Casshern Sins
| Casshern Sins | |
Cover of the first DVD volume featuring the titular character Casshern (foreground), and Friender (background).
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| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Superhero |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| Produced by | Hiroyuki Oomori Yasuhiro Kamima |
| Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
| Music by | Kaoru Wada |
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Madhouse (animation) Tatsunoko (production) |
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| Original network | TVS, MBS, TVA, CTC, tvk |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 1, 2008 – March 15, 2009 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masaki Takei |
| Published by | Jive |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Comic Rush |
| Original run | October 25, 2008 – July 26, 2009 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Casshern Sins (キャシャーン Sins?) is a reboot of the 1973 anime series Casshan, produced by Tatsunoko and animated by Madhouse. The series discards the continuity presented in the original Casshan anime series, in which Casshern was a cybernetic superhero battling the evil robotic forces of Braiking Boss in a post-apocalyptic Earth. In Casshern Sins, Casshern is presented as a cyborg subordinate of Braiking Boss who was ordered to assassinate the savior of mankind, and has thus doomed the Earth to ruin. Casshern Sins made its English broadcast premiere on Funimation Channel on December 14, 2010. A manga adaptation was published in Jive's Monthly Comic Rush Magazine. In the United States, the series began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block as part of its premiere on May 26, 2012.
Casshern Sins tells the story of a world where robots subjugated humanity after becoming self-aware. Their leader, Braiking Boss, ruled over the world with an iron fist. One day, a mysterious girl named Luna was summoned by the people in order to bring the salvation of mankind. Fearing her as a potential threat, Braiking Boss sent three of his most powerful cyborg warriors – Casshern, Dio, and Leda – to dispose of Luna. Casshern, the strongest warrior, managed to track down and kill Luna. However, this triggered a cataclysmic event which set into motion the end of the world. Hundreds of years later, the world's atmosphere is filled with poison, and, due to the inability of most remaining humans to reproduce, as well as the constant threat posed by the robots, humanity is on the brink of extinction.
Robots fare little better, fearing death as much as humans do: the poisonous environment quickly causes their mechanical bodies to rust and corrode, forcing them to regularly replace their damaged parts, if spare parts in good condition can even be found. In this wretched time and place, Casshern, who had disappeared following the assassination of Luna, returns with no memory of who he is or what he had done.
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