Sera Myu

The "Sailor Moon Musicals" (セーラームーン・ミュージカル Seeraaa Muun Myuujikaru), commonly referred to as "SeraMyu" (セラミュー Seramyuu), is a series of live theater productions based on Naoko Takeuchi's series, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. The series originally consisted of 29 musicals that had more than 898 performances since the show opened in the summer of 1993. These shows ran until 2005, when they (along with the majority of the franchise) went on hiatus. The musicals returned under a different production company and have run from 2013 until present. In these musicals, the stories generally follow and extrapolate plot concepts presented in both the anime and manga; however, there are several original plot lines as well.

Bandai Musicals (1993-2005)
These shows, often referred in the fandom as BanMyu, were produced by Toei Animation and sponsored by Bandai. The producers of the show have broken the musical series down into three stages ("stage" is a term widely used in the grouping of musicals). The "first stage" consisted of those in which Sailor Moon was portrayed by Anza Ooyama, the first and longest-running Sailor Moon actress. This stage ran parallel to the manga and anime, as reflected by the plot, and had nearly full graduation with all of the main actresses being replaced.

The second stage included three different Sailor Moon actresses, starting with a musical loosely based on Eien Densetsu with some changes and additions (Shin Densetsu Kourin), followed by the only fully original musical ("The Legend of Kaguya Island"), the semi-original "Last Dracul" series, and ending with a remake of the original "Final First Stage" musical "Eien Densetsu" (titled "Kakyuu Ouhi Kourin").

The third and final stage retained the last Sailor Moon actress and ran for only two musicals (Both remakes of "The Legend of Kaguya Island") and ended in January 2005 under an indefinite "hiatus".

Conversely, most Western fans group the musicals by the actresses who played Sailor Moon: Anza Ooyama, Fumina Hara, Miyuki Kanbe, and Marina Kuroki. The list below is divided up according to the official stages used by Sera Myu producers.

1st Stage
Featuring Anza Ooyama as Sailor Moon:


 * 1993 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Spin-off – The Dark Kingdom Resurrection Chapter (外伝 ダーク・キングダム復活篇)
 * 1994 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Spin-off – The Dark Kingdom Resurrection Chapter (Revised Edition) (外伝　ダーク・キングダム復活篇（改訂版）)
 * 1994 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Super Spring Festival (スーパースプリングフェスティバル 美少女戦士セーラームーン )
 * 1994 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S ~ Usagi – The Road to Become the Guardian of Love (うさぎ・愛の戦士への道)
 * 1995 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S ~ Transformation - The Road to Become the Super Sailor Guardian (変身・スーパー戦士への道)
 * 1995 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S ~ Transformation - The Road to Become the Super Sailor Guardian (Revised Edition) (変身・スーパー戦士への道（改訂版）)
 * 1995 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS ~ Dream Guardians - Love - Into Eternity... (夢戦士・愛・永遠に...)
 * 1996 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS ~ Dream Guardians - Love - Into Eternity... (Revised Edition) – The Saturn Resurrection Chapter (夢戦士・愛・永遠に...サターン復活篇!)
 * 1996 Early Summer Special Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS ~ Special Musical Show
 * 1996 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
 * 1997 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Revision)
 * 1997 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Eternal Legend (永遠伝説)
 * 1998 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Eternal Legend (Revised Edition) - The Final First Stage (永遠伝説［改訂版］)

2nd Stage
Featuring Fumina Hara as Sailor Moon:


 * 1998 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Beginning of the New Legend (新・伝説光臨)
 * 1999 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Legend of Kaguya Island (かぐや島伝説?)
 * 1999 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Legend of Kaguya Island (Revised Edition) - Summer Vacation! The Jewel Expedition Party (かぐや島伝説＜改訂版＞夏休み! 宝石探検隊)

Featuring Miyuki Kanbe as Sailor Moon:


 * 2000 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ New/Transformation - The Road to Become the Super Sailor Guardian - Overture of Last Dracul (新／変身・スーパー戦士への道) (ラストドラクル序曲)
 * 2000 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Decisive Battle / The Forest of Transylvania – A New Arrival! The Guardians Who Protect Chibi Moon (決戦/トランシルバニアの森?) (～新登場！ちびムーンを護る戦士達～?)
 * 2001 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Decisive Battle / The Forest of Transylvania (Revised Edition) - The Enigma of the Ultimate Enemy, Dark Cain (決戦／トランシルバニアの森＜改訂版＞) (－最強の敵　ダーク・カインの謎－)
 * 2001 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Last Dracul Final Chapter - The Seal of the Super Planet Death Vulcan (ラスト・ドラクル最終章) (超惑星デス・バルカンの封印 / スパーレビューミュージカルショー)

Featuring Marina Kuroki as Sailor Moon:


 * 2001 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Birth! The Princess of Darkness, Black Lady (～誕生！暗黒のプリンセス　ブラック・レディ～)
 * 2002 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Birth! The Princess of Darkness, Black Lady (Revised Edition) - The Enigma of Planet Nemesis 誕生！暗黒のプリンセス　ブラック・レディ［改訂版］～惑星ネメシスの謎～
 * 2002 Spring Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ 10th Anniversary Festival - Sanctuary of Love (ミュージカルショー「愛のサンクチュアリー」?) Memorial Talk & Live Show (メモリアルトーク＆ライブショー)
 * 2002 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Mugen Academy - Mistress Labyrinth ~ (無限学園～ミストレス・ラビリンス～)
 * 2003 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Mugen Academy - Mistress Labyrinth ~ (Revised Edition) (無限学園～ミストレス・ラビリンス～改訂版)
 * 2003 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ Starlights - Legend of the Shooting Stars (スターライツ・流星伝説)
 * 2004 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The Advent of Princess Kakyuu - The Second Stage Final (火球王妃降臨)

3rd Stage
Continuing to feature Marina Kuroki as Sailor Moon:


 * 2004 Summer Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The New Legend of Kaguya Island ~ (～新かぐや島伝説～)
 * 2005 Winter Special Musical Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~ The New Legend of Kaguya Island (Revised Edition) - Marinamoon Final

Nelke Musicals (2013-Present)
After the Marinamoon Final musical finished production, the musicals went on an indefinite hiatus. These productions unfortunately never officially continued. 8 years later in 2013, a new musical project was announced to go along with the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary project. The new musicals were produced by Nelke Planning and Dwango Co, Ltd. The new generation produced 5 new musicals from 2013-2017 which were loosely based on the manga with some elements taken from the anime, such as Sailor Venus disguising herself as Sailor Moon and Sailor Lead Crow and Aluminum Siren teaming up.

Some Fans unofficially call these musicals the 4th stage, however these are not officially a "4th stage". The first 3 musicals included Satomi Okubo who then graduated with the actresses who played the Inner Sailor Guardians (La Reconquista, Petite Etrangere, Un Nouveau Voyage). In the final 2 musicals, Hotaru Nomoto played Sailor Moon and Nelke Planning had ended their first Sera Myu run after Le Mouvement Final.

However, Nelke Planning continued to be involved with future stage projects. In 2018 and 2019, an idol group crossover show featuring members of popular idol group Nogizaka46 began This show was fully based on the Dark Kingdom arc with Mizuki Yamashita and Sayuri Inoue cast as Sailor Moon in 2018 and Shiori Kubo in 2019. It also featured the first time Luna appeared in a puppet form.

Also in this time period, Sailor Moon The Super Live was also produced. The Super Live was a 2.5D musical that focused heavily on choreography and music with a live concert that followed after the show. It was created with an international audience in mind and had little dialogue. It began in 2018 and held 3 international performances in 2019. The show was performed in Tokyo, Paris, Washington D.C. and New York City. Kanae Yumemiya, Natsuki Koga and Tomomi Kasai played Sailor Moon in The Super Live musical, which consisted of 3 different teams for the performances.

In 2019, a pseudo musical show came along with the first Sailor Moon themed restaurant, Shining Moon Tokyo, which had a live dinner show. Shining Moon Tokyo unfortunately was permanently closed not long after the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

More Sailor Moon stage and musical projects have been announced but have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These are the Sailor Moon Prism on Ice figure skating show, featuring many famous international Olympic figure skaters and an unnamed musical project, set to be based on the Lover of Princess Kaguya short story from the manga.

The list below consists of the following actresses playing Sailor Moon:

Satomi Okubo as Sailor Moon

 * Summer 2013: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - La Reconquista
 * Summer 2014: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - ~ Petite Étrangère ~
 * Summer 2015: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - ~ Un Nouveau Voyage ~

Hotaru Nomoto as Sailor Moon

 * Autumn 2016: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - ~ Amour Eternal ~
 * October 2017: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - ~ Le Mouvement Final ~

Mizuki Yamashita / Sayuri Inoue as Sailor Moon

 * June 2018: Nogizaka46 Musical - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon -  (2018)

Kanae Yumemiya / Natsuki Koga / Tomomi Kasai as Sailor Moon

 * September 2018: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - The Super Live

Shiori Kubo as Sailor Moon

 * October 2019: Nogizaka46 Musical - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon -  (2019)

Musical Only Characters

 * Aaron
 * Astarte / Sheba Shingetsu Astarte / Sailor Astarte
 * Alba
 * Baron Gilles de Rais
 * Bilhah Emerald
 * Bloody Dracul Vampir
 * Centi
 * Cook
 * Count Dracul
 * Damask
 * Dark Cain
 * Dark Dogon
 * Dark Ham
 * Dark Japheth
 * Dark Maya
 * Dark Menorah
 * Dark Mirror
 * Dark Monolith
 * Dark Moon
 * Dark Nibiru
 * Dark Plasman
 * Dark Rachel
 * Dark Sumer
 * Dark Shard
 * Dark Shem
 * Death Lamia
 * Death Nightmares
 * Death Pa
 * Death Pi
 * Death Pu
 * Death Pe
 * Death Debu Re
 * Death Ra
 * Death Ri
 * Death Ru
 * Death Vulcan
 * Demon Lilit
 * Demon Lilim
 * Elizabeth Bathory
 * Elyon Yesod
 * Hook
 * Gallica
 * Hematite
 * Hiddenite
 * Kalunite
 * Kern
 * Kraken
 * Leah Ruby
 * Lilith of Darkness
 * Le Fay
 * Lemures Baba
 * Lemures
 * Loof Merrow
 * Magi Saint Germain
 * Manna
 * Mandrake
 * Mandra-ko
 * MC Fly
 * Mick
 * Miss Dream
 * Moss
 * Nightmare
 * Nobitarou Oki
 * Olam Tiphareth
 * Roi Malkuth
 * Sailor Buttress
 * Sailor Chaos
 * Sailor Pewter Fox
 * Sailor Theta
 * Sailor Titanium Kerokko
 * Selkie
 * Serpen
 * Space Knight
 * Tillmun
 * Undead Berserk
 * Vulcan
 * Werewolf Child Levi
 * Zilpah Sapphire