Earlier today, game publisher Sega started streaming two new teaser trailers for Sakura Wars (2019). We break the details down below

Combat Trailer

The minute-long promo shows off the game’s action-based battle system, giving a particular focus to the in-game WLOF battle events between the Flower Division and the Shanghai Combat Revue, the London Combat Revue, and the Berlin Combat Revue.

Designer Spotlight: Tite Kubo

The one-and-a-half minute trailer offers an overview of Tite Kubo’s character desigs. The teaser is a subtitled edition of a Japanese trailer that Sega streamed on November 18, 2019.

Sakura Wars (2019) will ship worldwide on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console on April 28. The first run of the game will be packaged as a “Launch Edition” that includes a reversible cover and a sticker sheet, as well as the Stage Costume DLC. A digital deluxe edition is also planned, which will include the “Legacy of Love” classic costumes DLC, the Swimsuit Bundle DLC, the Charming Accessories DLC Bundle, the Neko Ears bundle, and a dynamic PS4 theme.

The title 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. Upcoming anime series Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation will hit Japanese TV on April 3.

The core voice cast includes:

Seijūrō Kamiyama : Yōhei Azakami
Sakura Amamiya: Ayane Sakura
Hatsuho Shinonome: Maaya Uchida
Azami Mochizuki: Hibiku Yamamura
Anastasia Palma: Ayaka Fukuhara
Claris: Saori Hayami
Sumire Kanzaki: Michie Tomizawa
Reiji Shiba: Tomikazu Sugita
Kaoru Rindou: Yui Ishikawa
Komachi Ooba: Ryoko Shiraishi
Yang Shaolong: Yuuichirou Umehara
Yui Huang: Sumire Uesaka
Arthur: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Lancelot: Manami Numakura
Yasha: Chisa Yokoyama
Elise: Nana Mizuki
Margarethe: Rie Kugimiya

Bleach creator Tite Kubo provided the original character designs, while Jiro Ishii (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Under the Dog) was in charge of the story structure. Series composer Kohei Tanaka (Sakura Wars franchise, One Piece, Mobile Fighter G Gundam) returned to score the game’s soundtrack.

Other staff members include:

Script: Takaaki Suzuki (Girls und Panzer, Strike Witches)
Setting and Scenario Summary: Takanobu Terada
Development Director: Tetsuya Ootsubo
Producer: Tetsu Kitano
Character Visual Setting: Masashi Kudou
Main Mechanical Designer: Mika Akitaka
Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi
Original Concept: Ohji Hiroi

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 (SegaAmerica)

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