Casshan, known in Japan as Shinzō Ningen Casshern (新造人間キャシャーン, Shinzō Ningen Kyashān^?), is an anime series created by animation studio Tatsunoko Productions in 1973, which was based on a serialization in Kodansha’s “Terebi Magazine” and Akita Shoten’s “Boken Oh” (Adventure King). Image File history File links Casshanfriender. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Tatsunoko Production Co. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... A scene from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot

Tetsuya Azuma (東鉄也, Azuma Tetsuya^?), also known as Casshern, is a cybernetic "neo-human" (shinzo ningen in Japanese) who turned himself into a cyborg for the purpose of hunting down and destroying robots that have taken over the world. His late biological father, Dr. Azuma, was the inventor of the robots that were originally intended to serve humankind, but mutinied en masse when their cold logic concluded that the good of the Earth Ecosystem required the destruction of the human race.

Casshern and his robotic dog, Friender, join forces with a beautiful girl named Luna to battle the robots led by their brutal boss known as the Black King.

Translation

The American publisher performed an awkward katakana to romaji transcription, by translating "キャシャーン" as "Casshan" instead of "Casshern". "Casshern" is the romanization used in Japan and in other countries, and is used as the romanized title of the 2004 live action film. Katakana ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Casshern ) is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. ...

External links

• Casshan.com
• Shinzō Ningen Kyashān at the Internet Movie Database (TV series)
• Casshan at the Internet Movie Database (OVA)
• Casshern at the Internet Movie Database (Live-action movie)
• Shinzo Ningen Casshan (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia (TV series)
• Casshan Robot Hunter (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia (OVA)
• Casshern (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia (Live-action movie)