

Cyborg 009 was revolutionary for its time, for being an anime that took on more mature subjects like politics, religion, and war. US, and mistreated chemical weapons leak from soviet factories.

The cold war is fresh on people’s mind, the regime of Pol Pot just got thwarted, relations with China and the west are shaky, any opponent of the Bolsheviks gets funding from the This is not just a review, but also the story of Cyborg 009, the Swedish dub. Back in the 80’s, when countless critically acclaimed classics were born, and movies like Akira created the first stepping-stones for anime to be recognized in the west, some countries were introduced to anime in a different way. Let me tell you the strange tale of one of the most obscure cult-anime ever created.
