Sakura Wars 2 (OAV)

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©1999 SEGA/BANDAI VISUAL/ANIMATE FILM ©RED 1999

[ sequel of Sakura Wars (OAV) ]

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Sakura Taisen: New York NY. (OAV) (spinoff)
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Alternative title:

Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran (Japanese)

Sakura Wars: The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms

サクラ大戦轟華絢爛 (Japanese)

櫻花大戰～轟華絢爛 (Japanese)

Genres: adventure, science fiction

Themes: mecha, real robot

Objectionable content: Mild

Plot Summary: The end of the demon wars has ended and now the Flower Division has been able to rest up after their fighting. The second Sakura Wars developes studies on every Flower Division Combatee in every episode while they go on their miscellanious adventures around Japan.

User Ratings: 142 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)

Excellent: 11 votes (sub:9, dub:2)

Very good: 37 votes (sub:24, dub:12, ?:1)

Good: 45 votes (sub:31, dub:11, others:3

2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Decent: 24 votes (sub:18, dub:4, ?:1, others:1

1 Spanish dubbed

)

So-so: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:1, ?:1, others:2

1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Not really good: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)

Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)

Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)

Awful: -

Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 363 users, rank: #1850 (of 5563)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.915 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6076, rank: #2436 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 6.933 (Good), rank: #2244 (of 5554) (seen all: 6.93 / seen some: 6.97)
Bayesian estimate: 6.977 (Good), rank: #1881 (of 4226)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 6

Episode titles: We have 6

Vintage: 1999-12-18

Release dates: We have 6

Opening Theme:

"Geki Teikoku Kagekidan" by The Teikoku Kagekidan

#1: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Urara Takano & The Teikoku Kagekidan

#2: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Kumiko Nishihara & The Teikoku Kagekidan

#3: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Michie Tomizawa & The Teikoku Kagekidan

#4: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Yuriko Fuchizaki & The Teikoku Kagekidan

#5: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Mayumi Tanaka & The Teikoku Kagekidan

#6: "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan!" by Chisa Yokoyama & The Teikoku Kagekidan

Ending Theme:

"Declaration! Imperial Floral Combat Troop!" by the Teikoku Kagekidan

#1: "Old Piano" by Urara Takano

#2: "Sparkle" by Kumiko Nishihara & Kazue Ikura

#3: "The Cinema March" by Michie Tomizawa & Mayumi Tanaka

#4: "The Train Of Eras" by Yuriko Fuchizaki & Maya Okamoto

#5: "The Cherry Blossom Warm Front" by Chisa Yokoyama

#6: "Continuation Of His Dream" (Yume no Tsuzuki 夢のつづき) by Chisa Yokoyama and The Teikoku Kagekidan

Official website:

ADV - Sakura Wars Official

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DVD (Region 1)

Sakura Wars 2 - Return of the Spirit Warriors (DVD 1) 2002-10-08 (from $27.75)

Sakura Wars 2 - Wedding Bells (DVD 2) 2002-11-26

VHS

Sakura Wars 2 - Return of the Spirit Warriors (Dub.VHS 1) 1999-10-26 (from $0.95)

Sakura Wars 2 - Return of the Spirit Warriors (Sub.VHS 1) 1999-10-26 (from $2.69)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Susumu Kudo

Series Composition: Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Screenplay: Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Storyboard:
Susumu Kudo (1, 5-6)
Takaaki Ishiyama (3)
Tomihiko Ohkubo (2, 4)

Episode Director:
Keitaro Motonaga (5)
Susumu Kudo (1, 6)
Tomihiko Ohkubo (2, 4)
Tomokazu Tokoro (3)

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original creator: Ouji Hiroi

Original Character Design: Kousuke Fujishima

Character Design:
Hidenori Matsubara
Kazuya Kuroda
Shinichi Yoshino

Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani

Animation Director:
Hideo Shimosaka (ep 3)
Naruyo Takahashi (ep 5)
Shinichi Yoshino (eps 1, 6)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 2, 4)

Mechanical design:
Futoshi Nagata
Gorou Murata
Jin Fukuchi

Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama

Executive producer:
Ryohei Tsunoda (Bandai Visual)
Shuji Utsumi (Sega)
Yutaka Takahashi (Animate Film)

Producer:
Kazumi Kawashiro (Bandai Visual)
Keisaku Okumura (Red Entertainment)
Masahiro Nakagawa (Sega)
Masaki Sawanobori (Animate Film)

2D Effect:
Hiroyuki Oota
Noriyuki Ohta

3D Work:
Atsushi Nakayama (Radix Digital)
Hiro Yoshioka (DG+)
Kengo Shigemura (DG+)
Takashi Nakajima (Animental Studio)
Yukari Fujimoto (Radix Digital)
Yumiko Otake (Radix Digital)

Animation Assistant:
Matsuri Okuda (ep 6)
Toshinari Yamashita (ep 6)

Animation producer:
Fumikazu Matsumoto (assist.; Studio OX)
Hiroshi Nomura
Motoki Ueda

Animation Production Desk:
Hiromasa Nanba (ep 5)
Hiromitsu Satō (ep 4)
Hiroyuki Shibata (ep 2)
Tadashi Shiobara (ep 6)
Takashi Tachizaki (ep 3)
Yoshikazu Takahashi (ep 1)

Assistant Animation Director: Shuji Ono (eps 2, 4)

Assistant producer: Hisanori Kunisaki (Bandai Visual)

Background Art:
Akemi Arai (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Akemi Ito (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Eiko Sawada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Etsuko Nakashouji (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Fumie Nuibe (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Hiroki Nomura (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Hiroshi Sugano (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Hiroyuki Hasegawa (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Junichiro Nishikawa
Kaori Fujii
Kazunari Roppongi (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Kazuo Ebisawa
Mie Kasai (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Nobuhiro Otsuka (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Toshihide Kawana (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Yukie Abe (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)
Yuuki Oyamada (Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production)

Color Check: Satoko Otsuka

Color Key:
Eiko Kitazume
Eiko Nishi
Maki Tanaka
Yuuko Satou