• 152 X 380 mm.
• Table 2-3 for KC Deluxe The Lover of Princess Kaguya and supplement (Saturn).
• Media: Color ink, water-based marker.
• Paper: Fine BB Kent.

I drew a cut of the ten super-deformed once, but since this was when Saturn hadn't appeared in the plot yet, the cover of Lover of Princess Kaguya only had nine of them. Poor girl. The bordering of the figures is water-based marker. I like outlining people with water-based marker.

• 381 X 271 mm.
• First page of the February 1995 Nakayoshi.
• Media: Marker, color spray.
• Paper: Fine BB Kent.

This could be the first color picture of Sailor Moon where I didn't use color ink. The people are done in marker. The background is color spray. The background is really brimming with fluorescence, it's a very dazzling picture. But it probably won't show in the printing. Sniff, sniff. I love fluorescence!

• 372 X 275 mm.
• Front cover of the July 1994 Run-Run.
• Media: Color ink, color spray, tone, water-based marker.
• Paper: Canson.

I originally drew this color picture to show Toei-san the colors of Chibi-Usa-chan's clothes. It's her summer clothing and winter clothing. The summer clothing illustration was reserved especially for the Picture Collection I-II CD-ROM, and it was also made into a memo pad cover.

• 373 X 265 mm.
• Front cover of the March 1995 Run-Run.
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, lace paper.
• Paper: Canson.

When this was made into the front cover of Run-Run, the color I painted didn't come out well at all (it was too dark), and I was really shocked at the picture. I wonder if it will show well this time. This is a pair with the picture on page 42 of Picture Collection I. Reproducing the painted color in printing is really hard, I guess. Sigh...

• 382 X 272 mm, 381 X 273 mm.
• Title page of the March 1995 Run-Run.
• Media: Color ink, color spray, marker, seal.
• Paper: Fine BB Kent.

This is the title page of the "Chibi-Usa's Picture Diary" I write once a year. When it appeared in Run-Run, I put square opera pink designations in the background, but for the Picture Collection I'm just printing the original picture. Heart seals are attached in the background.

• 537 X 380 mm.
• Cover of the KC Deluxe The Lover of Princess Kaguya.
• Media: Color ink, color spray, pastel, tone.
• Paper: Fine BB Kent.

This picture is the cover of the tankoubon for the orignal work of the '94 theater movie, The Lover of Princess Kaguya. Every time I look at this picture, it reminds me of the work making the tankoubon, the one scene of the movie, the reseaching of NASA, and more. In the enormous task of producing the movie, I had a little influence, and it was a very valuable experience. I want to try doing a movie again.

• 393 X 273 mm.
• Inside front cover of the KC Deluxe The Lover of Princess Kaguya.
• Media: Pencil, color ink, color spray, copy, marker, seal.
• Paper: OK Sand Color.

This is Luna-chan's human form from the movie version. I really like Luna-chan's clothing here. I even heard Bandai-san was going to put out dolls of this Luna, but it's too bad they didn't. I wanted one! The background decoration is another version I made of a copy by painting in color with marker. I also like the hologram seals scattered in the background, and I use them a lot.

• 396 X 272 mm.
• Back cover of the KC Deluxe The Lover of Princess Kaguya.
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, seal.
• Paper: New plant herb, Paradise.

This is Luna holding the phantom (?) Kakeru-san doll that didn't appear in the manga or the anime. I wonder who made it for her? I meant the stars scattered around her to be confetti candies.

• 373 X 274 mm.
• Cover of KC volume 11.
• Media: Color ink, color spray, gel medium, beads.
• Paper: Stone grain white.

For me, these two are two with a very closely similar existence. These two are defined in The Lover of Princess Kaguya, which is not to say they always act together and reveal their true feelings, but they understand each other. Even if they were to change places with each other, they surely would have taken the same actions with the same feelings. That's why the color of their eyes is the same blue

• 545 X 383 mm.
• First page of the October 1995 Nakayoshi.
• Media: Color ink, ball-point pen, copy, seal.
• Paper: KMK Kent, harsh color marine blue, tracing paper.

This Saturn is drawn on top of tracing paper. Under that, I pasted tone with copied decoration, I pasted color copy and seals, and then I put it on cardboard. I love cutting and pasting! Oh, it's fun. I use ball-point pen for the gold parts. This is one of the messiahs, Sailor Saturn.

• 380 X 285 mm.
• First page of the January 1995 Nakayoshi.
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, modeling paste, pencil.
• Paper: Arche.

And now the other messiah. The column where Selenity is standing I drew while looking at a picture of a column of an ancient temple of the Roman Forum I took when I went in the fall of '94. The whole city of Rome is filled with historic ruins, a city so full of history it's dizzying. With these two opposite pages, I've put together the two messiahs.

• 525 X 367 mm.
• Title page of the March 1995 Nakayoshi.
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, gel medium, beads.
• Paper: Edo dye flower stone crimson.
• [This picture is on two pages. The one-piece version is from a poster.]

If I recall, I was drawing this picture until the day I left for New York at the end of the year, playing a staring game with the clock behind me. And my manager... And my tooth hurt, too! I finally finished it after I came back from my trip (in the new year). After I painted with marker, when I did the color ink, it really blotted together. I love the black dresses and hair colors of the ten of them.

• 400 X 274 mm.
• Cover of KC volume 9.
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, seal, instant lettering.
• Paper: Rezakku [a Japanese word that derives from rezâ raiku - leather like].

As expected, the last page of the Picture Collection is a picture of the ten soldiers. I like this picture, it has a cool and sort of lonely feeling. But when it became the cover of comic volume 9, one of the hologram star seals came off. Sniff... This Rezakku paper isn't really good for color ink, but I love the way it spread and the parts where the paper shows.

• 450 X 637 mm.
• Drawn for use in the Picture Collection.
• Media: Marker, color spray, pastel, aeroflash, tone.
• Paper: Fine BB Kent.

This year as well, the Picture Collection goes on sale in summer. Because of that, this is the ten of them in swimsuit forms. I colored the people with marker. Deciding each of the swimsuit designs was fun. I wanted to draw a color picture with everyone wearing black swimsuits. In the middle, I changed my mind, and that's why Usagi-chan is the only one in a white swimsuit.

[Pull-out poster on final page. See section 1 for liner notes.]

              [Last Page - Closing Message]

              I'm writing this while I look
              at the pretty night view of
              the heart of the city across the sea,
              which wasn't there when I drew
              the third series of Sailor Moon.
              Filling it with various memories
              of the third series, and my own
              slightly private memories,
              I made this book for you.
              Putting in my love, I give you
              Sailor Moon Picture Collection III.
              I'm writing this while I look

              Naoko Takeuchi