http://www.apple.co.jp/quicktime/trailers/casshern_large.html
Saw this trailer, courtesy of a link from Penny-Arcade and, like those guys, I reckon that this movie looks absolutely awesome, but I have no idea what it’s about.

All the information on the official site about the plot, characters, etc is in Japanese, but I did find one site (courtesy of Google), at this site which gave more information. It seems to be based on an alternate history situation, where WW2 didn’t end with the defeat of Japan, but ended up as Asia vs Europe, with Asia eventually winning (what else would you expect from a Japanese film). However, as Asia/Japan is about to finally invade and conquer Europe, problems emerge and there appears to be a riot among their robots. All in all, it seems to be one of those movies with an apocalyptic setting and corresponding philosophy to boot. But, by george, the action looks fantastic.

Here’s hoping for a well-done dubbing into English or, perhaps better, a well-subtitled English release.