“ | The time has come to instill hatred and greed into all living creatures in the universe. Queen Beryl, eliminate all beings who attempt to resist, and turn the world into complete darkness! | „ |
~ Queen Metalia to Queen Beryl. |
Queen Metalia is a major antagonist in the Sailor Moon franchise, serving as the overarching antagonist of the first arc of the manga. She is a dark spirit and primordial evil who employes Queen Beryl and the Dark Kingdom to revive her and plans on conquering and rebuilding the world into a realm of darkness.
Portrayals[]
- In the original series, she was voiced by Noriko Uehara, who also voiced Kaorinite and Amanda Waller.
- In the DiC dub, she was voiced by Maria Vacratsis, who also voiced several monsters, including Morga, the monster in the first episode.
- In the Viz dub of the original series and the English dubbed version of Sailor Moon Crystal, she was voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, who also voiced various villains that include Cornelia li Britannia, Majorina, and Arihnda Pryce.
- In Sailor Moon Crystal, she was voiced by Yōko Matsuoka, who also voiced some monsters from the first Sailor Moon anime.
Appearance[]
Queen Metalia appears as an amorphous energy, but in the manga she takes on a more humanoid shape before becoming a gigantic cloud as she grows more powerful. In the anime, she has glowing yellow eyes and blue mouth. Her "heart" is located above her eyes and becomes bigger when she grows in size.
In the anime, after merging with Beryl, Metalia takes on a much larger and more imposing appearance of Beryl's usual self, standing atop a gigantic plum flower, and now having pale green skin, red eyes, and blue hair. She wore a red low cut dress with no sleeves and spiked shoulders and a purple gem in her forehead.
Personality[]
Queen Metalia is cunning, cruel and sadistic, enjoying inflicting pain and despair on her enemies. As expected from an embodiment of darkness, she often goes out of her way to corrupt others, taking advantage of their most hopeless situations.
Biography[]
Manga[]
Later revealed to be an incarnation of Chaos, Metalia came into being from abnormal activity within the sun. Soon afterwards, she reached Earth via a destructive meteor shower and bid her time until gaining an agent in a Earth Kingdom resident named Beryl. Metalia used Beryl to corrupt the residents of Earth, save Prince Endymion, to declare war on the Moon Kingdom to retrieve the Legendary Silver Crystal for her own intent to envelop the planet and spread herself across the cosmos. However, Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom then used the last of her strength to employ the Silver Crystal's power to seal Metalia within the ruins of the Earth Kingdom, now designated Point D in the Arctic.
However, Beryl reincarnated in present day and undid the seal on Metalia. While Beryl established her Dark Kingdom to gather energy from the humans to revive Metalia, the entity desired the Legendary Silver Crystal's power to fully resurrect. After Beryl's death, having used her power to revive Endymion as her thrall, Metalia had him bring both the Legendary Silver Crystal and the Moon Kingdom's sacred sword to her. It was only when Sailor Moon apparently committed the murder-suicide of herself and Endymion that Metalia made her move to absorb the manifested Silver Crystal. Metalia then took to the surface and proceeded to envelop the earth while having humanity turn on itself, overpowering the Sailor Guardians as they sacrificed themselves to awaken Sailor Moon as she and Endymion managed to break out of Metalia. Sailor Moon found herself unable to stop Metalia until Mamoru relays Kunzite's message to target the star-like diamond mark on Metalia's forehead. Sailor Moon then used the combined Moon Stick and Silver Crystal, along with the power of her Sailor Guardians and Mamoru, to deal the death blow that utterly destroys Metalia.
90s Anime[]
In the first anime, Metalia ended up in a red orb-like cocoon after being sealed by Queen Serenity with the Dark Kingdom seeking out various means to release her. After Beryl was mortally wounded by Tuxedo Mask, gaining enough energy, Metallia emerged from her cocoon and converted Beryl into her vessel. But ultimately, Metalia was destroyed by Sailor Moon assuming the form of Princess Serenity with the spirits of the Sailor Guardians giving her the strength to destroy the entity.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon[]
Queen Metalia appears in the live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon series, though she is depicted to have a symbiotic relation to Usagi whenever she uses the Legendary Silver Crystal. While Beryl kept Metalia under control for most of the series, the energies of the Silver Crystal cause Metalia to act freely through Putty-like Youma that eventually merge into vessel for Metalia's essence. After the Youma was destroyed, Endymion ends up becoming Metalia's host in an attempt to seal her away. Ultimately, Metalia ceased to be upon Endymion's death.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Metalia is notable for being the only major antagonist in the first anime to not be fought separately from the main antagonist at the end of the anime. In Sailor Moon R, Diamond sacrifices himself to save Sailor Moon from Wiseman, who is defeated by Sailor Moon and Chibiusa in the following episode. In Sailor Moon S, Germatoid is killed by Sailor Uranus, and in the following episode Hotaru overpowers Mistress 9, and later on in the episode Sailor Moon destroys Pharaoh 90. And in Sailor Moon Super S, Queen Nehelenia kills Zirconia and is fought in the next two episodes.
External Links[]
- Queen Metalia on the Sailor Moon Wiki.