Cybersix (TV series)
| Cybersix | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy |
| Created by |
Chu Takara Carlos Meglia Carlos Trillo |
| Written by |
Catherine Girczyc Carlos Meliga Carlos trillo |
| Directed by |
Hiroyuki Aoyama Toshihiko Masuda Atsuko Tanaka Nobuo Tomizawa Kazuhide Tomonaga |
| Voices of |
Cathy Weseluck Michael Dobson Alex Doduk Janyse Jaud Andrew Francis Terry Klassen |
| Theme music composer | Barry Kolsky |
| Country of origin |
Canada Argentina Japan (overseas animation) |
| Original language(s) |
English Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Herve Bedard Carole Ducharme Shuno Kato Toshihiko Masuda Koji Takeuchi |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
TMS Entertainment NOA |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
Teletoon (Canada) Fox Kids (USA) Kids Station (Japan) Telefe (Argentina) |
| Original run | September 6, 1999 – November 29, 1999 |
Cybersix is an animated action-drama adventure television series, based on the comic strip of the same name by Carlos Meglia. The series was produced by NOA and animated in Japan by TMS Entertainment. Many of the comic's darker themes had to be toned down for this show in order to make it appropriate for younger viewers. The original music score for this show was composed by Robbi Finkel[1] while its theme song was written by Robert Olivier and sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan. The series originally aired on Teletoon in Canada, Fox Kids in the United States, Kids Station in Japan, and Telefe in Argentina.
Cast
- Cathy Weseluck as Cybersix
- Michael Dobson as Lucas Amato
- Terry Klassen as Von Reichter
- Andrew Francis as Julian
- Alex Doduk as José
- Janyse Jaud as Lori Anderson
Additional voices were provided by Janyse Jaud, Brian Drummond, Chantal Strand, and L. Harvey Gold.
Episodes
Cybersix aired a total of 13 episodes. Two seasons of 13 episodes was originally supposed to be made, but it was cancelled after the first season due to low ratings outside of Canada and conflicts between production studios.[2] Season two could not revive either.
| Ep# | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mysterious Shadow" | September 6, 1999 |
| High school teacher Lucas Amato befriends fellow teacher Adrian Seidelman and encounters the dangerous minions of José and Von Reichter by night, not knowing that Adrian is actually the mysterious Cybersix, who comes to his rescue. Cybersix heads off to stop José from counterfeiting money and to rescue the engraver and printer being forced to make it. | ||
| 2 | "Data-7 & Julian" | September 13, 1999 |
| Von Reichter sends a panther called Data-7 to seek and destroy Cybersix. Adrian meets a young boy named Julian, who is forced by his master to pick pockets. Cybersix finds José in an abandoned theatre where Julian lives and battles Data-7, until the panther looks at a picture from Adrian's wallet and saves Julian's life. Data-7 is revealed to be a resurrected Cyber-29 and defects to join Cybersix against Von Reichter. | ||
| 3 | "Terra" | September 20, 1999 |
| Von Reichter creates a monster named Terra. When the creature battles Cybersix, her altruistic essence transforms his malevolent heart to goodness. José traps Terra and restores his aggression. After luring Cybersix into a trap, José sets the tower that Cybersix and Terra are trapped in on fire. Terra regains his free will and sacrifices himself to save Cybersix. | ||
| 4 | "Yashimoto, Private Eye" | September 27, 1999 |
| José kidnaps Julian and his new friend Ikiko, to blackmail Ikiko's older brother Detective Yashimoto into hunting down Cybersix. Yashimoto meets Cybersix in her apartment deducing she is Adrian. Yashimoto uses a Cybersix mannequin to fool José, while Julian and Ikiko make their escape. José summons a giant ammonite-like creature, then Cybersix and Data-7 appear and destroy it. | ||
| 5 | "Lori is Missing" | October 4, 1999 |
| Lori, a student at Meridiana High School has a crush on Adrian and finds out where he lives but is disgusted to find Cybersix there talking to someone (Data-7). After Lori has a talk with Lucas, he realises Adrian knows this Cybersix. Lori is captured by José's gang. Cybersix rescues Lori and foils José's mission to rob the national bank. | ||
| 6 | "Blue Birds of Horror" | October 11, 1999 |
| Meridiana is beset by swarms of hostile birds that attack those who step outside. Eventually after a visit from Cybersix, Lucas deduces the birds are being controlled by José and pause only whenever new broadcasts are transmitted. Lucas creates diversions to allow Cybersix to get to the TV tower and electrical broadcaster. Cybersix and Data-7 battle and destroy José's giant bird abomination. | ||
| 7 | "Brainwashed" | October 18, 1999 |
| Meridiana's top six detectives including Julian's friend Henrique are brainwashed by José's new mind-control device to seek out Cybersix. Julian catches wind of this but is captured by José and becomes bait to lure Cybersix into a trap. Julian removes the mind control device on Henrique, who helps Cybersix escape, then they all battle José's goons as a thunderstorm destroys the base. | ||
| 8 | "Gone With the Wings" | October 25, 1999 |
| A horde of winged goblins attack Cybersix but they retreat at dawn. Julian finds the goblins' lair and is trapped by them, but Data-7 rescues him. After a second encounter with the goblins, Cybersix realises their weakness. Cybersix brings a train to the goblin lair and as she keeps the goblins at bay, Data-7 and Julian load the eggs on the train. Cybersix traps the goblins on the train and destroys them and their eggs in the sunlight. | ||
| 9 | "The Eye" | November 8, 1999 |
| José receives from his father an eyeball creature capable of draining its victims' consciousness and growing in the process. Cybersix reflects the eye's gaze back at it with mirror glass, but the eye intensifies its power at a stadium. As José struggles to capture the now out of control eye, Cybersix destroys it with a tank of liquid nitrogen, thus restoring the city's population. | ||
| 10 | "Full Moon Fascination" | November 11, 1999 |
| A werewolf monster has been turning other people into werewolves as a new teacher named Elaine signs on to work at the high school and dates Lucas, causing Adrian to become jealous. Lucas has been turned into a werewolf and Cybersix realises Elaine is the werewolf monster. Cybersix snaps Lucas out of his wild trance and destroys Elaine, purging the infection from Lucas. | ||
| 11 | "The Greatest Show in Meridiana" | November 15, 1999 |
| José captures Data-7 and stages a circus show in Meridiana. Cybersix comes to the rescue, but is overwhelmed by robotic animals and is forced to become part of the attraction. Lucas is taken backstage and manages to free Data-7. Lucas disables the robots' programming, while Data-7 rescues Cybersix. All three of them fight and destroy the robots along with the circus. | ||
| 12 | "Daylight Devil" | November 22, 1999 |
| A reptilian woman named Griselda, who has invisibility powers stalks Cybersix relentlessly in a deadly chase. During a class field trip, she discovers that Adrian is Cybersix. Griselda injures Adrian who can't retaliate as this would expose his true identity to others. After a long ambulance chase after Adrian, Griselda drives off a bridge. Adrian tries to help Griselda, but she compassionately sacrifices herself to save Cybersix from a moving train. | ||
| 13 | "The Final Confrontation" | November 29, 1999 |
| Von Reichter sends an island-sized living bomb to destroy Meridiana with Cybersix in it at midnight. Before heading off for a final confrontation, Adrian reveals who he really is to Lori and Lucas. José, who is determined to keep Meridiana for himself, reverses the direction of the bomb, while Cybersix, with the help of failed experiments, overwhelms Von Reichter and the living bomb destroys his laboratory. | ||
References
- ↑ RobbiFinkel. "Robbi Finkel's website". Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ↑ Cybersix The Complete Series DVD
External links
- cybersix at TV.com
- Cybersix at the Internet Movie Database
- Cybersix (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia