![]() 009 appears and uses his Acceleration mode to destroy the missiles. In Dubai, a B-2 bomber flown by an US Air Force pilot under the control of His Voice launches missiles at the city, with 002 in pursuit to intercept. Isaac Gilmore suspects that these were orchestrated by the United States government's National Security Agency, in a bid to regain dominance as a global superpower. We learn that he was about to plant a bomb at the Roppongi Hills Tower, until 005 and 003 came to reactivate his memories. However, Joe is hearing His Voice due to his cybernetic brain. He also has a girlfriend named Tomoe, who seems familiar to him in some way. Joe Shimamura, who had his memories blocked and reset every 3 years by Professor Gilmore, is now a typical high school student, falsely believing that he has an unseen family and friends due to the "Augmented Reality" implanted in his brain. The intelligence agencies of the world are all whispering about the incidents being related to His Voice, the unknown entity that is controlling operatives of the bombings. The two agents meet at a bar in New York City to exchange intel about "His Voice" and Pyunma's findings of a fossil which resembles an angel's skeleton possibly being related to it. 27 years after the 00 Cyborg team disbanded, 007 now works for the SIS and 002 now works for the NSA after a falling out with the team and Joe. Skyscraper bombings are happening all over the world, by the direction of a force called "His Voice". Devilman, Kamiyama answered that the sequel was "still a secret" ![]() As of June 2015, when asked on whether or not the plans for a sequel were scrapped in light of Cyborg 009 vs. Kamiyama produced the film with the intent of doing a follow-up in the form of either a TV series or second film set in the same continuity, however, these did not come to pass. The character designs underwent revision for the new century, as well as to make them more realistic. Oshii stepped down from the full film project, leaving Kamiyama to take over as the director, and to also throw out Oshii's initial setting of 003 being 58 years old in the year 2013. 002 was also depicted as alive in the finalized concept film, although the fates of the others were not mentioned. Īfter Kamiyama had joined the project as screenwriter, the above setting was thrown out and tweaked to 009 living as a high school student with amnesia, while 003 would have to re-awaken his memories. Kenji Kamiyama had related this story as an anecdote in the book "Anime Style 002" in 2012, after the release of the film. Oshii's plot was to also take cues from an unproduced 1985 Lupin III film he had planned out, where a giant "Tower of Babel" would be present in Tokyo, which would house the fossil of an angel. 001 was said to be in the form of a dog, rather than a baby, and 003 had aged to her fifties while 009 remained physically in his teens. In Oshii's first vision of RE: (prior to the demo film), all the 00 cyborgs except 009, 003, and 001 had passed away in the ensuing years, and 009 was holed up in an apartment in retirement while 003 and 001 had taken to traveling the world. Originally, Mamoru Oshii was assigned to the project in 2009, and would later create a short CGI demo film that was screened in September 2010, titled "Cyborg 009: The REopening". But when a mysterious force is known only as "His Voice" compels people across the world to commit unspeakable acts of violence, even cyborg 009, Joe Shimamura, falls victim to the irresistible faceless power.In re-imagining Cyborg 009 for the year 2012, "RE:" was included in the title, indicating the movie as a sequel to the original manga (taking place 27 years after Ishinomori's last arc in 1986) as well as symbolizing a "restart" for the franchise. The cyborgs, untouched by time, and some without memory of their status as heroes have since taken up lives as ordinary civilians. Now, in a post-9/11 world, the meaning of "justice" has become clouded. In an era when cyber-terrorism is rapidly advancing, how can the cyborgs combat an enemy that has no face, no weapons, and seemingly no motive?Ĭontains the film in 3D, 2D with a whole disc of bonus content adding up to over 90 minutes of bonus features, collector's packaging and a 28-page booklet featuring background information on the film! But when a mysterious force is known only as "His Voice" compels people across the world to commit unspeakable acts of violence, even cyborg 009, Joe Shimamura, falls victim to the irresistible faceless power. ![]() Instead, they rebelled, becoming champions of justice anytime the earth was in need. Many years ago, nine humans were captured and transformed into cyborgs for the purposes of becoming agents of evil.
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