[EPISODE] 88. The Final Battle Between Light and Darkness! Love Sworn to the Future.
Japanese name: 光と闇の最終決戦! 未来へ誓う愛
Romanized name: Hikari to yami no saishuu kessen! Mirai e chikau aiOriginal Airdate: 3-5-1994
Director: Takuya Igarashi
Writer: Sukehiro Tomita
Animation Director: Kazuko TadanoSynopsis: The Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask race to save Chibiusa as well as stop Death Phantom.
Trivia
- There was no monster-of-the-day.
- This episode featured the final appearances of Moon Crystal Power, Black Lady and Wiseman/Death Phantom.
- This was Kazuko Tadano’s last episode as animation director.
- The background song for the battle between Death Phantom and the Sailor Senshi, “La Soldier”, is originally from the 1993 Sailor Moon musical Alternate Legend: Dark Kingdom Revival Story.
- In the R Movie, the Silver Crystal was lotus-shaped. Here, the Silver Crystals are small and orb-like.
- As Sailor Jupiter invoked Jupiter Star Power, the stripe style on her collar changed.
- In the English version (“Final Battle”), Tuxedo Mask and the Sailor Scouts encouraged Serena (as Neo-Queen Serenity) to fight Doom Phantom. However, the original showed the opposite - the Sailor Senshi and Mamoru pleaded with Usagi to stop because she could die if she continued to use the Silver Crystal in her weakened state.
- As Chibiusa approached her parents and the future Sailor Senshi on the hill, Sailor Mercury was missing her tiara.
- This was the last episode shown in both mainland China and Sweden’s respective dubs.
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