Great eye candy! >>> by skysenshi (09.03.2001)

I was simply amazed at the beauty of the artwork and animation of Sakura Taisen OAV. The girls are so cool and they get to pilot pastel-colored ah... those thingamajigs (I don't think I can call those mechs). Not only that! They also participate in stage plays when they are not out fighting a war! I don't think I can name one character that I actually hate -- not even the spoiled brat Sumire -- because even when situations get out of hand and quarrels break out now and then; each exudes a different flavor that certainly spices things up. My favorite fighter, to name one, is actually Kanna. Yeah, she's a big lug but I dunno... I just like her color! Heh.

My one big complaint I have about the OAV is that there seems to be a big gap in between episodes. It's a bit hard to explain. Say for example -- don't kill me for this possible spoiler -- Kanna leaves the team for a particular reason, and she'd be gone for a few episodes. Then suddenly she reappears again in one episode with no explanation whatsoever about how she resolved her problem. She's just there instantly -- and blending well with the group as if nothing had happened, I might add. It's not just this instance. There are many other events like this that aren't explained properly. Too bad the story flow isn't as fluid as its animation.

Good thing I had a remedy for this dilemma: I watched Sakura Taisen TV series a few months after. Now there's where I found the rest of the missing scenarios.