The first Sailor Moon movie in over two decades will hit Netflix this summer. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie Part 1 and Part 2 debuted in Japan earlier this year. Both films are a sequel to the 2014 anime restart, based on the original manga by Naoko Takeuchi. With the June 3rd release on the horizon, Netflix released the first full trailer for the double feature on Wednesday evening.
The film shows how Usagi and the rest of her friends reunite after a while to save the world from evil forces. The official recap from Netflix is as follows:
When a dark force envelops the earth and a dark circus troupe emerges after a total solar eclipse, the scattered Sailor Guardians must reunite to bring light back into the world … ‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon’
was originally created by Naoko Takeuchi and directed by the Eternal Film Chiaki Kon (‘Der Weg des Hausmanns’, ‘Nodame Cantabile: Paris Edition & Finale’), with music by Yasuharu Takanashi (‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal’, ‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III’),With Kazuko Tadano (‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon’, ‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens’) responsible for character designs and TOEI Animation / Studio DEEN for animation production.
Sailor Moon is one of the best-selling shōjo manga series in the world. The first anime series started in 1992 and ended with a restart in 1997. Sailor Moon CrystalBoth parts of the upcoming film are based on the manga’s dream arc and are meant to serve as Sailor Moon Crystalis the fourth season.
