Casshan

Also known as Neo-Human Casshern, Shinzō Ningen Casshan, Shinzou Ningen Casshan, Casshern

Casshan, also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Production founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.

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Neo Human Casshan

Score: 6.75/10 (2,017 votes)
Rank: #6143
Popularity: #8119
Type: TV
Episodes: 35
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1973–1974
Season: Fall 1973
Studios: Tatsunoko Production

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The brilliant Dr. Azuma created many robots to aid humankind. However, during a thunderstorm his lab was struck by lightning, corrupting the programming of one of his robots, BK-1, who renames himself Braiking Boss and declares that instead of serving mankind, mankind will now se…

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Animanga/Header.image: Casshan.jpg
Animanga/Header.caption: Casshern DVD cover art
Animanga/Header.genre: Science fiction, superhero
Animanga/Video.type: tv series
Animanga/Video.director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
Animanga/Video.producer: Kenji YoshidaIppei Kuri
Animanga/Video.writer: Jinzō Toriumi
Animanga/Video.music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Animanga/Video.studio: Tatsunoko Production
Animanga/Video.network: FNS (Fuji TV)
Animanga/Video.first: October 2, 1973
Animanga/Video.last: June 25, 1974
Animanga/Video.episodes: 35
Animanga/Print.type: manga
Animanga/Print.title: Casshern R
Animanga/Print.author: Chabo Higurashi
Animanga/Print.illustrator: Satoshi Shiki
Animanga/Print.publisher: Akita Shoten

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number of episodes: 35
end time: 1974-06-25
start time: 1973-10-02

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Casshan, also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Production founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.

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 as a playable character. 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. Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on March 4, 2014.