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Sakura Wars (OAV)

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©1997 SEGA/BANDAI VISUAL/ANIMATE FILM ©RED1997 


 
Alternative title:
La Guerra de Sakura (Spanish) 
Sakura Taisen (Japanese) 
Sakura Taisen: Ouka Kenran (Japanese) 
Sakura Wars: The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms 
サクラ大戦 桜華絢爛 (Japanese) 
櫻花大戰 櫻華絢爛 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: action , science fiction 
Themes: mecha , real robot 
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: The year is around the 1920s and the darkness of the demons have arrived. Now, only the people with large amounts of spirit energy can save the Earth. The Flower Division is now going to be sent out destroy the demons for they're our only hope for survival with their new steam-powered machines and unique fighting techniques. 
User Ratings: 311 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:6)
 Very good: 58 votes (sub:35, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1)
 Good: 89 votes (sub:59, dub:24, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 54 votes (sub:36, dub:15, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:22, dub:8, ?:2)
 Not really good: 24 votes (sub:16, dub:6, ?:2)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 800 users, rank: #1509 (of 10059)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.286 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9425, rank: #6768 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 6.290 (Decent+), rank: #6683 (of 10234) (seen all: 6.40 / seen some: 5.24 / won't finish: 4.77)
Bayesian estimate: 6.337 (Decent+), rank: #6012 (of 7688)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 4 
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1997-12-18
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan" by Chisa Yokoyama & The Teikoku Kagekidan 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Watashi no Aozora" by Ai Orikasa (eps 1-3) 
#2: "Hanasaku Otome" by The Teikoku Kageki-dan (ep 4) 
Insert song:
"Kanpan Fura Fura" (甲板フラフラ; Wondering on the Deck) by Akio Suyama (eps 1-2) 
"Omatsuri Dance" (お祭りダンス; Festival Dance) by Chisa Yokoyama (ep 3) 
"Sakura" (さくら) by Chisa Yokoyama (ep 2) 
Official website:
Sakura-Taisen.com (Japanese) 
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Sakura Wars VHS (Jan 1, 1970)
News: Show:
ADV Films UK Acquisitions (Nov 27, 2003)
New AX Tokyo Guests (Oct 10, 2003)
Unannounced Release Dates (Feb 20, 2003)
ACen 2003 Guests of Honor (Aug 14, 2002)
Anime USA Guest List (Jul 22, 2002)
AnimeFringe: April 2002 (Apr 2, 2002)
ADV at AX (Jul 7, 2001)
Japanese Anime Dates (Sep 26, 2000)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Sakura Wars (DVD) 1999-10-26 (from $39.72)
    Sakura Wars - [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) 2004-10-26 (from $79.99)
    Sakura Wars - OVA Collection (DVD 1-3) 2003-05-06 (from $44.00)
VHS
    Sakura Wars (Dub.VHS) 1998-11-11
    Sakura Wars (Sub.VHS) 1998-11-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takaaki Ishiyama 
Series Composition: Satoru Akahori 
Screenplay: Hiroyuki Kawasaki (eps 1-4) 
Storyboard:
Kouno Kamori (ep 3) 
Takaaki Ishiyama (eps 1, 4) 
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 2) 
Episode Director:
Hideki Takayama (ep 4) 
Tatsuya Ishihara (ep 3) 
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 2) 
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (ep 1) 
Music: Kōhei Tanaka 
Original creator: Ouji Hiroi 
Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani 
Animation Director:
Masakuni Kaneko (ep 4) 
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 2) 
Shinichi Yoshino (ep 1) 
Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 3) 
Mecha design: Futoshi Nagata 
Sound Director: Toshio Sato 
Director of Photography:
Mitsunobu Yoshida (ep 4) 
Toshiaki Yamaguchi (eps 1-3) 
Executive producer:
Kenichi Satō (SEGA Enterprises) 
Shigeru Watanabe (Bandai Visual) 
Yutaka Takahashi (Animate Film) 
Producer:
Emi Sasaki (SEGA) 
Kazumi Kawashiro (Bandai Visual) 
Masaki Sawanobori 
Yasuaki Nagoshi (eps 2-4) 

Animation producer:
Hiroshi Nomura 
Motoki Ueda 
Assistant Animation Director:
Seiki Tanaka (ep 1) 
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (ep 1) 
Assistant producer:
Kōji Yoritsune (Animate film) 
Tōru Kubo (Red Company) 
Background Art:
Eiko Sawada (eps 1-2) 
Etsuko Nakashōji (eps 1-2, 4) 
Fumie Nuibe (eps 2, 4) 
Harumi Yoneda (eps 1-2, 4) 
Hiroshi Igaki (ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (eps 1-2, 4) 
Joji Unoguchi (ep 3) 
Kazunari Roppongi (eps 1-2, 4) 
Kazuo Ebisawa (ep 3) 
Kumiko Takahashi (ep 4) 
Masako Nagata (ep 1) 
Misa Takazuka (ep 3) 
Noboru Yoshida (ep 1) 
Nobuhiro Ōtsuka (eps 1-2, 4) 
Ryōko Ina (ep 1) 
Sayaka Hirahara (ep 1) 
Takumi Honma (ep 3) 
Toshihide Kawana (eps 1-2, 4) 
Yasuhisa Isobe (ep 3) 
Yoshikazu Fukutome (ep 1) 
Yuki Nomura (eps 1-2, 4) 
Yukie Abe (ep 4) 
Color Coordination:
Eiko Nishi (ep 4) 
Kazuko Omura (ep 2) 
Kiyomi Inoue (ep 1) 
Naomi Ishida (ep 3) 
Color design:
Kiyomi Inoue 
Maki Tanaka (eps 2-4) 
In-Between Animation:
Atsuko Takahashi (ep 1) 
Aya Satō (ep 3) 
Ayako Okamoto (ep 1) 
Chizu Takanuki (ep 2) 
Emi Kaneko (ep 2) 
Genichirō Kondō (ep 1) 
Hajime Nishiyama (ep 1) 
Hitoshi Saiku (ep 1) 
Isako Higashino (ep 3) 
Kaori Furukawa (ep 3) 
Mariko Ueno (ep 3) 
Masanori Komatsu (ep 2) 
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 1) 
Ryōko Mabune (ep 3) 
Takako Hasegawa (ep 2) 
Takashi Isomatsu (ep 4) 
Takeshi Ōkoshi (ep 1) 
Yumiko Hashi (ep 3) 
Yuriko Yoshizawa (ep 4) 
In-Between Check:
Ayako Okamoto (ep 1) 
Chitose Nakamine (ep 3) 
Yasuyuki Suzuki (ep 2) 
Insert Song Arrangement:
Akifumi Tada ("Kanpan Fura Fura") 
Masami Kishimura ("Sakura", "Omatsuri Dance") 
Insert Song Composition: Kōhei Tanaka 
Insert Song Lyrics: Ouji Hiroi 
Insert Song Performance:
Akio Suyama 
Chisa Yokoyama 
Music Selection: Yutaka Gōda 
Orchestra Conductor: Kōhei Tanaka 
Photography:
Aiko Itō (eps 1-3) 
Hideo Suzuki (eps 1-3) 
Hiroshi Isakawa (eps 1-3) 
Kazuya Hoshi (ep 4) 
Masaaki Fujita (eps 1-3) 
Masao Ōnuki (ep 4) 
Ryo Shimada (ep 1) 
Shōichi Komuro (ep 1) 
Takamitsu Sera (ep 4) 
Yoshimi Suzuki (ep 4) 
Production producer:
Atsushi Sugita (Bandai Visual) 
Nagateru Katō (Animate film) 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Special Effects:
Makoto Nishiyama (ep 2) 
Masayuki Nakajima (ep 4) 
Takashi Maekawa (ep 1) 
Supervision: Satoru Akahori 
Theme Song Arrangement: Takayuki Negishi 
Theme Song Composition:
Kōhei Tanaka 
Ouji Hiroi 
Theme Song Lyrics: Ouji Hiroi 
Chisa Yokoyama as Sakura Shinguji 

Ai Orikasa as Ayame Fujieda 
Kumiko Nishihara as Iris Chateaubriand 
Mayumi Tanaka as Kanna Kirishima 
Michie Tomizawa as Sumire Kanzaki 
Urara Takano as Maria Tachibana 
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Ri Kohran 

Akemi Okamura as Kasumi Fujii 
Akiko Koike as townsperson (ep 3) 
Akimitsu Takase as townsperson (eps 3-4) 
Akio Suyama as Ichiro Ogami 
Atsushi Goto as Engineer Nagata (ep 1) 
Ayumi Kida as boy (ep 1) 
Chikao Ōtsuka as Tadayoshi Kanzaki (Sumire's Grandfather) 
Eiji Sekiguchi as young man (ep 4) 
Hiroaki Hirata as
commander (ep 3) 
serviceman (ep 4) 
Hiromichi Kogami as townsperson (eps 3-4) 
Hiroshi Yanaka as Aoi Satan 
Hiroyuki Yokoo as townsperson (eps 3-4) 
Hisako Kyōda as Katsura Shinguji (Sakura's Grandmother) 
Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Dictator guest 
Katsuhisa Hōki as Lord Tenkai 
Kazumi Okushima as boy (ep 1) 
Kenji Nomura as Ogami's senior (ep 1) 
Kinto Tamura as Gonji (eps 2-3) 
Kōichi Kitamura as Count Yoritsune Hanakouji 
Kyōko Hikami as Tsubaki Takamura 
Makoto Tsumura as boy (ep 1) 
Masako Ikeda as Wakana Shinguji (Sakura's Mother) 
Masaru Ikeda as Ikki Yoneda 
Michiko Satō as townsperson (ep 3) 
Mitsuaki Madono as Engineer Kaneko (ep 1) 
Mitsuo Iwata as Engineer Morita (ep 1) 
Mitsuru Ogata as imperial theater guest (ep 4) 
Nachi Nozawa as Kazuma Shinguji 
Ryūji Mizuno as pipe vendor (ep 1) 
Ryūji Saikachi as Go-jii (ep 1) 
Shigeru Ushiyama as fortune teller (ep 3) 
Shouto Kashii as townsperson (eps 3-4) 
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Rubbernecker Hachi (ep 3) 
Tarō Arakawa as
imperial theater guest (ep 4) 
secretary (ep 2) 
tale-seller (ep 3) 
Tesshō Genda as Saigo look-alike (ep 4) 
Tomie Kataoka as landlord 
Tomoko Hasegawa as townsperson (eps 3-4) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Rubbernecker Kuma (ep 3) 
Tōru Ōkawa as imperial theater guest (ep 4) 
Toshihiko Kojima as Chauffer Okamura (ep 1) 
Yasuyuki Kase as member (ep 3) 
Yuki Hamano as townsperson (ep 3) 
Yuki Masuda as Yuri Sakakibara 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Radix 
Animation Production Cooperation:
J.C.F. (ep 4) 
Kyoto Animation (ep 3) 
Mushi Production (ep 2) 
PIGGY (ep 1) 
Backgrounds:
Pak Production (ep 3) 
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production (eps 1-2, 4) 
Editing: Jay Film 
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory 
Finish Animation:
Ashi Productions (ep 4) 
E-cho (ep 4) 
Lee Production (ep 4) 
Light Foot (ep 1) 
Mushi Production (ep 2) 
Pak Production (eps 1-3) 
SHAFT (ep 2) 
Studio Argo (ep 4) 
Studio CATS (ep 2) 
Studio Peacock (ep 4) 
Sung San Production (ep 4) 
Wujin Kaizi Art Production (ep 2) 
In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions  (ep 4) 
E-cho  (ep 4) 
Lee Production  (ep 4) 
Magic Bus  (ep 2) 
Mugenkan  (ep 2) 
Mushi Production  (ep 2) 
Pak Production  (eps 1-3) 
Project 4  (ep 4) 
Radical Party  (ep 2) 
Studio Fantasia  (ep 3) 
Studio Jungle Gym  (ep 2) 
Studio Wanpack  (ep 2) 
Sung San Production  (ep 4) 
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 1) 
Zero-G  (ep 2) 
Key Animation: Nakamura Production (ep 4) 
Photography:
Mushi Production (eps 1-3) 
Studio Viola (ep 1) 
T. Nishimura (ep 4) 
Planning: Red Company 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Gary Dehan 
Art Director: Laura Attwell 
Project Translator: Keisuke Okamoto 
ADR Script:
Gary Dehan 
Jennifer Presto 
Executive producer:
John Ledford 
Mark Williams (OVA Collection & Essential Anime Collection) 
Producer:
Gary Dehan 
Janice Williams (Subbed VHS) 

5.1 Mix: Cesar Inserny (Essential Anime Collection) 
Additional Translation:
Masako Arakawa (Essential Anime Collection) 
Masako Hutts 
ADR Editor: Charles Campbell 
ADR Recording Engineer: Charles Campbell 
Audio Mixing: Paul Killam (eps 1-2) 
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley (OVA Collection) 
David Del Rio (OVA Collection & Essential Anime Collection) 
J. Michael Stovall (Essential Anime Collection) 
DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz (Essential Anime Collection) 
DVD Menu Design:
Colleen Corcoran (Essential Anime Collection) 
Hiroko Fukumori 
Patrick Givens (Essential Anime Collection) 
DVD Producer:
Sharon Papa 
Thomas Meerbott (Essential Anime Collection) 
Editing:
Bill Newton (Essential Anime Collection) 
David Grundy 
Neil O'Sullivan (Essential Anime Collection) 
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami 
Logo Design:
Andy Orjuela (VHS Vol. 1) 
Hiroko Fukumori (VHS, DVDs) 
Packaging Design:
Andy Orjuela (VHS Vol. 1) 
Colleen Corcoran (Essential Anime Collection) 
Dorothea Exis (OVA Collection) 
Hiroko Fukumori (VHS, 1999, 2004 DVDs) 
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas (Essential Anime Collection) 
Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii  (eps 3-4) 
Carole Pavlik (Essential Anime Collection) 
Kelly Jean Beard  (eps 3-4) 
Maki Nagano  (eps 3-4) 
Malinda Talbot  (eps 1-2) 
Marta Bechtol (Essential Anime Collection) 
Paul Mericle (Essential Anime Collection) 
Production Coordination: Janice Williams 
Production manager: Lisa J. Miller 
Production Secretary:
Anna Bechtol  (eps 3-4) 
Sound Design: Paul Killam 
Subtitle Script & Timing: Andrew Kent (Essential Anime Collection) 
Trailer: Dan Rockwell 
Amber Allison as Sakura Shinguji 

Amy L. Gamber as Ayame Fujieda 
Boni Hester as Ri Kohran 
Catherine Berry as Maria Tachibana 
Jessica Schwartz as Iris Chateaubriand 
Sascha Biesi as Sumire Kanzaki 
Sheila Gordon as Kanna Kirishima 

Bill McMillin as Ikki Yoneda 
Brian Gaston as Ichiro Ohgami 
Charles Campbell as
Kaneko 
Navy Man 
Diane Perella as Sakura's Mother 
Elise Ivy as Yuri 
Ellie McBride as
Dance Instructor 
Woman on the Phone 
Eric Henshaw as Lord Tenkai 
Garrett Schenck as Aritsune Hanakoji 
Gary Dehan as
Demon 
Limo Driver 
Ignatz as Old Woman 
Jessica L. Wilson as Kasumi 
L.B. Bartholomee as Nagata 
Mark Lovell as Morita 
Michael Ringler as Hachi 
Patricia Goldwater as Sakura's Grandmother 
Robert Rudie as Gonji 
Shelby Johnson-Sapp as Tsubame 
Steve Flanagin as Kuma 
Steve Shearer as Tadayoshi Kanzaki 

English companies
ADR Recording: Monster Island 
Broadcaster:
Public Broadcasting Service (KTEH San Jose, known now as KQEH) 
The Anime Network 
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia) 
DVD Authoring: AIX Media 
DVD Authoring & Encoding:
M.O.F.C.  (Essential Anime Collection) 
DVD Compression: AIX Media 
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network 
Licensed by:
ADV Films  (Expired) 
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios (Essential Anime Collection) 
Subtitles: Captions, Inc. 
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Jeong-Hwa Yang as Sakura Shinguji 

An Yeonga as Iris Chateaubriand 
Hyun Ju Lee as Lee Kouran 
Ju-Hyeon Im as Sumire Kanzaki 
Lee Hyangsuk as Ayame Fujieda 
Minji as Kanna Kirishima 
Yu-Mi Jeong as Maria Tachibana 

Gwak Yunsang as Count 
Gye-Hyeon No as Ichiro Ogami 
Hong Jinuk as Ikki Yoneda 
Korean companies
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Hernando Cuenca 
Translation: Marta E. Gallego (Spain dub) 
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión) 

Screen Inserts: Tasio Alonso (Spain dub) 
Technical Operator:
Byron Quiñónez (Colombia) 
Wilfredo Hueso (Colombia) 
Marta Estrada as Sakura Shinguji (Spain dub) 
Nancy Cortés as Sakura Shinguji 

Claudia Chavarro as Maria Tachibana 
Diana Beltrán as Iris Chateaubriand 
Gloria Garcia as
Kohran Li (Spain dub) 
Sumire Kanzaki (Spain dub) 
Jorge Solórzano as Ikki Yoneda 
Luzgeyle Poveda as Kanna Kirishima 
Mar Nicolas as
Iris Chateaubriand (Spain dub) 
Kanna Kirishima (Spain dub) 
Maria Isabel Cortés as Li Kohran 
Maria Rosa Guillén as Maria Tachibana (Spain dub) 
Marta Estrada as Ayame Fujieda (Spain dub) 
Marta Rincón as Sumire Kanzaki 
Tirza Pacheco as Ayame Fujieda 
Wolfang Galindo as Gonji 

Antonio García Moral as Ikki Yoneda (Spain dub) 
Bayardo Ardila as Kuma 
Carles Lladó as
Aoi Satan (Spain dub) 
Ichiro Ogami (Spain dub) 
Carlos Villegas as Ichiro Ogami 
Daniel Albiac as Kazuma Shinguji (Spain dub) 
Gloria Garcia as Wakana Shinguji (Spain dub) 
Harold Leal as Kanzaki 
Jairo Ordoñez as Hachi 
Maria Rosa Guillén as Katsura Shinguji (Spain dub) 
Rafael Gómez as Tenkai 
Renata Vargas as Yuri Sakakibara 
Shirley Marulanda as Kasumi 
Vicente Gil as
Gonji (Spain dub) 
Tadayoshi Kanzaki (Spain dub) 
Yoritsune Hanakoji (Spain dub) 

Angel del Río (Spain dub) 
Carles Lladó (Spain dub) 
Daniel Albiac (Spain dub) 
Mar Nicolas (Spain dub) 
Maria Rosa Guillén (Spain dub) 
Tasio Alonso (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Provideo S.A. (Colombia) 
Broadcaster:
8 Madrid TV (Spain) 
Cartoon Network L.A. 
Dubbing: Provideo S.A. (Colombia) 
Dubbing Studio: Provideo S.A. (Colombia) 
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión 
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain) 
Televix (expired) 
Translation: Provideo S.A. (Colombia) 
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión 
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: ACOG 
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Samira Fernandes as Sakura Shinguuji 

Cecília Lemes as Kanna Kirishima 

Adna Cruz as Ayame Fujieda 
Dado Monteiro as Oogami Ichirou 
Denise Reis as Kasumi 
Fátima Noya as Maria Tachibana 
Fernanda Bullara as Sumire Kanzaki 
Gilmara Sanchez as Li Kouran 
Lene Bastos as Yuri Sakakibara 
Márcia Regina as Iris Chateaubriand 
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Centauro 
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Portugal) 
Televix (expired) 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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