Casshern movie posterMore Manga than Manga

In a dystopian, Orwellian, retro-future of Samurai steam-punk, be prepared for an overdose of Japanese comic-book super-heroism replete with Gothic design, violent death, resurrection, giant robots and buckets of CGI.

Adaptations of Japanese Managa can be an acquired taste, as can the source graphic novels. Japanese studios generally carry these off with great verve and ambition, regardless of the budget or the script. Casshern is right at the peak and despite being eight years old, still carries the banner for this genre of film-making.

Genetic science attempts to roll back the damage of fifty years of war between Europa and the victorious Eastern Federation, in the aftermath of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The miraculous "neo cell" creates a group of super-beings at the head of a forgotten robot army; but a powerful warrior emerges to fight for mankind. Like they do... Read more of this post