009-1

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English: 009-1

Synonyms: Zero Zero Nine One

Japanese: ゼロゼロナインワン

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 6, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006

Premiered: Fall 2006

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:25 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, TBS, Sony Music Entertainment

Licensors: ADV Films, Funimation

Studios: Ishimori Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Seinen

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.33¹ (scored by 4,479 users)

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Ranked: #6509²

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Popularity: #3457

Members: 14,177

Favorites: 21

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Fall 2006TVIshimori Entertainment

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Mylene Hoffman, a beautiful cyborg spy with the codename "009-1" lives in an alternative world where the cold war never ended, continuously on-going for 140 years. The world is split into two factions, the West and the East block. A masquerade of peace between the two is slowly dissipated as the conflict occurs. Through politics, the two factions battle over supremacy over technology to threats of a nuclear attack. Mylene Hoffman, teaming up with three other agent, gets surrounded by deception, chaos and rivalry as she carries out missions assigned by her superiors.

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Konno, Naoyuki

Director, Chief Animation Director, Character Design

Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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Oomori, Hidetoshi

Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director

Iwasaki, Taku

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"Destiny girl" by Minato

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"Theme Song of 009-1 (Closing Mix)" by ???

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Jul 19, 2015

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

ZephSilver (All reviews)

39 people found this review helpful

With so many anime titles being released year after year, it's hard to keep track of them all, let alone watch a handful before another batch is delivered. This constant barrage of entries often means that many shows will inevitably fall into the cracks of obscurity, regardless of what it may have to offer. The kind of titles that would only be talked about after they develop a devoted cult following or are merely picked up by happenstance by viewers browsing the catalogs of yesteryear. And with the number of title releases increasing drastically in the 2010s, the chances of those stragglers falling out of read more

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Mar 24, 2015

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

KD7BWB (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

Lion tamers, Lion tamers; come one, come all!

We try to make sense of something that is all too rare. A anime with some true meaning.

I speak of course, of "009-1"

This anime is a product of 2006, and as such; creates very little that people under the age of 20 will actually 'get'. In other words, there will be complaints that the artwork is sub-par, or the soundtrack is a little simple. In other words, production values are not good enough to suit them.

If everyone who ever said that, tried to do an anime before modern production software was available, then they'd have more appreciation for read more

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Jul 1, 2012

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Naurisvaras (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

009-1 is action orientated scifi, set in an alternative universe where the cold war is still going on. 009-1 is a code name for a slightly cyborgivied, female version of James Bond who completes missions and kills agents of the Eastern Block with more or less ease, stays cool and sexy in dangerous situations and provides pretty good fanservice.

While I enjoyed the series I think I'm too young to enjoy it in it's full potential. Series isn't as old as you would guess just by looking at the art. Both music and the artwork look old, which without a doubt is the intention. 009-1 read more

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Jun 22, 2015

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

Luquillo (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

Taking place during the Cold War which has continued pass the 90's. The Western and Eastern blocs attempt to gain a decisive edge on each other by utilizing spies, hitmen, and other strategic means. Working for the Western Bloc, Mylene Hoffman aka Nine-One, is a member of an all female group called the Zero Zero Agency. They're a group of intelligence spies equipped with various weapons through cybernetics. Myleen's arsenal consists of dual machine guns in her breast, ray gun, and needle guns in her boots. Her associates sometimes handle napalm explosives in their arms. Together or solo, this well trained group conducts espionage, undercover, or assassination operations.-summary

009-1 is based on a late sixties manga by Ishinomori Shotaro and in regards to the show's stylish nature this is definitely something to take note of. The series is done in a very old school manner that will mainly appeal to those of that era; admittedly it does possess some modern traits but this anime is not for everyone.

The manga was set during the Cold War. The anime follows its manga counterpart and pushes the Cold War beyond the nineties adding mutant children, advanced weaponry, cyborgs, and androids. 009-1 shares similarities to James Bond, but in many ways lacks the cleverness of the suave special agent.

At first glance, 009-1 appears to be another chicks with guns anime series packed with fan service, mindless sex scenes, and very campy action scenes. Serious viewers could find it tough to get past the first episode. The first episode is action packed with a good amount of shoot outs and hand to hand scenes, but it has a very cheesy feel to it. Honestly, had I been watching this series seven years ago, I would have dropped it right away. Fortunately, these days I can watch almost anything. Therefore, when I do start on something I try my best to finish it no matter how painful it could be.

Now, by the time the second episode arrives, the series takes a different turn and you soon realize you're not watching just another totally mindless girls with guns anime. The story mainly revolves around Myleen and develops her character through her solo missions. Even though Myleen is a professional and takes her job seriously. She often shows compassion to her victims loved ones and sometimes even to her targets; but she will deal out death to those whom she really believes deserves it. This bit of character depth is very much needed because Myleen comes off as a total sleaze. She sleeps with almost all of her targets and I'm not into trashy characters such as these.

This anime is plotless(until the last three episodes) and it follows an episodic format. Normally, anime like this would follow a certain predictable pattern. This follows a pattern somewhat, with almost every episode beginning slow paced, and later building up to an action packed ending but there is variety in the show. Some of the stories have great endings simply because they abandon all clichés. I'll leave this part up in the air to avoid spoilers; but I will say episode four stands as my favorite.

009-1 is a watchable series yet has its flaws, and it doesn't reach its full potential. For one thing, Myleen is the only character whom is developed. The others in her squad receive no background and their roles are pretty much non existent. There really isn't much of an excuse for this, because at least two episodes served very little purpose. One in particular because I felt later on the subject concerning Myleen's compassion for others was a dead horse taking a beating. I also have a problem with some of the writing. I mentioned this series is similar to James Bond but minus the cleverness. I'll elaborate on this subject. While the character of James utilized wits, gadgets, and the story overall used strong, and imaginative writing to depict his escape from capture. Myleen was forced to resort to very uninteresting gimmicks such as the breast guns(which is so corny) and at least one time, her escape provided no explanation at all(how did she get out of those chains?), the writing can be way too weak.

I also mentioned the sex scenes earlier. The scenes really don't hurt the series because they aren't graphic and are mainly left to your imagination, plus the series isn't packed with them as a desperate attempt to push the episodic plot. The ending was somewhat tacked on and it didn't provide enough closure.

The biggest issue I have with this series is definitely the character designs. There was some effort put into the females of the series, especially, in the case of Myleen. They went out of their way to make her as sexy as possible, but too bad everyone else received the cold shoulder. The character designs are horrible especially for those use to more modern anime. The artwork for the backgrounds are just as bad at times. The buildings look almost like building blocks on some occassions. Other times, the artwork can be outstanding, especially, for the sunsets and night time backgrounds. The soundtrack was pretty good to me, but it could of used a few more songs. Overall, they fit very well with the series consisting of jazz and modern rock. The series also has solid voice acting. The English version contains a bit of foul language. I haven't seen the sub.

009-1 surprised me early, admittedly because I set my expectations very low. It's an entertaining series that establishes its own identity, and doesn't always rely on cheap gimmicks; as for the artwork, I get what the intention is here but that doesn't mean I have to fully like it or like it at all. I don't regret watching this series. However, if I had something better at the time, I would have put this on the shelf for a little while.

Highs: Bloody action and action packed, decent stories, good music

Lows: Very bad character designs, a bit of weak writing

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