title, "Casshan." Japan most commonly uses "Casshern" as the romanization and is thus used in the official romanized title of the film adaptation and the American release of Casshern Sins although, the name Casshan is still used for marketing. Both the Japanese and English versions of the official Tatsunoko website use Casshan for the romanized title of the original 1973 series. Advertising for Tatsunoko's Infini-T Force contains the Casshan name in several instances. Italian versions of the series romanize the name as "Kyashan," resembling the literal pronunciation of the Japanese title. Legacy In Vanquish, developed by PlatinumGames, the art style is based on Casshern. In one of the boss fights the main character drills through a robot by spinning in place at high speed, similarly to Casshern. Concerning the game's development, director Shinji Mikami is quoted as saying: "I was inspired by Casshern, so I wanted to make a game like that. If I went ahead and made the exact game I wanted, it probably would have been like Casshern, where you punch and kick the entire way through. But obviously if it were a game with only punching and kicking, I already did that with God Hand. So, I'm done with that, something else now. So this time he wanted to make a game where you defeat robots with guns. So now, you're going at it with guns, but he wanted to make sure the feeling of speed is still there, that was really important to him, so that's why he introduced the element of the sliding boost." In addition, the protagonist of Vanquish has a facemask that periodically comes off to show his human side, much like Casshern himself. According to one of the game's character modelers, Yoshifumi Hattori, a support robotic companion dog was designed to fight along with the main character, including transforming into ability-enhancing armor. Although this dog was successfully modeled, it was cut from the finalized version of the game, along with another female android partner character. Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is also dressed like Casshern. See also Robot Hunter Casshern – A four-episode OVA produced in 1993, released in English as Casshan: Robot Hunter. Casshern – A 2004 live-action tokusatsu film adaptation. Casshern Sins – A 2008 anime series and franchise reboot. Infini-T Force – A 2017 crossover anime series References External links (TV series) (Live-action movie)