Casshern Sins

So I finished this series today. It's a re-imagining of the Casshern franchise, where instead of having Casshern a super-hero fighting robots to protect humanity, he has before the events of the series even begin doomed it to extinction and suffered amnesia soon after, resulting in him finding himself in a rapidly decaying world with no explanation as to how. The series concerns him trying to recover his memories, as well as dealing with how he's the only immortal in this world of ruin who does not have to fear death.

Nearly every episode has him meet a person on his travels who isn't far from death, but the series' main theme is accepting death and dealing with it, making the most of life while you have it, and the series' message is apparent - Without death, life has no meaning.

One of the saddest series' I've ever seen, with some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard, some brilliant artwork and animation, and generally just an experience I believe fans of Casshern or indeed any anime fan will appreciate.

"Caaaasheeerrrrrrn . . ."

After every episode I saw, I'd go around like a zombie, saying his name like all the robots did when they were "hungry."

And that was the only way I could lighten up my mood after watching an episode. The church, the singer, the bell . . . To add upon all the tragics, the atmosphere was lonely and heavy. Though, it wasn't masochism that brought me back again and again: it was just the simple fact that everything was so well done. The storytelling, the animation, the music - all of them were just absurdly high in quality.

There are some bits that went a bit over-deep for me, such as the entire episode dedicated to Ryuze coming to terms with her love for Casshern, but even despite that it managed to retain a serious mood, which is why it didn't break the atmosphere with the absurdity. It was just so well done.

dang it's sounds pretty good.
how expensive is the serious and how many episodes?

also do you recomend that I see the orginial first or could I start with Casshern sins?

Originally Posted by Devia Erasmus

dang it's sounds pretty good.
how expensive is the serious and how many episodes?

It's 24 episodes.

also do you recomend that I see the orginial first or could I start with Casshern sins?

It might benefit you to find the 1993 four-episode OVA just to get a feel, and maybe the Casshern live-action movie again just so you know what Casshern history is like up until now, but you don't need to bother with the very old 30-odd episode series unless you want to. You don't need them to understand Casshern Sins' story however since it mostly ignores them.

err what OVA again?

Casshan: Robot Hunter. This one's spelled "Casshan" because of a translation error but it is the four-ep OVA.

Does the american version have a subtitled version or a dubbed version? (I hate dubbed 99% of the time.)

If not I'll probably try to find a japanese version with english subs.

You can get both, and I watched the dubbed version I believe, so it isn't as bad as some dubs are.