Saori Hayami Cast as Cyborg 003 in Cyborg 009: Nemesis Anime
Hayami joins a cast that already includes Yūki Kaji as the lead and a full roster of nine Nemesis group members, completing the main lineup ahead of the summer premiere.
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The staff of Ishimori Production's Cyborg 009: Nemesis announced that Saori Hayami will voice Cyborg 003/Francois Alnul. The anime, directed by Hideki Ambo at Arect, follows a global organization turning people into cyborg soldiers. It streams this summer.
Saori Hayami is the latest addition to the voice cast of Cyborg 009: Nemesis, the new anime from Ishimori Productions based on Shotaro Ishinomori's classic manga. She will play Cyborg 003/Francois Alnul, a character with super hearing and super vision who can detect enemies from far away. Hayami joins Yūki Kaji, who voices protagonist Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009, and a previously announced roster of cyborgs voiced by Yuu Hayashi, Kentaro Tone, Mitsuaki Kanuka, Hiroki Yasumoto, and Tomokazu Sugita.
The anime also revealed a full set of nine Nemesis group characters, each with a distinct voice actor: Yūichi Nakamura, Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Shion Wakayama, Tetsu Inada, Kikuko Inoue, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Rina Hidaka. Hideki Ambo directs at studio Arect, with Atsuhiro Tomioka and CHARATEX co-writing the screenplay. The theme song is a cover of the 1979 Cyborg 009 theme, performed by Kyōko of the band Barbee Boys. The series will stream this summer.
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