Sailor V
| Manga | |
|---|---|
| title | Sailor V Codename: Sailor V (new edition) |
| Original title | コ ー ド ネ ー ム は セ ー ラ ー V |
| transcription | Kōdonēmu wa Sērā Bui |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Naoko Takeuchi |
| publishing company | Kōdansha |
| magazine | RunRun |
| First publication | 1991-1997 |
| expenditure | 3 (New edition: 2) Manga list |
Sailor V ( Japanese コ ー ド ネ ー ム は セ ー ラ ー V , Kōdonēmu wa Sērā Bui ) is a Japanese manga by Naoko Takeuchi . The manga is the prequel to the internationally successful anime and manga series Sailor Moon .
action
The story of Sailor V is about the 13 year old school girl Minako Aino. She is open and dreams of one day finding true love. But her normal life changes when she meets the white cat Artemis, who tells her that she can transform into a beautiful, strong warrior. From now on she has to fight against evil, in the name and protection of the planet Venus. To help Minako with her new mission, Artemis gives her two important items:
- A kind of powder compact with the shape of a crescent moon that shows a person's true self.
- The metamorphosis pen with which she can transform into the warrior Sailor V.
Sailor V starts from now on to fight against an evil group called Dark Agency (in the new edition: Dark Agency ) and also occasionally helps the police.
At the end of the manga, Sailor V finds out her true identity as Sailor Venus and decides to find the other Sailor warriors as well as the moon princess. Thus the code name: Sailor V forms the prehistory to Sailor Moon and Minako Aino or Sailor Venus.
Compared to Sailor Moon
The original plan was to implement Codename: Sailor V as an anime series. However, it was decided to produce a new series, with new actors and a similar story. The main character, Usagi Tsukino , from Sailor Moon is therefore based on Minako Aino and shares many traits with her, such as clumsiness or bad grades. Minako is much more athletic and not as lazy as Usagi.
Characters
- Minako Aino ( 愛 野 美奈子 , Aino Minako )
- The protagonist of the manga who transforms into Sailor V.
- Artemis ( ア ル テ ミ ス , Arutemisu )
- A white cat and the partner of Sailor V. He also plays a leading role in Sailor Moon and is, so to speak, the counterpart of Luna.
- Boss X ( ボ ス X , Bosu Eksu )
- A creature that remains unknown and is never seen. She communicates with Artemis and Minako through their metamorphosis fillers and gives them instructions.
- Hikaru Sorano ( 空 野 ひ か る , Sorano Hikaru )
- She has been Minako's best friend since elementary school. She represents Ami Mitsuno from Sailor Moon .
- Motoki Furuhata ( 古 幡 元 基 , Furuhata Motoki )
- He works in an arcade. Minako raves about him. He appears in the same role in Sailor Moon .
- Minako's mother
- A housewife and the mother of Minako, whose real name is unknown. She resembles Bunny's mother from Sailor Moon .
- Gurikazu Amano ( 天野 ぐ り か ず , Amano Gurikazu )
- A strange boy from Minako's school who resembles Umino from Sailor Moon .
- Natsuna Sakurada ( 桜 田 夏 菜 , Sakurada Natsuna )
- The chief of police and a big fan of Sailor V. Her sister, Haruna , appears in Sailor Moon . It represents Rei Hino .
- Saitou San ( 斎 藤 さ ん , Saitō-san )
- The leader of a gang. He is considered to be the bravest person in Tokyo.
- Okamoto-sensei ( 岡本 せ ん せ い )
- A teacher at Shiba Junior High School .
- Narcissus ( ナ ル キ ッ ソ ス , Narukisshisu )
- Narcissus is a member of the Dark Agency and tries to brainwash students from Shiba Junior High School into slaves.
- Fluorite ( フ ロ ー ラ イ ト , Furōraito )
- Fluorite heads an important part of the Dark Agency. Many employees are under his command.
- Phantom Ace ( 怪 盗 A , Kaitō Ēsu )
- His real name is Saijou Ace ( 最 上 A , Saijō Ēsu ). He is a crush by Minako and is similar to Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon , so he often helps Sailor V.
- Joseiro Hogwin ( ホ グ ウ ィ ン ヨ シ ロ , Hoguu ~ in 'Yoshiro )
- Commodore (Skipper) of the Dark Agency, chief of the Japanese Federal Security Service. In the last manga volume he came to the aid of Danburite as an ambassador for Queen Metalia.
publication
Sailor V was developed by Naoko Takeuchi in 1991 . The revision ran from 1993 to 1997 in RunRun magazine . Three volumes have been published. As part of the broadcast of the Sailor Moon TV real series, the Sailor V manga series was also published again in Japan in October and November 2004, this time in two edited volumes.
In 2011, Codename: Sailor V was published in English together with the Sailor Moon manga. In German the manga 2000 of Egmont under the imprint FeestComics under the title Sailor V published again from 2012 under Egmont Manga & Anime as Codename Sailor V .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://soliloquyinblue.com/2011/09/12/codename-sailor-v-vol-1/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-to-publish-sailor-v-sailor-moon-manga
- ↑ German Comic Guide - Sailor V
- ↑ German Comic Guide - code name Sailor V
