The classic manga of Ishinomori sensei has three anime adaptations and even more movies. Yet in Cyborg 009's case things are different. There's a new fashion in the anime industries the last few years were old school manga are either adapted to anime (like Parasite and Jojo's bizarre adventure) or they are getting reboots (like Sailor moon and Hunter x hunter). Perhaps watch it if you're looking for something hilariously bad and confusing, but otherwise I recommend you skip it entirely. There's not much to say about the other characters, as they didn't get much screen time.Īll in all, I'm giving this movie a 1 for all around poor story, poor animation, and poor characters. Francoise meanwhile has been shoehorned into a sex symbol being the series only main female character, complete with a pointless, uncomfortably long scene of her in lingerie making out with Joe. Jet has been turned into an extreme asshole with far worse of an attitude than we've ever seen before, and has lost his defining physical features. What is bad, however, is their treatment. It wasn't memorable or anything, but it wasn't terrible and at least upped the hype a little at certain points in the film.Īs far as the characters go in this movie, they themselves are not bad. The animation is at its best when there's a lot of action going on screen - but considering RE's love for characters talking to one another about the scarce plot, satisfying fights are few and far between.Īs far as sound goes, this is one of the only things I don't have any real qualms with. The art is a strange hybrid of CGI and 2D, which makes for a lot of blank staring and jerky movement. All of this is topped with a near comically vague ending. Questions constantly asked throughout the film are only ever answered with a character shrugging their shoulders, then are never addressed again. exposition with nothing visually interesting happening on the screen. What little there is of the story is given through large, boring It might help to be acquainted with the characters and their backstories beforehand, but the movie doesn't even try to explain its own universe. The plot is confusing whether you are familiar with the show or not. This isn't inherently a bad thing, of course, but it comes off as following the current trend of gritty remakes instead of trying to understand its source material. The movie is a darker, 'realistic' reimagining on the series and its characters. As a large fan of the Cyborg 009 series, this movie felt like a personal offense.

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