Manga is basically a Japanese comic book or comic series almost always published in black and white. Some appear in monthly manga magazines such as Nakayoshi (meaning Good Friends). This magazine features shoujo which are stories directed at a female audience. Shonen manga is geared toward boys.

Pretty Girl Soldier Sailor Moon follows the magical story of a girl named Tsukino Usagi who, one day, encounters a strange talking cat named Luna. Luna tells her how to transform into the soldier of love and justice. Her mission is to fight together with her friends and allies against evil forces and to find the mystic Princess of the Moon. And so begins the making of a legend…

The Sailor Moon Comic book series was written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi as her third official comic book series. It was a spin-off of Code Name: Sailor V, featuring the first pretty suited-sailor soldier - Aino Minako. She would later join the cast as Sailor Venus. Sailor Moon first appeared in a magazine entitled Run-Run and was later featured in it's parent monthly magazine, Nakayoshi by Kodansha Comics. It began printing in Run-Run in Febuary of 1992 and completed its monthly edition in Nakayoshi in 1997.

The actual comic series is comprised of 18 tankoubon or volumes. Each volume is comprised of episodes or acts of the story. Other side stories to Sailor Moon were also published and featured separately in Run-Run such as Chibi-Usa's Picture Diary and the Lover of Princess Kaguya. Naoko also published six genga or artbooks filled with beautiful color images of the manga characters.