is an animated television series based on an Argentinean comic strip series of the same name created by Argentine authors

Carlos Trillo Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known worldwide as the co-creator and writer of the '' Cybersix'' comics. With a long and prolific career in the '' Historieta'' medium, he is considered as one ...

(story) and Carlos Meglia (art). The series was produced by the

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-based Network of Animation (NoA) and animated in Japan by TMS-Kyokuichi. Many of the comic's darker themes had to be toned down for the show in order to make it appropriate for all audiences. The series originally aired on

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in Canada,

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in Japan,

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in Argentina and

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in the United States. The music for the series was composed by

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. Its opening and ending songs were composed by Finkel with lyrics by Robert Olivier and sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan. On May 6, 2000 ''Cybersix'' won "Best Animated Production" and "Best Overall Sound of an Animated Production" at the

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. On April 28, 2001, the series won "Special Mention for the Best Science Fiction Program" at the Pulcinella Awards in Italy for that year's competition.

Plot

A leather-clad female

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named Cybersix protects the town of Meridiana at night. She fights the machinations of her creator and scientist Dr. Von Reichter, his cloned son José, and

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-resembling Fixed Ideas. Cybersix is aided by her fellow creation in the form of a

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named Data-7. During the day, she poses as a male teacher named Adrian Seidelman, and accompanys her science teacher Lucas Amato.

Cast

Cathy Weseluck Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in ''Death Note'', Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in '' Cybersix'', and Spike in Discovery ...

as Cybersix / Adrian Seidelman * Michael Dobson as Lucas Amato, Fixed Ideas *

Scott McNeil Scott McNeil is an Australian actor based in Canada, known for his live-action work as well as his roles in animation. His voice roles include Ace the Bat-Hound in '' Krypto the Superdog'', Voltar in '' League of Super Evil'', Jetfire, Backstop ...

as Data-7 *

Terry Klassen Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor, ADR director and writer. Before animation, Klassen worked in radio in Winnipeg (CITI-FM), Toronto (Q107), Calgary (CFAC), Portage la Prairie (CFRY) and part-time at CFOX and CFMI. In animation, he is best ...

as Dr. Von Reichter *

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as Julian * Alex Doduk as José *

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as Lori Anderson, Elaine (in "Full Moon Fascination"), Grizelda (in "Daylight Devil") *

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as Yashimoto * L. Harvey Gold as Terra

Production

Each episode had a production budget of

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360,000. The series was cancelled after the first season due to conflicts with the studio.

Episodes

Home media

The series was released in English on DVD by

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on 26 August 2014. The box set features commentary by Cathy Weseluck and Brady Hartel on episodes 1 and 13,

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on episodes 4 and 11, textless opening and ending animations, and the

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References

External links

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Telecom's official ''Cybersix'' page (English)

of. Japan cite
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