キャシャーン SINS
Casshern SINS
Genre: sci-fi
Adaptation/remake of the 1973 series "Shinzo Ningen Casshan."
This remake was announced at this year's TAF. Production will be done by madhouse, with
Shigeyasu Yamauchi as director,
Yasuko Kobayashi doing series composition, and
Yoshihiko Umakoshi doing character designs.
Air date is Fall 2008. In the original series, a group of robots created by Dr. Azuma go out of control when they determine that humans are harmful to the earth's ecosystem. After the robots have gained control of Earth, the doctor's son, Tetsuya, decides to have himself turned into a cyborg for the purpose of defeating these robots and freeing mankind from their rule.
A live-action movie adaptation by Kazuaki Kiriya was released in 2004.