List of Casshern Sins episodes explained

This is a list of episodes for Casshern Sins, a remake of the original Casshern anime. Casshern Sins was first announced at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 with Madhouse being in charge of animation.[1] Soon after, an official trailer was posted online on its official Japanese website.[2] The 2008 show was directed by Shiyasu Yamauchi.[3]

Casshern Sins centers on Casshern, who is originally a subordinate of Braiking Boss instead of being a hero to humanity. He was sent to assassinate a girl named Luna due to Boss' fears that she would liberate humanity from his grip. Her death resulted in a war that has humanity on the losing end with robots being on the verge of death due to the radical change in the environment; a legend was made known to the robots that Casshern's death can save them all.

The show had previously aired on Japan's Chiba TV, TV Aichi, MBS, TV Kanagawa & TV Saitama stations.[3] The show aired in Japan from October 1, 2008, to March 18, 2009.[4] Casshern Sins had also aired on Singapore's Arts Central channel.[5] The series aired in North American on December 14, 2010, on the Funimation Channel.[6] Adult Swim broadcast the anime on their newly revived Toonami programming block beginning on May 27, 2012.[7]

The opening theme is by Color Bottle.[8] The ending theme for the first 12 episodes is "reason" by K∧N∧, the ending theme of the 13th episode is by Masanori Sera,[3] and the current ending theme is by Kunoshinji.[3] [8]

The series is licensed and distributed in Oceania by Siren Visual[9] with the Japanese dub intact and having English subtitles in 2 DVDs, one with episodes 1-12 and the second with episodes 13-24 for its release in Australia[10] [11] and New Zealand.[12] Funimation Entertainment has announced a North American release and licensing for the show at the 2009 Otakon panel.[13]

Casshern Sins was released in Region 2 for both DVD and Blu-ray versions. DVD Boxsets were released for ¥12,600 with from February 25, 2009,[14] March 25, 2009,[15] April 24, 2009[16] and June 10, 2009.[17] Single DVDs were released for ¥6,300 from July 24, 2009, for Volumes 1 and 2[18] [19] followed by Volumes 3 and 4 on August 21, 2009.[20] [21] Volumes 5 and 6 were released on September 18, 2009[22] [23] Volumes 7 and 8 were released on October 23, 2009.[24] [25]

Blu-ray versions of the show in Region 2 were released for ¥15,750 with Volume 1 released on February 25, 2009.[26] Volume 2 was subsequently released on March 25, 2009.[27] Volume 3 was released on April 24, 2009[28] and Volume 4 was released on June 10, 2009.[29]

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  1. Web site: New Casshern Anime Tentatively Titled Casshern Sins. 2009-01-18. Anime News Network.
  2. Web site: Casshern Sins Trailer Posted Online. 2009-01-18. Anime News Network.
  3. Web site: Casshern Sins's On Air Page. 2009-10-31. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080811183236/http://www.casshern-sins.jp/onair.html. 2008-08-11.
  4. Web site: キャシャーンSins(2008). 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  5. Web site: Arts Central's Casshern Sins Page. 2009-10-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120229040536/http://artscentral.mediacorptv.com/WhatShowing/Wednesday/index.htm. 2012-02-29.
  6. Web site: Funimation Channel Schedule. Funimation Channel. 2010-12-14.
  7. Web site: Adult Swim's Toonami Block to Broadcast Deadman Wonderland, Casshern Sins. Anime News Network. 22 May 2012.
  8. Web site: Official Casshern SINS Staff/Cast Page. 2009-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090215001933/http://casshern-sins.jp/staff.html. 2009-02-15. dead.
  9. Web site: About Siren. 2009-07-17. Siren Visual. https://web.archive.org/web/20090722230115/http://www.sirenvisual.com.au/Content/About.php. 2009-07-22. dead.
  10. Web site: Casshern Sins (Episodes 1-12). 2009-07-17. Gryphon Entertainment. https://web.archive.org/web/20091014181223/http://gryphonentertainment.com.au/catalogue/?detail=9330080007325. 2009-10-14. dead.
  11. Web site: Casshern Sins (Episodes 13-24). 2009-07-17. Gryphon Entertainment. https://web.archive.org/web/20090712143930/http://gryphonentertainment.com.au/catalogue/?detail=9330080007332. 2009-07-12. dead.
  12. Web site: Casshern Sins Part 1 - Episodes 1-12 (3 DVD). 2009-07-17. Vendetta Films. https://web.archive.org/web/20100823035707/http://www.vendettafilms.co.nz/films/1948/Casshern_Sins_Part_1_-_Episodes_1-12_%283_DVD%29%22. 2010-08-23. dead.
  13. Web site: Funimation Adds Casshern Sins, Eden of the East (Update 2). 2009-07-18. 2009-07-18. Anime News Network.
  14. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 1巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  15. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 2巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  16. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 3巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  17. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 4巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  18. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.1. 2009-10-31. All Cinema.
  19. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.2. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  20. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.3. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  21. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.4. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  22. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.5. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  23. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.6. 2009-10-31. All Cinema.
  24. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.7. 2009-10-31. All Cinema.
  25. Web site: 【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.8. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  26. Web site: 【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 1巻. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  27. Web site: 【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 2巻. 2009-10-31. All Cinema. Japanese.
  28. Web site: 【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 3巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.
  29. Web site: 【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 4巻. 2009-10-31. Japanese. All Cinema.