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Sailor Moon: Season 3

38 episodes Premiered Mar 19, 1994 Updated Sep 23, 2026

Sailor Moon Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 38 episodes.

Previously on Sailor Moon

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Sailor Moon Season 2.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Sailor Moon Season 3 continues the overarching saga across 38 episodes.

Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (33): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Star Struck, Bad Luck

Mar 19, 1994

After she experiences apocalyptic visions, Rei is attacked by an extremely powerful monster that Sailor Moon cannot fight.

S3·E2 Core

Crystal Clear Again

Mar 26, 1994

A young girl is attacked by a Daimon, but Usagi is no longer able to transform into Sailor Moon, and the overpowered Sailor Team must one again rely on the mysterious new Sailor Se

S3·E3 Core

Driving Dangerously

Apr 16, 1994

Usagi and Minako become besotted with Haruka Tenou, an attractive and sophisticated boy...or so they believe.

S3·E4 Core

Bad Harmony

Apr 23, 1994

Concerned that she is not intelligent enough for the sophisticated Mamoru, Usagi seeks advice from Michiru.

S3·E5 Core

Swept of Her Feet

Apr 30, 1994

Usagi's friend, Unazuki, is attacked by a Daimon and has her Pure Heart Crystal. After the crystal is dropped, Sailor Moon must race to find it and save Unazuki.

S3·E6 Core

Blinded by Love's Light

May 7, 1994

Naru and Umino enter an Affection Contest in order to prove their love for each other, but find themselves targeted by a Daimon.

S3·E7 Core

Lita Borrows Trouble

May 14, 1994

Makoto is targeted by a Daimon, but manages to evade it. Haruka befriends Makoto in order to get close to her and her pure heart crystal.

S3·E8 Core

Damp Spirits

May 21, 1994

Ami's desire to avoid competition leads to her offending Michiru during a swimming race. Meanwhile, a Daimon selects Ami as her target.

S3·E9 Core

Friendly Foes

May 28, 1994

After Sailor Neptune is captured and possibly killed by Kaolinite, Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus find themselves shackled together and are forced to reassess their attitudes toward

S3·E10 Core

A Man’s Kindness! Yuichiro, Heartbroken by Rei?

Jun 18, 1994

Worried by Rei's increasingly intensive meditation, Yuuichirou becomes concerned that she has fallen for another man. When he sees her with Haruka, he is convinced that she is Rei'

S3·E11 Core

Individual Happiness

May 25, 1994

inako becomes despondent about her life as a Sailor Venus. Meanwhile, an old friend of hers is attacked by Daimon.

S3·E12 Core

Birthday Blues (1)

Jul 2, 1994

Usagi is mad at Mamoru for not knowing its her birthday, but feels guilty because she realizes she never told him when it was. For her birthday, Mamo gets her glass slippers, but t

S3·E13 Mytharc

Birthday Blues (2)

Jul 16, 1994

Sailor Moon's heart crystal was almost stolen. Neptune and Uranus restore it, and the senshi know they are Michiru and Haruka. A battle with Kaori, causes her to fall down to her d

S3·E14 Core

Hello, Sailor Mini Moon

Aug 6, 1994

Chibiusa comes to town during a carnival, where all the senshi are working. A singer for the carnival in Eugeal's target, and she is attacked...and all the senshi, including Chibiu

S3·E15 Core

Tainted Tea Party

Jul 20, 1994

Lonely Chibiusa looks for friends, and when she finds one...it's a target, so they must help to save his heart.

S3·E16 Core

People Who Need People

Aug 27, 1994

Makoto loses a fight, and decides to go to a training place with one of the smartest and most courageous trainers of all time, and the girls follow. The master happens to be a targ

S3·E17 Core

Related by Destiny

Sep 3, 1994

Haruka thinks about old times, while Usagi and the inners explore their soon-to-be high school, where they meet Haruka's old racing friend, Elsa Gray...who is a target. Uranus and

S3·E18 Core

Art Appreciation

Sep 10, 1994

Chibiusa develops a crush on Masanori, the young sculptor in her art class. However, Masanori seems more interested in Michiru.

S3·E19 Core

Everything's Coming Up Rosey

Sep 17, 1994

Usagi and her friends are invited to a party for foreign university students, but her enthusiasm is tempered by the knowledge that most of the conversation will be in English.

S3·E20 Core

No Turning Back

Sep 24, 1994

Minako realizes that she is the only one of the Sailor Team not to have been targeted for her Pure Heart Crystal, and takes increasingly absurd measures to prove her purity.

S3·E21 Core

Destiny's Arrival

Oct 15, 1994

The time has come! Eugeal wants a fight with Neptune and Uranus, and they will sacrifice even each other to get the talismans. But then they learn that they, and Pluto, hold the ta

S3·E22 Core

The Purity Chalice

Oct 22, 1994

Sailor Pluto appears and reawakens Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, and the three talismans resonate with each other (The third being Pluto's Garnet Orb). The Holy Grail appears,

S3·E23 Core

Show Stoppers

Nov 5, 1994

Chibi-Usa meets up with Hotaru Tomoe, who has quite a darkside.

S3·E24 Core

Rini's Risky Friendship

Nov 12, 1994

Usagi discovers that Kaori is alive and posing as Tomoe maid. Does Hotaru have anything to do with the messiah?

S3·E25 Core

Mimet's Mess

Nov 19, 1994

Mimet is a fan of idols. Will this affect her abilities as a Death Buster?

S3·E26 Core

The Shadow of Silence

Nov 26, 1994

Hotaru over-exerts herself and is taken to hospital, while Mimete targets a television actor for his Pure Heart Crystal.

S3·E27 Core

Thorny Weather

Dec 3, 1994

Chibiusa invites Hotaru on a picnic at a local botanical garden, not realizing that the resident botanist is the next target of the Death Busters.

S3·E28 Core

Heightened Hazard

Dec 10, 1994

Everyone begins to learn more about the outer soliders through Mamoru's story.

S3·E29 Core

It's in the Cards

Dec 17, 1994

When Mimete decides to help in the production of a Daimon, she accidentally creates an anomaly that fractures the dimensions inside the Tomoe residence, trapping Chibiusa and Hotar

S3·E30 Core

Goodness Eclipsed

Dec 24, 1994

Chibiusa invites Hotaru to a show at the planetarium, while Mimete plans to steal the Pure Heart Crystal of the DJ Thomas Harris.

S3·E31 Core

Next in Line

Jan 7, 1995

After Hotaru and her father disappear from their house, the Sailor Senshi infiltrate Mugen Academy, suspicious that it is connected to the Death Busters.

S3·E32 Core

Friendly Ferns

Jan 14, 1995

Tellu opens a store selling Telluns, plants designed to remove Pure Heart Crystals. Meanwhile, Hotaru wakes up, confused, in the Messiah of Silence's chamber.

S3·E33 Core

The Science of Love

Jan 21, 1995

With the latest round of national Patrice exams being held at Mugen Academy, the Sailor Team infiltrate the school and Ami encounters her academic rival, Yui Bidou.

S3·E34 Core

Wake Up Call

Jan 28, 1995

Cyprine, the last of the Witches 5, summons Mugen Academy's students in order to remove their Pure Heart Crystal, while Kaolinite targets Chibiusa.

S3·E35 Core

Who's Really Who?

Feb 4, 1995

The Sailor Senshi approach Mugen Academy in order to save Chibiusa and defeat the Death Busters, while Mistress 9 plans to steal the Holy Grail from Sailor Moon.

S3·E36 Mytharc

Darkness, My Old Friend

Feb 11, 1995

Mistress 9 steals the Holy Grail, allowing Pharaoh 90 to pass through the portal to Earth. The fate of the world rests in the hands of the Senshi of Ruin, Sailor Saturn.

S3·E37 Mytharc

Second Chance

Feb 18, 1995

The Death Busters have been defeated, but Hotaru is reduced to infancy and Sailor Pluto's whereabouts are still unknown. Meanwhile, Haruka and Michiru have one last mission before

S3·E38 Mytharc

Tough Kindness

Feb 25, 1995

A final Daimon emerges from the rubble of Mugen Academy and begins to steal pure hearts. Chibiusa leaves for the future, and comes back just in time to help destroy the Daimon.