Team Angel

What is Team Angel?

Team Angel was a 1998 series concept made by Renaissance Atlantic and Bandai of America to Americanize Sailor Moon (in possibly the loosest fashion possible). It was found by Kotaku during the initial search for the Toonmakers Sailor Moon pilot from before Sailor Moon was released in the States. Later on, Ray Mona would find the original series treatment for Team Angel, which I will be using as my base. However, I won't be following the 1998 treatment to a T.

The Characters

Character profiles are not yet finished.

Rosalyn

Lyla

Delphine

Celeste

Persephone

Queen Angela

Malvina + Flea and Jelly

The Revival Plot

Team Angel is about four angelic maidens from the planet Zera, who are tasked with protecting earth from their queen Angela's evil sister Melvina. Melvina lives on the dark side of the moon with her incompetent shape-shifting henchmen Flea and Jelly (formerly Flotsam and Jetsam in the pitch). Flea and Jelly have the power to influence human emotions (at a limited capacity).

Queen Angela has a fascination with earth, and she sees immense potential in its people. Along with this potential, she also sees the earth's troubles. Malvina, never missing an opportunity to destroy something her sister loves and seize control, is devoted to eliminating all happiness on earth and having control over its lifeless remnants.

Queen Angela, wanting only the best for the people of Earth, hand-picks four maidens of Zera. She gifts them with Stardust Angel Power to repel the black magic used by Malvina. The girls are given a mentor and caretaker in the shape-shifting Persephone, who takes the form of a Zeritian creature called a Cheriphus and has an irish accent. Queen Angela sends the girls to earth periodically to learn the ways of humans and how to deal with their issues, but at every sundown, they're brought back to their base at Zera with Persephone to practice their magic. They have the ability to disguise themselves as people on earth, as well as blend in with scenery when in a bind.

The girls are alerted by Queen Angela (in the magic crystals in their earrings on Earth, and in their magical Courtyard pond on Zera) when high amounts of Malvina's dark magic have been detected or when a human is having a difficult time, and are given temporary powers to deal with the issue. They get to earth from the Crystal Cave on Zera. They have a limited amount of time to do their job, and after that, their powers rapidly get weaker and weaker. When the magic completely wears off, and they're teleported back to Zera. The time it takes depends on the mission, but it cannot be changed after it's set. After a successful mission, they leave behind a crystal star. They can't quite channel Angel Stardust Power at its full capacity yet and often fail horribly during their missions. Despite these failures, Queen Angela still holds her full faith in them and is eternally supportive of the girls' magic journey.

At the start, the girls are reluctant in their new positions. Their knowledge of Earth is very limited, and they know how powerful Malvina is. They aren't quite sure they'll be able to defeat Malvina, but they'll sure as heck try.

Years earlier, Queen Angela sent her son Prince Thaddeus (formerly Theo in the original pitch) to earth on a mission similar to that of Team Angel, but due to the lack of safety measures and limits placed on his magic, he ended up stuck on earth without his magic powers. He seeks out the girls after hearing of their many deeds and helps them when they're in trouble. Him and Delphine begin to form a romantic connection.

The Magic/Abilities

Each girl has an individual Power or enhancement that's fuelled by their Angel Stardust Power.

Lyla has a luminous bubble ring, which can trap (small) enemies or pop into a bucket's worth of water to dunk on an enemy (the amount of water depends on the bubble size, and she sometimes uses a smaller bubble just to get someone's attention).

Delphine has high-speed rollerskates which grant her super speed when she's rolling.

Celeste is given the ability to call animals to her assistance and fly about 20 feet (6 meters) into the air similar to a bird. She also has a pair of glasses she can put on to see through Malvina's disguises.

Rosalyn is given enhanced stamina, strength, and durability. This, however, doesn't make her at Superman's levels of strength and invincibility. She still has a limit.

Along with permanent magic items like Lyla's bubble ring and Celeste's glasses, there's occasionally items sent remotely from Queen Angela like a wand to deliver a final blow. These take a lot of energy to send to earth, which tends to weaken the bridge between Earth and Zera (as well as Queen Angela herself), so Queen Angela doesn't do this often. Doing it too much could risk Team Angel possibly being trapped on Earth as powerless mortals forever or Queen Angela becoming unwell.

Malvina often tries to take the magical items away since they contain Angel Stardust Power, which she wants in order to strengthen her dark magic and manipulation.

They have Rainbow Riders that they use to safely land on earth from the Crystal Cave, although these disintegrate upon coming into contact with the floor.

The Settings and Surroundings

The girls stay in a small building on Zera in the large courtyard behind Queen Angela's castle. In the center is an atrium that has interconnected rooms attached to it. There are rooms dedicated to the arts and the atrium in the very center houses their magical crystal pond they watch earth from. Music is a cornerstone of Zeritian culture, so there's at least a few small instruments in every room, although the arts room is where most bigger instruments are stored.

There's a library/bedroom, a washroom/spa, a ballet room/gym, and an arts room.

On Earth, they often just go where they're needed and don't stay in one specific town or city.

The Changes

While I love the original concept to bits- that's why I even wanted to do this in the first place- I also understand why exactly it was canned. While the main factor of its rejection was most definitely the fact that the idea was plain unnecessary, I also see in the initial pitch that a lot of things wouldn't work. I do believe if the series had gotten further in development, those things would be ironed out, but that's just not what happened. So now I'm doing whatever this is, lol.

Individual Media Links:

💖Revival Media💖

Art Archive

💖1998 Concept💖

Theme song

Kotaku Initial discovery

Ray Mona script leak

Rosalyn is the unofficial leader of Team Angel. She takes charge and gets the best performance out of everyone with her skillful direction, which is one of the factors that got her chosen for Team Angel.

She often acts as the spokesperson for the group due to her diplomatic abilities and has an interest in hand-to-hand combat, which she uses to her advantage. Many of the others rely on her to solve their problems, as well as settle their disputes. Her personality is stoic, and she doesn't tend to show much emotion a majority of the time. At times, she appears to be on autopilot during battle, completely locked in.

While she outwardly seems to have everything together, she can't seem to let herself relax for even a moment. She takes the team's losses the hardest, at times begging Queen Angela for forgiveness. She gets regularly frustrated at Delphine, who she thinks doesn't take their mission seriously. The others admire Rosalyn's grace and dedication to their cause.

She has the notable addition of soft bottoms on her shoes due to her combat abilities.

June 2021

Original Logo

Delphine concept art (name now outdated)

Lyla concept art (name now outdated)

Earlier 2024

Celeste concept art and base (name now outdated)

March 2024

PNGs of the girls used for bio graphics, Rosalyn's remains unfinished. (I'm not gonna finish inking and coloring Rosalyn's because I'm already working on new art work, as I was unsatisfied with the previous ones.)

The reason why I can't use these anymore is because I'm doing a full stylistic overhaul, and these would be almost unrecognizable from the final product.

June 2024

Head bases, which also have a variation with oppositely positioned eyes. I do plan on using these for future concept arts.

Delphine is....Delphine. Known by her friends as Del. She likes being the center of attention and is impulsive and reckless. Her motto in life is "let's move it!" And she doesn't like being in the same place for too long. She often gets on Lyla's nerves and regularly gets the other girls into trouble.

She's very outgoing and full of energy, often pulling random people into her messes and somehow subsequently making them her friends.

She has a sharp wit and doesn't like doing things she doesn't have to. She often acts like a "not like other girls" girl. She struggles with remembering dates or obligations and wishes she could be responsible in the way Rosalyn is.

She was chosen to be in Team Angel for her energy and her reputation for taking risks.

Delphine has the unique addition of rollerskates on her boots.

Her star signifies that she doesn’t really have a role in Team Angel.

This was her original description in the 1998 treatment.

(I could not get a full screenshot of her description, so part of it is written from Ray Mona's narration.)

DELPHINE ("DEL") is the life of the party. Her existence is a whirlwind of fun. Impetuous and funny, she has no time for reflection. Her motto in life is, "Let's move it!"