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サクラ大戦 Sakura Wars

Tag refers to any image referencing this multimedia steampunk mecha/romance/musical franchise. It was created by Ouji Hiroi and is his most well known work. He was inspired by a performance of the play Shanghai Rhapsody in 1990 that he found spectacular and he spent the next few years developing his idea of a similarly theatrical experience that evolved into the franchise's origin. It began as a tactical RPG/visual novel video game that was released on September 27, 1996 for the Sega Saturn, combining strategy RPG style steampunk mecha battles, visual novel segments that develop the cast's relationships The game was directed by Ito Tomoyuki and Takeuchi Yasushi. The story was written by Akahori Satoru and the characters were designed by Fujishima_Kousuke and Matsubara_Hidenori. Besides its theatrical inspirations, the game's style is heavily anime-inspired, complete with some anime cutscenes. Its soundtrack, which was an intentional throwback to musical theater and popular music of the 1920s, was composed by famed anime soundtrack composer Tanaka Kouhei. The team of Ouji, Fujishima, Akahori, and Tanaka worked on the five main installments of the franchise before the series was revived in 2019 with Shin Sakura Taisen.

The series is set in an alternate 1923, Japan, the Taisho period. However, this Taisho differs from the real life Taisho with the presence of demons and highly advanced steampunk technology developed to combat against them. At the forefront of the war against demonic influences are the Combat Revues, a troupe of female mecha pilots/stage actors, who inspire people through their performances and defend them with their psychic-powered mechs. The player plays as Oogami Ichiro, a male Navy Ensign who is assigned to lead the Flower Division Imperial Combat Revue and help them develop into a powerful team.

The franchise was immensely successful in Japan and the original games were one major reason why the Sega Saturn sold so well there. The franchise spread to other mediums, including anime, manga, and stage plays. During casting, Oji sought seiyuu who could both convincingly voice act and sing in the studios and do the same on stage, just like their characters. The franchise's story is also spread across these various mediums and most of the anime installments are actually canon stories that supplement the games as opposed to straight adaptations.

Main Games:
Sakura Taisen 1996
Sakura_Taisen_II 1998
Sakura_Taisen_III 2001
Sakura_Taisen_IV 2002
Sakura_Taisen_V 2005
Shin_Sakura_Taisen 2019

Game spinoffs:
Hanagumi Taisen Columns
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2
Sakura Taisen GB
Sakura Taisen GB 2
Sakura Taisen: In Hot Blood (remake of 1st game)
Sakura Taisen Story Mysterious Paris
Dramatic Dungeon: Sakura Taisen — Because You Were There
Sakura Revolution Blooming Maidens

1st game's Cast:

Flower Division of Imperial Combat Revue:
Oogami_Ichirou
Shinguuji_Sakura
Kanzaki_Sumire
Tachibana_Maria
Iris_Chateaubriand
Ri_Kouran
Kirishima_Kanna

Imperial Combat Revue Staff:
Yoneda_Ikki
Fujieda_Ayame

Hive of Darkness:
Tenkai
Aoi_Satan
Crimson_Miroku
Silver_Rasetsu
Jade_Setsuna

Three Knights of Twilight:
Inoshishi
Shika
Cho

Other Supporting:
Amamiya_Tekkan
Amamiya_Hinata

Crossover:
Project_x_Zone
Super_Robot_Wars



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Last updated: 09/07/21 3:13 AM by jojosstand
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