Much to fans delight, the official 20th Anniversary Site for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon has been updated with the very first information for the new series on the horizon. What information has been found so far? Hit the jump for more!

The new Sailor Moon anime is entitled “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.” With the image came some new information.

The story’s synopsis is listed as follows:

Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.

Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold….

Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?

Producer Atsutoshi Umezawa, known for his work on the Pretty Cure franchise, has said that Crystal “is not remaking the previous anime, but adapting the original manga and starting from scratch again.”

Munehisa Sakai, known for his work on One Piece, One Piece: Strong World, and Suite Precure, is the director of this adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s original manga at Toei Animation, the studio responsible for the original anime. Yūji Kobayashi (scripts on Saint Seiya Omega and Smile Precure!) is in charge of the series’ scripts, and Momoiro Clover Z will be performing the theme song. Yukie Sako (chief animation director on Majestic Prince) will serve as the character designer and Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippūden, Fairy Tail, Precure franchise) is the composer. The art directors are Takashi Kurahashi (Mononoke, Gatchaman Crowds, Hakaba Kitarō) and Yumi Hosaka (Mononoke, Gatchaman Crowds). King Records is producing the soundtrack.

Arguably more importantly, the image says that Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal will premiere in July and will stream simultaneously worldwide on the Niconico website. If the series will be subtitled for it’s international stream is unknown.

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon was launched in the Shojo magazine Nakayoshi in 1992, and immediately became a hit in Japan, spawning anime, a Tokusatsu project, musicals, and many other adaptions, including the imfamous English Dub. The 20th anniversary project started in 2012, and featured the first musical in eight years at the AiiA Theater Tokyo last September. Kodansha Comics has been republishing the complete Manga series since November, and Kodansha USA is doing the same for the US.

While the cast was already revealed, the date and distribution method were previously unknown. This is great news for international fans, as now they will have a legal way to view the show. Are you excited for the return of Sailor Moon? Let us know in the comments what you think so far.