Casshan

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Casshan
Casshern DVD cover art
Genre	Science fiction, superhero
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroshi Sasagawa
Produced by	Kenji Yoshida Ippei Kuri
Written by	Jinzō Toriumi
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	October 2, 1973 – June 25, 1974
Episodes	35[1]
Manga
Casshern R
Written by	Chabo Higurashi
Illustrated by	Satoshi Shiki
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Champion Red
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 19, 2023 – present
Anime and manga portal

Casshan, also known in Japan as Neo-Human Casshern (Japanese: 新造人間キャシャーン, Hepburn: Shinzō Ningen Kyashān), is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Production founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973.^[1]

The Casshern franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled Casshan: Robot Hunter, and a 2004 live-action adaptation titled Casshern. In October 2008, a reboot of the franchise Casshern Sins premiered. In anticipation of the upcoming series, a DVD box set of the original series, Neo-Human Casshern Complete DVD-Box "All Episodes of Casshern", was released in Japan on September 24, 2008. Casshern also appears in Tatsunoko Fight and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars as a playable character.^[2][3] At Anime Expo 2013, Sentai Filmworks announced that they had signed a deal with Tatsunoko to release some of their catalog, with Casshan being confirmed as one of the characters involved.^[4] Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on March 4, 2014.