Sailor Pluto
Name: | Sailor Pluto |
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Name (kanji/kana): | セーラープルート |
Alignment: | Moon Kingdom, Crystal Tokyo |
Species: | Human |
Gender: | Female |
Lives: | Guard post at Space-Time Door; Tokyo |
Occupation: | Sailor Senshi |
Family: | Unknown |
Associates: | Queen Serenity, Sailor Chibi Moon, Diana, Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, the Outer Senshi |
Aliases: | Setsuna Meiou, Puu, Princess Pluto (manga and Crystal only) |
First Anime Appearance: | A Mysterious New Senshi, Sailor Pluto Appears |
First Manga Appearance: | Act 19 Time Warp SAILORPLUTO |
First PGSM Appearance: | N/A |
English Name: | Sailor Pluto |
Actors: | Chiyoko Kawashima (anime); Ai Maeda (Crystal); Sabrina Grdevich (dub 68-82), Susan Aceron (dub 83+); Veronica Taylor (Viz dub) |
Sailor Pluto was the sixth Sailor Senshi introduced in the series. Her civilian identity was Setsuna Meiou.
Sailor Pluto was the guardian of the Underworld (冥土の番人) stationed at the Space-Time Door to stop intruders trying to access it. She referred to herself as the "Soldier of Revolution" (変革の戦士) and the "Soldier of Space-Time" (時空の戦士), under the guardianship of the "Planet of the Underworld," referring to the literal meaning of the Japanese name for Pluto.
Contents
Anime[edit]
Powers[edit]
Transformations[edit]
- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up - Used her Lip Rod to transform into Sailor Pluto.
Attacks and Powers[edit]
- Dead Scream - Sailor Pluto used the Garnet Rod to fire a purple ball of energy.
- Time Stop - Sailor Pluto's forbidden power, used to stop time. By the third taboo of guarding the Space-Time Door, the use of this ability resulted in her death.
Costume[edit]
Sailor Pluto in the anime |
- Sailor Pluto's (R, S) dominant color was black (choker, collar, elbow fittings of gloves, skirt, and boots), and her accent colors were garnet (tiara gem, earrings, and gem attached to choker) and dark maroon (bows, which were a much darker shade of brownish purple than her garnet accents and Saturn's bows). Her earrings were shaped like a thick downward-pointed arrow. Her collar did not have any stripes. Her choker had a garnet gem dangling from it. She was the only Senshi who did not have any shoulder pads before the Stars season. Her boots were similar to Moon's and Mercury's, in black with white borders.
- After the "Super" upgrade (Stars), some changes to her costume were made. Her earrings remained the same, her choker had a yellow star attached to it, her collar had one white stripe, and the center of her front bow was a garnet heart. She had shoulder pads with translucent parts, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.
Manga[edit]
Powers[edit]
Transformations[edit]
- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up - Used this phrase to transform into Sailor Pluto.
- Pluto Crystal Power, Make Up - Used the Pluto Crystal to transform into Super Sailor Pluto.
Attacks and Powers[edit]
- Dead Scream - Sailor Pluto used the Garnet Rod to send an energy blast at the enemy.
- Chronos Typhoon - Sailor Pluto held up her Garnet Orb and sent forth a cyclone of wind at her foe.
- Garnet Ball - Sailor Pluto created a shield using the Garnet Orb.
- Dark Dome Close - Sailor Pluto closed the Space-Time Door from a distance, using the Garnet Rod.
- Time Stop - Sailor Pluto's forbidden power, used to stop time. By the third taboo of guarding the Space-Time Door, the use of this ability resulted in her death.
Costume[edit]
- Sailor Pluto's first costume in the manga was identical to the anime version, except for the addition of a chain around her waist that held many keys. After her reincarnation, however, the brooch at the center of her front bow was black instead of garnet.
- Her brooch changed from a circle to a heart after Sailor Moon first transformed into Super Sailor Moon.
- After the "Super" upgrade, her costume was mostly identical to the anime version, but the star on her choker had a garnet gemstone in the center.
- After the "Eternal" upgrade in the Stars arc, her choker was V-shaped and the center of her garnet-colored front bow was a grey five-pointed star. She had round grey puffed sleeves with two strips of black fabric attached to the bottom. Her gloves became longer, reaching to her upper arms. In artbook illustrations, she had black V-shaped wristbands with golden five-pointed stars on them, but they were not present in the manga. Her belt consisted of two ribbons, one grey and one black, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star. Her back bow was grey. Her skirt became two-layered, the top layer being black and the bottom grey. Her boots were knee-high and white, and each had a black V-shaped border with a golden five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was a black five-pointed star and her earrings were black, dangling five-pointed stars.
Crystal[edit]
Powers[edit]
Transformations[edit]
- Pluto Planet Power, Make Up - Used to transform into Sailor Pluto, though the only attempt shown in the series was unsuccessful.
- Pluto Crystal Power, Make Up - Used the Pluto Crystal to transform into Super Sailor Pluto.
Attacks and Powers[edit]
- Dead Scream - Sailor Pluto used the Garnet Rod to send an energy blast at the enemy.
- Time Stop - Sailor Pluto's forbidden power, used to stop time. By the third taboo of guarding the Space-Time Door, the use of this ability resulted in her death.
- Chronos Typhoon - Sailor Pluto used the Garnet Rod or Garnet Orb to send an energy blast at the enemy.
- Garnet Ball - Sailor Pluto created a shield using the Garnet Orb.
- Dark Dome Close - Sailor Pluto closed the Space-Time Door from a distance, using the Garnet Rod.
Costume[edit]
- Her costume was similar to the manga version and followed the same changes, but after her "Eternal" upgrade she had black V-shaped wristbands with golden five-pointed stars on them which were not present in the manga.
Musicals[edit]
Yuuko Hosaka as Sailor Pluto |
In the musicals, Sailor Pluto was played by Miwa Hosoki, Rei Saitou, Yuki Kamiya, Seiko Nakazawa, Teruyo Watanabe, Yuuko Hosaka, Yukiko Nakae, Miho Yokoi, Mikako Ishii, and Chisato Minami. She had three image songs: "Stay Alone," "Forbidden Hades," and "Chronos Guardian."
Sailor Pluto's first appearance in the musicals was in Sailor Moon S - Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi, where she was only seen in silhouette, and the person portraying her was actually Sailor Jupiter's actress Kanoko, holding a Garnet Rod but wearing Sailor Jupiter's costume. Sailor Pluto appeared in person in the next musical, Sailor Moon S - Henshin - Super Senshi e no Michi.
In the musicals, Sailor Pluto mentioned an unrequited love for King Endymion of the future Silver Millennium. The song "Onna no Ronsou" compared her love to that of Queen Beryl, showing that she empathized with the Queen's plight.
Costume[edit]
- In most of the Bandai run of the musicals, Sailor Pluto's costume was significantly different from the anime and manga versions. The collar and top layer of her skirt were a dark shade of blue, and the underskirt was purple. Both layers of her skirt had silver trim, different from all the other Sailor Senshi (except for Saturn), although earlier versions had gold trim. Her bows, front and back, were black, as were her boots and tops of gloves. Her sailor collar did have stripes, unlike the anime and manga.
- In Petite Étrangère, her costume was more like those in the manga and anime. Her skirts, glove fittings, boots, collar, and choker were black, while her bows were brown. Her fuku had gold trim, and she wore a key-adorned chain at her waist.
Video Games[edit]
Powers[edit]
In the video games in which she appeared, Sailor Pluto used the powers standard to her appearances in other versions of canon, but the following are powers unique only to the video games.
Attacks[edit]
- Dimension Dance - Used in Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen and Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka!! Shuyaku Soudatsusen.
- Strict Sweep - Used in Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen and Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka!! Shuyaku Soudatsusen.
- Action Spinster - Used in Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen and Sailor Moon SuperS - Various Emotion.
- Destiny Spinster - Used in Sailor Moon S for the 3DO.
- Twilight - Used in Sailor Moon S for the 3DO.
Trivia[edit]
- In the anime, the "aura" color of a Sailor Senshi was nearly always the dominant color of her fuku, but Sailor Pluto's color was sometimes black and sometimes purple.
- According to the Materials Collection, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Star Maker were the same height, making them the tallest of the Sailor Senshi.
- There were several references to Sailor Pluto having the blood of Chronos across the Sailor Moon series: King Endymion mentioned it when Sailor Moon first arrived in the 30th Century; when she performed Dark Dome Close Sailor Pluto called upon "our father Chronos;" and she mentioned it in one of her image songs from the musicals, "Forbidden Hades," as some examples. However, the exact nature of her relationship with Chronos was never specified.
- In Sailor Moon Eternal, garnet red and white roses appeared in the backdrop of Sailor Pluto's signature pose as she gave her introductory speech.