009-1 (Zero Zero Kunoichi)
Mar. 28th, 2010 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yelosonI just watched 009-1 on Hulu. It's a modern reboot of a 60's manga, which, is basically James Bond style international spy adventure with cyborg women who kick ass.
The series has a fun mix of 60's style to things, retro looking laser guns, sports cars, and yet high tech things like regular flights to the moon colonies. It also has stuff that dates it to that era, such as machine-gun breast weapons, catsuits and mini-skirt outfits. If you can accept the cheese, it's basically women do James Bond awesome shit all day. Including the sexuality- like Bond, the agents are down to seduce their enemies, but in control the whole time.
The lead character, Mylene, often just "Nine-One", plays an interesting role. Aside from kickassery, there is a lot of sketchy missions that bring her more and more into conflict with the government she works for. As the series progresses, she begins finding her own path, which is pretty cool to watch happen.
In classic 60's fashion, the world is divided in the Western and Eastern Block, with a strong Cold War going on. Aside from the expected issues, there's also a growing population of mutants with psychic powers, which the Eastern Block gathers to experiment on, while the Western Block simply exterminates them - making neither side particularly nice people.
It's a pretty fun series, and I wouldn't mind seeing some more of it. The writing quality stays strong throughout the whole series, and it avoids the modern anime issue of holding all the good development for at the end - instead it's steady character growth and entertainment rhoughout.
The series has a fun mix of 60's style to things, retro looking laser guns, sports cars, and yet high tech things like regular flights to the moon colonies. It also has stuff that dates it to that era, such as machine-gun breast weapons, catsuits and mini-skirt outfits. If you can accept the cheese, it's basically women do James Bond awesome shit all day. Including the sexuality- like Bond, the agents are down to seduce their enemies, but in control the whole time.
The lead character, Mylene, often just "Nine-One", plays an interesting role. Aside from kickassery, there is a lot of sketchy missions that bring her more and more into conflict with the government she works for. As the series progresses, she begins finding her own path, which is pretty cool to watch happen.
In classic 60's fashion, the world is divided in the Western and Eastern Block, with a strong Cold War going on. Aside from the expected issues, there's also a growing population of mutants with psychic powers, which the Eastern Block gathers to experiment on, while the Western Block simply exterminates them - making neither side particularly nice people.
It's a pretty fun series, and I wouldn't mind seeing some more of it. The writing quality stays strong throughout the whole series, and it avoids the modern anime issue of holding all the good development for at the end - instead it's steady character growth and entertainment rhoughout.
