New Sakura Wars Trailer Shows Characters & Art by Shigenori Soejima, Noizi Ito, & Ken Sugimori

Today Sega released another new trailer of its upcoming game Sakura Wars, focusing on the art behind the title.

To be more specific, we take a look at the character design of characters created by three famous artists.

The first is Shigenori Soejima, who you’ll likely know as the character designer of Persona 5 on top of a few earlier chapters of the series. In Sakura Wars, he designed Hakushu Murasame. 

Then we get to see the Floral Revue’s very own fangirl and Itsuki Saijo and the local confectionery store clerk Hiromi Hongo. They were designed by Noizi Ito, whom you may know for her work on the Shakugan no Shana and Haruhi Suzumiya novel series.

Last, but not least, we get to see “Peanut” (which seems to be a weird adaptation of the name of the mascot originally named Gekizou-Kun), designed by Pokémon Art Director and Character Designer Ken Sugimori.

Sakura Wars is already available in Japan and it will launch in the west on April 28, 2020, exclusively for PS4.

If you want to see more about the game, can also check out the previous English trailer, one focusing on relationships, another focusing on the world, some gameplay showing Claris in action, another trailer, the previous gameplay and more trailers, more screenshots, the first trailer of the character design series featuring Bleach creator Tite Kubo, the second of the series showing the rival revues, the previous gallery of screenshots, the one before, another batch of images focusing on romance, another reveal with two new characters and videos, and the beautiful anime opening cutscene,

We also have a music video dedicated to Sakura, one featuring Hatsuho one focusing on Elise, one showcasing Lancelot, one featuring Anastasia Palma, another starring Huang Yui, one showing Claris, more trailers, the latest gameplay,  latest gallery of screenshots, another gallery, the previous gameplay reveal, another one, and an earlier gallery of screenshots and art.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Sakura Wars series, you should take a look at my dedicated article explaining what it’s all about and why you should care.