After Ishinomori’s death, a third anime was made to honor his memory in 2001. The third theatrical feature ( Chou Ginga Denenstu) premiered 1980. The first (black and white) Cyborg 009 anime aired 1968. A sequel ( Kaiju Sensou) premiered a year later. However, after an outpour of fan letters begging him for a happier ending, Ishinomori brought them back to life, and the manga continued until his death in 1998.Ī movie was made based off of the manga in 1966 ( Cyborg 009). Ishinomori originally intended to end the manga with 009 and 002 burning up in the atmosphere after a climatic battle in space, while a girl sees them, mistakes them for a shooting star, and wishes for an end to all wars. They begin to work together to stop Black Ghost permanently. The nine cyborgs eventually escape along with Black Ghost scientist Doctor Isaac Gilmore, who been tricked into believing that his work would benefit mankind, not the highest bidder. Written at the height of the Cold War by a creator that was adamantly anti-war, Cyborg 009 told the story of nine people from different parts of the world who were kidnapped by the war profiteering organization Black Ghost and remodeled into cyborg prototypes: Russian infant Ivan Wisky (001) was given unparalleled ESP powers, American gang leader Jet Link (002) has jet engines grafted into his legs, French ballerina Francoise Arnoul (003)’s hearing and eyesight are enhanced, East German truck driver and almost defector Albert Heinrich (004) becomes a one-man arsenal, Native American strongman G-Junior (005) is given cybernetic muscles and extra strong skin, Chinese chef Chang Changku (006) can breathe fire, unemployed English actor Great Britain (007) is given shape-shifting abilities, West African rebel fighter Pyunma (008) is given artificial lungs that allow him to breathe water like humans breathe air, and half-Japanese orphan Joe Shimamura (009) can accelerate to super speeds. Thank you to digistardbz and cyborg_lilith for the movie screencaps, and paulafromtwoson for the manga scan.Ĭyborg 009: Forty years in four paragraphsĬyborg 009 has existed in various incarnations for over forty years, but it began as a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori in 1963.
Focuses mostly on Chou and the 2001 anime. Warning: Spoilers for the manga, Chou Ginga Denenstu, and the 2001 anime.
Pairing: Jet Link (002)/Albert Heinrich (004)
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