| Sakura Wars: The Animation | |
| Ja Kanji: | 新サクラ大戦 the Animation |
| Ja Romaji: | Shin Sakura Taisen: Ji Animēshon |
| Genre: | Adventure, science fiction[1] |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Manabu Ono |
| Music: | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio: | Sanzigen |
| Network: | Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| First: | April 3, 2020 |
| Last: | June 19, 2020 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
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Sakura Wars: The Animation is a Japanese anime television series directed by Manabu Ono, written by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata, and animated by Sanzigen. Co-produced by Sega, Sammy and Tencent Japan, under the name SAKURA PROJECT, it is based on the setting and story of the 2019 video game Sakura Wars, and takes place after the events of the game. Set in 1941, the series follows the adventures of Seijuro Kamiyama and the Imperial Combat Revue. The series ran on Tokyo MX and BS11 from April 3 to June 19, 2020 and is streamed in North America by Funimation. It is scheduled to be released in four Blu-ray and DVD compilations by Pony Canyon, with the first two being released on June 17, 2020. In Asia-Pacific, the series is licensed by Medialink and released on Ani-One YouTube channel.[2]
Sakura Wars the Animation is set in a fictionalized version of 1941 (one year after the events of the video game) during the Taishō era and follows the adventures of the Imperial Combat Revue, a military unit dedicated to fighting supernatural threats against Tokyo while maintaining their cover as a theater troupe. With its captain Seijuro Kamiyama absent, Sakura Amamiya temporarily assumes command. Following an incident in Europe, Kamiyama takes a young Russian girl named Klara M. Ruzhkova and leaves her in the Flower Division's care. However, Moscow Combat Revue captain Valery Kaminski is sent to Tokyo to retrieve Klara and the Flower Division must stop him.
| Character | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | English | |
| Seijuro Kamiyama | Yōhei Azakami | Ian Sinclair |
| Sakura Amamiya | Ayane Sakura | Cherami Leigh |
| Hatsuho Shinonome | Maaya Uchida | Amber Lee Connors |
| Azami Mochizuki | Hibiku Yamamura | Sarah Wiedenheft |
| Anastasia Palma | Ayaka Fukuhara | Stephanie Young |
| Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake | Saori Hayami | Amanda Gish |
| Sumire Kanzaki | Michie Tomizawa | Michelle Ruff |
| Komachi Oba | Ryōko Shiraishi | Tia Ballard |
| Kaoru Rindo | Yui Ishikawa | Monica Rial |
| Reiji Shiba | Tomokazu Sugita | Zeno Robinson |
| Itsuki Saijo | Mayu Yoshioka | Alexis Tipton |
| Hiromi Hongo | Haruka Terui | Caitlin Glass |
| Hakushu Murasame | Miyuki Sawashiro | Luci Christian |
| Yui Huang | Sumire Uesaka | Kate Bristol |
| Arthur | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Stephen Fu |
| Lancelot | Manami Numakura | Felecia Angelle |
| Elise | Nana Mizuki | Emily Neves |
| Klara M. Ruzhkova | Misaki Watada | Lindsay Seidel |
| Leyla M. Ruzhkova | Haruka Shiraishi | Terri Doty |
| Valery Kaminski | Kenji Akabane | Aaron Dismuke |
| Natalia Ruzhkova | Mayuno Yasokawa | Jessica Cavanagh |