As a result, the raw excitement was tempered while the plot felt much more coherent. With a generous running time of 150 minutes there were thankfully ample brand new surprises on this DVD to justify a full viewing.īutai Sengoku Basara 3 was heavy on music, which made it very accessible, but in Butai Sengoku Basara 2 it felt as though the music took a back seat to the dialogue (with the exception of abingdon boys school's then-new song WE aRE). From my vantage point at the live show I'd seen how a few of the tricks were performed (after the thrill of seeing Hanbee's weapon miraculously change from a sword to a whip in the first show, I'd been keenly watching to see how it was done the second time around!). The games didn't properly flesh out these two characters until it was already too late to include this kind of material, and even the anime barely scratched the surface of the critical sequence of events which led to Mitsunari's bitter hatred of Ieyasu, and consequently, to the battle of Sekigahara.Ĭonfusingly I'd already seen a few highlights from this play performed live at the summer Basara Matsuri event, which was heavily themed around the Toyotomi army. Since this adaptation has the luxury of coming out after its own sequel it's able to include additional content for fans of the series, in the form of a number of scenes showing a fully grown Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari working in the Toyotomi forces. It covers the rise of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his attempts to unify Japan after Oda Nobunaga's defeat. If you've played the second game though, or watched the second season of the anime, you'll be familiar with the core plot. This is the DVD recording of the live Sengoku Basara 2 stage play which took place during May and June earlier in the year.Īlthough it's based on Sengoku Basara 2, this particular stage play came out after the very successful stage adaptation of the newer Sengoku Basara 3, which might be confusing to people expecting a chronological timeline. Last night I watched Butai Sengoku Basara 2.
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