CASSHERN SINS: THE COMPETE SERIES Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack

The cybernetic hero Casshern returns in the anime series CASSHERN SINS, soon to be released in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack from FUNimation. Photo courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © 2008 Tatsunoko Production/ Casshern Sins Project

Ruin is the Salvation of Man and Machine this August Source: FUNimation Entertainment Official Site: casshern-sins.jp (Japan), funimation.com/casshernsins (US) Special Thanks to Jackie Smith

FUNimation Entertainment will release the complete, 24 episode series of CASSHERN SINS (?????? SINS, Kyashaan Shinsu, 2008) in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on August 2nd. CASSHERN SINS is a millennial update of NEO-HUMAN CASSHERN (??????????, Shinzo Ningen Kyashaan, aka CASSHAN, 1973) a beloved classic of Japanese animation which saw a lone cyborg hero opposing a robot empire that threatened to overthrow the Earth. This darker reimagining was produced by Tatsunoko Production (NEO-HUMAN CASSHERN, SPEED RACER, GATCHAMAN) with animation by Madhouse, the studio behind DEATH NOTE, GUNSLINGER GIRL, and SAIKANO. The series was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi (DRAGON BALL Z). The unique animation style of CASSHERN SINS was supervised by Yoshihiko Umakoshi (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, COWBOY BEEBOP). Casshern - a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past - awakens in a corrosive wasteland where nothing survives for long. A plague known as the Ruin sweeps across this once-vibrant world, reducing everything in its path to rubble and scattering any chance for salvation. Robots and humans alike - or what little remains of them - seek vengeance against Casshern for the life he took and the role he played in their Ruin. A machine built to kill, Casshern murdered the last hope for this world, but now, lost in a future he does not recognize, he will fight to save the dying. Presented by FUNimation Entertainment Video: 16:9 Number of discs: 4 DVD/4 BD Rating: TVMA Audio: JPN TrueHD 2.0, ENG TrueHD 5.1 Subtitles: English Runtime: 600 min Special Features: Pre-Air Event, Mini-Concert, Original Commercials, Textless Opening Song, Textless Closing Song, Trailers SRP: $74.98 Release Date: 8/2/11

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