The Generals

Queen Beryl is served by four generals—Jedite, Nephrite, Zoicite and Kunzite. They used to be Endymion’s generals as well.

APPEARANCE

Anime: Jedite is blonde hair and blue-eyed. Nephrite has long brown hair. Kunzite has long white hair and blue eyes. Zoicite has long blonde hair and is a girl. It is important to stress that ONLY in the Western dub does Zoicite show up as a woman. The reason will be explained in the relationships section. All wear a gray suit with red trim, white gloves and black boots.

Live action: Jedite is blonde hair and blue-eyed, wearing the gray uniform, white gloves and black boots of the anime. Nephrite has red hair, in spikes, and wears a red uniform with a cape. Zoicite has long white hair and wears a white soldier’s uniform, complete with gloves. Kunzite has long black hair and his uniform is more of a traditional samurai’s.

Both Nephrite and Kunzite appear in the regular world looking like regular Japanese people.

POWERS

Anime: All the generals have the basic powers of creating monsters, stealing people’s energy and zapping. Zoicite also has a crystal that allows her to take the presence of the Rainbow Crystals and, by extension, the shadow monsters.

Live action: The generals have similar powers to their anime counterparts. However, some have more powers beyond this. Zoicite is a talented pianist and uses this to try and restore the Generals’ memories as well as Endymion’s. Kunzite also shows some magical powers as well—he is the one who turns Sailor Mercury evil.

PERSONALITY AND RELATIONSHIPS

Anime: Not much, they were evil minions. As Molly and Maxwell Stanton (Nephrite in disguise) grew closer, he did grow more human. He learned to care for someone else. In the end, he sacrificed himself for her and died happy. When they first appeared, both Zoicite and Kunzite served to antagonize the other generals. When they became the main generals, it was clear that while they wanted to get ahead, they had a bond. And here is why Zoicite suddenly became a girl. Zoicite and Kunzite were romantically involved. And we can’t have a same sex pair on TV in a show aimed for children.

And that is why Sailor Stars will NEVER air here in America.

Live action: Jedite is the minion who would follow Queen Beryl to the ends of the earth if need be. He also seems to be the youngest of the generals and admires the others. He is quiet but determined. Nephrite is the most volatile general. He is quick to anger and to lash out. He is more of a lone wolf but cannot stand to be seen less than worthy. He does come to rely on Motoki and Ami, showing feelings for the latter. Zoicite is the most peaceful of the four. He is more interested in playing his music than destruction. He focuses on Mamoru as his master and is the most loyal to him. He is the most merciful of the four as well.

Kunzite is the most treacherous. He has no loyalties to Beryl or Endymion, especially as he blames the latter for the destruction of Earth. In flashbacks, it shows that he was the closest to Endymion and cared for the others like brothers (though the fact that his memories of the destruction always feature a close up on a dead Zoicite doesn’t help considering their relationship in the anime). In the end, he sacrifices himself to break free of Beryl’s control but returns to Endymion’s service.

PLOT CHANGES

Well, the fact that the generals can’t die is certainly different from the anime where three out of the four do. (Jedite is only encased in ice. He could conceivably come back). The romance with Naru is cut from the live action series, though Nephrite does have moments with Ami. Kunzite and Zoicite’s relationship is completely written out as well.