Manila Standard (page 31), Wednesday, January 20, 1996
GREAT news for the numerous fans of Sailormoon! Tonight at 6:30-7 p.m., ABC-5 brings back your favorite teenage girl-heroes, now on a new timeslot.
Sailormoon has become an international favorite and according to Asiaweek magazine, has inspired TV shows, musicals and over 5,000 franchised products, including schoolbags, CDs, stickers and of course, computer games.
The series tells the story of an ordinary girl who desires to be prettier, wiser and more sophisticated. One day on her way to school, she helps a strange black cat bullied by children. The cat with a crescent patch on its forehead, told her that she is a Sailormoon who has been entrusted with the duty to protect the earth and the moon.
With the magic brooch entrusted to her and the magic words taught her, she goes off to battle the evil forces which threaten the universe.