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 four anime shows, an anime
movie, a live action show, a magazine series, a trading card game, 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. Sengoku Basara is considered to be
popular in Japan with the franchise getting good reviews and sales, winning some awards,
becoming a cultural phenomenon, having the video games being cited as an example of games
as art, and gaining a big and passionate fanbase.[1]
While Sengoku Basara remains popular in Japan, it has gained some popularity in other Asian
countries such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Despite Sengoku Basara being considered obscure outside of Asia, it does maintain a small
following in countries such as Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom,
and the United States. Every console and handheld Sengoku Basara game in Japan has
received a B rating (Ages 12+) except for Sengoku Basara 3 Utage which received a C rating
(Ages 15+) from CERO. The franchise started with the first Sengoku Basara video game
releasing in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2.
Sengoku Basara's producer is Hiroyuki Kobayashi (who has been the producer for every console
and handheld game in the series except for Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-den, and is the
creator of the franchise) and its director is Makoto Yamamoto (who has been the director for
every console and handheld game in the series except for Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-
den). Sengoku Basara serves as one of Capcom's flagship series in Asia.[2] As of December 31,
2019, the game series has sold 4 million units worldwide.[3]