is a Japanese

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created by

Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and , creating several immensely popular long-running series such as ''Cyborg 009,'' the ''Super Sentai'' series (later adapted into the ''Power Rangers'' series), an ...

. It was serialized in many different Japanese magazines, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''

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'', '' Shōnen Big Comic'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Monthly Shōnen Jump was a shōnen manga magazine which was published monthly in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. History The ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' magazine started ...

'', and ''Monthly Comic Nora''. In 2012, comiXology 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 arc 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 Mythos Cyborgs. The second arc, called ''The Underground Empire Yomi Arc'', appeared in ''

'' (

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

) 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 '' Kaleidoscope''). 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 arc, serialized in ''

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'' ( Akita Shoten), 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 arc, called ''The Battle of the Gods Arc'', was serialized in ''

'' (

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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 arc 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 arc followed closely after the fifth arc. Arcs such as the '' Deinonychus Arc'' (appeared in ''

'' (

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)) and ''Green Hole Arc'' (appeared in ''Play Comic'' ( Akita Shoten)) were depicted, then long after, the ''Underwater Pyramid Arc'' was serialized in ''Monthly Manga Shōnen'' (

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). The seventh arc 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 arc 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 Akita Shoten and other companies through its history, and published in North America by

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. Digital comics distributor comiXology 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, Jo 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 '' Champion Red'' on July 19, 2019.

''8 Man vs. Cyborg 009''

A crossover manga between '' 8 Man'' and ''Cyborg 009'' by Kyoichi Nanatsuk (script) and Masato Hayate (art), began serializing in '' Champion Red'' on July 18, 2020.

Graphic novel

A full-color

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based on the franchise was released at San Diego Comic-Con International 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

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, 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:

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*003: Judy Ongg *004:

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*005: Hiroshi Masuoka *006: Arihiro Fujimura *007: Machiko Soga *008: Kenji Utsumi *Professor Gilmore:

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*Black Ghost Leader:

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*Beagle:

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*Easel:

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*Helena:

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*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: Kazuhiko Inoue/Walter Carroll *001: Fuyumi Shiraishi/Mary Malone *002:

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/Don Pomes *003: Kazuko Sugiyama/Michelle Hart *004:

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/Richard Nieskins *005:

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/Frank Rogers *006:

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

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*Narrator:

/Avi Laudau

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

A 3D film, produced by

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, Sanzigen and Ishimori Productions, was released on October 27, 2012.

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was the director and writer. Kenji Kawai, who worked before with Kamiyama on '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'' and ''

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'', 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 '' Occult Academy'', was serialized in

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's ''

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''. The UK anime distributor Anime Limited announced that they acquired the movie and produced an English dub at NYAV Post. Madman Entertainment also has rights to release the film in Australia and New Zealand. At Anime Expo 2013, Funimation 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

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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/

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*001: Misato Fukuen/

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*002: Takuya Satō/

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*003: Risa Taneda/ Cristina Vee *004: Satoshi Hino/ Ray Chase *005: Kenji Nomura/Chris Tergliafera *006: Mitsuaki Madono/ Kirk Thornton *007:

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*008: Haruki Ishiya/ Zeno Robinson *Katarina Canetti: Yui Makino/ Cherami Leigh *Emperor: Kazuhiko Inoue/ Patrick Seitz

Television series

1968 series

An anime adaptation was released on April 5, 1968, on NET and ended on September 27, 1968, with a total of 26 episodes. This series was directed by Yugo Serikawa, Takeshi Tamiya,

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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:

*003: Hiroko Suzuki *004:

/ Kenji Utsumi *005: Hiroshi Masuoka *006: Ichirō Nagai *007: Machiko Soga *008:

*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

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and vocals were provided by Ken Narita and

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); 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

. 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: Kazuhiko Inoue *001:

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*002:

*003: Kazuko Sugiyama *004:

*005: Banjō Ginga (as Takashi Tanaka) *006:

*007: Kaneta Kimotsuki *008: Kōji Totani *Professor Gilmore:

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*Brahma:

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*Vishnu: Takashi Tanaka *Shiva: Kōji Totani *Gandal: Kōji Nakata *Odin: Ichirō Nagai/

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(Neo Black Ghost Arc) *Loki: Isamu Tanonaka *Thor: Hidekatsu Shibata *Freya:

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*Narrator: Keiichi Noda

2001–2002 series

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

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from October 14, 2001 to October 13, 2002 on Sundays at 18:30. It spanned a total of fifty-one episodes. The opening theme song for the third anime television series was "What's the Justice?" by Globe. The first ending theme was "Genesis of Next" by Globe followed by "Starting from Here" by Globe and later was replaced with "

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" by Fayray. 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, Toonami 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 Sony Pictures Television.

=Cast

= *009: Takahiro Sakurai/

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, David Umansky (episodes 5 and 9) *009 as a child: Takako Honda/

*001:

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/ Bob Marx *002: Showtaro Morikubo/ Sparky Allen *003: Satsuki Yukino/

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*004:

Nobuo Tobita is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision. He is most known for the roles of Kamille Bidan (''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''), Albert Heinrich/004 (''Cyborg 009'' (2001)), and Sueo Maruo (''Chibi ...

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*Skull: Norio Wakamoto/ Richard Epcar *Professor Kozumi:

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/ Bob Marx *Cynthia Findoru:

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/ Deanna Morris *Sophie/Rosa:

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/ Lia Sargent (Sophie),

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(Rosa) *Unbaba:

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/ Jeremy Platt *Mrs. Tsuyama: Tomie Kataoka/ Sonja S. Fox *Cathy: Kaori Saiki/ Melora Harte *Jimmy: Yoshiko Kamei/ Barbara Goodson *Dr. Ross: Masaru Ikeda/ Jeremy Platt *Dr. Kiley: Yasunori Masutani/

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*Apollo:

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/ Richard Hayworth *Artemis: Minami Takayama/ Lia Sargent *Minotaur: Tomoya Kawai/

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/ David Umansky *Hera/Pan:

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/ Sonja S. Fox (Hera) *Atlas:

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/ Ray Michaels *Professor Gaia:

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/ David Umansky *Pal:

Yūki Tokiwa is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Hyōgo Prefecture. He is represented by Himawari Theatre Group. He was the official Japanese voice dub-over artist for actor: Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in the ''Harry Potter film series'' and for Daryl S ...

/ David Umansky *Blue Beast: Masane Tsukayama/Abe Lasser *Carl Eckermann: Shinichiro Miki/Steve Areno *Dr. Eckermann:

Takkō Ishimori was a Japanese voice actor from Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He debuted in 1960, and was attached to the talent agency Arts Vision at the time of his death in 2013. He was one of the founding members of Theater Echo. He was best known for voicing ...

/Abe Lasser *Hachiro Marukaku:

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/ Richard Hayworth *Dr. Shishigashira: Daisuke Egawa *Dr. Mamushi:

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*Princess Ixquic:

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

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/ David Umansky *Mai: Romi Park/ Sonja S. Fox *Phil: Mitsuki Saiga/ Richard Hayworth *Nichol: Tomoya Kawai/

*Dr. Gamo Whisky/Asimov: Seizō Katō/

*Erica Whisky: Hikari Yono *Professor Isono:

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/Abe Lasser *Shinichi Ibaraki: Isshin Chiba/ David Umansky *Shinichi as a child: Akiko Koike/ David Umansky *Masaru Oyamada:

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/ Tony Oliver *Mary Onodera: Takako Honda/

*Van Vogt:

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/ David Lucas *Helen/Vena/Daphne/Aphro/Dinah:

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(Helen), Lia Sargent (Vena),

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(Dinah) *Black Ghost (male): Kenji Utsumi/ James Lyon *Black Ghost (female): Ryoko Kinomiya/

*Black Ghost (child): Yūshō Uemura/ Barbara Goodson *Kazu: Yuki Tokiwa/

*Kazu's sister: Risa Shimizu/

Original video animation

A three-part

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with

Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...

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

Jun Kawagoe is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He is known for directing anime based on the works of Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa, Takashi Yanase, and twice, Shotaro Ishinomori. Works (as director) * '' Shuten Douji'' (1991) episode 3 * ' ...

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

Cast

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

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*003:

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/Tony Azzolino *008: Ayumu Okamura/ Steve Staley *Apollo:

/ Fred McDougal *Helena: Yōko Honna/Christine Marie Cabanos *Dr. Isaac Gilmore: Shigeru Ushiyama/

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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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*001:

*002: Kazuyuki Sogabe *003: Kazuko Sugiyama *004:

Shunsuke Shima was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. Filmography Television animation ;1960s *''Tetsujin 28-go'' (1963) – Inspector Bera *''Perman'' (1967) – Mr. Koike *''Osomatsu-kun'' (1967) *'' Kaibutsu-kun'' (1968) *''Kamui the Ninja'' (19 ...

*005: Ryüsuke Shiomi *006: Masayuki Yuhara *007: Kaneta Kimotsuki *008: Toyokazu Minami *Dr. Gilmore:

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2009 radio drama

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

=Cast

= *009: Takeshi Kusao *001:

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*002: Hideyuki Hori *003:

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*004:

*005:

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*006:

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*007: Keiichi Nanba *008:

*Dr. Gilmore:

Takeshi Aono was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School. Career Aono was most known for the roles of Shiro ...

*Black Ghost Boss: Hidekatsu Shibata *Scientist A: Tomohisa Asō *Scientist B:

Naoki Imamura is a Japanese voice actor from Saitama Prefecture attached to Aoni Production. He has played a large number of supporting and minor roles, including heroes, villains, serious and joke characters. He performed alongside Kōji Totani numerous times ...

*Underling: Ryōhei Nakao *Narration:

;Part 1 *Gamo Whiskey: Hirohiko Kakegawa *Erika:

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*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 action platformer released for the Super Famicom 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'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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International releases

The 1979 version aired in Italy in 1982 and became popular with Italian viewers. All of the 50 episodes from the 1979 version were released in Sweden with a Swedish dub in a total of 25 VHS tapes between 1986 - 1989. All of the voices were done by the Danish actor Timm Mehrens. The 2001 version aired on

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several times starting from 2005 and became extremely popular with

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viewers. It also aired on Cartoon Network Australia's Toonami Block in 2002

North American releases

The 1967 movie was released in Mexico, and years later, the 2001 television series aired on Toonami in 2003. The movie was later replayed on Cadena Tres in 2007, and was quite popular with Mexican viewers. 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

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. 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

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and ZRO Limit Productions. The entire series was dubbed, with the first 26 episodes shown on the Toonami 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

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

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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 Funimation in North America, Anime Limited in the UK, and Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. An English dub was produced by NYAV Post, and a theatrical release was released in all three territories.

References

External links

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