If there’s a series that has higher anticipation this year than Sailor Moon, I don’t know what it is. With the series planned for a pretty big splash this summer when it debuts, there’s a lot of eyes on every bit of information that comes along, which has been minimal overall. But now, the official site has updated to reveal that we’ll be getting casting announcements in the near future as an event is planned for April 27th, 2014 in Japan. The event is set to also introduce the main cast of the new stage production that’s getting underway as the stage musicals and plays continue to do quite well for audiences there. As for the anime cast, there’s been no indications as to whether it will be familiar voices from the previous incarnation or an all new cast.
The series is set to be directed by Munehisa Sakai at Toei Animation with Yuji Kobayashi doing the scripts. Yuki Sako joined the team as the character designer, whose recent works include Majestic Prince. Yasuharu Takanashi is serving as the composer, having worked on some big franchise including Fairy Tail and Precure. Art direction is being done by Takashi Kurahashi and Yumi Hosaka, both of which worked on Gatchaman Crowds and Mononoke. The soundtrack is set to be produced by King Records, which means we should be getting plenty of clips and samples of everything once they start to the marketing side as they’re very involved on that front. Momoiro Clover Z is performing the theme song.
Plot concept: Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.
Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold….
Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?
[Source: Crunchyroll]