Casshern Coming to America?

April 22, 2004

Casshern Coming to America?

If you've been reading this site for a while you know I'm more than a little excited about an upcoming Japanese sci-fi flick called Casshern. It opens in Japan tomorrow and it looks as though those of us who have been drooling all over the trailer may have a thing or two to look forward to ...

I'm still looking for a decent translation of this but from the garbled info I can pull out of Babelfish it appears that an American studio is currently negotiating for distribution rights to the original film as well as rights to a potential remake. If the remake happens the local boys will employ original director Kazuaki Kiriya to adapt and helm the local version.

No word yet on which American studio is going after it, but as soon as I can dig that up I'll let you know. In the meantime go watch the trailer another five or six times. It's here. Zowie.

Posted by John Campea at April 22, 2004 02:38 PM

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Ooooh ... if you want to see more of what the director's done head to www.kiriya.com ... still photos are particularly nice ...

Posted by: Bubba at April 22, 2004 02:55 PM

Wow... those are pretty nice, as are the short movies he's got on there. If nothing else, this guy has an amazing visual style.

Posted by: opus at April 22, 2004 04:07 PM

Im obsessed with this trailer. I could only imagine how i'd feel about the whole movie. I think I would rather see the actors in this movie than an American version - u just cant mess with this cast. It rocks! Now excuse me while I go learn Japanese ;)

Posted by: LuLy at April 27, 2004 12:55 AM

The first time I watched this trailer I had to watch it like 6 more times haha cause damn this movie looks so good

Posted by: Dan at April 27, 2004 01:25 PM

First english language reviews I've seen of it so far are up on Aint It Cool ... looking pretty positive. I'm itching to see this thing ...

Posted by: Bubba at April 27, 2004 03:11 PM

cool

Posted by: karlchen at April 28, 2004 08:10 AM

the movies gonna be great im just hope it'll live up to the anime

Posted by: mimura at May 3, 2004 12:23 AM

Everything I've read says it's a pretty major departure from the anime, which has some Japanese fans upset ... not having seen the anime that's no problem from me. Everything I've read says the first half is pretty action oriented with the second half getting quieter and more philosophical ...

Posted by: Bubba at May 3, 2004 06:51 AM

hey, u guys abroad, CASSHERN was so great!
I live in Japan, and I saw it in the theateres.
It was astonshing, and very very beautiful.
If u have a chance, u better see it.
You'll miss out on something spectacular!!!!

Posted by: lulu at May 4, 2004 08:41 AM

belive me THIS MOVIE ROCKS
i just came back from theater (in japan)

and i m amazed for what i have seen!!!!!!!!!!!

i really don t hope for an american remake

ciao

Posted by: kenshiro at May 19, 2004 01:30 PM

WTF? GHEY!

Posted by: Huh?15 at May 21, 2004 10:58 PM

When I was younger my first experince with casshern\casharn was the old Dubbed anime MOVIE, better animation quality then the TV serries, Basicaly the TV serries fit for a movie. many years later I found a rental of like 2 episodes of the 70's TV serries, raw but still. I enjoyed it... time pass's I all but forget about casshern. then at a local anime club I go to showed the trailer, I was in heaven. But since I don't live in Japan, don't undertand Japanese and money is pretty tight, It's hard to get. I also thought it was rather odd for a LA movie in japan to make all this english stuff. I'm looking forward to mroe news and how i can get a LEGAL copy of the movie.

On the official english bbs reviewers also said the same thing at first alot like the old anime but then gets deeper with philosophical. I would be happy with the old but it sounds even better now.

Posted by: paru Nexus at May 30, 2004 12:35 PM

If I have to wait for the movie I'd at least like to get the soundtrack. The SICK song that kicks in halfway through the trailer MUST be mine but I cannot find the name of it!!

Posted by: Rick at June 17, 2004 07:15 AM

It's called Requiem by The Back Horn

Posted by: DeathMarine at June 20, 2004 01:57 AM

I have been going crazy for this ever since I saw it on the Japanese news channel...does anyone know where a legal copy can be purchased in the states? Really enjoyed the trailer!!

Posted by: Xian at June 24, 2004 07:57 PM

No legal copies can be purchased anywhere. It's still on screens in Japan and the Japanese DVD release hasn't been announced yet. No word on any US licensing agreement so far, either.

Posted by: Bubba at June 24, 2004 08:27 PM

when it does come out on Japanese DVD...u can buy it for pretty cheap at YesAsia.com......yay team!!

Posted by: Snake at July 24, 2004 03:51 PM

At last.
It is Japanese ver + english subtitle.
(reg 2 DVD)
You can order it now but release date
is 2 month later.
October.Don't miss it!

Posted by: jack at August 4, 2004 12:16 AM

I couldn't believe it when I saw the trailer. Casshren is my dream come true. Only, I didn't have a hand in it, and that makes me emotional. Anyway, if I order the Ultimate, will it play on my American Playstation 2?

If the answer is no, then I will kill myself...or buy a region 2 compatible DVD player.

Posted by: Kevin3d at October 23, 2004 09:03 PM

Oops! I misspelled Cassern! ((-.-))

Posted by: Kevin3d at October 23, 2004 09:10 PM

I'm drunk. Sorry. C A S S H E R N ! O.O

Posted by: Kevin3d at October 23, 2004 09:13 PM

Don't buy any versions yet... Dreamworks purchased the rights for USA distribution... look for a feature packed set folks :)

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