" Penetrating the darkness of night, streaking through the atmosphere, resounding truth, we are three shooting stars!"
The Sailor Starlights are a group of Sailor Guardians who came to Earth in search of their princess, after their home planet Kinmoku was destroyed by Sailor Galaxia.
The Starlights consist of Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Star Maker, and Sailor Star Healer. As civilians on Earth, they are identified as the popular singing group, the Three Lights, named Kou Seiya, Kou Taiki, and Kou Yaten, all respectively.
Their search for their princess brings them into conflict with the senshi of Earth, specifically with the outer soldiers Sailor Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, who want the invaders to leave their planet and leave Usagi alone. The reason they are so interested in her, specifically Star Fighter, is because Usagi carries the scent of Princess Kakyuu due to an incense burner that Chibi Chibi has.
They are voiced by Narumi Tsunoda (Maker), Shiho Niiyama (Fighter), and Chika Sakamoto (Healer) in the original anime. In the reboot anime film Sailor Moon Cosmos they were voiced by Saori Hayami (Maker), Marina Inoue (Fighter), and Ayane Sakura (Healer). In the VIZ English dub they are voiced by Erika Harlacher (Maker), Melissa Hutchison (Fighter), and Sarah Anne Williams (Healer) for both the original and reboot versions.
In the manga[]
The Sailor Starlights were searching for Princess Kakyuu, the princess of Kinmoku. They traveled the galaxy and eventually came to Earth to find their princess. Together, in their civilian forms, they created the band "Three Lights". They disguised themselves as men by wearing men's clothing in their civilian forms so it would make more sense that their songs spoke about "finding their princess", as well as to get more publicity for their band. In the manga they were portrayed as females which in anime it is the opposite.
They were later killed by Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi.
In the 90's anime[]
The Sailor Starlights are more or less the same in the original anime as in the manga and Sailor Moon Cosmos anime reboot film. One big difference, however, is that they disguise themselves on Earth as biological men, and only became females when they take their Senshi forms.
Unlike the manga/Cosmos reboot film, the Sailor Starlights were never killed off.
Trivia[]
- Sailor Moon creator was shocked on 90's Ankme making the Starlights having a major role but did not like them depicted as transforming as full men feeling like it is "breaking" her rule only female can be senshi and males are other heroes like Tuxedo Mask.[1][2]
- Ironically despite them being transgender icons in the Sailor Moon community they are also most male appealing of them of all due to their bikini like outfits sexualizing them a lot.
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References[]
- ↑ Animerica Magazine Vol 6 No 11 - Coverage of Naoko Takeuchi's panel at 1998 San Diego Comic-Con.
- ↑ Tankoubon Vol. 17 - In Naoko Takeuchi's account of the 1996 Sailor Stars Musical, she mentions the Sailor Starlights looked much better than they did in the anime.
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