is a three-part

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OVA that serves as a crossover between the '' Cyborg 009'' and '' Devilman'' series. It was first screened on 17 October 2015 and was released on 11 November 2015. The series inspired a

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adaptation and a

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novel.

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acquired the international streaming rights for the series.

Plot

Cyborg 009 and his team come into conflict with a mysterious threat that leads to Japan and take on Devilman in the process. After some misunderstandings, a secret team of Cyborgs designed by the evil Black Ghost, and a devil outbreak it's up to 009 and Devilman to prevent total annihilation.

Characters

Background

Before

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became the author of '' Devilman'', he worked as an assistant to

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, drawing backgrounds for the '' Cyborg 009''

. It was reported in ''

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'' that he wished to do a collaboration with Ishinomori. It was announced in March 2015 that a ''Cyborg 009''

, directed by Jun Kawagoe, was in production to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the manga's debut. It was later announced that the anime would receive a theatrical release in autumn. Dynamic Planning separately announced a ''Devilman'' anime in April 2014, produced by

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Actas. The project was scheduled for a fall 2015 release. It was revealed in June 2015 that the two separately announced projects would in fact be a single crossover, titled ''Cyborg 009 VS Devilman''.

Production

The anime is a three-part

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directed by Jun Kawagoe and written by Tadashi Hayakawa, with animation by the studios Bee Media and Actas.

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produced both the opening theme song, "''Cyborg 009'' ~Nine Cyborg Soldiers~", and the ending theme, "Devil Mind ~Ai wa Chikara~".

Release

The first full trailer for the anime was released on 25 August 2015. It was originally announced that the anime would have a two-week run in eight theaters; however, the number of theaters was later expanded to ten. It debuted on 17 October 2015. The complete set of three 30-minute episodes was released on

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on 11 November 2015. The individual episodes were released on

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separately on 11 November 2015, 9 December 2015, and 6 January 2016.

acquired the streaming rights to the series, streaming it in 20 languages in 190 countries. The English dub was directed by Bob Buchholz and translated by Sachiko Takahashi. In 2025, Netflix sublicensed the series to

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for home release.

Other media

Manga

adaptation, titled , by Akihito Yoshitomi began serialization in

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and

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's online magazine between 14 October 2015 and 24 February 2016. The first chapter was also published with '' Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' on 26 October 2015. The manga was collected in one volume on 8 April 2016.

Novel

novel, written by Tadashi Hayakawa and titled , was published on 25 September 2015.

References

External links

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manga website
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