Cyborg 009/Episodes



Cyborg 009 is a 2001 anime adaptation of a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori that ran in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 14, 2001 to September 29, 2002. The 48 episode (52 including "The Yomi Group" recap and the "Conclusion GOD'S WAR: Prologue" bonus arc) series follows the adventures of a group of 9 genetically engineered cyborgs as they battle the evil organization "Black Ghost".

Cyborg 009 premiered in the U.S., edited for content, on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on June 30, 2003 and ran for 26 episodes until August 4, 2003.

The second half of the series aired outside of Toonami in an early AM death slot on Friday nights/Saturday mornings, from May 3, 2004 to November 6, 2004, likely due to its dark content and the fact that the first season had low ratings on Toonami. "The Yomi Group" and "When You Wish Upon a Shooting Star..." were scheduled to air, but ultimately were never aired on the block, with "Rise of the Demon" being the final dub episode to be broadcast. These episodes and the "GOD'S WAR" arc did ultimately air on Cartoon Network Australia through their 2005 broadcasts of the series, but copies of the "GOD'S WAR" episodes and "The Yomi Group" remain difficult to find.

The entire series has not been released on DVD in the U.S. In 2004 2 dub-only DVDs containing 8 episodes each were released: "The Battle Begins" and "Good Vs. Evil". An "Unedited and Uncut" 2 disk DVD was also released, containing the unedited first 8 episodes. However, this release did not use the simple English translated scripts for the subtitles, but instead used the dub's own scripts as dubtitles, presenting several inaccuracies.

A 25-episode DVD set would be released in Australia and France, covering up to the end of the Mythos arc, but would also present a problem with dubtitles, as well as using the dub's opening and ending sequences even on the Japanese track.

The "GOD'S WAR: Prologue" bonus arc is not intended to be in continuity with the other episodes, as it was instead produced as a teaser at adapting the unwritten final chapter of the Cyborg 009 manga. It does however, share the same staff and voice actors, but may present confusion to new viewers for its jarring differences and lack of reference to the events of "When You Wish Upon a Shooting Star..."

Conclusion GOD'S WAR: Prologue Arc
The first episode aired a week after the wrap-up of the main continuity of the series, while due to the situation of "The Yomi Group" being created as filler between "Rise of the Demon" and "When You Wish Upon a Shooting Star" (due to them being behind on deadlines), TV Tokyo could not air more than 51 episodes and "The Fluttering Light" and "The Birth of a New Universe" were cut and merged together into one episode.

On the DVD releases, the episodes are presented as the way they were meant to be seen, and they were aired this way in foreign dubs that sourced from the home video release.