Make Up	Potere supremo, vieni a me!	Supreme power, come to me!
Moon Crisis, Make Up	Super potere supremo, vieni a me!	Super supreme power, come to me!
Moon Eternal, Make Up	Potere eterno dei petali di stelle, vieni a me! Potere dei petali di stelle, vieni a me! (episode 170)	Eternal power of the star petals, come to me! Power of the star petals, come to me!
Moon Tiara Action	Cristallo di Luna, azione! Cristallo di Luna, entra in azione! (episode 163) Torta di luna, azione! (episode 184)	Moon crystal, action! Moon crystal, come into action! Moon cake, action!
Moon Tiara Stardust	Cristallo di Luna, polvere di stelle!	Moon crystal, stardust!
Moon Healing Escalation Moon Princess Halation	Cerchio dello scettro lunare, entra in azione!	Circle of the moon scepter, come into action!
Moon Spiral Heart Attack	Vortice del cuore di Luna, azione!	Vortex of the moon's heart, action!
Rainbow Moon Heartache	Grande arcobaleno lunare, azione!	Great lunar rainbow, action!
Moon Gorgeous Meditation	Scettro di Super Sailor Moon, entra in azione!	Super Sailor Moon's scepter, come into action!
Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss	Scettro dei petali di stelle: luce dei petali di stelle, entra in azione!	Scepter of the petals of stars: light of the petals of the stars, come into action!
Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss	Scettro della Luna eterna: luce dei petali di stelle, entra in azione!	Scepter of the eternal moon: light of the petals of the stars, come into action!

Sailor Mercury

Original	Italian	Translation
Mercury Power, Make Up	Potere di Mercurio, vieni a me!	Mercury power, come to me!
Mercury Star Power, Make Up	Potere planetario di Mercurio, vieni a me! Potere di Mercurio, vieni a me!	Mercury planetary power, come to me! Mercury power, come to me!
Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo di Mercurio, vieni a me! Potere di Mercurio, vieni a me!	Mercury crystal power, come to me! Mercury power, come to me!
Sabão Spray	Bolle di nebbia, azione!	Fog bubbles, action!
Sabão Spray Freezing Double Sabão Spray Freezing	Bolle di nebbia, azione congelante!	Fog bubbles, freezing action!
Shine Aqua Illusion	Risplendi vortice acquatico! Vortice acquatico, azione! Super cascata d'acqua! (episode 143)	Shine aquatic whirlpool! Aquatic whirlpool, action! Super waterfall!
Mercury Aqua Rhapsody	Mercurio: rapsodia acquatica di Mercurio, azione!	Mercury: aquatic rhapsody of Mercury, action!
Mercury Aqua Mirage	Suprema sfera acquatica di Mercurio, azione!	Supreme aquatic sphere of Mercury, action!

Sailor Mars

Original	Italian	Translation
Mars Power, Make Up	Potere di Marte, vieni a me!	Mars power, come to me!
Mars Star Power, Make Up	Potere planetario di Marte, vieni a me! Potere di Marte, vieni a me!	Mars planetary power, come to me! Mars power, come to me!
Mars Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo di Marte, vieni a me! Potere di Marte, vieni a me!	Mars crystal power, come to me! Mars power, come to me!
Akuryo Taisan	Mistica pergamena, caricati della potenza del fuoco e sprigiona la tua energia. Pergamena, azione!	Mystical parchment, charge with the power of fire and release your energy. Parchment, action!
Fire Soul	Fuoco, azione!	Fire, action!
Fire Soul Bird	Uccello di fuoco, azione!	Fire bird, action!
Burning Mandala	Cerchi di fuoco saettanti(, azione)! Super sfere di fuoco! (episode 143) Fuoco, azione! Cerchi di fuoco (, azione)	Flashing fire circles(, action)! Super fire spheres! Fire, action! Fire circles(, action)!
Mars Flame Sniper	Marte: freccia infuocata di Marte(, azione)! Marte: freccia di Marte, azione!	Mars: flaming arrow of Mars(, action)! Mars: arrow of Mars, action!

Sailor Jupiter

Original	Italian	Translation
Jupiter Power, Make Up	Potere di Giove, vieni a me!	Jupiter power, come to me!
Jupiter Star Power, Make Up	Potere planetario di Giove, vieni a me! Potere di Giove, vieni a me!	Jupiter planetary power, come to me! Jupiter power, come to me!
Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo di Giove, vieni a me! Potere di Giove, vieni a me!	Jupiter crystal power, come to me! Jupiter power, come to me!
Supreme Thunder Supreme Thunder Dragon	Fulmine, azione!	Lightning, action!
Sparkling Wide Pressure Super Supreme Thunder	Pressione prorompente del fulmine, azione! Pressione prorompente, azione! Pressione del fulmine, azione! Potenza del fulmine, azione! Super pressione scintillante! (episode 143)	Bursting pressure of lightning, action! Bursting pressure, action! Lightning pressure, action! Lightning power, action! Super sparkling pressure!
Jupiter Oak Evolution	Giove: rivoluzione di Giove, azione!	Jupiter: revolution of Jupiter, action!

Sailor Venus

Original	Italian	Translation
Venus Power, Make Up	Potere di Venere, vieni a me!	Venus power, come to me!
Venus Star Power, Make Up	Potere planetario di Venere, vieni a me! Potere di Venere, vieni a me!	Venus planetary power, come to me! Venus power, come to me!
Venus Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del cristallo di Venere, vieni a me! Potere di Venere, vieni a me!	Venus crystal power, come to me! Venus power, come to me!
Crescent Beam Crescent Beam Barrage	Fascio di luce, azione!	Light beam, action!
Crescent Beam Shower	Fascio di luce, doppia azione!	Light beam, double action!
Venus Love-Me Chain	Spirale dell'amore di Venere(, azione)! Super catena dell'amore! (episode 143)	Venus love spiral(, action)! Super love chain!
Hissatsu Love-Me Moon Chain	Spirale dell'amore di Luna, azione!	Moon love spiral, action!
Venus Love and Beauty Shock	(Venere): spirale dei cuori di Venere, (azione)! (Venere): super catena dell'amore, (azione)!	(Venus): spiral of the Venus hearts, (action)! (Venus): super love chain, (action)!

Sailor Chibi Moon

Original	Italian	Translation
Moon Prism Power, Make Up	Potere del prisma di Luna, vieni a me!	Moon prism power, come to me!
Moon Crisis, Make Up	Super-potere supremo, vieni a me!	Supreme super-power, come to me!
Pink Sugar Heart Attack	Piccoli cuori rosa, attacco a raffica!	Small pink hearts, burst attack!
Twinkle Yell	Ti prego Pegasus, proteggi i sogni dell'umanità! Magica campana di Chibiusa!	I beg you Pegasus, protect the dreams of humanity! Chibiusa's magic bell!

Sailor Uranus

Original	Italian	Translation
Uranus Planet Power, Make Up	Potere di Urano, vieni a me!	Uranus power, come to me!
World Shaking	Bomba di Urano, azione!	Uranus bomb, action!
Space Sword Blaster	Fendente di Urano, azione! Colpo fendente di Urano! (Sailor Moon SuperS movie)	Uranus cleaving, action! Uranus cleaving strike!

Sailor Neptune

Original	Italian	Translation
Neptune Planet Power, Make Up	Potere di Nettuno, vieni a me!	Neptune power, come to me!
Deep Submerge	Maremoto di Nettuno, azione!	Neptune seaquake, action!
Submarine Reflection	Riflesso di Nettuno!	Neptune reflection!

Sailor Pluto

Original	Italian	Translation
Pluto Planet Power, Make Up	Potere di Plutone, vieni a me!	Pluto power, come to me!
Dead Scream	Meteorite di Plutone(, azione!)	Pluto meteorite(, action!)

Sailor Saturn

Original	Italian	Translation
Silence Glaive Surprise	Distruzione di Saturno, azione!	Saturn destruction, action!
Silence Wall	Scudo di Saturno, azione!	Saturn shield, action!

Sailor Star Fighter

Original	Italian	Translation
Fighter Star Power, Make Up	Potere stellare del coraggio, vieni a me! (episode 176) Sorella gemella del coraggio, vieni a me!	Courage star power, come to me! Twin sister of courage, come to me!
Star Serious Laser	Energia stellare, all'attacco!	Star energy, attack!

Sailor Star Maker

Original	Italian	Translation
Maker Star Power, Make Up	Potere delle stelle, vieni a me! (episode 177) Sorella gemella infinita, vieni a me!	Star power, come to me! Infinite twin sister, come to me!
Star Gentle Uterus	Potenza stellare, all'attacco!	Star power, attack!

Sailor Star Healer

Original	Italian	Translation
Healer Star Power, Make Up	Potere stellare del cuore, vieni a me! (episode 178) Sorella gemella del cuore, vieni a me!	Heart star power, come to me! Twin sister of the heart, come to me!
Star Sensitive Inferno	Forza stellare, all'attacco!	Star force, attack!

Group Attacks

Original	Italian	Translation
Sailor Planet Power	Potere delle guerriere sailor!	Power of the sailor warriors!
Sailor Planet Attack	Attacco planetario sailor!	Sailor planetary attack!
Sailor Special Garlic Attack	Speciale super-attacco sailor al sapor di aglio	Sailor special garlic tasting super-attack

Crystal

Translation and Channels

The Italian dub of Sailor Moon Crystal was produced by La BiBi.it, with the first two seasons shown on Rai Gulp between December 16, 2016 and January 17, 2017, and the third from June 16 to 22, 2017. The first two episodes were previewed at the Roma Fiction Fest festival on December 11, 2016, along with a clip from the second arc.

Sailor Moon Eternal became available on Netflix with Italian audio and subtitles on June 3, 2021. The dub was produced by VSI Rome; the voice director for the dub was Simone Veltronia, with Roberta Di Monte assisting.

Censorship and Changes

• Only the opening theme songs were translated and dubbed into Italian. "Moon Pride" was translated as "Orgoglio lunare" and was performed by Laura Salamone, Aurelia Porzia, Noemi Smorra, Viviana Ullo, and Francesca Buttarazzi, while "New Moon ni Koishite" was translated as "Luna nuova" and was performed by Aurelia Porzia.

• Crystal Tokyo was called "Crystal City," as in the Italian dub of the first anime.

• The eyecatches were cut, except in Act 35.

• The next episode previews were moved before the ending theme.

• The command for the Disguise Pen was changed so it would work only if Usagi spoke in rhymes. The same was true for Minako, with her Compact in Act 29.

Voice Actors

Character	Actor
Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon	Lucrezia Marricchi
Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury	Emanuela Ionica
Rei Hino / Sailor Mars	Gaia Bolognesi
Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter	Veronica Puccio
Minako Aino / Sailor Venus	Joy Saltarelli
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask	Manuel Meli
Chibiusa / Sailor Chibimoon	Monica Volpe
Haruka Tenoh / Sailor Uranus	Tatiana Dessi
Michiru Kaioh / Sailor Neptune	Giulia Franceschetti
Setsuna Meioh / Sailor Pluto	Eva Padoan
Hotaru Tomoe / Sailor Saturn	Margherita De Risi
Luna	Ughetta d'Onorascenzo
Artemis	Leonardo Graziano
Diana	Valentina Pallavicino
Regina Metallia	Anna Cesareni
Regina Beryl	Laura Lenghi
Jadeite	Alessandro Campaiola
Nephrite	Daniele Raffaeli
Zoisite	Federico Viola
Kunzite	Lorenzo De Angelis
Wiseman	Sergio Lucchetti
Principe Diamond	Massimo Triggiani
Blue Saphir	Mirko Cannella
Green Emerald	Chiara Gioncardi
Crimson Rubeus	Gabriele Lopez
Koan	Letizia Scifoni
Berthier	Eleonora Reti
Petz	Perla Liberatori
Calaveras	Laura Amadei
Black Lady	Monica Volpe
Master Pharaoh 90	Stefano Mondini
Mistress 9	Eleonora De Angelis
Sōichi Tomoe	Stefano Brusa
Kaolinite	Laura Romano
Eudial / Yuko Arimura	Monica Vulcano
Mimete / Mimi Hanyu	Valeria Vidali
Viluy / Yui Bidoh	Valentina Favazza
Tellu / Lulu Teruno	Roisin Nicosia
Cyprine	Chiara Oliviero
Ptilol	Sabine Cerullo
Helios	Lorenzo Crisci
Regina Nehalennia	Rachele Paolelli
Zirconia	Sonia Scotti
Palla-Palla/Sailor Pallas	Ludovica Bebi
Ves-Ves/Sailor Vesta	Alessia Amendola
Jun-Jun/Sailor Juno	Monica Bertolotti
Cere-Cere/Sailor Ceres	Francesca Rinaldi
Tiger's Eye	Marco Baroni
Hawk's Eye	Gianluca Crisafi
Fish Eye	Matteo Liofredi
Zeolite	Roberto Fedele
Xenotime	Piero Di Blasio
Regina Serenity	Domitilla D'Amico

Transformations and Attacks

Sailor Moon

Original	Italian	Translation
Moon Prism Power, Make Up	Potere del Prisma di Luna, trasformami!	Moon Prism Power, transform me
Moon Crystal Power, Make Up	Potere del Cristallo di Luna, trasformami!	Moon Crystal Power, transform me!
Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up	Potere del Cosmo di Luna, trasformami!	Moon Cosmos Power, transform me!
Crisis, Make Up	Calice Lunare, trasformami!	Moon Chalice, transform me!
Moon Power, [disguise] ni nare!	Penna Lunare, en una [disguise] mi voglio trasformare!	Moon Pen, I want to transform in a [disguise]!
Moon Tiara Boomerang	Tiara di Luna, Boomerang!	Moon Tiara, Boomerang!
Unnamed attack similar to Moon Twilight Flash	Io ti distruggero, in nome della Luna!	I'll destroy you, in the name of the Moon!
Moon Healing Escalation	Turbine curativo della luna!	Moon Healing Whirlwind!
Moon Princess Halation	Alone della principessa della luna!	Moon Princess Halo!
Moon Spiral Heart Attack	Vortice del Cuore di Luna!	Moon Heart Vortex!
Rainbow Moon Heartache	Cuori dell'arcobaleno lunare	Moon Rainbow Hearts

Sailor Mercury

Original	Italian	Translation
Mercury Power, Make Up	Potere di Mercurio, trasformami!	Mercury Power, transform me!
Mercury Star Power, Make Up	Potere Stellare di Mercurio, trasformami! Potere di Mercurio, transformami! (Act 16)	Mercury Star Power, transform me! Mercury Power, transform me!
Mercury Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Mercurio, trasformami!	Mercury Planetary Power, transform me!
Mercury Aqua Mist	Nebbia Aquatica di Mercurio!	Mercury Water Fog!
Shine Aqua Illusion	Risplendi Illusione Aquatica!	Shine Water Illusion!
Shine Snow Illusion	Risplendi Illusione di Neve!	Shine Snow Illusion!
Mercury Aqua Mirage	Suprema Sfera Acquatica di Mercurio!	Supreme Water Sphere of Mercury!

Sailor Mars

Original	Italian	Translation
Mars Power, Make Up	Potere di Marte, trasformami!	Mars Power, transform me!
Mars Star Power, Make Up	Potere Stellare di Marte, trasformami!	Mars Star Power, transform me!
Mars Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Marte, trasformami!	Mars Planetary Power, transform me!
Akuryo Taisan	Spirito malvagio, sparisci!	Evil spirit, vanish!
Burning Mandala	Mandala infuocati!	Fiery mandala!
Mars Snake Fire	Serpente Infuocato di Marte!	Mars Fiery Snake!

Sailor Jupiter

Original	Italian	Translation
Jupiter Power, Make Up	Potere di Giove, trasformami!	Jupiter Power, transform me!
Jupiter Star Power, Make Up	Potere Stellare di Giove, trasformami!	Jupiter Star Power, Make Up
Jupiter Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Giove, trasformami!	Jupiter Planetary Power, transform me!
Flower Hurricane	Uragano di fiori!	Hurricane of flowers!
Jupiter Thunderbolt	Fulmine di Giove! (Act 5) Fulmine Supremo!	Jupiter Lightning! Supreme Lightning!
Sparkling Wide Pressure	Pressione prorompente del fulmine	Prolofent lighting pressure!
Jupiter Coconut Cyclone	Cocco del Ciclone di Giove!	Jupiter Coconut Cyclone!

Sailor Venus

Original	Italian	Translation
Venus Power, Make Up	Potere di Venere, trasformami!	Venus Power, transform me!
Venus Star Power, Make Up	Potere Stellare di Venere, trasformami!	Venus Star Power, transform me!
Venus Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Venere, trasformami!	Venus Planetary Power, transform me!
Crescent Moon Power, Transform	Portacipria Lunare! In una [disguise] mi voglio transformare!	Moon Compact! I want to transform in a [disguise]!
Crescent Boomerang	Mezzaluna Boomerang!	Crescent Moon Boomerang!
Venus Love-Me Chain	Spirale d'amore di Venere!	Venus Love Spiral!
Rolling Heart Vibration	Vibrazione del cuore rotante!	Rotating heart vibration!
Venus Wink Chain Sword	Spada della Spirale d'amore di Venere! Catena d'amore! (once)	Venus Love Spiral Sword! Love chain!

Sailor Chibi Moon

Original	Italian	Translation
Moon Prism Power, Make Up	Potere del Prisma di Luna, trasformami!	Moon Prism Power, transform me!
Pink Sugar Heart Attack	Cuore di zucchero rosa	Pink Sugar Heart

Sailor Uranus

Original	Italian	Translation
Uranus Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Urano, trasformami!	Uranus Planetary Power, transform me!
World Shaking	Terremoto di Urano!	Uranus Earthquake!
Space Sword Blaster	Esplosione di luce della spada spaziale	Space Sword, Explosion of Light

Sailor Neptune

Original	Italian	Translation
Neptune Planet Power, Make Up	Potere Planetario di Nettuno, trasformami!	Neptune Planetary Power, transform me!
Deep Submerge	Maremoto di Nettuno!	Neptune Seaquake!
Submarine Reflection	Riflesso sottomarino	Submarine Reflection!

Sailor Pluto

Original	Italian	Translation
Dead Scream	Grido della morte	Death Scream
Chronos Typhoon	Tifone di Chronos!	Chronos Typhoon!

Sailor Saturn

Original	Italian	Translation
Death Reborn Revolution	Rivoluzione della rinascita e della morte	Revolution of rebirth and death

Tuxedo Mask

Original	Italian	Translation
Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber	Tuxedo Bomba di Fumo!	Tuxedo Smoke Bomb!

Manga

The manga was translated and published by Star Comics from 1995 to 1999, and released in 49 volumes. In the first and second Acts, Star Comics used Italian names (Bunny, Morea, Rea, etc.), the Death Phantom was renamed "Des Fantom," and Mamoru Chiba was called "Marzio Mamoru." The first volumes were published like a children's magazine, including games like tests and crossword puzzles.

Star Comics also published the Sailor V manga in the magazine Amici (Friends), releasing it in the first 14 volumes together with the other manga series Kaitou Saint Tail, Miracle Girls, and Haikara-san ga Toru.

In 2010, GP Publishing purchased the rights to the manga and reprinted it in both "standard" and "deluxe" versions, with the first volume released November 4, 2010. This reprint version contained all twelve volumes of the series, two volumes of the short stories, and two volumes of Codename: Sailor V, all with a new translation and new lettering, faithful to the original work.

Trivia

• Sailor Moon La Luna Splende, a Nintendo DS video game, was produced specifically with the Italian market in mind and was released only in Italy. Despite using the Italian name of the second season, the game had no relation to the events from Sailor Moon R, as it took place somewhere during the events of the first season.

• The opening sequence for the first season, featuring the Sailor Moon theme song, is the only one to have three different versions: one a minute and 43 seconds long, one that was one minute long, and one that only lasted ten seconds. The first version was the best known of the three.

• Part of the first episode in the Shin Vision dub was released on a CD in the now-defunct magazine Benkyo!.

• Sailor Moon's usual Italian introductory speech was, "Sono la paladina della legge! Sono la combattente che veste alla marinara! Io sono Sailor Moon! E sono venuta fin qui per punirti, in nome della luna!" (I am the paladin of law! I am the soldier wearing a sailor suit! I am Sailor Moon! I am here to punish you, in the name of the Moon!). In the Sailor Moon R movie redubbed by Shin Vision, however, her introductory speech was more close to the original one: "Di amore e giustizia sono... la bella guerriera con la sailor-fuku... Sailor Moon! E adesso in nome della luna io ti punirò!" (Of love and justice am I.... the pretty soldier with the sailor-fuku... Sailor Moon! And now in the name of the Moon I will punish you!).

• In the second part of a Naoko Takeuchi interview with the magazine ROLA in 2014, the interviwer pointed out that Italian fans were the first to provide a translation of the first part of the interview. In the same interview, Fumio Osano, editor and manager of the Sailor Moon franchise, declared that the character of Umino was "completely replaced in the Italian version of the anime," adding that "in Italy, wearing glasses is a sign of physical inferiority" so they wanted to hide that aspect in the Italian adaptation. It is uncertain what that statement meant, however, as Umino wore glasses in the Italian adaption, and this characteristic was never hidden or removed.