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Maria Windbreaker

More Sakura Wars Cycling Gear! Featuring Maria Tachibana

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After creating cycling gear pieces for Sakura Shinguji and Sumire Kanzaki, it appears Sega and Momoclover are continuing to memorialize other Imperial Assault Force members. Momoclover recently announced the production of Maria Tachibana-themed cycling gear.

Maria Tachibana directly commanded the Imperial Assault Force prior to the arrival of Ichiro Ohgami. The latter would eventually succeed her as the group’s leader, but not without some initial skepticism from the battle-hardened and emotionally cool Maria. She’s another one of my favorites, right up there with Sumire.

It’s worth noting that it seems the character-themed gloves aren’t being offered for any of the Imperial Assault Force members. You may recall the gloves if you visited our other articles on cycling gear for Sakura and Sumire. The other five items (windbreaker, bib shorts, long sleeve jersey, high-function jersey, quick dry jersey) will still be purchasable.

The prices and size offerings are otherwise the same. Click here to check out the Sakura Wars category of the Momoclover shop. If you’re interested in buying any of these items and don’t reside in Japan, you’ll need to check out this English Momoclover Facebook app.

Maria Long Sleeve
Maria Quick Drying Sweat
Maria Bib Shorts
Maria High Function
Maria Windbreaker
Sentai Filmworks Re-Releasing Sakura Wars TV

Sentai Filmworks Re-Releasing Sakura Wars TV as Part of the Sentai Selects Series

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Earlier this year, Sentai Filmworks announced their new Sentai Selects series. The purpose of the series is to offer a wide range of anime that have withstood the test of time to remain popular and memorable works of their genre, at a cheaper MSRP price. More recently, Sentai Filmworks announced that they will be releasing Sakura Wars TV: Complete Collection as part of the Sentai Selects series on DVD.

Rightstuf lists the DVD set for an April 5th, 2016 release. The set will normally sell for $29.98, but Rightstuf is currently selling it for $19.49. It comes with a new cover and possibly a new keep case (originally, the case was thicker and the discs were stacked). Other than that there are no new special features and the series will still be on 4 discs. The boxart shown in the featured image is not final.

For those in the EU, the DVD set is also available via Archonia (keep in mind this is still a US import version). Below you can find an excerpt from the official press release with more details about the release.

The original Sentai Filmworks edition of the anime is out of print according to Rightstuf, so it’s a good sign that Sentai is putting the Sakura Wars license to good use. Perhaps one day we may even see the earlier OVA re-released.

Title: SAKURA WARS TV COMPLETE COLLECTION
Published by: Sentai Selects
Distributed by: Section23 Films
Run Time: 625 min.
Street Date: 4/5/2016
Format: DVD
Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles
SRP: $29.98

SYNOPSIS: Young Aakura arrives in Capital City to fight for the Imperial Floral Capital Defense Force, but all she finds is a weird opera company preparing for a big performance. What’s worse is that the ladies in the company won’t let Sakura join in any of their Rheingold games. Can she win them over by unleashing her Spirit Energy? Based on the video game that took the world by storm, Sakura Wars TV brings you even more of the beautiful warriors made popular in the original Sakura Wars. Follow Sakura as she joins the fight of her life. Will she ever be accepted? Does the world have a chance against the evil Wakaji and the mysterious Crimson Lady? Can everyone learn their lines before opening night?!!

Sega and Atlus Related Anime on Sale During Rightstuf’s Annual Holiday Sale

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Last month Right Stuf launched its holiday sale discounting a large list of anime and manga lasting until December 27th. Since we last reported about the sale, various Sega and Atlus related items were added each day. You can check out what is on sale below. We’ve conveniently linked to each item, and organized them into separate table categories.

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Sumire Kanzaki cycling

Sakura Wars Cycling Gear: Now Featuring Sumire Kanzaki!

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Remember the Sakura Wars cycling gear inspired by Sakura Shinguji that we wrote about some time ago? It is a great idea and it obviously makes sense that such gear is represented by the postergirl of the series. But I’m sure there’s a part of us that hoped that maybe…a cooler, just generally more interesting character could also be represented in such a clothing line?

Like perhaps…Sumire Kanzaki? Monoclover’s Sakura Wars section has been updated with Sumire Kanzaki versions of all of the previous six Sakura Shinguji-themed Sakura Wars cycling gear items. The idea is the same with these new items – the item prices, the sizing options.

It makes you wonder if any other characters are going to be introduced. After Sakura Shinguji, Sumire is probably designed to be one of the more prominent female characters of the Teikoku Kagekidan, next to Maria Tachibana. Honestly, I would not be surprised if either the cycling gear character features stopped now or if it continued to include all six (or eight, if you include the newer Teikoku Kagekidan members.) While Sakura Wars has quite the legacy in Japan and each character has their fans to a degree, the items can be too much for any collectors . At the same time, Sakura Wars seems to have a rather busy 19th Anniversary outside of this cycling gear promotion, so maybe Sega would be interested in going all out for this promotion?

Remember that if you plan to purchase any items from Monoclover and you’re not a resident of Japan, you’ll need to use their (English!) Facebook application.

Credit for images goes to Monoclover.

Sakutai museum

Sakura Wars Museum Kicks Off! Check Out These Preview Images

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The Japanese outlet Gamers kicked off their Sakura Wars Museum this past weekend! The Sakura Wars Museum is celebrating 19 years of Sakura Wars, and features a staggering collection of Sakura Wars art, hardware, and merchandise.

The official blog for Gamers posted some preview shots of their testament to the series, which will take up an entire floor of the store. I’ve attached a small preview gallery (which can be individually enlarged) below to this article; however I do encourage you to check out the blog post itself to see more of the work that was put into this exhibit! And of course if you can find your way to Akihabara before November 3rd when the Museum is over…you know what to do.

 

Credit for all images goes to the Gamers blog post linked above.

Sakura Wars Museum 2015

Sakura Wars Museum Running for a Limited Time in Japan

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A couple of days ago the impending arrival of a “Sakura Wars Museum” was announced by Gamers, a retail outlet in Akihabara, Tokyo. This Sakura Wars Museum will run from October 23 to November 3. The store spans multiple floors, and the entirety of the seventh floor will be dedicated to Sakura Wars media. Items on exhibit will include the library of games released for the Sakura Wars franchise, rare promotional items, themed hardware (ever seen the Sakura Wars III VMU?), and sketches and illustrations that shaped Sakura Wars as a franchise over time.

The event isn’t entirely “look and don’t touch”; there will be a variety of merchandise available for purchase. Most of it features the Imperial Assault Force (the Japan team that most people readily associate with the Sakura Wars franchise) but some items do feature the Paris Assault Force and the New York Combat Revue. The spread of items can be seen below, with pricing (and US dollar conversion) for items underneath the following image courtesy of Anime Herald.

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Project X Zone 2: New York Comic Con 2015 English Trailer

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The 2nd PV that Monolith Soft had been teasing for Project X Zone 2 was unleashed on the world earlier today. A large portion of it is dedicated to showing off the attacks of various Solo Units and Pair Units. The recently revealed characters Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue (Solo) and Ranmaru from Sakura Wars V/Sakura Wars: So Long My Love (Enemy) were also featured in the trailer. Some other cool tidbits featured include what appear to be stage hazards and the game’s shop system.

There’s been some concern among fans about this trailer suggesting that the known roster is the complete roster. Once the full roster of playable characters had been revealed for Project X Zone, a similar type of trailer showcasing attacks of each Pair Unit was developed and published. In addition, we can see segments of the opening cinematic (though not in its entirety) in this trailer – and particularly, a wide shot of the known cast of characters. That being said, I would caution against assuming it applies here. An official PXZ2 development team blog post released in conjunction with the uploading of PV #2 teases more surprises – while this wording is obviously ambiguous in what it’s referencing, it would at least mean that we don’t know everything about Project X Zone 2 that there is to know.

This trailer is being used by Bandai Namco Entertainement to promote the game at New York Comic Con 2015. They’ve actually been fairly supportive of Project X Zone and Project X Zone 2 at English gaming conventions, perhaps owing due to the English fans that have shown their support for these crossover titles.

The opening theme “All the World’s a Stage” by marina is also showcased in the trailer. Listen and watch after the break! And if you have any other characters that you might want to see, let us know!

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Shenmue’s Ryo Hazuki and Sakura Wars’ Ranmaru Join Project X Zone 2

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Famitsu shared the latest information about Project X Zone 2’s roster. Ryo Hazuki’s inclusion was no longer a secret when the Korean preview of the game leaked his appearance. Still, we are now able to take a look at artwork and screenshots of the Shenmue hero in action as a Solo Unit. Another Sega character reveal is Ranmaru from Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love. The loyal attendant of Nobunaga Oda will be an enemy unit to fight. Finally, Garigliano from Resonance of Fate will be a NPC in the story. As you can see in the screenshot gallery at the bottom of the article, he will have an amusing conversation with Segata Sanshiro.
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Sega Plans to Release More PC Ports of Past Sega Games

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It’s no secret that SEGA is doing rather well on PC. Other than the RTS games from Creative Assembly and Relic Entertainment and their Football Manager games, the port of Valkyria Chronicles also proved to be a big success, proving that there’s plenty of potential for ports of their older console games as well. Today SEGA announced that they will be porting Sonic: Lost World to PC, which was previously a Wii U exclusive. At the same time, they also mentioned this in their official press release:

“We’re delighted to be able to bring Sonic Lost World to PC.” Said John Clark, VP of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe; “This is the latest in a string of high quality PC ports of past SEGA titles that we will be building on in the coming months and years.”

Which sounds like good news! SEGA has plenty of games in their catalog that fans would like to see ported to PC, so it’ll remain to be seen which ones they’re planning on releasing. While fan favorites likes Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue are likely to be in high demand, I’d personally like to see SEGA port the Sakura Taisen series. In fact, Sakura Taisen 1 & 2 already have an existing PC port, so the only real challenge would be localizing them. Which past games would you like to see SEGA port to PC? Feel free to let us know in the comments!