History YMMV / Cyborg009

* HilariousInHindsight: The 2001 anime wouldn't be the only time Creator/TakahiroSakurai [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure would voice a character named Joe]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The 2001 anime boasts an impressive soundtrack that combines heroically epic orchestra with exciting techno beats, with some [[TearJerker emotionally soft tunes thrown in for good measure]].
** It's by none other than Tetsuya Komoro and GLOBE, of course it's gonna have awesome tracks.

** [[BigBad Skull]] (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Skarle, Scar, Scarl, or Sekar]]) is the leader of [[ArmsDealer the Black Ghost organization]]. He and his men [[WarForFunAndProfit exploit ongoing wars as a way to make money]] by [[PlayingBothSides selling their weapons to both sides]]. In order to complete Black Ghost's "Cyborg Soldier" program, Skull sends his operatives across the world to kidnap people, taking them away from their families and friends so they can be forcibly experimented on. As a way to show off Cyborg 0013's capabilities, Skull has the cyborg rampage across Tokyo, causing massive damage and endangering the lives of countless people all so he can create a spectacle for his investors. Skull later escalates the Muamban CivilWar by dealing weapons to both sides of the strife, planning to expand the conflict into other countries simply so he can sell more weapons. Skull is also a [[BadBoss user and abuser of his minions]], and he will kill his underlings for reasons ranging from [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] to simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness being of no more use to him]]. His primary goal is to provoke [[WorldWarIII another World War]] just so he can deal more arms and [[{{Greed}} make more of a profit]]. Skull is ultimately someone with an utter disregard for human life, only caring about the sales of his weapons.
** [[MadScientist (Claus/Klaus, originally Director) Van Vogt]] (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Van Bogoot or Ban Bogart/Van Bogart]]), Skull's [[TheDragon second-in-command]], is a Black Ghost executive who poses as a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive businessman]] to cover his exploits. [[EvilGenius Van Vogt]] forcibly converts three of Joe/Cyborg 009's childhood friends into cyborgs and sends them out to murder him. When they can't bring themselves to kill their old friend, Vogt activates the [[ExplosiveLeash bombs he planted]] in them to punish them for their failure. He later invades the Yomi Kingdom with an army of robots. While liberating the Pu'Awak people from the oppressive rule of the Zattan, Van Vogt's regime proves to not be much better, as he forces the Pu'Awak to work on Black Ghost's ultimate weapon, the Demon Statue. He [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mindwipes]] Helen, one of the five Pu'Awak princesses, so he can use her to infiltrate and destroy the 00 Cyborgs' home. Once the mission has been accomplished, Vogt [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness leaves her for dead]]. When Helen and her sisters get fed up with his rule and help the 00 Cyborgs, Van Vogt mercilessly kills all five of them.

** [[BigBad Skull]] (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Skarle, Scar, Scarl, or Sekar]]) is the leader of [[ArmsDealer the Black Ghost organization]]. He and his men [[WarForFunAndProfit exploit ongoing wars as way to make money]] by [[PlayingBothSides selling their weapons to both sides]]. In order to complete Black Ghost's "Cyborg Soldier" program, Skull sends his operatives across the world to kidnap people, taking them away from their families and friends so they can be forcibly experimented on. As a way to show off Cyborg 0013's capabilities, Skull has the cyborg rampage across Tokyo, causing massive damage and endangering the lives of countless people all so he can create a spectacle for his investors. Skull later escalates the Muamban CivilWar by dealing weapons to both sides of the strife, planning to expand the conflict into other countries simply so he can sell more weapons. Skull is also a [[BadBoss user and abuser of his minions]], and he will kill his underlings for reasons ranging from [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] to simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness being of no more use to him]]. His primary goal is to provoke [[WorldWarIII another World War]] just so he can deal more arms and [[{{Greed}} make more of a profit]]. Skull is ultimately someone with an utter disregard for human life, only caring about the sales of his weapons.

* EndingFatigue: ''Cyborg 009'' took quite along time to

** The voice acting. ''[[TalkingToHimself Every single character]]'' in the show, [[CrossdressingVoices including the women,]] is voiced by the same guy ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and he's Danish to boot]]). To make matters worse, the actor was only known under the alias "Karsten" for over 20 years, and the company distributing the dub had dealt in porn as well as cartoons; many suspected that he had been in porn himself due to his tendency toward DullSurprise.[[note]]A podcast interview later came out that jossed this theory; [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576506/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 the dubber, Timm Mehrens, has actually built up a pretty decent acting career with no porn in sight]].[[/note]]