Cyborg 009 · review
Usually I don't make reviews of series I dropped after few episodes because I don't see much reason to do it, but this must be done because I've seen this crap (which reminded me of the god friggin' awful comic The Life Eaters by David Brin) referenced as an "underrated classic" of sorts and I don't understand why. These four episodes were amongst the WORST WRITTEN stuff I've seen in months: the action is completely nonsensical, the religious overtones are hamfistedly bashed in your head with no subtetly whatsoever (the classic of Tokusatsus Ultraseven, which I finished watching a week ago, was FAR MORE subtlein its handling of religious imagery and subtext than this thing here even if it was made by an actual christian), there is always an ending deus-ex machina (the intervention of a god...?) making completely irrelevant the presence of the Cyborg(s) in the title, the identity of said cyborgs is unclear (they're humans or they're cyborgs? it doesn't make any sense whatsoever), the only thing this series has going for it is the chara and the mostly clear animation. Other than that, the rest is completely non-existant and I sincerely don't get how anyone could see this as a classic of sorts if such an awful start is of any indication. Avoid with no remorse whatsoever.