History VideoGame / SengokuBASARA

** ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. The Japanese cast is pretty chock full of Gundam alumnus, especially the boys[[note]]some voice actors like [[Creator/RyuzouIshino Motochika's]] and [[Creator/ShigeruNakahara Motonari's]] tend to take a backseat after the 2000's and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing their prime Gundam time]] unlike their three more famous and active compatriots, but they pretty much exploded in popularity and cement themselves in the fans mindset here.[[/note]], one of the characters is designed to look like a Gundam (Tadakatsu), and the franchise could afford to make a spin-off game based on [[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries one of Gundam's own spin-off series]].

** Oichi used a double-bladed naginata that can [[BifurcatedWeapon separate into two naginatas]] for DualWielding. Of course, when latter installments decides to dial up her creepiness more, she ditched her naginatas in favor of just her dark hands.

** Oichi used a double-bladed naginata that can [[BifurcatedWeapon separate into two naginatas]] for DualWielding.

* HarderThanHard: The Basara difficulty introduced in ''Utage''. You'll die in about three hits from a '''mook'''.

* ShoutOut: The characters can wield weapons from the first ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' game, with Masamune wielding six Alastors, Yukimura DualWielding Sparda and Ifrit and Nohime using Ebony and Ivory.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Keiji's cute little mascot Yumekichi.

* BigBraToFill: In the stage plays, Kasuga and Magoichi's actresses are noticeably less busty than in the games, emphasised by their skimpy outfits.

%%* BadassBeard: Muneshige, Yoshihiro

%%* BadassMustache: Nobunaga, Shingen, Yoshiaki, Yoshiteru

** Masamune's horse with chopper exhaust pipes, handlebars and soldiers looking like delinquents and his NumberTwo (Kojuro) sometimes acts like a {{Yakuza}} are meant to evoke the image that the protagonist is an archetypical Engrish-speaking {{Delinquent}} with his own gang, not because the actual UsefulNotes/DateMasamune was one[[note]]Though not without some HistoricalInJoke: Masamune was known to be flashy and often standing out. Making him a {{Delinquent}}-style character[[/note]]. A lot of characterizations can evoke a similar feeling that they are meant to represent a character archetype more than the actual historical character and their accomplishment.

* AnachronismStew: ''Oh dear'' '''''GOD''''', where do we begin!? Most of the main characters lived in vastly different periods of the Sengoku Era... Also, Masamune's horse has chopper exhaust pipes and handlebars (as well as having cavalry units with shotguns strapped to their sides) and his soldiers look like archetypical delinquents, including one with a pompadour.
** He gained exhaust pipes for himself in ''Sengoku Basara 3/Samurai Heroes'' and they actually smoke when he runs.
*** And [[LaserBlade beam swords]]. Where the sheath is the exhaust pipes.
** The horses themselves. Japanese horses of that time were quite small, just slightly bigger than a pony, and couldn't run very fast while carrying the weight of a person in full armor.
** Still nothing to be on par on the stew-ism of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Hondam]] [[HumongousMecha Tadakatsu]]
** Nohime's HyperspaceArsenal, complete with [[GatlingGood minigun]]. Magoichi has a machine gun, grenades and a rocket launcher in hers.
** And Motochika's mechanical creations.
** The fourth game introduces Xavi Land, a theme park with roller coasters.
** The very existence of several characters, most notably Motonari and Yoshiteru.

* [[UnfortunateNames Unfortunate Song Name]]: Maybe it was not intentional per se (we hope), but maybe Abingdon Boys School didn't figured out that JAP (the opening theme in the first season) is a ''derogatory insult'' against the Japanese, especially during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, by American soldiers and it's considered a taboo word in the U.S.

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%% * HotWitch: Not unheard of. Oichi and Maria are both obvious examples.

Not to be confused with the RealTimeStrategy game ''VideoGame/{{Sengoku}}'', the shoujo manga ''Manga/{{Basara}}'', or [[BilingualBonus trash]].

* BadassGrandpa: Yoshihiro. Also, Ujimasa can still kick some ass.

''Sengoku Basara'' is more or less a copycat of ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', only created by Creator/{{Capcom}}. However, once you look past their similarities, it becomes clear that Capcom didn't want a historical simulation like the one Creator/{{Koei}} made. What they wanted was a stylish new-generation HackAndSlash with a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely-based]] [[JidaiGeki Sengoku setting]], and increasingly ludicrous and over-the-top gameplay, characters, storylines, and general aesthetics.

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%% * HotWitch: Oichi and Maria are both sorceresses who happen to be very attractive.

* BackToBackBadasses: Yukimura and Sasuke take this stance at one point in Episode 2 of the third season.

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