''Sakura Wars: The Animation'' is a Japanese anime television series directed by Manabu Ono, written by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata, and animated by

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. 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 ''

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'', 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

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and BS11 from April 3 to June 19, 2020 and is streamed in North America by

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. It is scheduled to be released in four Blu-ray and DVD compilations by

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, with the first two being released on June 17, 2020. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, the series is licensed by

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and released on Ani-One YouTube channel.

Plot

''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.

Cast

Episode list

References

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External links

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