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Region：Japan
Type：OVA
English name：Casshern: Robot Hunter / Casshan: Robot Hunter
Official name：キャシャーン
Chinese name：卡辛
Other names：Casshern
Premiered：August 15, 1993
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Science fiction / Action / Adventure / Source original
Original author：Tatsunoko Production
Director：福島宏之
Scenario：有井絵武 / 會川昇 / 柿沼秀樹 / 福島宏之
Storyboard：渡部高志 / 福島宏之
Co-director：阿部雅司 / 渡部高志
Studios：Tatsunoko Production
Production cooperation：ARTMIC / 東京キッズ
Producers：タツノコプロ / 日本コロムビア
Family：Shinzou Ningen Casshern
Official website：http://columbia.jp/prod-info/COBC-4492/
Rating：12+

Casshern: Robot Hunter

Dr. Koutaro Azuma created Android BK-1 to protect the Earth.

In following its primary directive, to protect the environment, BK-1 determined that humanity was a threat to Earth.

Renaming itself Black King Boss, BK-1 created an army, the Andro Corps, to destroy all human life.

As humanity falters, Tetsuya, son of Dr. Azuma, initiates his father's last experiment to create the ultimate android.

He merges with the machine, turning into Casshan — the symbiosis of human and machine.

Casshan has one single goal, to eradicate the Black King Boss.

On his travels, Casshan is accompanied by an advanced transforming robotic dog named Friender, a faithful fighting assistant, but also an affectionate reminder of Tetsuya's dog, Lucky.

While trying to reach BK-1 Casshan encounters human resistance member Luna Kouzuki, who possesses a weapon capable of defeating the Andro Cops, trying to get it back to the human army.

She has also been searching for Tetsuya while fighting the robot army.

When they finally meet, Luna is confronted with the fact that Tetsuya is dead while Casshan confesses to her his fear of becoming another BK-1.

With humanity's future on the line and Casshan's humanity slipping away, will he be able to defeat BK-1 or will he join BK-1's army in the end?

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EP1 - Return From the Myth

After defeating a group of robots in battle at an abandoned amusement park, a human resistance fighter slips inside Castle Promise, a massive robot-manufacturing facility. Luna Kozuki plans a revolt with the human workers; that night she sees Lucky and her old lover, Tetsuya Azuma. The next day, the rebels are betrayed by a fellow prisoner who was promised freedom; the collaborator is killed and Luna is captured. Akubon plans to publicly execute her as if she were Casshan, to break the people's spirit. However, the real Casshan saves Luna and kills Akubon, though the Black King escapes.
EP2 - Journey to the Past

Luna leaves to deliver weapon plans to Admiral Rudolph, the leader of the human forces. Her helicopter is shot down and crashes, and the pilot sacrifices himself to allow Luna to escape a robot scout team. Luna is able to meet with Casshan and Friender, and finds that Casshan is struggling with his lack of humanity while also suffering physical weakness from the battles. The three are attacked by a robot army and Casshan tells Luna to flee but she is unable to leave Casshan.
EP3 - Blitz on the Bridge

The Black King has a bridge repaired, while the human resistance plans to bomb the bridge when the enemy forces cross it. Meanwhile, Casshan and Luna are ambushed by robot scouts, which Casshan and Friender defeat; Casshan hacks into a scout and learns the Black King is initiating the Sigma Project to replace humans with Eco-friendly androids. While struggling with what to do, Casshan's mother appears to him and tells him to stop the Black King. Luna meets up with the resistance and Casshan stops them as the train crosses the bridge, but immediately regrets it. The bomb explodes too late, but Casshan redeems himself by destroying the train and vows to never again lose his way.
EP4 - The Reviver

Using the weapon plans, the human resistance make a large number of MF guns and attack the robot army. Victory seems at hand but Casshan's mother warns that the Black King is biding his time. Luna tries to comfort Casshan who rebuffs her, and leaves with Friender to battle the Black King. The Black King launches his offensive and gains control of the world's nuclear missiles. Friender sacrifices himself during a battle and Casshan is shot by a female robot commander who realizes he was more than human or machine. Casshan fights the Black King and after the Black King claims to possess his father's soul - gathers enough strength to kill the Black King, dying himself afterwards. A fail-safe shuts down all the other robots, securing human victory and a future for Luna.