Shadow Galactica
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 Sailor Galaxia, Leader of Shadow Galactica |
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| Shadow Galactica | |
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| Story arc: | Sailor Stars |
| Leader: | Sailor Galaxia |
| Chaos form: | Chaos itself |
| Key figures: | Sailor Animamates, other corrupted Senshi |
| MOTD: | Phage |
| Tools: | Golden bracelets, Saffer Crystal |
Shadow Galactica (シャドウギャラクティカ Shadō Gyarakutika?) is a fictional organization from the Sailor Moon metaseries. They are the villains of the fifth story arc in both the manga and the anime.
Shadow Galactica is an organization dedicated to stealing "starseeds", the essence of sentient life, from all in the universe. Their ultimate goal is to reorganize the universe in the image that Chaos desires.
Sailor Galaxia is the self-proclaimed "Golden Queen" of Shadow Galactica, commanding all actions of its servants. She possesses a powerful Sailor Crystal, the Saffer Crystal, and has used it to create a castle for herself at Zero Star.
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[edit] Servants
[edit] The Sailor Animamates
Galaxia's main reapers of starseeds appear in both the anime and manga. Their names are prefixed by the title "Sailor," followed by a metal and an animal. Despite the title, none of them is a true Sailor Senshi — in fact, the manga reveals that each of them murdered the Senshi of her home planet in order to win Galaxia's favor. This is not mentioned one way or another in the anime.
In the anime, the four Animamates are Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Aluminum Siren, Sailor Lead Crow, and Sailor Tin Nyanko. In the manga, they are led by Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon. The musicals introduce two new Animamates: Sailor Titanium Kerokko and Sailor Pewter Fox.
[edit] Sailor Lethe and Sailor Mnemosyne
Sailor Lethe (セーラー・レテ Sērā Rete?) and Sailor Mnemosyne (セーラー・ムネモシュネ Sērā Munemoshune?) appear only in Act 48 of the manga. They are twin sisters[1] and come from the planets Lethe and Mnemosyne, respectively. Their planets were small, poor, and plagued by violence and chaos. When Galaxia appeared and brought death and ruin, the two had no choice but to follow her in the hopes of someday finding peace.
Sailor Lethe is named for a naiad in Greek mythology, and for a river of the Greek underworld where dead souls go to forget their past lives before being reincarnated. Sailor Mnemosyne is named for the Titaness of memory, the mother of the muses, as well as another river in the underworld which brought remembrance and omniscience.
Sailor Lethe first introduces herself as the ferryman of the desert river. She traps Eternal Sailor Moon at the bottom of the River of Oblivion, kills Luna, Artemis, and Diana, and attacks Sailor Moon. She is stopped by Sailor Mnemosyne, who says that Sailor Moon has been hurt enough.
Lethe says that Sailor Moon's Sailor Crystal, the Ginzuishou, is the cause for all of the wars they are experiencing, and that if it is destroyed, there will be peace. Sailor Moon offers her life if it will end the violence. Lethe and Mnemosyne are so moved by her self-sacrifice that they realize that whether or not Sailor Moon dies, the war will continue. Just as they are about to release the Senshi, Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi appear. These call Lethe and Mnemosyne useless fools and take their Sailor Crystals, which kills them.
Sailor Lethe has an attack called "Galactica Myosotis Alpestris," which she used to attack Usagi. Myosotis alpestris is the name of an alpine species of Forget-me-not.
[edit] Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi
Appearing only in the manga and musicals, Sailor Chi (セーラー・カイ Sērā Kai?) and Sailor Phi (セーラー・ファイ Sērā Fai?) may be Galaxia's most loyal servants. They are named for two letters of the Greek alphabet, which are written X (Chi) and Φ (Phi).
The pair are known as the Starseed Gardeners, or the Garden Crystal Senshi, and watch over the starseeds that are kept in the gardens around Galaxia's palace. They serve as messengers for Galaxia, overseeing her other servants and reporting on their actions. Sailor Phi first appears in Act 45, reporting Sailor Aluminum Siren's failure. Sailor Chi appears later, in Act 48.
Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi are responsible for the deaths of all three Sailor Starlights, Princess Kakyuu, and probably many others. They are defeated by Eternal Sailor Moon in Act 49, but not before they greatly increase Sailor Galaxia's power.
The two have similar outfits; Chi's is green, bares her midriff, and ends in a long skirt slit to the thighs. Phi's is red, covers her midriff, and ends in pants. Each carries a staff with a sun symbol on top of it, which they can use to fight. Sailor Phi also uses an attack called Galactica Plants Blizzard.
In the musicals they use a group attack with the Sailor Theta called Galactica Cry and one with Theta and Buttress and MC Fly called Sailor Galactica Attack. Their costumes are also altered to be completely different from their manga counterparts and to match Sailor Theta. In each of their musical appearances, they, along with Sailor Theta were Galaxia's lowest ranked followers. They were dressed almost identical and were rarely given any dialogue. They received their orders from the other members of Shadow Galactica. There was no indication that they had a special role as Star Gardeners.
In the musicals Sailor Phi's outfit had green highlights and she had orange hair, while Sailor Chi's outfit had red highlights and she had green hair.
Sailor Chi has been portrayed on stage by Ado Endoh, Sachiko Akimoto, and Mari Yasuda. Sailor Phi has been portrayed by Kaori Ishikawa, Rieko Akimoto, and Mika Komura.
[edit] Sailor Theta
Sailor Theta, only appears in several of the Sailor Moon musicals and does not appear in the anime or manga. She is a servant of Galaxia always seen accompanying Sailors Phi and Chi and, like them, is named after a Greek letter (Theta, written Θ). Theta disguises herself as a student or a backup dancer for the Three Lights (depending on the musical) in order to observe the Sailor Senshi and eventually attacks them with her partners. Theta does not have an individual attack, instead only shouting Sailor Galactica Attack and Galactica Cry alongside Phi and Chi. Theta is eventually killed by Galaxia herself, along with Phi and Chi, for being too weak.[citation needed] Like the other musical-exclusive characters, nothing of her origin is revealed. The three of them have more than one uniform, dependent on the musical.
She did not appear in the 12th musical, which was also based on the Sailor Stars series - she and the others were replaced instead by the Shitennou.
Sailor Theta has been played by Yūko Matsumoto and Ado Endoh.
[edit] Sailor Buttress
Sailor Buttress (セーラー・バトレス Sērā Batoresu?) only appears in one of the Sailor Moon musicals (specifically, Sailor Stars). By definition, buttresses are decorative supports for buildings, and Sailor Buttress functions the same way to Galaxia. She is Galaxia's adviser,[2] and gives orders to the Animamates, MC Fly, and Chi, Phi, and Theta. She also announces Galaxia's entry, functioning as a herald.
Her costume is very similar to Galaxia's, made of black, leathery material instead of golden metal, and she carries a metal fan. Her red hair is done up in the same fashion as Galaxia's, without the warrior-knot on top. Because of both these facts, she bears a striking resemblance to Galaxia's fully possessed form from the anime, sans wings, with a normal complexion (instead of grey), and retaining the golden bracelets. Nothing of her origin is revealed, although her wearing of the bracelets implies that she no longer has a starseed.
She had no attack of her own, but instead shouted Sailor Galactica Attack alongside the other members of the Galactica. She is the only member other than Galaxia not to take on a civilian identity in the musical.
Sailor Buttress was portrayed by Shiori Seki.
[edit] MC Fly
MC Fly was a male servant of Galaxia, who led a trio of insect-based villains: Shadow Mantis (Sailor Phi), Shadow Bug (Sailor Chi), and Shadow Bee (Sailor Theta). He only appeared in the Sailor Moon Sailor Stars musical and its revised edition. He appeared first as the Master of Ceremonies (hence his name) for a school talent competition, clad in a Phantom of the Opera styled outfit. His true form was that of a fly-man, with antenna on his head and wings. He could shapeshift and took the form of Endymion to fight Tuxedo Mask. After the Sailor Moon Sailor Stars musical, the bug theme was dropped.
He does not have an attack of his own, but he does perform Sailor Galactica Attack alongside the rest of Shadow Galactica.
He was portrayed by Ryuuji Kasahara, who later played Kyaosu.
[edit] Kyaosu
Kyaosu ( Kyaosu?, or "Chaos") is another male servant of Galaxia who only appears in the Eien Densetsu Sailor Moon musical. He is portrayed as the comic relief, often being bullied by Sailors Phi, Chi, and Theta. He disguises himself as the director of a school play that the younger Senshi are starring in and also poses as the Three Lights' manager. In an amusing addition, as director he worked for "Banzai," a parody of Bandai, who sponsored the musicals at the time. His true form has multicolored streamers attached to a mohawk; he wears a black leather biker jacket and pants, exposing his chest.
He is weak - Rei Hino in civilian form is able to beat him up after he works with the other Shadow Galactica members to frame Rei for a crime. Later on in the musical, he makes a deal to assist Sailor Moon, taking her and the Starlights to the Galaxy Cauldron and promising to save a Senshi from death (he saves Sailor Mercury).
However, after Galaxia's defeat, Kyaosu reveals himself to be Chaos. With his power sealed inside Galaxia, he was forced to inhabit a weak physical shell. After Moon purged his energy from the Golden Senshi, however, he regains his full strength and once more threatens to destroy the galaxy. He is defeated when all the Senshi - including a revived Galaxia - combine their powers.
He was portrayed by Ryuuji Kasahara.
[edit] Other members
In the manga, Tuxedo Mask and the Sailor Team are revived by Galaxia and forced into her service. While under her control, they battle Eternal Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, and Sailor ChibiChibi with evil "Galactica" versions of their normal attacks. They attack in turn and together, injuring Sailor Moon and breaking her wings before she finally destroys their bracelets. They are reduced to ash, but their Sailor Crystals hang in the air briefly before Galaxia reclaims them.
In the anime, Galaxia frees Queen Nehellenia from the seal and encourages her to take her revenge by unleashing a nightmare upon the "people of the White Moon". Galaxia provides her with the Black Mirror to aid her in her plans. After dragging Mamoru into her nightmare dimension, she captures all the Sailor Soldiers, and after being confronted by a powerless Usagi, her tragic past is revealed. However, Nehellenia is ultimately redeemed by their forgiveness, and reborn as a small child around Chibiusa's physical age. She is referred to as "Queen" even at this age, and she only remembers everything as a bad dream. It is not revealed until the final few episodes that Galaxia contracted Nehellenia into her service for the sole purpose of forcing Sailor Saturn to reawaken her Senshi powers, as at the time Hotaru was merely an infant.
In the anime, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune willingly join her so that they can "remain together forever." Shortly afterwards they kill Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn. While they initially lead Eternal Sailor Moon and the Starlights to believe that they are under Galaxia's control, their act is just a ruse to get close enough to Galaxia to kill her. When she orders them to take the Starseeds of Sailor Moon and the Starlights, they turn on her and attempt to take her starseed instead. However, because Galaxia no longer has her starseed, their sneak attack fails and she removes their bracelets. They die holding each others hand moments later.
In the musicals, Galaxia often resurrects old Sailor Moon villains to join her other servants. Queen Beryl is the one most frequently brought back and she works with Galaxia in Eien Densetsu, its revised edition, and Shin Densetsu Kourin. The Amazon Trio are made members in Shin Densetsu Kourin. Beryl's Shitennou are revived alongside her in Starlights - Ryuusei Densetsu and Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin - The Second Stage Final.
[edit] Phage
The term phage (ファージ fāji?) is used only in the anime. It describes any monster of the week created by a Sailor Animamate. When a person's starseed is extracted, his or her body becomes a sort of parody Senshi (gender being retained). They change shape based on their dominant personality trait or hobby, and take on exaggerated mannerisms and names such as "Sailor Guts", "Sailor Teacher", or "Sailor Antique".
Each of them is abandoned when the Animamate discovers that the victim has a "blank" — a "normal" starseed. After fighting the Phage, Eternal Sailor Moon has the power to restore them to their normal forms. In the anime Princess Kakyuu is said to have this power as well.[3]
Phage do not exist in the manga or musicals.
[edit] Music
Only Galaxia and the Animamates (excluding Heavy Metal Papillon) appear in the anime, and only the former has any music of her own. Appearing with them in the stage musicals are Phi, Chi, Theta, Buttress, MC Fly, and Kyaosu, who do not have any individual songs. Instead, they perform background vocals for their Queen in the song "Galaxia Gorgeous".
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Twin Towers - Detailed Lethe and Mnemosyne site
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