The staff of Ishimori Production‘s Cyborg 009: Nemesis, a new anime based on Shōtarō Ishinomori‘s Cyborg 009 manga, announced on Tuesday that Mamoru Miyano will voice Cyborg 002/Jet Link in the series. Cyborg 002 can fly at the speed of Mach 5.

The story follows a global organization known as Black Ghost, which seeks to lock the world into eternal war. Black Ghost captures nine men and women and turns them into cyborg soldiers, but the cyborgs rebel and fight against Black Ghost.

Yūki Kaji plays the anime’s main character Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009.

Previously announced Cyborgs cast members include:

Before announcing the Cyborgs’ cast, the anime’s website also announced a new main cast member for the Nemesis group every week. The cast members include (Note: Character name romanizations are not official):

Hideki Ambo is directing the anime at Arect. Atsuhiro Tomioka (Pokémon) and CHARATEX are writing the screenplay. sanorin is designing the characters.

Singer Kyōko from the rock band Barbee Boys performs the theme song “Taga Tame ni” (For Whom). The song was originally used for the 1979 Cyborg 009 television anime series. Ken Narita and Koorogi ’73 originally performed the song, and Ishinomori himself wrote the lyrics.

The anime will “stream” this summer.

Ishinomori launched the original Cyborg 009 manga in Shōnengahōsha‘s Weekly King magazine in July 1964.

The manga inspired television anime series in 1968, 1979, and 2001, as well as films in 1966, 1967, and 1980. More recently, the manga spawned the 009 Re:Cyborg movie in 2012 and the Cyborg 009 Call of Justice movie in 2016. The manga also inspired a crossover original video anime (OVA) with Devilman in 2015.

Tsuguo Okazaki launched the Cyborg 009 Bgooparts Delete manga based on Ishinomori’s original series in July 2019, and the manga ended in September 2022. Scriptwriter Masaki Tsuji (Cyborg 009 anime) and artist Masato Hayase (Genma Taisen, 8 Man vs Cyborg 009) launched a new manga titled Cyborg 009 Taiheiyō no Bōrei (Cyborg 009: Ghost of the Pacific) in April 2024.

Source: Cyborg 009: Nemesis anime’s website via Ota-Suke

The idol exposé poster Deathdol Note uploaded reports and photos onto social media last Thursday, alleging that musician and music producer Satoru Kuwabara had affairs with numerous women over at least the past two years. Kuwabara posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday regarding “the information that’s now spreading,” and said that while it “doesn’t paint a complete picture,” he nevertheless acknowledged “the main point” as true.

Kuwabara added that he has now resigned as music producer for the Ensemble Stars! franchise, with further announcements about his commitments to other projects and to his Sir Vanity band coming at a later date. Kuwabara had already announced on April 28 (before the allegations went public) that he would go on a one-month hiatus from work from May 11 to June 14.

Arte Refact, the music label which Kuwabara heads, announced on Tuesday that creators under the label will all leave on June 30. The label plans to honor its current agreements and contracts. One of the creators under Arte Refact, Yuki Honda, said on social media on Tuesday that he and other creators plan to establish a new agency in July. Kuwabara had said in his April 28 announcement that he was considering and discussing the possibility of stepping down as Arte Refact‘s head and retiring from the music industry.

Deathdol Note’s posts alleged that Kuwabara was a married father during his affairs with female cast members, VTubers, and employees at music labels. Kuwabara supposedly provided tickets for concerts of his band or Ensemble Stars! to the women with whom he had relationships.

Kuwabara is best known as the music producer for the Ensemble Stars! male idol project, which has inspired games, manga, and both television and film anime adaptations. He heads the Arte Refact music label of the Memento mori company, under which he produces music for numerous other projects, including The IDOLM@STER Million Live! and The Idolm@ster SideM. He has produced and composed music or theme songs for such anime as Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!, Komori-san Can’t Decline, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Z/X Code reunion, and Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army. He is also the bassist of the band Sir Vanity.

Sources: Deathdol Note X/Twitter account, Satoru Kuwabara‘s X/Twitter account via Yaraon!, Arte Refact website, Oricon News, Yuki Honda‘s X/Twitter account