#shanghai combat revue

[csarracenian]

Yue Ying illustration, based on a Sakura Wars promo art by Judy Totoya(!), which I liked a lot.

(apparently this was stuck in my drafts for almost half a year and I never noticed I didn't ever post it oops)

[satoshi-mochida]

Sega has released a new trailer and screenshots for Sakura Wars introducing combat.

Here is an overview of combat in Sakura Wars, via Sega:

When you take the reins as Seijuro Kamiyama in Sakura Wars your challenges aren’t only with your own Imperial Combat Revue, but also with every other combat revue in the world. There’s a big battle looming.

Almost immediately after being appointed captain of the Flower Division, your boss, Sumire Kanzaki, announces Tokyo’s sworn protectors are at risk of being disbanded. You and your squad have one chance to prove yourselves and save the legacy of the Flower Division—by winning the Combat Revue World Games.

The Games are an intense, dynamic tournament where combat revues from around the world compete in elaborate stage performances and battle with their giant mecha. They were established with the hope it would foster a spirit of unity between the different revues while also enhancing their public profile, allowing these heroes to take the spotlight and display their combat prowess to the populace.

The Flower Division can expect to face particularly fierce opposition from the combat revues of Shanghai, London, and Berlin. The rules are simple, though the path forward is anything but:

Every match is a three-on-three team battle spread across three rounds.

You’ll select two squad members who will fight alongside you.

Each team scores points by defeating targets located around the tournament arena.

These points contribute to a tug-of-war-like gauge. Win by overpowering your opponent in that gauge or by scoring the most points overall at the end of the match.

Sakura Wars launched for PlayStation 4 in December 2019 in Japan, and is due out on April 28 in the Americas and Europe. A demo is available now in Japan. Read more about the game here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Watch the trailer below. View the screenshots at the gallery.

[demifiendrsa]

Sakura Wars (Shin Sakura Taisen) | Combat Trailer

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Overview

When you take the reins as Seijuro Kamiyama in Sakura Wars your challenges aren’t only with your own Imperial Combat Revue, but also with every other combat revue in the world. There’s a big battle looming.

Almost immediately after being appointed captain of the Flower Division, your boss, Sumire Kanzaki, announces Tokyo’s sworn protectors are at risk of being disbanded. You and your squad have one chance to prove yourselves and save the legacy of the Flower Division—by winning the Combat Revue World Games.

The Games are an intense, dynamic tournament where combat revues from around the world compete in elaborate stage performances and battle with their giant mecha. They were established with the hope it would foster a spirit of unity between the different revues while also enhancing their public profile, allowing these heroes to take the spotlight and display their combat prowess to the populace.

The Flower Division can expect to face particularly fierce opposition from the combat revues of Shanghai, London, and Berlin. The rules are simple, though the path forward is anything but:

Every match is a three-on-three team battle spread across three rounds. You’ll select two squad members who will fight alongside you. Each team scores points by defeating targets located around the tournament arena. These points contribute to a tug-of-war-like gauge. Win by overpowering your opponent in that gauge or by scoring the most points overall at the end of the match.

[recentanimenews]

10 Cast Members Gather in Sakura Wars New Stage Play "Two Flames" Key Visual

    The official website for Shin Sakura Taisen the Stage: Futatsu no Honoo / Sakura Wars the Stage: Two Flames, the second show of the stage play adaptation of Sega's PS4 game Shin Sakura Taisen / Sakura Wars, is updated with a key visual featuring its ten main cast members.

  The main cast featured in the visual are the five members of the Imperial Combat Revue Flower Division - Sakura Amamiya (Yuuna Sekine), Hatsuho Shinonome (Rina Takahashi), Azami Mochizuki (Yui Kanchiku), Anastasia Palma (Juri Hirayu), and Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake (Natsumi Oki), the members of Shanghai and London Combat Revues - Yang Xiaolong (Mariko Honjo), Huang Yui (Hirari Nishida), Arthur (Kaede), Lancelot (Otoha Komatsu), and the Combat Revue's commander, Sumire Kanzaki (Moemi Katayama).   

        The second show is set to be performed at Theater 1010 in Tokyo from December 17 to 19, 2021. General sales of the ticket will begin tomorrow, November 13.  As with the first show in November 2019, Masami Ito serves as writer/director, and Kohei Tanaka, who has worked on the Sakura Wars franchise for 25 years, provides music.

  In addition, Yohei Azakami, who played Seijuro Kamiyama, the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in the game and its TV anime adaptation in 2020, is confirmed to make a voice appearance as his character again.  

    Individual cast visuals:

  Yuuna Sekine (Sakura Amamiya) / Rina Takahashi (Hatsuho Shinonome):

    Yui Kanchiku (Azami Mochizuki) / Juri Hirayu (Anastasia Palma): 

    Natsumi Oki (Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake) / Mariko Honjo (Yang Xiaolong):

    Hirari Nishida (Huang Yui) / Kaede (Arthur):

    Otoha Komatsu (Lancelot) / Moemi Katayama (Sumire Kanzaki):

    ????キービジュアル解禁！???? 「帝国華撃団・花組」「上海華撃団」「倫敦華撃団」の10名が揃い踏み！✨ さらに、花組隊長・神山誠十郎役として #阿座上洋平 さんの声の出演が決定！⚔️ 11月13日(土)10:00よりチケット一般販売開始！#新サクラ大戦 the Stage ????公式HP???? https://t.co/vMoe3n9kzS pic.twitter.com/IACUPWkg4H

— 新サクラ大戦 the Stage【舞台公式】 (@ShinsakuraStage) November 11, 2021

    Source: Sega press release

  ORIGINAL ©︎SEGA ©︎SEGA / avex pictures

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

[entergamingxp]

Sakura Wars Staff, Anime Adaptation Ending Tease Sequel

June 22, 2020 9:56 PM EST

Sakura Wars Producer Tetsu Katano, Composer Kohei Tanaka, and the Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation ending all hinted we might get more Shin Sakura Taisen.

Sega held the 14th Sakura Wars stream on June 19. The stream featured as usual: MC Mami Yamashita, Seijuro Kamiyama’s seiyuu Yohei Azakami, and Producer Tetsu Katano. Present as guests were Kenji Akabane, who is the seiyuu of Kaminsky Valery in Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation, and Sakura Taisen composer Kohei Tanaka.

The stream mainly focused on Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation, whose final episode aired the same day. One interesting point are the words shared by everyone as the stream ended.

Kohei Tanaka said he wants to keep making Sakura Taisen songs forever, and he’s sad the anime ended so fast. He actually pointed out how at the first meetings for the anime’s production, he asked if they could make it into a 2 cour anime (24-26 episodes) but that wasn’t possible for various reasons. Kohei Tanaka hopes there will be more Sakura Taisen coming soon, and said there might be, seeing the anime’s ending. This turned out true, as the anime’s final episode, which aired right after the stream, teased more to come with a stinger-like ending.

However, the biggest hint toward a sequel is by far Producer Tetsu Katano’s words as the stream ended. As linked at the 1:39:32 mark above, he said:

Tetsu Katano: “We went through the answers from the survey we sent players. Nearly every player said in the survey that if there’s a sequel, they’ll buy it. That’s an incredible stimulus for us. Sakura (Amamiya) always says she’ll never ever give up, and we always feel the same way… That’s all I can say.”

Tetsu Katano also added that they’ll keep asking Kohei Tanaka for Sakura Wars songs in the future.

It’s also important to note that on April 16, 2020, Sega registered trademarks for:

The trademarks were made public on May 12, 2020, but time didn’t permit me to write about it back then. Except for B.L.A.C.K., these are all listed for video games-related categories.  Nothing is certain as there’s the possibility these trademarks will never be used. It does mean Sega is definitely thinking about more Sakura Wars games though. Collabs for the game and now the anime haven’t stopped and show no sign of stopping either. The same can be said when it comes to new goods.

Moreover, Sakura Wars streams have an history of the staff purposefully acting as if they said something they shouldn’t on stream, in order to tease things. On the very first stream, they acted as if they forgot to talk about “Shangai”, teasing the reveal of the Shanghai Combat Revue on the next stream. The following stream, Producer Katano acted a lapsus, saying “London” instead of “Dondon” (more and more in Japanese) teasing the London Combat Revue.

Live Japanese TV shows, streams, seiyuu radio shows and the like are all meticulously scripted, but they acted those “slip-ups” so well I was fooled. Until they outright said one stream they couldn’t find a good joke for Berlin and outright said the next stream would reveal the Berlin Combat Revue. Anyway, what I mean to say is Tetsu Katano definitely didn’t say these teasing words coincidentally.

Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi previously spoke on Sakura Wars‘ sales and mentioned Sega will make more full voice games in the future. It’s highly likely a tentative Shin Sakura Taisen 2 will be fully voiced.

You can read our Sakura Wars (2019) review and check out our translations and summaries of all past streams:

Comments from series original creator Oji Hiroi, Famitsu staff interview Part 1, Part 2, Comments from the main cast. Comments from Toshihiro Nagoshi. Introduction for Sumire, Kaoru, Komachi. Comments from Michie Tomizawa/Sumire. Toshihiro Nagoshi on the battle system switch.

Details on: Shangai Combat Revue characters designed by Lucky Star’s Yukiko Horiguchi, London Combat Revue characters designed by Sword Art Online‘s Abec/Bunbun, Berlin Combat Revue characters designed by Strike Witches‘ Fumikane Shimada, Yasha. Itsuki, Hiromi designed by Haruhi Suzumiya‘s Noizi Ito, Hakushu Murasame designed by Persona‘s Shigenori Soejima, Character design introduction videos.

Anime announcement trailer, Japanese Limited Edition details, stage play announcement, comments from composer Kohei Tanaka. Comments from Producer Katano, Director Otsubo. Character Song Music Videos. Character design introduction videos. More staff comments. Famitsu interview with Chisa Yokoyama/Sakura, Michie Tomizawa/Sumire. Shin Sakura Taisen The Stage Winter 2020 comeback.

Sakura Wars is currently a PS4 exclusive and can be bought on Amazon.

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June 22, 2020 9:56 PM EST

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[anime-herald]

New Sakura Wars (2019) Trailers Show Off Battle System, Tite Kubo's Designs

New Sakura Wars (2019) Trailers Show Off Battle System, Tite Kubo’s Designs

Earlier today, game publisher Sega started streaming two new teaser trailers for Sakura Wars (2019). We break the details down below

Combat Trailer

The minute-long promo shows off the game’s action-based battle system, giving a particular focus to the in-game WLOF battle events between the Flower Division and the Shanghai Combat Revue, the London Combat Revue, and the Berlin Combat Revue.

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Project Sakura Wars’ Shanghai Combat Revue Theme Song Is Surprisingly Sentimental https://t.co/xRL47Qpg8R

Project Sakura Wars’ Shanghai Combat Revue Theme Song Is Surprisingly Sentimental https://t.co/xRL47Qpg8R

— Retrograde Wear Gaming (@RetroGradeWear) November 1, 2019

from Twitter https://twitter.com/RetroGradeWear

[thomasroach]

Project Sakura Wars Introduces The Shanghai Combat Revue And Its Action RPG Gameplay

Project Sakura Wars in its monthly livestream for July revealed two characters hailing from the Shanghai Combat Revue, as well as revealing the new action RPG gameplay, as well as explaining why the change was made. Project Sakura Wars Introduces The Shanghai Combat Revue And Its Action RPG Gameplay published first on https://juanaframi.tumblr.com/

[csarracenian]

Its Guans and Qins. I like white shirts+pants

[csarracenian]

Another round of Patreon requests were done!

Its R. Dorothy (from Big O and Rally Vincent (+ Minnie May) from Gunsmith Cats, AND a crossover that I actually wouldn't have thought of otherwise surprisingly enough

That was fun.

[csarracenian]

Kicking off the year with Yue Ying and Wu Shuang. (I actually drew this months ago on my Patreon)

Version with slightly less faux TV grain:

[csarracenian]

"What if an old anime promo art was also a 1920s-1930s Shanghai commercial poster?" feat. Qi Dandan

ho hoo, anything to trick me into doing digital painting I suppose

Previously posted on Patreon for patrens, where I also detail some info on its inspirations.

[csarracenian]

So, here's Qi Dandan smoking after I finished watching a few Ruan Lingyu movies. She doesn't actually like smoking but she does it anyway, you know how it is.

Apparently, my roommate's mum called today saying "wow Aleksis sure has been drawing some chicks on IG".

God, I've been marked. I'm "the chick drawer" now.

[csarracenian]

I've forgotten this in my folders oops I like drawing the Shanghai Combat Revue uniform.

btw their team name is specifically 山河班* or Mountain (and) River Company. Hence their names are puns for rivers & mountains**

* The full name is 山河武艺班 (Mountain (and) River Martial Company), or 舞艺班 (Dance Company) to the wider public. I like the pun.

** Except for Qi Dandan, but that's 'cause hers is an stage alias. Her real name is 戚淮卿

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sarracenian Ko-fi (Commission info): https://ko-fi.com/sarracenian

[csarracenian]

When you want to celebrate New Years but your teammates are still 1920s Chinese people

(a part 2 to previous)

[csarracenian]

Qi>Qin>Guan

What do you think they are whispering about?