Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation

i play the game and watch 1 ep of this

It seems that the anime is either spin off or sequel from the game

This series is actually a direct sequel to the OG but it's in the game version.

if you want full experience and more connection to the OG . either play the game or watch the playthru and probably watch this anime after that.



I dont think you can even watch the anime without watching/playing the game 1st

since they don't explain anything

however after u r done with the game i think this Animation is a nice cherry on top for sure

So in these 4 Episode I have been watching, I'll be sharing a piece of my mind on what I think of this new 2020 Sakura Wars, in a short but simple form, as I don't have fully enough information to go into full detail yet.

What I found to be good.
- Nostalgia, the Music is great, the opening music is FANTASTIC.
- Voices, reminds me of the original actor (For Sakura and their commander at least)
- The Premise of the story is GREAT, so far.
- The Characters personalities are great.

What I found to be Bad if not worse.
- The CGI Dolls they dress up like hand drawn animations.
-- I throw up in my mouth a little every time I see them, over dramatized but it feels that way.
-- I try to get into the story, but at times the CGI Characters are just revolting, still Pretty though.
GIVE ME BACK MY HAND DRAWN ANIMATIONS :(
**Cough**


Compared to the past Anime.
- I can't really say, as they say it happens 14 years later, but not sure if that means after the 2000's series.
-- I can only wonder if that means Sakura is 28 - 30 years old here.
And based on that, I can only speculate that it is a Continuation of the original.... OR, it is all new... I still need to look into this.

So far... outside of those few issues, This is a great Series.
I think it is based on the PS4 game too.

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As someone that has never seen any other form of this story, even the games or the previous anime, I will say that this show is average at best. If you have prior knowledge of the story and characters, you probably will enjoy it far more than I.

The story was average at best.

The sound was okay, but I think a big part of it was recognition.

The character development was poor, but again, I have never played the games, so I will give this a leg up assuming that I missed the bulk of character development.

Enjoyment was very spotty. The fights were so-so and the character interactions felt a bit bland, but again, I did not play the game, so I assume this was targeted toward the game audience primarily.

Overall, if you are watching the anime without any prior engagement in the series, you'll probably dislike it greatly--the fights are boring, the characters are bland and obvious, and the story is decent at best.

TL;DR

Avoid this unless you have played the game(s) and know the series. While the 3D CG is far better than most recent shows, the story is lacking and the characters are very uninteresting, mostly because (I assume) you are already familiar with the world and characters beforehand. If you are a fan of the series, you'll probably enjoy this a lot--at least a lot more than I did.

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This is the story about Imperial Combat Revue 's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Sakura Amamiya, Hatsuho Shinonome, Anastasia Palma, Azami Mochizuki, and Clarissa. The division once again faces a new demon invasion while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.

I have to admit that I first started watching New Sakura Wars because of two main reasons: Girls who always wear yukata and loli girl named Kurara "Clara". But once I began watching the show, I found more than what I wanted. New Sakura Wars is a promising show, the mecha fight against the demon is something that needs attention.

I like their fighting style, the effects of sword swipes, the sound of explosions, the design of robots, it seems real to my eyes. Although New Sakura Wars was adapted from a game, in fact this anime is better than a game, even though I have never played it directly. When compared with other anime shows that get the same adaptation, the difference will be seen.

Take Princess Connect Re:Dive as an example. If the adaptation comes from a game, the studio does not fully copy what comes from the game. This is not a matter of promoting games anymore but rather showing the characteristics they have from the game.

I like their animation style, using CG is not new, there are several shows out there that have the same thing. After searching more about this studio, it turns out they are indeed experts in making CG effects. The animation style is not rigid even though it uses CG effects, the art is very good nothing problem. This does not mean that I watch it with 360p video quality, it does really have a good art quality, I am not exaggerating.

Overall, I really like New Sakura Wars, and every second the show is playing I look forward to it. Melodrama is the cause, besides animation I also really like this story, this is a promising show but the lack of attention makes it look bad.

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I've watch the old version before way back early 2000 and got used to those cute characters and style but I tried watching this one because of nostalgia..... sadly it was a struggle watching and decided to drop it at episode 7. I couldn't handle the CGI anymore of the characters and it's style compared to the old sakura wars. Now from the 7 episodes that I've watched it got very boring already to the point I tend to fall asleep. I will just remember the old sakura wars and not think of the sequel. my Regret was having high expectation for this new season. :(

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Uhm.. I don't understand the low score. it's true that this anime is not fantastic or anything of the sort, but it's very enjoyable nonetheless. I don't even play the game (yet) nor watch the previous animation, but I feel nostalgic and drawn to the character and the world setting. These are the good things I can say about this anime:

-music
the opening and ending are fantastic and strangely give nostalgic feeling I could listening to them all day, another soundtrack or song also good. without these, the anime itself maybe only score 7 at most for me.

-character
it's not liking the characters because of the great ability/superb analytical mind/wicked personality, I'm not talking about isekai heroes or hikigaya hachiman here, on the contrary what appeal me is the silliness of the characters, they're simple and pretty generic almost no development whatsoever, but their interactions are quite amusing to watch. for example: it's funny that some character in obvious disguise, people can't figure it, lol (clark kent syndrome?). character design also quite pleasing to the eyes, can't tell the same about the mecha though.

the conclusion is, this anime is fun to watch if you can ignore the not so great CG, and some annoying characters, or expect too much (maybe from the game player perspective?). so I would recommend this.

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A bit of a PSA for people.

Having played the game. I have to warn people this anime isn't for you if you haven't played the recent PS4 release. The story is a sequel story and very clearly assumes you know the characters.

So if you go into this cold turkey, don't be shocked if you don't know what is going on. This isn't like the original Sakura Wars anime where they recount the events of the original game. As such please view it with that in mind and either play the game or accept that you're going into to this without a full background.

As someone who has played and finished the game I've been working through the show and while the animation quality itself is a bit off, the story has been a fun little extension of the existing story.

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