Casshan
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Casshan, also known in Japan as Neo-Human Casshern (新造人間キャシャーン, Shinzō Ningen Kyashān), is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.[1]
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Casshan | |
Genre | Science fiction, superhero |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
Produced by | Kenji Yoshida Ippei Kuri |
Written by | Jinzō Toriumi |
Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Fuji TV |
Original run | October 2, 1973 – June 25, 1974 |
Episodes | 35[1] |
Manga | |
Casshern R | |
Written by | Chabo Higurashi |
Illustrated by | Satoshi Shiki |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Magazine | Champion Red |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 19, 2023 – present |
The Casshern franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled Casshan: Robot Hunter, and a 2004 live-action adaptation titled Casshern. In October 2008, a reboot of the franchise Casshern Sins premiered. In anticipation of the upcoming series, a DVD box set of the original series, Neo-Human Casshern Complete DVD-Box "All Episodes of Casshern", was released in Japan on September 24, 2008. Casshern also appears in Tatsunoko Fight and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars as a playable character.[2][3] At Anime Expo 2013, Sentai Filmworks announced that they had signed a deal with Tatsunoko to release some of their catalog, with Casshan being confirmed as one of the characters involved.[4] Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on March 4, 2014.