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 passionate fanbase. While Sengoku Basara remains popular in Japan, it has gained some popularity in other Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Despite Sengoku Basara being considered niche outside of Asia, it does maintain a small following in countries such as Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The franchise started with the first Sengoku Basara video game releasing in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2. Sengoku Basaras 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 Japan. As of December 31, 2022, the game series has sold 4.1 million copies worldwide. Games Console and handheld games Sengoku Basara (Devil Kings) Sengoku Basara (戦国BASARA) is the first game in the series and released in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) as a hack and slash, action game. 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. It was never used again due to the negative response the localization received from fans, critics, and players. Sengoku Basara 2 Sengoku Basara 2 (戦国BASARA2) is a sequel to the original Sengoku Basara, and it released in Japan for the PS2 on July 27, 2006. The game was ported to the Wii in 2007 as part of the Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes: Double Pack. An expansion