In the name of the moon! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sailor Moon anime, Toei Animation has announced Sailor Moon Crystal. Toei animation revealed an image along with a plot synopsis.
"Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.
Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold….Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?"
No set amount of episodes have been revealed, but fans can look forward to a worldwide release in July on the Niconico website. Contrary to how the synopsis reads, Crystal is not a remake of the previous anime. This series of Sailor Moon will be an offshoot, similar to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and focus more on showing what the manga has to offer.
The official Sailor Moon website currently has a countdown that is set to end next Friday (3/21/14) when they will reveal some "big news".
