Cybersix
Encyclopedia
Cybersix is a series of Argentine
comic book
s created by writers Carlos Meglia
and Carlos Trillo. The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993.
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 Juliann as well as others.
In 1995, the comics were adapted into a poorly-received live-action television series
, and again in 1999 into a much more successful thirteen-episode animated
series by TMS/NOA
, with positive critical reception from sources like the Pulcinella Awards, which first aired in Canada
on Teletoon and was later dubbed in several other countries.
and the Nazi
party, is an expert in genetic engineering
. He initially began his work in concentration camps
during World War II
, implanting cybernetic organs
in the bodies of dead prisoners in an attempt to bring them back to life to serve in the Führer's
army. However, the 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.
and written in Spanish
between November, 1993 and 1999, and spanned six volumes. Collections were released in French
and Italian
, with twelve volumes distributed by Editions Vents d'Ouest for the former and forty-five volumes for the latter, but no English
or Japanese
versions were ever made available. Four special-edition Italian Cybersix issues were also released, in addition to another six documenting Volumes 1 to 18. The first book of the special edition comics had two possible cover designs.
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 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. This acts like a TV movie.
and Argentina on September 6, 1999, and was subsequently dubbed for French, Japanese, Malaysian, Polish, South American, and Thai viewers. 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
, and character designs were overseen by Teiichi Takiguchi.
The title sequence
and closing credits
featured lyrics written by Robert Olivier, which were sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan.
On April 28, 2001, Cybersix won "Special Mention for the Best Science Fiction Program" at the Pulcinella Awards in Italy
for that year's competition.
There were five main cast members who voiced Cybersix. Cathy Weseluck
performed the dual role of Adrian Seidelman and Cybersix. 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.
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.
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 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. Julian is last seen in a non-speaking role watching the explosion from Von Reichter's seaside lab.
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 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.
A very stuck up, ill-tempered, and bossy little boy, 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. Despite his child-like appearance (and behaviour), José is chronologically an adult, 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 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.
; 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's 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-stepping that both José and Von Reichter engage in and José's Hitler Youth
style of clothing.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s created by writers Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia was a comic book artist and penciller born in Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the Cybersix series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo...
and Carlos Trillo. The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993.
The heroine of the series is the eponymous character, Cybersix, a leather-clad artificial human superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
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 Juliann as well as others.
In 1995, the comics were adapted into a poorly-received live-action television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, and again in 1999 into a much more successful thirteen-episode animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
series by TMS/NOA
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
, formerly known as , is a Japanese animation studio, founded on October 1946. One of the oldest and most prominent anime studios in Japan, it has also produced numerous animated series airing in other countries such as France, the United States, and Italy. The company currently uses "TMS...
, with positive critical reception from sources like the Pulcinella Awards, which first aired in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on Teletoon and was later dubbed in several other countries.
Story
Dr. Von Reichter, a member of the SSSchutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
and the Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
party, is an expert in genetic engineering
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...
. He initially began his work in concentration camps
Nazi concentration camps
Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps throughout the territories it controlled. The first Nazi concentration camps set up in Germany were greatly expanded after the Reichstag fire of 1933, and were intended to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, implanting cybernetic organs
Organ (anatomy)
In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function. Usually there is a main tissue and sporadic tissues . The main tissue is the one that is unique for the specific organ. For example, main tissue in the heart is the myocardium, while sporadic are...
in the bodies of dead prisoners in an attempt to bring them back to life to serve in the Führer's
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
army. However, the Allied
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
forces intervened to defeat the Nazis, so he fled to South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
'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.
Comics
The Cybersix comics were originally published in ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and written in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
between November, 1993 and 1999, and spanned six volumes. Collections were released in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, with twelve volumes distributed by Editions Vents d'Ouest for the former and forty-five volumes for the latter, but no English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
or Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
versions were ever made available. Four special-edition Italian Cybersix issues were also released, in addition to another six documenting Volumes 1 to 18. The first book of the special edition comics had two possible cover designs.
Live-action television series
The Cybersix live-action series debuted in ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
on March 15, 1995. It was produced by Luis Gandulfo, Sebastián Parrotta, Fernando Rascovsky, and Andre Ronco, and written by Ricardo Rodríguez, Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia was a comic book artist and penciller born in Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the Cybersix series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo...
, and Carlos Trillo. The series aired on Telefé
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
, but was cancelled after only few episodes due to low ratings. Cybersix was played by model Carolina Peleritti
Carolina Peleritti
Carolina Peleritti is an Argentine actress and former fashion model. She took part in many TV series such as Boro Boro, La Marca del Deseo, Cybersix and 099 Central.-Filmography:Cinema...
, José was played by Rodrigo de la Serna
Rodrigo de la Serna
Rodrigo de la Serna is an Argentine actor.In 2004, he won the Silver Condor for best actor and the Independent Spirit Award for "Best Debut Performance" for the film The Motorcycle Diaries, for which he earned a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award...
, and Doguyy was played by Mario Moscoso. This acts like a TV movie.
Animated television series
The Cybersix animated television series debuted in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Argentina on September 6, 1999, and was subsequently dubbed for French, Japanese, Malaysian, Polish, South American, and Thai viewers. It was animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
, formerly known as , is a Japanese animation studio, founded on October 1946. One of the oldest and most prominent anime studios in Japan, it has also produced numerous animated series airing in other countries such as France, the United States, and Italy. The company currently uses "TMS...
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
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia was a comic book artist and penciller born in Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the Cybersix series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo...
, and Carlos Trillo. Original music was composed by Robbi Finkel
Robbi Finkel
Robbi Finkel is an American and Canadian composer, record producer, pianist and arranger...
, and character designs were overseen by Teiichi Takiguchi.
The title sequence
Title sequence
A Title Sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, or both, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound...
and closing credits
Closing credits
Closing credits or end credits are added at the end of a motion picture, television program, or video game to list the cast and crew involved in the production. They usually appear as a list of names in small type, which either flip very quickly from page to page, or move smoothly across the...
featured lyrics written by Robert Olivier, which were sung by jazz vocalist Coral Egan.
On April 28, 2001, Cybersix won "Special Mention for the Best Science Fiction Program" at the Pulcinella Awards in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for that year's competition.
Voice Cast
- Michael Dobson as Lucas Amato
- Cathy WeseluckCathy WeseluckCathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
as Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman - Alex DodukAlex DodukAlex Doduk is a voice actor who was the first voice of Lan Hikari for 14 episodes on the English version of Megaman NT Warrior. Doduk has appeared in other English versions of anime such as InuYasha and Escaflowne. He was also José on Cybersix. He is also the voice of Vega Obscura in the English...
as José - Janyse JaudJanyse JaudJanyse Aldis Jaud is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer/songwriter. She is of Icelandic-French descent....
as Elaine - Andrew FrancisAndrew FrancisAndrew Francis is an actor and voice artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows including Poltergeist, Dark Angel, Twilight Zone, The L Word, Smallville and Kyle XY...
as Julian - Terry KlassenTerry KlassenTerry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor and voice director in Vancouver, British Columbia. He co-created Yvon of the Yukon. He is the voice director for shows including Martha Speaks, "Johnny Test", "George of the Jungle", "Ed, Edd n Eddy", several "Barbie" movies, "Transformers", "CardCaptors",...
as Von Reichter
There were five main cast members who voiced Cybersix. Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
performed the dual role of Adrian Seidelman and Cybersix. Michael Dobson performed the voice of Lucas Amato. Andrew Francis
Andrew Francis
Andrew Francis is an actor and voice artist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows including Poltergeist, Dark Angel, Twilight Zone, The L Word, Smallville and Kyle XY...
played Julian, while Alex Doduk
Alex Doduk
Alex Doduk is a voice actor who was the first voice of Lan Hikari for 14 episodes on the English version of Megaman NT Warrior. Doduk has appeared in other English versions of anime such as InuYasha and Escaflowne. He was also José on Cybersix. He is also the voice of Vega Obscura in the English...
and Terry Klassen
Terry Klassen
Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor and voice director in Vancouver, British Columbia. He co-created Yvon of the Yukon. He is the voice director for shows including Martha Speaks, "Johnny Test", "George of the Jungle", "Ed, Edd n Eddy", several "Barbie" movies, "Transformers", "CardCaptors",...
voiced José and Von Reichter, respectively. Additional voices were provided by Janyse Jaud
Janyse Jaud
Janyse Aldis Jaud is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer/songwriter. She is of Icelandic-French descent....
, Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
, Chantal Strand
Chantal Strand
Chantal Strand is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for the voice role of Bijou in Hamtaro, Cassie in Dragon Tales and did the voice of Secret Bear in the Care Bears 2000's merchandise as a talking toy.-Biography:She has a twin sister Michelle Strand...
, and L. Harvey Gold.
Episode list
| Ep# | Title | Original airdate |
|---|
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. Julian is last seen in a non-speaking role watching the explosion from Von Reichter's seaside lab.
- 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, ill-tempered, and bossy little boy, 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. Despite his child-like appearance (and behaviour), José is chronologically an adult, 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 vampireVampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
; 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's 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-stepping that both José and Von Reichter engage in and José's Hitler Youth
Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung...
style of clothing.