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8	''Sakura Wars'' is a 25-episode anime series animated by Creator/{{Madhouse}}[[labelnote:*]]with assistance from Creator/StudioShaft and Creator/TriangleStaff[[/labelnote]] and directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura based on the [[VideoGame/SakuraWars video game franchise of the same name]], which ran on the Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem from April 8 to September 23, 2000. It is currently licensed in North America by Creator/SentaiFilmworks. The show is commonly known as ''Sakura Wars TV'' to distinguish it from the rest of the franchise.
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10	Like the rest of the series, it is set during the events of the first game, albeit in a different continuity with the games and the [=OVAs=], as well as the movie. It also mainly centers on Sakura's arrival in Tokyo to be with the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division, instead of seeing things from Ogami's perspective.
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12	Now has a [[Recap/SakuraWars2000 recap page.]]
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14	This show is not to be confused with [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie the animated movie of the same name]] or ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheAnimation''.
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17	!! ''Sakura Wars'' provides examples of:
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19	* AccentAdaptation:
20	** As with ADV's dub of the OVA series, Kohran's given a Chinese accent, Iris sports a French accent and Maria is given a Russian accent.
21	** In addition, Kanna's also given a Brooklyn accent in the dub to match her Okinawan dialect.
22	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUS: The Hive of Darkness and their forces invade the Imperial Theater in Episode 22, successfully destroying the Imperial Floral Division's headquarters as the prelude to their endgame.
23	* AllergicToEvil: When she senses the coming of Crimson Miroku in Episode 5, Iris comes down with a high fever and ends up screaming in pain when she surfaces completely.
24	* AlternateContinuity: To the game series and the other [=OVA=]s.
25	* TheAnimeOfTheGame: The series is based on the original 1996 game, albeit set in an AlternateContinuity.
26	* ArtShift: The {{eyecatch}}es depict a SuperDeformed Sakura drawing out her sword Arataka and performing vertical cuts with it.
27	* BirthdayEpisode: Episode 12 focuses on Sakura and the others trying to throw Iris the first ''real'' birthday party she's ever had.
28	* BookEnds: The series begins and ends with Sakura in Ueno Park while the cherry blossoms are blooming.
29	* CanonForeigner: Tetsuma Shinguji, Kazuma's brother and Sakura's uncle, was created specifically for the anime.
30	* CannotKillTheirLovedOnes: Ayame upon realizing Aoi Satan was once her lover Shinnosuke Yamazaki. As in the game, Ayame becomes emotionally conflicted with the idea of killing him. However, this internal conflict is also greatly expanded upon in here in the TV series, culminating in Episode 21 when Ayame finally goes through with it in order to save Yoneda from her former lover's wrath.
31	* CoolBigSis: To the Imperial Combat Revue, especially Ogami.
32	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the video games, especially the first few episodes.
33	* DemotedToExtra: Sakura is the main protagonist of the show. Ogami, the protagonist of the first four games, doesn't even appear at all until the fourth episode.
34	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The franchise's opening has two versions used for this series- One sung by the cast as the show's opening theme, and one sung by Creator/MayumiTanaka in character as Kanna serving as the ending theme between episodes 13 and 20.
35	* DwindlingParty: The Hive of Darkness over the course of the closing episodes. Miroku's the first to fall in the climax of Episode 23 (at the hands of Sumire and the Floral Division). Rasetsu and Setsuna follow her in the opening minutes of Episode 25 (at the hands of Ogami and Kayama). Aoi Satan is the last to fall in the series finale's climax (at the hands of Sakura).
36	* FallenHero: As in the game, Aoi Satan was once known as the Kouma War hero Shinnosuke Yamazai. In this version of the story, he was also an engineering genius who designed the Koubu.
37	* FanDisservice: Anything related to Crimson Miroku after she's BackFromTheDead. It's extremely unsettling to see her with her robes open, her hair down, a crazy look in her eyes...
38	* FromBadToWorse: Episode 22 in a nutshell. Thanks to the ending of the previous episode, Yoneda's attempt to take out Aoi Satan has failed. The Commander is now MIA and possibly dead, forcing Ayame to take command. Yoneda's failed gambit also resulted in the destruction of the Majinki, costing the team their Spiritual "Break Glass In Case of Emergency" contingency. As bad as things already are, they get worse as Episode 22 opens. Aoi Satan destroys the penultimate Tenpu Stone, leaving only one left to contain Tenkai. With Yoneda gone, the Hive of Darkness launches an all-out invasion of the Imperial Theater -- an incursion which succeeds in destroying the Imperial Combat Revue's headquarters. The only silver lining is the team and their Koubus manage to escape (though that's not much of a win as they're now homeless and without access to their core resources).
39	* HeroicSacrifice: Yoneda tries this in Episode 21, willing to use the Majinki and kill himself in an attempt to seal away Aoi Satan. It doesn't work.
40	* NeckLift: In the 1st episode, Maria performs one on Sakura for inadvertently causing one foul-up too many during her first day, though she picks her up by the front of her kimono rather than her actual neck.
41	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yoneda and Ayame after they realize Aoi Satan is their wartime comrade Shinnosuke Yamazaki -- and not only alive, but fallen to the forces of darkness he once fought. For personal reasons, they choose not inform Ogami or the rest of the Imperial Floral Division of this DarkSecret. [[PoorCommunicationKills This ends up backfiring spectacularly on the entire team]], especially in Episodes 20 (when Satan approaches Sakura in his civilian guise and brainwashes her) and 22 (as [[BrokenPedestal Kohran learns her engineering idol is their archenemy]] and has a HeroicBSOD as the Hive of Darkness is in the middle of invading the Imperial Theater).
42	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: On her first day, Sakura gets off on the wrong foot with the other members of the Hanagumi, and her attempts to patch things up with the others just end up making the situation worse until the [[DownerEnding end of the episode,]] where, after one screw-up too many, Sakura is forced out. By the end of the next episode, however, Sakura proves herself to the others and is accepted back.
43	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Had that Wakiji not attacked Tokyo in the second episode, Sakura wouldn't have been able to prove her worthiness as a true member of the Flower Division.
44	* NoodleIncident: When Kohran's bike gets destroyed in the sixth episode "The Koubu's Heart," Yoneda mentions that it's not the first time this happened to her.
45	* OhNoNotAgain: When Kohran accidentally destroys her steam bike upon approaching the theater, she laments that it has been destroyed once before. In the dub, she even says the trope name verbatim.
46	* RuleOfThree: When Ikki Yoneda hears Kohran crashing her bike, he comments that it was her third auto wreck this year.
47	* SealedEvilInACan: Anime Tenkai (whereas in the game he's been free and active since the Kouma War). The Hive of Darkness is still destroying the Tenpu Stones and their magical seals all around Tokyo, But the goal in this version of the story is to release Tenaki from his imprisonment (rather than remove the spiritual protection that was keeping demonic hordes at bay in the game).
48	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the 1996 game, Ayame is killed by Aoi Satan/Shinnosuke Yamazaki in the FinalBattle. In this version, she doesn't experience a FaceHeelTurn and survives the Imperial Combat Revue's final encounter with Satan.
49	* TakingYouWithMe: Yoneda's attempted Heroic Sacrifice in Episode 21. He's willing to give up his own life to power the Majinki if it means taking Aoi Satan with him.
50	* ThunderboltIron: In episode 15, it's mentioned in passing that Sakura's sword Arataka was forged from a meteorite.
51	* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: At the end of the first episode, Sakura's impatience and unwillingness to listen to Yoneda's advice on waiting until the Flower Division calms down leads to her being forced to leave the theater.
52	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Imperial Theater is destroyed by the Hive of Darkness in Episode 22 as the prelude to their endgame. Iris even cites the Trope in-universe in the following episode.

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