History Anime / SakuraWarsTheAnimation

''Sakura Wars the Animation'', known in Japan as ''Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation'', is a [[AllCGICartoon CGI anime]] sequel to the 2019 Creator/{{Sega}} video game ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'', directed by Manabu Ono (''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance''). Series composition credits are shared by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata (''Manga/StrikeWitches'', ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'') and ''Sakura Wars'' veteran Kohei Tanaka once again wrote the music. The series was produced by Creator/SanzigenAnimationStudio, which produced the cinematics to the 2019 game. It is the first ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' TV series in 20 years and the first to be dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}} since their release of ''École de Paris'' in 2005.

''Sakura Wars the Animation'', known in Japan as ''Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation'', is a [[AllCGICartoon CGI anime]] sequel to the 2019 Creator/{{Sega}} video game ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'', directed by Manabu Ono (''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance''). Series composition credits are shared by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata (''Manga/StrikeWitches'', ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'') and ''Sakura Wars'' veteran Kohei Tanaka once again wrote the music. The series was produced by Creator/SanzigenAnimationStudio, which produced the cinematics to the 2019 game. It is the first ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' TV series in 20 years and the first to be dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}} since their release of ''École de Paris'' in 2005.

''Sakura Wars the Animation'', known in Japan as ''Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation'', is a [[AllCGICartoon CGI anime]] sequel to the 2019 Creator/{{Sega}} video game ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'', directed by Manabu Ono (''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance''). Series composition credits are shared by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata (''Manga/StrikeWitches'', ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'') and ''Sakura Wars'' veteran Kohei Tanaka once again wrote the music. The series was produced by Creator/SanzigenAnimationStudio, which produced the cinematics to the 2019 game. It is the first ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' TV series in 20 years and the first to be dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}} since their release of ''École de Paris'' in 2005.

Set in 1941, one year after the events of ''Sakura Wars'', peace has returned to Tokyo at last. Seijuro Kamiyama (Creator/YoheiAzakami), the captain of the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division, is transferred to Europe and Sakura Amamiya (Creator/AyaneSakura) assumes leadership in his place. Kamiyama eventually returns to Japan, accompanied by Klara M. Ruzhkova (Misaki Watada), who is the apparent SoleSurvivor of the first Moscow Combat Revue. Meanwhile, the team is approached by Valery Kaminski (Creator/KenjiAkabane) and Klara's older sister Leyla Ruzhkova (Haruka Shiraishi), two Moscow Combat Revue members who seek out Klara to have her rejoin the team. The Imperial Combat Revue must protect Tokyo once again and learn what the Moscow Combat Revue's real motives are.

''Sakura Wars the Animation'', known in Japan as ''Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation'', is a [[AllCGICartoon CGI anime]] sequel to the 2019 Creator/{{Sega}} video game ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'', directed by Manabu Ono (''LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance''). Series composition credits are shared by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata (''Manga/StrikeWitches'', ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'') and ''Sakura Wars'' veteran Kohei Tanaka once again wrote the music. The series was produced by Creator/SanzigenAnimationStudio, which produced the cinematics to the 2019 game. It is the first ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' TV series in 20 years.

The series premiered on April 3, 2020 as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo MX and [=BS11=], and it consists of 12 episodes. Outside of Japan, Creator/{{Funimation}} premiered it same-day in North America and the United Kingdom. Madman Entertainment streamed it on the [=AnimeLab=] service in Australia and New Zealand, while Aniplex made it available via country-specific Wakanim services in Europe.

** The opening narration in the first two episodes is accompanied by silhouettes of the original Imperial Combat Revue in stage outfits, with Ichiro Ohgami appearing last and tossing his hat towards the camera, similar to the opening sequence of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens''.

** Much like in the game as well, Sakura's Mugen is destroyed and her Kobu is rendered inoperable, forcing her to switch into the Obu.

* BittersweetEnding: Thanks to the Imperial Combat Revue's efforts, Kaminski is killed off for good, the Moscow Combat Revue is no more and Klara becomes a permanent member of the revue. However, Leyla is dead and Hakushu has to go her separate ways with Sakura after several years as her sword master. Worst of all, the threat of the Demon Emperor still lingers.

* HappyEndingOverride: The 2019 game ended with the Imperial Combat Revue winning the Combat Revue World Games and thwarting President G/Genan Sotetsu's plans to resurrect the Demon Emperor. But it didn't last long before another demonic invasion occurred in Tokyo.

* BittersweetEnding: Thanks to the Imperial Combat Revue's efforts, Kaminski is killed off for good, the Moscow Combat Revue is no more and Klara becomes a permanent member of the revue. However, Hakushu has to go her separate ways with Sakura after several years as her sword master and the threat of the Demon Emperor still lingers.

* BadMoonRising: At one point in the opening theme, Klara's true form is surrounded by a red moon.

*** The first scene is the Flower Division members turning around to reveal themselves ending on a close up of the main heroine, just like the Paris Combat Revue from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning.''

* WaveMotionGun: The ''Sevastapol'' is equipped with a powerful cannon that can easily destroy a mountain.

* BadMoonRising: At one point in the opening theme, a white-haired villainess is surrounded by a red moon.
* BigWhat: Hatsuho yells "What?!" when she learns about the White Cape's most recent whereabouts

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Sakura's Obu is far too powerful and eats away at its users spiritual power, so much so that they put their own life at risk. Thus once Sakura's Mugen was completed, they put the Obu under wraps until Sakura's Mugen and rebuilt Kobu became inoperable.

* LaughingMad: Kaminski breaks into insane laughter at the end of “Strange and Bizarre! The True Identity of Black Cape!“

* SkywardScream: Hatsuho screams "Damn it all!" after her Mugen gets seriously damaged by the demon at the end of "Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!".

** When Kaminski makes his first appearance in "Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!", he holds a red rose.

* WhamEpisode: Episodes 8 and 9 reveal that Leyla and Klara are half demons. Episode 9 also reveals that Hakusu is hiding demon children, relating back to her mysterious past in the game.

* CoolMask: White Cape's disguise consists of a wide-brimmed hat accompanied by a mask concealing her eyes.

* SoleSurvivor: {{Subverted|Trope}} and then played straight. Klara is the apparent sole survivor of the original Moscow Combat Revue, whose airship crashed during an assault in Petrograd. But "Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!" reveals that everyone in the Moscow Combat Revue survived the crash, including Kaminski and Leyla. It then gets complicated. After Kamiyama investigated the crash site, it turns out the Moscow Combat Revue really were destroyed leaving Klara, Leyla and Kaminski. The rest of the supposed Moscow troop turns out to be androids of Kaminski's design.

** The White Cape often wears a rose on her hat.

* SoleSurvivor: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Klara is the apparent sole survivor of the original Moscow Combat Revue, whose airship crashed during an assault in Petrograd. But "Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!" reveals that everyone in the Moscow Combat Revue survived the crash, including Kaminski and Leyla. It then gets complicated. After investigating the crash site, it turns out the Moscow Combat Revue really were destroyed leaving Klara, Leyla and Kaminski.

* WhamEpisode: Episodes 8 and 9 reveal that Leyla and Klara are half demons. Episode 9 also reveals that Hakusu is hiding demon children in hopes they can coexist some day.

* SoleSurvivor: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Klara is the apparent sole survivor of the original Moscow Combat Revue, whose airship crashed during an assault in Petrograd. But "Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue!" reveals that everyone in the Moscow Combat Revue survived the crash, including Kaminski and Leyla.