Sengoku Basara (戦国BASARA) is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including three anime shows, an anime movie, a live action show, and numerous drama CDs, light novels, manga, and stage plays.

Its story is loosely based on real events of the titular Sengoku period in the history of feudal Japan.

The franchise started with the first Sengoku Basara video game releasing in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2.

Devil Kings, an English-language version of the game, featured altered gameplay and a completely different, supposedly more western audience-oriented dark fantasy story with original characters.

The game was ported to the Wii in 2007 as part of the Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes: Double Pack.

The game marks the series' first anniversary and is considered to have started the "Sengoku Boom" throughout Japan.

The game also sparked a major boom in tourism to the hometown of Katakura Kojūrō, Shiroishi City.

[4] Sengoku Basara X (戦国BASARA X) is a 2D fighting game developed by both Capcom and Arc System Works, creators of the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series, which released on April 9, 2008, for Japanese arcades, and was ported to the PS2 later the same year in Asia on June 26, 2008.

Sengoku Basara Chronicle Heroes (戦国BASARA クロニクルヒーローズ) released for the PSP in Asia on July 21, 2011.

Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (戦国BASARA3 宴) released for the PS3 and Wii (Japan only) in Asia on November 10, 2011.

Sengoku Basara HD Collection (戦国BASARA HDコレクション) released for the PS3 in Asia on August 30, 2012.

[10] The game was announced by Capcom on April 27, 2011, and released in Japan on June 3, 2011, but was shut down on December 7, 2011.

[12] The game was announced by Capcom on April 25, 2012, and released in Japan on June 5, 2012, but was shut down on December 27, 2012.

[35] The series' sequel anime, titled Sengoku Basara II, began broadcast in Japan on July 11, 2010.

Furthermore, the series' movie finale titled Sengoku Basara -The Last Party- was released in Japanese theaters on June 4, 2011.

It was published in the United States from 2012-2013 by UDON under the title Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends.

[38] The title change was due to the Sengoku Basara 2 video game not being released in the United States.

Ranju Tomu and Ranno Hana starred, and Asumi Rio and Nozomi Futo also featured in the adaptation, which played at the Tokyu Theater Orb, from 06/15 - 07/01 in 2013.

In the play, Dante, Lady, Trish, and Vergil come across some mysterious historical ruins while chasing after a demon, and are sent back in time to Japan's Warring States (Sengoku) period.

There, the group meets Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, and other characters from the Sengoku Basara franchise.

Masanari Ujigawa directed and composed the stage play with Hideaki Itsuno and Izaki Matsuno collaborating on the scenario.

Kazushi Miyakoda and Tetsuya Yamaura produced the play with Hiroyuki Kobayashi and Makoto Yamamoto as supervisors.