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6.8/10 IMDb Studio Bee Media, Actas Runtime 30 minutes each Published 25 September 2015 | 6.8/10 MyAnimeList Released 11 November 2015 Episodes 3 Initial release 17 October 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyborg 009 VS Devilman (サイボーグ009VSデビルマン, Saibōgu 009 VS Debiruman) is a three-part anime OVA that serves as a crossover between the Cyborg 009 and Devilman series. It was first screened on 17 October 2015 and was released on 11 November 2015. The series inspired a manga adaptation and a prequel novel. Netflix acquired the international streaming rights for the series.
Contents
Plot
Cyborg 009 and Devilman meet and find themselves in a conflict with one another.
Cyborg 009
Devilman
New characters
Background
Before Go Nagai became the author of Devilman, he worked as an assistant to Shotaro Ishinomori, drawing backgrounds for the Cyborg 009 manga. It was reported in Sankei Sports that he wished to do a collaboration with Ishinomori.
It was announced in March 2015 that a Cyborg 009 anime, directed by Jun Kawagoe, was in production to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the manga's debut. It was later announced that the anime would receive a theatrical release in autumn.
Dynamic Planning separately announced a Devilman anime in April 2014, produced by animation studio Actas. The project was scheduled for a fall 2015 release.
It was revealed in June 2015 that the two separately announced projects would in fact be a single crossover, titled Cyborg 009 VS Devilman.
Production
The anime is a three-part original video animation directed by Jun Kawagoe and written by Tadashi Hayakawa, with animation by the studios Bee Media and Actas. JAM Project will produce both the opening theme song, "Cyborg 009 ~Nine Cyborg Soldiers~", and the ending theme, "Devil Mind ~Ai wa Chikara~".
Release
The first full trailer for the anime was released on 25 August 2015.
It was originally announced that the anime would have a two-week run in eight theaters; however, the number of theaters was later expanded to ten. It debuted on 17 October 2015.
The complete set of three 30-minute episodes was released on Blu-ray on 11 November 2015. The individual episodes were released on DVD separately on 11 November 2015, 9 December 2015, and 6 January 2016.
Netflix acquired the streaming rights to the series, streaming it in 20 languages in 190 countries. The English dub was directed by Robert Buchholz and translated by Sachiko Takahashi.
Manga
A manga adaptation, titled Cyborg 009 VS Devilman: Breakdown (サイボーグ009VSデビルマン BREAKDOWN, Saibōgu 009 VS Debiruman Breakdown), by Akihito Yoshitomi began serialization in Kodansha and Niconico's online magazine Wednesday Sirius (水曜日のシリウス, Suiyōbi no Shiriusu) in October 2015. The first chapter was published in Monthly Shōnen Sirius on 26 October 2015.
Novel
A prequel novel, written by Tadashi Hayakawa and titled Cyborg 009 VS Devilman Treacheries: The Traitors (Cyborg 009 VS Devilman Treacheries ~Uragirimono-tachi), was published on 25 September 2015.