Movie R Crescent Beam-Sailor Venus

Crescent Beam was the first attack used by Sailor V in Codename: Sailor V, and was also used by Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon series.

Crescent Beam first appeared in act one of the Codename: Sailor V manga, "Sailor V is Born!." After catching Narkissos, a member of the Dark Agency collecting young girls to be his slaves, hypnotizing a fellow student named Haneda, Minako Aino transformed into Sailor V. After engaging the enemy in a fight, Sailor V was instructed by Artemis to use her compact to reveal his true form and defeat him. Sailor V cast Crescent Beam with her compact, destroying Narkissos and returning the hypnotized young girls to normal.

Crescent Beam was never used in the Sailor Moon manga.

In the Codename: Sailor V manga, Crescent Beam consisted of Sailor V holding her compact to face her enemy, letting its mirrors reflect the enemy's true form, and shouting the words "Crescent Beam." A flash of light would then emit from the compact, killing or wounding her enemy. In some cases she would also wave the compact in an arc above her head while performing the attack.

Crescent Beam was the first of Sailor Venus's many attacks in the Sailor Moon anime. She first used it in episode 33 to give Tuxedo Mask a chance to escape from Zoisite's attack. Later in the episode she used Crescent Beam again to break Kunzite's forcefield, saving Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, and Sailor Jupiter.

Crescent Beam's anime animation began with two crescent moons colliding above Sailor Venus's head. She then raised her right index finger to the now connected crescent moons, brought down her arm, and shot a beam of light from her index finger.

Sailor Venus had an attack similar to Crescent Beam in the live-action series, but it was never named. It is referred to as Venus Beam.

Crescent Beam appeared in many Sailor Moon video games, including Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Super Famicom), Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (arcade), Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen (Super Famicom), and Sailor Moon: Another Story (Super Famicom). Since all of these games were based on the Sailor Moon anime and manga series, their renditions of Crescent Beam were based on the anime rather than the Codename: Sailor V manga. * In some episodes of the anime, such as episode 40, Sailor Venus combined Crescent Beam with another Senshi's attack, in that case Sailor Jupiter's Supreme Thunder. This particular combination also appeared in Sailor Moon: Another Story, and was there known as "Crescent Thunder." * In episode 45 it was demonstrated that Crescent Beam could act as a powerful suicide attack if used at close range.

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