Sakura Taisen
English title: Sakura Wars TV
Japanese title: サクラ大戦
Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Premiered: spring 2000
Source: Game
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS, Sega, Avex Pictures, Imagine
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

It is the 1920s, and Japan is under attack by demonic invaders. The government has designed sturdy, albeit steam-powered, robot armor suits for the impending battle, but only young ladies with the proper combination of virtue and spirit can pilot the robots successfully.

Enter young Sakura, arriving in the Imperial Capital from the countryside to join the Imperial Flower Combat Troop. She has the qualifications to be a fine robot pilot, but she's surprised to learn that this secret Defense Force has a cover story as a musical theatre troupe-and they take their cover jobs very seriously indeed. It's costumes, line readings and robot combat galore, as Sakura struggles to learn the ropes, learn her lines, and do her part to save the nation!

(Source: ADV Films)