The story is one of the first of its kind: people transformated in machine, like Astro Boy before and Kyashan after.
Shotaro Ishinomori made out, with an american-like style, a perfect mix of action an drama, in fact in the anime there is more space for feelings and the story isn't centered only on the fight against Black Ghost.
At first, characters weren't well delineated, but they evolved with the art and the flow of the time.
Ishinomori, who was a cinematography fan, put in this work a lot of movie quotes (ex. Jet Link's introduction, an evident quote from "West Side Story").
Story
9 people, kidnapped from and evil organization, the Black Ghost, and trasformed in nine cyborgs, rebelled themselves and escaped at the time of freedom.
Don't be afraid if you don't like old anime/manga, because cyborg 009 has a never old story: simple and linear, it can satisfied everybody.
There are serious themes too, like the sad past which everyone have lived or the intolerance to be a cyborg.
There is a bit of romance in it too, so that's a bit of a plus.
I give to this: 7/10
Art:
Well, the art is not the best, even because it's from early 60s, and when a japanese drawed a comics there was a lot of american influence, so it seems be a cartoon than a manga. It improved really much in the final numbers of the manga, and was get the old style back for doing 2001 anime: this was a further improve for the style, but sometimes it looks to be too approssimative.
I give to this: 6/10
Sound:
There aren't characters song, but only a main theme which is put under a fight scene, or when all the cyborgs appear.
In my humble opinion, I didn't hear any other OST under the episodes, so this is one of the defectes.
2001's Openings and Endings are awesome and they fill perfectly with the story.
I give to this: 7/10
Characters:
At the first characters weren't really definieded (like I said before), they had a summary past which entroduced them, but in the anime theirs have an important role, in fact a lot of episodes are centered about their normal life.
In this anime there are a main cast who appear in every episode, and some figurehead, but no one is unsuitable or boring.
I think there aren't hatable characters: maybe 009, for his depressive and sad actitude, or only because he is the hero of the day.
They will be well knowed at the end of the serie, from their past or their habits, but no one evolve in the flow of the serie, perhaps this an other fail from Cyborg.
I give to this: 8/10
This anime is one Ishinomori-sensei's masterpiece, it is enjoyable to watch and the story involve the viewer at the point to say "Oh my God, I MUST KNOW.", there are a lot of black hole because of the early death of the sensei, who was working on the 2001 serie when he is dead, but this doesn't weaken the beautifulness of this work.
Sorry if my review can't make full appreciate Cyborg 009, but for believe you must see ! :3
I want to put a 10/10, but I can't, I should be objective, lol.
So this is an other 8/10.
