Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie

Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie is a 1995 Japanese animated superhero fantasy film directed by Hiroki Shibata and written by Yōji Enokido based on the Sailor Moon manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. Produced by Toei Animation, it takes its name from the fourth season of the anime series, as Toei Company distributed it around the same time, and the third and final film installment for the series, following Sailor Moon R: The Movie and Sailor Moon S: The Movie. It centers the Super Sailor Guardians rescuing Chibiusa and other children from an evil queen named Badiane, who plans to use their dreams to create a black hole. The film stars Kotono Mitsuishi as the voice of Sailor Moon, alongside Kae Araki and Tōru Furuya. It was released in Japan on December 23, 1995, accompanied by a 16-minute short film titled ''Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami's First Love''

Plot

''Ami's First Love''

Japanese theaters showed a 16-minute short before the Sailor Moon SuperS film, titled Ami's First Love, in which Ami Mizuno struggles to focus on her studying amidst various distractions including a pruritus-inducing love letter found in her school locker and a rival known as "Mercurius" who ties Ami's perfect score in mock high school entrance exams, and who Ami believes is either a female monster that makes her forget math and English or a handsome boy who looks like a young Albert Einstein. The short featured a new transformation sequence into her evolved Super form and a greater water-based attack for Super Sailor Mercury.

''Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie''

Somewhere in Europe, a young man named Poupelin plays a song on his flute to hypnotize children, following him into a mysterious ship before sailing off into the sky. In Tokyo, Usagi Tsukino, Chibiusa, and the other girls bake cookies together at Makoto Kino's apartment. Usagi ends up with cookies that look perfect but taste terrible; Chibiusa produces the reverse. Chibiusa sets out to give her cookies to Mamoru Chiba, but is stopped by a butterfly wing-shaped boy in strange white clothing standing outside the sweets shop. They befriend each other, and he causes some of the treats inside the shop window to dance by playing a tune on his flute before revealing himself as Perle. Meanwhile, Usagi visits Mamoru with her cookies, and they argue over his strong and close friendship with Chibiusa. They hear a report on the radio about the mass disappearance of children all over the world. Around the same time, Chibiusa gives her bag of cookies to Perle before going their separate ways.
That night, Chibiusa wakes up, and begins walking through the city. Diana wakes Usagi, who along with the other girls, follow Chibiusa, and the other children. They save Chibiusa, but get into a fight with Poupelin, and his "Bonbon Babies." Poupelin then hypnotizes the girls into seeing a Gingerbread House. In turn, Mamoru appears, and snaps the girls out of the spell. Queen Badiane orders Poupelin and her other henchmen Banane and Orangeat to hurry up. Perle says that he no longer believes in her, but she orders that Chibiusa be captured. The ship lands, along with two others, in Marzipan Castle. When the doors are opened, the children run out into the darkness, except for Chibiusa. Looking into the shadows, she witnesses "Dream Coffins," each containing a sleeping child. Badiane lifts her into the air, commenting on the power she senses from Chibiusa, and explains her purpose. In the castle's center, a massive Black Dream Hole is forming, gathering the magical "sugar energy" of the sleeping children. Eventually it will overtake Earth, and all humans will enter into Dream Coffins.
Meanwhile, Perle leads the other Sailor Guardians to a flying ship of his own. He tells them that Badiane promised that the children would be happy and safe in her world of dreams and where they can remain children indefinitely, but he thinks also of Chibiusa, his friend. As they reach the castle, they are attacked, and after crash-landing fight Poupelin, Banane, and Orangeat, as well as three sets of Bonbon Babies. Just when the situation seems hopeless, the girls are saved by Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Pluto. With this advantage, they are able to break the flutes of the three fairies, changing them into small birds. Afterwards, the Guardians infiltrate the castle and confront Queen Badiane, who has drained enough dream energy from the children, including Chibiusa, to create the Black Dream Hole. The power drain is enough to force all the Sailor Soldiers except Usagi into a partial de-transformation, weakening them, without any clothing. Taking Chibiusa with her, Badiane enters the hole itself, and Usagi follows. Usagi then finds herself in Mamoru's apartment, carrying Chibiusa. Mamoru lays her on the bed, then wraps his arms around Usagi and tells her not to worry about anything, just to stay there with him. She asks him again who is more important, herself or Chibiusa; he eventually tells her that she is. Usagi lifts Chibiusa in her arms once again, and eventually realizes that this experience is all just a dream.
As Usagi tries to flee, Queen Badiane demands that she give back Chibiusa. When Usagi refuses, the dark Queen of Dreams assimilates herself into the black dream hole and attacks her with pure fire. Hearing her mental cry, the other seven Guardians send their power and strength to Usagi, awakening Chibiusa and allowing them to finally obliterate Queen Badiane with their combined Moon Gorgeous Meditation technique. After the battle, Marzipan Castle is destroyed, and with Perle's help, the six Super Sailor Guardians and three Outer Sailor Guardians escape. The airships, each carrying children, return to Earth.
Later, at a beach, Perle gives Chibiusa his glass flute, telling her that he is the fairy who protects children's dreams, and will always be with her, and Chibiusa kisses him goodbye on the cheek. As Perle flies away, the six Super Sailor Guardians and three Outer Sailor Guardians watch the sun rise.

Voice cast

Character name	Japanese	English	English
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon	Kotono Mitsuishi	Serena Tsukino	Stephanie Sheh
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon	Kotono Mitsuishi	Terri Hawkes	Stephanie Sheh
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury	Aya Hisakawa	Amy Anderson	Kate Higgins
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury	Aya Hisakawa	Karen Bernstein	Kate Higgins
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars	Michie Tomizawa	Raye Hino	Cristina Valenzuela
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars	Michie Tomizawa	Katie Griffin	Cristina Valenzuela
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	Emi Shinohara	Lita Kino	Amanda C. Miller
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter	Emi Shinohara	Susan Roman	Amanda C. Miller
Minako Aino/Sailor Venus	Rika Fukami	Mina Aino	Cherami Leigh
Minako Aino/Sailor Venus	Rika Fukami	Stephanie Morgenstern	Cherami Leigh
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask	Tōru Furuya	Darien Shields	Robbie Daymond
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask	Tōru Furuya	Vincent Corazza	Robbie Daymond
Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino/Sailor Chibi Moon	Kae Araki	Serena "Rini" Tsukino	Sandy Fox
Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino/Sailor Chibi Moon	Kae Araki	Tracey Hoyt	Sandy Fox
Artemis	Yasuhiro Takato	Ron Rubin	Johnny Yong Bosch
Diana	Kumiko Nishihara	Naomi Emmerson	Debi Derryberry
Luna	Keiko Han	Jill Frappier	Michelle Ruff
Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune	Masako Katsuki	Barbara Radecki	Lauren Landa
Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus	Megumi Ogata	Sarah Lafleur	Erica Mendez
Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto	Chiyoko Kawashima	Sabrina Grdevich	Veronica Taylor
Queen Badiane	Rhoko Yoshida	Badiyanu	Tara Sands
Queen Badiane	Rhoko Yoshida	Kirsten Bishop	Tara Sands
Perle	Chika Sakamoto	Peruru	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Perle	Chika Sakamoto	Julie Lemieux	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Poupelin	Nobuo Tobita	Pupulan	Kyle McCarley
Poupelin	Nobuo Tobita	Robert Tinkler	Kyle McCarley
Banane	Nobuhiko Kazama	Bananu	Benjamin Diskin
Banane	Nobuhiko Kazama	Tony Daniels	Benjamin Diskin
Oranget	Kazuya Nakai	Oranja	Robbie Daymond
Oranget	Kazuya Nakai	David Berni	Robbie Daymond
Bonbon Babies	Ayako Ono Emi Uwagawa		Erica Mendez

''Ami's First Love''

Production

Originally, Kunihiko Ikuhara envisaged that Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were going to be the main characters in the SuperS film, and it was going to be independent of the main series. Sailor Neptune was going to be in a deep sleep at the end of the world, and Sailor Uranus would have had to steal the talismans from the Sailor Soldiers to revive her. However, both Ikuhara and producer Iriya Azuma left the series. Ikuhara later reused these concepts in Revolutionary Girl Utena.
The film was produced with the same staff from the previous film, with Hiroki Shibata acting as a director, and Hisashi Kagawa in charge of character design and animation direction once again. SuperS writer Yōji Enokido wrote the script for the film. Original creator and mangaka, Naoko Takeuchi provided the character concept for the antagonist, based on Pied Piper of Hamelin.