Anime Review: Casshern Sins

[tetron]

I haven't watched it all but from what I remember this was a pretty decent anime. There were some emotionally powerful scenes in it, and everywhere Casshern went you had the feel that the world was broken, and in keeping with the title of the one who started the ruin he seems to leave only destruction in his wake irregardless of whether he wants to or not.
The overly cute Ringo also adds a stark contrast to all of the destruction but you still can't help but think about how the ruin is going to take her too eventually. Casshern's amnesia is a great component to the story, since so many people good and bad want him dead for reasons he can't remember. With this Casshern is set up as a character who has every reason to give up but keeps moving forward, with a few stumbles here and there.

While the fights aren't huge and expansive I thought it was a refreshing change from the usual fare of fights that had people pulling off grandiose spectacles for a single attack. I've always disliked the over the top fight scenes of anime like dragonball z and such. Fist of the North Star I'm ambient about, those fights always seem to just be buildup to the main character hitting them with an insta-kill.

As stated above this anime is more of a drama with bits of action for flavor than an action anime. And while there are certainly better anime to watch there's also muuuuuch worse.

Summary: With a cast of interesting characters, emotionally powerful scenes, good animation, and an engaging story. Casshern Sins should at least be given a chance. The character designs may be a little funky but at least it's not all super powered wild haired teenagers.

 

[OZITOMAI]

i saw the eng subbed ages ago and i thoroughly enjoyed it although so say the ending was not what i was expecting, great fight scenes(i dont know what your on about) the story was very depressing but at the same time it turned itself around abit, its a drama anime mainly but the action i found rather impressive, over all i would say 7/10 its a good series

 

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

I never watched the original show (which might I say looks ridiculous), and I thoroughly enjoyed Casshern Sins.

Come on, don't judge it harshly for being different to the original series. They were trying to make Casshern Sins a serious anime. Could they have pulled that off with Friender transforming into a plane or various other ridiculous methods of transportation whenever it suited them, for instance?

You should rate Casshern as a standalone series, because it is actually really good.
Think I gave it around an 8/10.

 

[Allan Foe]

Bottom Line: Much like Getter Robo Armageddon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getter_Robo_Armageddon] - another reinvention of a beloved boy's anime into something dark, grim and gritty - Casshern Sins bends over backwards with the weight of its own gravitas ... and the end result pleases no one.

Now now, what's that about GAR being a reinvention of the old TV series? Even in that Wiki page you've linked to yourself it's mentioned that:

It is a direct sequel to the audio drama 'Getter Robo: The Moon Wars', not the 1970s TV series (a common misconception).

The old "kid-friendly" TV series has mostly been superseded (in the minds of the modern mecha fanboys) by the grim and gritty original manga and the three direct-to-video series, while the only thing that still keeps it on our radars is the Super Robot Wars series of games.
GAR is pretty faithful to the look and feel of the original manga and has all the giant robot ultraviolence a Getter fan might desire.

In other words:
Thou shalt not compare Getter Robo Armageddon to Casshern Sins! *Neeeeeerd Raaaage*

 

[acosn]

Its a decent anime, but much like Evangellion it's shooting itself in the foot with it's sheer inability to be watched at any decent pace. It out does a black hole in terms of the sheer force of bleakness it extends.

If it's any guess after catching up to the series about half-way through it being air when even the hooks of the show managed to do nothing to compel me to continue following the series, it's mostly a passable show. It's not bad, it's just not a very level-headed experience.

 

[Aldan9]

I like how much effort you didn't put into this review or trying to understand the anime as a whole and the world it describes. Good job(sic!).

 

[stinknus]

If you have insomnia watch this show because it is very very fucking boring. Its the past may 21 2011 in this world and 99% of the human population is either raptured or dead.So whats left is robits. robits that have started to rust. since they ran out of rustaway casshern is the only solution eat him and won't rust. or you could stop building robots out of iron. what I like is the visuals so if you run this a 3x speed and mute it, You'll enjoy it more. well when something is happening its interesting but. that only happens for a very minimally amount of time

 

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

I never watched the original show (which might I say looks ridiculous), and I thoroughly enjoyed Casshern Sins.

Come on, don't judge it harshly for being different to the original series. They were trying to make Casshern Sins a serious anime. Could they have pulled that off with Friender transforming into a plane or various other ridiculous methods of transportation whenever it suited them, for instance?

You should rate Casshern as a standalone series, because it is actually really good.
Think I gave it around an 8/10.

I was about to post a comment then noticed that I already had...3 years ago, ^ and boy was younger me kind.
This is probably the worst anime review I have ever read. You managed to miss the entire point of this show so impressively that I have to wonder if you watched it at all.
Please never write an anime review ever again, or at the very least, stick to writing about proper animu series with gunz and boobies and big robots that fight each other.
Since I wrote my comment 3 years ago my opinion of Casshern Sins has upgraded to a 9/9.5, which is very odd, considering the vast majority of series' I considered 8s 9s and 10s when I was younger I now consider 6s and 7s.

tl;dr you are so wrong it makes me physically ill, please never masquerade as a critic ever again.
xx <3