Let me preface this with this: This show meandered toward it’s own conclusion. It is a slow paced piece that ended right even if the some episodes in the middle seemed unnecessary.

Animation was very pretty throughout the series, even though they did reuse images for fight scenes quite a bit,especially, towards the end of the series. The final episode showed quite a few budget saving clips, though it is to be expected that towards the end that they would be running a bit low on cash.

The Seiyuu did a fantastic job here. Yuko Minaguchi did a great job as Ringo, especially the final scene which was fantastic. Toru Furuya did a great job as usual, he is type-casted to low-key slightly depressed characters, and his performance with Casshern shows why. Kenji Utsumi did a pretty good job as Braiking Boss, though he didn’t really have that much screen time in this show.

I loved the ending scene. Set to: A Path by Nami Miyahara (who was also Lyuze) which also apeared in episode 8 was a great scene setter. The ending provided closure to the series and an “everything is set right” feel to the show.

There were only a few points left at the end that bothered me.

At one point Casshern and the others found a stone that had some connection to Luna, but it was never expounded on beyond Oji will be researching it.

The creators of the show did not provide a clear division on who was human or robot. Often robots would bleed or cry, so it was impossible for the audience to decide what they were unless it was explicitly stated. I ended up just deciding that everyone who looked human was a cyborg.

Judgment: 7/10. Too many of the episodes were meaningless and the action scenes lacked any sense of urgency since the main character is, well you know, immortal. Even the final fight with Braiking Boss was quickly over and only enough to whet the tongue. I realize that this is not a shounen anime per se but that does not mean I wouldn’t like to see Braiking Boss lay down the law for a few minutes.