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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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.