Sakura Taisen 4 - Opening - Dreamcast

[@darthvladimir]

Sega please remaster these games in a collection and bring them to next gen!!

[@infinitecanadian]

Along with a new SEGA console!

[@jigsawb2298]

I would buy a remastered and bundled title

[@EduardoAzrael]

And in English, please

[@roleemack1535]

Straight Up Especially 5 at least

[@lordcrimson908]

@@roleemack1535 but 5 is in english already. Its on the wii and ps2

[@nr2676]

Fun fact: main villain in this game (Okubo) is voiced by Oji Hiroi, which is creator of this series.

[@gpanthony]

I didn't know that strangely! Thanks for this!

[@harlleygurrola8394]

Hiroi created an iconic manga series

[@nr2676]

​@@harlleygurrola8394 And Tengai Makyo series. He also wrote ALL songs for Sakura Wars games and stage shows, except PS4 reboot, which is the only one game in series without Hiroi and RED involvement.

[@lightheart5]

This theme song never gets old

[@ramtosantosa7661]

Yeah but you felt old when you watched right?

[@lightheart5]

@@ramtosantosa7661 No

[@pl2706003]

​@@ramtosantosa7661young

[@jannedaarcdocomo]

発売日に買ってこのopを見た時の衝撃を今でも覚えています。

[@tsunfish9443]

WHY IS EVERYTHING SPINNING but im impressed, feels like they put that extra amount of effort into animating

[@Psycho-Thinker]

You comment made me laugh

[@emilomnic316]

Anyone else here cuz of the Sakura Wars 6 announcement?

[@sleepyprinny]

Me.

[@nowaif9144]

tru

[@CrystalTigerclaw]

Me as well. Been on a Sakura Wars spree ever since.

[@emilomnic316]

CrystalTigerclaw Me too. PxZ first introduced me to the series. Played SW3 (with a translation guide) and kinda wished Sega would translate all 4 PC games already and maybe release 5 on Steam.

[@CrystalTigerclaw]

Emil Omnic Well here’s hoping the new Sakura Wars game turns out great that they’ll consider remastering/remaking the old games.

[@fufu5068]

Every version of this song bring me tears man.

[@希望の箱舟ノアの箱舟]

ちゃんと名作を終わらせたという意味ですごい作品です。 製作者はわかってる！

[@Geth-Who]

I love how Ogami's back in Japan and he's like HOW I SUMMON ALL MY BITCHES and they're like _FUCK YEAH THIS GUY_ and goddammit this was mindblowingly awesome when I was younger. Still is.

[@suiken3149]

This is Ogami's last chapter, so I guess they want to end it with a bang.

[@DACrowley]

@@suiken3149 literally and figuratively

[@hanakosan4404]

The final presentation sequence is so wonderfully animated

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Set playback speed to 0.25x for full appreciation.

[@chrisnoelsantiago4655]

0:39 That was one cute Sumire

[@captainkg5910]

When you order a whole pizza for yourself, but your friends find out and want a piece

[@Monhamd1000]

Even this very day, Sakura Wars still rocks!

[@willt2810]

Too bad they had a bad ending in the newest sakura war

[@とても自由な鳥]

ラブコメ要素がある主人公で最も好かれてんじゃないの？大神さん

[@ピットブル-w3d]

伊藤誠の対極に位置する存在

[@キノ-p2q]

OUOロマチンコ その例えスコ

[@ニワゲー-r6i]

キタロー、番長とかも

[@RePhantomz]

i like the fact that oogami koobu getting zaku commander horn lol. well now i believe he was the real commander then XD

[@animereverie4380]

I was like why do the characters look so familiar? Just realized that it’s the same character design style as ah! my goddess.

[@ES21007]

He also did some Tales games.

[@andreytupkalo6986]

Because they were done by the same man, no less. ;) They changed the team in the new game though, so the characters are done by Kubo Tite of the Bleach fame.

[@pyro4378]

Sakura just spinning around with a cloak over her head is so cute :3

[@ikagura]

Isn't that an exorcism?

[@nr2676]

@@ikagura It is a ,,Kagura Dance'' - traditional japanese dance

[@soapyillusions7]

@@nr2676 Thank you so much for pointing that out! Seriously been looking forever for the name of it!

[@roset2053]

ちびまる子の山根くんが胃を犠牲にしてまで歌った曲

[@キノコうどん]

これ山根くんなのか…！？

[@黒い砂]

そっか、納得ｗ

[@kingmanbo2003]

確かにwww

[@みやの幸村]

うそぉ！！(￣□￣;)!!？ 同じ声優だと！？ガーン

[@user-nq6xn3sn7h]

エレメントハンターにも出てたよ！

[@のび太万歳]

自分が唯一プレイしたサクラ大戦シリーズがこれでした。

[@choco5810]

サムネのすみれの可愛さ😍💕

[@Kurogane-Hagane]

このOPの、すっかり丸くなったすみれとさくらの関係、とても好き

[@choco5810]

kurogane 初代のビンタが飛び交うのもあれはあれでありですけどね（笑） すっかり仲が良くなってて嬉しい限りです😊

[@user-nq6xn3sn7h]

@@choco5810 選択次第では大神が仲裁に入りましたけどね(^_^;

[@はやよp]

これがもう８年前ってことにびっくりだわ

[@衛宮切嗣-h1p]

平成が終わる今、平成の名作を見て過ごす。

[@elocin1964]

Soooo ogami's singing? WELP! DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING!

[@topherowlish]

Huh? They all sang the opening song in the games, movies, tv shows, theatre plays... they all have a version of it. The games many times had multiple openings with different vocals of the characters.

[@dennisdustin6895]

@@topherowlish but ogami only has 1 and he only sings the first verses.

[@burnout02urza]

Ogami's back, and this time, he's rollin' deep.

[@willt2810]

What is he to them"?

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

The girls are thirsty for him?

[@ArceusGamingFC]

The anime is nothing to write home about but damn the OG OP is awesome as heck.

[@CyberLance26]

Its an awesome anime in my opinion.

[@HeathenDan]

I've only seen one ep of the anime. But I've been listening to this song for more than 20 years.

[@natiusjoshua55]

is there a site that actually provides the anime episodes(the original, not the shin sakura taisen one)? i've been searching for it but to no luck :\

[@tillywilly4524]

@@natiusjoshua55 Same :/

[@slowyourroll1146]

@@natiusjoshua55 old comment but if you mean the one from 2000 animixplay has it

[@Cococrash11]

Awesome Opening Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens Video.

[@lox834]

Unbelievable, When I thought nothing can beat the first version then this come, How did something mega epic become more epic

[@ずん子シェイク]

え、すっごいカッコいい

[@かさんたけた]

パリと東京が合体するんだ！って思ったのにストーリーがめっちゃ短くてすぐに終わった記憶

[@JAM-ko8nw]

杉下右京 ドリームキャストが生産終了するとの事で急遽作った作品らしいですよ

[@shinjustice360]

1〜3が連続アニメで4は劇場版って思ってる

[@miguelrosado6603]

why haven't I seen this guys in super robot wars is beyond me.

[@iftekharahmed6799]

Because Super Robot Wars is owned by Bandai Namco whilst this is owned by Sega.

[@miguelrosado6603]

+Iftekhar Ahmed but in srw alpha 3 they had the virtual on Mars characters in it and they are also owned by Sega.

[@iftekharahmed6799]

Miguel Rosado Really? well then, seeing as Namco Bandai worked on Project X Zone which has a lot of Sakura Wars, it'd be awesome if they appeared in the future.

[@miguelrosado6603]

+Iftekhar Ahmed yeah well I'm having my fingers crossed for that.

[@RePhantomz]

Nah SRW project do not only using Banco property only. they did quite a lot of cross over. The problem with Sakuten is perhaps due to the popularity at the time of the game. You see Virtual-On is also SEGA property but they manage to be included. I dont saying the game and anime is not well received, but the series need to compete with gigantic one like gundam macross mazinger evanglion etc

[@高橋太郎-d2o]

そしてＥＤの君よ花よで号泣

[@Kurogane-Hagane]

「ああ、本当に終わったんだな」っていう感情がﾌﾞﾜｯと込み上げてくる曲 このオールスター感のあるOPとセットにするとなおさら…（；ω；）

[@lamtatyan]

OP sung by Mr Ogami, at last! Thanks for sharing! :D

[@arskolt]

0:37 ここのすみれ姉さんかわいい

[@hajhaj2647]

Hikisaita yami ga hoe furueru teito ni Ai no uta tataaka ni odorideru senshitachi Kokoro made koutetsu ni busou suru otome Aku wo kechirashite seigi wo shimesu no da Hashire kousoku no teikoku kagekidan Unare shougeki no teikoku kageidan Hashire kousoku no teikoku kagekidan Unare shougeki no teikoku kageidan

[@ltjerryl]

0:44 Brought to you by Transformers Feat Michael Bay

[@xenotiic8356]

IDK what this is but the animation is amazing!!! And the music is solid too!

[@davidxencaster6406]

Xenotiic t

[@lafeelabriel]

Sakura Wars, Sega's long running mecha based turn based strategy/dating simulator game series.

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@lafeelabriel Thanks for this i always knew of Sakura Wars since the 90s but i never knew what it was exactly.

[@0917ification]

カラオケで絶対歌う！ミハタも歌えて丁度良いｗ

[@1LERS1]

Damn, SEGA just translate and bring all the old sakura games as a bundle.

[@nr2676]

Fun fact: SEGA translated and even added english dubbing to Sakura Wars In Hot Blood (PS2 remake of first game), but ... never released that game in West. They hold up a fully voiced and translated game for 18 years !!! What a dumb company.

[@1LERS1]

@@nr2676 Well, at least for me, I was able to play two first games as they were translated to Russian language that I can read, by Russian company Akella. They wanted to release all the four games, but after first two, they scrapped that plan as there was little to no interest in the project from Russian gamers. As I see it, SEGA thinks that nobody will play those games outside of Japan, and that sucks big balls. Didn't Yakuza series teach them to give their games a chance?

[@nr2676]

@@1LERS1 I played all mainline SW games with translated script from Gamefaqs (thank you Kayama, you are a legend). Yeah Sakura Wars need also Kiwami treatment, and first Yakuza games on PS2 were even more niche IP than Sakura Wars, before Yakuza was released on PS3/PS4. SEGA gave a chance Sakura Wars in West. They released reboot on PS4, but sold poorly in West beacuse game was released in very bad time (with FF VII Remake and Persona 5 Royal WTF) without marketing. Earlier NISA released SW 5 So Long My Love in West, but due to very late release date (a PS2 game in 2010, with no PC/PS3/PS VITA port) sold also poorly.

[@willt2810]

FOR REALY?! I am gonna go buy it now!

[@suiken3149]

@@nr2676 Sega's marketing strategy is so baffling, lol. No wonder why they lost the console wars and its not because their games sucks.

[@lonely_warrior]

That moment when ohgami fight the old monster give me the chills but i was so dissapointed when i play that battle

[@gaiunx]

i cant wait for the new anime i have my fingers crossed please be good please be good

[@slowyourroll1146]

How was it?

[@tadeo8965]

most epic game of the franchise

[@nr2676]

Revolver cannon

[@soapyillusions7]

I just realized Sakura’s little dance in the beginning resembles that of a falling sakura petal. I’ve seen this a few times before in Japanese media, but I could never track down the tradition.

[@なおなお-v9l]

他のシリーズはDisc2枚、３枚に対して本作は1枚のみでしたよね？ 内容は深いけど決して長いストーリーではなかった気がします。

[@芭月涼-v7h]

リョウマサカモト ドリームキャスト生産終了が急遽決まった後に作られたんですよ。その関係で開発期間は一年もなかったみたいで、総合プロデューサーの広井王子さんもサクラファンへの最後のプレゼントの様な物だったそうです。

[@ratchetandclankfan2]

sakura wars 4 is more of a farewell to the franchise its shorter than the others and has both the flower and Paris division in it not to mention the save transfer tech which can cause a love triangle routes such as between sakura and Erika and there's a fun segment of act 1 where origami is asking about marriage for the sake of directing a play yet they all think he is asking them indirectly about maybe getting married. there are translation guides if you want to play but it tricky do to the nature of asking question that demand serious answer and all

[@nr2676]

The best ,,Love Triangle'' in Sakura Wars 4 is Sumire VS Glycine and ... Iris VS Cocquelicot :D

[@shinzankuro]

Sakutai 4 is indeed a farewell, but not for the franchise, and yes for the Ogami saga. From this point, Ogami wouldn't be the player character anymore, since Shinjiro gets that role in Sakura V and Seijuro in Shin Sakura/Sakura 6

[@burnout02urza]

FUCK YEAH. I loved these games when I was younger.

[@kristianpolanco8259]

HURRAY! BRAVO! WONDERFUL! LOVED IT! ENCORE!

[@kamio1150]

OPかっこいいし内容も熱いけど ストーリー短すぎて悲しかった

[@こる-y9e]

しょうがないですよ ドリームキャストの生産中止を受けて急遽開発したんですから

[@Zonefire15]

Ogami in a top hat lol

[@juanmanueljuarez7355]

0:38 0:39 !!? Sakura Shinguji Seeting you with soemting Fuck! Sakura: What's that in your hands!? Ehueee!! See ya

[@えとらんてぃすの狩猟者ヴィクターヴ]

そのうちPSでも発売するかっと思ったけど…結局発売せずドリームキャスト本体とソフトを買いその時は、 高い買い物したな。

[@じゃが茶]

0:38

[@bvr-f4t]

お前が歌うんかい

[@みやの幸村]

普通に上手い

[@YIyiYI789]

Just bought the Bandai HG Kobu Kai , really miss Sakura Wars and good old steampunk 😄

[@BuddyGamesVOD]

Dang this intro is incredible! Makes me wanna check the game out.

[@nr2676]

If you know Japanese, or use translation guide. First four games (including this) never left outside of Japan, aside of ... official RUSSIAN localization of ST1 & ST2 on PC.

[@InfernumDeus]

Lol, Ogami joined troupe?

[@margaretflowers1023]

神山さんより好き

[@sanken21]

Before kousuke fujishima sued due to scandal with otogi nekomu

[@のび太万歳]

ミカサ戦が好きだった

[@チキンカツ美]

初見でした。 感想の一言目が お前が歌うんかい！でした

[@railenherman6482]

A Jojo fan video from 2010 brought me here.

[@خديجهعبدالرحمن-ب4س]

The song is so beautiful

[@fabioribeiro87-p4l]

Legal gosto muito de animes e mangas tokusatus japoneses !!!!🇯🇵👍💀💊🏯🐲✌❤😀👍

[@のび太万歳]

ドラえもん＆トランスフォマーシリーズ＆ポケットモンスター×ゲキテイ

[@omegaoverlay431]

This just makes me sad since I know they all died....

[@Freewill415]

Sumire survived i think, based on the new game's trailer

[@razgrizadler]

@@Freewill415 here's hoping...

[@royalkumar795]

@@Freewill415 I heard that she lose her spirit energy... But, how flower division died , I never heard of it

[@Freewill415]

@@royalkumar795 i think that might be the central plot of this game. On the japanese game advertisement, it talked about the old team got 'destroyed'.

[@royalkumar795]

@@Freewill415 let's see How's turn out on next month

[@hilmancr7]

Oogami-han finally sing thing song 😁

[@Handsomeartist]

Epic!

[@luizpaulonm]

This song has brain parasites infesting my head with this song over and over and over and over.....

[@depshikon]

0:27 1:07 0:54 0:57

[@ikagura]

Director's cut re-release when?

[@Bankotsu09]

I love his voice

[@ロックマンエックス]

旧花組ファンとしては新サクラ大戦の扱いは許せないな

[@mremoo1065]

If only theres english translate to this.. it will be amazing

[@しょこらいな]

やっぱサクラは藤島絵だよな

[@doozeschanyt9554]

0:19 who is that

[@Bram7Lawliet]

uhm, the main antagonist, and he was also voiced by the creator of sakura wars series and tengai makyou series, Hiroi Oji himself.

[@Laenthor]

EVERYONE STOP SPINNING

[@のび太万歳]

0:00

[@TNTDestruidor]

I like this opening.

[@EduardoAzrael]

Somenone knows why Sakura is spinning at the beginning? It's a dance?

[@emilomnic316]

Eduardo Azrael Yep.

[@Bin-Bin-Vinsuke]

pretending to be a petal of cherry blossom

[@TehAsdfg]

There is also a symbolism in her character growth. In the first game she was kinda a klutz, with the recurring gag of she tripping by herself. But in the dance you now can she spinning in a gracefully manner. She is no longer the same rookie and childish person at the start of the sage.

[@alenzandria3743]

Maybe the sign she will turn evil?

[@minignoux4566]

how the hell is a dreamcast intro so high quality? 720p? seriously?

[@nr2676]

It's probably from PC port of this game (from 2005), which is just Dreamcast version with resolution change option. Original was released in 2002, when Dreamcast was dead (this game it was a kind of farewell to the Dreamcast), and 720p. resolution was being a new standard for PC games from that era. But animation quality is exactly same like in Dreamcast version.

[@豆腐鍋-f2r]

羨ま、けしからん

[@nicolasosses572]

Anyone knows how to find the series in internet?

[@nr2676]

Anime or games ?

[@nicolasosses572]

@@nr2676 games

[@nr2676]

@@nicolasosses572 U can import games from Japan, or be a pirat and download on sites with Roms. And remember SW 1-4 were never released outside Japan, but SW1 + spin-offs like Sakura Wars Columns 2 and Sakura Wars GB have a very good Fan Translation patch. Or just buy So Long my Love for only 150$ - 500$ :D

[@nicolasosses572]

@@nr2676 thanks

[@warbossgarbag]

Sakura!

[@大塚高幸]

0:01

[@AddictRQ]

Why is she spinning at the very beginning ?

[@Raximus3000]

I assume it is some kind of traditional japanese dance...

[@shinzankuro]

"Kagura dancing"

[@NUJSSDFVXAJ]

すごい(確信)

[@F15-t7s]

いや、お前が歌う（ry

[@tomohikosatoh8897]

またLINEレンジャーとコラボしてくれよなぁ！

[@godanimenuchannel9166]

You play in Emu ?

[@dg3187]

ahora ve y mira el op del primer juego. se ven tan vacios, tan planos en este op, cgi, computadora? no lo se.

[@luismoreno4927]

This is the reason why I'm learning Japanese.

[@nr2676]

What is best way to learn Japanese ?

[@luismoreno4927]

@@nr2676 Instant Japanese and then read Oxford (Japanese Verbs and Grammar).

[@nr2676]

@@luismoreno4927 thx

[@wrwr6573]

すみれさんスコ

[@luizpaulonm]

Ogami, along with Goku, Ryu, Vegeta and Shiryu, were my crushes when I was a kid

[@philithegamer8265]

Are you a dude or are you a chick?

[@kawtarchan-n7l]

I love sakura taisen 4

[@عدنانمحمد-ظ1ف1ف]

😍😍😍😍

[@sanken21]

I hope this song used in SRW 30

[@brunobarriagajardo1619]

En cuanto a la Los Angeles

[@tikatyan]

黄色い煙と言えば、パトレイバー2 アニメーターも同じ黄瀬和哉さん

[@JeromeProductions]

very sentai esque

[@daehanminkuksaram]

오리지날 작화 그대로 리메이크 나왔으면…

[@puturere]

I don’t understand, which part is twin capital operation & sumire’s pain? Just played sakura wars 2019

[@nr2676]

Probably Nintendo DS spin-off

[@shinzankuro]

Sumire's comrades situation happened after the DS game and before the 2019 game, Likely in a hypothetical Sakura Wars 7 we will see them together again

[@nr2676]

@@shinzankuro Sakura Wars 7 ? Well, now is nearly 2023, and we still dont even got ports of Shin Sakura Wars on other platforms (not to mention localizations of older games). Maybe that mobile gacha game killed this franchise.

[@shinzankuro]

@@nr2676 Not exactly. Sakura Kakumei was a huge error, yet Sakura Taisen is still pretty strong in Japan. The official Shin Sakura Wars Stage shows by SEGA, the Chisa Yokoyama's annual summer stage shows, Made Mode featuring Ogami's voice actor[Akio Suyama], the fantranslations that are making Sega of Japan notice that there's a huge interest on this series, and of course, the success of Shin Sakura Taisen. Not to mention that many voice actresses shows interest on working again on a SakuTai new work.

[@nr2676]

​@@shinzankuro I know, but again more things about Sakura Wars do fans (fan translations), and VA (stage shows). Then why Sega after Shin release is totaly silence about this franchise, just like silence about Valkyria Chronicles after 2018 (they even forgot about 15th Anniversary of this series when started in Aprill 2023, but they do not forgot about 10th Anniversary of ... MOBILE GAME Puyo Puyo Quest) ? After Shin release (and anime) Sega Japan silence franchise and like always advertise only Sonic and Yakuza. And if i remember PS4 game sold not that good like Sega expected, beating only So Long My Love in first week. But one promising thing is: Sega still tracks sales of games in the series, in last financial report series is in ,,examples of valuable IP's developed in house'' (with Sonic The Hedgehog, Puyo Puyo, Yakuza, Virtua Fighter, Phantasy Star) with 5,8M sold copies, with means PS4 game sold arround 500k copies at this moment.

[@superblitz2274]

Wait isnt the same as saturn from the first anime