Sailor Moon in The Netherlands

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Sailor Moon in The Netherlands refers to the Dutch dub of the Sailor Moon anime which aired in the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium under the title Sailor Moon - Het meisje met de macht van de Maannevel (Sailor Moon - The girl with the power of the Moon Nebula).

Anime

Translation and Channels

The first 52 episodes were dubbed by the studio Wim Pel Productions B.V., and premiered on Dutch television on September 3, 2002 on the Dutch channel Yorin (now RTL7), where it continued to air until January 2004. Every dubbed episode was broadcast, and there were several reruns on Boemerang. Only 26 episodes were shown in Belgium and in later reruns in The Netherlands, due to the rights having expired.

The dub was based on the German dub, so most of the German character names and the changes made to the storyline were also present, and the lyrics of the opening theme song, "Zeg het Toverwoord," were an almost-literal translation of "Sag das Zauberwort," the first German opening song. The localized ending was shown only on Boemerang, due to Yorin cutting it, and it featured a Dutch-translated version of the German ending sequence, which played along with an instrumental version of the opening theme song.

Censorship and Changes

The only major change made in the Dutch dub was altering Zoisite's gender from male to female.

The insert songs "Tsukini Kawatte Oshioki yo," "Maboroshi no Ginzuishou," "Yume Miru Dakeja Dame," "Moonlight Densetsu," and You're Just My Love," from episodes 21, 34, 40, and 46, respectively, were left in Japanese, as opposed to the German dub, which replaced them with instrumental versions or removed them entirely. "Anata no Sei Janai" in episode 49 was dubbed into Dutch and was sung by Manon Ros, Makoto's voice actress, and in episode 7 "Moonlight Densetsu" was sung by the voice actresses for Bunny and Naru. Some episodes lacked the eyecatches.

Otherwise only minor changes were made, mainly based on those in the German dub.

Names

Characters

Original	Dutch
Usagi Tsukino	Bunny Tsukino
Ami Mizuno	Ami Mizuno Amy Mizuno
Rei Hino	Rei Hino
Makoto Kino	Makoto Kino
Minako Aino	Minako Aino
Sailor V	Sailor V Sailor Vijf (Five)
Sailor Moon	Sailor Moon
Sailor Mercury	Sailor Mercurius
Sailor Mars	Sailor Mars
Sailor Jupiter	Sailor Jupiter
Sailor Venus	Sailor Venus
Mamoru Chiba	Mamoru Chiba
Tuxedo Mask	Tuxedo Mask
Moonlight Knight	De Ridder van het Maanlicht (The Knight of the Moonlight)
Luna	Luna
Artemis	Artemis
Princess Serenity	Prinses Serenity
Queen Serenity	Koningin Serenity
Queen Beryl	Koningin Perillia
Jadeite	Jedyte
Nephrite	Neflite
Zoisite	Zoisite
Kunzite	Kunzite
Naru Osaka	Naru
Gurio Umino	Umino
Shingo Tsukino	Shingo Tsukino
Shinozaki	Kenji

Terms and Item Names

Original	Dutch
Sailor Senshi	Sailor Strijdsters (Sailor Warriors)
Silver Crystal	Het Heilige Zilverkristal (The Holy Silver Crystal)

Voice Actors

Actor	Character
Marlies Somers	Bunny Tsukino/Sailor Moon/Prinses Serenity
Marjolein Algera	Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercurius
Hymnke de Vries	Rei Hino/Sailor Mars
Laura Vlasblom	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (episodes 25-26)
Manon Ros	Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (episodes 27-52)
Edna Kalb	Minako Aino/Sailor Venus
Sien Diels	Luna
Ajolt Elsakkers	Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask/Ridder van het Maanlicht (episode 48, part of episode 52)
Filip Bolluyt	Jedyte
Viggo Waas	Neflite
Jan Nonhof	Artemis Kunzite (episodes 22-23)
Hein van Beem	Kunzite (episodes 27-44)
Melise de Winter	Naru
Lex Passchier	Umino
Kiki Koster	Juffrouw Haruna Zoisite Shingo Tsukino Koningin Serenity

Transformations and Attacks

Sailor Moon

Original	Dutch	Translation
Moon Prism Power, Make Up	Macht van de Maannevel, verschijn	Power of the Moon Nebula, appear
Moon Crystal Power, Make Up	Macht van de Maannevel, verschijn (episode 51) Macht van het Maan Kristal, verschijn (episode 52)	Power of the Moon Nebula, appear Power of the moon crystal, appear
Moon Power, [...] ni nare!	Macht van de Maannevel, maak me en [disguise]	Power of the Moon Nebula, change me into [disguise]
Moon Tiara Action	Maansteen, spin en overwin	Moon stone, spin and overcome
Moon Tiara Stardust	Maansteen, sterrennevel	Moon stone, star nebula
Moon Healing Escalation	Macht van de maan, verander hem/haar terug	Power of the moon, change him/her back
Moon Princess Halation	Macht van de Maannevel, verander terug	Power of the Moon Nebula, change back

Sailor Mercury

Original	Dutch	Translation
Mercury Power, Make Up	Macht van de Mercuriusnevel, verschijn	Power of the Mercury Nebula, appear
Sabão Spray	Zeepbellen, overwin Zeepbellen, vlieg (episodes 9 and 15) Zeepbellen, verschijn (episode 31)	Soap Bubbles, overcome Soap Bubbles, fly Soap Bubbles, appear

Sailor Mars

Original	Dutch	Translation
Mars Power, Make Up	Macht van de Marsnevel, verschijn	Power of the Mars Nebula, appear
Fire Soul	Vuurbal, overwin Vuurbal (episode 28) Vuurbal, vlieg (episodes 15, 31 and 33)	Fireball, overcome Fireball Fireball, fly

Sailor Jupiter

Original	Dutch	Translation
Jupiter Power, Make Up	Macht van de Jupiternevel, verschijn	Power of the Jupiter Nebula, appear
Supreme Thunder	Donderslag, overwin	Thunderclap, overcome

Sailor Venus

Original	Dutch	Translation
Venus Power, Make Up	Macht van de Venusnevel, verschijn	Power of the Venus Nebula, appear
Crescent Beam	Halve manenstraal, vlieg (episode 33) Sikkelstraal, overwin	Half moonbeam, fly Half-moon ray, overcome
Crescent Beam Shower	Sikkelstraal, overwin	Half-moon ray, overcome

Crystal

Sailor Moon Eternal became available on Netflix with Dutch subtitles on June 3, 2021.

Sailor Moon Cosmos became available on Netflix with Dutch subtitles on August 22, 2024.

Trivia

• When episode 22 aired in Belgium, the original Dutch title of the episode, "Bunny's eerste Kus" (Bunny's first kiss), was changed to "Het Gemaskerd Bal" (The Masked Ball).

• Although the eyecatches were omitted from some episodes, sometimes the music from them was still audible.