Casshern SINS

[Ishbalan]

/a/ was making a fuss over this anime, so I decided to check it out. It is a remake of an older-than-dirt anime from the seventies. So far, the story has been that this guy walks around looking for his identity in a dying world, then robots pop up and try to eat him, and he completely owns everything that comes near him.

So far, its been a pretty dark and depressing show, but the fights are fricking awesome. I see a lot of potential in it.

[The-Original-Jman]

I agree! I see a lot of potential for this Anime as well! It's really cool so far

[EkaCoralian]

My friend informed be of this anime, and the first episode had me hooked. The anime's message itself is much like, 'a light of hope in darkness'-type story. I've watched all 8 episodes out so far, and have loved every single episode.

I've even gone and started working on a short AMV for Casshern SINS.

[Knowname]

I watched this and at first wasn't interested... mostly cuz I two related it too old "tournament (last man standing') style" animes. But after 12 episodes I found myself watching it 5 episodes at a time hehe and even grueling through the songs that imo became QUITE excellent when they changed at like ep12, that led me to actually read the lyrics and think about what I was watching . It's quite good and a possibility to become VERY underrated due to a slow start. Now if only I had a copy of that awesome ed song I could listen to it all day! Anybody know the name?

[EkaCoralian]

I just finished watching it today.
Okay, I can't say it was one of my favorites, nor one of my least favorites. It was an okay anime. A lot of the deep messages were really moving, and the animation was excellent, but I would probably give it a 4/10, to be honest. I'd go with this rating, mainly because of the slow pace I thought it had, and the ending was... just left too vague in my opinion. Too open.

[pink haze]

This thread needs some actual screencaps:



The art and design work is gorgeous.
Finished watching this yesterday! It took me a few months, because I was savoring it (and I re-watched a lot of it, not to mention cut it up for future music videos). It's not for everyone, but it's got everything I love: epic battle sequences, universal themes, great aesthetics--and my heart really went out to the characters.

Cons are: it is slow, and it occasionally goes over peoples' heads (although I personally enjoy this). As far as I can tell the writers tie up all the loose ends, but not always in ways that are easy to catch with just one view.

I can't wait for the dub XD

[Knowname]

said quite beautifully. I couldn't of done better.

[KingOmegaX]

Only got up to about episode 7 and haven't watched it since which was a year ago

[Êricō]

I feel that the anime follows a really classic storyline of that one character travels and meets others where each person he meets teaches him a different moral. I wasn't that willing to buy the anime because of what I knew about its older counterpart but I was utterly bored so what the hell. I ended up really liking it as it is definitley a refreshing anime and its genre I believe would highly stand out compared to others. The only downside I found was the ending but that was probably in a good sense.

[pink haze]

Woot, Funimation announced the voice actors for the dub XD

We'll see how it turns out. The original will be hard to top.
I really loved Tohru Furuya as Casshern. Spent my childhood watching Sailormoon in Japanese and always thought Tuxedo Mask did top notch screams. Ya, definitely perfect for Casshern...