is a Japanese

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created by

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. It was serialized in many different Japanese

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, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''

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'', '' Shōnen Big Comic'', '' COM'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Monthly Comic Nora''. In 2012,

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acquired the digital distribution rights to Shotaro Ishinomori's catalogue, including ''Cyborg 009''.

Plot

Nine people from around the world are kidnapped by the evil Black Ghost organization, led by the tyrant Skull, to undergo experiments that would allow him to use them as human weapons to promote the production of cyborg warfare. While he succeeds in converting the group of nine into cyborgs with superhuman powers, his most reputable scientist, Dr. Isaac Gilmore, helps the cyborgs escape to rebel against Skull and Black Ghost. The nine cyborgs – from which the name of the series is derived – band together in order to stop Black Ghost from achieving its goal of starting the next world war by supplying rich buyers with countless weapons of mass destruction. After the destruction of Black Ghost, the nine cyborgs go on to fight a variety of threats, such as mad scientists, supernatural beings, and ancient civilizations.

Media

Manga

The first series was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen King'' ( Shōnen Gahosha). It depicts Cyborg 009's origin story, the escape from Black Ghost, and the group running from the cyborg assassins. It ended with the battle against the

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Cyborgs. The second series, called ''The Underground Empire Yomi Arc'', appeared in ''

'' (

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) alongside the release of the film version. The story is highly influenced by

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' ''Earth's Core'' series, including an expedition to the center of the Earth with a drill tank and a reptile race who can use telepathy and grow wings. The story ends with the final battle against Black Ghost. In the final scene, 009 and 002 fall into Earth's atmosphere and are seen as a shooting star by two small children, one of whom wishes for a toy gun and the other for world peace (a scene reminiscent of

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's ''

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''). As such, 001 was able to use his telekinetic powers at the last minute to retrieve 002 and 009 from their plummet before death. The third series, serialized in '' Bōken Ō'' (

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), contained 6 story arcs, including the Monster Island Arc, the Middle East Arc, and the Angels Arc. The series abruptly ended during the Angels Arc. The fourth series, called ''The Battle of the Gods'', was serialized in '' COM'' (

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). Ishinomori resumed and retold the interrupted Angels Arc with a new plot, but the series once again ended abruptly. Ishinomori would not resume the series for a few years after this. The fifth series was serialized in ''

'' (

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), and included the ''Wind City Arc'', the ''Snow Carnival Arc'', and the ''Edda Arc''. The story deals with legendary and mythical like characters challenging the 00 Number Cyborgs. The sixth series followed closely after the fifth series. Arcs such as the ''

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Arc'' (appeared in ''

'' (

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)) and ''Green Hole Arc'' (appeared in ''Play Comic'' (

)) were depicted, then long after, the ''Underwater Pyramid Arc'' was serialized in ''Monthly Manga Shōnen'' ( Asahi Sonorama). The seventh series was serialized in ''

'' (

) alongside the revival anime. A long arc consisting of many short arcs, this series dealt with the battle against Neo Black Ghost as well as the emotional trauma of the 00 Number Cyborgs. The story is set approximately 20 years after the ''Yomi Arc'', and the personalities and conduct of the cyborgs are depicted as more adult. The eighth series was serialized in ''Monthly Comic Nora'' (

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). This longer arc was called ''People Drifting Through Time and Space Arc'', and is a sequel to the ''Immigration Arc''. The

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from the Underwater Pyramid Arc appears, but the design of his drawing is different.

Manga publication history

The series was written and illustrated by

, serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen King'', published in Japan by

and other companies through its history, and published in North America by

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. Digital comics distributor

licensed the entire catalogue from Ishimori Productions in 2012, and has made the first 10 volumes of ''Cyborg 009'' available to the public. In April 2012, Shogakukan announced that the ''Cyborg 009'' manga would conclude in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. Entitled ''Cyborg 009 Conclusion: God's War'', the manga is to be illustrated by Masato Hayase and to be based on Ishinomori's original concept notes, sketches, and novel drafts, all of which had been gathered by his son, Joe Onodera. ''Conclusion'' debuted on April 13, 2012, and ran until February 2014. It was collected in 5 volumes.

''Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete''

A manga series written and illustrated by Tsuguo Okazaki, titled ''Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete'', began serialization in ''

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'' on July 19, 2019.

''8 Man vs. Cyborg 009''

A crossover manga between '' 8 Man'' and ''Cyborg 009'' by Kyoichi Nanatsuki (script) and Masato Hayate (art), was serialized in ''

'' from July 18, 2020, to May 19, 2023. In this work, Black Ghost, revived after the Cold War, kidnaps 8 Man's inventor, Tani, to blackmail 8 Man to destroy the 00 cyborgs, so that Black Ghost can dominate the world using a laser satellite created by Professor Demon (one of ''8 Mans original antagonists). 8 Man, Professor Demon, and the cyborgs team up to destroy Black Ghost.

Graphic novel

A full-color

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based on the franchise was released at

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on July 21, 2013, to align with the anniversary of Ishinomori's original manga. The book is a condensed retelling of the 00 Cyborgs' battle against Black Ghost, led by Sekar (Skull). The full release was on September 11, 2013. The graphic novel is written by F. J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp, penciled and inked by Marcus To, and published by Archaia Comics.

Films

1966 film

The first ''Cyborg 009'' film was released on July 21, 1966. It was produced by Hiroshi Ōkawa (uncredited) and directed by Yugo Serikawa. was the second film for Cyborg 009 and released on March 19, 1967. It was produced by Hiroshi Ōkawa and directed by Yugo Serikawa. The theme song for both films was (Lyrics: Masahisa Urushibara, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Singer: Tokyo Meister Singer)

=Cast

= *009: Hiroyuki Ōta *001: Kyoko Toriyama *002: Ryō Ishihara *003: Judy Ongg *004: Hiroshi Ōtake *005: Hiroshi Masuoka *006: Arihiro Fujimura *007: Machiko Soga *008: Kenji Utsumi *Professor Gilmore:

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*Black Ghost Leader: Masato Yamanouchi *Beagle:

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*Easel: Sanji Hase *Helena: Etsuko Ichihara *Narrator: Ryō Kurosawa

1980 anime film

An anime film based on the second anime television series was released on December 20, 1980, named . The theme song was (Lyrics: Michio Yamagami, Composer: Kōichi Morita, Arrangement: Reijirō Koroku, Singer: Yoshito Machida).

=Cast

= *009:

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/Walter Carroll *001: Fuyumi Shiraishi/Mary Malone *002: Keiichi Noda/Don Pomes *003:

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/Michelle Hart *004: Keaton Yamada/Richard Nieskins *005: Banjo Ginga/Frank Rogers *006: Sanji Hase/ Jeff Manning *007:

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/James Keating *008: Kazuyuki Sogabe/Clay Lowrey *Professor Gilmore:

/ Cliff Harrington *Dr Cosmo: Ichirō Nagai/Mike Worman *Saba: Noriko Ohara/Gerri Sorrells *Princess Tamara: Hiroko Suzuki/Deborah DeSnoo *Zoa: Tōru Ōhira/William Ross *Gallo: Chikao Ohtsuka/ Lanny Broyles *Narrator: Ryō Ishihara/Avi Laudau

2012 film ('' 009 Re:Cyborg'')

A 3D film, produced by Production I.G.,

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and Ishimori Productions, was released on October 27, 2012. Kenji Kamiyama was the director and writer.

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, who worked before with Kamiyama on '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' and '' Eden of the East'', composed the music. The film was released in Japan on October 27, 2012. It also opened simultaneously in more than five Asian regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. A manga adaptation by Gatou Asou, character designer for ''Moribito'' and ''

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'', was serialized in

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's '' Monthly Big Gangan''. The UK anime distributor Anime Limited announced that they acquired the movie and produced an English dub at

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also has rights to release the film in Australia and New Zealand. At

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2013,

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had announced that they acquired the film for North America. The English voice cast was announced on April 16, 2015.

2016 film trilogy (''Cyborg 009: Call of Justice'')

Another 3D film, produced by Production I.G. and animated by OLM Digital and Signal.MD and distributed by Toho, was released on November 25, 2016. The movie itself was divided into three parts, with Part 2 being released December 2, 2016 and Part 3 on December 9, 2016. Kenji Kamiyama was chief director of the project, and Kokai Kakimoto directed the film. Netflix acquired digital distribution rights to the movie, where the movie was shown first on Netflix Japan in Spring 2016, with other territories following later. The films, edited down into 12 episodes, were released worldwide on Netflix on February 10, 2017.

=Cast

= *009: Keisuke Koumoto/ Kyle McCarley *001:

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/ Erica Mendez *002: Takuya Satō/

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*003: Risa Taneda/

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*004:

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*Emperor:

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Television series

1968 series

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, Toshio Katsuda, Taiji Yabushita, Ryōzō Tanaka, Yoshikata Nitta, Kazuya Miyazaki, Fusahiro Nagaki, Minoru Okazaki, Yoshio Takami. The opening theme song for the anime series was (Lyrics: Masahisa Urushibara, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Vocals: Tokyo Meister Singer. The outro theme was (Lyrics:

, Composer, Arrangement: Taichirō Kosugi, Singer: Vocal Shop)

=Cast

= *009:

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(as Setsuya Tanaka) *001: Fuyumi Shiraishi *002: Ryō Ishihara *003: Hiroko Suzuki *004: Hiroshi Ōtake/ Kenji Utsumi *005: Hiroshi Masuoka *006: Ichirō Nagai *007: Machiko Soga *008: Keiichi Noda *Professor Gilmore:

=DVD Box

= The "サイボーグ009 モノクロ DVD BOX" was released in January 2006 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The low-priced edition "サイボーグ009 1968 DVD-COLLECTION" was released in July 2009 from TOEI COMPANY, LTD.

1979–1980 series

Another anime for Cyborg 009 was released on March 6, 1979, on TV Asahi and ended on March 25, 1980, with a total of 50 episodes. The opening theme song for the anime was . The lyrics were by

, the composer was Masaaki Harao, the arrangement was done by Koichi Sugiyama and vocals were provided by Ken Narita and Koorogi '73); the ending theme was . The lyrics were by Saburō Yatsude while the composer was Masaaki Harao, the arrangement was done by Koichi Sugiyama and vocals were provided by Koorogi '73. The show was a huge hit in Sweden where it was one of the earliest anime series to be dubbed into Swedish and released in its entirety on VHS. The success with the audience came despite the fact that the entire voice cast was provided by one actor, Danish national Timm Mehrens.

=Cast

= *009:

*001: Sachiko Chijimatsu *002: Keiichi Noda *003:

*004: Keaton Yamada *005: Banjō Ginga (as Takashi Tanaka) *006: Sanji Hase *007:

*008: Kōji Totani *Professor Gilmore: Kōsei Tomita *Brahma: Toshio Furukawa *Vishnu: Takashi Tanaka *Shiva: Kōji Totani *Gandal: Kōji Nakata *Odin: Ichirō Nagai/ Shigezō Sasaoka (Neo Black Ghost Arc) *Loki: Isamu Tanonaka *Thor: Hidekatsu Shibata *Freya: Rihoko Yoshida *Narrator: Keiichi Noda

2001–2002 series

A third television series, entitled ''Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' was broadcast on

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. The first ending theme was "Genesis of Next" by Globe followed by "Starting from Here" by Globe and later was replaced with " I Do" by

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. The 2001–2002 series of ''Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' was dubbed by Animaze, Inc. and ZRO Limit Productions, and was shortened to its manga name. The English-dubbed version of ''Cyborg 009'' aired on

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as part of its weekday after-school action anime/animation programming block,

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in 2003 with the first 26 episodes, and was on its unnamed late Friday night/Early Saturday morning "Graveyard Shift" line-up in 2004 to air episodes 27 to 42, before it was dropped from their lineup. The edited version of the series was also distributed by Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group, while the uncut version is distributed by

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/ Joshua Seth, David Umansky (episodes 5 and 9) *009 as a child: Takako Honda/ Joshua Seth *001: Kana Ueda/ Bob Marx *002: Showtaro Morikubo/ Sparky Allen *003: Satsuki Yukino/ Midge Mayes *004:

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/ John Daniels (role mistakenly credited for David Umansky) *006:

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/ James Lyon *0012: Sayuri/ Melora Harte *Mr. Yasu: Kōsuke Okano/ Dan Woren *0013:

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*Alice: Natsuki Yamashita/ Reba West *Lina: Mie Sonozaki/ Cindy Robinson *Cain:

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/ David Umansky *Mai:

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/ Richard Hayworth *Nichol: Tomoya Kawai/

*Dr. Gamo Whisky/Asimov: Seizō Katō/ Anthony Mozdy *Erica Whisky: Hikari Yono *Professor Isono: Naomi Kusumi/Abe Lasser *Shinichi Ibaraki:

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/ David Umansky *Shinichi as a child: Akiko Koike/ David Umansky *Masaru Oyamada: Nobuyuki Kobushi/

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*Masaru as a child: Ayako Ito/

*Mary Onodera: Takako Honda/

*Van Vogt: Unshō Ishizuka/ David Lucas *Helen/Vena/Daphne/Aphro/Dinah: Yuki Masuda (all) / Michelle Ruff (Helen), Lia Sargent (Vena), Jane Alan (Daphne), Kay Jensen (Aphro),

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(Dinah) *Black Ghost (male): Kenji Utsumi/ James Lyon *Black Ghost (female): Ryoko Kinomiya/ Jane Alan *Black Ghost (child): Yūshō Uemura/ Barbara Goodson *Kazu: Yuki Tokiwa/ Jane Alan *Kazu's sister: Risa Shimizu/

Original video animation

A three-part

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and special episodes of a series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...

crossover with

Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of Japanese science fiction, science fiction, fantasy, Japanese horror, horror, and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', b ...

's '' Devilman'' series, titled '' Cyborg 009 VS Devilman'', received a two-week theatrical release in October 2015. The OVA was directed by Jun Kawagoe.

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released the OVA internationally in 20 languages on April 1, 2016, including an English dub.

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*001: Haruka Shiraishi/ Christine Marie Cabanos *002:

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Spike Spencer Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as Shinji Ikari, '' Mart ...

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Stephanie Sheh Stephanie Sheh (born April 10, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer, and producer who has worked for several major companies. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games, and films. Her not ...

*004: Hiroki Tōchi/ Michael Sinterniklaas *005: Tsuyoshi Koyama/ Keith Silverstein *006:

Yū Mizushima is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko. In the 1980s, He proved to be a popular choice for many Japanese animation studios for the roles of male heart-t ...

/ Joey Lotsko *007: Hozumi Gōda/Tony Azzolino *008: Ayumu Okamura/

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*Apollo:

/ Fred McDougal *Helena:

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Radio dramas

1979 radio drama

A radio drama was produced for NBS's Kirin Radio Theater from January 29 to February 23, 1979.

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*004: Shunsuke Shima *005: Ryüsuke Shiomi *006: Masayuki Yuhara *007:

*008: Toyokazu Minami *Dr. Gilmore: Hitoshi Takagi

2009 radio drama

A second radio drama, entitled ''Cyborg 009: Birth'', was aired in two parts on September 21 and 28, 2009.

=Cast

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*001: Katsue Miwa *002: Hideyuki Hori *003: Machiko Toyoshima *004:

*005: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo *006: Kōzō Shioya *007:

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*008: Toshio Furukawa *Dr. Gilmore:

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*Black Ghost Boss: Hidekatsu Shibata *Scientist A: Tomohisa Asō *Scientist B: Naoki Imamura *Underling: Ryōhei Nakao *Narration: Keiichi Noda ;Part 1 *Gamo Whiskey: Hirohiko Kakegawa *Erika: Kyoko Terase *Dancer: Isao Teramoto *Hilda: Akiko Sekina *Slave Trader: Keiichirō Yamamoto *Boy: Kohta Nemoto *Jailer: Masaru Suzuki ;Part 2 *Scientist C: Yasuhiko Tokuyama *Crewman A: Masaru Suzuki *Crewman B: Kohta Nemoto *Crewman C: Keiichirō Yamamoto *Robot: Isao Teramoto

Video games

Three video games based on the series were released only in Japan. One of them was an

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platformer A platformer (also called a platform game, and sometimes a jump 'n' run game) is a subgenre of action game in which the core objective is to move the player character between points in an environment. Platform games are characterized by levels wi ...

released for the

Super Famicom The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in No ...

by BEC in 1994; for each level the player selects one of the eight adult cyborgs (001 is not playable) as the leader of a strike force for a particular mission accompanied by two others. The second game (released by

Telenet Japan was a Japanese Video game developer, video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company had several video game divisions including: Wolf Team, Laser Soft, Renovation Game (Japanese publishing division), ...

's subsidiary Riot) in 1993 was for the Mega CD and is also a side scroller. In 2002, ''Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol. 15: Cyborg 009: The Block Kuzushi'' was released for the

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English releases

The 1979 series was broadcast with English subtitles on Japanese-language television in Hawaii, California, and in the

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. The English subtitles were produced by San Francisco-based Fuji Television, which did not broadcast the series as part of its Japanese programming on KEMO-TV. The 1980 film was released in the United States in 1988 by Celebrity Home Entertainment as ''Defenders of the Vortex'', with an edited version of an English dub that was commissioned through the Tokyo, Japan-based Frontier Enterprises. It later received an unedited direct-to-video English release in 1995 by Best Film and Video Corporation with the full version of the same dub. The 2001 TV series was licensed by Avex Inc. (the North American branch of Avex Mode, the 2001 series' original distributor in Japan) and dubbed into English by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions. The entire series was dubbed, with the first 26 episodes shown on the

programming block on

, while episodes 27 to 47 were shown on Cartoon Network's late Friday night "Graveyard Shift" block, right before the show was dropped from their line-up. The first 8 episodes were distributed on DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment in a two-disc uncut bilingual set, as well as two dub-only edited broadcast volumes of four episodes each along with Portuguese and Spanish dubs. As of 2017, none of the other episodes have become available on home video outside Japan and Hong Kong, but

released the first 26 dubbed episodes to DVD in Australia; they are since out of print.

Discotek Media Discotek Media is an American entertainment company based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, focused on distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. History Formed in 2005, Discotek primarily focuses on licensing retr ...

announced during their

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2017 panel that they have licensed the 2001 series, and they will release the entire series, in the uncut bilingual version, on a SD BD set. The purpose for this set is to restore the uncut version of the dub for the whole series to its best state possible, as well as the video quality. The uncut dub master tapes were damaged upon arrival, due to the age of the DA-88 tapes. The set has an 11-page essay about the restoration process by the company's producer and

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founder Justin Sevakis, along with an 83-page art gallery. The set was also the North American and dub premiere of the three-episode God's War finale. The set was officially released on June 25, 2019. The 2012 movie is licensed by

in North America,

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in the UK, and

in Australia and New Zealand. An English dub was produced by

, and a theatrical release was released in all three territories.

Reception

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's poll of the Top 100 Anime, ''Cyborg 009'' came in 84th.

Notes

References

External links

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SPTI's Anime & Animation Brochure: ''Cyborg 009''

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