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Is the Genius Girl a Monster? Brainwashing School of Terror

Original title: Tensai shôjo wa yôma nano? Kyôfu no sennôjuku
  • Episode aired May 2, 1992
  • TV-Y7-FV
  • 24m
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8.0/10
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Is the Genius Girl a Monster? Brainwashing School of Terror (1992)
JapaneseAnimeShōjoActionAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasyRomance

Usagi and Luna meet Ami Mizuno, a girl of genius level intelligence. While Luna is suspicious that she may be an enemy, Usagi instead tries to make a friend out of her.Usagi and Luna meet Ami Mizuno, a girl of genius level intelligence. While Luna is suspicious that she may be an enemy, Usagi instead tries to make a friend out of her.Usagi and Luna meet Ami Mizuno, a girl of genius level intelligence. While Luna is suspicious that she may be an enemy, Usagi instead tries to make a friend out of her.

  • Director
    • Jun'ichi Satô
  • Writers
    • Naoko Takeuchi
    • Sukehiro Tomita
    • Olav F. Andersen
  • Stars
    • Kotono Mitsuishi
    • Keiko Han
    • Aya Hisakawa
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    205
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jun'ichi Satô
    • Writers
      • Naoko Takeuchi
      • Sukehiro Tomita
      • Olav F. Andersen
    • Stars
      • Kotono Mitsuishi
      • Keiko Han
      • Aya Hisakawa
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kotono Mitsuishi
    Kotono Mitsuishi
    • Usagi Tsukino
    • (voice)
    • …
    Keiko Han
    Keiko Han
    • Luna
    • (voice)
    • …
    Aya Hisakawa
    Aya Hisakawa
    • Ami Mizuno
    • (voice)
    • …
    Tôru Furuya
    Tôru Furuya
    • Mamoru Chiba
    • (voice)
    • …
    Masaya Onosaka
    • Jadeite
    • (voice)
    Keiichi Nanba
    • Gurio Umino
    • (voice)
    Shino Kakinuma
    • Naru Osaka
    • (voice)
    Sanae Takagi
    • Ikuko Tsukino
    • (voice)
    Hiroyuki Satô
    • Motoki Furuhata
    • (voice)
    Mayumi Seto
    • Female Student
    • (voice)
    Hiroko Emori
    Hiroko Emori
    • Youma Garoben
    • (voice)
    Olav F. Andersen
    • Jedaite
    • (voice: Swedish version)
    Annelie Berg
    • Sailor Moon
    • (voice: Swedish version)
    • …
    Sabine Bohlmann
    • Usagi (Bunny) Tsukino…
    Johnny Yong Bosch
    Johnny Yong Bosch
    • Game Machine
    • (voice: English version)
    Robbie Daymond
    Robbie Daymond
    • Mamoru Chiba - Tuxedo Mask (Viz Media dub)
    • (voice: English version)
    Ben Diskin
    Ben Diskin
    • Gurio Umino (Viz Media dub)
    • (voice: English version)
    Lucien Dodge
    Lucien Dodge
    • Motoki Furuhata (Viz Media dub)
    • (voice: English version)
    • Director
      • Jun'ichi Satô
    • Writers
      • Naoko Takeuchi
      • Sukehiro Tomita
      • Olav F. Andersen
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    10injury-65447

    Enter Sailor Mercury!

    Reinvigorates the series with a new sailor scout. I like how she is a quiet and mature genius, in total contrast to the bratty airhead of Usagi.

    Nice bubble powers!

    Very exciting to have two scouts now to fight the forces of evil (that even Luna admits in this episode she doesn't understand).

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    • Trivia
      First appearance of Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury.
    • Connections
      Edited into Sailor Moon: Computer School Blues (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Mûnraito Densetsu
      (Moonlight Legend)

      Lyrics by Kanako Oda

      Music by Tetsuya Komoro

      Arranged by Daisuke Ikeda

      Performed by DALI

      (Columbia Records)

      [Opening theme]

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    • Release date
      • May 2, 1992 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • 20th Anniversary Project (Japan)
      • Toei Animation (Sailor Moon R) (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Production companies
      • Toei Animation
      • TV Asahi
      • Toei Doga
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      • 24m
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