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How many of you remember this series. It aired in 1999 in Canada and in 2000 on Fox Kids (in a butchered form). It was based on an Italian (I think) comic book that also was translated into French, and there was also a Spanish translation in Argentina. It was a rather crude black-and-white comic that ran for a long time until the creators had to quickly end it (from what I've heard, the ending is pretty stupid). All fan attempts to translate it into English gave up after a short time, probably because the comic is pretty offensive.
It was turned into an Argentinian live-action series in 1995 that was yanked off the air after only a few episodes, due to low ratings. Now, all that seems to be available on the Internet are some low-quality commercials. I'm not sure if the episodes are lost or what.
The live-action series is relevant only because a Japanese guy happened to catch it while down there and thought "Hey, let's do something with this."
The result was a partnership for an animated series. The scripts and audio were handled by The Ocean Group in Vancouver (mostly known for anime dubs). The animation was handled by Japan's renowned TMS studio. It's probably more complicated than that, but you get the idea. The result was a gorgeous 13-episode series that looks a bit like anime but not quite (they stayed faithful to the look of the comics, even though they cleaned up the character designs) and has a more mature storyline than usual for a children's series at the time.
Set in the fictional city of Meridiana, British Columbia (the comic is assumed to take place in Argentina), a weird mishmash of Buenos Aires and Vancouver, "Cybersix" follows the titular heroine, an escaped cyborg created by a former Nazi scientist named Von Reichter (the Nazi past is downplayed in the cartoon, but hints are still there), as she fights his creations in Meridiana while also posing as a man named Adrian Seidelman (dressed much like Clark Kent) and working as a Literature teacher at the local high school. She's befriended by Biology teacher Lucas Amato (a big, lovable doofus of a guy) and also has to deal with a delinquent student, Lori Anderson, who has a crush on "him".
A second season was dependent on the series getting good ratings during the U.S. run, but Fox Kids butchered it and showed only 10 of the 13 episodes (and repeating one of them) before yanking it from the line-up. The series ends on a cliffhanger.
You can check out the first episode here:
It was turned into an Argentinian live-action series in 1995 that was yanked off the air after only a few episodes, due to low ratings. Now, all that seems to be available on the Internet are some low-quality commercials. I'm not sure if the episodes are lost or what.
The live-action series is relevant only because a Japanese guy happened to catch it while down there and thought "Hey, let's do something with this."
The result was a partnership for an animated series. The scripts and audio were handled by The Ocean Group in Vancouver (mostly known for anime dubs). The animation was handled by Japan's renowned TMS studio. It's probably more complicated than that, but you get the idea. The result was a gorgeous 13-episode series that looks a bit like anime but not quite (they stayed faithful to the look of the comics, even though they cleaned up the character designs) and has a more mature storyline than usual for a children's series at the time.
Set in the fictional city of Meridiana, British Columbia (the comic is assumed to take place in Argentina), a weird mishmash of Buenos Aires and Vancouver, "Cybersix" follows the titular heroine, an escaped cyborg created by a former Nazi scientist named Von Reichter (the Nazi past is downplayed in the cartoon, but hints are still there), as she fights his creations in Meridiana while also posing as a man named Adrian Seidelman (dressed much like Clark Kent) and working as a Literature teacher at the local high school. She's befriended by Biology teacher Lucas Amato (a big, lovable doofus of a guy) and also has to deal with a delinquent student, Lori Anderson, who has a crush on "him".
A second season was dependent on the series getting good ratings during the U.S. run, but Fox Kids butchered it and showed only 10 of the 13 episodes (and repeating one of them) before yanking it from the line-up. The series ends on a cliffhanger.
You can check out the first episode here: