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Casshan: Robot Hunter

4 Episodes
27 min each
SUMMER 1993

Synopsis

In the near future, robot technology has advanced to the point of self-awareness. Under the leadership of the "Black King," machines have decimated the human population and conquered the world. Those who survived the early holocaust have been enslaved for life. But throughout the hardships, a lone hero appears as the savior of mankind. He is Casshan - a fusion of man and machine driven to combat Black King and his forces to the end.

Adventure Mecha Sci-Fi
Format
Unknown
Episodes
4
Per Episode
27 min
Source
Unknown

Episodes

4 / 4 Episodes
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Episode 1

Episode 1

At abandoned amusement park in the section of the robo-zone controlled by the Black King a groups of robots are battling human resistance but one member manages to defeat them. This person then travels to Castle Promise, a massive robot manufacturing plant, and slips inside. Luna Kazuki then meets with the humans inside and plans a revolt. That night she sees Lucky and Tetsuya Azuma her old lover. The next day Luna and the rebels are betrayed by a fellow prisoner who was promised freedom but instead is killed and Luna captured. Barashin tells her that even though she's not Casshan they will led the humans to think she is so when publicly executed the next day their spirit will break. However, the real Casshan saves Luna before the execution and kills Barashin but Black King escapes.
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Episode 2

Episode 2

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Episode 3

Episode 3

Black King orders a bridge be repaired so he can move his forces into a small village while human resistance plan to bomb the bridge once the train is on it. Casshan and Luna wonder what's going on and are ambushed by a trio of robot scouts who Casshan and Friender easily defeat. After which Casshan hacks into one of the scouts and discovers that the Black King is planning on insiting the Sigma Project of his father which was the creation of eco-friendly androids. However, the Black King is then planning on using them to replace humans. While Casshan struggles with what to do his mother appears and tells him to stop the Black King while Luna meets up with the human resistance. As the train cross the bridge Casshan stops the resistance but then immediately regrets it. The groups leader detonates the bomb manually but it's too late. Casshan then redeems himself by destroying the train and vows never to lose his path again.
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Episode 4

Episode 4

The humans quickly make a high number of MF guns and begin their counter-offenisve against the robot army of Black King. The humans make excellent progress and soon feel victory is at hand but Casshan's mother warns him the Black King is biding his time for his own offensive. Luna tries to comfort Casshan and was convinced of the human victory but Casshan rebuffed her and went off with Friender to battle the Black King. Soon the Black King launched his offensive and managed to get control of all the worlds nuclear missiles which he aimed at each other. Meanwhile, Casshan reached his castle and defeated a squad of suicide robots while Friender sacrificed himself during the battle. Casshan survives a MF pistol shot from a female robot commander who realized he was something more than a human or a machine. Casshan then entered the castle and engaged the Black King but struggled. The Black King told Casshan his mother's soul was trapped in a robot swan and his father's within him. With this Casshan managed to build up enough strength to kill the Black King before dying himself right after. With Black King dead, the fail safe his father and Dr. Kazuki installed activated and all the robots shut down securing human victory. The series ends with Luna walking away from the Black King's castle as an image of Casshan and Friender appeared in the sky above her.

Characters

Casshern
Voice Actors
Takeshi Kusao (japanese)

Casshern

Main

Luna Kozuki
Voice Actors
Yumi Touma (japanese)

Luna Kozuki

Main

Braiking Boss
Voice Actors
Kenji Utsumi (japanese)

Braiking Boss

Supporting

Staff

Tatsuo Yoshida
Tatsuo Yoshida
Original Creator
Yukihiro Matsushita
Yukihiro Matsushita
Director
Hideki Kakinuma
Hideki Kakinuma
Supervisor
Yasuomi Umetsu
Yasuomi Umetsu
Character Design
Kimitoshi Yamane
Kimitoshi Yamane
Mechanical Design
Kazuya Fukuda
Kazuya Fukuda
Art Director

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Information

Aired Aug 20, 1993 to Feb 20, 1994
Season SUMMER 1993
Source Unknown
Format Unknown

Studios

Tatsunoko Production

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