{"id":60435,"date":"2026-02-25T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=60435"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:19:04","slug":"new-sakura-wars-announcement-coming-in-spring-2026-according-to-series-composer-but-its-not-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/new-sakura-wars-announcement-coming-in-spring-2026-according-to-series-composer-but-its-not-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"New\u00a0Sakura Wars\u00a0announcement\u00a0coming\u00a0in\u00a0Spring 2026, according to series composer, but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not a game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sega\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Sakura Wars<\/strong>&nbsp;series celebrates its 30<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary this year,&nbsp;which means&nbsp;fans are&nbsp;reasonably eager&nbsp;to hear about new developments in the franchise. That&nbsp;might be&nbsp;why&nbsp;Kohei Tanaka,&nbsp;who\u2019s&nbsp;written music&nbsp;for both the Sakura Wars game and anime series since 1996, recently&nbsp;provided a hint.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing on his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kenokun\/status\/2026274251972698394?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal X account<\/a>&nbsp;on February 24, Tanaka says&nbsp;there is some kind of new development&nbsp;in the works as Sakura Wars commemorates its 30-year anniversary. He expects it to be formally announced in spring this&nbsp;year, but&nbsp;emphasizes that the new project is not a game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This information came in response to a commotion Tanaka inadvertently caused, after\u00a0a\u00a0previous\u00a0post in which he talked about \u201cworking on a major track\u201d got misunderstood\u00a0as referring to the Sakura Wars series. While\u00a0he\u00a0clarified\u00a0that this specific post of his was not related to\u00a0Sakura Wars,\u00a0it seems like\u00a0he\u00a0is also involved in some in-the-works project\u00a0related to the franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"852\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260225-60435-001.jpg\" alt=\"Sakura Wars\" class=\"wp-image-60439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260225-60435-001.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260225-60435-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260225-60435-001-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While some Japanese commenters where disappointed that the upcoming announcement will not be a game, many were relieved to see that the series is still getting attention in the first place. As for what the new project may&nbsp;be, many are placing their bets on an anime or stage play, but this remains to be seen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanaka was surprised to see the huge response his&nbsp;enigmatic tweet caused and glad&nbsp;to see&nbsp;that Sakura Wars is still&nbsp;so loved by&nbsp;fans, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kenokun\/status\/2026432907250905137?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;he&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;be providing any more hints until the official announcement is made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231117-23085\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sakura Wars composer Kohei Tanaka Reveals That He Was Thought of as \u201cVery Stupid\u201d for Specializing in Anime and Game Music\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kohei Tanaka,\u00a0who\u2019s\u00a0written music\u00a0for both the Sakura Wars game and anime series since 1996, recently provided a hint about an upcoming announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":60438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-60435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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