Directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura Music by Kohei Tanaka Licensed by Sentai Filmworks | Written by Satoru Akahori Studio Madhouse | |
Produced by Masao Maruyama
Yoshimi Asari
Shōjiro Abe | ||
Sakura Wars (サクラ大戦, Sakura Taisen) is a 2000 Japanese anime created by Madhouse first broadcast on TBS and later on other TV stations. It is based on the Sakura Wars video game franchise by Sega and Red Entertainment.
Contents
The TV series was licensed by ADV Films in 2003 and was released on DVD in six volumes and a box set. In 2009, the series was licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Overview
The characters and settings are based on the video games, but the story was significantly altered.
Reception
Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network gave the fourth DVD a D+ for dialogue, a D for Story and animation and a B for art and music.
Theorin Martin of Anime News Network gave the complete TV series collection a C for the dub, a B- for the sub, a C+ for the story, a B for the animation and art and a B+ for the music.
THEM Anime gave the series three stars out of five.