Sailor Moon Orion

Sailor Moon Orion is an upcoming animated television series produced by, and. It is an adaptation/re-imagining of the 1992 anime series Sailor Moon and its original 1995 english dubbed version by and  Due to the original dub's history on  it will air on  in the U.S. in Japan. It will be the first series in the franchise to be made in both the U.S. and Japan.

Plot
18 year old Serena Tsukino aka Sailor Moon and her fellow Sailor Guardians: Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury (now College students) along with her boyfriend Darien Shields aka Tuxedo Mask and their cat companions Luna and Artemis meet King Oron, her father from her past life as Princess Serena and his robotic right-hand-man and bodyguard M.A.R.U. 32, obtain four powerful blades called the Quason Sabers as they defend the universe and earth from various villains from and beyond earth.

Cast & Characters

 * Serena Tsukino (Usagi Tsukino in the Japanese verson) / Sailor Moon / Princess Serena (Princess Serenity in the Japanese dub) - A eighteen-year-old college student with an enormous capacity for love, compassion, she has a part-time job at an Arcade like her friend Andrew Hansford. As Sailor Moon leader of the Sailor Guardians she stands for Love and Justice. In her past life as Princess Serena, she was the daughter of Queen Serenity, who ruled the Moon Kingdom. She is voiced by Stephanie Sheh in english and in japanese.
 * Darien Shields (Mamoru Chiba in the Japanese dub) / Tuxedo Mask / Prince Endymion - A twenty-three-year-old sucessful doctor and Serena's boyfriend with special psychic rapport with Sailor Moon. As Tuxedo Mask he fights alongside the Sailor Guardians when needed, in his past life he was the Crown Prince of planet Earth during the age of the Moon Kingdom and of the Golden Kingdom. Se is voiced by Robbie Daymond in english and in japanese.
 * Amy Mizuno (Ami Mizuno in Japanese dub) / Sailor Mercury - A quiet but intelligent nineteen-year-old college student bookworm with a supposed IQ of 300, she works part-time at a Pharmaceutical company. As Sailor Mercury, she stands for Water and Wisdom. She voiced by Kate Higgins in english and in japanese.
 * Raye Hino (Rei Hino in the Japanese dub) / Sailor Mars - An elegant eighteen-year-old miko (English: shrine maiden) with limited precognition and can dispel or nullify evil using special ofuda scrolls, because of her experience as a Shinto priestess she landed full time job at a Shrine only three miles away from the college campus. As Sailor Mars she stands for Fire and Passion. She is voiced by Cristina Vee in english and in japanese.
 * Lita Kino (Makoto Kino in the Japanese dub) / Sailor Jupiter - A nineteen-year-old college student who everyone thinks has immense physical strength and was rumoured to have been expelled from her previous school for fighting, She unusually tall and strong for a schoolgirl, she has a part time job at the flower-and-cake shop. As Sailor Jupiter she stands for Thunder and Courage. She is voiced by Amanda C. Miller in english and in japanese.
 * Mina Aino (Minako Aino in the Japanese dub) / Sailor Venus - A eighteen-year-old perky dreamer, once a superhero formerly known as Sailor V, like the rest of the girls she has a part-time job at a popular music store. As Sailor Venus, she stands for Love and Beauty. She is voiced by Cherami Leigh in english and in japanese.
 * Luna - A black cat who was a devoted servant to Princess Serena and advisor to her mother, Queen Serenity and is Serena's guardian. She is voiced by Michelle Ruff in english and in japanese.
 * Artemis - The white cat friend of Luna's and companion to Mina and trained her to become Sailor V, he remained by her side until she took on her proper role as Sailor Venus. He voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in english and Yōhei Ōbayashi in japanese.
 * King Oron - Serena's 550-year-old father from her past life as Princess Serena and husband of the late Queen Serenity, he has a robotic nonverbal right-man and bodyguard called M.A.R.U. 32 (Mobile ARtillery Unit 32). He is voiced by Michael McConnohie in english and in japanese.

Antagonists

 * Scorpulus - A large insectoid warlord, role not yet known but is based on Scorpius from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
 * TriKeira - Scorpulus' daughter, role not yet revealed based is based on Trakeena from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
 * DuBiroux - The cyborg general of Scorpulus' army.
 * MagWingers - Scorpulus' insectoid army and foot soldiers, they are a cross between Stingwingers from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and Maggots from Saban's Masked Rider.

Allies

 * Molly Baker (Naru Osaka in the Japanese dub) - Serena's best friend and classmate with a heavy Brooklyn accent and works part-time at a Jewelry store similar to the one her mom owns. She is voiced by Danielle Judovits in English and in Japanese.
 * Melvin Butlers (Gurio Umino in the Japanese dub) - Molly's oddball boyfriend with glasses, denoting their thickness which have odd swirls in them, he is a reporter and photographer for a newspaper called The Big Scoop because of his knack for gossip, and any other information they might appreciate. He is voiced by Ben Diskin in english and in japanese.
 * Ikuko Tsukino - Serena and Sammy's caring yet bossy mother and Kenji's wife with a knack for cooking and lecturing her kids on their grades. She is voiced by Tara Platt in english and in japanese.
 * Kenji Tsukino - Serena and Sammy's father, Ikuko's affectionate husband, a stereotypical well-meaning salaryman, who works as a magazine reporter and head editor-in-chief. He is voiced by Keith Silverstein in english and in japanese.
 * Sammy Tsukino (Shingo Tsukino in the Japanese dub) - Serena's younger brother who sees his sister as a good person, but also an accident-prone crybaby, He was also impression the media-hyped urban legends of Sailor Moon and Sailor V. He is voiced by Nicolas Roye in english and Seria Ryū in japanese.
 * Andrew Hansford (Motoki Furuhata in the Japanese dub) - A friend of Serena's, former crush who works at Crown Game Center and Crown Fruit Parlor and is the only person who knows the Sailor Guardians true identities. He is voiced by Lucien Dodge and in japanese.
 * Patricia Haruna (Haruna Sakurada in the Japanese dub) - Serena's former junior high school teacher who often lectured Serena for her laziness, now Assistant Professor with a two single goal to a find husband and become a Professor herself. She is voiced by Julie Ann Taylor in english and in japanese.
 * Queen Serenity -The late wife of Oron, mother of Sailor Moon (reborn as human Serena) in her past life as Princess Serena. As the Queen (regnant) of the Moon Kingdom, she reigned during the first Silver Millennium era. When the Negaverse attacked the Moon Kingdom, she sacrifices herself by using the Silver Crystal to seal the Negaverse and to have her daughter, Endymion and the Sailor Guardians would be reborn on Earth. Knowledge of her relationship with Oron is unknown. she is voiced by Wendee Lee in english and Mami Koyama in japanese.

Development
In 1993, Renaissance-Atlantic Entertainment, Bandai and Toon Makers, Inc. conceptualized their own version of Sailor Moon, which was half live-action and half Western-style animation. Toon Makers produced a 17-minute proof of concept presentation video as well as a two-minute music video, both of which were directed by Rocky Sotoloff, for this concept. Renaissance-Atlantic presented the concept to Toei, but it was turned down as their concept would have cost significantly more than simply exporting and dubbing the anime adaptation. At the 1998 Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles, the music video was shown. It has since been copied numerous times and has been viewed on many streaming video sites. Because of the relatively poor quality of the source video and circulated footage, many anime fans thought that the music video was actually a leaked trailer for the project. Additional copies of the footage have since been uploaded to the Internet and served only to bolster the mistaken assumption, in addition to incorrectly citing the production to, who became known for a similar treatment that created the Power Rangers series.

Years later Dentsu Entertainment USA teamed up with, Princess Naoko Entertainment, and  to create a 26-episode animated series of their flagship Sailor Moon manga and anime series entitled Sailor Moon Orion which of course of is named after the constallation of the  and references the Lights of Orion from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, it will retain all G-Rated content from the original dub. Dentsu USA holds all licensing and broadcasting rights to all aspects of the Sailor Moon series in the United States, while handles licensing and broadcasting rights Internationally and has carefully hand-picked  (') and  (') as developers/writers/showrunners with author Naoko Takeuchi as creative consulant, they will work closely with Dentsu USA and Toei while trying to write stories that appeal more to western audiences. Each season will have with different titles, various female writers from shows like ', My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, ', ' and ' franchise will be involved and  also joined the writers room, Hiroyuki Seshita and Hiroaki Andō serve as the show's directors. Kodansha Comics and Toei later remove Viz and PNP Entertainment from production due to budgetary issues and creative differences leaving a total of three studios, three executive producers plus Flores and Garrity as showunners.

Design & Animation
The characters will retain their designs from Sailor Moon Crystal to make them look older, Yukie Sako was hired to do so for this series, the show will also be featured in anime influnced style with that in mind Dentsu and Toei that the show will be featured in the same style as Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir all the show's animation will be outsourced to in South Korea. However the removal of Viz Productions and Princess Naoko Entertainment also mean't removing SAMG. Animation was changed from standard CGI to cel-shading to apply a lower frame rate, hand-drawn techniques, occasional hand-drawn-esque animation smears, 2D-modeling and painted background provided from Toneplus Animation Studios and effects from Dentsu Tec.

Music
', ', ', ' and Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir composer will score the series and will incorporate the original dub's Sailor Moon score and will also feature original music as well. Asian girl group will proform a song for the show's opening credits.

Casting
Stephanie Sheh, Robbie Daymond, Kate Higgins, Cristina Vee, Amanda C. Miller, Cherami Leigh, Michelle Ruff, Johnny Yong Bosch and some of their fellow cast members will reprise their respective roles from the Viz Media and Sailor Moon Crystal dubs, however the characters will retain their original dub names from the original dub and will retai their Sailor Guardian titles from Crystal and will be featured as 18-19 year old college students, rather than 14-15 year old Junior High School students and for the Japanese version the characters will retain their orignal names from the manga series, Takeuchi also confirmed that Sailor Mini Moon, Diana, Sailor Pluto, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Saturn, the Sailor Stars, Sailor Chibi Chibi and Princess Kakyuu will appear pending on the outcome of the series, Michael McConnohie was cast as King Oron, Serena's father from her past life and Queen Serenity's husband. Recording will take place at, Los Angeles with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (who voiced Queen Metalia in both the Viz dub and Crystal) as voice director, as dialogue recordist and René Veilleux as casting director. Unlike Dentsu's previous series  it will have various other voice actors such to play new characters in the series. It was later announced that Kristi Reed will replace McGlynn and Veilleux as casting/director.

Broadcast
The series was originally going stream on, however the deal fell through. So Dentsu and Toei confirmed that it will air on given the original english anime's run on  before it was revived by, the japanese-language version will also air on  in Japan.

Merchandise
and signed to produce all the show's merchandise. Kodansha Comics itself will develop manga that will act as prelude to the series and will create a game app similar on Sailor Moon Drop and  is producing the show's trading card game (TCG) adapation.