Trivia / Sakura Wars the Animation

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• Acting for Two: Besides reprising her role as Komachi Oba, Ryōko Shiraishi has an Uncredited Role as the stray cat who often frequents the Grand Imperial Theater.
• Adaptation First: The worldwide release of the anime marks the first appearances of the new Flower Division, as well as the Shanghai, Berlin and London Combat Revues.
• Creator Couple: Terri Doty is Leyla's English voice actress and her husband Stephen Hoff is the dub's ADR director.
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: The English dub included voice actors from both the Dallas and Los Angeles areas.
• Meaningful Release Date:
  • The first trailer premiered on January 29, 2020, which was Ayane Sakura's 26th birthday.
  • The series premiered on April 3, 2020, two months before Sega's 60th anniversary.
  • The eleventh episode, which featured the Imperial, London, Berlin and Shanghai Combat Revues joining forces, premiered on June 12, 2020 — six months to the release of Sakura Wars (2019), which also featured the four main Combat Revues.
  • By sheer coincidence, the dub cast was announced on February 1, Claris' birthday.
• Milestone Celebration:
  • The series premiered in 2020, the 60th anniversary of Sega and the 20th anniversary of the first TV series.
  • Funimation's Blu-ray release coincides with the 25th anniversary of Sakura Wars and the 20th anniversary of Is Paris Burning?.
• No Export for You: The series wasn't officially distributed in South America.
• The Original Darrin: After being replaced by Christiana Yuuki for the English dub of the Sumire OVA, Michelle Ruff returns to voice Sumire Kanzaki.
• Production Posse: As with the 2019 game, there are several Sanzigen Animation Studio regulars.
  • Director Manabu Ono storyboarded the game's opening sequence.
  • Assistant director Yoshikazu Kon co-directed and storyboarded the in-game cutscenes.
  • Character designer and animation director Takuya Chanohara performed similar duties for the game’s cutscenes as well as Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
  • Mechanical designer Fumihiro Katagai designed the props for the in-game cinematics.
  • Tatsuhiko Urahata worked with Ono on Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and Saki. He also worked with Takaaki Suzuki on Strike Witches.
  • Passione also assisted with the in-game cinematics.
  • Sound effects artist Yasuyuki Konno and color designer Aiko Matsuyama performed similar duties for The Asterisk War, which was chief directed by Manabu Ono.
  • Toshihiko Masuda, the storyboard artist for episode 7, was a former regular at Sega-owned TMS Entertainment.
• Role Reprise: In the English dub, Sumire Kanzaki is once again voiced by Michelle Ruff, who dubbed the character in Sakura Wars: The Movie nearly 18 years before Funimation announced the dub's cast.
• Sequel in Another Medium: The anime series serves as a sequel to the 2019 video game.
• Studio Hop:
  • This is the first Sakura Wars anime to be produced by Sanzigen Animation Studio.
  • The English dub was recorded at Okratron 5000 in Dallas and Los Angeles instead of Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
• Written by Cast Member: In the English dub, Terri Doty was the ADR writer as well as Leyla's voice actress.
• You Sound Familiar:
  • From the English dub of École de Paris, Monica Rial (Coquelicot) is Kaoru Rindo, Caitlin Glass (Erica Fontaine) is Hiromi Hongo and Luci Christian (Ci Caprice) is Hakushu Murasame.
  • Charles Campbell, who provided the Opening Narration in the English dub, previously voiced Seiya Ogata in ADV's dub of The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms OVA.

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