Jun Kawagoe
Director
Cyborg 009 (2001)
Season 1
Nine super-powered cyborg soldiers join forces to combat Black Ghost, the terrorist organization which they were originally created to serve.
Released Oct. 14, 2001
Episode 24 min
14+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Shounen, Science Fiction
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: tv asahi, Anime International Company, Brain's Base, SHAFT, Studio Guts + 7 more, Mouse, Bandai Channel, TV Tokyo, Japan Vistec Inc., Hakuhodo Inc., Ishimori Productions, avex mode
Network: TV Tokyo
10.0
S1E1 - The Birth
Teenage orphan Joe Shimamura awakens on a surgical table with no memory of how he got there, but follows the advice of a strange voice in his head that helps him escape his island prison and robotic pursuers.
Oct. 14, 2001, midnight
S1E2 - The Escape
The 00 cyborgs are free, but fugitives from Black Ghost, the evil organization that created them.
Oct. 21, 2001, midnight
S1E3 - The Assassin of Flash
The 00 cyborgs take shelter at the home of Dr. Koizumi, but soon realize they're not safe even there when Black Ghost sends the lightning-wielding 0010 to assassinate them.
Oct. 28, 2001, midnight
S1E4 - At the End of the Battle
During a rematch with the powerful 0010, the cyborgs realize they've got double the trouble to deal with.
Nov. 4, 2001, midnight
S1E5 - Tears of Steel
Albert Heinrich, 004, recounts his tragic tale before going off into battle against a giant Black Ghost assassin.
Nov. 11, 2001, midnight
S1E6 - Search for the Professor
While searching for the missing Dr. Koizumi, Joe, Great Britain and Albert come across an old mansion that turns out to be a haunted deathtrap.
Nov. 18, 2001, midnight
S1E7 - Defeat the Invisible Opponent
The 00 cyborgs go to Joe's hometown, Tokyo, and come up against a gigantic invisible opponent.
Nov. 25, 2001, midnight
S1E8 - Friend
The invisible menace is still on the loose, controlled by the mysterious 0013, a Black Ghost cyborg who's branched off on his own.
Dec. 2, 2001, midnight
S1E9 - Satan of the Deep Sea
The 00 cyborgs race a Black Ghost submarine to the bottom of the sea over possession of a sunken electronic brain.
Dec. 9, 2001, midnight
S1E10 - Operation Auroras
Black Ghost operatives at the South Pole kidnap a scientist's daughter to force him to finish a device that neutralizes all weapons.
Dec. 16, 2001, midnight
S1E11 - Christmas Eve Mirage
003 gets some R&R in her hometown of Paris, but soon finds herself in a hallucinatory nightmare.
Dec. 23, 2001, midnight
S1E12 - Mystical Inhabited Island
005, 006 and 007 become stranded on an isolated island with an abandoned Black Ghost munitions plant.
Jan. 6, 2002, midnight
S1E13 - London Fogs
On a short return trip to London, 007 revisits memories of being a rags-to-riches stage actor prior to becoming a cyborg.
Jan. 13, 2002, midnight
S1E14 - Land of Reunions
Black Ghost is stirring up a civil war in 008's home country, the Republic of Muamba, and using soulless Cyborg Men as minions.
Jan. 20, 2002, midnight
S1E15 - Goodbye, My Friend
008 discovers that the strongest Cyborg Man is his brainwashed best friend.
Jan. 27, 2002, midnight
S1E16 - Breaking In
Skull gets serious about recapturing the 00 cyborgs and has his subordinates try to sink the Dolphin.
Feb. 3, 2002, midnight
S1E17 - The Final Battle
While the cyborgs are on the loose in Black Ghost headquarters, 009 has a final confrontation with Skull.
Feb. 10, 2002, midnight
S1E18 - Story of a Struggling Restaurant
In a rare time of peace, Chang Changku opens his own Chinese restaurant, but is a nervous wreck when a famous food critic drops by.
Feb. 17, 2002, midnight
S1E19 - Hero
Jet Link moves back to NYC, where he regales a little buddy about his exaggerated cyborg exploits while recalling what his life was really like pre-cyborg
Feb. 24, 2002, midnight
S1E20 - A Phantom Dog
Joe has a new pet dog that just might be responsible for a series of spontaneous combustion-like deaths.
March 3, 2002, midnight
S1E21 - Fossils of Evil
Jet, Joe and G-Junior investigate the dinosaur sighting claims of a supposedly reformed Black Ghost scientist in the American Southwest.
March 10, 2002, midnight
S1E22 - Attack of the Gods
The Mythos Arc opens with disasters all over the world and sightings of what seem to be the reincarnations of the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus.
March 17, 2002, midnight
S1E23 - Mythology Arises
The 00 cyborgs track the gods down to their island home in Greece, but 009 is defeated by the fiery Apollo.
March 24, 2002, midnight
S1E24 - Artemis
The cyborgs discover the true nature of the reborn Greek gods shortly before Artemis is murdered, a crime 009 is blamed for.
March 31, 2002, midnight
S1E25 - Mythos
The Greek gods make a last stand against the 00 cyborgs, while Dr. Gaia, a Black Ghost survivor, tries using their generator to destroy the world.
April 7, 2002, midnight
S1E26 - Gilmore's Notes
Dr. Gilmore takes a rare quiet afternoon to write in his journal and reflect about the 00 cyborgs, their enemies, and their future.
April 21, 2002, midnight
S1E27 - Little Visitors
The 00 cyborgs get involved when fugitive children from a parallel world arrive on Earth with their powerful pursuers not far behind.
April 28, 2002, midnight
S1E28 - The Awakening
The cyborgs return with the children to their world, where 002 tries to motivate them to use their own psionic powers against the invasion force.
May 5, 2002, midnight
S1E29 - The Blue Earth
A powerful blue leopard-like beast attacks oil refineries and construction sites all over the world until it has a run-in with 005 in what used to be his village.
May 12, 2002, midnight
S1E30 - Computopia
The team visits Computopia, a prototype city of the future run by a super-computer that becomes jealously murderous after getting a crush on 003.
May 19, 2002, midnight
S1E31 - Monster Island
Great Britain and Chang Changku happen across an island ruled by intelligent monsters that employ mindless zombies and giants.
May 26, 2002, midnight
S1E32 - Man or Machine?
Albert meets murderous doubles of himself in an old German castle.
June 2, 2002, midnight
S1E33 - Frozen Time
009 wakes up from routine maintenance to discover that he's stuck in Acceleration Mode, so to him, everyone else is frozen.
June 9, 2002, midnight
S1E34 - The Pharaoh’s Curse
Dr. Gilmore, 003 and 009 travel to Egypt, where they run afoul of a deadly virus that could be the curse of King Tut.
June 16, 2002, midnight
S1E35 - The City of Wind
The 00 cyborgs investigate phantom sightings of El Dorado, the city of gold.
June 23, 2002, midnight
S1E36 - The Frozen Land
The team comes across a giant cobra in rural Japan that might be responsible for the area's extreme weather conditions.
June 30, 2002, midnight
S1E37 - The Night of the Star Festival
In a small town in Japan, Joe encounters a little girl who claims to be a time traveler.
July 7, 2002, midnight
S1E38 - Black Ghost Lives
Dr. Gilmore thinks back on his own past, from first joining Black Ghost to the development of the cyborgs and his eventual betrayal of the organization.
July 14, 2002, midnight
S1E39 - The New Assassins
When four people with psionic powers try to eliminate the team, the cyborgs suspect Black Ghost is back.
July 21, 2002, midnight
S1E40 - Gamo's Revenge
The four mutants, led by the obsessed Dr. Gamo Wisky, attempt to send the cyborgs into a post-apocalyptic future.
July 28, 2002, midnight
S1E41 - Future Fury
009 and his adversary, Rina, are trapped in a dystopic future in which Black Ghost still exists.
Aug. 4, 2002, midnight
S1E42 - To Tomorrow…
009 is reunited with his team in time to join their new allies against the psychotic, psionic mutant Kane and his sponsor, 001's father.
Aug. 11, 2002, midnight
S1E43 - Old Friends
While investigating dinosaur-like creature attacks on the planet, Joe runs into old childhood friends who may not be so friendly anymore.
Aug. 18, 2002, midnight
S1E44 - The Nightmare of Van Bogoot
As the Yomi arc continues, the team reluctantly takes in a young woman with amnesia, while 008 has mixed feelings after Dr. Gilmore saves his life at the expense of becoming even less human.
Aug. 25, 2002, midnight
S1E45 - Good-bye, My Dolphin
With two telepathic sisters helping them, the 00 cyborgs discover the entrance to Yomi, the underground empire, but at the cost of the Dolphin.
Sept. 1, 2002, midnight
S1E46 - The Underground Empire
In the underground empire, 009 is hypnotized and forced to attack his comrades, while Skull is back after being presumed dead.
Sept. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E47 - Rise of the Demon
Black Ghost's giant statue wipes out the underground empire, while Van Vogt rounds up the traitorous telepathic sisters right before the helpless cyborgs' eyes.
Sept. 15, 2002, midnight
S1E48 - From Here to Eternity
In the final episode of the Yomi arc, 009 fights Skull and the true masters of Black Ghost aboard their giant statue in space.
Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
Network: TV Tokyo
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 1152 min.
Released: Oct. 14, 2001
Last Air Date: Sept. 29, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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