25 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
Latest009-1 refuses a call to return when she realizes that the kids have gone to the moon. She arrives there and finds Loki and makes him take her to where they're keeping the kids. Forces invade the place and kill Dr Green while Loki attempts to launch some nuclear missiles in an attempt to shock the world into peace. 009-1 tries to stop him but the forces arrive and shoot him - just about the same time she learns a startling secret about his true identity.
In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block. Together with three other agents, Mylene partakes in various missions issued by her superiors.
Cinematography
Stylish 60s-mod aesthetics meet bleak nuclear winter.
Acting
Yumiko Shaku's voice work—icy, broken, devastatingly human.
Writing
Each episode's standalone tragedy builds to crushing finale.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Shotaro Ishinomori's 1964 manga, this reimagining swaps his male protagonist for a female cyborg—part of 2000s anime's trend of gender-flipping classics with added fanservice.
The '009' numbering explicitly references Ishinomori's Cyborg 009, placing Mylene in a shared universe of weaponized humanity—a connection the anime rarely foregrounds but obsessively haunts.
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