美少女戦士セーラームーン S (LSTD01198~LSTD01262, 東映ビデオ, April 21, 1995–January 1996) spans ten CLV LaserDiscs, four episodes each. ¥5,720 per volume. Thirty-eight episodes total across the complete set. An outer box houses all ten discs with a full-cast illustration on its front face.
Sailor Moon S aired on TV Asahi from March 19, 1994 to February 25, 1995. The season introduced three new Sailor Senshi — 天王はるか (Tenoh Haruka / Sailor Uranus), 海王みちる (Kaioh Michiru / Sailor Neptune), and 土萠ほたる (Tomoe Hotaru / Sailor Saturn) — and the Death Busters as the season's antagonist faction, culminating in the awakening of Saturn, Senshi of silence and destruction. The LD series opened two months after the broadcast concluded, releasing one volume per month from April 1995.
Each disc's front cover is a close-cropped character portrait against a dark background: one or two Senshi per volume, no two volumes sharing the same configuration. Vol.1 is Sailor Moon alone; Vol.5 is Haruka and Michiru together; Vol.9 is Sailor Saturn. Each back cover carries episode stills, a plot summary column, and a chapter track listing — marking the individual episodes within the double-sided CLV disc.
Ten Volumes, One Box
The outer box carries a full-cast group illustration that the individual disc sleeves never replicate — the Outer Senshi (Uranus, Neptune, Saturn) and Inner Senshi together in the same frame. On the individual discs, they appear separately: each volume frames one corner of the season, one character or pair at a time.
The back panel of the outer box shows Usagi and Chibi-Usa in a watercolor-adjacent style, standing against a plain ground with the Toei Video logo below. The contrast with the front's dark group composition is deliberate — the box opens on the series' emotional center, not its ensemble.
Outer box back panel — Usagi and Chibi-Usa illustration in loose watercolor style. Toei Video logo at foot. The back makes no attempt to match the front panel's density.
Vol.1 front — LSTD01198, April 21, 1995. Sailor Moon solo in action pose, red-toned dark background. Episodes 90–93: the season premiere arc introducing Haruka and Michiru.
Vol.2 front — LSTD01204, May 1995. Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury together; blue tones. Episodes 94–97.
Vol.3 front — LSTD01206, June 1995. Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars; orange-red palette. Episodes 98–101.
Vol.4 front — LSTD01215, July 1995. Sailor Chibi Moon; pink-dominant, softer tones than previous volumes. Episodes 102–105.
Vol.5 front — LSTD01220, August 1995. Sailor Uranus (Haruka) and Sailor Neptune (Michiru) in close two-character portrait; teal and blue. The only volume cover where the two are framed together. Episodes 106–109.
Haruka and Michiru
Vol.5 is the only disc in the set with a two-character cover that foregrounds their relationship rather than their combat roles. The portrait puts them at the same distance from the lens, shoulder to shoulder, not fighting stances. Every other two-character cover in the series places the Senshi in action configuration. This one doesn't.
Vol.5 back cover — LSTD01220. Episode stills for Eps. 106–109, synopsis column, chapter track listing. The chapter listing marks each episode's start point on the double-sided CLV disc.
Vol.6 front — LSTD01225, September 1995. Sailor Moon in dynamic transformation pose, yellow hair in motion, dark ground. Episodes 110–113.
Vol.7 front — LSTD01238, October 1995. Dark character portrait: pink hair with black styling — the antagonist register, distinct from the Senshi covers preceding it. Episodes 114–117.
Vol.8 front — LSTD01250, November 1995. Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus again; teal-green tones, different composition from Vol.5. Episodes 118–121.
Vol.9 front — LSTD01255, December 1995. Sailor Saturn alone; dark violet, staff raised. The most isolated of the ten cover portraits. Episodes 122–125.
Vol.10 front — LSTD01262, January 1996. Inner Senshi group — Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury — warm tones. Final volume of the series.
The Back Cover Format
All ten back covers follow the same layout: episode stills in a column at left, a plot summary section at center, and a chapter track listing printed in the lower half. The chapter listing marks where each episode begins on the disc — practical navigation data for a format that otherwise requires physical cueing to find a specific episode within 98 continuous minutes of CLV playback.
Vol.1 back cover — LSTD01198. Episode stills for Eps. 90–93, synopsis column, chapter track listing. Pink/red accent shape. Toei Video.
Vol.2 back cover — LSTD01204. Purple accent oval. Episode stills for Eps. 94–97, synopsis, chapter tracks.
Vol.3 back cover — LSTD01206. Orange accent. Episodes 98–101.
Vol.4 back cover — LSTD01215. Blue accent oval. Episodes 102–105.
Vol.6 back cover — LSTD01225. Episodes 110–113.
Vol.7 back cover — LSTD01238. Episodes 114–117.
Vol.8 back cover — LSTD01250. Episodes 118–121.
Vol.9 back cover — LSTD01255. Episodes 122–125. The Saturn arc.
Vol.10 back cover — LSTD01262. Final volume. Episodes 126–127 and series conclusion. Chapter track listing closes the ten-volume run.
January 1996
Vol.10 shipped in January 1996, eleven months after Vol.1. The broadcast had concluded the previous February. The LD release ran the full season at one disc per month, matching the original episode pacing closely enough that the monthly rhythm felt deliberate. Complete sets in outer box with all ten obi strips currently sell in the ¥8,000–¥20,000 range depending on condition.
The broadcast finished February 25, 1995. Vol.1 shipped April 21, 1995. By January 1996 the complete season was on disc.
No supplemental materials appear in any source consulted — no booklets, no inserts beyond the obi strips. The set is discs and packaging. The chapter tracks on each back cover are the only navigational concession to a format that otherwise plays continuously from side to side without landmarks.
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