PonyCanyon has uploaded the second trailer for the anime Shin Sakura Taisen: The Animation, which is based on the 2019 Sakura Wars PS4 game. It is slated to debut on 3rd April, during the Spring anime season.

I’m actually pretty clueless about the Sakura Wars franchise, but the anime has a cast that includes (according to Anime News Network) Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Ayaka Fukuhara, and Saori Hayami, so I might keep an eye on the new anime because of that. The plot of the 2019 game, as described by Sega, is as follows:

The stage is set in a steampunk version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. Only a short while ago, a cataclysmic event destroyed the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force stationed at the Imperial Theater. Now home to the Flower Division, an inept rookie squad who also strives to impart hope on the citizenry with their theatrical talents, the theater has fallen on hard times and risks closure.

It’s up to Seijuro Kamiyama as the captain of the new Tokyo revue to lead his squad and restore the Imperial Combat Revue and the theater back to their former glory! With the help of the revue’s five colorful performers, he must rise to the challenge of competing in the Combat Revue World Games, protecting the inhabitants of Tokyo and getting the theater back on track.

It looks like Shin Sakura Taisen: The Animation will combine idol show aspects with steampunk mecha and war, which sounds fancy alright. I’m not sure about the 3DCG yet, but it doesn’t look too bad. We’ll find out if it’s a deal-breaker when the show releases next month.