009-1: The End of the Beginning

Magazine

In the near future, the world is divided into opposing Western and Eastern blocs. J-Country is a border war zone for the ongoing conflict between the two superpowers. Mylene is 009, a beautiful cyborg spy working for the Western block’s “00” division. Her latest assignment is to expose a human trafficking operation and rescue an abducted scientist who created the Faust Project (a covert advanced cyborg technology). Can the one-woman demolition squad accomplish her deadly mission and rescue the human memory of her former self?

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Available with English subtitles.

Movie Details:

Title (Japanese)	009ノ1 THE END OF THE BEGINNING
Movie Length	1 hours 22 minutes
Original Language	Japanese
Original Japanese Premiere Date	September 2013

Manga Details:

Based on the manga titled 009-1 (ゼロゼロナイン・ワン) which was published between 1967 and 1974.

Author	Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森章太郎)
Manga Length	6 volumes
Availability in English	Not currently available in English

Previously a weekly seinen magazine until 2003, it has then shifted to a twice-a-month publication by Futabasha.