In the Sengoku period, the struggle for power and unification has brought endless bloodshed to the unstable Japan. Out of all the warring generals, Nobunaga Oda—the "Demon King of Owari"—has established himself as the strongest ruler. Friend or foe, he is determined to crush anyone who stands in his way of creating a tyrannical central government.
The only two who dare rebel against Oda are the "One-eyed Dragon of Oshu" Masamune Date, and the distinguished but hot-blooded warrior of the Takeda clan, Yukimura Sanada. Though they share the goal of preventing Oda from unifying the domains, Masamune and Yukimura cannot see eye-to-eye. Equally skilled in combat, mutual admiration for one another causes these two feuding warriors to forge a fierce rivalry, thwarting any attempts to form a united front against the Demon King of Owari.
With Oda's forces closing in on their respective territories, Masamune and Yukimura reluctantly learn to put aside their differences and fight together against the threatening usurpator.
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vadeka
Story. It's very simple and easy to understand, it's far from being complex and it doesn't try to be. Characters are introduced in a battle with minimal background information. However, the timesetting and some of the elements that appear are a bit odd but they were added to make it look even better. You shouldn't think of this as a historical anime or you won't like it. Art. I liked the art, it looked nice, and the effects used during combat scenes added an extra touch to it. Sound. Intro and endings were nice and I was never once disturbed by the background music meaning they did a good job. Usethe music to magnify the events that are taking place and focus your attention on that and not on the music playing.
Character.
I have no idea how well they match the historical people that they were based on but each was interesting in its own way. Also the fact that while they all liked and respected each other, they still fought each other was something refreshing. They somewhat match the general idea one would have from that time. And some of them were given elements from the current time to amplify their personality. Like date's horse that looked like a motorcycle, the yakuza like army...
Enjoyment.
The whole show wasn't made to improve your knowledge of that time or anything like that. It was made for pure enjoyment. If you like some epic battles without complex background information and such, this might be the show for you. Since the series is only 12 episodes long, the story doesn't have time for sidestories, detailed backgrounds,.. I liked this series so much because I could just watch and enjoy without having to think over some things.
Overall.
I liked the series, If you want a good short action serie. This is your thing. Don't be fooled by the historical tag, It might've been based on that but I wouldn't study for a history exam with this or you will fail. If you ever liked bleach, naruto,.. but you hated the fillers, the dramatic flashbacks in the past to explain something and just wished they'd get on with the battle. Then watch this for a few hours of simple enjoyment.
VigilantSnowman
Sengoku Basara is a shōnen anime set during the Sengoku Jidai, or ‘Warring States period’ of Japanese history, and is based on Capcom’s Playstation 2 video game Devil Kings (known as Sengoku Basara in Japan). It should be noted that Sengoku Basara is a world away from the period it draws its inspiration from – it's not historically accurate by any means. That said, a few features associated with the period, such as the rivalry between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, and the Oda clan’s use of firearms, are present. The characters, for the most part, are all taken from the era, although the mannerin which they are presented is obviously highly fictionalized.
Sengoku Basara is a fairly typical tale of good versus evil. Initially it may not seem so simple, as we are presented with many factions fighting for control over Japan. Eventually though, they come together to fight a common enemy; namely, Oda Nobunaga. As in Capcom’s Onimusha franchise, he is presented as some sort of demon. Overall, the story certainly isn't anything to write home about. Spanning a total of 12 episodes, the series does a decent job of wrapping things up within its time limit, although it can feel rushed at times.
As you can probably tell from the poster, there are a lot of characters in Sengoku Basara. For an anime of its length, this isn’t something that works to its advantage. Perhaps inevitably, character development is not one of its strong points, and this is one area where the anime can seem rushed. This is a shame, as we are introduced to several interesting characters such as Chōsokabe Motochika, the so called 'Demon of Onigashima', only for them to receive almost no screen time whatsoever (other than as forgettable reinforcements during the final battle). Equally disappointing is the fact that some of the characters that do feature heavily aren't given any significant fights of their own. You may find yourself waiting for a confrontation between a pair of characters, only to be disappointed when it never happens.
The characters themselves are a varied bunch, with Date Masamune being perhaps the most interesting. Arrogant with the strength to back it up and full of ridiculous one liners like ‘put ya guns on!’, it’s no surprise that he has been likened to Dante, the protagonist of Capcom’s Devil May Cry franchise. He also incorporates English into his speech, which is refreshing. Other characters, however, don't fare as well. Listening to Yukimura as he constantly reminds us that he’s burning with passion, for example, can quickly become tiresome.
An anime set during times of war, it's no surprise that most of the enjoyment from this series comes from its many over-the-top action sequences: one swing of an axe causing a tornado; a robot samurai with a jet pack and a massive drill for a weapon; and so on.
One final thing to note about Sengoku Basara (for you blood and gore enthusiasts) is that the violence is pretty modest - even by shōnen standards. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t any deaths! Of course, if this sort of stuff doesn't bother you in the slightest, you'll be fine.
Summary:
+ Interesting presentation of the Warring States period. If you know a thing or two about the period, you're likely to squeeze more enjoyment out of it (unless historical inaccuracies put you off).
+/- Series is short in length but has a large, varied cast of characters. As a result, character development isn't a highlight.
- A few annoying characters that you'll have to tolerate (subjective, depending on what you're definition of annoying is).
+/- Rather modest levels of violence.
Conclusion:
Overall, Sengoku Basara is OK. Some of its characters may be annoying, character development isn’t great, and the final confrontation arguably leaves much to be desired. However, I'm sure many will find it entertaining. Generally speaking, if you think the idea of a guy wielding six swords simultaneously (only two hands!) is just plain awesome, you should probably give this one a try.
Final Score: 7/10 (Reasonable)
Credulous
Sengoku BASARA tells the story of fighting countries in an ancient Japan, no, let me rephrase that, it's about lords of countries fighting eachother for power. One of these lords called the devil king of the sixth heaven, note that he's a DEVIL king of the sixth HEAVEN this alone should keep you away from this anime, gained enough power to pose a real threat to the other lords as he ravaged all the lands that stood against him and also the lands that were his allies. Basically this is one crazy devil king of the sixth heaven. The thing is, he is depicted asan evil lord doing evil things in this time of evil, but everyone else are the same. They all want to fight eachother and some of the "good" guys actually look forward to fighting eachother for no apparent reason other than that they respect eachother, atleast the devil king of the sixth heaven does it for his own perverse enjoyment.
You might have been able to think that was cool, you might have been able to think any of the characters were cool, if they had possessed anything worthy of being called cool. They were all overplayed, not your regular overplayed, this was really bad. The producers insult the viewers and furthermore insult the main target audience which in this case would be shounen (teenage boys).
I've seen this anime been compared to TTGL. This is an abomination of epic proportions. Where TTGL knows how to play the characters for maximum entertainment this anime fails miserably.
Still, the art and animations were good. Some of the fight scenes were well made and for this it retained some entertainment value which saved it from a rating of below 5.
If you want a short shounen that insults you with its characters but tries to entertain you with fairly well made scenes of fighting then you should definitely watch Sengoku BASARA, if you want a good samurai/historical anime go watch Samurai Champloo.
MasterGear
Sengoku Basara is a relatively modern anime series created by Production I.G, and is based on the series of videogames of the same name in Japan. Despite some historical accuracy as pertaining to the key battles in the Sengoku period, the series takes many departures from the trappings of the period and introduces many outlandish elements, an example being Honda, a gigantic mechanical soldier introduced roughly halfway through the series. This over-the-top approach to Japanese history, however, does not exactly result in a work of great praise. (Note that I myself have not played any of the Sengoku Basara games, so this review is onlybased off the anime series itself, I have no bias towards the series itself)
The storyline and plot development of Sengoku Basara is barely worth mentioning – it is barely developed whatsoever, and the skimming over of the events of the period made trying to follow such an unexplained story fairly confusing for someone like me, who does not know much about the events of the Sengoku Period themselves. It becomes obvious that the bare threads of story only serve to connect the fights of the series, and this in turn contributes to the rushed feeling of the series itself. The basic time-worn concept of good vs. evil presents the main plot of the series, a very stereotypical goal for the demographic.
The cast of characters for the series is quite large, surprising considering the fairly short length of the series itself, and because of this large cast/short series imbalance, character development is practically paper thin. Some characters only show up for one episode or so before being offed, or in some cases, only appear for two or three moments in the series, despite being seemingly interesting characters (prime suspects for this being Mouri Motonari and Chousokabe Motochika, the latter only being revealed at the end of the series and basically has around 5 minutes of screentime in total). Also, opposite to the above point, several characters that are featured prominently in the series have barely any interesting fight scenes or development whatsoever (prime examples being Sarutobi Sasuke and Kasuga). This presents a very ‘half-finished’ view on the character development of the series, which is never a good thing. Despite this, however, there are some characters that are developed more than others, such as Date Masamune or Yukimura Sanada, for example, but these characters still are not developed very much, and their dialogue mostly delves into a sea of predictable phrases later on in the series. Interactions between characters are fairly unremarkable, unless they are fighting between each other, and many of the ‘gags’ that occur throughout the series (such as Yukimura’s exchanges with Takeda Shingen, or Kasuga’s interaction with Uesugi Kenshin) are very repetitive and don’t really add much whatsoever, they just end up being fairly silly and irritating as time goes by.
It is clear from the very first episode that the primary focus of Sengoku Basara is with its action scenes, something which the war-time setting caters to greatly. However, many battles simply degrade into one of the main characters using some kind of absurdly powerful attack to tear through legions of nameless weak soldiers, and this does become repetitive quickly. Despite this, the majority of the battles take place between the main protagonists and antagonists of the series themselves, and these battles can sometimes be fairly fun to watch, but most delve into the limitless vault of shonen series tropes such as powering up/energy blasts etc., which really hampers the uniqueness of the fights, even if interesting elements are involved.
Visual direction of the series is quite well done, the fight scenes are fluid and transition well, and generally in itself the animation is quite detailed. Frequent splashes of colour and sketching effect are used very liberally throughout the series, to highlight the flashy special moves that the characters exhibit, which is somewhat interesting at first but is not particularly explored. There is a surprising lack of blood, even for a shonen series of this kind, which does make the battles somewhat disappointing to watch.
Audio wise the series does not present a particularly memorable soundtrack, most of the series’ background music consists of either stereotypically created hard rock tracks for the fight scenes or somewhat traditional sounding music for the scenes that were not taken up by fighting, which is not very many whatsoever. The opening and ending themes are also fairly unmemorable rock pieces which contributed to the series’ tone itself in principle, but really were not notable in any other merit.
In conclusion, Sengoku Basara is a very average and overrated series. A lack of coherent story beyond an excuse for characters to fight, poor overall character development due to a large cast and not enough screentime, subpar and derivative action sequences with too much incessant energy blasts/special attacks, a fairly unremarkable soundtrack and a lack of veritable historical accuracy for the period translates to a measly 5/10. Some may find this entertaining as merely a baseless and flashy piece of media, but these features should not be treated as compliments.
Paski
When I first noticed that this anime existed it piqued my interest. i remember playing the game Devil Kings for ps2 (game that the characters are copied from then replicated into this anime) and I recalled the somewhat enjoyable times playing the game with a friend, i must say that my experiences thus far with this anime is falling quite short to my expectations. Story: Takes place in war-torn feudal Japan, in times of warring feudal lords all struggling for power. Sounds like a great historical anime right? well.... you'd be wrong. Its got a "modern" flare thrown in. and by modern i am referringto the presence of guns or crazy weapons or the Tank guy with a jet pack; Honda. This anime focuses on throwing the viewer into overly-epic (to the point of disgust) battles, while the overall story (which there isnt really that much of one) is more or less thrown to the side.
Art: Quite nice artwork actually: Vibrant colours, crisp artwork, and i rather enjoyed the few seconds worth of frames that revert to a more sketch-like portrayal of events.
Sound: I quite Dislike the opening. I am a fan of most of Abingdon Boys school's other songs but this one just irked me. wasnt a fan of the ending but it seemed to fit more or less the theme of the series. Good seiyu, but way too many over the top cliched english lines. Every time something was said in english i cringed.
Characters: Basically the characters look more or less exact compared to the ps2's image of them. so i guess theres no place for complaint there, however each personality is way too far over the top. every character (at least the males) tend to be over the top GAR and it just gets to a point where it is hard to watch. personalities are stretched to no longer believable levels.
Enjoyment: Well i had high hopes for this series, perhaps that is why I am quite let down with it now. about halfway into the second episode i couldnt stand it. now I am trying to complete the series based on spite. If you were just looking for a series with a bunch of fighting scenes, weak dialogue which you really don't need to pay attention to, and extreme cleavage (I think she shows up pretty early) then this may be for you.
Overall: I personally just want it to be over. Im scared to see how a second season could be made from this.
RushFX
Cutting out the whole summary and introductions, Sengoku Basara is a story of seemingly epic proportions squeezed into a very small time-frame as far as the series goes (being 12 episodes). Taking bits and pieces of history, twisting it a nudge and completely blowing it out of proportion, you get a kind of Gurren Lagann feeling. By that, I mean that the story just increases in its grandeur up until quite a climax at the ending. However, the storyline is not without its faults. In its twelve-episode lifespan, you get characters galore, yet little to no character development whatsoever. What I feel is a kindof minor setback is that for the viewer to get the most out of the anime he/she must be at least acquainted with the Sengoku period. However, it still manages a comprehensible storyline that, while often times easy to decipher, still makes you interested to see the outcome until the end. It definitely feels rushed, and it was kind of expected. The ending, while good, gave me a feeling of "That was it?" But admittedly, I would be lying if I said I wasn't satisfied, especially after seeing the credits at the ending.
The art style in Sengoku Basara is what I'd consider to be at least above average, though people may say that it is about as good as any other shounen series, but to that I say: xP The combination of high-action scenes with clearly super-human capabilities, combined with the sheer amount of bodies flying about as well as a touch of 3D here and there and you'll know where a good portion of the budget went.
The sound is very, well, manly. It sets itself up as an anime where there will always be some form of inspiration or epicness, and that is definitely prominent in this show. With beautiful works such as dai roku tenma ou to give you that sense of dread and fear for the protagonists and the absolutely inspiring vocal cues of BLAZE -Crimson Lotus- (especially its full, final version), it's definitely one of the parts of the show that really pull it off the ground, if not at least its saving grace.
The characters are a bit cliche, but for series based on a fighting game, that was to be expected. You will always have your naive, young protagonist (Yukimura), the cool, calm, collected, yet human rival (Masamune), a master/father figure (Takeda), and your all-evil, all-powerful enemy (ODA NOBUNAGA!!! (yes, you have to say it like that)). Oh, and don't forget the ninjas, other lords, the vagabond, the other soldiers, enemies, retainers, but to be more specifically, the Date 4 (you'll see what I mean).
All in all, Sengoku Basara is the kind of anime you would watch just for the sheer enjoyment of it. Like Gurren Lagann, it isn't something you ponder over, and like Gurren Lagann, it does try to make a more serious storyline, which is eventually thrown out the window (perhaps not as radically?) and brought back to what its good at: Old-fashioned Blades, Guns, and Explosions. It's an anime that is there to make you feel good, and make you feel like you want to be awesome, and in that respect, it succeeded, giving it an overall score of 8. Sure it may not be for those who want a serious amount of storyline and character development, but it is definitely worth at least watching, and for those who like watching anime for the sheer thrill of fighting, you will not be disappointed.
mel-hime
Ok ' here we go ' [ date copyright ] SO...Sengoku BASARA review.Note that this review is ANIME only , as it says , no connection to the games , cause personally I hate when people compare 2 things that have SOMETHING in common as if they should be identical twins. Well no..this anime is BASED on the game , so we should compare them separately. Story: Not something outta the ordinary , like a big BOMB etc but , heck , it doesn't even need to be that way.It's simple and clean , and still manages to be pure enjoyment , but you'll only understand whyif you watch it yourself.You probably met these characters in different forms in other media cause, Date Masamune,Sanada Yukimura,Sarutobi Sasuke,Oda Nobunaga etc really DID exist [ except most of them are bishons here ...yep..i'm a girl..:X ] So the story is 8/10 for me . Even if it wasn't something twisted it had the spice that I liked .
Art: well, no flaw here.Production I.G. made it superb.You'll love it.One of the best things about this series [ + eye-candy for fangirls ] 10/10
Sound: Another big 10/10.Sengoku BASARA OST is just EPIC.I'm not talking about what you hear in the background on the anime.You have to listen to RED and BLUE .It will definitely go to your taste.It is a beautiful combination between modern and traditional rhythm plus a lot of orchestral instruments that just sound amazing and beautiful .Some songs like BLAZE ~CRIMSON LOTUS ,mastermind ,ZIPANGU,Heaven's Door ,SHUT UP~GO TO HELL ,Peaceful Days and others don't even need vocals ,that's how nice they sound [ ok except that the main theme songs for characters have one song with just instrumental and the other featuring the character; example: Heaven's Door is an instrumental and Heaven's Door feat Date Masamune is the song with Date's voice in it [ yeah..fangirls candy ] Also some songs on the same notes but in different tonalities or different instruments sound superb and offer a different taste [ ex: that's part of being a hero ]
So basically the OST is an absolute plus.Give it a try , you won't regret it.
Character: Not very deep characters ,but heck , they don't even need to be deep to be cool . Date would get emo if he gets deep.He's just Date , and that makes him cooler than cool :)) Same goes for other characters.The way they interact and the way they are portrayed , cause they are individualized , is enough . 9/10
Enjoyment: I enjoyed this series very much and can't wait for the OVA and season 2 . Some people regard this series as a FAIL, because they try to compare it to the game , but i kinda punch those ppl in the face .This anime is still , as individual , something really good.
Overall: It gets a 10 from me.It's a series to watch when you don't feel like stressing your brain but still be able to watch something good.Simple and good, that's the recipe that describes Sengoku BASARA.
CodeNameKitty
In my opinion Sengoku Basara is a severely underrated anime. Basically this anime is about samurai war lords fighting continuous battles as it relates to territory and military dominance during the feudal era of Japan. There are a few famous samurai names and characters in this anime for anyone who's into the historic aspect of japan as it relates to there samurai. In my opinion this anime has a good amount of action with lot's of flashy over the top battle scenes. The animation is also great as it relates to how the characters look as well as the actual fight scenes. This anime also contains a wide array oflikeable characters that are completely different from one another as it relates how they look, fight and of course there personalities.
There is also a deep story to be found in this anime as well if you pay attention to everything that is said by the characters and the events that take place.
Personally one of the things I enjoyed the most about this anime is infact the story as well as the character interactions.
I won't spoil anything but this is the type of anime that presents lots of character ideals.
For everyone has their own goals, ambitions and there own reasons for living and why they fight.
Not to mention why they each believe that there cause is the most justified in why they should be the ruler of the country.
in some cases there are actually characters who do not wish to rule at all and have their own views as to how the country should be.
Guess you can say this anime is similar to fate zero as it relates to the characters all having there own views and reasons for the actions they take.
There is also a nice amount of drama and plot twist to be found here as well.
Over all I highly recommend this anime to anyone who likes good action mixed with good characters and a compelling story
Singolo
If anyone asked me what's my opinion about Sengoku Basara, I'd just tell 'em it is a pretty fun to watch anime, nothing more than that. Nothing really stands out, but that is not a bad thing if the product is consistent all throughout, and Sengoku Basara is pretty consistent. There is nothing really spectacular about the plot and characters, it's another one of those shows that are set during the Sengoku Period in Japan (having Nobunaga Oda as the villain and all), having some of the actual generals and captains that were involved in those battles as characters in the story, but changing alot of it to make it more "anime" and digestible to the public, and as far as the characters here go, they basically kept only their names and affiliations, but again, that's not a bad thing.
Sengoku Basara is the Dynasty Warriors anime that never came to life (maybe because the game it was based on plays so much like DW). Characters are one-dimensional war machines that can tear through waves of men as easily as they can shout their enemy's name or say "MY LORD!", and it's surely fun to see them interact.
For the most part they're just talking to each other in order to get some exposition about the plot out or just explain the characters motivations, but here and there you'll see some fight scenes, and in my opinion the show is at it's best during these fights. Every fight in this anime is comparable to the fight between Superman and Zod in the new Superman movie, as in they don't really give a fuck about logic or collateral damage, just throwing everything they have at each other hoping it kills whoever is fighting, and it is glorious.
Other than the fight scenes and the characters, the show has some pretty good animation, nothing that will make you impressed, but nothing as bad as the latest episodes of Naruto. The same goes to the sound section of the anime, none of the songs are really catchy or worth listening to in your free time, but you'll probably not skip 'em until the latter episodes.
OVERALL RECOMMENDATION: If you're a selective type of guy or just doesn't have that much time to watch anime, than skip this if you don't have anything better to watch, but, if you're willing to give it a try, you will not be disappointed.
shehrozeameen
Sengoku Basara is the Game of Thrones of anime - you either like it, or you abhor it for ill-organization, fan service, and a pointless 12 episode run which serves nothing more than faulted padding with no purpose or reason whatsoever. Sengoku Basara is frankly, a waste of time and does not handle itself well in any form or way. Story Bare boned and basic - bad guy wants to take over Japan, but there's "clan grudges" which prevent them from uniting and fighting them. These grudges are pointless and needlessly indicate the audience into falsely believing that there's a core plot development which in actuality isnever addressed directly. In essence, it overdoes with the "fight till armageddon" against THE VILLAIN WHOSE NAME IS "DEMON KING OF THE SIXTH HEAVEN". And what makes it even worse is that the story makes it clear that he's some "demon child" but never bothers to address it as anything other than "it makes the villain look badass". Most of the story revolves around a roundabout way of getting to the plot and resolving it.
The worst part of this story is that it tries to show its historical perspective, but it rips it apart with character development that serves forced plot progression (betrayal, deaths, and needless drama and "planning" and "tactical strategy formation"). In all aspects, the story treats its villain like HE is the most sane person in the anime while the only two generals who know that he's the villain are powerless because they - almost as if they're breaking the fourth wall - understand that they won't die and will have to proceed with the needless drama that is ingrained into this waste of 325 minutes.
Art
Mecha warrior, fan service cleavage ninja, fan service wife of the villain and mundane battle sequences followed by 70% of sequences just of the younger cast showing off their "skills". All aspects concerning the story - visually - is padding and extent the running time to a lot more than is needed.
Sound
Its decent. I can only say that the actors are doing their best, and that the sound of the overall product made it bearable and certainly is fairly well handled. Even with the obvious shit of a story and art style used to merely please fans, the sound is decent enough to capture the intended purpose of this anime, and for that, I find only that it could have been improved through some adjustments in the story itself. Another reason why this anime's sound is decent is because of the occasional English portions in the subbed version - again, credit where credit is due, the actors did their best in making do with what they were made to work with.
Characters
Few characters made me bother watching this anime - the axe wielding red general, and the "Battle God" blue female general because they're the only two characters who are well developed and handle their roles with a certain degree of maturity, knowing that they're stuck in an obvious ruckus of a story. Another character is Sasuke - even though his name is linked with the crappiest and most abhorring character ever to condemn anime (Sasuke from the Naturo franchise), he's likeable because he doesn't actually give a shit about the plot, shows that he has an appreciable acceptance of the story and makes it progress as best as he can, and brings boob showing lady to her senses.
What else? We have dual spear wielding dumbo whose sucking up to axe wielding red general every time he can get, and is actually a staple construct for (worthless) padding; the two other characters, one eyed Harlock wannabe and his right hand man, both of whom are only concerned with "fighting" and serve purely to drive the action of the anime (and make it boring and artless); boob lady who exposes her cleavage shamelessly and has a thing for the "Battle God", her retainer (who, incidentally, is her big crush that she fantasizes about - and this anime does not resist showing her in lurid poses doing exactly that. Also she blushes when her retainer shows signs of concern for her in her development which I gather to be sarcasm, and she blushes in embarrassment. What a paperboard sexist construct); and a panel of numerous blank slate characters solely meant to die in every episode: they are all paperboard cutouts and are, quite frankly, the epitome of every anime with a "dramatic" twist out there. All of them, serve nothing to the plot, are merely running around catching their tails, and are so weak and worthless in their progression that honestly, there are only the three main protagonists here who I mentioned.
As for the villain, he does nothing but pimp in his "evil lair", drinking from skulls, and lets his minions do his dirty work. He offers no surprise, and is a cardboard cutout anime cliche villain. In fact, only Sephiroth hair offers some form of action and movement to his plans of "taking over Japan muhahaha". His wife serves nothing more than kissing his arse, and is purely fanservice.
Bottom line, if you want an anime which actually has a good premise, uses fantasy elements, and has characters who are actually three dimensional, and lastly has a good plot which is progressed through the actions of the characters themselves, then go watch Basilisk - its certainly a better anime than this crap. The plot is roundabout and doesn't actually and genuinely get going until episode 10, the characters (save for Sasuke, Axe General, and Battle God general) are caricature cardboard anime tropes with zero personalities, the padding because of the "intellectual strategy interaction" in which only the three main generals know the goal and main end point and are doing their best to achieve it, and the artwork fails to make this anime likeable - in fact, the moment they introduced MECHA SAMURAI, they killed the whole premise. Its a hopeless and disappointing 325 minutes, and isn't worth mentioning or appreciating in any way.
nobody_knows
LET"S PARTY!!!! Is always party time when it come to playing Sengoku BASARA. Crazy game play, crazy combo, or even crazy character with crazy move. Always been pray for this day that BASARA must become the real anime after playing BASARA 2 Heroes with it anime cut scene, and Production I.G has finally deliver it! The anime biggest weakness was none the other the story and some are complain about that. But from the start, BASARA doesn't even have a single decent story. Maybe i did play the game so i know. Is the same with the game, no need for historical explanation. The start of episodeone just gave you a short explanation what is going for a few minute and then is straight to the party. You may have to play the game or do some research to get a clear what is going on.
Action? Yes, BASARA is all about action with some frenzy craziness in it, fast, explosive, and some un-normal trick or behaviour. Who knew you will find a mushroom cloud in it, able to climb siege wall with horse, or how about punching someone in the face with random reason? That's how the party goes.
BASARA biggest star was his cast and seiyuu. You have all your favorite character from the game are animated here, and the original seiyuu voicing them in the game are here to reprise their role. Something is to be celebrate. But the down side is to many character, and some maybe fans favorite couldn't have enough time space to show off. And for some, the director were smart enough to reduce them; like getting kill in battle or something. Only remain some of the important key character like Sanada Yukimura, Date Masamune, Sarutobi Sasuke and to name a few.
Speaking of key character, i will be praise on the villian in BASARA. Oda Nobunaga, is one of the SOB i would say supremely well done in game and anime. And Matsunaga Hisahide who also appear only in BASARA 2 Heroes and only a few episode then died; again well done. Notorious and truely evil. The character personality didn't change at all. All of them are the same, Shingen always punching Yukimura for no reason, Masamune still have Dante like attitude, and blah blah blah.
The OP and ED are rocking good. The OP was done by Abbrigdon Boys School with Jap, they also did do the game OP of BASARA 2 Heroes and for this OP also on the PSP game Battle Heroes, and then the ED Break & Peace done by the band Dustz.
Some people will like it because action, some will not like it because of the weak story. But is a great action anime you might enjoy for a while, and is one hell of the party you might enjoy it.
BBHood22
I first became curious about Sengoku Basara when it was mentioned and spoofed in the Character Poll Arc of Gintama... I knew when I heard Masamune say at the beginning - "Are you ready guys? Put your guns on! Let's party!" - that this is going to be good... Main Characters: Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, Katakura Kojuurou, Sarutobi Sasuke Story: 8/10 - nothing deep, really... it's just about power struggle and uniting against one really evil ruler... i liked that they were able to give a background of the characters/rulers involved... at first i thought that the fight scenes were a little exaggerated since the closest samuraii know would be Kenshin Himura - he has his style but not like this... once the story progressed, i've learned to accept that these guys are not your normal samurais...
Art: 8/10 - love the details and the colors, though sometimes it got too dark and too bright... but then again, i guess it was needed in the scenes... fight scenes are there but what we will usually see are blue and red lightning-like-streaks... i'm not complaining...
Sound: 9/10 - now i'm not sure how this goes - rock 'n roll maybe? i liked it from the first time i heard it... OP/ED are very catchy... gotta love those dancing samurais in the background... BG music here really helps the scenes...
Character: 9/10 - bias again? of course! Masamune reminded me of my fave character Hijikata Toshiro and I think i like him just as much... from his motorcycle-like horse to his penchant for saying English phrases (i so love it whenever he says "Shit!")... Sanada Yukimura - hmmm... i like him, yes... but when he said something like "my heart is burning", "climactic end", "aroused feelings", "entwined together" while referring to or with Masamune, it did not really sit well with me... maybe it's just how it was subbed or is it just me? Kojuurou as the dragon's right eye is very protective and i'm glad he got his screentime... Sasuke for me provided the comic relief... the rulers/leaders here also have their stories, though sad to say, they were outshined by their subordinates... Kasuga, the ninja-girl, is as sexy as she is useless and annoying... and i'm not going to mention Ichi... As for the villains, they are ruthless and effective... Akechi Mitsuhide is one masochistic bastard...
Enjoyment/Overall: 9/10 - Entertaining? you betcha! it's been a while since i've watched an anime that had action from beginning to end...
Hello, Testosterone! How I've missed you! Next stop, Sengoku Basara Two! :D
Ronin-dono
History: By far the most perceptible thing was the fact that there are various kingdoms that just living to fight each other, and the characters who lead these groups, with the exception of Shingen Takeda, do not show any moral framework and sense of leadership or visible level of wisdom to make someone believe they commanded people. Art / Animation; Common, except for the action scenes where the characters show decline with colorful lights emanating from their body, which, taking into account the anime plot, sounded irregular. Sound / Voices: Common. Curiously the opening is sung by the band Abingdon Boys School who has played Innocent Sorrowin D.gray-man anime.
Characters:
One aspect is that leave no doubt about what your target audience, but most often they are not credible. There are too many fan-service, both in the ecchi, as important parts as in start of a war in which the characters stop to talk "legally fucking things" in the vision of the creators.
Enjoyment / Innovation:
Sengoku Basara is an anime theoretically past in ancient Japan, where the characters have no depth, no consistent dialogue nor search credible and reliable objectives, the anime has a disorder about which hero should follow as well not seem to know where he wants to go and ends the mess using a lot of repeated formulas in various animes.
Overall: 22/5 =
MAL note: 4
My note: 4,4
Reim_Seranth
Sengoku Basara is an action-historical anime based on the action game "Sengoku Basara". The story revolves around Warring States period in ancient Japan, with warlords and generals fighting for power and territory. For those who prefer to watch an action-dedicated anime which doesn't have any fillers, Sengoku Basara might be suited to your preferences. Story: 610. The entire story focuses on dominance and territorial war. The plot is very simple and straightforward. All episodes are filled with ground-breaking battles with generals as the main center of the battle. The second season (Sengoku Basara 2) offers more depth in story aspects than the first one, but there are stillsome common flaws to both. An example of this would be the running gags, which are a bit too repetitive (and lost its quality in the process) when used too often in the series. The battles are also a bit too influenced by the presence of the strong generals (a.k.a the playable characters in the game version of this anime). Because of that reason alone, common soldiers seems to only serves as a decorative aspect of war (sometimes they could only watch their general fighting the enemy general when the enemy soldiers are there, right besides them). In the end, if a general alone could annihilate hundreds of people in one attack, who needs soldiers?
Still though, the soldiers proves to be a decent addition; at least it is very cool for the main characters to be able to wreck an entire army formation alone, with typhoon attacks or with earth-shattering slashes.
The entire battle concept reminds us of games such as Dynasty Warriors and, of course, Sengoku Basara. Watching the anime even felt like watching the game itself.
Art: 9/10.
The characters are very well-drawn and detailed even to the armors and weapons. Background is simply superb, including the buildings and natural structures. The entire series looks vibrant and rich in color.
The battle scenes are also drawn well, and expressions are very vivid. The characters are easily distinguished with their respective army theme colors.
Sound: 7/10.
The character voices are really suited to the characters' personalities. Although some voices sounds a bit exaggerated to the point of annoyance, some others are very natural and well-voiced.
The background music isn't very memorable. The only one noticeable would be the orchestral music used for cool situations. The OP and ED songs are decent though, it is very suited for a historical shounen-anime such as this one.
Character: 8/10.
There are so many characters in this anime and it is a bit necessary to memorize some important names to understand what's going on in the dialogues.
There are only little character development in this anime, but with so many types of personalities and characters in the series, it could be easily tolerated. The anime tends to emphasize currently available characteristics, rather than applying character developments (which is pointless if the character himself aren't very remarkable to begin with).
Regarding the quality of character interactions in this anime, the main focus to the characters' quality would be their attachment to their respective leaders. Throughout the series there are very few cases of romance. Most of the intimate interactions in the anime are those between a ruler and his personal adviser/general. As for the main characters, the two shares a strong bond of rivalry from the start of the series.
Enjoyment: 7/10.
The main enjoyment to this series are watching the action itself. The battles are very cool to watch, and interaction between characters are variable and interesting. The end of every episode always sparks a sense of curiosity on how the war turned out in the end.
Overall: 7/10. ( Good )
+ Ground-breaking actions
+ Beautiful graphic and character designs
+ Many weapon and skill variations to look forward to
-/+ Exaggerated human power
-/+ Very few female characters compared to the quantity of male characters
-/+ Simple storyline, no need to think too much
- Too many names and terms to remember even in the beginning
- Might confuse people who's not familiar with Japanese history
- Soldiers as only an addition to the war, not the main factor.
Ryuk9428
So I've been searching for an anime that is a lot like Kingdom but set in Sengoku Era Japan. I stumbled across this anime and thought it fit in several boxes I was looking for... Sengoku era? - check Not in a fantasy realm? - check Plenty of battles and war scenes - check So I figured I'd give this anime a shot. Now the parts of it that I gave a "check" too were accurate. This anime does have battle scenes, its in the Sengoku era, and its not in a fantasy realm. What I was not expecting at all though, and to be fair, other reviewers mentioned thisbut I didn't expect it to be this bad, was how fucking absurd and utterly divorced from anything resembling history this show is. When I say there are "battles" in this anime, there aren't really battles in the sense that a history show would have battles. There are no armies clashing against one another, no real swordfighting scenes as our heros watch the battlefield descend into hell, no volleys of arrows raining down on soldiers as they helplessly march to their doom. None of the true horror and chaos of actual Ancient warfare. Instead, during the fucking Sengoku era, we're treated to...
- A giant mecha robot with a jetpack and a huge drill.
- A fucking machine gun that mows down ashigaru.
- A ship that fires what pretty much amount to bombs.
- Hero characters that apparently have Jedi powers and with a flick of their sword, can summon tornados, giant surges of energy that toss dozens of ashigaru into the ethersphere and create explosions that can level mountains with their sword fights. And, well, basically win entire battles by themselves.
- Oba Nobunaga (who by the way, is a literal demon, not just a bad guy, a fucking demon) wearing, what looks like a 17th century fairy tale's rendition of a European knight's outfit rather than anything remotely Japanese.
- A bunch of ninja girls wearing outfits that would be considered completely obscene in their time period (and I usually love fanservice, but I've always made an exception for historical shows, because historical shows should have outfits that are accurate to the time period).
- A random ashigaru who, for no inexplicable reason, has no pants?
As a huge history fan, all of this hurt my soul to watch. If you still think you can make it through the absurdity of the fight scenes. I almost thought I could forget about historical accuracy and just take it as it is, but the fact that the hero characters can destroy entire armies with their Jedi abilities completely kills all the tension of having a battle scene. Kingdom did a fantastic job of always keeping you on your toes and believing there was a good chance that the protagonist's army could lose. They even do lose sometimes, which keeps the tension high especially at critical parts. In Sengoku Basara, all it takes is one guy summoning a tornado to kill hundreds of ashigarus at once and suddenly, pretty much the whole enemy army is dead in three seconds. If you came here looking for anything resembling Kingdom, take a pass on this one, this is nothing like Kingdom.
Two good things I will say about this anime though, the theme song for Oba Nobunaga is pretty fucking badass. I'd definitely recommend searching Nobunaga's theme from this anime on Youtube. The second one is that the writers of Star Wars should look into incorporating some of these hero's abilities for complete annihilation of weaker soldiers into the next film. You know, where this kind of stuff would actually make some sense and create tension rather than kill it. So good idea fuel I suppose even if executed horribly. Other than that though, this anime was pretty shit and I'm really not a very picky person when it comes to TV shows but there was way too much wrong with this one.
DubOverSub1oo1
Note: This review covers my general thoughts on all three season of Sengoku Basara and the movie. Sengoku Basara is a really fun and straight forward action series, with the most crazy and over the top action I have ever seen in anime. I don't want to go into spoilers, but the action is like a fusion of Dragon Ball Z, One Punch Man, and even a little Gundam. So if you are looking for simple and bloody samurai style sword fights, this is not the show for you. However, if you are fan fan of crazy ridiculous and well animated action than Sengoku Basarais a treat. The show knows what it wants to be and doesn't try to be anything more. The characters are simple, but they are all charismatic, likable, fun, cool, or bad ass enough that I didn't mind their simplicity. If you are looking for an action show with a lot of complex characters and a riveting plot with lots of intricate twists and turns, then Sengoku Basara isn't the show you are looking for. However, if you are looking for a ridiculous and really fun adventure than Sengoku Basara is right up your alley. Plus the soundtrack is amazing and there are some really good villains as well.
Minor Spoiler: The third season is just a retelling of the movie, but with some more story elements and characters to help fill the 12 episodes.
Diamond_Dust
Ah, Sengoku Basara. I have mixed feelings about this one. The storyline, while interesting enough, has a rather recycled, "more of the same" feel to it. There are historical elements involved, which is really what got me to watch it in the first place, but they don't go very in depth with it. Whether that is a good or a bad thing is for each individual to decide. I happen to think it's a little bit of both. The storyline is simple and easy to follow; almost too easy, in my opinion. The animation and art was quite good. All of the characters are nice to lookat, and the battle sequences are well done. Music was good too. I particularly liked the ending and opening themes.
Have you ever played Dynasty Warriors? If so, you know exactly what Sengoku Basara is going to boil down to. I like to jokingly call it Dynasty Warriors, the anime. In the end, all this show is about, is a bunch of guys running around beating the shit out of each other. There might be a cut-scene or two, or a few minutes of character interaction here and there, but then we go back to endless battle after battle and forget there was ever supposed to be a story in the first place.
That being said, if that is your thing, then by all means, dive into Sengoku Basara. It certainly wasn't great, but it was a decent time killer. I did enjoy it, despite its short comings. I give it 7/10.
Danno
The series was pretty much exactly what I wanted and expected it to be. The animation was very nice and the art style did well in making it seem kinda cool/badass. I was, however, a bit disappointed with the One Piece/DBZ/Bleach style battles. The characters can leap to insane heights and land with no problems, they can shoot energy blasts form their swords to blow hundreds of guys away with one swing, and they pretty much never cut each other. They get in many deadlocks and end up blasting each other into walls with energy. I think that part's kinda silly... I would've preferred ifit was more intense/violent.
It's certainly quite different from history and from Samurai Warriors (if you're familiar with either). They sorta set you up expecting it to be accurate, but the inaccuracies make interesting plot twists. The story and characters are a little bit flat and predictable... well, it's not so much you know exactly what'll happen, but it just doesn't invoke much emotion or surprise you that much. You can kinda tell who's going to die and who isn't. There were some pretty nice speeches/lines.
I think I personally liked the characters better in Samurai Warriors (a PS2 game). Maybe it was just weird for me to see Mitsuhide as such a psychopath after Samurai Warriors showed him as an honourable, elegant samurai. I did like Sengoku Basara's version of Keiji Maeda, though. He pretty much inherited all the qualities I liked about Magoichi from Samurai Warriors (Magoichi isn't in this, by the way). Anyhow, if you ignore the differences, Sengoku Basara's versions of the historical figures are pretty enjoyable for the most part.
The sound effects and music were fitting, though none of it really stuck to me.
If this series wasn't based on the sengoku period or the historical figures involved, I probably would've rated it 6 or 7 overall. It was pretty good, but not amazing. Shingen and Yukimura have a certain funny running gag. You get to hate the enemies a little bit, but, like I said, the show doesn't make you feel that much emotion. I personally think it's better when a show can draw you in so much that you can get mad, sad, or happy with the characters, but I guess this would be more enjoyable for people who aren't into that.
gunslinger90
if you like density warriors then you will like this anime is 100% just like density warriors exspite is in japan in sted of china. stroy the story was very good i liked it its about the enemie facts making a trues to destroy one comoen foe the devil king. art. the art was great very beautiful. sounds. the opening and closing songs wear very well done. and the voice of jhonny young boch was great so was the voice cast. characters. the characters wear great. Dante masamune is such a bad ass you can tell by the way he rides his horse . thairs alot of great characters in thisanime.
enjoyment
i 100% enjoryed this anime the fight secens wear great. like i said above if you like denyity warriors then you will like this anime or if you are a history buff you will enjoy it.
overall
the overall score is a 10 out of10.
