"Saibôgu 009" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Writer:

Shotaro Ishinomori (comic-book)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

14 October 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Nine super-powered cyborg soldiers join forces to combat Black Ghost, the terrorist organization which they were originally created to serve.

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Terrorist | Russia | Africa | Manga

Cast

Takahiro Sakurai	...	Cyborg 009 / ... (26 episodes, 2001-2002)
Simon Prescott	...	Dr. Isaac Gilmore (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Cyborg 003 / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Steve Kramer	...	Chang Changku / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Michael Sorich	...	Cyborg 007 / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Joshua Seth	...	Cyborg 009 / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mugihito	...	Professor Isaac Gilmore (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Cyborg 003 / ... (24 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kirk Thornton	...	Cyborg 002 / ... (23 episodes, 2001-2002)
Fûrin Cha	...	Cyborg 006 / ... (23 episodes, 2001-2002)
Yûichi Nagashima	...	Cyborg 007 / ... (23 episodes, 2001-2002)
Shotaro Morikubo	...	Cyborg 002 / ... (22 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mario L. Patrenella	...	Cyborg 008 / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mitsuo Iwata	...	Cyborg 008 / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jim Taggert	...	Albert Heinrich / ... (20 episodes, 2001-2002)
Nobuo Tobita	...	Albert Heinrich / ... (19 episodes, 2001-2002)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Cyborg 005 / ... (18 episodes, 2001-2002)
Beau Billingslea	...	Cyborg 005 / ... (18 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kana Ueda	...	Cyborg 001 / ... (12 episodes, 2001-2002)
R. Martin Klein	...	Cyborg 001 / ... (11 episodes, 2001-2002)

Also Known As:

"Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier" (International: English title) (USA)
"Cyborg 009" (USA)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (50 episodes) | Argentina:160 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Portuguese | Spanish | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Ishinomori Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

What's the Justice?

Needs more respect in America marketing

This is one of the best anime and manga series of Japan.

It's been around for 40 years but it's anime never had an English before.

This here is the only Cyborg 009 series that got it's own English Dub.

It's a good one too where all the characters sound the way they should.

The whole series is about 9 prototype cyborgs who were once regular humans. Each of them was capture by the Black Ghost Organization. Lead by a mysterious being, The Black Ghost who wants to achieve in world domination. The 9 Cyborgs left and betrayed Black Ghost because they prefer world peace than to see the world in pain.

Each one is different from the other. With their skills and teamwork they'll be able to defeat anything the Black Ghost uses to stop them including other cyborgs and machines that are lethal.

The downside is they only released the first 8 episodes of this series on DVD. And I read that there's more than 8 episodes. I think it deserves to have full treatment like other anime do. I hope a different distributor will get the rights to this and the other Cyborg anime for a better treatment in releasing them on DVD.