Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation

Uhm.. I don't understand the low score. it's true that this anime is not fantastic or anything of the sort, but it's very enjoyable nonetheless. I don't even play the game (yet) nor watch the previous animation, but I feel nostalgic and drawn to the character and the world setting. These are the good things I can say about this anime:

-music
the opening and ending are fantastic and strangely give nostalgic feeling I could listening to them all day, another soundtrack or song also good. without these, the anime itself maybe only score 7 at most for me.

-character
it's not liking the characters because of the great ... ability/superb analytical mind/wicked personality, I'm not talking about isekai heroes or hikigaya hachiman here, on the contrary what appeal me is the silliness of the characters, they're simple and pretty generic almost no development whatsoever, but their interactions are quite amusing to watch. for example: it's funny that some character in obvious disguise, people can't figure it, lol (clark kent syndrome?). character design also quite pleasing to the eyes, can't tell the same about the mecha though.

the conclusion is, this anime is fun to watch if you can ignore the not so great CG, and some annoying characters, or expect too much (maybe from the game player perspective?). so I would recommend this.

This is the story about Imperial Combat Revue 's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Sakura Amamiya, Hatsuho Shinonome, Anastasia Palma, Azami Mochizuki, and Clarissa. The division once again faces a new demon invasion while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.

I have to admit that I first started watching New Sakura Wars because of two main reasons: Girls who always wear yukata and loli girl named Kurara "Clara". But once I began watching the show, I found more than what I wanted. New Sakura Wars is a promising show, the mecha fight against the demon is something that needs ... attention.

I like their fighting style, the effects of sword swipes, the sound of explosions, the design of robots, it seems real to my eyes. Although New Sakura Wars was adapted from a game, in fact this anime is better than a game, even though I have never played it directly. When compared with other anime shows that get the same adaptation, the difference will be seen.

Take Princess Connect Re:Dive as an example. If the adaptation comes from a game, the studio does not fully copy what comes from the game. This is not a matter of promoting games anymore but rather showing the characteristics they have from the game.

I like their animation style, using CG is not new, there are several shows out there that have the same thing. After searching more about this studio, it turns out they are indeed experts in making CG effects. The animation style is not rigid even though it uses CG effects, the art is very good nothing problem. This does not mean that I watch it with 360p video quality, it does really have a good art quality, I am not exaggerating.

Overall, I really like New Sakura Wars, and every second the show is playing I look forward to it. Melodrama is the cause, besides animation I also really like this story, this is a promising show but the lack of attention makes it look bad.

As someone that has never seen any other form of this story, even the games or the previous anime, I will say that this show is average at best. If you have prior knowledge of the story and characters, you probably will enjoy it far more than I.

The story was average at best.

The sound was okay, but I think a big part of it was recognition.

The character development was poor, but again, I have never played the games, so I will give this a leg up assuming that I missed the bulk of character development.

Enjoyment was very spotty. The fights were so-so and the character ... interactions felt a bit bland, but again, I did not play the game, so I assume this was targeted toward the game audience primarily.

Overall, if you are watching the anime without any prior engagement in the series, you'll probably dislike it greatly--the fights are boring, the characters are bland and obvious, and the story is decent at best.

TL;DR

Avoid this unless you have played the game(s) and know the series. While the 3D CG is far better than most recent shows, the story is lacking and the characters are very uninteresting, mostly because (I assume) you are already familiar with the world and characters beforehand. If you are a fan of the series, you'll probably enjoy this a lot--at least a lot more than I did.