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Capcom attempted to bring the first game to the west by giving it a [[Cut and Paste Translation]] treatment in the form of ''Devil Kings'', which changed the characters' names and removed all Sengoku Period references. Safe to say, it bombed and Capcom has been scared to bring the ''Sengoku Basara'' sequels to western audiences.

 

There are three main games in the series so far, as well as a couple of spin-off titles for various different consoles:

* ''Sengoku Basara 2'' (2006)

* ''Sengoku Basara X'' [[Fighting Game]] (2008)

 

An [[Anime]] adaptation of the series started airing on April 1, 2009. A second season began July 11, 2010 followed by a [[The Movie|feature film]] debuting in cinemas June 4, 2011. [[FUNimation]] picked up the series to be dubbed, as ''[[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Sengoku Basara]]'' [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|rather than]] ''[[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Devil Kings]]'', and with an equally-popular cast of who's-who in voice acting.

In the wake of that, Capcom announced that ''Sengoku Basara'' would be brought to the US and Europe once more, starting with the third game, translated faithfully, and titled ''Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes''.

 

 

It should also be noted that this game has a parody of itself made by [[AliceSoft]], namely an [[H-game]] called ''[[Sengoku Rance]]'', the seventh in the ''[[Rance]]'' series with different gameplay setup (for obvious reasons, though both are quite good games in their own right), but both share the idea of taking a very [[Broad Strokes]] version of history, embellishing it with tons of [[Rule of Cool]], and turning the whole thing into a [[World of Badass]].

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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Most of the main characters lived in vastly different periods of the Sengoku Era... Also, Masamune's horse has chopper exhaust pipes and handlebars and his soldiers look like archetypical delinquents, including one with a pompadour.

** Not to forget that he recently gained exhaust pipes for himself in ''Sengoku Basara 3/Samurai Heroes'' and they actually smoke when he runs.

** Still nothing to be on par on the Stew-ism of [[Fan Nickname|Hon]][[Mobile Suit Gundam|dam]] [[Humongous Mecha|Tadakatsu]]

** And don't forget Nouhime's [[Hyperspace Arsenal]], complete with [[Gatling Good|minigun]]. Magoichi has a machine gun, grenades and a rocket launcher in hers.

** In the DVD extra ''Mini Sengoku Basara'' Chousokabe and Mouri are watching the anime on TV.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Usually linked to the character's name or epithet. Some examples:

* [[Art Evolution]]: The most startling example of this is not the CGI, but the anime style used in the games noticably evolves over time. From ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8gjG3FxuQ&feature=related Devil Kings]'', to ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNar736VFw&feature=related Heroes]'', to ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQpLQ-EJhXU Cross]'' to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKKyIvW1hEA anime itself].

* [[Ash Face]]: The player can do this over and over to [[Butt Monkey|Kanbe Kuroda]] in ''Sengoku Basara 3''. Just select the 'Bad Bomb' super art and keep pressing the super art button. Watch a big [[Cartoon Bomb]] fall on Kanbe's head, laugh at his [[Double Take]] upon noticing the bomb, watch him [[Comedic Sociopathy|get blasted through the air screaming "WHYYYY?" the whole time]], then crash [[Action Bomb|in an explosion]]... only to pull himself out of the crater, blackened from head to toe, [[Made of Iron|and shake it off]].

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: As of ''3'', many characters adopt logically impossible positions while on horseback. Ones that come to mind are Keiji, Tsuruhime, Magoichi, Yukimura, Hideaki and Yoshiaki. [[Running Gag|And then there's Kotaro and Sasuke]]...

** Their mounting animations are just as oddball.

*** The best example of this is probably Takeda Shingen, who stands on not just one, but two horses. [http://gallery.fanserviceftw.com/_images/564e2760e5440985f65e2b86bf6ab8b4/20%20-%20animated_gif%20horse%20lolwut%20oyakata-sama%20samurai%20sengoku_basara%20takeda_shingen%20this_is_possible.gif The anime takes it to the next level too.]

*** Impractical, but possibly true, as some historical accounts state that Shingen was such a big guy that he had to sit astride two horses at once (in fairness, horses in japan were quite small).

* [[Badass]]: All the fighters from the game series. Being a [[Mook]] there is not a recipe for a long and happy life, unless your commander happens to be one of said badasses. Let us count the ways...

** [[Badass Arm-Fold]]: Most notably Date Masamune (who [[Rule of Cool|rides]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|his]] [[Cool Horse|horse]] like this), but also Takeda Shingen and Fuuma Kotaro who do this constantly.

** [[Badass Biker]]: Masamune in the anime. Except his bike is a horse with exhaust pipes.

** [[Badass Bookworm]]: Motonari, Hanbe

** [[Badass Cape]]: Nobunaga. His can attack people.

** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Yoshihiro. Also Ujimasa who can still kick some ass.

** [[Handicapped Badass]]: Masamune, Motochika

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Kojuro. Kenshin wears a sleeveless one, with five snowflake like tails at the end.

** [[Badass Preacher]]: It's hard to say that Xavi is badass, being a jolly [[Love Freak]], but...

** [[Badass Nickname]]: From The Tiger of Kai, to The One Eyed Dragon, an awesome nickname is practically a badass necessity.

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Masamune and Kojuro.

* [[Battle Couple]]: Toshiie and Matsu, Nagamasa and Oichi, Nobunaga and Nouhime. Kenshin and Kasuga would count, if they only got together before their endings, in which case the wars have ended.

* [[BFG]]: Xavi, Nouhime, Magoichi.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Yukimura, Ieyasu, Toshiie, Matsu, Oichi, Ujimasa.

* [[Blond Brunette Redhead]]: The [[Ninja]] - Kasuga = blonde, Sasuke = brunet, Fuuma = redhead.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Kasuga and Kenshin.

* [[Boss Subtitles]]

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Some of the ''Mini Sengoku Basara'' episodes are about Chousokabe and Mouri trying to get more airtime.

* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]

* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]

* [[Character Level]]

* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Because it just wouldn't be Feudal Japan without 'em.

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Motonari, when introducing himself, gets strangely hammy: '''"I AM THE CHILD OF THE SUN, MOURI MOTONARI!!! NOW COOOOOMMMMEEEE!!!!"'''

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Kennyo? Who the hell is Kennyo?...

** Then again, while Nouhime, Ranmaru, Hanbe, Nagamasa, Yoshimoto and Hideyoshi were dumped for a good reason (plot relevance), Musashi, Itsuki, Xavi and Hisahide simply disappear without a reason.

**** However this hasn't stopped Hisahide from turning up out of the blue as a playable character in ''Sengoku Basara 3 Utage''.

* [[Church Militant]]: Xavi's goal is apparently the conversion of all Japan to his faith. How you ask? [[BFG|Superior firepower]].

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Sengoku Basara 3'' {{spoiler|is much ''much'' darker and more serious story-wise than its predecessors}}.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the 3rd game; Kenshin, Kasuga, Sasuke, Kojuro, Toshiie and Matsu are now NPCs, and Hisahide, Musashi, Itsuki, Xavi and Kennyo don't appear at all. However in ''Utage'' the former are all player characters once again, along with Hisahide.

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: Initially Matsu and Kenshin as well as Kasuga and Sasuke shared the exact same movesets. However they soon managed to gain their own fighting style by the second game. Similarly, Kid!Ieyasu and Ujimasa copied Toshiie's polearm moveset before moving on.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Itsuki.

** But wait, in ''Utage'', Masamune takes it up another notch in War Dance mode where while using Phantom Dive he wields all 6 swords at once in ONE HAND! I dont think anything aside from the [[Rule of Cool]] can explain how he is doing this.

** The [[Ninja]] Sasuke, Kasuga and Fuuma also dual wield. Sasuke with [[Fuuma Shuriken|shuriken]], Kasuga with [[Flechette Storm|knives]], and Fuuma with [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana|ninjato]].

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Uesugi Kenshin, justified that even his [[Truth in Television|real life]] counterpart was suspected by many to be a woman disguised as a man. Nevermind that he was based off Takarazuka performers.

* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Occasionally Xavism proves to be more effective than it seems. Motonari, Yoshihiro and Kanbe have all shown up as Xavists, with Motonari still having some deeply suppressed sentiments.

* [[Elaborate Equals Effective]]: Though sometimes it's subverted.

* [[Epic Flail]]: Kanbe, using the ball and chain attacked to the stocks binding his wrists together to do some serious damage, including [[Blow You Away|the occasional storm]].

* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Keiji's cute little mascot Yumekichi.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Nobunaga, the resident [[Evil Overlord]] is often pitted against [[Ax Crazy]] Mitsuhide (appropriate, as Mitsuhide caused Oda's death in [[Real Life]]). ''Basara 2'' had evil but [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Hideyoshi as Nobunaga's official rival.

** Though while Masamune was indeed missing his right eye in [[Real Life]], there is no record to suggest that Motochika was in the same situation. It probably just adds to his [[Pirate|piratey]] image...

* [[Fighting Game]]: ''Sengoku Basara X'' and ''Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes''.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Fills this to the absolute brim. You may as well take out the term "rival" and insert "love interest" every time it comes up.

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Masamune and Yukimura. {{spoiler|Ultimately, they always go back to being rivals.}}

* [[Gang of Hats]]: The various armies. Of particular note is Kanbe's army, blue collar workers who use tools like pickaxes and rakes instead of swords and pikes.

* [[Get Back Here Boss]]: A gimmick often employed by various commanders in-game in some fashion or another.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Frequently used by Date Masamune. [[Memetic Mutation|PUT YA GUNS ON]] indeed. Second place is Xavi's faction of [[Love Freak|Love Freaks]]

** The opening theme of ''Sengoku Basara 3'', Naked Arms by TM Revolution. Sung in English in the North American version. ''By TM Revolution''. Good luck making any sense of it. Hear it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4upHp9aCQU here]. May double as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Guns have short range, in many cases have visible and dodgable projectiles, and don't do any more or less damage than the associated melee weapons. Gun users exist as player characters and are about as effective as everyone else, leaning towards [[Glass Cannon|Glass Cannons]].

* [[Hattori Hanzo]]: Can be equipped as a bodyguard in ''3''. Well, it's a start at least. Oh and you'll be using him a ''lot'' if you wanna find those damn fugitives...

* [[Heroic Spirit]]: The series ''feeds'' on it!

* [[Historical Beauty Update]]: Seriously.

* [[Historical Domain Character]]:

** [[Date Masamune]]

** [[Sanada Yukimura]]

** [[Sarutobi Sasuke]]

** [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]

** [[Uesugi Kenshin]]

* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: [[Oda Nobunaga|Just a bit...]]

* [[Horse Jump]]: Forget jumping, these horses can ''fly''!!

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Oichi is at the very least on her way to counting as one in the third game.

{{quote|'''Ieyasu:''' "Honda Tadakatsu! Prepare for launch!"}}

** Also, the war machines that show up as occasional mini-bosses. Motochika seems especially fond of using these against the player. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... [[Fan Nickname|TOAD-BOAT!]]

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Pick a character. Any character...

** Joke items made it even worse, as in [[Blade on a Stick|Toshiie]] using a swordfish or [[Big Fucking Sword|Yoshihiro]] using a bottle of liquor.

* [[Instant Fanclub]]: I-TSU-KI-CHAAAAANNNN!!!

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: And ''how''. Aside of the usual assortment of ''watashi'', ''washi'', ''boku'' and ''ore'', it includes such gems as ''soregashi'' (Toshiie), ''sessha'' (Yukimura), ''maro'' (Imagawa), ''ware'' (Motonari), ''wagahai'' (Yoshiaki), ''temae'' (Muneshige), ''shosei'' (Kanbe) and ''yo'' (Nobunaga). Oichi, Matsu and sometimes Nouhime refer to themselves in the third person. Second-person pronouns are equally oddball, with the archaic ''onushi'' (Shingen), ''kiden'' (Nagamasa), ''sonata'' (Kenshin) and ''kei'' (Hisahide) being thrown around a lot alongside of ''anata'', ''omae'' and ''temee''.

* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: Most notable is Yukimura who speaks quite archaically and extremely politely towards everyone, addressing them with the suffix '-dono' which, in that era, was supposed to be only used with equals or higher. He even speaks like this to Kasuga and Masamune's soldiers!

** No mention of the INVIIIINCIBLE Kanetsugu?

** [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Musashi has the lowest HP of any character, but he hits hard.

** Xavi probably counts as one as well.

* [[Just a Stupid Accent]]: Arslan/Motochika and Puff/Itsuki in ''Devil Kings''. WTF was that all about?!

* [[Kiai]]: Necessary for any warrior, however Yukimura does it best.

* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: Hideyoshi at the end of Nobunaga's campaign in the second game.

** Also occasionally pops up to the [[Mook|Mooks]] in ''3''. "[[Tempting Fate|Hmmm, maybe I can make myself more famous]]-- AAAACK!"

* [[Leitmotif]]: Most of the characters have their own individual theme, as well as a different theme for their stage. Oichi gets her own [[Image Song]].

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: How you are suppose to clear most of the maps. Strategy? What strategy?

* [[Melee a Trois]]: Certain battles in the series involves crashing a battle between two characters and wiping them both out, ending in a fight between all the commanders

* [[Metal Slime]]: Fugitives in ''Samurai Heroes''.

** And the DVD is available in Japan now.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Tiger of Kai, War God of Echigo, One-Eyed Dragon, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven etc.

* [[Good Powers, Bad People|Neutral Powers Bad People]]: Hard to explain, but usually some elements like fire and lightning are associated with good/sympathetic characters, while ice, light and darkness are usually connected to negative/unsympathetic ones. Of course, there are some exceptions, like [[Stealth Mentor|Kenshin]], [[Dark Is Not Evil|Sasuke]], [[The Woobie|Oichi]], [[The Messiah|Ieyasu]], and [[Card-Carrying Villain|Hisahide]].

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: With the third game, the series has managed to include examples of ''all'' of these to date!

** Ninjas are standard fare, with playable characters Sasuke, Kasuga and Fuuma.

** Nanbu Harumasa commands an army of zombies through magic, or something.

* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: For a series with so much implied romance, there is very little on-screen action to be had. The only characters who have kissed are Toshiie and Matsu, once, and you [[Kissing Discretion Shot|don't even see it]].

* [[Path of Inspiration]]: Xavism.

** In another odd example, images of Date Masamune from the game were used on posters encouraging people in the Miyagi prefecture (the real Date's old stomping grounds) to vote in the mayoral election.

* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: Let's just say, whoever chose the voice cast for this game knew to pick voice actors by role - about the only one ''lacking'' is [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]].

* [[Power Glows]]: The more the characters power up, the more brightly they glow.

* [[Practical Taunt]]: Many taunts have an effect on the character's moveset, for example, powering up one of their special attacks. They can also be used to charge the Basara Attack Gauge.

* [[Purely Aesthetic Era]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Masamune as the Blue Oni, Yukimura as the Red Oni. The Shingen/Kenshin rivalry also sorta counts (with Shingen as Red Oni, Kenshin as Blue Oni).

* [[Redshirt Army]]: The ordinary soldiers at times seem like nothing more than ablative meat shields for the commanders.

* [[The Remnant]]: In ''Samurai Heroes'', Mitsunari Ishida is continuing in the name of Hideyoshi. More explicitly, Oichi leads the "Oda Remnant" forces. Or rather the Oda Remnants forcefully pulled Oichi back from her sleep and had her become their figurehead. Also, Sorin's faction is apparently all that's left of Xavi's converts.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: The franchise thrives on this trope.

* [[Say My Name]]: Used for humor, but technically one-sided, because the other one doesn't say the name...

** Or who could forget this: '''"NAGAMASA-SAMA!!"'''

* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]: Nobunaga's victory cutscene has him do this. Also, Magoichi's boss intro.

* [[Serrated Blade of Pain]]: Yoshihiro's default [[BFS]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: The characters can wield weapons from the first ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' game, with Masamune wielding six Alastors, Yukimura [[Dual-Wielding]] Sparda and Ifrit and Nouhime using Ebony and Ivory.

*** To the point that several of his scenes in the anime were lifted straight from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam Exia.]]''

** [[Kamen Rider Black RX|I am the child of the sun!]]

* [[Take That]]: Apparently their decision to turn Kanetsugu into a [[Butt Monkey|eternal loser]]. A less childish and more subtle one: The spears wield by the enemy generals looks like those used by [[Samurai Warriors|Sanada Yukimura, the poster boy of Samurai Warriors]]. It may be a coincidence.

** The spear was an incredibly common weapon during that age, so yes, I'd wager coincidence.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: Tadakatsu's weapon [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|will be the drill-spear that pierces the heavens!]]

* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: Used to represent the Battle of Sekigahara.

* [[Video Game Historical Revisionism]]: ''Major'' revisionism...

** ''Devil Kings'' even decided to throw the historical part out of the window in favour of an original story. Which, when the revisionism you had is deemed awesome, is not such a good idea.

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: The ''Sengoku Basara'' world is not a very pleasant place to be if you're not in possession of outrageous fighting abilities, to say the least. Mooks very rarely contribute much to a fight and will always inevitably be killed by the hundreds.

* [[Whip Sword]]: Hanbe's weapon.

* [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]: Did someone say [[Miyamoto Musashi|Musashi]]?!

** {{spoiler|His ultimate weapon is a pair of incredibly plain-looking katanas however.}}

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Ieyasu can pull off a rather thunderous elbow drop, and Kanbe can do a [[Street Fighter|Final Atomic Buster]] that causes [[Blow You Away|a localized tornado]] on impact, dragging in nearby grunts to set them up for massive combos.

* [[You Get Knocked Down, You Get Back Up Again]]

 

 

* [[Artistic License History]]: No one dies in the historically correct time, place or way. Also, everything else is just wrong. But hey, [[Rule of Cool]] is God.

** More like they didn't ''care''. This is ''Basara'' you're talking about.

* [[Badass in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Two people on the battlefield noticed that Kojuro faked out [[Evil Genius|Takenaka Hanbe]]. One of them was Sasuke; the other one, unfortunately, was Hanbe himself. He [[Kick the Dog|retaliates]] [[The Mole|as]] [[Innocent Bystander|only]] [[Terms of Endangerment|Hanbe]] [[I Have Your Wife|can]].}}

* [[Battle Aura]]: All the time. Takeda even disintegrates an opponent in a giant wave of [[Battle Aura]].

* [[Cool Horse]]: Masamune's infamous Harley Davidson Motor-Horse.

* [[Cue the Sun]]: Happens twice. The first time is in Episode 1 when Yukimura and Masamune battle each other to a standstill. The second is Episode 12, after {{spoiler|Nobunaga is finally defeated}}.

** And here's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOTDDPId0pc&feature=related full dance].

** Also, no matter how hard it seems, it is possible for normal people to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4EDPSCZYU&feature=related do it!]

** "The Party Must Go On" from the movie finishes the series really well.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: It certanly is for {{spoiler|Oichi, Yoshihiro, Mitsuhide and Hisahide}}.

* [[Debut Queue]]: Takes this one further by introducing the ''entire cast'' in the first episode!

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Shingen in the second season.

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: Does the anime loves this or what?

* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: Whenever Nobunaga is on the scene.

* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Where would we be without it?

** Season 2 also introduces Oyamada Nobushige, a Takeda retainer, however he {{spoiler|gets unceremoniously killed off a few episodes later}}.

** Don't forget Akagawa Motoyasu, a Mouri retainer. Later on he appeared to be {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}, but {{spoiler|failed to assassinate Motonari and got butchered}}.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Kenshin, Shingen and a reluctant Masamune form a temporary alliance against [[Big Bad]] Nobunaga. The theory is that with him out of the way, they can be free to fight amongst themselves.

* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Hojo Ujimasa is turned into a weak, [[Don Quixote|Don Quixote-like]] coward who tries to use [[The Speechless|Kotaro Fuuma]] to kill Shingen.

* [[Got the Whole World In My Hand]]: Hideyoshi does this in the second opening, lifting Japan out of the sea with one hand.

* [[Go Through Me]]: In the second season, Masamune's followers pile onto him bodily to protect him from Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: {{spoiler|Tenkai shouldn't have let his guard down.}}

* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: "YUKIMURAAAA[[!" "YOUR LORDSHIIIIIIP]]~!"

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Honda Tadakatsu}}. ''Twice''.

* [[Hollywood Healing]]: Subverted with a gunshot wound Masamune obtains in the anime, which renders him bed-ridden for two episodes and {{spoiler|serves as a major handicap in the [[Final Battle]]}}.

** Also, Episode 1 of Season 2. Yukimura has bandages on with his arm in a sling {{spoiler|after he was beat down by Masamune at the beginning of the episode}}, but he undergoes instantaneous healing when Takeda punches him.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: This trope basically explains why Nagamasa and Ieyasu remain allies of Nobunaga despite being an [[Obviously Evil|Obviously]] [[Evil Overlord]].)

* [[Large Ham]]: There's <s>a few</s> loads, but mostly the guy WHO'S ALWAYS SCREAMING ABOUT HIS OYAKATA-HAM-AAAAAAA!

* [[Leave Him to Me]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Kojuro vs Mitsuhide]], Episode 12.

* [[Lightning Reveal]]: How Nobunaga makes his anime appearance.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Those four Date soldiers who are kidnapped in Episodes 7 and 8.

* [[Mooks]]: Every single soldier. One even wonders why they even bother gathering soldiers in the first place...Probably to keep the mooks from the opposition busy while their bosses fight the 'real' battles.

* [[Neck Lift]]: Nobunaga does this in the last episode. Masamune must weigh about as much as a bag of sugar.

* [[Necromancer]]: Ujimasa Hojo use his pike to summon the spirits of his ancestors to fight Shingen. He simply [[Curb Stomp Battle|make him join them.]]

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: "{{spoiler|The Tiger of Kai Dies at Midaigawa}}," my ass!

** {{spoiler|Subverted quite painfully with the second episode of the second season being [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].}}

* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Notice that the smoking black crater where {{spoiler|Honda}} used to be is suspiciously lacking a dead body at its center...

* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: After Hisahide {{spoiler|kidnaps his men, Masamune is determined to rescue them, despite being wounded}}, on the grounds that the Date Army can't afford to lose anyone.

* [[Nothing but Skulls]]: Nobunaga's throne is made up of a pile of skulls in the anime. He even uses one for a cup.

*** The movie has {{spoiler|Tenkai}} appear as well.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: German actually, but fits the bill.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Kennyo, Yoshihiro, Xavi, and Itsuki in season 1. The first three while they're slain by Nobunaga's men. {{spoiler|Yoshihiro is back on his feet in season 2}}.

* [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]: Masamune is miles away from the battlefield before anyone even ''realizes'' that {{spoiler|he was shot in the side after the fight with Nagamasa}}.

* [[Rousing Speech]]: '''"PSYCHE UP GUYS!!!!"'''

* [[Rule of Cool]]: So many to count, but most prevalent would be Shingen using two horses to ride to the battlefield, all while standing up, each foot stepping on each saddle. And he can get the horses to ''run on walls''.

** Masamune rides without handlebars. On a [[Cool Horse|motorbike-horse]]. He's that cool.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Masamune received a rather [[Fan Service|obligatory]] shirtless scene in Episode 8, much to the [[Estrogen Brigade|viewers delight]]. The writers probably thought that with Yukimura going round [[Walking Shirtless Scene|half-naked all the time]], they should give Masamune a chance to be shirtless as well (not to mention improve their ratings).

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Oichi and Ieyasu do this {{spoiler|as they cry for Nagamasa and Tadakatsu, respectively}}.

* [[Super-Deformed]]: Mini Sengoku Basara: Chousokabe-kun and Mouri-kun, which follows Motochika and Motonari as they get into all sorts of adventures. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHua6mGPe5s&feature=related See here.]

* [[Sword Limbo]]: Mitsuhide does this during his fight against the two heroes in Episode 11.

* [[Sword Sparks]]: Complete with ''[[Audible Sharpness|Shakeen!]]''

* [[Terrible Trio]]: Hisahide's "Death God Squad" is composed by three [[Malevolent Masked Man]] who use poisons and spears.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Ranmaru and Oichi, like their game counterparts.

* [[Unflinching Walk]]: In season 2, Hideyoshi pulls this as he approaches Motochika's Fugaku fortress-ship, while cannon fire decimates his mooks around him.

* [[Unfortunate Names|Unfortunate Song Name]]: Maybe it was not intentional per se (we hope), but maybe Abington Boys School didn't figured out that JAP (the opening theme in the first season) is a ''derogatory insult'' against the Japanese, especially during [[World War II]], by American soldiers and it's considered a taboo word in the U.S.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Averted with Ranmaru: after Honnoji's incident and {{spoiler|Nobunaga's fall}} he's shown to have just met Itsuki.

* [[What Were You Thinking?]]: What Shingen asks Yukimura after learning that {{spoiler|Yukimura let Kojuro (who, along with Masamune, was under their care) confront Hisahide alone and with only half of the demanded ransom}}. [[Dope Slap|He did not like the answer he got]].

* [[World of Ham]]

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: A conversation between Shingen and Kenshin in the anime implies that the two of them collaborated to arrange for Masamune and Yukimura to meet in battle specifically in the hopes that the two of them would become [[Worthy Opponent|Worthy Opponents]].

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