The Black Moon Clan (ãƒ–ãƒ©ãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ ãƒ¼ãƒ³ä¸€æ— , Burakku MÅ«n
Ichizoku) is a group of fictional characters in the Sailor Moon manga
series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main antagonists of the
second major story arc, which is called the Black Moon in the manga
and Sailor Moon Crystal, and which fills most of its Sailor Moon R
anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon
KÅ an â€" Sailor Mars", first published in Nakayoshi on March 3, 1993.
In the DIC English adaptation, their name is changed to the "Negamoon
Family".Members of the Black Moon Clan are descendants of anarchists
who opposed Crystal Tokyo, claiming that the governing group was
corrupt and the resulting increase in human longevity by the Silver
Crystal was a crime against nature. The founding leaders of the Black
Moon were guided by Wiseman to the Planet Nemesis (宿敵, Shukuteki),
a phantom planet that can conceal itself from anything save X-Rays and
produce shards of the Malefic Black Crystal(邪é»'水晶, Jakoku
SuishÅ ). All members of the Black Moon Clan have black, upside-down
crescents on their foreheads (the inverse of the marking of Silver
Millennium). They wear earrings which, according to the Materials
Collection, are made of Black Crystal and allow them to
teleport.Series creator Naoko Takeuchi originally intended Sailor Moon
to last one season, but due to its popularity, Toei Animation asked
her to keep drawing the manga series. Takeuchi stated she had
difficulty developing a story for the second arc, and the whole idea
of Sailor Moon's daughter coming from a future attacked by the Black
Moon Clan came from her editor, Fumio Osano. To give Takeuchi enough
time to develop the second arc, Toei introduced in the anime the Hell
Tree aliens, thus the Black Moon Clan does not feature in the first
thirteen episodes of Sailor Moon R. In the DIC English adaptation of
the anime, the Black Moon Clan is called "Negamoon Family". The term
"Nega-" was also used for the "Negaverse" (the Dark Kingdom) in this
adaptation, implying that the Black Moon Clan is related in some way
to Queen Beryl and her cause, since the Dark Kingdom members use the
term "Nega-" as a common prefix (e.g. "negapower", "negahistory" or
"negamonsters").The Black Moon Clan members follow the pattern of the
Dark Kingdom of using minerals as namesakes. Four key figures of the
Clan use the four precious stones: ruby, emerald, sapphire and
diamond. The Specter Sisters are named after minerals kermesite,
berthierite, petzite and calaverite. The Boule Brothers do not follow
this pattern; instead, they are named after the scientific terms
chirality and achirality. However, the term 'boule' (sounded out in
katakana) is accompanied by the kanji 'äººé€ å® çŸ³', literally
meaning a "man-made gemstone"; synthetic/artificial gemstones; and the
English term 'boule' means "A single crystal ingot produced by
synthetic means".
Ichizoku) is a group of fictional characters in the Sailor Moon manga
series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main antagonists of the
second major story arc, which is called the Black Moon in the manga
and Sailor Moon Crystal, and which fills most of its Sailor Moon R
anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon
KÅ an â€" Sailor Mars", first published in Nakayoshi on March 3, 1993.
In the DIC English adaptation, their name is changed to the "Negamoon
Family".Members of the Black Moon Clan are descendants of anarchists
who opposed Crystal Tokyo, claiming that the governing group was
corrupt and the resulting increase in human longevity by the Silver
Crystal was a crime against nature. The founding leaders of the Black
Moon were guided by Wiseman to the Planet Nemesis (宿敵, Shukuteki),
a phantom planet that can conceal itself from anything save X-Rays and
produce shards of the Malefic Black Crystal(邪é»'水晶, Jakoku
SuishÅ ). All members of the Black Moon Clan have black, upside-down
crescents on their foreheads (the inverse of the marking of Silver
Millennium). They wear earrings which, according to the Materials
Collection, are made of Black Crystal and allow them to
teleport.Series creator Naoko Takeuchi originally intended Sailor Moon
to last one season, but due to its popularity, Toei Animation asked
her to keep drawing the manga series. Takeuchi stated she had
difficulty developing a story for the second arc, and the whole idea
of Sailor Moon's daughter coming from a future attacked by the Black
Moon Clan came from her editor, Fumio Osano. To give Takeuchi enough
time to develop the second arc, Toei introduced in the anime the Hell
Tree aliens, thus the Black Moon Clan does not feature in the first
thirteen episodes of Sailor Moon R. In the DIC English adaptation of
the anime, the Black Moon Clan is called "Negamoon Family". The term
"Nega-" was also used for the "Negaverse" (the Dark Kingdom) in this
adaptation, implying that the Black Moon Clan is related in some way
to Queen Beryl and her cause, since the Dark Kingdom members use the
term "Nega-" as a common prefix (e.g. "negapower", "negahistory" or
"negamonsters").The Black Moon Clan members follow the pattern of the
Dark Kingdom of using minerals as namesakes. Four key figures of the
Clan use the four precious stones: ruby, emerald, sapphire and
diamond. The Specter Sisters are named after minerals kermesite,
berthierite, petzite and calaverite. The Boule Brothers do not follow
this pattern; instead, they are named after the scientific terms
chirality and achirality. However, the term 'boule' (sounded out in
katakana) is accompanied by the kanji 'äººé€ å® çŸ³', literally
meaning a "man-made gemstone"; synthetic/artificial gemstones; and the
English term 'boule' means "A single crystal ingot produced by
synthetic means".
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