Ranked #428

Casshern Sins

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Casshern… a series reboot of the original Shinzou Ningen Casshern back in 1973. Of all the new shows this season, I think this one is my favorite. Lets talk production values, people. I really enjoyed the OP and ED, I think they fit very well, and they have a nice melody. Music overall was certainly a strong point of the show. The BGM really fit well into the scenarios presented, and I think that they sound lovely as well. The animation is fluid, almost seamless, which goes along well with the simplistic character art and gorgeous post-apocalyptic backgrounds. The voices are another strong point. Personally, I had a fangasm when I discovered with glee that Utsumi Kenji was reprising his role as Braiking Boss. I don’t think anyone else could have voiced him better than the original guy. The voice of Casshern was good too, and you can see the talent of Furuya Tooru. My only gripe in the entire show is Ringo. That little girl is kind of messed up looking. To quote Tenka Seiha, she looks like she’s going to devour Casshern. You can really see the connections to the old series. The robot designs are the same, but the coloring is gone, rusted and corroded due to the ruin. They are as cruel and heartless as they were in the first version too.

I’m really enjoying the plot. A fanboy like myself has been coming up with so many conspiracy theories about the plot, and links to the old show back in the 70’s. Hell, I typed a three-page bullet list on my theories. Leave me a comment if you’re interested. So Casshern wakes up from a hundred year slumber with no memories. All we know is that he killed Luna, and the Ruin (the apocalypse) was triggered by this event. Humans are now few and far between, being slowly killed by the poisonous air from the Ruin and Ringo even comments that she has not seen one. The robots don’t fair any better. The poisonous air is corroding and killing them along with the humans. Casshern kills a bunch of robots that think that they can end the Ruin and become immortal if they devour him. A strange woman appears, and notes the patheticness of the robots, then vanishes. We see that Casshern is wounded as well, and he screams. An old man, Oji, realizes that Casshern has awakened, and Braiking Boss tells him it is so. Casshern later meets a little girl robot named Ringo, and she comments that he is as pretty as a human. (In the original series, Casshern was originally a human who turned himself into a cyborg to combat the robot menace.) Ringo says she’s broken, Casshern says she’s not, Ringo gives him a shell and runs off. Casshern has a few flashbacks of when he killed Luna, and this causes him to freak out every so often. (These flashbacks helped fuel my theories too). Casshern, the super-hearing sexy devil that he is, hears her shells drop as she is attacked by a robot, and rushes to help her. He carries her to safety, then turns into badass mode. Glowing green-blue eyes, and combat ready. He brutally destroys the robot in retaliation for hurting Ringo, but in return, he makes Ringo afraid of him. Oji carries her off, voicing his disappointment in Casshern (which was one of my conspiracy flags, comment on my profile if interested.) The enigmatic female that showed up earlier and notes how brutal Casshern is, and that he disgusts her. He is the cause of the Ruin, and that is all she needs to know to hate him enough to want to kill him.

Overall, I’m in love with this show. The production value is incredible, the story is intriguing, and it made me, a fanboy, come up with theories of conspiracy with renewed vigor. I highly recommend this series to fans of the original show, superhero fans, fans of a dark story, and anyone in general. My overall score is 10/10.

Production done by Madhouse. Airs on Wednesday. Subs by Shinsen.
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.: What makes this anime's story better than others ? :.
.: I may have not finished watching it but from what I understood, there is nearly no plotholes, which is the first thing that surprised me. Other thing is that it makes you feel the world it is living in. It makes you feel... somehow, depressing !? :.

.: What do you think about the animations, effects, etc... ? :.
.: This anime has one of the greatest drawing in my life. Animations are smooth and active. Every frame is different. Everything moves like if they have been real. Which is nearly amazing in my book. :.

.: What do you think about characters ? :.
.: It looks like the team was able to devolop single characters for every episode. Which is something we dont see in animes everyday. Every character in Casshern Sins seems to be pretty well devoloped. Everyone think on their own philosophy. My hat is off for the team. :.

.: Are there anything you dislike about it ? :.
.: Nothing is perfect, so... yes I dislike something about it. Like how some characters are too similiar to each other or how good characters get killed so early. But like I said Casshern Sins is nearly perfect in its own catogery. :.


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Un mot pour définir cet animé : "unique". Unique dans son graphisme intemporel, unique dans son savant mélange de noirceur et de poésie.

La violence d'un monde post-apocalyptique sombre, la tendresse de moments lumineux. Un paradoxe envoûtant.

Une pépite à voir absolument.

This series is very... depressing. It is not like the Casshern series that people expect, but in it's own right is well made. The first thing I would like to mention is that the artwork and music is superb. Watching anime, and then watching Casshern Sins is like going from a child's artwork to architectural blueprints/designs. The animation, art, and colors are very crisp and clean. Half the time, I was busy enjoying the artwork and the animations. Casshern is like looking at a work of art.

Despite that, the story at first was very depressing and slow. After watching the series through a few more times, I found it to be a lot more entertaining and has a much more deeper meaning than what I originally thought.

The character development shines in this series. One can see the growth of the characters throughout the series.

One thing that I would not mind seeing is a prequel to the series, just to see what the world was like before the ruin and the different stories of the characters that you meet throughout the series.
Of course, if a prequel was made, I can see it being a lot more faster paced and more action oriented due to the period of time in the story, and the ideas that took place at that time (in the anime)

Overall, an enjoyable series. Probably not what people expect, but with the right mindset, can be a great series. read more