List of Casshern Sins episodes

Casshern Sins DVD cover, Volume 1. An unmasked Casshern and Friender are featured on the cover as some of the show's leading characters.

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]

  1. ^ "New Casshern Anime Tentatively Titled Casshern Sins". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  2. ^ "Casshern Sins Trailer Posted Online". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "Casshern Sins's On Air Page" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  4. ^ "キャシャーンSins(2008)" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  5. ^ "Arts Central's Casshern Sins Page". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  6. ^ "Funimation Channel Schedule". Funimation Channel. 2010-12-14.
  7. ^ "Adult Swim's Toonami Block to Broadcast Deadman Wonderland, Casshern Sins". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Official Casshern SINS Staff/Cast Page". Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  9. ^ "About Siren". Siren Visual. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  10. ^ "Casshern Sins (Episodes 1-12)". Gryphon Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  11. ^ "Casshern Sins (Episodes 13-24)". Gryphon Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  12. ^ "Casshern Sins Part 1 - Episodes 1-12 (3 DVD)". Vendetta Films. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  13. ^ "Funimation Adds Casshern Sins, Eden of the East (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  14. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 1巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  15. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 2巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  16. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 3巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  17. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins DVD 特別装丁BOX 4巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  18. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.1". All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  19. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.2" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  20. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.3" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  21. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.4" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  22. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.5" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  23. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.6". All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  24. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.7". All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  25. ^ "【DVD】キャシャーンSins Vol.8" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  26. ^ "【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 1巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  27. ^ "【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 2巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  28. ^ "【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 3巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  29. ^ "【Blu-ray】キャシャーンSins Blu-ray 特別装丁BOX 4巻" (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2009-10-31.