Manga like Cyborg 009

What is Cyborg 009 about?

Status: Finished

Cyborg 009 is the story of a half-Japanese juvenile delinquent, Shimamura Joe AKA "Cyborg 009." "Black Ghost," a top-secret organization bent on promoting global warfare, kidnaps Joe along with eight other unwanted members of society from the four corners of the world and turns them into cyborgs. Though the organization intends to turn the group into super-powered killing machines, it's not long before Joe and his new companions rebel against Black Ghost and make their escape with the help of an old scientist.

Once Joe and friends have freed themselves, Black Ghost sends a series of other cyborgs and giant robots in hot pursuit. Using their new powers and abilities, our heroes stay one step ahead of Black Ghost and its evil machinations, but can they save the world from its diabolical scheme?



Note: Volume count is taken from the "Ishinomori Shoutarou Manga Daizenshuu" edition, which compiles all serializations from various publishers.

Tags: Shounen , Cyborg , Foreign , Robots , Male Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Military , Animals
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Cyborg 009

Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider

Also known as Kamen Rider .

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Fans the world over have long been enthralled by tales of Kamen Rider, the masked, motorcycle-riding superhero who protects the world from injustice. Kidnapped and experimented upon by the evil terrorist organization known as Shocker, Hongo Takeshi manages to escape their clutches and use his newfound strength to fight against their schemes. These are the first adventures in a legacy that spans dozens of television series and films, drawn and written by series creator and manga superstar Shotaro Ishinomori.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Shounen , Super Power , Henshin , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Superhero , Motorcycles , Kids
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Kikaider

Jinzou Ningen Kikaider

Also known as Kikaider.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Dr. Komyogi is an expert in robotics and has a wealthy sponsor, Herbert Gill. Gill however, is a horrible man who forces Dr. Komyogi to develop numerous robots which he plans to use to take over the world. Dr. Komyogi realizes Gill's dark ambition and secretly develops a high-performance humanoid-robot called Jiro, who looks exactly like a human but transforms into a battle robot Kikaider who has his great superpower. Komyoji leaves Kikaider with his daughter Mitsuko and then disappears.

Finally, Gill makes his move. He unleashes a robot army named Dark to dominate and control human society. Mitsuko, reading a message left for her by her father Dr. Komyogi, persuades Jiro/Kikaider to fight off Gill's terrible robots. On that day, Jiro/Kikaider's fierce battles with Dark begin!



Tags: Shounen , Super Power , Tragedy , Tokusatsu , Artificial Intelligence , Robots , Twins , Henshin
Attack on Titan

Shingeki no Kyojin

Also known as Attack on Titan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of man has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 50-meter-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Dystopian , Anti-Hero , War , Tragedy , Military , Conspiracy , Survival , Philosophy , Kaiju , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Revenge , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Terrorism , Medieval , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Gore , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Time Skip , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , Slavery , Swordplay , Torture , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Espionage , Mythology , Amnesia , Tsundere , Kuudere , Class Struggle , Disability , Historical , Dissociative Identities , Drugs , Achronological Order , Religion , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Reincarnation , Transgender , Baseball , Suicide , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Acrobatics , Cult
Devilman

Devilman

Also known as Devilman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror

Hordes of demons, once thought entombed forever in the underworld, have now returned to Earth. Evil and corruption begin to seep into our world, as demons seize human hosts. Mankind’s only hope for salvation is to use the demons’ power against them–and only a pure-hearted man like Fudo Akira can do so without losing his humanity. Once little more than a crybaby, Akira now wields the terrible power of a devil, yet holds the innocent soul of a man–Devilman!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Demons , Tragedy , Gore , War , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Survival , Body Horror , Henshin , Angels , Kaiju , Nudity , Shounen , Time Loop , Amnesia , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Skip , Drugs
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Astro Boy

Tetsuwan Atom

Also known as Astro Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of.

Tags: Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Shounen , Politics , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Aliens , Space , Time Manipulation
Giant Robo

Giant Robo

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

In the future, the third energy revolution starts with the invention of the Shizuma Drive and humanity celebrates a new era of prosperity. But lurking is the Big Fire, a secret organization that wants world domination. The International Police combating this threat counting with Giant Robo, a giant robot controlled by just a couple: Daisaku Kusama.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Shounen , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Tokusatsu
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Kamen Rider SPIRITS

Kamen Rider SPIRITS

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Sci-Fi

A lonely and bleak-spirited police officer named Taki Kazuya works in America, though the fires that once drove him seem to have burnt out. A supernatural attack on children - his friends - revives the fire that once burned brightly within! Together with the help of Kamen Rider 1, Hongo Takeshi, he drives off the threat. However, he learns that there is a greater threat looming on the horizon and sets out to find Kamen Rider 2, Ichimonji Hayato.

Kamen Rider Spirits is the continuation of the classic Kamen Rider story - a shounen action adventure that tells the tale of upstanding heroes and their fight against evil!

Tags: Henshin , Seinen , Tokusatsu , Superhero , Primarily Male Cast
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SUPER SENTAI: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

Also known as SUPER SENTAI: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

An evil secret society called the Black Cross Army threatens world peace, and only an elite task force known as the Earth Guard League (EAGLE) can stop them. After the Black Cross Army destroys EAGLE’s headquarters across Japan, only five young recruits survive. Hiding in a secret underground base, they are given enhanced battlesuits that empower them with superhuman abilities, transforming the youths into an unstoppable squad to combat evil.



Tags: Superhero , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Shounen , Super Power
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Shiroi Pilot

Shiroi Pilot

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

In a small land in the Alps is a great fortress of a country intent on taking over the world. In this world were born the twin sons of a great scientist who had been working on inventions for his country but was killed. The two sons are sent to the slave pits, but one is rescued and raised as royalty. These two sons will find themselves against one another as one leads a slave rebellion, which leads to the other taking power…

Tags: Shounen
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Choujin Locke

Choujin Locke

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

At first glance the story is simply about Locke. He has no family name; when asked "Locke what?" he replies "Just Locke." His genesis is before the "Cosmic Year" calendar used in the story. Although there are rumors that the author has an origin in mind for Locke, it is still a mystery to readers as well as to the other characters in the story. All of the stories deal either directly with Locke or with actions only slightly removed from him. The primary plot deals with Locke's involvement in struggles against evil of one sort or another—either human or quasi-supernatural. Frequently Locke is drawn into events that are happening around him. Either he stumbles onto a situation that his heart will not let him ignore, or one of the other players begs him to join their cause. Sometimes he relents and joins their cause; sometimes he ends up opposing them.

As the story slowly grows around the reader (and there is a lot of story!) he finds that it is a chronology of human history in the future. Locke is the medium through which we see humanity as it evolves, travels, discovers, explores, colonizes, conquers, fights, and destroys. He is the eye on humanity. He is also the will to do right.



Tags: Super Power , Shounen
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