The October Issue of Monthly Champion RED has revealed that manga artist Satoshi Shiki will be launching a new manga called Casshern R. Casshern R will be remaking the 70s anime, Casshan. Shiki will release the manga on September 19.
Tatsuo Yoshida initially released Casshan in 1973. Its story focuses on Tetsuya Azuma, a young boy who can transform into the cyborg Casshern to fight against humanity’s enemies. Shiki will likely release more information on the upcoming manga in the coming weeks and months.
Casshern R Launching on September 19
Casshern R will be released on Monthly Champion RED’s next issue on September 19, 2023. Satoshi Shiki, a manga artist known for his work on Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, will provide the art of the manga. Chabo Higurashi, a writer who has worked on both anime and manga, will provide the script.
Several adaptations of Casshan have been released over the years. First, ADV Films launched Casshan: Robot Hunter in 1993. Eleven years later, Go Fish Pictures launched a live-action remake titled Casshern. Funimation streamed the most recent remake, Casshern Sins, in 2008. The anime is also available on Crunchyroll. It is described as follows:
“Casshern, a cybernetic assassin with no memory, awakens in a wasteland where a plague known as the Ruin reduces everything in its path to rubble. Robots and humans alike seek vengeance against Casshern for the role he played in murdering the last hope for this world. But now, lost in a future he does not recognize, a machine built to kill will fight to save the dying.”
Shiki has worked on several manga over the past few years. In 2022, he launched the Akuma Kōjo manga, an adaptation of Biyori Harunohi’s original story. In 2019, he wrapped up work on Attack on Titan: Before the Fall. Lastly, Seven Seas Entertainment will release Shiki’s Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru in English in the coming months.
Lastly, Casshern R will be released on Monthly Champion RED’s next issue on September 19, 2023. Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming manga release in the next few weeks.
