Sakura Wars: The Movie

Sakura Wars: The Movie

85 mins | Comedy, Action, Science Fiction, Animation | Dec. 22, 2001

Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is discovered that the only people with sufficient spirit are young women. After recruiting a team of youths from around the world, the Japanese government decides to keep them a secret by disguising them as a theater troupe, thus requiring them to spend as much time memorizing Shakespeare as they do on military training.

Sakura Wars: The Movie

85 mins | Comedy, Action, Science Fiction, Animation | Dec. 22, 2001

Sakura Wars: The Movie
Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is discovered that the only people with sufficient spirit are young women. After recruiting a team of youths from around the world, the Japanese government decides to keep them a secret by disguising them as a theater troupe, thus requiring them to spend as much time memorizing Shakespeare as they do on military training.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Production I.G, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, Toei Animation, Imagica, Rentrak Japan K.K., SEGA
Original title サクラ大戦 活動写真
Directors Mitsuru Hongo, Hiroshi Katou
Writers Hiroyuki Nishimura, Oji Hiroi, Nobuhisa Terado, Mitsuru Hongo

Cast

Chisa Yokoyama

as Sakura Shinguji

Michie Tomizawa

as Sumire Kanzaki

Urara Takano

as Maria Tachibana

Kumiko Nishihara

as Iris Chateaubriand

Mayumi Tanaka

as Kanna Kirishima

Yuriko Fuchizaki

as Kouran Li

Maya Okamoto

as Orihime Soletta (voice)

Kazue Ikura

as Leni Milchstrasse

Akiko Kuno

as Ratchet Altair

Masaru Ikeda

as Ikki Yoneda