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Casshan: Robot Hunter (OAV)

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[ remake of Shinzo Ningen Casshan (TV) ]

Alternative title:
Casshan
Casshan - O Exterminador (Portuguese)
Casshan Robot Hunter (French)
Casshern: Robot Hunter
Kyashan Il Mito (Italian)
Кащерн (Russian)
キャシャーン (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 99 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:8, dub:8, Ita.dub:2)
 Good: 27 votes (sub:12, dub:12, raw:1, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 23 votes (dub:13, sub:8, Ita.edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (dub:3, sub:3, edit.dub:2)
 Weak: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (?:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 253 users, rank: #1566
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.051 (Decent+.05), std. dev.: 1.9089, rank: #3001
Weighted mean: 6.031 (Decent+.03), rank: #2988 (seen all: 6.09 / seen some: 5.06 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.167 (Decent+.16), rank: #2557
Number of episodes: 4
Vintage: 1993-08-21
Releases: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"casshan - the headstone of wind" by Hironobu kageyama (eps 02-04)
Ending Theme:
"The Meridian of Hope - Horizon Blue" by Columbia Animation Stars
Comment:
Previously released by Streamline Pictures in VHS and LD (through Image Entertainment). Streamline's release featured the 4 episodes spliced into 1 feature. ADV's initial DVD release was identical to Streamline's.
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Related reviews:
    Casshan DVD

Related releases:
    Casshan: Robot Hunter (DVD) 2003-05-13
    Casshan: Robot Hunter Special Edition (DVD) 2003-12-23

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Hiroyuki Fukushima
Masashi Abe
Takashi Watanabe

Screenplay:
Emu Arii
Hideki Kakinuma
Hiroyuki Fukushima
Shou Aikawa

Music: Michiru Oshima

Original creator: Tatsuo Yoshida

Character Design:
Tomonori Kogawa
Yasuomi Umetsu

Art director: Kazuya Fukuda

Mechanical design:
Hitoshi Fukuchi
Kimitoshi Yamane

Sound director: Noriyoshi Matsuura

Executive producer:
Akihiko Nagami
Ippei Kuri

Producer:
Hiroshi Kimura
Hirotoshi Okura
Takashi Yoshida

Editing:
Shigeyuki Yamamori
Toshio Henmi

Music Director: Takashi Yoshida

Planning:
Kouki Narushima
Toshimichi Suzuki

Production manager:
Kengo Kimura
Mitsuru Hosoya

Recording engineer: Mitsuyoshi Maruyama

Supervision: Hideki Kakinuma

Theme Song Performance:
Hironobu Kageyama (Columbia Animation Stars)
Ichiro Mizuki (Columbia Animation Stars)
Mitsuko Horie (Columbia Animation Stars)

 

Takeshi Kusao as Tetsuya Azuma / Casshan

Kenji Utsumi as Braiking Boss

Yumi Touma as Luna

Goro Naya as Narrator

Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Admiral Montgomery
Dr. Lester (ep 2)

Ikuya Sawaki as Narrator

Issei Futamata as Akbone

Isshin Chiba as Operator

Junichi Sugawara as Barashin

Juurouta Kosugi as Commander Tork (ep 3)

Keaton Yamada as Dr. Kotaro Azuma

Kenichi Ogata as Elder Asari (ep 1)

Masaki Aizawa as Information Robot

Nobuo Tobita as Nyman (ep 1)

Sanae Takagi as Midori Azuma

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Pilot (ep 2)

Wataru Takagi as Executive Officer

Yuri Amano as Sagria

Japanese companies 

Editing: Jay Film

Finish Animation:
Anime World Osaka
Artland
Hadashi Production
Mu Animation Studio
Seoul Kids

In-Between Animation:
GAINAX
Radical Kids
Seoul Kids

Laboratory: Imagica

Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment

Photography:
Azuhata Production
Studio Boston

Production:
ARTMIC Studios
Tatsunoko
Tokyo Kids

Recording Facility: Gen

Sound Production: Gen

Titles: Maki Productions

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Carl Macek

Translation:
Haruhiko Cho
Kazuko Arisue
Michelle Head

Executive producer:
Alan Letz (Harmony Gold)
John Ledford (ADV Films)
Kent Harrison Hayes (Intersound)
Mark Williams (ADV Films)

Producer: Carl Macek

Dialog: Ardwight Chamberlain

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams (ADV Films)

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami (ADV Films)

Production Assistant: Wendy Horowitz

Production manager: Scott Narrie

Publicity: Svea Macek

Recording engineer: Leonardo Araujo

Screenplay adaptation: Carl Macek

Script Editing: Fred Patten

 

Alexandra Kenworthy

Ardwight Chamberlain

Catherine Battistone

Eddie Frierson

Edie Mirman

Jeff Winkless

Kerrigan Mahan

Kirk Thornton

Melanie MacQueen

Michael Forest

Michael McConnohie

Michael Reynolds

Michael Sorich

Richard Allen

Richard Cansino

Simon Prescott

Stephen Apostolina

Steve Bulen

Steve Kramer

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Sci Fi Channel (mid-90s/feature version)
The Anime Network

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by:
ADV Films
Harmony Gold U.S.A. Inc.
Streamline Pictures (expired)

Recording Facility: Intersound, Inc.

French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Distributor: TF1 Vidéo

French cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Rossana Bassani

 

Marco Balzarotti as Tetsuya/Kyashan

Giulia Franzoso as Luna Netsuki

Graziella Porta as Tetsuya's mother

Caterina Rochira as narrator

Dania Cericola as Sangria

Giorgio Melazzi as Com. Akubon

Massimiliano Lotti as Dott. Azuma

Stefano Albertini as Bk-1/Braiking Boss

Italian companies 

Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)

Dubbing:
A.D.C. Group
S.E.D.E. - Milano


Portuguese staff 
(none)
Portuguese cast 

Marcos Jardym as Tetsuya Azuma / Casshan

Portuguese companies 

DVD Distribution: Works Editora

 
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