Her senshi title, which maintains a metal theme of the Animates, occurs as bilingual paronomasia, swimming on the Japanese versus English R/L pronunciation -- "Lead Crow" can also become pronounced "Red Crow", reflecting her "Earth name" & her costume each. Her anonym, Karasuma Akane, match this, when "Karasuma" is from either "karasu", meaning "crow" [http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?H=PS&L=J&WC=none&fg=red&S=26&L=E&T=crow]; and "Akane" means "red" or "madder red" (madder being a plant-based dye and somewhat towards the warm or brown end of the spectrum).

She appeared in the Seramyu musical Ryuusei Densetsu (original and revised versions) when a share of the "Dancing Animamates" class action, using the title Manila Karasu.

In the manga, Leadcrow first appears within Work 45 at Hino Rei (Sailormars)'s temple to confront her fellow Coronians, Phobos & Deimos [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/3352/pg16.html] -- world health organization come actually a protector of the Princess of Mars & senshi themselves. Applying "Galactica Tornado", she succeeds around stealing their starseeds also when victims of Sailorvenus and Sailormars before Sailormoon destroys her with her "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss" attack.

Lone in the manga is it explained that Leadcrow won Galaxia's favour by stealing the starseed of her native planet's Senshi, Sailorcoronis. Coronis itself was after ruined. A anime implies she may use been Sailorcoronis herself, corrupted by Galaxia and enslaved by Galaxia's golden bracelets.

All told threesome media, Lead Crow is the leader & virtually all mighty of the Animates.

In the anime, Lead Crow made her appearance around Episode 182 as a partner of Aluminum Seiren's. Fallowing Aluminum Seiren was killed, she got to duel by owning Tin Nyanko for the same starseeds & was so flushed by her have trap around Episode 193 whilst Nyanko sabotagues Lead Crow's efforts.