Cyborg Kuro-chan

Cyborg Kuro-chan (サイボーグクロちゃん Saibōgu Kurochan) is a children series created by Naoki Yokouchi, serialized in Kodansha's Comic BonBon magazine. Eleven volumes of the manga were released between 1998 and 2002. It centers on the titular character, a housecat who is kidnapped and modified by a mad scientist to be a part of a cyborg army bent on world domination. Kuro breaks his control chip, escapes and becomes a vigilante. Kuro has many allies, who help him out during instances such as urban destruction, parallel universes, outer space, and battles between other cats and cyborgs.

Cyborg Kuro-chan was adapted into an anime series produced by Studio Bogey for TV Tokyo. The anime aired from 2 October 1999 to 6 January 2001 for 66 episodes. The manga and anime have been exported to several countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa. An English dub aired on Animax Asia and the first 14 episodes of the dub were released on VCD. A large number of merchandise has been made based on the manga and anime, and two additional volumes, entitled Cyborg Kuro-chan: Extra Battle, were published. Reviews for the series note the simplistic and cartoonish art style, and a thin storyline which is mainly centered on gags and comedic violence.

Dubbing History
An English dub was released on VCD in Malaysia by Speedy Video, however the dub was not produced by them. For many years it was not known who produced it or who the voice actors were. This changed in 2022 when YouTube user Yui Senpai TV got in contact with voice actor Darren Pleavin, whose brother Shawn Pleavin voiced Kuro. They were able to interview Shawn as well as producer and Dr Go's voice Colin Shevloff who provided lots of info on its production.

The dub was recorded in Hong Kong, produced by Omni Productions around 2001. The entire show was dubbed with early episodes being based on translated Cantonese scripts. Due to issues with later scripts, the dialogue was abridged similar to the English dub of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee (Samurai Pizza Cats). Many of the other voice actors were confirmed, including Michael Quinn, Rik Thomas, Andrea Kwan, Henry Coombs and Scott Evans. One other female voice actor remains unknown however.