riginally on: Other (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: October 1, 1976 Last Aired: February 2, 1979 Show Category: Animation This anime narrates the story of an orphan, Candice White. The story goes from her early childhood in Pony's home, to her being a nurse in World War 1. Sweet Candy is adopted by a wealthy family, who take care of her. Her best friend is Annie, an orphan too. She too is adopted by another wealthy family. Candy and Annie live their lives trough the beginning of the 20th century. The anime shows all Candy's adventures in her life, her boyfriends, love, and heartaches. It's a good comedy/drama of a young girl trying to survive.

Originally on: TV Tokyo (29 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: October 7, 2001 Last Aired: October 6, 2002 Show Categories: Animation, Sports Tsubasa is an international soccer star who has been playing in Brazil, and is going to try playing in Europe with the eventual hopes of winning the World Cup there. The first 36 or so episodes look back on Tsubasa's childhood playing in Nankatsu, Japan. He remembers his friends, rivals, and coaches. These episodes are remade versions of the original Captain Tsubasa series (1983-1986), Captain Tsubasa J (1994-1995), and Shin Captain Tsubasa (1989) Also known as: Flash Kicker ~Road to Dream~ Captain Tsubasa 2001 Number of Episodes: 52 Aired: October 2001-2002 in Japan, many airdates internationally, straight-to-video in US.

irs Next: TV Tokyo at Weekdays 4:00 PM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 7, 1998 Last Aired: March 21, 2000 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Sakura Kinomoto was an ordinary school girl, she was great at PE, she (just about) managed to do all her work, nothing out of the ordinary...until she discovered the Clow Book in her father's library and scattered the Clow Cards, cards with their own special magical abilities for a purpose if, not sealed, are capable of causing destructable havoc. Keroberos, or as Sakura calls him Kero, the guardian of the Clow Cards, chose Sakura to be the Cardcaptor as she awakened him, meaning her job is to capture the cards before things start to get out of hand nevertheless being a normal ten-year-old girl and keeping it a secret from everyone who doesn't have magical powers. Sakura must get all 52 cards and stop the disaster from being brought into the world or else the worst will happen to not just Tomoeda, where Sakura's friends and family lie... but the whole world, that in a way, could be worse to Sakura than the world going "boom!"... To help her though is her best friend, fashion designer and chronicler, Tomoyo Daidouji, rival/ally/secret admirer Syaroan Li, and the mysterious Mizuki Kaho, sent on the behalf of Eriol Hiiragizawa. But even if Sakura can become the mistress of the cards, can she save them while taking on an unknown yet familiar enemy disguised as one of her friends-a big weakness? So together with Sakura, RELEASE! Season One: Episode 1 to 35 Sakura is a bright friendly girl who awakens the Clow Cards. Fighting against her annoying rivals, Li Meiling and Li Syaroan, she has strength standing strong by her friends Keroberos the guardian beast, her annoying but caring brother Touya Kinomoto, her Sakura-obsessed cousin Tomoyo Daidouji and the benefits of her loved one.. Yukito Tsukishirou. Season Two: Episode 36 to 46 Sakura is getting better and stronger and her feelings for Yukito are deepening. Tomoyo is even more costume-obsessed and Kero's Corner depressingly ends. Meiling and Syaroan have a little more respect and her brother is getting suspicious. But who cares? While she's not trying to escape from Tomoyo's wrath, Meiling's glares, Syaroan's grumbles or Kero's video-game antics, she can lie in bed fully aware that she'll wake up the next day to her mysterious math teacher Mizuki Kaho. The time for Meiling's appearance to leave is drawing sooner... and how will Sakura capture the remaining cards and face something Kero hasn't informed her of... The Final Judgment? Season Three: Episode 47 to 70 Sakura has captured the Cards but something mysterious happens. Although Meiling already departed, Syaroan is staying to help Sakura out with the "mysteries". Mizuki Kaho has left and her brother has already clicked. Yukito's real form, Yue, is standing strong by her side as her feelings are ready to pop; Keroberos's true form helps Sakura out greatly. Tomoyo's video-camera frenzies make her so happy as she continues to make her costumes for her beloved cousin. But how will Sakura deal with the surprises of Spinel Sun, Nakuru Akizuki and the one and only Eriol Hiiragizawa... better known as the former form of... Clow Reed?

Originally on: Other (21 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 20, 2000 Last Aired: September 28, 2000 Show Categories: Animation, Drama Welcome to the Ceres: Celestial Legend guide at TV.com. Ceres: Celestial Legend, or Ayashi No Ceres in Japan, is a series surrounding the teenage twins Aya and Aki Mikage. On their sixteenth birthday, the two are invited to their grandfather's home for what appears to be a party. When they arrive, a test brings out something in Aya that frightens her and threatens the existance of the Mikage clan. This series depicts the events that occur when this being begins her search for what rightfully belongs to her, her Hagoromo.

Originally on: Syndicated (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: September 8, 1984 Last Aired: December 5, 1984 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Earth is the battleground in an interplanetary struggle between good and evil when a distant, scientifically advanced world erupts in war. On GoBotron, the noble guardian GoBots, a race of robots that can transform into vehicles reside there. They pursue the evil renegade GoBots- called Cykills- who scheme to enslave Earth and use its resources to conquer GoBotron and the galaxy.

Originally on: Other (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: May 21, 2001 Last Aired: August 27, 2001 Show Categories: Animation, Drama Three girls meet at a concert and find each other once again when they enroll at the Akiba Music School where they are trying to become stars of their own. Along the way they discover they have more in common then they realize.

Originally on: Other (25 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 1, 2002 Last Aired: September 1, 2002 Show Categories: Animation, Science-Fiction Meet Hideki Motosuwa. A young man studying to enter into college. In his move to Tokyo, one night he finds a young girl tossed in the garbage. He later notices that this is a persocom (a human computer) and he figures a way to turn it on (since the persocom was pretty much dead) and wackiness ensues. We see how Hideki struggles to get through school and falls in love and finds out about Chi's (his persocom) painful past. Opening Theme: "Let Me Be With You" sung by: ROUND TABLE featuring Nino Ending Theme: "Raison D'Etre" (reason to be) (ep 1-13) "Mermaid" (ep 14-26) sung by: Rie Tanaka Ratings: 16up for Adult Situations. The equivalent for movies would be PG-13. The graphic novels has stronger language and more adult content than this series.

Originally on: Other (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 6, 1987 Last Aired: November 11, 1991 Show Categories: Animation, Comedy If you're desperate and need a job done, write "XYZ" on the bulletin board at Shinjuku Station. That is a signal that you want to hire City Hunter. Ryo Saeba and Kaori Makumura make up City Hunter. Ryo is calm, cool, and an amazingly accurate shot. He is also the biggest lech since Ataru Moroboshi. Kaori is the "sister" (no blood relation, she was adopted) of Ryo's deceased partner and runs the business side of City Hunter. This story is very funny due to the face that it contains perverted jokes and elements. I don't know how they managed to keep everything at a G level. I highly recommend this series. This series is best watched in the original Japanese with English subtitles, it is very interesting to hear the voice actors stretch their voices to the limit on this one. Another thing to look for is the soundtrack, the music used in this series is worth a listen, even if you don't understand japanese. Ryo Saeba - No one, even Ryo himself, knows who he really is. Orphaned at the age of three in a plane crash in South America, he was adopted by a group of mercenaries and became a mercenary himself. (As a result, even Ryo does not know when his real birthday is.) In fact, he is one of the best. His abilities include successive one-hole shots from ten metres, ultra sensitive hearing (he can hear a gun cock from far away), and the ability to shoot a person, while missing all the vital organs. Despite this, his main weakness is women. In fact, he is one of the most PERVERTED people in animation. Yet even through all of this, women still manage to fall for him after getting to know him better (no, not that way....). The one woman he truly loves however, is Kaori Makimura, but he refrains from expressing his love for fear that it would jeopardize her life. So he goes on in his merry Mokkori ways.... Hideyuki Makimura - As the series starts, Hideyuki is Ryo's partner in the business. A former police officer, he left the force after certain situations rendered him helpless to assist innocent civilians (like those who would call XYZ for their services). He is soon killed by a drug cartel for refusing to commit to their nefarious plans. Kaori Makimura - According to Kaori, she is Hideyuki's younger sister. According to Hideyuki, Kaori was adopted as an infant, the child of a murderer killed by police. After Hideyuki's death, she takes over his duties as Ryo's partner. Unlike Hideyuki, however, if Ryo tries to get too close to his beautiful female clients, Kaori will protect them by smashing Ryo's head in with a 100 ton mallet. Kaori herself is also attracted by Ryo's charms and character, but because of Ryo's lecherousness, she keeps her feelings to herself. Kaori's main peeve is being seen as a man by not only women, but Ryo himself. It seems that Kaori's true goal with Ryo is to be seen as attractive while invoking jealousy and perhaps even love in him. Hayato Ijuin AKA Umibozu AKA Falcon - Like Ryo, he was a mercenary in South America and also works as a sweeper in Shinjuku. This gigantic man is known for his awesome strength, and his ability to take a licking and keep on ticking. Whereas Ryo tends to solve a problem through cunning and guile, Umibozu tends to solve a problem using a blunt force approach: with a bazooka in one hand, and a machine gun in the other. Umibozu's greatest weakness is cats, including cute kittens, he loses all his strength at the sound of a cat's meow. Strangely enough, cats are very attracted to him, and his life partner Miki owns a shop called the "Cat's Eye". To some of his former enemies and comrades (including Miki), he is known as "Falcon". Saeko Nogami - A detective with the Tokyo Police department, Saeko is Hideyuki's former partner in the force, and is a good acquaintance of Ryo. She is also a great manipulator of men. Whenever she is in a tight spot with a case, she calls Ryo to assist her in completing her mission with the promise that she will sleep with him. Of course, she is always able to duck out of it in the end, so Ryo keeps a record of how many times Saeko "owes" him. Reika Nogami - Saeko's younger sister, Reika, like Ryo, works in the private sector and is also a former police officer. Like her older sister, she is also a great manipulator of men. Therefore, all her clients are typically male. If she needs Ryo to help her in a tight spot, she does not ask him outright, but rather use him as fodder for her protection. Unlike her sister though, Reika is TOTALLY attracted to Ryo and strives to be his partner in life and crime one day, much to the jealousy of Kaori. Miki - Umibozu's Partner. As a young man in his mercenary years, Umibozu found Miki as an 8 year old orphan. He then took her under his wing and taught her all the skills she would need to survive. However, several years later, Miki began showing affection towards Umibozu, so he ran away from her. Miki spent the next few years looking for Umibozu and when she finally did, she would become his life partner. Miki is the only girl in the series who does not display any attraction to Ryo Saeba whatsoever. Kasumi Aso - Also known as Phantom 305, she enlisted Ryo's help in getting a black rose back from a corrupt psychic. Later in the series, she enlists his help in breaking an arranged marriage to someone she detested. But in doing so, the head of the clan discovered that her heart had been "stolen" by Ryo. Kasumi was then forbidden to return home until she "stole" Ryo's heart. Kasumi thus works as a waitress at the Cat's Eye and becomes a recurring member of the cast. In 2005, the long awaited sequel to City Hunter, "Angel Heart" premiered on Japanese Television. "Angel Heart" portrays a darker side of City Hunter, one that includes the loss of one of City Hunter's most revered characters......

Originally on: Nippon TV (30 min.) Status: On Hiatus / TBD Premiered: April 3, 2007 Last Aired: September 25, 2007 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Claymore Claymore - Shounen, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)... Claymore is an anime adaptation of a popular manga based on a fictional world with medieval technology. In this world, humans coexist with creatures called Yoma. The Yoma are sentient, shape-changing monsters that disguise themselves as and then feed on humans. By consuming a human brain, the Yoma can absorb the victim's memories, allowing them to infiltrate human circles without arousing the suspicions of their victim's close friends or family. In order to protect humans from the Yoma, a secret organization has created an order of superhuman warriors known as Claymores. Thusly named for the immense claymores they wield. Villages being attacked by Yoma hire Claymores to kill the Yoma for a large fee.

Originally on: MBS (30 min.) Status: New Series Premiered: October 5, 2006 Show Categories: Animation, Science-Fiction Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lelouch is a young man with the power of Geass. This means that any order he gives, the receiver must obey. Since the army of Britannia has invaded Japan with giant robots weapons known as Knightmare Frames, Lelouch's power may come in handy. While his best friend, Suzaku is secretly made the pilot of Britannia's brand new prototype Knightmare, Lancelot, Lelouch becomes the masked knight only known as Zero, to lead the rebellion to destroy Britannia once and for all.

Airs Next: Cartoon Network at Saturday 11:00 AM (30 min.) Status: Returning Series Premiered: April 19, 2004 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Code Lyoko tells the story of a group of students who uncover a parallel universe called Lyoko inside a super-computer that is threatened by a virus that could destroy the universe. Three boarding school students and a day student, Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi, must help a virtual humanoid creature named "Aelita" to stop rogue computer X.A.N.A.'s latest attack on their real world.

Originally on: A&E (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 1, 1999 Last Aired: October 1, 2000 Show Categories: Animation, Science-Fiction In the year 2000-something, a massive central network called Comnet links the computers of the world, forming a single global computer system. Comnet, designed to serve the interests of mankind, is managed by the supercomputer, Grosser. But when Grosser decides to take over the world, a savior is needed! A computer-illiterate girl named Yui Kasuga happens upon software program IR, which recruits her as a savior of Comnet and pulls her into the virtual world inside. There, Yui is given the power to become Corrector Yui so that she can fight against Grosser and his evil Corruptors.

Originally on: Animax (24 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: April 1, 2001 Last Aired: January 27, 2002 Show Category: Animation Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san has come to Earth in search of a prince to whom she was betrothed but escaped to the 3rd rock from the sun. Problem is, she's not the only off-worlder to come to our little mudball on a mission.

Originally on: A&E (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: July 7, 2001 Last Aired: September 29, 2001 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Earth has fallen to the Machine Empire (Originally seen in Galaxy Express 999). In order to preserve the peace human captain Zero is given a ship crewed by both humans and Machine men with the mission to hunt down the space pirate Captain Harlock. The true challenges that wait for Zero is the challenge of getting his Human and Machine crewmembers to work together, despite their bigotry towards each other. Also, Zero discovers that Harlock is not truly his enemy as another force interferes, and maybe the biggest challenge of all is that maybe Humans and Machine Men don't have to be enemies.

Originally on: A&E (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: June 1, 2004 Last Aired: June 1, 2004 Show Categories: Comedy, Animation Chako Hasegawa attends East Oizumi High where she belongs to the Cosplay Club. Currently there are only two official members and Chako wants to make it to the Cosplay World Series. Chako has faith, desire and a fairy in her corner to help make this happen. Delmo, the fairy, has the ability to give Chako's costumes an extra "boost" when necessary. Chako also receives help from Ikeburo, a seamstress owl who can also iron. Once Jenny, a foreign exchange student, arrives into the mix Chako has enough members to compete and the troupe join in the battles. Episodes: 3 colored episodes (OAV) Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)

Airs Next: Cartoon Network at Sunday 12:00 AM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: September 2, 2001 Last Aired: September 3, 2005 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure Cowboy Bebop is an action-drama anime that centres around four bounty hunters and their dog. It first premiered when Cartoon Network launched a block of cartoons aimed at older audiences called [Adult Swim] on Sunday September 2nd, 2001. Japanese Title: 「カウボーイ・ビバップ」 Characters: Spike Speigel, Age 27: The protagonist of the series in which most of the show revolves around. He once belonged to a syndicate called the Red Dragons, but left for his own reasons. He now spends his time bounty hunting. Unfortunately, he finds his past starting to catch up with him. Jet Black, Age 36: The oldest member of the crew and owner of the star ship Bebop. He once worked for the I.S.S.P (Inter-Solar System Police), but left because of corruption. He is also known as the "Black Dog". Faye Valentine, Age 23: A master con-artist, Faye is a drifter with a mysterious past who just happened to come across the Bebop. There is a very large price on her head due to a massive amount of money that she owes to creditors. Beautiful, smart, and cunning, she is definitely one to keep both eyes on. Edward Wong Hau Pepalu Tivrusky IV, Age 13: The youngest member of the bunch. Ed is the genius, if somewhat bizarre, hacker that rounds out the Bebop. She is pretty silly and not really up there at times, though she is still a valuable member of the team. b>Ein: Ein, a welsh-corgi, was once a lab animal. As a test subject, his brain has been greatly enhanced. Due to this, he is actually smarter then the rest of the Bebop crew. Most of the time you'll see him hanging around with Ed during the series. Japanese Airdates While three episodes of Cowboy Bebop did not air on [Adult Swim] during the series first run on the network (see below under "Episodes"), more than half of Bebop, fourteen episodes in all, did not air during its first run in Japan on TV Tōkyō (Japanese: テレビ東京) in late spring of 1998. Cowboy Bebop was acquired in the summer by WOWOW Network and broadcast in its entirety in late 1998 and early 1999.

Airs Next: Cartoon Network at Daily 12:30 AM (26 min.) Status: New Series Premiered: August 19, 2006 Show Categories: Animation, Comedy Shin-Chan is FUNimation's version of the popular yet controversial Japanese anime series. Shin is a 5-year-old boy who is constantly doing and saying inappropriate things, with hilarious results, much to the dismay and annoyance of those around him. Shin, along with his family, his friends from kindergarten, and some annoying neighbors, ends up turning every day situations into funny adventures. Unsure how the show would be initially received, it debuted in late August 2006 on Adult Swim as a test run of six episodes composed of vignettes that were mixed and matched spanning the show's 14 year history. The test run proved to be a success and a complete first season was ordered. FUNimation has made the episodes more mature in content as well as more current with numerous pop culture references.

Originally on: TechTV (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: December 1, 2002 Last Aired: January 1, 2003 Show Categories: Animation, Science-Fiction Based on a sci-fi novel series, Crest of the Stars (Seikai no Monsho) is both an epic and a personal tale. Jinto is a young prince, whose home world of Martine was taken over by the largest Empire in the Galaxy: The Abh. Jinto's father handed their world over to the Abh in exchange for a standing in the Abh Empire. As a result, Jinto became a prince and was shipped off for an Abh Education. He soon meets the 16-year old princess of the Abh Empire, Lafiel, whom he quickly befriends despite her cold exterior. However, the Abh Empire is soon plunged into war, with Jinto and Lafiel in the middle of it all! "Crest of the Stars" or "Seikai no Monsho" (星界の紋章) is the first installment in this sci-fi saga. It’s sequels are Banner of the Stars I, Banner of the Stars II, and Banner of the Stars III.

Airs Next: G4TV at Saturday 12:00 AM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: December 16, 2005 Last Aired: January 28, 2006 Show Categories: Animation, Comedy Takashi Kamiyama is enrolled at Cromartie High, where every student is a delinquent. Kamiyama apparently is the only non-delinquent in the school. Therefore, by some twisted logic, he must be the toughest in his class. He is joined by Hayashida, the King of Idiots, Maeda the comedian, Mechazawa the bad robot student, Takenouchi the one who's good at fighting but has motion sickness, Hokuto, who wound up at the wrong school, Freddie, the mysterious middle aged man, a Gorilla, Destrade High rival Yamanouchi, and much more! Thus begins the story that parodies every cliché of tough-guy anime that you've ever heard of - "Cromartie High School" or, as it’s know as in Japan, "Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou" (魁!! クロマティ高校 or "Charge!! Cromartie High").

Airs Next: WB at Saturday 8:00 AM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: August 11, 2001 Last Aired: April 26, 2003 Show Categories: Children, Animation Cubix: Robots for Everyone takes place in the year 2040 in Bubble Town where robots outnumber humans. Robots are made in RobixCorp. Everyone has a robot, each with its own unique duty. This show centers around the Botties, a special club for people who know how to fix robots. But robots are going crazy all over Bubble Town all of a sudden, and no one knows why. The villain of the series, Dr. K, is after a greenish blue liquid known as Solex, which is what's making the robots go crazy, and he will stop at nothing to get it. Cubix was: - A Korean/U.S. Co-Production between Cinepix and 4Kids Entertainment - Aired in America before coming to Korea. - Adapted into a "manhwa" (Korean comic book) published by Daiwon - Adapted into a stage musical This show was created by 4Kids Entertainment and originally went to Kids' WB! along with Yu-Gi-Oh! as part of a contract between The WB and 4Kids Entertainment, and it lasted two strong seasons. It then went to the Fox Box for a year, but now, it only remains in our hearts.

Originally on: TV Asahi (24 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: February 15, 1997 Last Aired: January 31, 1998 Show Categories: Animation, Science-Fiction Honey Kisaragi suffers loss and gains a great gift on the day of her 16th birthday. Her father is kidnapped which causes her grief but she is given a ring and choker that her father invented. With these inventions she is able to say the words "Honey Flash" and transform into her alter ego.

Airs Next: PBS at Weekdays 5:00 PM (30 min.) Status: Returning Series Premiered: January 21, 2002 Show Categories: Animation, Children Cyberchase Follows The Adventures Of Three Extraordinary Kids, Collectively Called The CyberSquad: Matt, The Leader Jackie the CyberSquad's resident fashion guru, and Inez, With A Lot Of Questions In Her Mind (And She Hates Being Called Nezzie). At The Beginning Of The Series, Matt, Jackie And Inez, Through A Set Of Extraordinary Circumstances, Get Warped Into "Cyberspace" By A Library Computer In The "Real World." Now all three are involved in a power struggle between the beauteous and wise Motherboard, protectress of all Cyberspace, and the dastardly Hacker, who wishes to become its overlord. With the help of Dr. Marbles and Digit, Motherboard's faithful aides, the kids must save the Internet from Hacker's evil plans using logic and (The most hated subject in the entire history of education…) mathematics instead of weapons and dramatics to defeat any obstacles in their way!

Airs Next: TeleToon at Monday 9:00 PM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: September 6, 1999 Last Aired: November 29, 1999 Show Categories: Action/Adventure, Animation One sleepless night, as Lucas Amato, a biology teacher at Meridiana High School, was walking down the streets, he witnesses a big man vanish into the air. Lucas finds a capsule containing glowing green liquid where the man has disappeared, and takes it home. The next night in Lucas's apartment, a beauty appears through the window. Her name is "Cybersix". She persistently urges Lucas to return her the green liquid called "sustenance", and warns him that he will be in danger if he keeps it. But before she could finish her warning, a strange big man breaks into the apartment. ------------------------------ Runtime: USA:30 min (13 episodes) Country: Canada / Japan / USA Language: English / Japanese Color: Color Certification: USA:TV-Y7 ---------------------------------- Release dates Canada -- 1 October 1999 France -- 15 December 1999 USA -- 19 August 2000 Japan -- 16 October 2000 ---------------------------------- Animated version of Argentinian TV series "Cybersix" (1995) ---------------------------------- SERIES TRIVIA: In the original Cybersix comic book, Von Reichter and Jose were supposed to be Nazis. This is why Jose always marches around like a SS soldier. --------------------------------------- Production Companies * NOA * TMS * The Ocean Group Distributors * Fox Kids Network * TV Tokyo * Teletoon Other Companies * The Ocean Group dubbing --------------------------------------- Crew: Directed by Hiroyuki Aoyama Toshihiko Masuda Atsuko Tanaka Nabuo Tomizawa Kazuhide Tomonaga Writing credits (in alphabetical order) Catherine Girczyc writer Carlos Meglia story Carlos Trillo story Original Music by Robbi Finkel Art Direction by Kenji Hachizaki Sound Department Rusty Dunn .... sound designer Mark Ettel .... sound re-recording mixer (Dialog/Music/SFX Mixer) Joe Spivak .... sound designer Other crew Coral Egan .... singer Teiichi Takiguchi .... character designer

Airs Next: Cartoon Network at Saturday 1:30 AM (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: June 1, 2003 Last Aired: November 1, 2004 Show Categories: Action/Adventure, Animation Cyborg 009 is the story of a half-Japanese juvenile delinquent named Joe Shimamura, or Cyborg 009. Black Ghost, a top-secret organization bent on promoting global warfare, kidnaps Joe along with eight other unwanted members of society from the four corners of the globe and turns them into Cyborgs. Though the organization intends to turn the group into super-powered killing machines, it's not long before Joe and his new companions rebel against Black Ghost and make their escape with the help of an old scientist, Dr. Isaac Gilmore. Once Joe and friends have freed themselves, Black Ghost sends a series of other Cyborgs and giant robots in hot pursuit. Using their new powers and abilities, our heroes stay one step ahead of Black Ghost and its evil machinations, but can they save the world from its diabolical scheme?! Cyborg 009 was the creation of manga-ka (Japanese comic artist) Shotaro Ishinomori. In 1971, Ishinomori-sensei reworked the Cyborg 009 concept into his more popular creation, Masked Rider, or Kamen Rider, which told the story of a young scientist/motorcyclist named Takeshi Hongo who fights the evil organization Shocker, which transformed him into a grasshopper-like Cyborg for their evil deeds This is the third Cyborg 009 anime series made. The first was made in 1966, and the second in 1979, the latter almost identical to the newer series made in 2001. There were also two animated films in 1966 and 1967, Cyborg 009 and Cyborg 009: Monster War, and another for the '79 series in 1980 titled Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy . This guide covers the English dub version ONLY. In Japan, in 2001, it was named Cyborg 009 The Cyborg Soldier, or Cyborg Soldier 009, to avoid confusion with the two previous series. In it's US run in 2003 on Cartoon Network, the anime was simply titled Cyborg 009. Go here for the Japanese version guide.

Originally on: Other (24 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: October 14, 2001 Last Aired: October 6, 2002 Show Categories: Action/Adventure, Animation Based on the manga from the 1960s, Cyborg Cyborg Soldier 009 covers the Japanese anime version. Nine ordinary people, who were changed into powerful Cyborg soldiers against their will, are on the hunt for and are being hunted by the evil Black Ghost Organization. Together, with their new friend Dr. Isaac Gilmore, the Cyborgs fight Black Ghost in their ultimate quest for redemption! Cyborg 009 was the creation of manga-ka (Japanese comic artist) Shotaro Ishinomori. In 1971, Ishinomori-sensei reworked the Cyborg 009 concept into his more popular creation, Masked Rider, or Kamen Rider, which told the story of a young scientist/motorcyclist named Takeshi Hongo who fights the evil organization Shocker, which transformed him into a grasshopper-like Cyborg for their evil deeds This is the third Cyborg 009 anime series made. The first was made in 1966, and the second in 1979, the latter almost identical to the newer series made in 2001. There were also two animated films in 1966 and 1967, Cyborg 009 and Cyborg 009: Monster War, and another for the '79 series in 1980 titled Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy . This guide focuses on the Japanese version. In Japan, in 2001, it was named Cyborg 009 The Cyborg Soldier, or Cyborg Soldier 009, to avoid confusion with the two previous series. In it's US run in 2003 on Cartoon Network, the anime was simply titled Cyborg 009. Go here for the U.S. version guide.

Originally on: A&E (30 min.) Status: Ended Premiered: May 3, 1999 Last Aired: October 25, 1999 Show Categories: Animation, Action/Adventure After countless disasters almost destroy Tokyo in 2029, a young man called Ken Ando joins an organization named DC, with the purpose to clean up Tokyo. However, after a mysterious robot begins attacking the DC clean-up crews, Ken starts to learn the true purpose of the DC organization.