Joe Shimamura


Cyborg 009 is a story about nine experimental cyborgs (eight male and one female), which have been collected by the evil terrorist group, Black Ghost. Those nine cyborgs with the aid of a scientist turn against Black Ghost's control. Black Ghost in turn starts sending more cyborgs to destroy their first nine experimental cyborgs and causing destruction all around the world. (Source: AnimeNfo) Notes: - Episodes 1-48 aired on TV. Episodes 49-51 consist of the "GOD'S WAR" OVA. An additional recap episode aired between episodes 47 and 49. - The "GOD'S WAR: Prologue" bonus arc is not intended to be in continuity with the other episodes, as it was instead produced as a teaser at adapting the unwritten final chapter of the Cyborg 009 manga. TV Tokyo could not air more than 51 episodes and the first two OVA episodes were cut and merged together into one episode, leaving the final one unaired.
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.
The 00 cyborgs are free, but fugitives from Black Ghost, the evil organization that created them.
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.
During a rematch with the powerful 0010, the cyborgs realize they've got double the trouble to deal with.
Albert Heinrich, 004, recounts his tragic tale before going off into battle against a giant Black Ghost assassin.
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.
The 00 cyborgs go to Joe's hometown, Tokyo, and come up against a gigantic invisible opponent.
The invisible menace is still on the loose, controlled by the mysterious 0013, a Black Ghost cyborg who's branched off on his own.
The 00 cyborgs race a Black Ghost submarine to the bottom of the sea over possession of a sunken electronic brain.
Black Ghost operatives at the South Pole kidnap a scientist's daughter to force him to finish a device that neutralizes all weapons.
003 gets some R&R in her hometown of Paris, but soon finds herself in a hallucinatory nightmare.
005, 006 and 007 become stranded on an isolated island with an abandoned Black Ghost munitions plant.
On a short return trip to London, 007 revisits memories of being a rags-to-riches stage actor prior to becoming a cyborg.
Black Ghost is stirring up a civil war in 008's home country, the Republic of Muamba, and using soulless Cyborg Men as minions.
008 discovers that the strongest Cyborg Man is his brainwashed best friend.
Skull gets serious about recapturing the 00 cyborgs and has his subordinates try to sink the Dolphin.
While the cyborgs are on the loose in Black Ghost headquarters, 009 has a final confrontation with Skull.
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.
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
Joe has a new pet dog that just might be responsible for a series of spontaneous combustion-like deaths.