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Anime Times Streams Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier Anime on YouTube
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Anime Times describes the anime:
Skull, the evil leader of the terrorist organization known as Black Ghost, has nine powerful cyborgs under his control. But Dr. Isaac Gilmore, the Black Ghosts cybernetics scientist, decides to go rogue, helping the cyborgs turn against Skull and his evil organization.
The anime launched in October 2001 and has 52 episodes.
Shōtarō Ishinomori first launched the Cyborg 009 manga in the Weekly Shonen King magazine in 1964, and the series remained unfinished due to his death in 1998. Three Cyborg 009 television anime series adapting his manga premiered in 1968, 1979, and 2001. Four theatrical anime film adaptations also debuted in 1966, 1967, 1980, and 2012. Kenji Kamiyama directed the last film in the franchise, 009 Re:Cyborg, in 2012. Mamoru Oshii also directed his own 3D short of Cyborg 009 in 2010 with sponsor Panasonic.
A sequel crossover anime between Ishinomori's Cyborg 009 and Gō Nagai's Devilman characters titled Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman premiered in 2015.
Anime Times launched in India on December 13. The channel is available as an add-on subscription with Prime Video for ₹899 per year.
Source: Anime Times' Instagram account
