The story background of sakura wars is set in the Taisho era in Japan at the beginning of the 2th century. Since the Meiji Restoration, civilization has been carried out for more than 5 years. Western culture and Japanese traditional culture have blended with each other in constant conflicts, and people's thoughts have gradually changed from
as a game with a large number of animations, and the sakura wars series has been adopted. The first issue of OVA's Blooming Cherry Blossoms, with 4 volumes, was released from December 1997 to July 1998. It mainly tells the story of the early establishment of the flower group before the first generation of sakura wars, in which the original characters such as Shinozaki Tadashi and Kwon Yeh later appeared in the second generation.
The second issue of OVA, ***6 volumes, was released one after another from December 1999 to December 2. The original plot was still adopted, and new characters from the second generation were added, and the animation quality was greatly improved. The first volume was previously released at the' 99 Tokyo International Fantasy Film Festival in November 1999. Two issues of ***1 volumes have sold more than 4, in Japan, and the most rare thing is that there are 2, sets of good results in the United States, which makes people have to sigh that the charm of sakura wars can't be stopped.
Different from the fierce fighting scenes everywhere in the game, the OVA version of sakura wars is full of relaxed and happy life besides the intense fighting scenes. These romantic life episodes make the whole animation like a cheerful poem, or the intense or gentle progress is properly controlled by the movements, tones and expressions of the young members of the "Flower Group" troupe who are active in the drama.
in April, 2, sakura wars, a 25-sentence TV animated film produced by Japanese TBS TV station, began to be shown. The director was Ryū Tarō Nakamura who directed the experimental animated film Lain. The whole film strongly embodies Nakamura's personality. Contrary to the lively and warm atmosphere of sakura wars, it reinterprets this familiar story in a gloomy and depressing tone, focusing on the portrayal of the inner world of the characters, which can be regarded as an alternative sakura wars.
In June, 21, the release date of the theatrical animation "sakura wars Activity Photo" was officially announced. This masterpiece, which combines industry elites and cutting-edge animation technology, is still welcomed by FANS.
In addition to music CDs, OVA, and so on, countless sakura wars series are sold around one after another every year, such as dolls, hand-made models, telephone cards, novels, ornaments, and so on, which always keep the pockets of Sakura fans from bulging. In December 1997, sakura wars's official FAN CLUB "Taizheng Romantic Club" was founded. Since then, two specialty stores have been opened to sell all kinds of peripheral products of "sakura wars", with annual sales of more than 3 million yen. Today's "sakura wars" has surpassed the game field and become a well-known brand with multi-platform and all-round profit creation.