History of Casshern: Anime's Heartbreaking Robot Hero

[@NovaZoneTV]

Hey everyone, thanks for watching. This is quite a bit different from my usual video game related content so I was worried putting this out there, but I'm really happy with how it came out. Production wise it was a nightmare at every step of the way. Especially deciding what history related things were relevant enough and what wasn't. Either way, pulling through made me more satisfied! I'm still in a retro anime mood so feel free to reccomend any weird, obscure 70-90s anime y'all like! I have some other anime content I'd like to do that I'll balance with game stuff, but none should end up this long in the near future😅.

[@Parietal-Polymath]

Keep making videos. I left a critical comment but your style is professional. I just want it tightened up a bit. Keep creating and be well.

[@NovaZoneTV]

@@xhamtaro Yeah sorry, that is something I should've done. It was in my mind when I uploaded and before release. Then I had to get a colonoscopy and forgot. I have now added the sources that I recall using. It's not MLA, APA, or any of those standards. Besides basic filmographies since that would take up more than my character limit.

[@proxy_mushikrieger9741]

Some niche old anime that you may probably try: - Hades Project Zeorymer - Judo Boy - Yakitate Japan - SPT Layzner - Chargeman Ken (this one is more of something to point and laugh at) -Tekkaman Blade (you weirdly forgot to mention this, as it's also licensed by Saban in the 90s as Teknoman)

[@NovaZoneTV]

@proxy_mushikrieger9741 actually never heard of zeorymer but that looks pretty cool. Judo Boy I watched a hefty chunk of while making this video, but I do have a few eps left to watch still. I did also mention Tekkaman very quickly during History part 2, but I didn't go in depth on it. It's probably something I'll watch soon though since I loved all the other 90s reboots. Even Speed Racer.

[@proxy_mushikrieger9741]

​@@NovaZoneTV Speed Racer has a tragically subpar 90s reboot. It's interesting to check out, though I think you'd have a more fun time watching Future GPX Cyber Formula

[@jimllc]

After 8 months I'm finally coming around to watching this. Casshern Sins is one of my favorite animes ever, but I know nothing else about the rest of the franchise.

[@jamilfrost6217]

Man i remember first watching casshern sins. Truly an experience.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Going through everything really only made me appreciate Sins even more. It's easily in my top 10 anime of all time at the moment.

[@anonluxor470]

Ah man I used to bring watch casshern sins when it was on toonami

[@funnycathehe]

@@NovaZoneTVwhat are the other 9? I think cassherns neat so I am curious...

[@NovaZoneTV]

@funnycathehe tbh, I could think for hours, give and answer, and then next week I'd give a different answer. I'm a bit fickle like that. But if Casshern Sins inspired me to make this video, then it definitely means something to me.

[@johnvicaireiii5537]

I started with Casshern sins.

[@nicholascooke5296]

The Ending of Casshern (2004), he took the souls and Luna to a new earth galaxies way, becoming the spark of life. This goes with them leaving hate, death and whatnot behind. I literally just rewatched the movie after 10 years, I'm now almost 40. I grew up only knowing the 90s OVA, I too didn't understand and just liked but not loved the 2004 film, but upon my most recent viewing, it's a beautiful message in a great movie (for its budget).

[@toasega]

1:00 Me, a 90s kid who watched Speed Racer as a child: Man, that age inflation just gets worse and worse every year, doesn't it?

[@josejaimes-ramos1546]

I'm always shocked when I remember that 1970 is 54 years ago.

[@kayskreed]

Just finished Casshern Sins and I can't stop thinking about it. I was looking for something similar in genre and tone to Nier Automata and Ergo Proxy. Boy did it deliver. Reminded me a lot of the Megaman X/Zero series both in terms of design and theme. I haven't watched your analysis yet, but it's on my watch list. I'm eager to learn more about Casshern. I will report back soon with my impressions.

[@rakimten1041]

‘Technolyze’ has a similar vibe

[@nore5888]

Oh I'm not the only one who got Megaman Zero vibes. Man, i really got end of Zero vibes at the end of Sins. A character whos seen ages of fighting finally wanting to rest got to me

[@qchroniclesmca6240]

And he never did

[@reishiki]

Casshern Sins really left a big impression on me. I'm usually not a fan slow-paced series like this but I stuck with it for some reasons and boy, I'm so glad I did. Also, about Buraiking Boss, my speculation about his name is a play on words 'buriki' (tin) implying that he's the king of tin robot army which explained the design of those grunt robots, I have no information to back this up, though.

[@NovaZoneTV]

That's an interesting read for his name. I'm not sure it quite fits because of how they pronounce the "A" and the glass breaking motif with Casshan, but I'd certainly accept that over the "Black King" thing the OVA did. It's also kinda funny to see big bad Braiking Boss and think "Tin Man"

[@ajflink]

Robot Hunter has some MegaMan X energy and vibes to it.

[@NovaZoneTV]

I think I cut the line out because it was near the end and making this video (as much as I love it) did drain me. There's tons of Sigma - Braiking Boss similarities. Their fight to liberate robots being the big one, as different as their methods and morals may be. Also the mouth laser they both have. More robots should have a mouth laser.

[@sunkaa_]

this video made me want to re watch Robot Hunter, SIns and also check Neo Human + the movie. Casshern have been one of my fav characters since i was a kid when i bought a dvd from Robot Hunter OVA and i got crazy because it was my first experience with anime (it was in 2010-2011 i think) after only watching cartoons on tv. thanks for making this video and sharing around Casshern's history which till today with Sins is my top 1 anime. much love from Brazil

[@RileyZilla1001]

1:50:01 Casshern and Luna didnt die. From what i understood they found a new planet together

[@aldolopez9564]

I watched Sins twice and all the other animes, and I even bear the live action till the end. Sins is just amazing, I recommended it to everyone who asked for an anime suggestion.

[@billysm00th]

The live action is a masterpiece

[@radagonsoreseal3457]

Phenomenal Video Casshern Sins is one of the greatest twists on the source material honestly You ever seen GunGrave? it's what the tone of this series reminded me of at first watch because it's Dark,Opressive,Bleak and just empty like it manages to immerse you the viewer by choking you with the oppressive atmosphere and superb storytelling it's really insane how easily this series took a hold on me. I know there are some DIEHARD casshern fans that like hate this series because it's so different from the rest but after watching all of it I think it's leagues above the rest of them for a multitude of reasons. Regardless thanks for the really great video you should def do more like this.

[@jojomojolazy]

Nah this video needs more views

[@jojomojolazy]

It's amazing

[@IgoSplashman]

2:46:48 Finally, here come the Mega Man references! ...aw, you missed the bit about how the blue dog mid bosses in MM2 Wood Man Stage are blatantly called "Friender". Oh well.

[@realbluestar2846]

Bro I think you’re the only one that I’ve seen that explains everything about Casshan in a very good way. It’s amazing and props to that. And “puppy” lol. Been a fan since Sins and watched the rest, hoping to get more but like you said but I guess it being Niche is a good thing. What I got about Sins is not much about life and death but how as stupid as it sounds… the plot was the memories casshern did along the way. 🙏👏👏👏 great video man.

[@FreshestBleach]

CASSSHHEERRNNNNN

[@FreshestBleach]

Also the MF gun xDD jfc

[@memequern8087]

This was incredible!!! As a non Otaku i really appreciated the history section. It completely recontextualized anime in my eyes! Thank you for making this video! Everything OG Casshern is so incredibly up my alley and i would have never found out about it if you hadn't

[@NovaZoneTV]

Glad you enjoyed that part! It was one of the harder parts for me to put together, but I really wanted it in there! It went through a lot of revisions...

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Nothing like karate chopping the Hell out of robots in a onesie with a bitchin' helmet, and a good boi flamethrower. ❤️

[@NovaZoneTV]

That good boy flamethrower mixed with an assist is VERY useful in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom!

[@conflictisnear]

Don’t know what this is, i’m still gonna watch it tho

[@NovaZoneTV]

^^^The comment KZbinrs talking about random shit are looking to see.

[@hugoflores1093]

Okay, you sell me in the idea Good Job Mr. Nova, another banger

[@primusvsunicron1]

Casshern for SRW

[@RileyZilla1001]

Casshern the live action was my introductuon before i watched Sins. Apon later watching the full unedited non Sony version that they botched to pieces. When i saw that cut of the movie i fell in love with how it cast the anti-war message. I love that movie to death.

[@RileyZilla1001]

The reason i will forever love the live action movie was BECAUSE it was a heavy critique on the Iraq war. It is the best live action anime movie

[@Zorrotsu]

So glad I set aside time to watch this whole thing. Amazing video about something I vaguely remembered.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Glad you enjoyed. My opinion of Sins from a decade ago vs. today are so much different. My appreciation for it only sky rocketed.

[@Zorrotsu]

Your vid actually convinced me to go and watch it myself to see what parts I remember seeing from the adult swim run.

[@CasshernKuma]

You have all my respect for making this video casshern sins changed my whole perspective on how i view life and even helped me continue living today great to see others enjoying it as much as i did and have an awsome content creator break down the origins in ways that even i didnt know pls keep it up

[@FictionBoss]

Old anime don't get the recognition they should have got. like in India Fugo Sako's ramayan never got appreciation but it's highly popular now when highest budget movie of india on ramayan's story made poorly.

[@ZeroWolfMoon]

Wow this reminds me of the megaman series like the og casshern is og megaman than the 90’s casshern could be X and later sins is Zero

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Told'ya, also, starting with Speed Racer's jumping jack, that's a great choice lol

[@Kivarise]

I'm so glad youtube decided to rec this video to my feed cuz this was a great watch👍 I was not that aware of the history behind the character nor Tatsunoko that much with my only knowledge has been playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom as a kid and watching the sins anime long time ago but this has gotten me to revisit the Sins anime again and wanting to check out the older adaptions now. Casshern's design is so peak to me and so learning that he was based on Kamen Rider and influenced megaman really makes me appreciate the character much more as a fan of both franchises.

[@aive751]

Great video! I also think it's interesting to note how the 5th Saint Seiya movie and the consequences of it might have had a hand in how Sins turned out. Saint Seiya's last arc wasn't adapted in the original anime, so it came back in 2002 with Hades Chapter: Sanctuary, depicting the first third of the story. 2 years later, a sequel movie to the entirety of the Hades arc came out, called Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter Overture, and unfortunately seems to have been a failure in the box office. Both were directed Shigeyasu Yamauchi, and due to the movie failing, Yamauchi was blacklisted from Saint Seiya, the sequel movies got cancelled, and the rest of the Hades adaptation was directed by Tomoharu Katsumata instead. The 5th movie has an interesting point, that the main characters have committed grave sins in the eyes of gods and need to be punished for it, and the end of the movie has all of the characters getting their memories erased. The mood of the movie is also pretty slow burn, and the aesthetic is pretty similar.

[@brokeboy1849]

Every time I see the sins design for Cassharn it always reminds me of MegaMan zero

[@chasecubed]

this video convinced me to subscribe. i loved casshern and its subsequent inspired anime. and the historyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy section!!!! 10/10 thank you

[@mintcosmicking2806]

I'm not sure how I didnt know about this channel until today, but the content here is golden. Instant Sub from me, keep up the awesome work!

[@NovaZoneTV]

Thank you so much! I was hoping this could reach people that never saw my stuff!

[@SabbyNeko]

Massive Kamen Rider fan here who grew up with Toonami but but stopped watching it just before Casshern started. Rented the live action movie as a young adult and thought it was trash, but I had no idea what Kamen Rider was at the time. Thanks for this awesome video! I really love this guy.

[@foregroundeclipse8725]

I love Casshern Sins! I plan on watching the original soon ! :')

[@alexevaldez]

Im so happy for this. More casshern content is nice. Specially sins~

[@benjaminbaker3446]

While i agree that there was tons of christan symbolism in casshern (tatsuo was christian and also made a christian anime called super book) it should also be noted that tons of japanese shows both animated and live action had people getting crucified, and it was usually just because the villain needed to hold someone captive or show the hero that they have a hostage or something. Mazinger Z has tons of moments like that because Dr Hell uses it a ton and super sentai also uses this trope. I'm pretty sure crucifixion is not seen as that big a deal in Asia, plus Japan used to crucify dead marines that had christian stuff on them as a psychological warefare tactic, so I think people in japan are just decensitised to it rather than here in the west were it is seen as sacred. I might be wrong, but I think its interesting.

[@NovaZoneTV]

I think the main difference is that Christianity isn't very common in Japan, so it's more 'exotic' to them. Similar to how Americans, where Christianity is the mainstream, view Shinto, Hinduism, etc. as 'exotic'. And so when making media, they don't feel quite as scared to tackle some of it. In America, you're at risking of making a "political statement" when you put too much Christian stuff in your work. When sometimes, you wanna just put it in because it's cool looking. I myself am not Christian, but I find Angels, crosses, and some other traditionally Roman Catholic stuff pretty cool looking. So I think it's similar to that in most instances. Also, Superbook was well after Tatsuo Yoshida's passing so he had nothing to do with the work himself. I've never read anything implying Tatsuo's religion? Do you have a source on that?

[@benjaminbaker3446]

@@NovaZoneTV I might have misremembered mercuryfalcon saying tatsuo was christian in his tatsunoko video, so if I'm wrong about his religion then sorry my bad. You are definitely right about how they think christian symbolism looks cool though, I think the most infamous example would probably be Eva, since anno got asked whether or not there was any meaning behind the christian stuff and he said it was just for aesthetics. Btw excellent video, it reminds me of cheeseman's getter robo retrospective.

[@Danae78]

Casshern Sins really was an interesting series. I gambled by getting it on DVD, and I don't regret it.

[@agustinsantos8852]

I have recently fallen in love with tatsunoko. And even mor with Casshan. I needed this content, a long and strong informative documentary about him and it's prpducts. I am currently watchin it all and waitong to show it to my soon to be born first child to grow him with this

[@Tenna5468]

Nice job on the video, this made me really interested in checking out the series, especially Sins

[@CapybaraEnjoyer95]

Excellent, I wish there were more videos like this for series

[@raisumi7105]

I really love this video. I remember seeing a little of Sins on a adult swim, but never watched it. I finally got to know more about the history of the character and I love the beginning part of history before Casshern. This makes me want to watch sins now.

[@aragaminightmare9527]

If it wasn't for Casshern Sins, I probably wouldn't have learned about Casshern for so long.

[@cybershroom9240]

Man I like coming back to this video once in awhile, but I did finish 70s Casshern awhile back and I gotta thank ya man. For 70s this show was actually really good and it got me a few times with how they played it straight throughout most of the run, esp with the focus on faith towards the mid to end of the show. Truly there aren't many like it.

[@CrimsonMoonM]

I would have never guessed that the episodic format where Casshern runs into people who imparts on him some sort of lesson about life or Casshern's crippling self-loathing that were at the heart of Casshern Sins all started all the way back in the original series. Sins is certainly darker, but it's shocking how the core of the show is very much consistent with the original incarnation of the brand in spite of the huge time gap. I kind of just assumed that Sins were "Casshern but philosphical and existential", but the original kind of already were those things within the limitations of its time.

[@alliceazure5389]

this video was absolutely fantastic, thank you very much

[@Ubernerd3000]

I appreciate your very in depth look at the character; I learned a few things that added to my appreciation of the classic iteration of the character; I did not like SINS, it was not to my taste or what I wanted from a ‘new’ CASSHAN project; still your analysis did help me to appreciate it more than I previously did…thank you

[@NovaZoneTV]

That's understandable. I think there's a pretty big difference between liking/appreciating a work and actually enjoying it. Like I said in the video, I respect and appreciate a lot with the live-action film. But also, I didn't really like it. Glad I could help you with seeing some of that stuff.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Casshern/Casshan makes me realize that Megaman X is just a really poor attempt at capturing the same vibes.

[@melaniey.5596]

Man I remember Casshern Sins. It was during my adolescent obsession with anime, but became bored from the slow opening, and ended up dismissing it as an edgy reboot for the sake of being edgy like Madoka Magica, not that either anime are edgy for the sake of being edgy (like many anime Madoka inspired), but I still dismissed them as that. Now I think I will give the OG Casshern (and hey, didn’t know it was tokusatsu inspired but it makes a lot of sense now that you are pointing it out!) and Casshern Sins a chance.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Glad you enjoyed, and I hope you can get something out of trying it again! It really is a shame how many post-Madoka shows kinda missed the point of it just to have girls be edgy...

[@magusreaver]

Casshern the movie had both a killer OST, and original score.. Backhorn - Requeim goes hard.. and Chihiro's Borderline breaks my heart. In isolation the standout is the scoring though. You can put that one and get taken into an insane fantasy land with magic and mecha. It still finds itself in my rotation when I'm paiting.

[@khfreak5531]

Casshern Sins gave me depressing Megaman vibes. It doesn’t straight up tell you that humanity is pretty much extinct. But it heavily implies it. I really liked it.

[@sleeplessnight5238]

dude i cant wait to watch this i grew up watching this show on toonami and its just so good. glad theirs still people talking about this anime to this day

[@Krikenemp18]

The common anime theme of consuming something or someone to gain their essence is really interesting to me. I saw this first in Evangelion with Unit 01 eating an angel to... also gain its "immortality," its ability to function indefinitely without a power source and regenerate from damage all on its own. It makes me curious why this is such a pervasive theme in Japanese media, specifically. I wonder if it had its origins in older Japanese folklore, or if it's just a theme that appeared in an influential early anime and became immortalized (heh) within the genre.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Given the two examples here, Evangelion & Casshern, I kinda wonder if it comes from more of a Christian influence than Japanese or other Asian folklore? Maybe it's a strange reinterpretation of eating the body of Christ?

[@Krikenemp18]

@@NovaZoneTV Definitely possible, although that would make me wonder if and/or why we don't see this theme as much in media from regions that are much more immersed in Christian culture and ideology. Maybe it's the product of a unique melding of Japanese and Christian thought? Although at the same time, I feel like Japan has other sources for messiah and especially self-sacrifice themes, notably samurai honor, that may better explain a lot of the apparent Christian themes (I'm under the impression that it was never a very big influence over there outside of the visual imagery in some outstanding cases). Man, this kinda makes me want to dig into Japanese media history and iconography more broadly. Elden Ring lore has had me finding out a lot of interesting things on that front lately (a game which _also_ has a lot of themes around literally or symbolically consuming others!)

[@whenthefirenationattacked2607]

I seen sins as a kid and never been the same since it was very thought provoking and kinda tragic in a way

[@ShinKatto]

I had watched sins as it was airing on toonami and I swear it aided in my edgelord phase subconsciously. But around a year or two ago I decided to watch the ova and og. I never finished the og cartoon really out of laziness but the episodes I watched immediately kinda tapped into what I new of sins. I think a comparable case was me watching the original KR Amazon before watching Amazons and seeing what elements they used to rewrite a new take

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Ok, you convinced me, Neo-Human Casshan is the next series in my list I just wish you spoiled a bit less of Casshern Sins, of course, I'm partially to blame here by not stopping when I saw that you wouldn't hold that much on Sins, but I assumed the video was to convince people to watch, which is, but I wish the approach was a bit more subtle on the spoilers, course, I may be completely wrong and you actually held on a lot of spoilers for Sins, but things like Leda being preggers, Luna being a false savior and such, I definitely wish that I could learn that myself, oh well, hopefully I'll forget about most of it with a 35 episode series and 4 ovas before Sins Also, I definitely think you should do more anime videos, Tetsuwan Atom 2003, Pluto and Atom the Beginning all are great interpretations that build and change a lot of Osamu Tezuka's original Atom, I would love to see an in-depth video about that as well, although seeing how this video probably bombed the fuck over your analytics, I wouldn't hold my breath over it, I do hope you don't give up the idea tho

[@NovaZoneTV]

Glad you enjoyed. That's fair on the spoilers, I probably should've at least put a warning when I started analyzing the last 1/3 of episodes. Like I did with the Blaster Master one. I absolutely wanna do more anime videos. The next video I'm doing is a looser, general anime topic rather than a series, and then the next anime video would probably be something popular I'm into. As much as I love talking obscure stuff, there is an analytics game I gotta play sometimes😂

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

​@@NovaZoneTVLol, the harsh reality of loving obscure stuff

[@Vagran]

The live action film was my number one movie for several decades.

[@SabbyNeko]

Something you should consider looking into is Kikaider. It's a similar history of Kamen Rider adjacent media, even has a live action film the same as Casshern, which is essentially Japanese Robocop.

[@lwqwyduuz171]

very late but watching this made me appreciate more older anime more and that i should check out. tatsunoko vs capcom was one of my fav childhood games so I think as an adult trying to get into the series featured in said game makes me appreciate not just that game but Japanese culture and the history of anime even more. yatterman, casshan, captain harlock, doraemon, gachaman, etc are all stuff i plan to try getting into because old anime is just so weirdly fascinating to me. really good video

[@NovaZoneTV]

I started the old Harlock anime recently and I'm digging it a lot so far. It takes a few episodes to pick up but once it did the rest of the first arc clicked hard with me.

[@chrissavvides4400]

With this video, you earned my sub...i used to watch casshern when i was a kid and i am happy that i stumbled upon your channel...keep up the good work!!!!!!

[@nostalgichours]

i dont comment alot but man this was a great video, i didnt wanna be just one more view of 21k, this was great, great info great analysis, youre quality is amazing (sorry for bad england)

[@NovaZoneTV]

Thank you! This is by far the most satisfied with a video I've made so I appreciate when people enjoyed it or say that got something out of it.

[@madengineerkyouma]

It's funny that you mentioned Doremi in the section about Sins, because the way I discovered Casshern was because another connection the two series have: a couple Voice actors. Specifically the fact I found a that song you talk about from Sins by searching other work by Nami Miyahara, who voices Momoko in Doremi.

[@sinmenon4347]

I love Casshern Sins and I think I'm one of the 4 people besides you who watched the live-action movie (I actually still got the DVD that was released officially in my country) and if I were to describe it to anyone, I'd compare it to a music video as it sometimes feels disconnect. Loved this video, immediate subscribe for this and the Castlevania video Yatterman Night is amazing tho

[@ahumblebountyhunter]

Great video. Gave me a new appreciation for something I already loved

[@catherinenguyen4144]

The wait ends now!!!

[@Krikenemp18]

1:55:47 Contradiction as part of the human condition is another really interesting theme in Casshern Sins, which is beautifully mirrored in the lyrics of the second ED, Hikari to Kage, so I think it has deeper roots in the anime than it would seem coming explicitly from a one-time side character. We are filled with so many desires and drives for things we don't want, that hurt us, that create conflict; we often want to be what we are not. And we see it bear out in most of the characters. The normal robots are made human, for all intents and purposes, by the ruin. Luna's epithet is The Sun Named Moon; the source of eternal life who once granted salvation from it in death. Lyuze wants to forgive and love Casshern, but also to hate him for his sins. Dio, Leda, Casshern, and Ringo all have this dual identity half way between human and robot. Casshern wants to be at peace with the world but he was the catalyst for its apocalypse; he is an immortal who wishes to die; _and_ he longs for a purpose but is driven by an overriding instinct to survive. Casshern is constantly at war with himself and is the most human character of the whole cast, despite being arguably the furthest from humanity at the start of the series. And in the end, he becomes the very concept of Death itself. Thank you for this analysis, it pulled so many old emotions back out of me again.

[@barrybend7189]

I've found something odd. It seems while Casshern inspired Mega man the truth is that Mega man inspired Casshern. As Casshern Sins feels like Mega man Zero and ZX in a way.

[@raghugba863]

Amazing video! Crazy to think that just deciding to let a video play by accident from a content creator I like when I was about to go sleep or just do something else has me at almost 2 in the morning wondering about the approaches to the meaning of life from a not-so-well-known anime franchise. I take from this video that I'd love to watch every Casshern series, that I have to watch other Tatsunoko works, that somehow they animated most of my favorite anime of all time and I never knew, and that Nova can make some GREAT content. Oh, and that I should fix my sleep schedule. If this comment doesn't make any sense it's because I really should go to bet right now.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Glad you enjoyed it and I hope you get the time to give the series a try! This was definitely the most I've ever put into a video, and as of now the most satisfied I've ever been with one.

[@ashifariyanto215]

This is really a good video👍👍

[@vergilabrams1225]

The 90s version was more violent and brutal I loved how he ripped off Black King his arms

[@davidtalavera9138]

This Reminds me of a grown up Charge Ken lol the animation just fits 🖤

[@christopheraustin5915]

The live action film was my gateway into tokusatsu (specifically an amv set to Vengeance by The Protomen) It’s been…. A long, long road

[@BoxyFox12]

No one has done a deep dive on the Guyver series yet. Maybe you could do that.

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Thanks for the video

[@ninstar8165]

Really good! Thanks.

[@praise_kek340]

I have only heard of this because of that video of dawn of war ending.

[@Hawkatana]

1:43:14 "Popular" is a strong word. She's incredibly divisive to the point of her very name starting fights.

[@NovaZoneTV]

I asked my brother, who's more into Kamen Rider than me, about her when writing this. I then decided "popular is safer than famous or infamous" 🤣

[@Hawkatana]

@@NovaZoneTV It's more that her output is the very definition of "mixed bag". One one hand she made Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: one of the best sentai series ever made. On the other hand, she was the main writer on the god-awful Kamen Rider Amazons. And then there's shows like GARO: Zero Black Blood where I don't even know how to feel about it.

[@Zeronos63]

I hope you also do a devilman retrospective one day

[@StanDupBayBay]

Cassherns sins was heartbreakkng- great anime but was tough on the heart.

[@Lute01]

cool vid, love this franchise lol

[@k.Miles789]

robot hunter casshan looks like it was form the new hurricane polymar.

[@joeblaster8770]

Drift from Transformers is also inspired by Casshern.

[@OniyunYun]

i dunno man... another Kyashan show right now or 4 years from now (2028 being 20 years from sins) would be pretty dope. espesically with the whole AI art problem happening now, now is a good time to explore those through characters of Kyashan. but again, there should be new anime that should be given a chance besides all the reboots and such.

[@KanaevM]

I wish Sins was actually a continuation of the original show. I watched Casshan in order of release. Imagine Casshan losing at the end of original. Or rather - final confrontation never comes. Robots slowly take over the world. Become immortal. New Luna was created in the lieu of the old one. Casshan slowly loses sanity and then we arrive at beginning of Sins.

[@Urushi12kitty]

god i gotta finish Casshern sins huh. Oh also the crucifixion thing might be a hold over from the Tokusatsu influence. Kamen Rider and ESPECIALLY Ultraman has the heros getting crucified quite a bit

[@enomiellanidrac9137]

I never realized how much the first Casshern chara design ressemble the style of go nagai anime adaptation. Testuya ressemble a mix between Getter's Nagare Ryoma and Grendizer's Duke Fleed, did some Tatsunoko's people work for studio Dynamic later or vice versa?

[@Elleborina]

the 1972 series played on italian tv in the mid '80s, I grew up loving it; for me, it had something of a Hans C. Andersen fairytale, like the Snow Queen or the Tin Soldier...I was VERY disappointed by the 1993 OVA, and I didn't like the film adaptation (I was halfway through it when I finally realized what I was seeing), so I didn't have great expectations about Casshern Sins... thank god, I was completely wrong about that.

[@taywhit2593]

Just finished Sins after watching this. A bit too slow for me at times, but man we’re the action scenes something to see. Got to wonder, is Casshern the inspiration for Mega Man X? Edit: ah, you already said this at the end. Should have finished before writing. Still, glad it’s not just me seeing the connection.

[@ripplecutter233]

Likely the inspiration for strider hiryu... And raiden in MGR

[@NovaZoneTV]

I cut this from the video because it would've been like the 3rd or 4th last sentence and I was tired, but they have pretty much confirmed that Casshan and Friender inspired MGR. If you look at one of the posters, Raiden and Blade Wolf are in the same pose as Casshan and Friender on one of the more popular key arts for the original show.

[@ivartheboneless6397]

1:11:49 Brazil mentioned olé olé olé samba!!!!

[@jamespaguip5913]

You should review Guyver biobooster armor series both anime and manga.

[@KamenSentaiMetalHero]

I personally love the film.

[@kitsunegiblaze8022]

1:45:38 -- Of course you focus on the Utada Hikaru J-Pop song and not the awesome "Requiem" by the Japanese Rock band The Back Horn. If there's one thing I took away from the Live Action movie of Casshern, it's that awesome "Requiem" song by The Back Horn. Sure, they're not anywhere near as good as MUCC or Dir en grey, but that song still rocks!

[@NovaZoneTV]

I am contractually obligated to reference Kingdom Hearts when applicable, and then shit my pants when KH4 is announced and I'm forced to figure out how to make a X/Union X video.

[@user-hm4od3wu1z]

So this was the kind of Christian show You've talked about in the community post

[@NovaZoneTV]

Sorta yeah. I never called it a Christian show. Just posted a very vague image of Casshern on the cross to spark interest

[@user-hm4od3wu1z]

@@NovaZoneTV yeah that's right well great video had to watch it on my TV because of its epic length, your KZbin channel is surprisingly underrated I feel like you should get more attention.

[@Mythteller]

Casshin is old school robot hunter that had to become cyborg type or in the Knight Sabres' terminology, a boomeroid🤓

[@nerodragon8703]

Just finished the anime

[@kuma2448]

If you can say something about the Casshern movie is that is has one bitching soundtrack. Requiem is a fucking banger. I really need to rewatch Sins, I used to rewatch it once a year.

[@mostlyjoe]

I watched Gatchaman, Polymer Typhoon, and Muteking as they were airing in Japan. So I might be as old as if not older than your father.

[@NovaZoneTV]

Damn, you're an OG. Probably older, any of those shows that came over took a few extra years to hit American airwaves.

[@Beatmaster971]

I was watching Speed Racer with my dad as kid, I ain't ready to be a father yet lmao

[@NovaZoneTV]

pitch: insist your kids AND wife call you Pops

[@Beatmaster971]

@NovaZoneTV I'm only 25 but I've been sentenced to 43

[@newironside]

Bro. I ain't that old. Speed Racer was the shit