Sailor Moon in Portugal (Alternate History)

Navegante da Lua (Japanese: 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Hepburn: Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn lit. "Pretty Warrior Sailor Moon") is the name of the Sailor Moon franchise in Portugal.

Plot
The magical action-adventures of a teenage girl who learns of her destiny as the legendary warrior Sailor Moon and must band together with the other Sailor Scouts to defend the Earth and Galaxy.

Manga
The manga was first released in the country in October 2010 by Edições ASA, alongside the publication of Dragon Ball (Also published by ASA). The format was based on the Shinsōban edition and the translation was based on the 1st dub of the anime. ASA did not publish Side Stories or Sailor V.

Editorial Planeta announced in October 2018 that it would publish Sailor V manga in 2019; The manga was published between March and May 2019 as Nome de Código: Navegante V. In June announces the publication of Sailor Moon manga for the end of the year. In September reveals that in addition to publishing the Eternal Edition (translated to Edição Eterna) it will also be based on the 2nd dubs of the original anime. The publication of the manga began in November of the same year. The 2nd volume was published in January 2020. The 3rd in March. The 4th in August. The 5th in November. In March 2021, in addition to publishing the 6th volume, Planeta also announces the publication of Side Stories soon.

Original Broadcast
Sailor Moon anime arrived in Portugal dubbed by Novaga studio (now Digital Azul) and broadcast in its entirety from 1995 to 1998 on SIC's children's programming block Buéréré at 8:50 am. In the same year, TVI broadcasts it in the children's programming block Batatoon. RTP1 buys the rights of the anime at the end of 1998 and starts broadcasting it in 1999 in the children's programming block "Infantaria", with a new dub made by Nacional Filmes studio, that redubbed the whole anime.. On October 27, 2001 the anime debuts in another block called "Mega Zip". The anime left the channel's programming grid on the day that "Mega Zip" ended, in January 20, 2002.

A few months later, Canal Panda premieres the last 3 seasons with the 1st dubbing, becoming the first cable channel to show the anime. In 2002, and seeing the success that the anime made on RTP1, the channel now shows the same seasons with the dubbing of RTP1. The anime stopped being broadcast in 2004.

From 2005 to 2006, RTP1 returns to broadcast the first 2 seasons at midnight.

Between 2007 and 2008, Prisvideo (nowadays PRIS Audiovisuais) launched DVDs of the anime, with Japanese and Portuguese audios and Portuguese and English subtitles. Only 10 volumes with 3 episodes each were launched (with a total of 30 episodes released).

Between March 2011 and 2015, thanks to Toei's efforts to re-promote the brand internationally, Canal Panda broadcast all seasons with the 2nd dubbing, completely remastered and also premiering the anime in Portuguese-speaking African countries.

Biggs aired the Portuguese-subtitled French dub of the first movie on April 3, 2015, and again on October 18 of the same year. The localized title of the movie was As Navegantes da Lua R: O Filme - A Promessa de Uma Rosa (Sailors of the Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of a Rose).

At the end of 2015, NOS Audiovisuais started publishing anime box sets in DVD and Blu-ray formats with the 2nd dub (Both in Portugal and Lusophone Africa). The movies and specials were also released and dubbed by a new cast and translated based on the 2nd dub.

On March 1, 2020, the 1st season premieres, without any notice, on RTP Play (RTP streamimg platform). On June 7, in addition to debuting the R season and the 1st movie, it also adds the option of subtitles in Portuguese (although Japanese audio is not available). On September 6, S season and the 2nd movie were added. On December 5, SuperS, Stars and the 3rd movie were added.

Since January 2, 2021, RTP2 has been broadcasting the anime every weekend at 10:00 pm.

Trivia

 * At SIC, the series is generally called As Navegantes da Lua (Moon Sailors).
 * It has also had other names like Lua Navegante or the original name.
 * Except for TVI and the 1st transmission of the Canal Panda, the series is called Navegante da Lua.
 * In episode 10 of the 1st dub it is revealed that Bunny is just a nickname for the character, but despite her real name being Berta, everyone calls her by that nickname.
 * This also happened on the 2nd dub.
 * In episode 8, Ami introduces herself as Ami Miranda, but is later treated by Ami Mizuno.
 * This doesn`t happen in the 2nd dub, she is always called Ami Miranda.
 * The 1st dub never had an official logo.
 * The opening theme of the 1st dub was based on the first ending "Heart Moving", but with an original instrumental.
 * It was composed by José Natário and Emanuel Lima and lyrics are by António Semedo.
 * The ending songs were replaced by an instrumental version of that song as well.
 * The 2nd dub stood out for not having any type of censorship, softened dialogs or gender changes that happened in the 1st dub.
 * However, the dub adapted even more names and terms than the 1st version.
 * Attacks and transformations were retranslated to get closer to the original..
 * All openings were dubbed but of all endings only "Heart Moving", "Otome no Policy", "Tuxedo Mirage", "Rashiku Ikimasho", "Kaze mo Sora mo Kitto..." were dubbed as well.
 * During Season 1, "Heart Moving" is shown with the footage of "Princess Moon" between the episodes 26-46.
 * In SuperS season, "Rashiku Ikimasho" is used in the first 13 episodes with the footage of "Watashitachi ni Naritakute".
 * R, S and Stars seasons are as in the original version.
 * Insert songs that are not sung by the characters were not dubbed
 * In RTP1 and Canal Panda broadcasts, translated credits are used for those involved in the dub (only during closings, because the openings had no credits), English credits for mentions that were originally in Japanese and the same logo in all seasons.
 * By Toei imposition, Prisvideo edition was marketed under the name of Sailor Moon, and also had untranslated songs and credits, which did not please the public used to the TV version which resulted in the withdrawal of the publisher to continue publishing the DVDs.
 * Prisvideo edition was based on ADV Films' "Sailor Moon - Season One - Complete and Uncut", that's why it has English subtitles, the only difference is that this edition was divided and not finished.
 * Despite not having completed the publication of the 1st season, Prisvideo's DVDs always contained karaoke clips with full dubbed songs. The 1st had the opening; The 2nd had "Heart Moving"; The 3rd had "Otome no Policy"; The 4th had "Tuxedo Mirage"; The 5th "Rashiku Ikimasho"; The 6th had "Kaze mo Sora mo Kitto ..."; The 7th had Stars opening; The last three didn't have any clips.
 * All full versions of the songs featured in this edition were added to the main music platforms by RTP itself since April 2020.
 * NOS edition featured credits completely translated, new credits of the dub, translated songs and new logos for each season, inserted on the covers of the volumes and in the openings and endings of the anime.
 * NOS also adapted the name of the Stars season to "Navegante da Lua nas Estrelas" (Sailor Moon in the Stars). To all the others, just added the original subtitle.
 * Movies and specials titles have also been translated.
 * 1st movie title was translated to Navegante da Lua R: O Filme (Sailor Moon R: The Movie).
 * Make up! Sailor Senshi was included on the edition of the this film as As Transformações das Navegantes (Sailor's Transformations).
 * 2st movie title was translated to Navegante da Lua S: O Filme (Sailor Moon S: The Movie).
 * SuperS Special was included in the last part of the season as Navegante da Lua SuperS: Especial.
 * 3st movie title was translated to Navegante da Lua SuperS O Filme: O Buraco Negro dos Sonhos (Sailor Moon SuperS The Movie: The Black Hole of Dreams).
 * Ami's First Love was included on the edition of the this film as O Primeiro Amor da Ami (Literal Translation).
 * Dreaming Moon and The Wonderful World of Sailor Moon S were not included
 * When the movies and specials were dubbed it was not possible to call the original cast because all the studios of Nacional Filmes were liquidated.
 * Most of the new cast would end up dubbing a 2nd European Portuguese dub of Sailor Moon Crystal.
 * RTP Play and RTP2 broadcasts use the NOS edition.
 * José Gomes ended up dying while 2nd dub was still being recorded, João de Carvalho assumed his roles.
 * He was given all the credits for his work and was even honored in the credits of the ending.
 * António Semedo died in 2005.
 * Isabel Wolmar died on July 21, 2019.

Censorship and Changes (Only 1st Dub)

 * Luna and Zirconia's genders were changed to male while Artemis and Rhett Butler were changed to female.
 * Zoisite's gender frequently changed, but his voice actor was male.

Crystal Broadcast
Portugal was the first country to produce and air a dub of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal outside of Japan. The dub was produced at 112 Studios, located in Lisbon and stayed true to the original, almost without any translated names, transformations, attacks or terms. The first season premiered on Biggs on May 2, 2015 and ran until June 13, 2015. After that, the first thirteen episodes were shown on repeat until the premiere of the second season on November 15, 2015. The second season ended on December 27, 2015. The third season premiered on November 19, 2016 but quickly went off air due to complaints about the changes made by the channel and did not return until June 5, 2017.

After finishing the launch of the original anime on DVD and Blu-ray, at the end of 2018, NOS started launching Sailor Moon Crystal in the same format with a new dub produced by PTSDI Media studio, the same studio that dubbed the films and the specials and that brought back some of the original cast of Nacional Filmes.

NOS also announced the rights of the two-part anime film Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie for Portugal and Lusophone Africa, with theatrical release scheduled for autumn 2021.

RTP2 announced the exhibition of the anime after the end of the exhibition of the original anime on the channel, scheduled for the end of 2022, when it will also be available on RTP Play.

Transformations and Attacks
The transformation and attack phrases were initially translated in the 1st Dub, but by Toei's imposition they were left in their original form, after the studio record everything in Portuguese and already with a debut date on Biggs. This implied the re-recording of all phrases and transformations in record time. Biggs mistakenly aired Act 1, 2 and 7 with the translated version while the rest had untranslated phrases. In later transmissions this error has been corrected.

The 2nd dub was based on the manga (Planeta Version) and the 2nd dub of the original anime.

1st Dub
Those changes were later reversed when the third season was re-aired in 2017.


 * Sailor Uranus kissing Sailor Moon in Act 28 was cut.
 * All dialogue mentioning Sailor Uranus being both male and female in Act 32 was removed.

2nd Dub

 * All credits were translated and all the major Japanese signs/logos had subtitles translation.
 * The next episode previews were moved before the ending theme.