YMMV / Cyber Six

• Adaptation Displacement: While its not exactly famous in its own right, the animated series is still more well known than the original comic.
• Awesome Art: The animation has aged very gracefully.
• Awesome Music: The opening theme song.
  • They also recorded a full three minute version, which has never been released and probably never will be.
  • The ending song isn't that bad, either.
• Complete Monster: Dr. Von Reichter is a cruel scientist with two concerns: conquering the city of Meridiana, and exterminating his hated creation Cybersix. Throughout the series, Von Reichter engages in various ploys to achieve his goals, such as: resurrecting Cybersix's little brother Cyber 29 as a panther, only to wipe his mind and use him as a weapon against his sister; sending in the werewolf Elaine, who attacks civilians and transforms them into more of her kind; and making countless attempts on Cybersix's life. In the final episode, Von Reichter grows weary with his failures, and tries to wipe Meridiana and its populace off the face of the Earth with a gigantic living bomb known as the Isle of Doom, so that the rest of the world will take him seriously as a threat. Even when he is thwarted and moments from being blown to kingdom come, Von Reichter still makes one last effort to ensure Cybersix's demise by setting his remaining creations upon her.
• Cult Classic: The series only lasted 13 episodes, but it was fondly remembered by those who watched it when it aired, and those who just discovered the show.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Yashimoto only appears in one episode, but is generally considered one of the series' best characters due to being a badass detective who managed to figure out who Cybersix is while under duress, and establishes himself as a great ally who ultimately won't sell out Cybersix.
• Fandom Rivalry: With Mega Babies, at least with Teletoon viewers. Fans of Cybersix were upset that season 2 wasn't going to happen while Mega Babies, a show that they perceived as low quality, continued to air for five seasons. (This related to both shows airing in the US too; Cybersix only aired briefly on the Fox Kids block and was Screwed by the Network— as were lots of other shows— in favor of Digimon and Monster Rancher as to compete against Kids' WB! and Pokémon: The Series, while Mega Babies aired on FK's sister network Fox Family and, owing to the mess that channel was in, was one of its highest rated shows, leading to its aforementioned extra seasons, which not even its own creators, the Tremblay brothers anticipated).
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The original comics were far more popular in France and Italy than in Argentina, or in Latin America, for that matter.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Lori's Anime Hair in the cartoon (bright red mullet, short bangs, with one longer side-bang) makes her unintentionally resemble Noriaki Kakyoin.
• I Am Not Shazam: Sort of. The lead character's name as written on her left arm is 'Cyber 6', and the comic explains that she is the last survivor of a previously-wiped-out 'cyber series' (occasionally referenced in the show). But the title sequence says 'Cybersix', and characters often pronounce it that way, run together as one word (with the exception of Von Reichter, who always pronounced it as two separate words).
• LGBT Fanbase: Considering it features one of the few nonbinary-coded, possibly genderfluid, protagonists out there along with a possibly bisexual love interest, absolutely. Additionally, Cybersix's struggles with having to hide their identity and desiring to live as an ordinary human in peace have become very relatable for LGBT+ fans who struggle with queerphobia and being forced to stay in the closet. This article goes into more detail.
• Macekre: Largely averted. While the violence and sexual content are significantly toned down when compared to the original comics (Lori's "Valentine" in the first episode, for instance, was an offer for a quickie in the hall in the original), many of the other less kid-friendly elements, such as Von Reichter being a Nazi, were instead hinted at (his name, his outfit, and his son/clone Jose's habit of goose-stepping) instead of being outright censored. Additionally, the series managed to retain all the most important elements, including character motivations, roles, and major plot points, while also removing many of the more distasteful ones (like Jose being extremely sexually active despite appearing as a child).
• Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Detective Yashimoto and his little sister Ikki are very popular with the show's Japanese fans despite their numerous highly stereotypical traits, including extremely squinty eyes and Asian Buck Teeth, knowing kung fu, having a stereotypically Japanese-sounding Leitmotif, and (in Ikki's case) being dressed in a kimono the entire time. How you may ask? Well, the show, like the comics, made Yashimoto a brilliant detective with a grappling hook, lots and lots of ingenious technology, and the most insane biking skills in the world, while also being able to figure out Cybersix's identity using genuine detective skills and physical agility that allows him to actually keep up with her, while giving him a sweet relationship with Ikki, who herself still managed to be extremely adorable, develop an endearing friendship with Julian, and keep her cool while being kidnapped, which is impressive considering how young she is.
• Popular with Furries: Even in a show as obscure as this, furries have expressed interest in Elaine, who turns into a tall werewolf with an Impossible Hourglass Figure.
• Squick:
  • In the original comic, Jose is stated to be Older Than They Look, and as a result is very sexually active, despite resembling and acting like a child. The scene where Lori jokingly flirts with him? In the original comic, he raped her. Understandably, most fans are glad the cartoon cut this out in favor of making Jose more of an actual kid.
  • Speaking of Lori, most of her moments in the comic are this, considering her creepy infatuation with Adrian (aka Cybersix) and how she attempted to rape him. Once again, this was a change welcomed by fans of the cartoon.
• Toy Ship: Julian and Ikiko.
• Values Resonance: Many modern viewers relate to this show and to a lesser extent the comic due to having a protagonist that can be seen as genderfluid and not portraying Lucas as unusual for wanting to spend Valentines with someone he assumes to be a man.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: While the animated adaptation toned down a whole lot of things from the source material, it was still questionable as a children's cartoon. Pointedly, when aired in Poland, normally infamous for Animation Age Ghetto, it was in an adult animation section, aired past 10 PM.
• The Woobie: Terra, from his self-titled episode. Poor thing was one of the more sentient Mooks who wanted to understand love as Cyber knew it, but was forced to go after harsh alterations and verbal beatdowns from Jose, until the end when Terra sacrifices himself to rescue Cyber from burning to death.

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