Sakura Wars TV: V.1 Opening Night (ep.1-5) [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: ADV Films
• Language(s): english, japanese
• Subtitle(s): english
• Actor(s): Lowell Bartholomee, Laurent Vernin, Joseph Anthony, Evita Arce, Britt Baker, Russell Bartholomee, Les Baxter, Wayne Alan Brenner, Tyler Briers, Monika Bustamante

Sakura Wars TV is a more satisfying treatment of this popular continuity than the feature or OVAs. The longer format gives the filmmakers time to delineate characters more fully, to explore the nature of the threat the Imperial Flower Combat Troupe faces, and to explain how putting on plays prepares the Troupers for specialized warfare. When klutzy swordswoman Sakura Shinguji arrives in Tokyo in the mid-1920s, she inadvertently alienates the other members of the Troupe. As she works to make amends, she learns that these young women fight in Koubus, special mecha that run on spiritual energy. They battle the Wakiji, mecha that wreak destruction whenever they appear. The first episodes introduce the principle cast members: arrogant Sumire Kanzaki, sharpshooter Maria Tachibana, and petite psychic Iris Chateaubriand. Handsome Second Lieutenant Ohgami assumes command of the Troop, but receives a less than warm welcome. (Rated 12 and older: violence) --Charles Solomon