New Casshern Anime To Be Made With Yoshitaka Amano Original Character Designs
### Synopsis
A new Casshern anime has been announced as part of an Annecy Festival panel hosted by Singapore-headquartered global anime venture company KASAGI LABO. It’s tentatively titled Casshern 2045, features Yoshitaka Amano (Angel’s Egg art director, Vampire Hunter D light novel illustrator, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales original character designer) as the original character designer, and claims to be remaking things with a modern perspective (this description is accompanied by the words “future prediction” in brackets). Author Tow Ubukata (Bye-Bye, Earth author; RWBY: Ice Queendom and Psycho-Pass Season 2 and 3 series composer) is attached to the project as scriptwriter. An artwork by Amano was revealed with the current staff details. © 2026 CASSHAN 2045 Project The original Casshern (alternatively spelled as Casshan), or Shinzouningen Casshan, TV anime debuted in 1973 and ran for 35 episodes. The synopsis reads: Dr. Azuma creates robots to benefit mankind, but they unexpectedly rebel and begin to destroy everything in their paths. To deal with the catastrophe, Dr. Azuma’s son volunteers to become a human robot, even though he knows he will never be able to return to human form again. He confronts this grave situation to ensure a bright future for all humans. 1993 saw the debut of the Casshan: Robot Hunter (or just Casshan) OVA series. Another TV anime titled Casshern Sins began airing in 2008 and ran for 24 episodes. Tatsunoko Production was involved with the animation production for the first two anime, while Madhouse produced Casshern Sins. The original credits Tatsunoko Production founder Tatsuo Yoshida and the Tatsunoko Production Planning Room as creators. Last November,…
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