While Sega is still making us wait for news on the tentatively titledNew Sakura Wars, the company’s making sure we’re not forgetting about it either. As such, the Japanese version of mobile gameStar Ocean: Anamnesiswill be starting up aSakura Taisencollaboration event following January 17’s maintenance. Main character Sakura Shinguji will be added, with more characters following at a later date.

Sakura Wars' crossover event with Start Ocean: Anamnesiswas first teasedon January 13, and a full reveal along with a preview video, included above, was tweeted today. It shows one of Sakura’s finishers and her victory pose.Star Ocean: Anemnesisis reputed for being one of the best mobage when it comes to 3D models, and again it does not disappoint.

Star Ocean: Anamnesisholding a collaboration event withSakura Warsis far from surprising, as other franchises related to Sega such asInfinite Undiscovery, NieR: Automata, Resonance of FateandValkyrie Profileall already had their collaboration events. Events with other companies' games, such asFinal Fantasy Brave Exvius, were already held as well.

Sakura Warsis extremely popular in Japan and always had regular collaboration events with multiple franchises and games.ÂPhantasy Star Online 2had multiple ones already. Mobage unrelated to Sega, such as Cygames’ÂGranblue Fantasy,already held aSakura Warscollaboration event as well. More recently, in November 2018, idol franchiseLove Livealso had a collaboration event withSakura Wars, featuring the girls fromLove Live! Sunshine!!dressed in Koubu pilot outfits for various goods and a themed café.Sakura Warsalso has its own mobage for Chinese and Korean mobile markets.  Last but not least, an art exposition for theSakura Warsfranchisewas held in December.

Similar with theNieR: Automatacollab, theSakura Taisencollaboration event should hit the English servers ofStar Ocean: Anamnesisin the next months.

New Sakura Warswill be released sometimeafter March 2019, for thelatest platforms. The game’s development is handledby the same team who developedValkyria Chronicles 4, something logical asValkyria Chronicles finds its roots inSakura Wars. Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshiteased back in Novemberthat we’ll get to seeNew Sakura Warsin action soon, and be surprised by how awesome it’ll be, but it has yet to happen.

Update: Erica Fontaine has been revealed as the secondSakura Warscharacter joiningStar Ocean Anamnesison January 17.

On January 16, Gemini Sunrise has been revealed as the thirdSakura Wars character joiningStar Ocean Anamnesis with another teaser video.

Update: Artwork for Sakura, Erica, and Gemini inStar Ocean Anamnesisalong with a new trailer have been published, they’re included below. You can also find below short videos showing the idle animation for each one of them.