<p>At least in the examples you've given, the letter helps differentiate a sequel show, or later season, from the original.</p>

<p>For example, the original <em>Dragon Ball</em> was followed by <em>Dragon Ball Z</em>, then <em>Dragon Ball GT</em>, then it gets complicated but they remade Z in a condensed form as <em>Dragon Ball Z Kai</em> and now there's <em>Dragon Ball Super</em>.</p>

<p>For <em>Sailor Moon</em>, the seasons after the first were <em>Sailor Moon R</em>, <em>Sailor Moon S</em>, <em>Sailor Moon SuperS</em> and <em>Sailor Stars</em>.</p>

<p>It's related to the practice of adding punctuation marks to a show's name to indicate later seasons, as discussed <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/46338/what-is-meaning-of-colon-in-nisekoi-second-season-name/46364#46364">in this answer</a> with examples like <em>Working!!</em> to <em>Working'!!</em> to <em>Working!!!</em>.</p>

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<p>I've frequently noticed in anime seasons the title of a series or film will have an English letter at the end of the title (for example: Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon S)- what is the significance of the letter?</p>

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English letters in anime titles
# English letters in anime titles
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-04-30
I've frequently noticed in anime seasons the title of a series or film will have an English letter at the end of the title (for example: Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon S)- what is the significance of the letter?
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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-01. Score: 4
At least in the examples you've given, the letter helps differentiate a sequel show, or later season, from the original.

For example, the original *Dragon Ball* was followed by *Dragon Ball Z*, then *Dragon Ball GT*, then it gets complicated but they remade Z in a condensed form as *Dragon Ball Z Kai* and now there's *Dragon Ball Super*.

For *Sailor Moon*, the seasons after the first were *Sailor Moon R*, *Sailor Moon S*, *Sailor Moon SuperS* and *Sailor Stars*.

It's related to the practice of adding punctuation marks to a show's name to indicate later seasons, as discussed [in this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/46338/what-is-meaning-of-colon-in-nisekoi-second-season-name/46364#46364) with examples like *Working!!* to *Working'!!* to *Working!!!*.
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