Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (arcade game)

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
Developer(s)Gazelle
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Hiroyuki Fujimoto
Producer(s)Johan Sato
Designer(s)Satoshi Iwataki
Programmer(s)Hiroyuki Fujimoto
Artist(s)Junya Inoue
Composer(s)Alan Howarth
SeriesSailor Moon
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
  • WW: 22 March 1995[1]
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)
Arcade systemCAVE 68000

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon[a] is a side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video game developed by Gazelle and released on March 22, 1995. It was published by Banpresto.[2][3] It is the first game to be created by Gazelle, one of the offshoots of defunct developer Toaplan that were founded after they declared bankruptcy in 1994, and one of the few titles based upon Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon shōjo manga and anime series that had an official international release, and it also has been compared with other titles in the same genre such as Capcom's Final Fight and Technōs Japan's Double Dragon.[4][5]

Following the first season of the anime series, which adapted the first arc of the manga,[6] the players control one of the five original Inner Senshi and fight against enemies across several locations in order to protect Earth from the Dark Kingdom, a group of antagonists led by Queen Beryl who previously destroyed the ancient Moon Kingdom as they attempt to steal life energy from humans and the Silver Crystal to free Queen Metaria from her imprisonment. Takeuchi supervised the production of the project and seiyūs from the anime series returned to reprise their roles, with mangaka and Knuckle Bash designer Junya Inoue serving as one of the game's graphic designers.[7]

  1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). ガゼル (Gazelle); バンプレスト (Banpresto) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. pp. 22, 58. ISBN 978-4990251215. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Totale Arcade - Sailor Moon". CD Consoles (in French). No. 2. Pressimage. December 1994. p. 50.
  3. ^ "Dossier: Beat'em Ups — Banpresto". GamesTech (in Spanish). No. 9. Ares Informática. May 2003. p. 60.
  4. ^ Iona; VHS; K-HEX (June 2009). "東亜プラン FOREVER". Floor 25 (in Japanese). Vol. 9. pp. 1–70. (Translation by Gamengai. Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine).
  5. ^ Ciolek, Todd (November 12, 2008). "Paint a Vulgar Picture – The X Button". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Sailormoon Channel Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) Name of story arc given on the official website.
  7. ^ Gazelle (22 March 1995). Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Arcade). Banpresto, Sega. Level/area: Video Game Staff.


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