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Casshan (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kyashan - Il Ragazzo Androide (Italian)
Shinzō Ningen Casshan (Japanese)
Superboy Galáctico (Spanish)
新造人間キャシャーン (Japanese)
인조인간 캐산 (Korean)
정의의 캐산 (Korean)
Themes: android, mecha
Objectionable content: Mild
User Ratings: 52 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:6, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 10 votes (dub:3, ?:1, sub:1, others:5
4 Italian dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
)
 So-so: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 173 users, rank: #4264 (of 10152)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.481 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.1616, rank: #6168 (of 10321)
Weighted mean: 6.516 (Good−), rank: #5891 (of 10321) (seen all: 6.91 / seen some: 5.43 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.708 (Good−), rank: #4788 (of 7760)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 35
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage:
1973-10-02 to 1974-06-25
1978-12-06 to 1979-10-10 (South Korea, TBC)
2000 (Latin America)
Release dates: We have 9
Opening Theme:
"Tatakae! Casshan" by Isao Sasaki
Ending Theme:
"Are wa Shinzo Ningen" by Isao Sasaki
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Casshan - Complete Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2014-03-04 (from $149.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Casshan - Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-03-04 (from $64.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
Script:
Akiyoshi Sakai (7 episodes
eps 3, 13-15, 21, 31, 33
)
Hajime Wakamatsu (ep 11)
Harumi Tamura (eps 16, 20, 23)
Hiroshi Sasagawa
Hisao Ishihara (ep 30)
Jinzō Toriumi (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 8, 12, 17, 25-26, 35
)
Kiichi Ishii (ep 24)
Masaru Takesue (ep 22)
Naoko Miyake (eps 18, 27)
Shigekazu Ochiai (ep 2)
Tadashi Fukui (7 episodes
eps 5, 7, 9-10, 19, 28, 32
)
Takao Koyama (eps 4, 25, 34)
Takeo Matsuura (ep 30)
Toshio Nagata (ep 29)
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Sasagawa (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 25, 27, 30, 33
)
Kazuyuki Okasako (eps 10, 15, 24)
Seitarō Hara (5 episodes
eps 3, 9, 14, 18, 22
)
Yoshiyuki Tomino (9 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 12, 16, 19, 21, 28, 31
)
Yūji Nunokawa (12 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 13, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 34-35
)
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original creator: Tatsuo Yoshida
Character Design:
Tatsuo Yoshida
Yoshitaka Amano
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director: Hiroshi Kawabata
Art design:
Kazuo Okada
Kikuko Tada
Mitsuki Nakamura
Producer:
Ippei Kuri
Kenji Yoshida

Animation:
Akira Nakamura
Jōji Kikuchi
Masami Suda
Tooru Tanaka
Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata (ep 11)
Sachiko Miki (eps 2-8 even)
Seiji Morita (14 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27-35 odd
)
Literature Manager: Takao Koyama
Planning: Jinzō Toriumi
Production: Tatsuo Yoshida
Production manager:
Yoshikazu Tochihira (Tatsunoko Production)
Yoshio Tsuda (Yomiko Advertising)
Recording:
Hisayoshi Takahashi
Kan Mizumoto
Special Effects: Kiyoshi Asanuma
Theme Song Arrangement: Shunsuke Kikuchi (OP,ED)
Theme Song Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi (OP,ED)
Theme Song Performance: Isao Sasaki (OP,ED)
Ikuo Nishikawa as Azuma Tetsuya/Casshan
Kenji Utsumi as BuraiKing Boss

Emiko Tsukada as Luna Kōzuki
Gorō Naya as Narration
Kazuya Tatekabe as Barashin
Masato Yamanouchi as Dr. Kōtarō Azuma
Osamu Katō as Sagrey
Reiko Mutoh as Midori Azuma/Swanee
Ryūji Nakagi as
Aku Bone
Arkborn
Shōji Katō as Friender

Ichirō Nagai as Elder (ep 7)
Katsuji Mori as Marino (ep 9)
Keiko Tomochika as Yōko (ep 8)
Kiyoko Shibata as
Gabby (ep 30)
Milene (ep 23)
Kōichi Kitamura as Dr. Kōzuki (eps 3-4)
Mari Okamoto as Morena (ep 9)
Mitsuo Yokoi as Doctor Robo
Saburō Hoshina as Dr. Simmons (ep 10)
Taimei Suzuki as Engineer (ep 10)
Takashi Taguchi as Akubone (ep 4)
Yoshito Yasuhara as Rogero (ep 5)

Akira Kamiya
Eken Mine
Hiroko Maruyama
Hiroya Ishimaru
Ichirō Nagai
Iemasa Kayumi
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Kazuko Sawada
Kiyoko Shibata
Kōichi Kitamura
Kōsei Tomita
Kouji Nakata
Mari Okamoto
Masako Nozawa
Masato Iguchi
Michihiro Ikemizu
Michiko Hirai
Mikio Terashima
Miyoko Shōji
Rie Miura
Rihoko Yoshida
Sumiko Shirakawa
Taimei Suzuki
Takashi Taguchi
Takeshi Watabe
Tamio Ōki
Tatsuyuki Jinnai
Tetsuo Mizutori
Yoshito Yasuhara
Japanese companies
Animation: Nakamura Production (ep 21)
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment
Photography: Tenpyo Film
Production: Tatsunoko Production
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Production
Theme Song Lyrics:
Tatsunoko Pro. Planning Department
Tatsunoko Production 
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford
Producer:
David Del Rio
John Ledford

Additional Translation: Kaoru Bertrand
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Nick Lee
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design:
Lance Martin
Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
Brittany Deans
E.W. Rector, III
Holly Dorsett
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Subtitle Script: Janice Williams
Subtitle Script Assistance:
Jessica Williams
Luke Patterson
Subtitle Timing: Christopher Williams
Subtitle Timing Assistance:
Janice Williams
Kayla King
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
(none)
English companies
Disc Production: Seraphim Digital
Distributor: Section23 Films
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled)
The Anime Network
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Tongyang Broadcasting Company (from 6 December 1978)
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Orlando Arenas
Alfonso Grau as Kotaro Azuma (Dr. Sherman) (Colombian Dub)
Carmen Rosa Franco as Luna Kozuki
Jackeline Junguito as Midori Azuma (Colombian Dub)
Jose Manuel Cantor as
Buraiking Boss (BK1) (Colombian dub)
Narrador (Colombian Dub)
Sagrey (Colombian Dub)
Orlando Arenas as Casshan
Rodrigo Marulanda as Barashin (Colombian dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Provideo S.A. (Colombia)
Broadcaster: Canal Palomitas (Spain)
Dubbing: Provideo S.A. (Colombia)
Dubbing Studio: Provideo S.A. (Colombia)
Internet Streaming: Viewster (Spain; subtitled)
Translation: Provideo S.A. (Colombia)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Cesare Barbetti
Art Director: Andrea Sergio

Coordination: Mandy Mometti
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi
Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni
Graphic Assistant: Paolo Torchetti
Graphic Project:
Alessandro Sabbi (DVD)
Carlo Cavazzoni (DVD)
Lorenzo Crotti (DVD)
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Marketing Assistant: Alice Quaglino
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini
Partners Coordination: Gianluca Aicardi
Post Production: Lorenzo Cannata
Product Manager:
Alex Corazza
Michele Stagni
Simona Stanzani
Valentina Marini
Project Manager: Lorenzo Crotti
Quality Control: Luca Franciosi
Subtitling: Valentina Semprini
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from 1 May 2007)
Euro TV (from 1981)
Italia Teen Television (from 27 August 2005)
Man-Ga (from September 2011)
Quinta Rete (from 1987)
Sestarete
Super 3
SuperSix (from 13 March 2022)
Teledue
Telestudio (from Octobre 1980)
Distributor:
Dynit
Yamato Video (VHS)
Dubbing:
C.D. Cine Doppiaggi
CD Cooperativa Doppiatori
DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.
Internet Streaming: VVVVID

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