Voice actress Masako Ikeda, who played Sakura's mom Wakana Shinguji, has recently passed away at 87. May she rest in peace.
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Voice actress Masako Ikeda, who played Sakura's mom Wakana Shinguji, has recently passed away at 87. May she rest in peace.
๐| Today, March 8th is the birthday of writer Satoru Akahori who wrote the scripts for all the mainline games, the Teito and Paris prequel novels, 1's novelization, the New York novelettes, as well as the 2012 New York Hoshigumi Live "Anyone Has Someone On Mind". Happy Birthday!
๐ | Today, March 3rd, is the birthday of OG Teito Hanagumi member and engineer, Kohran Li! Happy Birthday!!
๐ | Today, February 27th, is the 23rd anniversary of Sakura Wars: In Hot Blood, the PS2 remake of the 1st game!!
The volume goes on sale tomorrow! You can buy it here:
www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/...
โผ๏ธ| Continue mag shares some questions asked in the Sakura Wars interview featured in this month's vol with directors Takaharu Terada and Akira Nishino:
"This year is SW 30th anniversary, will it be a year to remember?"
"What do you want the future of the series to look like?"
I would like to specify that the merch won't be sold through Donki's site but through MEDICOS ONLINE SHOP (medicos-e-shop.net) which accepts international orders through proxy services. Pre-orders haven't started yet. Here's a link for more info:
www.medicos-e.net/newsdetail/s...
Note that the products will be sold online via MEDICOS ONLINE SHOP (medicos-e-shop.net) and not Donki's shop. It accepts international purchases through proxy services!
Pre-orders haven't started yet
www.medicos-e.net/newsdetail/s...
Luckily, they have an online store that accepts international purchases!!
The merch will be available at their online store too and it accepts international purchases! They even have online exclusive merch!
In addition, there's 3 types of life size tapestries that will be exclusive to their online store!
The onlinestore is international purchases friendly!
๐ธ | A clearer look at the brand new official art for the Sakura Wars x Donki collab!!
Artist: @kicorikkka.bsky.social
- 2 diff sets of clear files
- A T-shirt
- Randomly selected mini card bonus for purchases surpassing 2,000 yen (tax included) of this collab
The merch will consist of:
- 3 types of acrylic stands
- Acrylic diorama (one type)
- 3 types of tapestry
- A badge set that includes 3 badges (one type)
โผ๏ธ| Sakura Wars is collaborating with Japanese store chain Don Quijote (Donki) for original merch featuring brand new art, on sale starting March 14th!!
www.donki.com/products/sak...
โผ๏ธ| Kohei Tanaka clarifies that the upcoming big song he mentioned in response to the "Which Sakura Wars song was hard to compose" question isn't a Sakura Wars song and there was a misunderstanding.
He adds that something will be announced in Spring for the 30th anniversary but it won't be a game!
๐ | Today, February 24th, is the 26th anniversary of the Sakura Wars side game Ogami Ichiro Funtouki!
A tie-in to the 3rd Kayou Show Benitokage where you relive the story from Ogami's pov. It reuses the show's footage as cutscenes and has a lot of bts material as unlockables!
โ| Sakura Wars main artist Hidenori Matsubara reminds people of the franchise's anniversary right after a series of tweets and rts about the Evangelion event and new anime which he's a part of:
"This year is Sakura Wars's 30th anniversary too!!"
The show ended with the SW cast signing "Gekitei Kai" and everyone in the audience standing up and dancing with them, then they were each presented with a bouquet of flowers and gave a short speech in character.
Here's some more behind the scenes pictures
The show had approxemitly 150 garments, from the stuff the SW cast wore to the models, all hand made with eco friendly and sustainable materials and using new and innovative techniques.
The next section had the cast show up in their casuak outfits and sing "Kore ga Revue". Followed by a showcase of different other dresses worn by models led by special guests Rie Tomosaka and Naoto Fujiki. Yumi Katsura, Hiroi and head of Sega at the time showed up and gave speeches
After that they had a showcase of the multicolored gowns section of the collection, which only featured Sakura, Sumire and Kohran walking the runway to the song "Dream / Yume no 1 Pound".
Next was the new Ogami and Kaede duet "Futari ni Kanpai!" (A Toast to the Couple)
They were accompanied by the Hanagumi doing backup vocals. Sakura, Maria and Kanna were in white tuxedos escorting Kohran in a purple dress, Sumire in a white dress, and Iris in a black dress resp
The 2nd act opened with the new Sakura and Maria duet "Ima Totsugu Hi ni" (On this Day of Marriage)
They sang wearing bright pink wedding kimonos, with Sumire and Kohran, in purple wedding kimonos, and Ogami and Iris, in light blue wedding kimonos, acting as background dancers
I forgot to mention, the song Maria and Sakura walked the aฬถiฬถsฬถlฬถeฬถ ฬถ runway to is an instrumental of "Icarus no Hoshi".
And the first act of the show ends here. For the intermission, they did a skit featuring Kanna and Sumire in their casual outfits bantering.
The dress was even referenced in the last episode of the OVA Gouka Kenran.
In fact, this event was the inspiration behind the storyline of the last 2 episodes of Gouka!
The next section was the most important part of the event: the showcase of the main dress of the collection, worn by none other than Sakura with Maria playing the part of the groom in a black tailcoat tuxedo
This was the gown in the poster, the announcement event, the dolls, ect
Next, which wasn't included in the digest, is a tuxedo section of the collection. Ogami walked the runway in this tuxedo alongside other male models.
Next the 2nd section consisting of dresses with a more fitted silhouette
This time only Kohran, Maria, Sumire, and Sakura, in that order, showcased them, walking the runway to the song "Yuuyake no Mukou ni"
The only pics I could find are these black and white pics and a bts pic
More pics I could find of this section. The first is a behind the scenes pic.