Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy

Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy (サイボーグ009 超銀河伝説 Saibōgu Zero Zero Nain: Chou Ginga Densetsu) is an animated film adaptation of the manga Cyborg 009 by Shotaro Ishinomori. The film was created after the abrupt cancellation of the 1979 anime, though has no connection to it.

The movie was the first of the Cyborg 009 franchise to be dubbed into English.

Synopsis
The 00 Cyborgs have retired after their battle against the Black Ghost organization. However, they must return to action in order to stop the space emperor Zoa from his mission to conquer the universe.

Dubbing History[]

The movie was dubbed by Frontier Enterprises in 1986 upon commission from Toho for an International English dub of the movie. Though the dub was largely faithful to the original, it contained a few changes (004/Albert Heinrich became "Heinrich Struller", 007/Great Britain became Irish and was named "O'Shaughnessy"). Implications of one of the characters death was softened largely. While the ending theme "Love of 1 Billion Light Years" was kept, it was retitled "Light of Love" and given an English localization by Brian Haverty, and sung by Michelle Hart (who voiced 003). However, an earlier song titled "We'll Never Say Goodbye" was swapped out for "Light of Love" as well, and another vocal song was left as an instrumental track. The reasons why are unknown, likely due to budget or not receiving proper translation/music tracks.

It was first released on VHS in 1988 by Celebrity Home Entertainment under its "Just For Kids" label as Defenders of the Vortex. Their release was heavily edited, cutting scenes of violence and trimming down the runtime from 130 mintues to 92. In 1995, the company Best Film & Video would release the uncut original print of the film on VHS.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Voice Actor
Cyborg 009 (Joe Shimamura)	Kazuhiko Inoue	Walter Carroll
Cyborg 001 (Ivan Whisky)	Fuyumi Shiraishi	Mary Malone
Cyborg 002 (Jet Link)	Keiichi Noda	Don Pomes
Cyborg 003 (Francois Arnoul)	Kazuko Sugiyama	Michelle Hart
Cyborg 004 (Albert Heinrich)	Keaton Yamada	Richard Nieskens
Cyborg 005 (Geronimo Jr.)	Banjō Ginga	Frank Rogers
Cyborg 006 (Chang Changku)	Sanji Hase	Jeff Manning
Cyborg 007 (Great Britain)	Kaneta Kimotsuki	James Keating
Cyborg 008 (Pyunma)	Kazuyuki Sogabe	Clay Lowrey
Professor Isaac Gilmore	Jōji Yanami	Cliff Harrington
Dr. Cosmo	Ichirō Nagai	Mike Worman
Saba	Noriko Ohara	Gerri Sorrells
Emperor Zoa	Tōru Ōhira	William Ross
Commander Garro	Chikao Ōtsuka	Lanny Broyles
Princess Tamara	Hiroko Suzuki	Deborah DeSnoo
Narration	Ryō Ishihara	Avi Landau