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{{Short description|1991 comics series by C. Trillo and C. Meglia}}
'''''Cybersix''''' is a series of [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[comic book]]s created by writers [[Carlos Meglia]] and [[Carlos Trillo]]. The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993.
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{{Infobox comics character<!--This box is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics. See that article for details-->
| image = [[File:Cybersix.jpg|200px]]
| 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
}}
'''''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>
The heroine of the series is the eponymous character, Cybersix, a leather-clad artificial human [[superhero]] 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 younger brother 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 Lucas Amato, a student named Lori in love with her male guise, a young street wise kid named Julian as well as others.


==Plot==
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/NOA]], 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.
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>


==Story==
==Production==
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.

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 tree (a cliff in the animated series), 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.

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]]'s monster-like Fixed Ideas or the more human-like Technos, to kill them and take their Sustenance to survive. Almost by accident, she became a hero 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, while her alter-ego, Adrian, became the object of affection of one of his students.

==Production history==
===Comics===
===Comics===
The ''Cybersix'' comics were originally published in [[Argentina]] and written in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] between November, 1993 and 1999, and spanned six volumes.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.cybersix.it/argentina.html|title=Cybersix.it|accessdate=2007-05-15|date=}}</ref> Collections were released in [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], with twelve volumes distributed by Editions Vents d'Ouest for the former and forty-five volumes for the latter,<ref name="D">{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.cybersix.it/fumetti.html|title=Cybersix.it|accessdate=2007-05-15|date=}}</ref> but no [[English language|English]] or [[Japanese language|Japanese]] versions were ever made available.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.cybersix.it/canada.html|title=Cybersix.it|accessdate=2007-05-15|date=}}</ref><ref name="A">{{cite web|author=Telecom|url=http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/faq/faq.html|title=Cybersix FAQ|accessdate=2007-05-15|date=}}</ref> Four special-edition Italian ''Cybersix'' issues were also released, in addition to another six documenting Volumes 1 to 18.<ref name="D"/> The first book of the special edition comics had two possible cover designs.
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 television series===
The ''Cybersix'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262951/ live-action television series] debuted in [[Argentina]] on March 15, 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 model [[Carolina Peleritti]], José was played by [[Rodrigo de la Serna]], and Doguyy was played by [[Mario Moscoso]].


==Animated television series==
===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.<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>
{{infobox television
| show_name =Cybersix
| image =[[Image:Cybersix.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Cybersix as she appears in [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha|TMS/NOA]]'s1999 animated series.
| format = [[Television series]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator =
| voices = [[Michael Dobson (actor)|Michael Dobson]]<br />[[Cathy Weseluck]]<br />[[Alex Doduk]]<br />[[Janyse Jaud]]<br />[[Andrew Francis]]<br />[[Terry Klassen]]<br />[[Brian Drummond]]<br />L. Harvey Gold<br />[[Chantal Strand]]
| opentheme =Lyrics by '''Robert Olivier'''<br />Sung by '''Coral Egan'''
| country = {{flagicon|Canada}}
| network ={{flagicon|Canada}} [[Teletoon (Canadian TV channel)|Teletoon]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fox Kids]]
| first_aired = September 6, 1999
| last_aired = November 29, 1999
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13
| list_episodes =
| website =
}}
The ''Cybersix'' animated television series debuted in [[Canada]] on September 6, 1999, and was subsequently dubbed for French, Japanese, Malaysian, Polish, South American, and Thai viewers.<ref name="A"/> It was animated by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] and NOA; produced by Herve Bedard, Toshihiko Masuda, and Koji Takeuchi; with storyboards by Atsuko Tanaka, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Nabuo Tomizawa, and Kazuhide Tomonag; and written by Catherine Girczyc, [[Carlos Meglia]], and [[Carlos Trillo]]. Original music was composed by Robbi Finkel,<ref name="A"/><ref>{{cite web|author=RobbiFinkel|url=http://www.robbifinkel.com/|title=Robbi Finkel's website|accessdate=2008-01-19|date=}}</ref> and character designs were overseen by Teiichi Takiguchi.


===Animated series===
The [[title sequence]] and [[closing credits]] featured lyrics written by Robert Olivier, which were sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan.<ref name="A"/> Along with the background music, several elements of the cartoon's visual design hint that Meridiana is modeled after [[Buenos Aires]], teeming with decorative [[sculpture]] throughout the metropolis, numerous outdoor markets and open-air [[café]]s.
{{Main|Cybersix (TV series)}}


==Controversy with ''Dark Angel'' and lawsuit==
On April 28, 2000 ''Cybersix'' won "Special Mention for the Best Science Fiction Program" at the Pulcinella Awards in [[Italy]] for that year's competition.<ref name="C"/>
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>
===Voice Cast===
*[[Michael Dobson (actor)|Michael Dobson]] as Lucas Amato
*[[Cathy Weseluck]] as Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman
*[[Alex Doduk]] as José
*[[Janyse Jaud]] as Elaine
*[[Andrew Francis]] as Julian
*[[Terry Klassen]] as Von Reichter
There were five main cast members who voiced ''Cybersix''. [[Cathy Weseluck]] performed the dual role of Adrian Seidelman and Cybersix. [[Michael Dobson (actor)|Michael Dobson]] performed the voice of Lucas Amato. [[Andrew Francis]] played Julian, while [[Alex Doduk]] and [[Terry Klassen]] voiced José and Von Reichter, respectively. Additional voices were provided by [[Janyse Jaud]], [[Brian Drummond]], [[Chantal Strand]], and L. Harvey Gold.
====Errors in the Show====
In episode 1 and 2, Cybersix's tattoo on her arm appear on different arms. It appears on her left when she shows it to Jose in episode 1 and it appears on her right arm when she tries to save Julian and Data 7 spots it while remembering his past.
===Episode list===
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|Title=Mysterious Shadow
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|6}}
|EpisodeNumber=1
|ShortSummary=High school teacher Lucas Amato makes a new friend in fellow teacher Adrian Seidelman and encounters the dangerous minions of José and Von Reichter by night, not suspecting that "Adrian" is actually the mysterious and enchanting Cybersix, who comes to his rescue. Lucas finds a tube of Sustenance which Cybersix comes to claim the next night, only to be chased off by José's men. Cybersix heads off to stop José from counterfeiting money and to rescue the engraver and printer being held hostage in order to make it.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Data 7 & Julian
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|13}}
|EpisodeNumber=2
|ShortSummary=Von Reichter sends a panther by the name of Data 7 to track down and destroy Cybersix. Meanwhile, Cybersix meets a young boy named Julian who is forced by his guardian to pick pocket against his own will. As Adrian, Cybersix offers him the wallet he tried to steal, seeing that he needs it, but first takes out a picture of a younger version of herself and another child. Julian declines to take the wallet and leaves. After finding out that José has taken over the abandoned theatre where Julian lives, Cybersix promises to help him get away to somewhere safer. A battle ensues between Cybersix and Data 7 while Julian attempts to help by dropping stage props from above. The picture falls out in front of Data 7 as Cybersix struggles to keep Julian from falling. Data 7 stares at the picture and, when Julian falls, saves him. Data 7 reveals that he is Cyber-29, who Cybersix thought died years ago, and defects to join her in her fight against Von Reichter.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Terra
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|20}}
|EpisodeNumber=3
|ShortSummary=Von Reichter creates a monster named Terra from ancient mud fused with Sustenance. When the creature battles Cybersix, her altruistic essence transforms his malevolent heart to goodness, giving him emotions. While Terra wishes to see Cybersix, José traps Terra and fuses him with some animal behaviors to make him more vicious. After luring Cybersix into a trap with a more dangerous, cruel looking Terra, José sets the tower that Cybersix and Terra are trapped in on fire. Terra, after regaining his free will, uses his mud to smother the flames but ends up using his entire body to save Cybersix. As Data 7 and Lucas arrive, Cybersix cries over the sandy remains of Terra.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Yashimoto, Private Eye
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|27}}
|EpisodeNumber=4
|ShortSummary=José kidnaps a young girl named Ikiko, a new friend of Julian's, to blackmail Meridiana's most renowned detective, Yashimoto, Ikiko's older brother, into hunting down Cybersix. Julian also falls into José's clutches and Cybersix must rescue them. Yashimoto manages to deduce that Cybersix is Adrian and breaks into her apartment. Upon arrival to make the exchange, Julian and Ikiko manage to escape from José's men and Yashimoto uses a mannequin dressed in clothes like Cybersix's to fool them. The real Cybersix and Data 7 arrive on the scene as José summons a giant ammonite-like creature. Cybersix manages to destroy it using the drawbridge mechanism as Julian, Ikiko and Yashimoto head home safely.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Lori is Missing
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|4}}
|EpisodeNumber=5
|ShortSummary=Lori, a streetwise teen at Meridiana High School crushing on Adrian Seidelman, finds out where he lives but sees Cybersix there talking to someone (Data 7). Lori, angered, is questioned by Lucas as to why she is upset and reveals that she saw a woman dressed in black leather in his apartment. Lucas soon becomes angered with Adrian for knowing Cybersix when he has been talking about her all this time. One night, Lori runs into José's gang in a dark alley and ends up being abducted as José schemes to tunnel his way into the city bank. Cybersix finds Lori and helps her escape and then destroys José's giant drill, which destroys his base.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Blue Birds of Horror
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|11}}
|EpisodeNumber=6
|ShortSummary=Meridiana is beset by swarms of hostile birds that attack anyone who goes outside. While Cybersix heads to Lucas' apartment, no birds are present, but as she attempts to head out once more, they reappear. Lucas then deduces that there were no birds when Cybersix left her apartment because the air waves for new broadcasts was used to send a message through every TV in Meridiana, therefore no birds could be controlled at the time. Lucas and Cybersix head through the sewers to the school to set up a trap to catch all the birds they can to make being outside safer. Cybersix heads to the TV station to stop José who releases a giant bird creature. Data 7 manages to destroy it by flying into the TV tower's electrical broadcaster but is hurt in the process. The birds, no longer under control, are released.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Brainwashed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|18}}
|EpisodeNumber=7
|ShortSummary=Julian's friend, Detective Henrique, and other officers in the Meridiana police force are brainwashed by José's new mind-control device, ordered to patrol the city streets for Cybersix. Julian follows Henrique to see that José is behind everything but is caught and becomes bait to lure Cybersix into a trap. Cybersix inevitably falls into the trap while Data 7 bursts in to try and save her. Julian manages to remove the mind control device on Henrique, who helps Cybersix escape. Later that night, Cybersix and Data 7 watch over the cafe as Julian and Henrique share some ice cream.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Gone With the Wings
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|25}}
|EpisodeNumber=8
|ShortSummary=Von Reichter sends a horde of winged goblins to terrorize the city with the shrieking destructive power of their supersonic blasts. Cybersix is nearly captured by the goblins if not for their sudden retreat due to the rising sun. Julian follows the goblins to find them in an old train service room filled with eggs. Data 7 heads there too, but is ushered out by Julian who is trapped and tells him to go find Cybersix. Knowing their weakness, Cybersix brings a train to the goblin's lair and Data 7 and Julian loads the eggs on the train. Cybersix then lures the goblins on the train, traps them, and drives it out to the sunlight, destroying them.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Eye
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|8}}
|EpisodeNumber=9
|ShortSummary=Von Reichter sends a bizarre eyeball creature to José for testing. José exercises its mind-robbing powers of hypnosis to overtake the city. The eye steals a person's consciousness and grows bigger with the more minds it takes. Lucas soon falls victim to this as does everyone in Meridiana. During a battle, Data 7's mind is taken and Cybersix reflects the gaze back at the eye, causing it to go out of José's control. José tries to catch the eye, as ordered by Von Reichter, but Cybersix freezes it using the liquid nitrogen that she saw Lucas use during a class demonstration to freeze the eye and destroy it as all the people's stolen minds return to their bodies.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Full Moon Fascination
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|11}}
|EpisodeNumber=10
|ShortSummary=Strange werewolf attacks threaten the citizens of Meridiana when a new teacher named Elaine signs on to work at the high school. Lucas encounters a werewolf and gets injured but is thankfully saved by Cybersix as the werewolf changes back into a man with no memory of what happened. Elaine quickly seduces Lucas, much to Adrian's chagrin. When Lucas transforms into a werewolf, Cybersix is reluctant to fight him and tries to remind Lucas of who he really is. In sudden realization, Cybersix sees that Elaine is the werewolf. Lucas manages to remember Cybersix and their relationship and fights off Elaine. After falling a great height, Elaine turns back into a human and reveals that Von Reichter sent her to destroy Cybersix and apologizes to Lucas for doing what she did. Lucas, with no memory of the events, turns back into a human and his injury fades away.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Greatest Show in Meridiana
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|15}}
|EpisodeNumber=11
|ShortSummary=José captures Data 7 and stages a circus show in Meridiana. She heads to rescue him the same night that Lucas goes to see it. However, Cybersix is captured and pitted against an army of deadly mechanical animals. Lucas tries to help, but is taken backstage by two other robots. He manages to destroy the robots and free Data 7, who goes to help Cybersix while Lucas tries to stop the robot animals. They eventually fall out of control as Lucas, Cybersix, and Data 7 destroy all the robots and the circus all together.
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{{Episode list
|Title=Daylight Devil
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|22}}
|EpisodeNumber=12
|ShortSummary=A reptilian woman named Grizelda who has powers of invisibility stalks Cybersix relentlessly in a deadly chase. During a class field trip, she discovers that Cybersix and Adrian are the same person. Adrian is injured after falling down a cliff into a stream during a scuffle with Grizelda. Lucas insists on taking Adrian to the hospital, but Grizelda follows. Adrian can only run from her, not wishing to reveal his true identity in the light of day. Data 7 frantically tries to assist but is unable to stop the ambulance from falling off a bridge over a waterfall. Thankfully, Adrian is unharmed, but tries to save Grizelda. Grizelda, spotting an oncoming train, is touched by Adrian/Cybersix's kindness and lets go of the rope, falling into the water and dying, saving Cybersix from the train.
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{{Episode list
|Title=The Final Confrontation
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|29}}
|EpisodeNumber=13
|ShortSummary=Von Reichter sends an island-sized living bomb toward Meridiana, planning to destroy the city and Cybersix once and for all. After revealing herself as Adrian to Lori (gives her his glasses) and kissing Lucas in a farewell embrace, Cybersix rushes off to force her evil creator into a final showdown. Meanwhile, feeling cheated by his father's plan, José has reprogrammed the bomb to return to Von Reichter's seaside lab, which is engulfed in explosive flames as Cybersix desperately races for the exit. Lori finds Lucas and they go after Cybersix but are too late and do not reach the lab in time. In the epilogue, Lucas is seen in the cafe holding Adrian's glasses (given to him by Lori, he now knows Cybersix is Adrian) as the news reports the explosion of the previous night. He heads to her apartment and smiles, seeing the lights on through the window. Von Reichter states in a recording that "Cybersix was my greatest failure, but she displays great courage...and I admire that" just as José shut off the recording and grins.
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==Characters==
*'''Cybersix'''
Number 6 of the Cyber series creations, Cybersix dons the identity of high school teacher Adrian Seidelman by day and foils her evil creator's plans by night. In the animated series, not much is revealed about her past. In the comics, she was rescued by a black slave during the massacre of the other 4998 Cyber soldiers because of their developing rebellious nature and growing human emotions. She befriends a young poor boy named Julian and a fellow teacher at school named Lucas Amato, whom she begins to fall in love with. Later on, she is reunited with her younger brother, Cyber-29, reborn in the body of a panther after a tragic playtime accident, as they work together to protect Meridiana from Von Reichter. She is the central protagonist in the show.
*'''Data 7'''
Previously known as Cyber-29, Data 7 is Cybersix's younger brother. His body was greatly damaged after he fell off the cliff and Von Reichter transplanted Cyber-29's brain into the body of a panther. Data 7 has a series of flashbacks of his death, before remembering Cybersix. After seeing a picture of the two of them as children, Data 7 remembers how he died and who Cybersix was. Data 7 joins Cybersix in her plans to foil Von Reichter's plans. He is seen to be very protective of Cybersix, often taking hits for her, trying desperately to save her from danger and even following her during a school field trip after she is injured from the previous night. Data 7 is very obedient to Cybersix, and rarely ever objects to what she says.
*'''Julian'''
Julian is a young street kid and possibly an orphan, due to the fact that he is seen living on his own with no family. He is forced to pick pocket against his own will until Cybersix promises to take him somewhere safer. He tries to help Cybersix during her fights but is often rescued by her instead. He lives on a small boat tied to the harbour. Data 7 is often sent by Cybersix to make sure that he doesn't interfere or get in trouble.
*'''Lucas Amato'''
Lucas is a fellow teacher who meets Cybersix one night. He is also her friend when she is Adrian Seidelman at the school. He often has dinner with Adrian at the cafe while Lucas talks on about Cybersix, who visits him almost every night. He eventually begins to fall in love with Cybersix and kisses her before she heads off to fight Von Reichter. In the epilogue, he holds Adrian's glasses after finding that Adrian is Cybersix and heads to her apartment to see a light on.
*'''Von Reichter'''
Von Reichter is the creator of Cybersix and the other Cyber series. He is the main antagonist in the show. His plans are often carried out by his clone/son José. Von Reichter is often disappointed with José. After José's betrayal, Von Reichter was presumed to be killed by his own creations, of whom he tried to send to kill Cybersix in their final showdown.
*'''José'''
A very stuck up, self-centered, ill-tempered, and bossy young man, José is the clone and son of Von Reichter, created to succeed him in case of death, and is usually the one to carry out Von Reichter's plans, though they almost never work. José is really an adult despite his child-like appearance (and behaviour), but his father engineered him to have eternal youth to prevent him from growing up to be a potential rebel. In the end, he betrays Von Reichter after feeling cheated by his final plan.
*'''Lori'''
Lori is a young student in Adrian Seidelman's class. She has a huge crush on Adrian and heads to his apartment in one episode, only to see Cybersix talking to Data 7 (she could not see Data 7 and simply assumed she was talking to Adrian). Cybersix later reveals who she is to Lori and gives her Adrian's glasses.

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


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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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