Sakura Wars TV 9 (original broadcast version) VHS fansub

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2020-08-21 04:31
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Episode 9 was too dark a story and over half of it was redone. The original version of the episode could only be obtained by taping it off air. It is very different from the later version.

This episode was fansubbed almost 20 years ago, presumably from an off-air VHS. The fansubber of course no longer exists. I have no connection to the fansubber.

I got this copy by ripping a homemade VCD. It is 512x384 which is not, according to what I could find, VCD resolution. The video source was obviously lower resolution than that.

I have heard that this episode got the director fired, and that there was a second such episode. Japanese Wikipedia does not mention either of those things. I have also heard that the episode was included in the limited edition Japanese DVD box set from 2006, but it is not mentioned in the page at https://sakura-taisen.com/archives/goods/bandaivisual2.html If it was really released in the limited edition set, nobody seems to have it, either fansubbed or at all.

File list

  • Sakura Wars - 09 original.avi (108.8 MiB)

The fansub group that made this release is A-F (Anime-Fansubs). The file hashes match what AniDB has for the A-F release: https://anidb.net/group/29/anime/400/release.

I have no idea what the original filename was, however. The AniDB ED2K URI has this: “Sakura_Taisen_-_09_-_The_Girl_Called_Kazuar_-_[A-F].avi” (no quotes). However, the file could have been renamed before it was submitted to AniDB, and the original filename may have had spaces (though probably not, given the age).

Also, @arromdee, I don’t think this release needs to be marked in red / as a remake. It’s not a re-encode or anything but is an original fansub release from back in the day.

I have also heard that the episode was included in the limited edition Japanese DVD box set from 2006, but it is not mentioned in the page at https://sakura-taisen.com/archives/goods/bandaivisual2.html If it was really released in the limited edition set, nobody seems to have it, either fansubbed or at all.

The Japanese Wikipedia does mention that it was included in the box set (warning: Google Translate):

The TV broadcast version was included in the Sakura Wars TV DVD-BOX (released on October 27, 2006) as a first limited edition privilege

The store page source link that Wikipedia references mentions the TV broadcast version of episode 9: https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_サクラ大戦_000000000467131/item_サクラ大戦TV-DVD-BOX_1259986

第九話「火喰い鳥(クワッサリー)と呼ばれた少女/TV放送版」
Episode 9 “Girl Called a Fire Eater (Quassary) / TV Broadcast Version” (Google Translate)

A few other stores that sold the DVD box also mention the TV broadcast version of episode 9:
https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/128019985
https://diskunion.net/movie/ct/detail/XATD_4934569626639

But yeah, I can’t find it anywhere online at all, not even in a raw format.

Sakura_Taisen_-_09_-_The_Girl_Called_Kazuar_-_[A-F].avi

Nevermind, this is unlikely the original filename. This might be partially autogenerated by AniDB. For example, sxales’ original filename from https://nyaa.si/view/1272806 is Sakura Wars - 09 (BDRip 720x480p x265 HEVC FLACx2 5.1+2.0)(Dual Audio)[sxales].mkv, but AniDB has Sakura_Taisen_-_09_-_The_Girl_Called_Kazuar_-_[sxales](dub_en.ja)_(sub_en).mkv in the ED2K link (https://anidb.net/episode/13787).