In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Sakura Taisen”, also known by the following titles:
- Sakura Wars TV
- サクラ大戦
- Sakura Taisen TV
- Sakura Wars
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is FINISHED. ✅
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
These sources consistently confirm that the main story of Sakura Taisen has been fully concluded.
Watch order#
Sakura Taisen: Ouka Kenran ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦 桜華絢爛
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.(Source: ANN)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Ouka Kenran is an original story based off the first Sakura Taisen game. It won the Packaged Work Award at the 1998 Animation Kobe Awards.
Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦 轟華絢爛
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.(Source: ANN)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran is an original sequel to the game Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare.
Sakura Taisen ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦
Summary
It is the 1920s, and Japan is under attack by demonic invaders. The government has designed sturdy, albeit steam-powered, robot armor suits for the impending battle, but only young ladies with the proper combination of virtue and spirit can pilot the robots successfully.Enter young Sakura, arriving in the Imperial Capital from the countryside to join the Imperial Flower Combat Troop. She has the qualifications to be a fine robot pilot, but she’s surprised to learn that this secret Defense Force has a cover story as a musical theatre troupe-and they take their cover jobs very seriously indeed. It’s costumes, line readings and robot combat galore, as Sakura struggles to learn the ropes, learn her lines, and do her part to save the nation!
(Source: ADV Films)
Background
Sakura Taisen is an adaptation of the game of the same name for the Sega Saturn.
Sakura Taisen Special ↗ ↖
Sakura Taisen: Kuwassarii to Yobareta Shoujo
Summary
An alternate version of episode 9 of the TV series that was produced due to content issues in the original episode. This version replaced the original in all subsequent airings and releases, except for a limited edition DVD box set in 2006.
Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦 活動写真
Summary
The Imperial Fighting Troupe is called again to defend Tokyo against the demons. However, this time, the Douglas-Stewart Company is selling a superior fighting machine that will revolutionize Japan's defense and make the Flower Division obsolete. However, the girls suspect something may be wrong when members of their team begin to vanish! But what can they do when their division has been placed on indefinite stand-by status?(Source: Geneon)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin takes place between the games Sakura Taisen 3 and Sakura Taisen 4.
Sakura Taisen ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦
Summary
The year is 1921, and this is a Tokyo where monstrous steam-powered robots crash a flower-viewing party only to be cut down samurai-style by a young girl in a kimono and traditional hakama pants.It’s eight years after the horrific Demon War, and Japan is a peaceful prosperous place. Meet Ensign Ogami Ichiro, who has just graduated from the Naval Academy. He’s assigned to a base in Tokyo, but soon discovers that his headquarters is the Imperial Theater and his first mission is collecting tickets at the gate. He gamely goes about his menial jobs at the theater, surrounded by beautiful girls who seem to know a lot more about what’s going on than he does, but he’s about to be swept into a roiling world of robots, demons, and hot girls in uniform.
(Source: Tokyopop)
Background
Sakura Taisen had seven volumes published in English by Tokyopop from December 13, 2005 to May 1, 2008, before the publisher became defunct.
Sakura Taisen: Kanzaki Sumire Intai Kinen - Su Mi Re ↗ ↖
『サクラ大戦』～神崎すみれ引退記念～「す・み・れ」
Summary
For years the defense and safety of the Imperial city rested on the shoulders of Sumire Kanzaki of the Flower Division. But this, as with all things, must fade away.As the top star of the Imperial Theatre Company, Sumire was the power and the light from which her comrades drew their own strength and resolve. It was through her that the Flower Division found their courage… and through her that many happy memories were made.
Now the curtain rises for one final performance as the star that once shined so brightly begins to grow faint. As the spotlight dims on one legend, another must come center stage.
(Source: Funimation)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Sumire is set after the events of the game Sakura Taisen 4: Koiseyo Otome. It was made to celebrate Sumire Kanzaki's voice actress, Michie Tomizawa, retiring from voicing the character in 2002.
Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris ↗ ↖
Sakura Wars: School of Paris
Summary
An unseen evil lurks in the streets of Paris, and unless something is done, the darkness will unleash its destruction and consume all that is good. The City of Love will be lost to her people forever. All hope rests within the hearts of five young ladies. The only problem is, they don’t even know it yet!But will an apprenticed nun, a reserved aristocrat, a hardened criminal, the daughter of a wealthy Japanese Baron, and traveling circus emcee set aside their unique differences and come together as one for the defense of many? The war continues and the Paris Floral Assault Division is born!
(Source: Funimation Entertainment)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris is an original story based off the game Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka.
Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris ↗ ↖
サクラ大戦『ル・ヌーヴォー・巴里』
Summary
After Ichiro Ogami's departure at the end of Sakura Taisen 3, the girls of the Paris Flower Defense Force are left debating who will be the next captain. Meanwhile, a centuries-old threat surfaces.(Source: ANN, edited)
Background
Sakura Taisen: Le Nouveau Paris is an original sequel to the game Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka.
Sakura Taisen: New York ↗ ↖
Sakura Wars: New York
Summary
New York City, the late 1920s. The battle with Nobunaga is over, the city restored to peace...until the owner of Little Lip Theater informs Shinjiro... "This time, the leading lady will be...you." Thus Shinjiro, disguised as the actress Petitmint, is forced into the role of "Cleopatra." The Star Division members set out to persuade a reluctant Shinjiro, beginning a chase across the five boroughs. Meanwhile, a dark-skinned youth and his servant have appeared unexpectedly in the midst of the flourishing city. His eyes, concealing a silent wrath, are fixed upon nothing less than the Statue of Liberty. Now Shinjiro and company must protect this city of hopes and dreams from a new menace while safely raising the curtain on a new show.(Source: ANN)
Background
Sakura Taisen: New York is an original sequel to the game Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hito yo.
Sakura Taisen: Mangaban Dainibu ↗ ↖
Sakura Wars: Second Division
Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi ↗ ↖
Sakura Wars Kanadegumi
Summary
A spin-off manga of Sakura Taisen series. As a rookie member of The Imperial Kanade Division, Miyabi Neko beats off enemies with other handsome male members.
Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi ↗ ↖
Summary
Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi follows a girl named Miyabi Neko and her interactions with five attractive young men. The story takes place in Tokyo and centers on an imperial opera company named Kanadegumi.Bundled with a limited first edition of Shimada Chie’s Sakura Taisen: Kanadegumi manga.
(Source: ANN)
Shin Sakura Taisen the Comic ↗ ↖
新サクラ大戦 the Comic
Summary
In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the World Combat Revue Organization is formed with several international divisions; a biennial international Combat Revue tournament has been organized.Ten years later in 1940, Imperial Japanese Navy captain Seijuurou Kamiyama is assigned as the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue’s Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Sakura Amamiya, a swordswoman and new recruit; Hatsuho Shinonome, a shrine maiden and the most popular actress; Anastasia Palma, a newly-transferred Greek actress; Azami Mochizuki, a ninja prodigy from the Mochizuki clan; and Clarissa “Clarise” Snowflake, a Luxembourgian noblewoman. The division once again faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament—while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.
(Source: Wikipedia, edited)
Background
The series is based on a Playstation 4 video game titled Sakura Wars, released on December 12, 2019.
Shin Sakura Taisen the Novel: Hizakura no Koro ↗ ↖
Sakura Wars the Novel: Hizakura Season
Summary
In 1938, the world is at peace following the Great Demon War eight years earlier and the Shanghai Combat Revue now protects Tokyo. However, Sumire Kanzaki, a retired actress and original member of the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division, senses that the demons are about to threaten Tokyo once again. So, she decides to establish a new Imperial Combat Revue and personally recruit some potential members.(Source: TV Tropes)
Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation ↗ ↖
新サクラ大戦 the Animation
Summary
In 1941, one year after the defeat of Sotetsu Genan, captain Seijuurou Kamiyama of the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo leaves on a secret mission, with Sakura Amamiya temporarily assuming 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.(Source: Wikipedia, edited)
Background
Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation is an original sequel to the game Shin Sakura Taisen.
Sakura Kakumei: Hanasaku Otome-tachi ↗ ↖
Summary
A special anime based on the beginning of iOS/Android RPG by the same name.(Source: AniDB)