The entire solar system is represented in a new set of Sailor Moon cosplays.
Cosplayer and content creator Jahara Jayde uploaded photos and videos of her numerous Sailor Moon costumes to her Instagram. The cosplayer portrayed all nine of the primary Sailor Scouts in 2021. She began to work her way through the show's cast with a spot-on recreation of the fiery Sailor Mars, before making her way to the outer planets with Sailor Pluto and Sailor Jupiter. Jahara Jayde has now cosplayed all eight of the planetary Sailor Scouts, as well as their leader and the series' titular heroine, Sailor Moon. The only scout she has not portrayed is Sailor Moon's daughter from the future, Sailor Chibi Moon.
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"I learned so much about myself, overcame a number of insecurities, and improved my skills in a variety of areas by doing these scouts," the cosplayer said in the description of a video that looked back at all nine scouts. "Would you believe at one point I said I couldn’t cosplay a sailor scout because I’m not cute enough, and I don’t look good in their skirt style? Sometimes I still look at these photos and feel that way. But I’m so glad I did this!," she wrote.
More of Jahara Jayde's cosplays can be found on her Instagram profile. In addition to the cast of Sailor Moon, the talented and versatile cosplayer has also portrayed multiple versions of Princess Zelda from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda franchise, as well as numerous other iconic anime heroines, such as Dragon Ball Z's Android 18 and Demon Slayer's beloved Insect Hashira Shinobu Kocho.
Live-action renditions of the Sailor Scouts will also be featured in a new Japanese stage play based on the series, which will be streamed worldwide in early 2022. In addition to the stage adaptation of the classic shojo series, production company Japan 2.5D Stage World will host performances of the Naruto and My Hero Academia plays.
Sailor Moon was created by artist and writer Naoko Takeuchi and was first published in Japan in 1991. The anime adaptation was one of the first shojo shows to be localized and broadcast outside of Japan. The series is regarded as one of the most influential shojo and magical girl series of all time and remains popular to this day. The most recent animated adaptation of Takeuchi's manga, Sailor Moon Eternal, was released as a Netflix exclusive in 2021.
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