Casshan

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Casshan

新造人間キャシャーン (Shinzō Ningen Kyashān)
Genre	Science fiction
TV anime : Shinzō Ningen Kyashān
Directed by	Takao Koyama
Studio	Tatsunoko
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 2, 1973 – June 25, 1974
No. of episodes	35
OVA: Casshern: Robot Hunter
Directed by	Hiroyuki Fukushima
Studio
No. of episodes	4
Released	August 21, 1993

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). "Casshern" was mistakenly translated as "Casshan" by the American publisher.

[edit] Plot

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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.

[edit] Trivia

The American publisher did an awkward katakana to romaji transcription, and actually made a mistake, by translating "キャシャーン" as "Casshan" instead of "Casshern" which is the correct name used in Japan and in other countries, and even used in the 2004 live action film.