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 "Aoi Hana" (青い花, lit. Blue Flower) 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 "Aoi Kage" (蒼い影, lit. Blue Shadow) by Masanori Sera,[3] and the current ending theme is "Hikari to Kage" (光と影, lit. Light and Shadow) 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]