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Postby Joshua Christopher » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:21 pm

I bought the Japanese film "Casshern" at MegaCon.

Simply put, easily one of the top five films of all time, I kid you not!

Do whatever it takes, you need to see this.
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Postby glitch1501 » Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:46 am

for everyone who doesnt know what it is, you can go to http://www.casshern.com and see the trailer, it looks interesting

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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:26 am

HOT DANG! That trailer ROCKED!
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Postby Mangafanatic » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:20 am

Yes, it was a very interesting trailer. I imagine it would have been even more interesting if I could have understood what they were talking about.

Care to fill us in on the plot, Alberto? All I got from the trailer was some sort of political coup, something about mechas, an upper income family (perhaps royal family), and some guy who seems to be a super hero of some sort.
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Postby chewster777 » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:00 am

I heard it stunk.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:19 am

The first thing you must realize about Casshern: It's very hard to follow.
Basically, Professor Azuma is working on a way to give us longer lives.
During this time, a war is going on with Eurasia. Professor Azuma's son, Tetsuya, decides to go fight in the war.
Tetsuya promises Luna that he will marry her when he returns.
Tetsuya is killed in the war, and the "neo-cells" which are supposed to give us longer lives unleash these weird clone-esque people. Eventually robots attack and such.
As I said, it's hard to follow. It has a habit of showing you one scene, then later showing you the same scene, but with a few extra shots, to totally change what you had originally assumed was happening. Tetsuya dies, but is still on earth sort of like a ghost.
I can't really say much more without spoiling all of the cool parts.
Trust me, amazing film...if you can understand it.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:11 pm

I looks like its a steampunk/martial arts/mecha movie. The trailer looked good. Is it going to come to Western cinemas or at least DVD?
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:08 pm

Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:I looks like its a steampunk/martial arts/mecha movie. The trailer looked good. Is it going to come to Western cinemas or at least DVD?


It's actually more drama than anything.

Rumours have circulated that Casshern will be released theatrically in the US. I got my DVD at MegaCon, and I'm sure you could find it on Bittorrent.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:42 pm

Impact Alberto wrote:It's actually more drama than anything.


Its good to know its got drama which means it should be more than just action.
Thing is I live in Australia, so hopefully its released here too.
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Postby Jeikobu » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:32 pm

So is this even out on DVD? If Netflix gets it, I'll see it.
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Postby olorc » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:21 pm

how much blood/gore brutality?
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:25 pm

olorc wrote:how much blood/gore brutality?


The fights are mostly just between robots. The only bloody scene is the swordfight between Tetsuya and Barashin. It's not overly violent. I'd give it a PG-13. Tetsuya becomes a bit bloody when he's damaged and such. Overall, nothing too bad.
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Postby olorc » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:05 pm

Nice...the trailer looks awesome. I hope my local anime rental place will carry it cause I think I might like it.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:57 pm

olorc wrote:Nice...the trailer looks awesome. I hope my local anime rental place will carry it cause I think I might like it.


Assuming that you enjoy good movies, you'll probably like it.
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Postby olorc » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:58 pm

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Postby Joshua Christopher » Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:01 pm

I forgot to mention, Casshern has some pretty brutal war scenes. None of the scenes are bloody, just dark.

Overall, I'd still say the film is about PG-13.
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