009-1

I just finished this series a few days ago. It was great. I'm not a huge fan of the art style that Shotaro Ishinomori uses in his shows (see Cyborg 009), but the character development in 009-1 is excellent. It's a spy thriller (with cyborgs), and very much feels like one, with constant gadgetry and espionage and back-stabbing plots and all of the things you would expect from a spy thriller. The main character, Agent 009-1 (also known as Mylene Hoffman), is an excellent protagonist, and is extraordinarily sexy. She is the sole focal character of the series, and you as the viewer really get to know how her mind works and who she is throughout the course of the show's thirteen episodes. Each episode is fairly self-contained, with some wrap-up continuity in the last few episodes to pull the series together. 

The Jnglish voice-acting in the show is absolutely atrocious, so I watched it in Japanese with subtitles, and I am glad that I did. Agent 009-1's Japanese voice actor really brought the character to life. She fit the character's personality perfectly. She never raised her voice, was always gentle, and had a very calm, level-headed inflection while still maintaining a certain warmth in the character's voice. The Japanese voice acting was just a pleasure to listen to, and in a way I'm glad that the English acting was so bad, else I probably would have missed out.

Anyway, the series was great, and is fairly short and non-committal. Check it out.

Verdict: Recommended