Sakura Taisen

Sakura Wars
サクラ大戦

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The year is 1921, and this is a Tokyo where monstrous steam-powered robots crash a flower-viewing party only to be cut down samurai-style by a young girl in a kimono and traditional hakama pants. It's eight years after the horrific Demon War, and Japan is a peaceful prosperous place. Meet Ensign Ogami Ichiro, who has just graduated from the Naval Academy. He's assigned to a base in Tokyo, but soon discovers that his headquarters is the Imperial Theater and his first mission is collecting tickets at the gate. He gamely goes about his menial jobs at the theater, surrounded by beautiful girls who seem to know a lot more about what's going on than he does, but he's about to be swept into a roiling world of robots, demons, and hot girls in uniform. (Source: Tokyopop)

Publication notes

Sakura Taisen had seven volumes published in English by Tokyopop from December 13, 2005 to May 1, 2008, before the publisher became defunct.

Published

Jun 26, 2002 to Dec 26, 2008

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Sakura Shinguji95 fan favorites
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Age: 17-20 Birthdate: July 28, 1905 Birthplace: Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Height: 155 cm (5.1") Weight: 44 kg B/W/H: 82/56/81 Blood type: A Theme songs: "Sakura" and "Haru ga Kuru" (Spring Will Come) Floral Namesake: Cherry Blossom (JP: "Sakura") Place of Origin: Flag of Japan Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Martial Talents: Tachi (medium-length Samurai Sword) Hokushin Itto Ryu Kenjutsu Koubu-Kai/Jinbu/Tenbu/Koubu Nishiki Unit Color: Pink Weapon: Tachi Sakura Shinguji is the master of Hokushin Itto Ryu Kenjutsu. Daughter of Kazuma Shinguji (hero of the last demon war), and heir to the spiritual power of the Shinguji family, she was summoned to Tokyo by General Yoneda sometime after the formation of the Hanagumi. Moving from rural Sendai and struggling to live in a new metropolitan lifestyle, she faces even more challenges in attempting to integrate herself with the members of the Hanagumi. In the beginning, she is seen by everyone as clumsy and a country bumpkin, but grows steadily in power to become the strongest member of the team, aided by the inherited spiritual power of the Shinguji family and her spiritual sword Arataka. She has a friendly and caring personality, bringing smiles and giving great moral support to everyone in the group. Her Koubu is the Nishiki unit.
Sumire Kanzaki26 fan favorites
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Sumire Kanzaki is an established actress of great talent and self-professed star of the Hanagumi, Sumire is arrogant and conceited, perhaps because she was raised as a spoiled brat, with her father and grandfather being good-hearted yet very workaholic. Despite her attitude, she is skilled pilot and highly capable of wielding a naginata, and can sometimes be rather wise. She is a daughter born into the elite Kanzaki industrial clan, whose factory produced the Koubu.
Maria Tachibana18 fan favorites
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Age: 19-21 Birthdate: June 19, 1903 Place of Origin: Kiev, Ukraine, of mixed Japanese-Russian (Japanese-Ukrainian) parentage Height: 186 cm (6'1") Weight: 65 kg B/W/H: 88/60/90 Blood type: O Theme songs: "Only Man" and "Ikiteru Yorokobi" ("Alive with Joy") Floral Namesake: Tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana) Martial Talents: Marksmanship (pistol) (Enfield Mark I: revolver) Koubu-Kai/Jinbu/Tenbu/Koubu Nishiki Unit Color: Dark purple (sometimes seen as ether Black or Indigo) Weapon: Arm-mounted machine cannon, back-mounted sniper cannon A veteran of the Russian Revolution, Maria is the only member of the Hanagumi with prior experience of military tactics and warfare. This experience was why she was chosen to be the original leader of the group. However, though her struggles in Russia had left her an expert marksman and skilled tactician, she also became coldly logical and unwilling to interact with others on an emotional level, which led to being labeled "Kazuar" (in anime it's said that this name means "phoenix," but actually it's a bird, but its closest relative is ostrich). After a series of set backs, it was decided that Ichiro Ougami should replace her as leader, with Maria remaining as his second. After an initial period of friction between the pair when Ōgami arrived, Maria's attitude began to turn slightly, though she still remains the most coldly emotional of the group. Sakura looks up at Maria very much at the beginning. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kanna Kirishima17 fan favorites
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Age: 18 Birthdate: September 7, 1903 Place of Origin: Okinawa, Japan Height: 197 cm (6'6") Weight: 78 kg B/W/H: 93/70/98 Blood type: B Floral Namesakes: Canna lily (JP: "kanna"); also the paulownia tree (JP: "kiri") and possibly the vibrant red Kirishima azalea (Rhododendron obtusum) Martial Talents: Ryuukyuu Kirishima Ryu Karate-do Koubu-Kai/Jinbu/Tenbu/Koubu Nishiki Unit Color: Red Weapons: Magnetized hand-claws Theme songs: "Shakunetsu Boogie" ("Red-Hot Boogie") and "Minami Kaze GO GO" ("South Wind GO GO") Always hungry and tomboyish, the fairly easygoing Kanna serves as the group's raw muscle. Kanna is the master of a Martial Arts style that allows her to easily kill a bull with her bare hands. She sometimes gets into an argument with Sumire over their differences in attitude. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kouran Li13 fan favorites
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Cheerful, and good humoured, Kohran is mechanically inclined and loves to work with the kobu. She works as the stage manager of the Hanagumi. A running joke in the series is that Kohran's inventions are rather accident-prone, often backfiring or blowing up in her face. She sometimes uses Ogami to test her inventions, with predictably hilarious results. Despite her cheerful attitude, she also has a serious side regarding her past; a bandit raid killed her parents and was said to be the only survivor during the village fire. She idolizes the creator of the Kobu... but does not know that he's with the enemy. (Source: Wikipedia)
Iris Chateaubriand5 fan favorites
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Age: 9-12 Birthdate: July 5, 1913 Place of Origin: Champagne, France Height: 106 cm (3'6") Weight: 18 kg B/W/H: ?/?/? Blood type: AB Floral Namesake: Iris Martial art/talents: Psionics: teleportation and psychokinesis Koubu-Kai/Jinbu/Tenbu/Koubu Nishiki Unit Color: Yellow Weapon: Psionic Energy Amplifiers Theme songs: "Etude" and "Itoshi no Jean-Paul" ("Beloved Jean-Paul") Born into an aristocratic family somewhere in France (in the state of Champagne), Iris always wears a green gown with white apron and pink ribbon on her hair and carries her teddy bear Jean Paul around with her. Her Kobu is in yellow color. The youngest member of the Hanagumi, Iris does not use a weapon like her teammates, but she has psionic Energy Amplifying powers. She can heal her teammates with her Marionette ability. Because of this, she is the core of the Haja no Jin spiritual barricade formation. She is also capable of teleportation. She says that when she is 20 years old, she will marry Ougami. Her parents apparently kept her locked in her room for a long time, scared by her psychic abilities, until Ayame came up to them and offered to take Iris to Japan.
Ichiro Ogami5 fan favorites
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Age: 19 (SW1); 22 (SW3) Birthdate: January 3, 1903 Place of Origin: Tochigi, Japan Height: 176 cm (5'9") Weight: 65 kg Blood type: A Martial Talents: Kenjutsu, twin-sword-style Koubu-Kai/Jinbu/Tenbu/Koubu Nishiki Unit/Koubu-F/Koubu-F2 Color: White Weapon: Two ōtachi (medium-length Japanese swords) Ichiro Ogami was chosen to head the Hanagumi when he proved himself capable during a test of a Koubu prototype at sea. Kayama was with him during that time, but eventually Ougami was sent to work with the Hanagumi, as Kayama worked with the Tsukigumi. In the TV series, he temporarily assumed the role of Assistant Commander. (Source: Wikipedia, edited)