This is New Year's. I like drawing kimono and yukata, even though it's hard. The kimono in this picture I wanted to draw all the way to the bottom.
Soon before the serialization began, this was the cover of the now-defunct Nakayoshi Deluxe. I wanted to draw balloons and a hat with ears.
It was very fun drawing a color picture of these two like this. I love sleeping with my head on someone's lap. I also love having someone's head on my lap. Since both really put me at ease, I can be happy.
I purposely painted this, changing the amorous glances. It was a telephone card as a service item. It's unusual for Sailor Moon and Sailor V to be lined up together.
This color picture is a picture for use as a telephone card. I drew this before the serial, when I was still wavering on the costume. The face is also different.
This picture was made into a jigsaw puzzle for use as a Nakayoshi reader present. I kind of like the tiny Luna and Sailor Moon.
Only Minako-chan is in Sailor V form, because I drew this when Sailor Venus had not yet appeared in Sailor Moon. Each of their poses appeal to me a little, but looking at them now, they're rather stiff.
I drew this for use as the cover of Nakayoshi. For the Nakayoshi cover, they all have specified sizes and poses. Sailor Moon's is good, but I wanted to draw the poses of the other four with a little more style.
I drew the cut-outs of these five for use as playing cards.
I drew this for use as a mini-notebook supplement.
I also drew this for use as notebook supplement. I like the night view in the background.
I drew this for use as a memo pad supplement. Drawing SD characters is really hard.
I drew this for use as a Nakayoshi supplement poster. I drew each of the characters separately and put them with a photograph in the background. I really like the background photo. And Rei-chan, too.
This is the color picture from when we did the popularity poll in Nakayoshi. It was very enjoyable drawing this picture. Even though I said it might be hard, it seems I like drawing cluttered pictures.

I completely forgot that I had been drawing these three-panel manga. I wonder when I drew them. It's very strange for my pictures to be like the anime version. I really wanted to do Mako-chan's move as "Sucream Sundae", parodying her "Supreme Thunder".
I drew this color picture with just an image, when I hadn't decided on the content of the story yet. She has a crescent moon mark of her forehead, and somehow everything is revealed. At first I wanted to do Sailor Moon's tiara in a form like this. I really like it. Since the Sailor Moon color pictures started from this picture, I made it the last one in the picture collection.
[Last Page - Closing Message]
The sky and the sea I can see in a sweeping glance from this workroom, and I can watch the beautiful moments of dawn and twilight, dyed with watery pinks, lavenders, and blue-grays. I always think I'd like to try to draw a picture this pretty.
July 20, 1969 was the day man first set foot on the moon. When I look at images of that time--even though the original film is getting old and losing quality, and its colors are washing together--the moon's surface sometimes appears lavender and blue-gray like those Earth dawns and twilights. I really like these kinds of color tones.
I drew the cover of the Picture Collection with those colors I love. My pictures aren't elaborate things, and they're all somewhat alike, and I paint the colors momentarily, so I do have regrets, but... But my works are drawn filled with colors I felt were the most pretty in that instant and my thoughts at that time.
I thank from my heart my editor Irie for listening to my whims, Kana-P on staff for helping with the masking, and my manager Yurika, Saitou-kun, everyone, and Mom and Dad. And the loving Osabu, I dedicate this book to you. Thank you very much for putting your valuable time into making such a wonderful book.
And all my fans who always cheer me on, it's with your help that I was able to do this book. Sailor Moon is a special work for me, so this picture collection is a special book for me. I hope this book is a special book for you as well. If it is, I'll be very happy. I give you Sailor Moon Picture Collection I.
1994.7 Naoko Takeuchi