Review of Casshern Sins

Oh how I've longed for this kind of anime, for a very, very long time. I watched it and while watching it I was like: "Oooh... that's the spot..." It managed to get in to my top 5 anime list, and since I'm crazy about harems and fma brotherhood, it's not an easy list to get in. Story: A humanoid robot killed the sun, and forced doom on earth. Simple. Yea, no. Joking. Much more to it of course. Without giving away spoilers, Under the orders from someone, Casshern killed Luna (Oh the irony, it' the moon), sun of earth, and started the end ofthe world. Rust. Humans have created robots, and robots overthrowed humans long before. And now, they have to die with rust, Casshern's doom.

Summary, Casshern destroyed the world. Yeah. Talk about sins eh?

Art: Wonderful. Only thing that crossed my mind. Backgrounds, fairly detailed, and since it's a wasteland, it'd be a shame if they did not do that. And Casshern... oh god that smoking hot body... don't get me wrong. It's not a bishounen anime. Just... I'll explain it in the character part, since it's related to it.

Sound: CS really shines in this department too, since an orchestra was used for the soundtracks. Like Mushishi, I've downloaded most of the OST tracks to my IPod. OP and EP, both suits the mood of the anime. And lyrics makes sense. You know how long it's been since I've watched an anime that's opening song was meaningful? IT'S BEEN VERY LONG. LIKE, REALLY LONG.

Character: Uu baby, talk about development. Let's start with Casshern.

Casshern is... beautiful. He just is. He's beautiful. Elegant. Perfect design. It's not my idea, anime exploits this. They throw this to his face, how beautiful and perfect he is, not a single scratch on his body, and thus, leading to the idea of eating Casshern would grant immortality.
I am a sucker for lonely, sad MC's. Just... maybe I am an evil creature, feeding from despair, but I just do love how they are lonely, and how this is acknowledged by another characters. It hits homerun with this anime. Casshern is -and obviously- lonely. Crushed by his sin. After waking up with a memory loss, every thing on earth tries to kill him. Fighting with these, and fighting with his own mind, struggling to keep his sanity, all mixed up in a journey. God, it's perfect.

Casshern gains consciousness after waking up, thus, a heart. He hates himself, his ability to kill, and everywhere he goes, death follows. He desperately tries to find a way to save the world.
This is a dark world. A sad, very sad world. Being immortal is not a good thing for his case. Can you imagine everywhere you go, in every corpse, in every ruin, in every rusted body, you see your own sign? And come on, what can you "do" to make amends for killing the sun and dooming earth? It isn't something anyone can handle. I pity Casshern. He's without a doubt, one of my favourite MC's of all time, but he is "the" destroyer of earth.

Casshern is a kind, thougthful, rush-to-action-to-save-friends type of a man. His struggle for sanity and truth is a must-watch on it's own. But I'm not saying he's perfect. His body is yes, but his thoughts. His melancholy did feel forced for a few. But that's enough for him now.

And we have Lyuze. She's someone got very hurt by Casshern's actions, and hates him for it. She refuses to kill him until he finds out what he's done to the world, and waits for him to fall to despair. She is too, one of my favorite MC's of all time.
She is a good person, lovely one, make you fall in love with her. But her hatred for Casshern is not something to turn a blind eye. She hates his guts. You feel this. After you learn why, you support this. Her actions are completely justified. She's a good character of course, don't get me wrong.

Ringo... Uuuh Ringo. She laughs. A lot. That may be her program. She laughs at everything. You'll see what I mean. Other then this, she's like a normal child.

Friender... it's relationship with Casshern is... at best, complicated. I can't say much without spoiling, but he's the best companion Casshern could have.

Enjoyment/Overall: This anime was marvelous. Perfect. Tear-jerking. Sad. Dark. Happy. Romantic. Depressing and not depressing. Walking on a very thin line. All at once. I can't begin to tell you how perfect this journey was. Now I know that this won't be a review that reaches to front-page reviews of the anime, but I'd like to give my own opinion about it. Watch it. You can't possibly regret it.