Shinzou Ningen Casshern: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The brilliant Dr. Azuma created many robots to aid humankind. However, during a thunderstorm his lab was struck by lightning, corrupting the programming of one of his robots, BK-1, who renames himself Braiking Boss and declares that instead of serving mankind, mankind will now serve him! He brings other robots together into an overwhelming army bent on enslaving the human race.

Tetsuya, Dr. Azuma's son, asks his father to turn him into an indestructible android so that he will have the power to destroy the threat his father inadvertently created. Shortly thereafter, Braiking Boss captures Dr. Azuma and his wife. Tetsuya, now renamed Casshern, sets out to turn the tide of the war and rescue his parents, with the help of his girlfriend, Luna, and robot dog, Friender.

Series details

• Title: Shinzou Ningen Casshern
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime
• Premiere date: 1973-10-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1974-06-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 55303
• TVDB ID: 115111

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1973-10-02; final listed air date 1974-06-25.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shinzou Ningen Casshern on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.