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{{Short description|1991 comics series by C. Trillo and C. Meglia}}
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[[Image:Cybersix.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Cybersix as she appears in [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS]]' 1999 animated series.]]
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| caption = Cybersix as she appears in [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS/NOA]]'s 1999 animated series.
| character_name = ''Cybersix''
| real_name = Cyber-6
| publisher = [[Skorpio (magazine)|Skorpio]]
| debut = ''Cybersix'' #1 (May [[1991 in comics|1991]])
| creators = [[Carlos Trillo]] and [[Carlos Meglia]]
| alliances =
| aliases = Adriana "Adrian" Seidelman
| powers = Marital arts expert
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'''''Cybersix''''' is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors [[Carlos Trillo]] (story) and [[Carlos Meglia]] (art) for the comics magazine ''[[Skorpio (magazine)|Skorpio]]'' (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993. It follows the eponymous leather-clad [[genetic engineering]] survivor who cross-dresses (to conceal her identity) working as a male teacher during the day, and fights against the scientist who created her at night.


The series was adapted into a live-action television series<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262951/ TV Live-action series ''Cybersix'']{{unreliable source?|date=February 2020}}</ref> and an [[Cybersix (TV series)|animated television series]] that garnered positive critical reception from the Pulcinella Awards.<ref name="C">{{cite web|author=Telecom |url=http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/prize/prize.html |title=CYBERSIX won a prize at the PULCINELLA AWARDS |access-date=2007-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132846/http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/prize/prize.html |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>
'''''Cybersix''''' is a series of [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[comic book]]s created by writers [[Carlos Meglia]] and [[Carlos Trillo]]. The series first appeared in Spanish during [[November]], [[1993]].


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==Plot==
The heroine of the series is the eponymous character, Cybersix, a leather-clad [[android]] who by day operates behind the guise of a male high school literature teacher, and by night battles the monstrous biological weapons of her creator. She is aided in her adventures by her childhood friend Cyber-29, who is reborn in the body of a black panther known as Data 7. The extended cast includes Cybersix's colleague and love interest Lucus Amato, as well as other supporting characters.
Von Reichter is a surviving member of [[Schutzstaffel]] in [[World War II]]. He works on experiments in South America, creating the ''Cyber'' series of artificial humanoids with super strength and agility. The 5000 original Cybers became servants, mimicked human emotions and making their will. When they disobeyed orders, Reichter orders them all to be destroyed. After the death of Cyber-29, Reichter transfers his brain into the body of a [[black panther]] named Data-7. Cyber-6 (Cybersix) is one of the survivors, who escapes and arrives in the city of Meridiana. She disguises herself as school teacher Adrian Seidelman after the real one is killed in a car crash. Cybersix defeats monsters called "Fixed Ideas" – humanoids of the ''Techno'' series – in order to drink the green [[sustenance]] liquid contained within them. Along the way, she meets an orphaned boy Julian, Reichter's cloned son José, and high school teacher Lucas Amato.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cybersix.smackjeeves.com/comics/1514611/page-42-43/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317173423/http://cybersix.smackjeeves.com/comics/1514611/page-42-43/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Production==
In 1995, the comics were adapted into a poorly-received live-action [[Television program|television series]], and again in 1999 into a much more successful thirteen-episode [[animation|animated]] series by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS]], with positive critical reception from sources like the Pulcinella Awards,<ref name="C">{{cite web|author=Telecom|url=http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/prize/prize.html|title=CYBERSIX won a prize at the PULCINELLA AWARDS|accessdate=2007-05-15|date=}}</ref> which first aired in [[Canada]] on [[TELETOON (Canada)|TELETOON]] and was later dubbed in several other countries.
===Comics===
The comics were originally published in Italy in the magazine ''[[Skorpio (Italy)|Skorpio]] ''in 113 weekly 12-pages installments from May 1991 to July 1994, followed by 45 96-pages comic books between November 1994 and January 1999. Parts of the material were translated in Spanish and published in [[Argentina]] (since 1993 by El Globo Editor) and in Spain (since 1995 by Planeta De Agostini).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersix.it/argentina.html|title=Cybersix.it|access-date=2007-05-15}}</ref> Collections were released in French, with twelve volumes distributed by Editions Vents d'Ouest between 1994 and 1998.<ref name="D">{{cite web|url=http://www.cybersix.it/fumetti.html|title=Cybersix.it|access-date=2007-05-15}}</ref>


===Live-action series===
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==Story==
The series debuted in [[Argentina]] on 15 March 1995. It was produced by Luis Gandulfo, Sebastián Parrotta, Fernando Rascovsky and Andre Ronco, and written by Ricardo Rodríguez, Carlos Meglia and Carlos Trillo. The series aired on [[Telefé]], but was cancelled after only a few episodes due to low ratings. Cybersix was played by former model and actress [[Carolina Peleritti]], José was played by [[Rodrigo de la Serna]], and Doguyy was played by Mario Moscoso.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.swikat.com/Movie/47815/Cybersix |title=SWIKAT: Cybersix (1995) |access-date=5 June 2012 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812173011/http://www.swikat.com/Movie/47815/Cybersix |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.superheroeslives.com/internationals/cybersix_(1995).htm Cybersix (1995) TV movie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014024740/http://www.superheroeslives.com/internationals/cybersix_(1995).htm |date=14 October 2012 }} – superheroeslives.com</ref>


===Animated series===
Dr. Von Reichter, a member of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and the [[Nazism|Nazi]] party, is an expert in [[genetic engineering]]. He initially began his work in [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]] during [[World War II]], implanting [[cybernetic]] [[organ (anatomy)|organs]] in the bodies of dead prisoners in an attempt to bring them back to life to serve in the [[Adolf Hitler|Führer's]] army. However, the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces intervened to defeat the Nazis, so he fled to [[South America]] where he once again continued his sinister experiments.
{{Main|Cybersix (TV series)}}


==Controversy with ''Dark Angel'' and lawsuit==
From one of his experiments emerged the Cyber Series — artificial humanoids possessing superhuman strength and agility. But something was amiss: the 5000 original Cybers, engineered to be the perfect servants, mimicked human emotions too closely, displaying free will of their own. When they began disobeying their creator, Von Reichter ordered all of the Cyber Series to be destroyed. By this time, Cyber-29 had already died in a playtime accident when he fell from a cliff, but Von Reichter managed to transfer the dead child's brain into the body of a panther to be reborn as Data 7. Cybersix was the only true Cyber to survive the massacre, escaping with the help of a black slave who hid her away in a fishing village. When the slave was later interrogated and killed by Von Reichter, Cybersix escaped once again and made her way to the fictitious city of Meridiana, where she adopted the identity of a boy killed in a car wreck, Adrian Seidelman, and now battles her evil creator and his minions.
Meglia and Trillo filed a lawsuit against [[James Cameron]], claiming that ''[[Dark Angel (American TV series)|Dark Angel]]'' [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] the series.<ref>[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/espectaculos/6-1582-2002-02-06.html "Cameron always steals ideas"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626103244/http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/espectaculos/6-1582-2002-02-06.html |date=26 June 2015 }}, 2002-02-06, ''[[Pagina/12]]'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> Trillo and Meglia accused the show of stealing most of the plot from the comic and most recognizable elements.<ref>[http://axxon.com.ar/not/c-108InfoCybersix.htm Cybersix vs. Dark Angel: A court battle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113552/http://axxon.com.ar/not/c-108InfoCybersix.htm |date=2 April 2015 }} 2001-11-26, Axxon.com.ar {{in lang|es}}</ref> In a 2007 interview, Trillo stated that he and Meglia dropped the lawsuit due to lack of financial resources, although the issue is still a matter of controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tebeosfera.com/documentos/textos/nueva_semblanza_entrevista_con_carlos_trillo.html |title=New profile. Interview with Carlos Trillo |date=20 September 2007 |access-date=29 June 2012 |publisher=Tebeosfera.com |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403191445/http://www.tebeosfera.com/documentos/textos/nueva_semblanza_entrevista_con_carlos_trillo.html |archive-date=3 April 2015 }}</ref>

Like all of Von Reichter's creations, Cybersix depends on a mysterious life-giving fluid called "sustenance". When her supply ran out, she was forced to prowl the city in search of other creatures of Von Reichter's making, such as [[Frankenstein]]-like Fixed Ideas or the more human-like Technos, to kill them and take their sustenance to survive. Almost by accident, she became a [[superhero]] by defending the people of her city from Von Reichter's malevolent plans, often carried out by his cloned "son" José. Along the way, she meets the resurrected Data 7, as well as a young boy named Julian, and falls in love with biology teacher/reporter Lucas Amato.

THESE ARE ALL LIES

==Differences between media==
The method by which Cybersix obtains sustenance is different among the series' incarnations. In the comic book, Cybersix sucks sustenance directly from the neck of those she hunts as if she were a [[vampire]]; however, she does not have fangs, instead simply making a wound in the victim's neck with her teeth, then drinking the sustenance that bleeds from it. Conversely, in the animated series, Von Reichter's creations leave glowing vials of sustenance after being killed, which Cybersix would open and consume.

Cybersix's outfit of black bodysuit, high heels, hat, cropped gloves, and cape with red lining was taken from a Techno prostitute in the comics, while its origin is never fully explained in the animated television series.

Some of the more mature story elements, such as José and Von Reichter's Nazi background or Cybersix's youth, are not openly revealed in the animated series, but are suggested through dialogue, flashbacks, or visual clues, such as the military-style [[Goose-Step|goose-stepping]] that both José and Von Reichter engage in.

The live-action series was heavily toned-down from the comics. Violence was reduced, and mentions of sex and drugs were absent.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q92413}}
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* [http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/ Telecom's official ''Cybersix'' page (English)]
* {{anime News Network|anime|1285}}
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* [http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/japanese/index.html Telecom's official ''Cybersix'' page (Japanese)]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132901/http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/ Telecom's official ''Cybersix'' page (English)]
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/cybersix.htm Cybersix @ International Superheroes]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061105192627/http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/japanese/index.html Telecom's official ''Cybersix'' page (Japanese)]


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Revision as of 21:47, 7 May 2024

Not to be confused with Cybersex.
Cybersix
Cybersix as she appears in TMS/NOA's 1999 animated series.
Publication information
PublisherSkorpio
First appearanceCybersix #1 (May 1991)
Created byCarlos Trillo and Carlos Meglia
In-story information
Alter egoCyber-6
Notable aliasesAdriana "Adrian" Seidelman
AbilitiesMarital arts expert

Cybersix is an Argentinean comic book series published in 1991, created by the Argentine authors Carlos Trillo (story) and Carlos Meglia (art) for the comics magazine Skorpio (Eura Editoriale). The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993. It follows the eponymous leather-clad genetic engineering survivor who cross-dresses (to conceal her identity) working as a male teacher during the day, and fights against the scientist who created her at night.

The series was adapted into a live-action television series[1] and an animated television series that garnered positive critical reception from the Pulcinella Awards.[2]

Plot

Von Reichter is a surviving member of Schutzstaffel in World War II. He works on experiments in South America, creating the Cyber series of artificial humanoids with super strength and agility. The 5000 original Cybers became servants, mimicked human emotions and making their will. When they disobeyed orders, Reichter orders them all to be destroyed. After the death of Cyber-29, Reichter transfers his brain into the body of a black panther named Data-7. Cyber-6 (Cybersix) is one of the survivors, who escapes and arrives in the city of Meridiana. She disguises herself as school teacher Adrian Seidelman after the real one is killed in a car crash. Cybersix defeats monsters called "Fixed Ideas" – humanoids of the Techno series – in order to drink the green sustenance liquid contained within them. Along the way, she meets an orphaned boy Julian, Reichter's cloned son José, and high school teacher Lucas Amato.[3]

Production

Comics

The comics were originally published in Italy in the magazine Skorpio in 113 weekly 12-pages installments from May 1991 to July 1994, followed by 45 96-pages comic books between November 1994 and January 1999. Parts of the material were translated in Spanish and published in Argentina (since 1993 by El Globo Editor) and in Spain (since 1995 by Planeta De Agostini).[4] Collections were released in French, with twelve volumes distributed by Editions Vents d'Ouest between 1994 and 1998.[5]

Live-action series

The series debuted in Argentina on 15 March 1995. It was produced by Luis Gandulfo, Sebastián Parrotta, Fernando Rascovsky and Andre Ronco, and written by Ricardo Rodríguez, Carlos Meglia and Carlos Trillo. The series aired on Telefé, but was cancelled after only a few episodes due to low ratings. Cybersix was played by former model and actress Carolina Peleritti, José was played by Rodrigo de la Serna, and Doguyy was played by Mario Moscoso.[6][7]

Animated series

Main article: Cybersix (TV series)

Controversy with Dark Angel and lawsuit

Meglia and Trillo filed a lawsuit against James Cameron, claiming that Dark Angel plagiarized the series.[8] Trillo and Meglia accused the show of stealing most of the plot from the comic and most recognizable elements.[9] In a 2007 interview, Trillo stated that he and Meglia dropped the lawsuit due to lack of financial resources, although the issue is still a matter of controversy.[10]

References

  1. ^ TV Live-action series Cybersix[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ Telecom. "CYBERSIX won a prize at the PULCINELLA AWARDS". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Cybersix.it". Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  5. ^ "Cybersix.it". Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  6. ^ "SWIKAT: Cybersix (1995)". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ^ Cybersix (1995) TV movie Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine – superheroeslives.com
  8. ^ "Cameron always steals ideas" Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 2002-02-06, Pagina/12 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Cybersix vs. Dark Angel: A court battle Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 2001-11-26, Axxon.com.ar (in Spanish)
  10. ^ "New profile. Interview with Carlos Trillo" (in Spanish). Tebeosfera.com. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

External links

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