Toei Offering Sailor Moon Seasons For Free
Toei Animation seems to have joined the bandwagon of entertainment services that are offering free-to-stream content, but they’re doing things a bit differently than everyone else. The anime maker announced today they will be putting the first three seasons of one of the most iconic anime in the world, Sailor Moon, up for free viewing — but there’s a wait involved.
By that we mean they aren’t up yet….but we also mean Toei plans to upload the show ten episodes at a time. Also, they won’t be offered on Crunchyroll or any other such service…they’ll appear on the official Sailor Moon Youtube channel. Oh yeah, and they’ll be the original Japanese versions (with subtitles, we assume…I mean, they haven’t said for definite).
This is the full schedule, which begins with the first ten episodes of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon tomorrow:
- April 24-30, 2020: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (1st to 10th episodes)
- May 1-7: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (11th to 20th episodes)
- May 8-14: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (21st to 30th episodes)
- May 15-21: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (31st to 40th episodes)
- May 22-28: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” (41st to 46th episodes) / “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (1st to 4th episodes)
- May 29 – June 4: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (5th to 14th episodes)
- June 5-11: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (15th to 24th episodes)
- June 12-18: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (25th to 34th episodes)
- June 19-25: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R” (35th to 43rd episodes) / “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (1st episode)
- June 26 – July 2: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (2nd to 11th episodes)
- July 3-9: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (12th to 21st episodes)
- July 10-16: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (22nd to 31st episodes)
- July 17-23: “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon S” (32nd to 38th episodes)
The spans of time defined on the schedule make it sound like the previous ten episodes will be removed when the next ten go up, which wouldn’t surprise us. Also, while this freebie might have something to do with the pandemic, its actual purpose is to call attention to Toei’s upcoming theatrical film Sailor Moon Eternal, which releases in Japan next September.
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