Ditzy teenager Serena is informed, by a talking cat named Luna, that she is actually
                  Sailor Moon -- a superhero-like champion of the Earth, who's destiny is to fight against
                  an evil villain called Queen Beryl.

                  Queen Beryl and her evil cronies are from an alternate dimension called the
                  Negaverse. (In Japanese it's referred to as the Dark Kingdom.) The goal of the
                  Negaverse is to take over the Earth, drain away all its energy, and use the energy to
                  resurrect the Negaforce. (In Japan, the Negaforce is the Dark Kingdom's terrifying
                  Queen Metallia.)

                  Now even though Luna has given Serena her magic locket which allows her to use her
                  special powers and change into Sailor Moon, Serena has a very difficult time believing
                  she's supposed to be a hero, and doesn't take her duties seriously.

                  Luna's number one priority - along with trying to identify the other Sailor Scouts - is to
                  find the Moon Princess and ask for her help. The Moon Princess is from the Moon
                  Kingdom, which Queen Beryl destroyed long ago.

                  Over time, the Sailor Scouts are discovered and gathered together -- Sailor Mercury,
                  Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus.

                  There is also the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, who often appears to 'help' the Sailor
                  Scouts. He claims to only be helping them in order to gain all the Rainbow Crystals for
                  himself. Darien (aka Tuxedo Mask) at first has no memory of being Tuxedo Mask, and
                  believes that these Rainbow Crystals can help provide answers to the strange dreams
                  he has about being Prince Darien in another life (Prince Endymion in Japan), who loved
                  the Moon Princess.

                  Tuxedo Mask's attempts to get all the Rainbow Crystals fails, and he is hypnotized by
                  Queen Beryl and forced to fight against Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts. In a final
                  showdown with Queen Beryl, the other Scouts are captured by the Negaverse one at a
                  time, leaving Sailor Moon to fight the hypnotized Tuxedo Mask on her own. This proves
                  to be a huge mistake on the part of Queen Beryl, because the love of Darien/Tuxedo
                  Mask and the other Scouts for Sailor Moon awakens the Moon Princess in her. Sailor
                  Moon is the Moon Princess, and each of the Sailor Scouts is the reincarnation of their
                  own planet's Princess. who were all part of, and ruled over by the Moon Kingdom. The
                  Scouts, Prince Darien, and the Moon Princess were all part of the Moon Kingdom's
                  Royal Court.

                  In the end, Queen Beryl is defeated by this collective power of love and loyalty, through
                  the Moon Princess' Silver Crystal.

                  Sailor Moon R
                  Japanese: Episodes 47-74
                  English: Episodes 53-65 (Alan & Ann) & 41-52 (Dark Moon)

                  Alan and Ann Storyline

                  After the defeat of the Negaverse, the five Sailor Scouts are 'reborn' in a way -- with no
                  memory of their previous careers as superheroes, or of being friends. But then two
                  aliens appear, masquerading as junior high school students, and Luna and Artemis are
                  forced to 'wake' up Serena's memories, and those of the other Scouts.

                  The two aliens are Alan and Ann, who have come to Earth to steal life energy from
                  humans to feed their Doom Tree - which is the source of their own energy. Alan and
                  Ann's desperate struggle to survive drives them to attack their fellow students.

                  During the battles between the Sailors, and Alan and Ann, Darien once again 'splits'
                  into two personalities -- only instead of Tuxedo Mask, he appears as the Moonlight
                  Knight. (After the battle with Queen Beryl, Darien was left with no memory of his
                  relationship with Serena, Sailor Moon or the Moon Princess. So his subconscious
                  creates the Moonlight Knight to protect the Moon Princess.

                  Eventually, thanks to Sailor Moon, Alan and Ann learn that the tree thrives on the
                  power of love and friendship -- something they've only recently come to understand
                  (Alan developed an infatuation with Serena and Ann had a crush on Darien.) Sailor
                  Moon heals the Doom Tree with her Moon Sceptre and saves the lives of Alan and
                  Ann, who leave Earth to raise the new Tree together. The Moonlight Knight then
                  disappears back into Darien because he is no longer needed.

                  This is where the North American version of Season 1 ends, and Season 2 begins.

                  Dark Moon Storyline

                  At the start of this second storyline, beings from a future who call themselves the Dark
                  Moon family travel back in time to present-day Tokyo to try and change the course of
                  history thus destroying the city in the 30th century -- which is called Crystal Tokyo. To
                  accomplish this, these Dark Moon agents try and corrupt sections of the city which
                  are Crystal Points in the future in order to weaken the structure of Crystal Tokyo.

                  Meanwhile, Serena and Darien, memories restored, are a happy couple until the
                  appearance of a young, pink-haired girl named Rini who arrives out of nowhere (she
                  actually falls out of the sky onto Serena's head.) Rini carries with her the Luna Sphere
                  (a robotic, floating ball resembling Luna's head). Rini first uses her Luna Sphere to
                  hypnotize Serena's family into thinking she is just a cousin come to visit.

                  Soon after Rini's appearance, Darien begins to have strange dreams that show
                  disaster for Sailor Moon if he continues to see her -- so he begins avoiding Serena,
                  leaving her heartbroken.

                  Rini has come back to the past from Crystal Tokyo. (In the 30th century, Crystal
                  Tokyo is a huge city centering around commerce and diplomatic relations between
                  other civilizations and peoples.) Rini was sent back to modern day Tokyo by the
                  Guardian of Time. Her Luna Sphere is used to communicate with this Guardian.

                  She is desperate to find Sailor Moon and her Silver Crystal, because she believes it
                  can save her mother's life (her mother is Neo Queen Serenity). Eventually, Rini sees
                  the Sailor Scouts transform and discovers that Serena is Sailor Moon, and concludes
                  that Darien is Tuxedo Mask. When Rini tries to steal the Silver Crystal to return to the
                  future, she is noticed by Rubeus (the leader of the Four Sisters), who uses her to set a
                  trap for the Sailors.

                  Rini and Sailor Moon free the other Scouts, allowing them to win their first battle
                  against the Dark Moon. But the Dark Moon is strong and their attempt at destroying
                  Crystal Tokyo is not yet over.