Usagi and the Girls' Resolve! Prelude to a New Battle

The Sailor Team present a preview of the forthcoming season, and debate the prospect of selecting a new leader.
The North American dub title for this episode is Follow the Leader.

Summary

Episode Data
Professor Tomoe makes his first appearance
Original Episode
Name (Kanji/kana):	うさぎ達の決意! 新しき戦いの序曲
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Name (Translated):	Usagi and the Girls' Resolve! Prelude to a New Battle
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Episode Number:	89
Director:	Kounosuke Uda
Writer:	Katsuyuki Sumizawa
Animation Director:	N/A
Air Date:	March 12, 1994
Previous Episode:	The Final Battle Between Light and Darkness! Love Sworn to the Future
Next Episode:	Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi
First English Dub Episode
Name:	Follow the Leader
Number:	82
Company:	DiC
Air Date:	December 22, 1998
Previous Episode:	Final Battle
Next Episode:	Star Struck, Bad Luck

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Next episode preview

Usagi: Finally we have some time off now that we've defeated Death Phantom. But, we are in eighth grade. Which means that high school entrance exams are coming up. Right, Rei? Rei, what's wrong?
Rei: It's coming! The Silence is coming! A new enemy...
Usagi: Sailor Moon Super: "Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi". The moonlight carries a message of love.

Episode trivia

• The opening sequence featured all 4 variations of Moonlight Densetsu used up until now, split into 4 equal-sized boxes. This was also the last episode to feature the original version of the song. A new version, sung by Moon Lips, was used in the next two seasons.

• In previous episodes featuring flashbacks, actors appearing only in those flashbacks still appeared on the credits. That was not the case with this episode, which only credited the five members of the Sailor Team. As such, it was the first episode of the series for which Keiko Han did not receive credit.

• This was the last episode to be shown in the UK.

• This episode was the only episode not dubbed in Mexico.

• This was the last episode dubbed by DiC.

• In the English dub, during the flashback scene from episode 56, Amy was not wearing her seatbelt, even though in the actual episode, DiC had added a seatbelt to that scene. DiC also cut out the scene where Mikusi attempted to steal Raye's Pure Heart Crystal.

• This was the last time Terri Hawkes played Serena, Karen Bernstein played Amy, Emilie Barlow played Raye, and Stephanie Morgenstern played Mina in the English dub.

Cast

• Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon - Kotono Mitsuishi
• Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury - Aya Hisakawa
• Rei Hino/Sailor Mars - Michie Tomizawa
• Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter - Emi Shinohara
• Minako Aino/Sailor Venus - Rica Fukami

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