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Has it been officially stated anywhere by a representative at the production
company whether _Sailor Moon Crystal_ 's 26 total episodes cover the Black
Moon arc of the manga (Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and the Black Moon Clan, equal
to season R of the classic anime series)? Has it been stated anywhere that it
only covers the content of the Dark Kingdom arc of the manga (equivalent to
the first season of the classic anime)?

_Crystal_ has covered in a mere 8 episodes the equivalent of 33 episodes of
the classic anime series which contained 46 episodes total. In other words, it
has covered 72% of the classic anime's first season content within only 31% of
_Crystal_ 's scheduled episode count. I know that _Crystal_ is based on the
original manga, that it is _not_ adapting the classic anime, and that the
manga storyline progressed much faster (less filler), but even so, that's a
big percentage of the manga's Dark Moon arc to have already shown us in only 8
episodes.

The opening animation sequence does not include any characters introduced in
the Black Moon arc, but then again, it could receive a new animation sequence
mid-run at the point in time when that manga arc would begin (without a second
season needing to occur to herald the story arc shift).


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Does Sailor Moon Crystal contain the Black Moon arc of the manga (Pluto and Chibiusa)?


Note: I'm not sure if anything had come up by October, since I haven't really
followed Sailor Moon beyond watching the biweekly episodes and I don't know
Japanese. But some announcement (referred to
[here](http://www.themarysue.com/sailor-moon-crystal-r/)) seems to have been
made in early November at an anime convention in Tokyo. The fact that there
apparently was speculation before this suggests that no announcement had been
made before the anime convention. (I found out about this mostly since I'd
read about a newly released trailer, and wanted to find some details about
it.)

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Looking from some recent news sources (e.g [this
one](http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/sailor-moon/241109/sailor-moon-crystal-to-
adapt-black-moon-arc) from November 8), it seems that the second half of SMC
will cover the Black Moon arc.

A [official trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-rU8s9HCY) was
apparently recently released (December 27), and from
[ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-27/sailor-moon-crystal-
black-moon-arc-trailer-previews-chibi-usa-sailor-pluto/.82667), we have:

> The anime premiered on July 5 and airs on the first and third Saturdays
> every month. Starting on January 17, the second season includes the story
> from the original manga's "Black Moon" arc and features Chibi Usa. The Comic
> Natalie website posted more images from the upcoming episodes.

Initially I was sceptical as to whether this new "season" mentioned in some
sources was referring to part of the current SMC or to an altogether new
production after this one finishes, but the date given (January 17 next year)
implies that it should be within the current production.


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