To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the franchise, a new anime project related to manga Cyborg 009 has been announced on its official website. Director Jun Kawagoe will be involved in this new project. He previously directed a TV anime titled Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier in 2001.
The Cyborg 009 franchise is based on the manga created by Shoutarou Ishinomori which was serialized in 1964. The manga has been previously adapted into movies, a CGI short, and a television series. The format of the new anime project is unknown.
According to the official website, the tagline for the anime project is:
2015. The battles of the 00-numbered cyborgs will continue.
Source: Official website
Cyborg 009 (2015) on MAL
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