CASSHERN SINS Now on Region 1 DVD and Blu-ray

: 13 September 2010

Source: FUNimation Entertainment Official Site: casshern-sins.jp (Japan), funimation.com/casshernsins (US) Special Thanks to Jackie Smith and Manny Alcala

The complete 24 episode anime series CASSHERN SINS (Kyashan Sins, 2008) has been released on North American DVD and Blu-ray by FUNimation Entertainment. The series is loosely based on the original NEO-HUMAN CASSHERN (Shinzo Ningen Casshan, aka CASSHAN), a 1973 superhero show produced Tatsunoko Production (SPEED RACER, GATCHAMAN). Prior to CASSHERN SINS, the title character had previously been revived in 1993 for the four part Original Video Animation series ROBOT HUNTER CASSHERN (Robotto Hantaa Kyashan, released in the United States as the feature length CASSHAN: ROBOT HUNTER) and again in 2004 for director Kazuaki Kiriya`s live-action film CASSHERN. The new series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where mankind is nearly extinct. Robots far outnumber humans, but the inhospitable environment has begun to destroy even their metal bodies as well. Into this world comes the humanoid cyborg Casshern. Extremely powerful but suffering from amnesia, the first things Casshern discovers is that he is responsible for what has befallen the world... and now everyone wants to kill him. CASSHERN SINS was produced by Tatsunoku with animation by Madhouse (PAPRIKA, MONSTER). The series was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi (DRAGON BALL Z). The animation was supervised by Yoshihiko Umakoshi (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, COWBOY BEEBOP). CASSHERN SINS, Part 1

Casshern – a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past – awakens in a corrosive wasteland where nothing survives for long. A plague known as the Ruin sweeps across this once-vibrant world, reducing everything in its path to rubble and scattering any chance for salvation. Robots and humans alike – or what little remains of them – seek vengeance against Casshern for the life he took and the role he played in their ruin. A machine built to kill, Casshern murdered the last hope for this world, but now, lost in a future he does not recognize, he will fight to save the dying. • Now available at major retailers • SRP $49.98 (DVD), $54.98 (Blu-ray) • Rated TVMA • Episodes 1 - 12 on 2 discs • 300 minutes • English 5.1, Japan Stereo • English subtitles • 16:9 aspect ratio • Pre-air event, textless songs, trailers CASSHERN SINS, Part 2

In the wake of a devastating plague known as the Ruin, Casshern – a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past – must fight to save a civilization he pushed to the brink of extinction. He hunts the one they call Braiking Boss, the robotic overlord who ordered Casshern to serve as the executioner of Luna: bringer of salvation. Surrounded by dying eyes that look upon him with fear and disgust, Casshern walks the wasteland of his own creation driven to destroy Braiking Boss and remind Luna of her duty. Should she fail to heed his warning, Casshern must assume the specter of death in order to salvage what little beauty remains in a ruined wold. • Now available at major retailers • SRP $49.98 (DVD), $54.98 (Blu-ray) • Rated TVMA • Episodes 13 - 24 on 2 discs • 300 minutes • English 5.1, Japan Stereo • English subtitles • 16:9 aspect ratio • Mini-concert, textless songs, trailers

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