Sailor Moon R: The Movie is the first of three theatrically-released Sailor Moon movies. Its full name in Japanese, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie (劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンＲ, Gekijouhan Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R), became Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose in the English-language dub. The film debuted in Japanese theaters on December 5, 1993 and Pioneer Entertainment released it in the United States on February 8, 2000. It takes its ...
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Sailor Moon R: The Movie is the first of three theatrically-released Sailor Moon movies. Its full name in Japanese, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R The Movie (劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンＲ, Gekijouhan Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R), became Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose in the English-language dub. The film debuted in Japanese theaters on December 5, 1993 and Pioneer Entertainment released it in the United States on February 8, 2000. It takes its name from the second arc of the Sailor Moon anime, Sailor Moon R, as it was released around the same time. The events portrayed seem to take place somewhere in the middle of the second part of the series, as Chibiusa knows about the identities of the senshi and can still be seen, the characters are still in the present rather than the future, and Mamoru and Usagi are back together.
The movie opens with a young Mamoru on the roof of a hospital: he hands another small boy a rose. The little boy thanks him and says "No one has ever given me a...
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