Sakura Taisen
English title: Sakura Wars TV
Japanese title: サクラ大戦
Alternative titles: Sakura Taisen TV
Type: TV
Source: Game
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 8, 2000 to Sep 23, 2000
Broadcast: Saturdays at 17:30 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS, Sega, Avex Pictures, Imagine
Licensors: ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha, Performing Arts

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)

Sakura Taisen is an adaptation of the game of the same name for the Sega Saturn.