"In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!"

Usagi Tsukino is a cheerful 14-year-old who attends Juuban Municipal Junior High School. She prefers eating and playing video games to studying, which results in her notably poor grades. She also gets easily upset, whether by baseless insults or reasonable reprimands. It is very unlikely that she could be known as anything but a bad influence and a crybaby, but that begins to change when she meets a black cat.

Given a special brooch from the black cat named Luna, Usagi can use it to transform into a guardian of justice named Sailor Moon! She is now tasked to protect the Earth from all that is evil and to find both a missing princess and a sacred jewel known as the Mystical Silver Crystal. Whether she likes it or not, Usagi's beautiful transformation marks the start of meeting the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, fighting alongside new comrades, and learning to take responsibility in this acclaimed magical girl classic.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon won the 17th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo category in 1993. The series has received critical acclaim, being credited with redefining the magical girl genre. As of 2022, over 46 million copies of the manga are in circulation. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon was serialized in English by Tokyopop in their two magazines, MixxZine and Smile Magazine. The publisher later published the volumes from December 1, 1998, to September 18, 2001. It was republished by Kodansha Comics USA from September 13, 2011, to November 26, 2013, based on the Japanese shinsouban reprint. Kodansha Comics USA later re-released the series as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition based on the 20th anniversary kanzenban reprint. This edition includes new color pages, updated translations, and special holographic covers. The series has also been published in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica since December 1, 2023; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 12 volumes from April 2014 to March 2015. The series was adapted into multiple stage musicals, live-action series, video games, and other media, including theme park attractions, an ice skating show, and an idol pop group.