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| ACTORS: | Sakura Wars |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | A.D. Vision |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Animated |
| TYPE: | Foreign Film - Japanese |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 702727000225 |
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Customer Reviews of Sakura Wars
Masterpiece of animation This 4-part OAV/OVA is spiritual swordfighting steam mecha action/comedy set in the early 20th century. What I love the most are the lovely characters designed by Kousuke Fujishima (Oh My Goddess!, You're Under Arrest). The story, which revolves around Sakura, progresses slowly from one episode to the next, and teaches about group unity and the "can do" attitude. I haven't played the game, but I think I understand the plot quite well. While the Flower Division is not fighting demons (that look like Aliens), it performs a theatrical show. The 3rd and 4rth episodes don't have Aliens as enemies but other steam robots from the "Black Roots of Evil", and I don't get what their motives are at all. Oh well. What appeals more to me are the character interactions. The humor is among the most tasteful I've seen in any anime - very innocent, not overdone. The music is tops, especially the orchestral accompaniment. The animation? Flawless. Almost Disney-like in brightness and smoothness, but better because of the shading. The DVD is done very well, but sometimes disobeys when I set the language and subtitles (Preferred: subtitled; a lot of humor loses its effect when dubbed).
A Barely Mediocre OVA series
Ok..I know that I'm not exactly a fan of the Sega game, but I need to warn others who are not fans of it. I don't want to be REALLY mean to the existing fans of Sakura Wars, but this OVA is extremely unfulfilling. The characters have no true development, the story goes nowhere, and the animation is ok. There aren't even any good fight scenes in it! I watched the first tape of the OVA and thought to myself, "Wow, this is going to be good!" Then I saw the second tape and could only feel disappointment. (Sigh) There was so much potential in the OVA, but it never came out. I don't think it's worth your money to actually pay for this OVA unless you're already a fan of the game. If you're still interested, I suggest that you rent it first!
I actually liked this title....
This is a pretty cute show. It has excellent animation, a good story, and good music. My beef with it is that the show ends after a couple of episodes--it just stops.
This is an OVA, and the Sakura Wars TV series comes after it. And both come after the game.
I think I should have had a little knowledge of the games before I watched this, since it just picked up with the Demons. It didn't give ANY background on the Demons at all, which had me lost for the first episode or two. But as it went along I stopped worrying about how and why the Demons existed/were there and focused on the show itself.
The dubbing in both versions is top notch. I personally prefer the English version. Since the girls are from various countries, not just Japan, they cannot be expected to speak Japanese all that well, and without an accent.But in the English, we get to hear the girls in their "native" tongues and with "native" accents. What I mean is this: The French girl *sounds* French (and she even speaks in French when we first meet her). The Russian Maria has a definitive Russian accent, which comes across very well even though we never get to hear her speak in Russian. And the Chinese teenager talks with a Chinese accent, and also speaks in Chinese.
So, watch this. You won't regret doing so, but you might want to watch the TV series just to get a little better idea of what is going on. Or get (or at least see) the games.