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Sakura Wars 7

Did you know there was a collaboration between Sakura Wars and the mobile game Hortensia Saga where Ogami and the protagonist of that game swap bodies AND NO ONE NOTICES

❗| Sakura Wars TV anime will be streaming on Toei Anime Channel subscription on Amazon Prime Video starting this month!!

🎉 | Today, August 31st, is the 25th anniversary of the Sakura Wars Teikoku Kagekidan Super Live, an open air concert that was part of the Avec Summer Paradise music festival!

🎉| These 3 days are the 11th anniversary of the New York Hoshigumi show "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet", it ran from August 29th to 31st with a total of 5 performances! This was the last official Sakura Wars show! It introduced 2 new characters and had Reni and Orihime as guests!

❗| More guests revealed for Kaya Matsutani (Diana)'s upcoming Sakura Wars event "New York ♪ Perfect Weather for a Walk ♪": Hisayoshi Suganuma (Shinjiro), Kaori Asoh (Plum), Yoko Honna (Anri), the 2 Dandy members Takeda and Nishimura, and ex-sega producer Masahiro Nakayama!

‼️| The 10th instalment of Kaya Matsutani (Diana)'s event series "New York ♪ Perfect Weather for a Walk ♪" will be held on October 4th and 5th. She'll be showing the 2013 Sakura Wars show "Wild West Wish" followed by a talk show with guest Hisayoshi Suganuma (Shinjiro)!

❗| All the Sakura Wars OVAs and the Shin anime are now streaming on Bandai Channel!! They have been previously made available in multiple other Japanese streaming services some years ago!

Fun fact: this was supposed to be the last stage show and last piece of Sakura Wars content ever but fans protested inside the theater after the final showing which led to the series persisting in the future with more shows and more content!!

🎉 | This week is the 17th anniversary of the Sakura Wars New York Revue Show "Utau Dai NY 3/Great NY to Sing 3" which ran from August 27th to 31st with a total of 8 performances! It was Ratchet's stage debut, the Dandy gang intro to NY, and had Sakura and Erica as guests!

❗| An example of Sakura Shinguji's newly recorded voiced lines for the Sakura Wars x Sega NET Mahjong MJ collab!!

‼️| To commemorate the Sakura Wars x Sega NET Mahjong MJ collab, the official account @sega_MJ is holding a giveaway campaign! There'll be 4 giveaways with a total of 9 winners, all you have to do is follow the account and retweet the specific posts! More info in this thread ↓

❗| Animatetimes made an article about the Sakura Wars V 20th Anniversary Live "New York ✩ Gathering of the Stars" held last month. There you can find a report with many pictures of the show, so check it out! www.animatetimes.com/news/details...

‼️| The Sakura Wars V 20th Anniversary Live "New York ✩ Gathering of the Stars" will be rebroadcasted on e+'s streaming+ for one week from August 29th till September 4th!!

🎉 | This week is the 23rd anniversary of the Sakura Wars Super Kayou Show "Shinpen Hakkenden" which ran from August 15th to 25th with a total of 16 performances! It was the first show after Sumire's retirement and deals with its aftermath on the troupe as well as Ogami taking Yoneda's place!

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Today was Kamiyama birthday!

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Just in: the collab will have newly recorded voiced lines by Sakura, Erica, and Ogami! The game is also available on PC and as an arcade game!

Sakura Shinguji fishing in Star Horse 4

Folks, we have another bingo!!!

‼️| Mobile gacha game Sega NET Mahjong MJ will be holding a Sakura Wars CUP where you can win in-game collab items featuring the Teito and Paris casts! Round A will be held from August 25th to 31st. Round B from September 9th to 7th. And the final round from Sept 8th to 14th!!

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🎉 | This week was the 22nd anniversary of the 2nd Sakura Wars Super Kayou Show "Shin Takarajima / New Treasure Island". It ran from August 15th to the 21st with a total of 9 performances!!

The official Sakura Wars Twitter account received a blue checkmark which it didn't have before

Lowkey becoming obsessed with how strange Sakura no Uta was as a Sakura Wars gacha. You would get new art of the characters for the gacha and gameplay, but the actual cutscenes used weirdly shrunk down Sakura Wars 4 art

Coquelicot "Little Devil" outfit from Sakura no Uta

Happy Birthday to Shinjiro Taiga

🚨 | Chapter 12 of the English fan-translation of the Sakura Wars Manga Version Part 2 is now up on mangadex!!

The Meigumi is finally back with another chapter of Sakura Wars Manga Version Part 2!! Read chapter 12 now here! mangadex.org/chapter/8fec...

🎉 | This past week is the 20th anniversary of the 4th Sakura Wars Super Kayou Show "Shin Aoi Tori / New Blue Bird". It ran from August 13th to 20th with a total of 9 performances! This show marked Sumire's stage comeback after her return CD drama as well as Shinjiro's stage debut!

🎉 | This past week was the 21st anniversary of the third Sakura Wars Super Kayou Show "Shin Saiyuki / New Journey to the West" which ran from August 13th to the 19th with a total of 11 performances!!

I know this isn't Sakura Wars related but it is Sega related so let me gush. I will be buying that Shenmue 3 Remaster day one

Iris art from the shut down Sakura Wars gacha game Sakura Wars: Sakura no Uta.

It also serves as the intro to the theater's choreographer, Bob Lassie, who will then become a recurring character in all the New York stage shows!!

🎉 | Today, August 17th, is the 20th anniversary of the only Sakura Wars NY CD drama "Over the Rainbow Sunshine" It's a day in the life story covering the Little Lip Theater's struggle against defamation by the concentrative press and trying not to turn into a sushi restaurant

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❗| Animatetimes made an article about the Sakura Wars Midsummer Festival "Odorimashou! (Let's Dance!)" held last month. There you can find a report with many pictures of the show, so check it out! www.animatetimes.com/news/details...

Had a nightmare about the worst case scenario for Sakura Wars' future and made myself angry for having it in the first place

Weirdly specific sale for it to be in

🎉 | Today is the 24th anniversary of the Paris Revue's stage debut "Paris Hanagumi Special Mini Live Show" which was held on August 13th as an opening act for that day's performance of Kaijin Bessou!

More Sakura Wars in English!!

The Meigumi is back with another Shin Sakura Wars the Stage sub: closing off the live concert series with Ouka no Utage • Sai / Another Concert Under the Cherry Blossoms! Drive: drive.google.com/drive/folder... Archive: archive.org/details/meig... Additional notes and credits in the readme file!