Review of Casshern Sins

Let me start off by saying that while I did indeed give Casshern: Sins such a low score it doesn't mean that I did not enjoy it. On the contrary I thought it to be a more than decent anime entry. It had an original story and the characters were more developed than we see in many anime today. So why such a low score from me? Casshern sins is not for everyone. It has a slow pacing and a fractured storytelling process at the best of times.The problem lies in the very lore of the anime itself. This is set post-apocalypse.

A genre that I both love and hate at the same time. I like dark and gritty things such as those universes that fall within this genre but I also like to 'see a light at the end of the tunnel', either in the form of a happy ending or one where 'hope springs eternal'.

An example of this for me would be like 'The Walking Dead'. It's a dark and gritty show but the characters somehow pull through and there's always hope for a tomorrow.

Not so for Casshern. If anything this anime's future is more in line with 'The Road' and it's clear that by the end all life would end.

I gave Casshern such a low score because of my personal disappointment for this outcome. But I understand there are many that like this kind of bleakness in their stories and that's just fine.

But don't take my view on it and go try Casshern for yourself! ;)