This is where the Swedish dub comes in, making the flaws even more apparent. If that doesn't convince you, one episode involves a man in a killer-wheelchair trying to resurrect Hitler, and that is only a small part of the weirdness contained in this show. The series also doesn't hold back on the use of swear-words, dropping f-bombs and insults wherever it likes.

Already in the second episode for example, we see a fisherman try to stop an iceberg with a measly harpoon, which comically clinks off the icy surface, and the man acts genuinely shocked that it wasn’t effective. At the same time, the fact that the show included such an international cast was probably regarded as a step forward back then.ĭespite its mature sides, it can’t be denied that Cyborg 009 also contains a lot of 80’s cheese, with corny inventions and cackling cartoon-villains. One of the African main characters is designed in a straight-up dated and offensive fashion. Some of the cartoony designs however stand out like sore thumbs. Regarding the artwork, the animation is not impressive by today’s standards, yet has that old retro style that is hard to hate. Today, in 2016, the show’s messages would probably be ripe for censoring, particularly for portraying religion as a tool to instigate conflict several times. It was no doubt a moral compass for children to grow up with, inspiring a new generation to work for peace and be more skeptical. Cyborg 009 was revolutionary for its time, for being an anime that took on more mature subjects like politics, religion, and war. US, and mistreated chemical weapons leak from soviet factories. The cold war is fresh on people’s mind, the regime of Pol Pot just got thwarted, relations with China and the west are shaky, any opponent of the Bolsheviks gets funding from the This is not just a review, but also the story of Cyborg 009, the Swedish dub. Back in the 80’s, when countless critically acclaimed classics were born, and movies like Akira created the first stepping-stones for anime to be recognized in the west, some countries were introduced to anime in a different way.

Let me tell you the strange tale of one of the most obscure cult-anime ever created.

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