Introduction
After discovering the existence of demons in Tokyo, the original Cyborg crew led by Dr. Gilmore find themselves in conflict with Devilman, a strong demon believed to be in league with the war-profiteering terrorist organisation, Black Ghost. Meanwhile, a bigger threat emerges when Dr. Adams, a Black Ghost scientist unleashes his new line of high teen Cyborg models against 009 and his friends.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
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iamKetranLang
Most BADASS Devilman adaptation !!! Don't be scared off from watching this cause you haven't watched the older TV series of Devilman or know nothing of Cyborg 009. If you watched Devilman Crybaby or the Devilman OVAs before, you can enjoy this. Cyborg 009's role was not hard to understand.
MUST I SAY, GREAT ART since it's new so even if you have not watched the old green Devilman series. IN THIS DEVILMAN VS. CYBORG 009 OVA, the animation and transformation of Devilman and the fights with Cyborg 009, the other Cyborg team, the Cyber Demon Atun are all BADASS !!! The Cyborg 009 team are all so cool and interesting, Cyborg 003 is pretty too !!! I definitely will try out their 2000s series and their franchise.
I don't know about the original green Devilman, some guys say it's like more for…
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As someone who has no knowledge of Devilman and Cyborg 009 I was curious to see how I'd react to this crossover. That said, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was very accessible. I understood the character motivations, I understood the very brief backstory that is explained, and I could identify how meaningful this story can be.
Unfortunately, it felt more like a 009 story than Devilman, and after part 1, Devilman seemed to go by the wayside.
In the end, we see a naked demon boy, naked psychic projections, and an expected underwhelming defeat of the villain.
This made me more interested in 009 and Devilman, but this three-part mini crossover is just okay.
Read at the sourceWhiteWolfKiba
Wellllll, this kinda sucked lol. Let me ask a question! Who here has actually seen the Cyborg 009 anime? *a few people raise their hands* OK, who here has actually seen the Devilman anime? *Even less people raise their hands* Exactly! Why the HELL did Netflix think it'd be a good idea to have a crossover between these two VERY different series?! I could see Cyborg 009 vs. Android Kikaider (y'know, 2 works by the same author?) but Cyborg 009 vs Devilman?! It's strange enough that this crossover that NOBODY asked for exists at all, but it's even stranger that Netflix would pick this up and think casual anime fans would be interested. This series requires intimate knowledge of BOTH Cyborg 009 and Devilman, neither of which are exactly popular with today's anime fans. Great job, Netflix!
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Cyborg 009 vs Devilman is a weird OVA. On the face of it the whole concept of mashing these two properties together is just completely bizarre and not something I fully understand. But then that naturally at least makes it an interesting idea, I mean just how would a story mashing up the Sci-Fi trappings of Cyborg 009 with the Horror style of Devilman come out? Well the answer is in short 'okay', strange of course but certainly not awful.
The decision to keep the two worlds combined i.e as if both sets of characters, stories and essentially mythos exist and have existed concurrently with each other is quite a equally commendable and baffling decision. I mean sure they could have taken the easy way out given Devilman's supernatural origins and had some basic parallel universe story to exp…
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Short note:
If you do not know nor seen either of Devilman and Cyborg 009, then you should look up the source material since this crossover will only give you a short introduction.
Not to mention that this crossover is special as it both series are hardly owned by the same company or person. The few things they do share is their message of war and that their authors where buddies and some times assistans on different projects.
Story:
This story is straight forward, as both series tend to be. The cyborg team notice demons where spotted in Japan. They go investigate. Devilman does he usual brutal hunt for said demons. Cyborgs discover a plot to merge demons with cyborgs and they stumble across Devilman. They fight, retreat and both goes separately to the villains and team up at the last a…
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It's a very pretty What If We Re-did the Series with non-3D animation today for fans of both series otherwise lacking in pretty much any plot of any kind outside of a few tropic elements that are such boring beats in the "story" progression.
The art is quite beautiful. The environments are beautiful. The character designs (given the typical visual upgrade tweaks) are great. Yes, they recycled the designs for the enemies. Color me completely unsurprised. They're still drawn really well. Also, I really like the way the Cyborg costumes were redone. I don't really get the point of the colored lights other than aesthetics, which doesn't strike me like an important thing to add to a military outfit, particularly given that you don't want your enemy to know that you're doing something. On top of…
Read at the sourceGJN7
As a fan of the Cyborg 009: The Cyborg soldier -series, I found this quite hard to watch and enjoy. Overall the movie itself looks good, however, it does look a little bit funny when the two art styles collide - they don't quite go together.
The characters unfortunately lack character and are just there to make you feel nostalgia - "oh my god! it's the whole crew!". It just didn't feel right; they all just pull off a move or two and then their role is pretty much done. So, character development is non-existing. It was also disappointing, that the whole voice crew (at least the 009 side) was totally a re-cast and some of the voices didn't match the faces.
The plot itself seems forced and lacks surprises. The ending was quite underwhelming as well. And to those who liked the last fight I s…
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Cyborg 009 vs Devilman is the latest offering in both the Cyborg 009 and Devilman franchise.
Some background first: A young Go Nagai (Devilman) initially worked with the creator of Cyborg 009, Shotaro Ishinomori as an assistant for about 2 years before his own professional debut. As such, Nagai had high respect for the legendary artist. This collaboration is born out of genuine love for both series.
On the surface, this might seem to be just a simple crossover between Cyborg 009 vs Devilman, but it's more than that. It actually involves a plot involving high teens cyborgs (Cyborgs that were made after 0013) that are unleashed upon our heroes by Dr. Adams. Add Devilman and co to the mix, and you have a completely original story with completely original characters, and yet the OVA still m…
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