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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))
Themes: mecha, real robot
Objectionable content: Mild
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: 310 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 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 53 votes (sub:36, dub:15, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 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: #1495 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.287 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9456, rank: #6422 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.291 (Decent+), rank: #6355 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.40 / seen some: 5.24 / won't finish: 4.77)
Bayesian estimate: 6.342 (Decent+), rank: #5697 (of 7286)
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:
Sakura-con: FUNimation (May 14, 2004)
ADV Films UK Acquisitions (Nov 27, 2003)
New AX Tokyo Guests (Oct 10, 2003)
Unannounced Release Dates (Feb 20, 2003)
OhayoCon 2003: Part II (Jan 21, 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 $53.42)
    Sakura Wars - [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) 2004-10-26 (from $19.94)
    Sakura Wars - OVA Collection (DVD 1-3) 2003-05-06 (from $27.89)
VHS
    Sakura Wars (Dub.VHS) 1998-11-11 (from $6.00)
    Sakura Wars (Sub.VHS) 1998-11-11 (from $10.99)

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:
Koji Yoritsune (Animate film)
Tōru Kubo (Red Company)
Background Art:
Eiko Sawada (eps 1-2)
Etsuko Nakashouji (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)
Ryoko 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 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 Gouda
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 Onuki (ep 4)
Ryo Shimada (ep 1)
Shoichi Komuro (ep 1)
Takamitsu Sera (ep 4)
Yoshimi Suzuki (ep 4)
Production producer:
Atsushi Sugita (Bandai Visual)
Nagateru Kato (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 Ohtsuka 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)
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
Naoko Kyooda as Katsura Shinguji (Sakura's Grandmother)
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 Ohkawa 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
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
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
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

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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