Casshern Sins/Episodes

Casshern Sins is a 24 episode remake of the original Casshern anime. Casshern Sins was first announced at the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 with Madhouse being in charge of animation. Soon after, an official trailer was posted online on its official Japanese website. The series was directed by Shiyasu Yamauchi. Casshern Sins centers on Casshern, who is originally a subordinate of Braiking Boss instead of being a hero to humanity. He was sent to assassinate a girl named Luna due to Boss' fears that she would liberate humanity from his grip. Her death resulted in a war that has humanity on the losing end with robots being on the verge of death due to the radical change in the environment; a legend was made known to the robots that Casshern's death can save them all.

The series originally aired on Japan's Chiba TV, TV Aichi, MBS, TV Kanagawa, & TV Saitama stations. The show aired in Japan from October 1, 2008 to March 18, 2009. Casshern Sins also aired on Singapore's Arts Central channel. The series is licensed and distributed in Oceania by Siren Visual with the Japanese dub intact and having English subtitles in 2 DVDs, one with episodes 1-12 and the second with episodes 13-24 for its release in Australia and New Zealand.

Funimation Entertainment picked up the rights for the North American release and licensing of the series and produced the english dub. The series premiered in North American on December 14, 2010, on the Funimation Channel. On May 26, 2012, the series began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami block and concluded on November 3, 2012.

Casshern Sins was released in the U.S. on DVD and Blu Ray in 2010 in two volumes each containing 12 episodes. In 2013 the series was also released as a complete collection containing all 24 episodes.