And now I finished off Cybersix
Before you get your panties in a a wad:
<1 This is hosted on TMS' official Jewtube account as well, with you being able to find the series here: https://redirect.invidious.io/playlist?list=PLj2Ugc-vxcWG40YiVkqJql0vge0qy_TGF
<2. The Japanese creators were much more involved when it came to developing on the series, like how majority of the episodes were written by Takeuchi Kouji and directed by Furuya Keiichirou, when it wasn't the rest of the office staff (Though strangely EVERYONE who worked on this show had some previous experience working on Lupin The 3rd, be it the shows proper or something else)
<3. It has an official AniDB page: https://anidb.net/a1524
<4. Thus far, I don't have any other "anime the looks like a Western cartoon" to talk about, unless I decide to watch Sherlock Hound or Anisava
The premise for the series is that a Dr. Frankenstein wannabe wants to rule the world and figures that the best way to do so is unleash his creations, all of which are references to horror movies (
There's even an episode that's a takeoff of The Birds), on the unsuspecting citizens of Meridian City. The logic is that this will show his "power" and then threaten to do the same elsewhere unless they bow to his demands. However, there to foil his plans is Cyber-6, one of his "failed" creations that has gone rogue and has made it her life's mission to foil Dr. Frankenstein's plans of world domination. And as for why he didn't know how
SHE was still alive, it's because she disguised herself as the male high school literature teacher Adrian Seidelman. However this choice of an alter ego has caused some "problems" for her as she begins to fall for her fellow biology teach Lucas, including getting rather close to him emotionally when she isn't in a disguise. Adding to the list of problems, C6 cannot actually find the good doctor because he is in hiding and has his "son" Jose actually being the one unleashing the monsters for majority of the episodes. To put it simply, the show's setup and development is typical "monster of the week" shenanigans, starring a character that is effectively a "female Batman". I'm not really complaining about the show being cliche, but you may feel more inclined to watching something else if it wasn't for the show's animation.
The animation is actually one of the most excelling aspects of the series. Everything is very fluidly animated, and it comes across like there was "no expense spared" when it came to the budget (
Of $360k). In fact, I'd say that it's one of the best animated television series even to this day. Just a shame that the voice acting feels standard (Not bad, just average), and the sound effects use the same stock library as every video game from the early 2000's. Even have to sort of admit that I didn't really care for the show's music, especially since it most repeats a stringed version of the main theme.
Overall, I would give Cybersix a solid recommendation. It may be "average" in several respects, but the animation is why it's worth watching. Just too bad that it ends on a mild cliffhanger. If anything, it at least makes me want to look for scanlations of the comic (
Which has never been official released in full outside of Argentina).