Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie

Ami's First Love

Japanese theaters showed a 16-minute short before the Sailor Moon SuperS film, titled Ami's First Love (Ami-chan no Hatsukoi),^[2] in which Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) struggles to focus on her studying amidst various distractions including a pruritus-inducing love letter found in her school locker and a rival known as "Mercurius" who ties Ami's perfect score in mock high school entrance exams, and who Ami believes is either a female monster that makes her forget math and English or a handsome boy who looks like a young Albert Einstein. The short featured a new transformation sequence into her evolved Super form (Mercury Crystal Power Make Up!) and a greater water-based attack (Mercury Aqua Mirage) for Super Sailor Mercury.

Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie

Somewhere in Europe, a young man named Poupelin (ププラン, Pupuran) plays a song on his flute to hypnotize children, following him into an airship before sailing off into the sky. In Tokyo, Usagi Tsukino, Chibiusa, and the other girls bake cookies together at Makoto Kino's apartment. Later, on her way to give her cookies to Mamoru Chiba, Chibiusa meets and befriends a boy standing outside a sweets shop. He causes some of the treats inside the shop window to dance by playing a tune on his flute before introducing himself as Perle (ペルル, Peruru). Chibiusa gives her cookies to Perle before they part ways. Meanwhile, Usagi visits Mamoru with her cookies asks him who is more important to him, herself or Chibiusa, but he becomes nervous and does not answer. They hear a report on the radio about the mass disappearance of children all over the world.

That night, Chibiusa suddenly wakes up and begins walking through the city. Usagi and the other girls follow Chibiusa and the other children. They save Chibiusa but are accosted by Poupelin and his "Bonbon Babies". Queen Badiane (女王バディヤーヌ, Jo'ō Badiyānu) orders Poupelin and her other henchmen Banane (バナーヌ, Banānu) and Orangeat (オランジャ, Oranja) to hurry up. Perle says that he no longer believes in her, but she orders that Chibiusa be captured. The ship lands, along with two others, in Marzipan Castle. Upon arrival, the children run out into the darkness, except for Chibiusa. Looking into the shadows, she witnesses "Dream Coffins", each containing a sleeping child. Badiane lifts her into the air, commenting on the energy she senses from Chibiusa, and explains her purpose. In the castle's center, a massive Black Dream Hole is forming, gathering the magical "sugar energy" of the sleeping children. It will eventually overtake Earth, and all humans will enter into Dream Coffins.

Perle leads the other Sailor Guardians to an airship of his own. He tells them that Badiane promised that the children would be happy and safe in her world of dreams and where they can remain children indefinitely, but he thinks also of Chibiusa, his friend. As they reach the castle, they are attacked, and after crash-landing, fight Poupelin, Banane, and Orangeat, as well as three sets of Bonbon Babies. As the Guardians are joined by Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, they destroy the flutes of the three fairies, changing them into small birds. The Guardians infiltrate the castle and confront Queen Badiane, who has drained enough dream energy from the children, including Chibiusa, to create the Black Dream Hole. The power drain is enough to force all the Sailor Guardians except Sailor Moon into a partial de-transformation, weakening them. Taking Chibiusa with her, Badiane enters the hole itself, and Sailor Moon follows. Sailor Moon then finds herself in Mamoru's apartment, carrying Chibiusa. Mamoru lays her on the bed, then wraps his arms around Sailor Moon and tells her not to worry about anything. She asks him again who is more important to him, herself or Chibiusa; he replies that she is. Sailor Moon takes Chibiusa in her arms, realizes that this experience is just a dream.

As Sailor Moon tries to flee, Queen Badiane demands that she give back Chibiusa. When Sailor Moon refuses, the dark Queen of Dreams assimilates herself into the black dream hole and attacks her with fire. Hearing her mental cry, the other seven Guardians send their power and strength to Sailor Moon, awakening Chibiusa and allowing them to obliterate Queen Badiane with their combined Moon Gorgeous Meditation attack. After the battle, Marzipan Castle is destroyed, and with Perle's help, the six Super Sailor Guardians and three Outer Sailor Guardians escape. The airships, each carrying children, return to Earth.

At a beach, Perle gives Chibiusa his glass flute, telling her that he is the fairy who protects children's dreams, and will always be with her. Chibiusa kisses Perle goodbye on the cheek, and as he flies away, the six Super Sailor Guardians and three Outer Sailor Guardians watch the sun rise.

Ami's First Love

Japanese release

The film was released in Japanese theaters on December 23, 1995.

The Japanese Blu-ray collection of the three films was released on February 7, 2018, with this film titled Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS: The Nine Sailor Guardians Unite! Miracle of the Black Dream Hole.^[1]

English release

The film was first released in North America on VHS by Pioneer Entertainment on August 31, 1999, in Japanese with English subtitles.^[4] Pioneer later released the film to uncut bilingual DVD on August 15, 2000, alongside another VHS release containing an edited version of the English dub.^[5] Pioneer re-released their DVD on January 6, 2004, under their "Geneon Signature Series" line.^[6] The DVDs later fell out of print when Pioneer/Geneon lost the license to the film. The edited version was also shown on TV in Canada on YTV and in the US on Cartoon Network's Toonami block.

The English dub was produced in association with Optimum Productions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and featured most of the original DIC Entertainment English cast reprising their roles. The edited version of the dub was censored for content and replaced the music with cues from the DIC version of the first two seasons of the anime, while retaining the insert song, Sanji no Yosei (The Three O'Clock Fairy). The uncut version of the dub was only seen on the bilingual DVD, featured no censorship, and all of the original Japanese music was left intact, with the exception of the DIC theme song being used. However, no DVD or VHS release contained the "Ami's First Love" short until 2019

In 2014, the film (including the "Ami's First Love" short) was re-licensed for an updated English-language release in North America by Viz Media, who produced a new English dub of the film in association with Studiopolis in Los Angeles, California and plans to re-release it on DVD and Blu-ray.^[7] The film, along with the Ami's First Love short, was released to North American theaters in association with Fathom Events for one-day showings nationwide, with dubbed screenings on August 4, 2018 and subtitled screenings on August 6, 2018.^[8] It has also been licensed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.^[9] The movie was then released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 12, 2019.^[10]