The feature adaptation of this long-running continuity has been pumped up with redesigned characters, computer-generated mecha, jazzy special effects, and flashy tracking shots. Unfortunately...( read more  read more... ), all this visual razzle-dazzle doesn't add up to much. Director Mitsurou Hongo doesn't bother to introduce the characters or the set-up, and Ojhi Hiroi's story has a jingoistic edge. Brent Furlong, the head of the American Douglas-Stewart company, plots to replace the Operetta Troupe Flower Division with his unmanned mecha Japhkiels. His real objective is the conquest of Japan, but he underestimates the young women of the Flower Division, who defeat his mecha and demons. The flat, drawn characters and the 3-D CG mechanical devices look like they're taken from two different films, and the leaden pacing makes the film feel much longer than 85 minutes. The TV series is less flashy but more entertaining. (Unrated: suitable for ages 12 and older: considerable violence) --Charles Solomon

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PG-13, 85 min.

Directed by: Hideki Takayama, Hongo Mitsuru, Toshiya Shinohara, Yorifusa Yamaguchi

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: September 9, 2003

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  • April 12, 2007
    Want to see the series. Started the manga, but it's slow going.
  • August 26, 2008
    i love sakura wars!!!!!!
  • June 14, 2008
    Me gustan muxo los animes..
    y este es uno muy bueno...
    ^^!!!
  • February 25, 2008
    esta peicula es de lo fenomenal osea que pelicula mejor que woku
  • February 25, 2008
    quite ok la.. ~(*o*)~
  • December 2, 2007
    Looks pretty, but the story is lame
  • November 7, 2007
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  • September 27, 2007
    whoa i didnt kno they made a movie with the same name as sakura... koolio'z!

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