Cyborg 009 VS Devilman
Plot. Cyborg 009 and his team come into conflict with a mysterious threat that leads to Japan and take on Devilman in the process. After some misunderstandings, a secret team of Cyborgs designed by the evil Black Ghost, and a devil outbreak it's up to 009 and Devilman to prevent total annihilation. Background. Before Go Nagai became the author of "Devilman", he worked as an assistant to Shotaro Ishinomori, drawing backgrounds for the "Cyborg 009" manga. It was reported in "Sankei Sports" that he wished to do a collaboration with Ishinomori. It was announced in  March 2015 that a "Cyborg 009" anime, directed by Jun Kawagoe, was in production to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the manga's debut. It was later announced that the anime would receive a theatrical release in autumn. Dynamic Planning separately announced a "Devilman" anime in April 2014, produced by animation studio Actas. The project was scheduled for a fall 2015 release. It was revealed in June 2015 that the two separately announced projects would in fact be a single crossover, titled "Cyborg 009 VS Devilman". Production. The anime is a three-part original video animation directed by Jun Kawagoe  and written by Tadashi Hayakawa, with animation by the studios Bee Media and Actas. JAM Project will produce both the opening theme song, ""Cyborg 009" ~Nine Cyborg Soldiers~", and the ending theme, "Devil Mind ~Ai wa Chikara~".also Kalafina with their third ending theme Lacrimosa. Release. The first full trailer for the anime was released on 25 August 2015. It was originally announced that the anime would have a two-week run in eight theaters; however, the number of theaters was later expanded to ten. It debuted on 17 October 2015. The complete set of three 30-minute episodes was released  on Blu-ray on 11 November 2015. The individual episodes were released on DVD separately on 11 November 2015, 9 December 2015, and 6 January 2016. Netflix acquired the streaming rights to the series, streaming it in 20 languages in 190 countries. The English dub was directed by Bob Buchholz and translated by Sachiko Takahashi. Other media. Manga. A manga adaptation, titled , by Akihito Yoshitomi began serialization in Kodansha and Niconico's online magazine between 14 October 2015 and 24 February 2016. The first chapter was also published with "Monthly Shōnen Sirius" on 26 October 2015. The manga was collected  in one volume on 8 April 2016. Novel. A prequel novel, written by Tadashi Hayakawa and titled , was published on 25 September 2015.