Sakura Taisen: Difference between revisions

[[File:sakurataisen.jpg|frame|"Maidens who pledged their lives to steel, [[They Fight Crime|cut through evil]] and [[For Great Justice|show the way to justice]]!"]]

 

Roar, Imperial Floral Assault Group, full of power!)|from ''Geki! Teikokukagekidan'', the [[Anime Theme Song|original theme song]]}}

 

* [[Anime Theme Song]] (One of the catchiest anime songs of the nineties -- a bizarre but effective mix of rock, pre-war J-pop, and idol charm, with an oddly compelling martial aspect)

* [[Badass Creed]]: From the theme song.

[All] "We are the Imperial Flower Attack Group!" }}

* [[Battle Aura]]

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]] (You'd be hard pressed to find '''any''' work produced from the 90's onwards that is ''this'' far up the scale of Idealism.)

** That said, ''Sakura Taisen 3'' shifts matters a bit further towards cynicism in the introduction of previously mentioned [[Boxed Crook]] Lobelia, brought onto the team in exchange for a reduction of her ''thousand year'' prison sentence and explicitly threatened with death if she messes up. To quote a line from her first episode.

* [[Split Personality]] (Let's just say that {{spoiler|Gemini}}'s [[Meaningful Name|name]] does more than just fit the [[Theme Naming]]. Her "sister" {{spoiler|Geminine}} would be of the [[Super-Powered Alter Ego]] variety.)

* [[Steampunk]]