• 410x315mm, 395x272mm
• 1996 Nakayosi June front matter
• Media: Marker, color spray
• Paper: Fine BB Kent, New grass/wood stained herb

The Sailor Starlights were supposed to have even more minor roles than the akuma. So when it looked like they were gonna get leading roles in the anime, I was totally surprised! Even more surprising, before transforming into Sailor Senshi they were men?! I was really shocked to learn that.

• 275x174mm
• Kodansha Comics Vol. 16 inside flap
• Media: Marker, poster color
• Paper: Cloudscape marble

Galaxia-sama was conceived of as a senshi to rival Sailor Moon. However at any rate she was very hard to draw. (I even forgot to draw lots of the parts.) To all of the in-house staff who helped draw the parts, thank you :)

• 381x536mm
• 1996 Nakayosi April front matter
• Media: Color ink, marker, modeling paste, color spray
• Paper: Coarse BB Kent
• Edited by Diana

Being a long time since I drew the upper half of Sailor Moon, this is a somewhat tense drawing. But I like it. In the fifth season I wrote everything in the story from this drawing to the anime theme song "Sailor Star Song." It was my first time. Particularly with that song, when I received the tune, I was really impressed with it, and poured everything I had into the lyrics. I was very satisfied.

• 390x271mm
• 1996 Nakayosi October front matter
• Media: Color ink, marker, beads
• Paper: Mermaid

This is a contrast between two people. The back is, of course, an image of a dark black sky.

• 396x272mm
• 1996 Nakayosi November first page
• Media: Marker, color spray
• Paper: Paradise, Japanese paper

It's a shame that these two didn't appear in the anime, because OSABU and I really like them. For me especially their hairdo and dress ^_^ OSABU likes Sailor Lethe. He likes strong-willed women.

• 192x98mm, 255x180mm
• 1997 Nakayosi February supplement
• Media: Color ink, marker, water based ball pen
• Paper: Fine BB Kent, Japanese paper

I was surprised that Chibi-chibi got so popular. I'm really pleased with Chibi-chibi's hair. ^_^ In the summer of '97 musical, Chibi-chibi finally made an appearance! Looking at the Polaroid now, the real thing is just too cute! (Mao-chan, thank you **) It was fun **

• 196x275mm, 420x298mm
• 1996 Nakayosi December supplement
• Media: Color ink, marker, color spray, color copy, beads
• Paper: Feather Waltz Cherry

Chibi-chibi in the anime is of course voiced by Mitsuishi Kotono-chan, and all she does is talk nonsense all the time. It's sort of too bad. In 10 to 20 years, Chibi-chibi will be the main character and the anime will be ......, um. Just imagining that character is a little scary ^_^, no way.

• 197x137mm, 200x147mm, 243x197mm, 268x338mm,
• 274x199mm, 267x199mm, 200x274mm, 275x198mm,
• 272x190mm, 272x245mm, 191x192mm, 147x104mm
• Kodansha Comics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18 inside flaps
• Media: Color ink, tone, marker, color spray
• Paper: Paradise, OK Feather Waltz, New grass/wood stained herb, postcard

On the cover flaps (both sides) of the comics, I arranged these cards. It was kind of awkward using these precious drawings. When I drew Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen, the three soldiers of the outer Solar System and Saturn and Chibi-chibi and Sailor Cosmos ... I was happy not to think about them in my dreams! (^_^)

• 390x269mm
• Unreleased work
• Media: Pencil, color ink, color spray, marker
• Paper: KMK kendo paper

These two facing sheets, as well as the following one with the Sailor Quartet & Saturn & Chibiusa, were drawn at the same time as the Sailor Moon on the last page of Vol. IV while I was thinking about the fifth season. They were supposed to be in the original picture collection, but for lack of space they were put here. (continued below)

• 390x270mm
• Unreleased work
• Media: Pencil, color ink, color spray, marker
• Paper: KMK kendo paper

(continued from above) Like in the manga, I thought the anime would also feature these costumes, so why did Toei not put them in??? Surely (as it always is) I have no idea what goes on with the staff on the television side of things.

• 390x268mm
• Unreleased work
• Media: Pencil, color ink, color spray, marker
• Paper: KMK kendo paper

When I was drawing this, I thought I'd put together Sailor Saturn and Sailor Chibi-Moon in a pair. Then I followed it with the Sailor Quartet. One of these days I'm going to put this team together into the manga. What a weird thing that would be. Anyway, here's the six.

• 392x274mm
• 1997 Calender ornament
• Media: Color ink, color spray, InstanTeX, color copy
• Paper: Fine BB Kent

Having not drawn very many dress-clothed figures for this book collection, here's a bonus. If I had time, I'd like to draw lots of these extras. In the middle of it, I also realized that drawing a rain picture made me especially happy.

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