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Sakura Wars (OAV)

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©1997 SEGA/BANDAI VISUAL/ANIMATE FILM ©RED1997


Related anime:
    Sakura Taisen (manga)
    Sakura Wars (TV) (alternate retelling)
    Sakura Wars 2 (OAV) (sequel)
      Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris (OAV) (spinoff)
        Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris (OAV) (sequel)
      Sakura Taisen: New York NY. (OAV) (spinoff)
      Sakura Wars: The Movie (sequel)
        Sakura Taisen: Sumire (OAV) (sequel)

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))
Themes: mecha, real robot
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: The year is around the 1920's 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: 254 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:3, sub:1)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:7, dub:5)
 Very good: 51 votes (sub:31, dub:19, ?:1)
 Good: 71 votes (sub:46, dub:20, Spa.dub:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 42 votes (sub:27, dub:12, Spa.dub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:20, dub:8, ?:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:14, dub:5, ?:2)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:2)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 659 users, rank: #879
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.240 (Decent+.24), std. dev.: 1.9159, rank: #2807
Weighted mean: 6.239 (Decent+.23), rank: #2754 (seen all: 6.35 / seen some: 5.26 / won't finish: 5.48)
Bayesian estimate: 6.287 (Decent+.28), rank: #2409
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1997-12-18
Releases: 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)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
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Related reviews:
    Sakura Wars VHS

Related releases:
    Sakura Wars - Collection (DVD) 2003-05-06
    Sakura Wars - Essential Anime (DVD) 2004-10-26
    Sakura Wars (Dub.VHS)
    Sakura Wars (Sub.VHS)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Takaaki Ishiyama

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original creator: Ouji Hiroi

Character Design:
Hidenori Matsubara
Kazuya Kuroda
Kousuke Fujishima

Art director: Yukihiro Shibutani

Mecha design: Futoshi Nagata

Sound director: Toshio Sato

Director of Photography: Yorifusa Yamaguchi

Series Editor: Satoru Akahori

Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi

Theme Song Composition:
Kouhei Tanaka
Ouji Hiroi

Theme Song Performance:
Ai Orikasa (ED)
Chisa Yokoyama
Kumiko Nishihara
Mayumi Tanaka
Michie Tomizawa
Urara Takano
Yuriko Fuchizaki

 

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

Akio Suyama as Ichiro Ogami

Chikao Ohtsuka as Tadayoshi Kanzaki (Sumire's Grandfather)

Hiroshi Yanaka as Aoi Satan

Kyoko Hikami as Tsubaki Takamura

Masako Ikeda as Wakana Shinguji (Sakura's Mother)

Masaru Ikeda as Ikki Yoneda

Nachi Nozawa as Kazuma Shinguji

Nachi Nozoawa as Kazuma Shinguji (Sakura's Father)

Naoko Kyooda as Katsura Shinguji (Sakura's Grandmother)

Yuki Masuda as Yuri Sakakibara

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Radix

Production:
d-rights
Madhouse Studios
Sakura Wars Production Committee
Sega

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Gary Dehan

Art director: Laura Attwell

ADR Script:
Gary Dehan
Jennifer Presto

Executive producer: John Ledford

Producer: Gary Dehan

ADR Editor: Charles Campbell

ADR Recording Engineer: Charles Campbell

DVD Producer: Sharon Papa

Editing: David Grundy

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Production Assistant:
Akiko Yoshii
Kelly Jean Beard
Maki Nagano
Malinda Talbot

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Production manager: Lisa J. Miller

Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol

Project Translator: Keisuke Okamoto

Sound Design: Paul Killam

Trailer: Dan Rockwell

 

Amber Allison as Sakura Shinguji

Amy L. Gamber as Ayame Fujieda

Boni Hester as Ri Kohran

Catherine Berry as Maria Tachibana

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 Schwartz as Iris Chateaubriand

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

Christopher Shea

Jeanette Sieh

Robin Balkwill

Sandy Walper

English companies 

ADR Recording: Monster Island

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Hernando Cuenca

Translation: Marta E. Gallego (Spain dub)

Mix: Andrés Ocampo Posada

 

Nancy Cortés as Sakura Shinguji

Claudia Chavarro as Maria Tachibana

Diana Beltrán as Iris Chateaubriand

Jorge Solórzano as Ikki Yoneda

Luzgeyle Poveda as Kanna Kirishima

Maria Isabel Cortés as Li Kohran

Marta Rincón as Sumire Kanzaki

Tirza Pacheco as Ayame Fujieda

Wolfang Galindo as Gonji

Bayardo Ardila as Kuma

Carlos Villegas as Ichiro Ogami

Harold Leal as Kanzaki

Jairo Ordoñez as Hachi

Rafael Gómez as Tenkai

Renata Vargas as Yuri Sakakibara

Shirley Marulanda as Kasumi

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Cartoon Network L.A.

Dubbing: Provideo S.A. (Colombia)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

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 Bulara as Sumire Kanzaki

Gilmara Sanches as Li Kouran

Lene Bastos as Yuri Sakakibara

Márcia Regina as Iris Chateaubriand

Portuguese companies 

Dubbing Studio: Centauro


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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