What is Sailor Moon's IQ Score?

Sailor Moon has an IQ Score of 117/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 30/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 26/50 Educational Value, and 33/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Sailor Moon educational?

Sailor Moon is moderate on educational value, 26/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Sailor Moon , IQ Score 117/200

Sailor Moon has an IQ Score of 117/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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117/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Naoko Takeuchi's 1992 shōjo manga adapted by Toei Animation into a 200-episode anime that ran through 1997. The structural argument is that adolescent female friendship can carry the weight of cosmic-scale moral stakes, an argument shōjo storytelling had not made at that scale before.

The monster-of-the-week formula limits the cognitive ceiling, but the serialized arcs about identity loss (the R season's amnesia, the Stars season's deaths) earn a Competent ranking. The character design and Takanori Arisawa's score set the template every magical-girl series since has reckoned with.

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