Earlier today, Sega hosted their twelfth Sakura Wars (2019) streaming event. During the show, the hosts revealed details on the theme songs for Sakura Wars (2019) The Animation (Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation), as well as details on the show’s premiere.
We break the details down below.
Theme Songs
Opening Theme
Opening theme song Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan >Shin Shou< will be performed by the main members of the Flower Division:
https://twitter.com/Sakura_Taisen/status/1232626025529409536
Closing Theme
Closing theme song Sakura Yumemiji (Dreaming of Cherry Blossoms) will be performed by Nana Mizuki, who plays Elise in the franchise, with the Flower Division providing backup vocals. The song will be released as a single on May 27.
https://twitter.com/Sakura_Taisen/status/1232627551081652225
Premiere
Sakura Wars (2019) The Animation will begin airing on April 3. The current premiere schedule is as follows (All times JST):
- Tokyo MX: 4/3/2020 at 22:00 (4/3/2020 at 10:00PM EST)
- BS11: 4/3/2020 at 23:30 (4/3/2020 at 11:30PM EST)
Sakura Wars (2019) launched in Japan on December 12, 2019. The title, which is available on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console, sold through 166,771 as of January 13, according to Famitsu. Sega will release the game worldwide on April 28. The first run of the title will be packaged as a “Launch Edition” that includes a reversible cover and a sticker sheet.
Manabu Ono (Sword Art Online: Alicization, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) will direct the project at Sanzigen and co-write the scripts with Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi-Score Girl, GATE). Sakura Wars composer will score the soundtrack. Ohji Hiroi and Sega are credited with the original concept.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Sakura Amamiya: Ayane Sakura
- Hatsuho Shinonome: Maaya Uchida
- Azami Mochizuki: Hibiku Yamamura
- Anastasia Palma: Ayaka Fukuhara
- Claris: Saori Hayami
- Sumire Kanzaki: Michie Tomizawa
- Seijūrō Kamiyama : Yōhei Azakami
- Clara: Misaki Watada
- Valery Kaminsky: Kenji Akabane
- Layla: Haruka Shiraishi
Lancelot, Elise, and Hakushu Murasame were confirmed to appear in the series, though Sega has not confirmed whether their roles will be reprised by their original actors. In the Sakura Wars (2019) video game, the characters were played by:
- Hakushu Murasame: Miyuki Sawashiro
- Elise: Nana Mizuki
- Lancelot: Manami Numakura
Sega describes Sakura Wars (2019) as:
The stage is set in a steampunk version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. Only a short while ago, a cataclysmic event destroyed the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force stationed at the Imperial Theater. Now home to the Flower Division, an inept rookie squad who also strives to impart hope on the citizenry with their theatrical talents, the theater has fallen on hard times and risks closure. It’s up to Seijuro Kamiyama as the captain of the new Tokyo revue to lead his squad and restore the Imperial Combat Revue and the theater back to their former glory! With the help of the revue’s five colorful performers, he must rise to the challenge of competing in the Combat Revue World Games, protecting the inhabitants of Tokyo and getting the theater back on track.
Source: YouTube (Sega)