We haven’t heard much about the next project that TOHO is putting together with the three-part new work Cyborg 009 Call of Justice since mid-September, but that’s starting to change as we get closer to its debut. The new project is set for limited runs in Japan with the parts debuting on November 25th, December 2nd, and December 9th with two-week windows that overlap. While we had the cast for a while, a new member has been revealed with Yui Makino being involved in the project. She’ll be playing the role of Lt. Katarina Canetti, whose character design you can see to the right as a member of the UN special forces.
The cast includes:
- Keisuke Koumoto as Joe Shimamura (009)
- Misato Fukuen as Ivan Whisky (001)
- Takuya Satou as Jet Link (002)
- Risa Taneda as Françoise Arnoul (003)
- Satoshi Hino as Albert Heinrich (004)
- Kenji Nomura as Geronimo Jr. (005)
- Mitsuaki Madono as Changku Chang (006)
- Setsuji Satou as Great Britain (007)
- Haruki Ishiya as Pyunma (008)
The project has Kenji Kamiyama returning as the chief director of the project with Koudai Kakimoto serving as the director with it being produced by Signal MD.
The film will have the opening theme song “A.I am human” from MONKEY MAJIK.
Plot concept: The story follows Joe Shimamura and the other cyborgs’ struggle with the Bresudo, a group of people who possess superhuman powers and intellect, and have manipulated human history since ancient times. Their goals are unknown, and they cast a dark shadow over the world.
Though few people believe in the Bresudo’s existence, one journalist named Lucy Davenport heads to Texas to contact a certain family, and she meets the cyborgs. The cyborgs themselves have been freed from their duty of protecting humanity ever since the establishment of the UN Guardian troops, and they now live quiet lives of peace. However, Lucy’s visit and the return of the Bresudo draw Joe and the others once more unto the breach of a new battle.
