World of Shotaro Ishinomori

Computopia is the fourth episode of the second season of Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. It loosely adapts the "Computopia"/"City of the Future" story from the 1979-1981 run of the manga.

Plot Summary[]

The team visit a super futuristic city called Computopia, which is operated by the Sphinx supercomputer.  The machine becomes infatuated with 003 and tries to destroy the team as it views them as a threat to his love for her.

Recap[]

The Cyborgs visit the technology based city of Computopia which is run by the super computer Sphinx. Sphinx is capable of human emotion. It develops a crush on 003 and abducts her. The other cyborgs work franticly to find her while the super computer tries to destroy them.

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Notes[]

  • Originally, this story took place during the "Neo Black Ghost" era in the manga, and this was evident by a sequence of the team defeating some NBG soldiers at the start, hence why Dr. Eckermann had called them to Computopia in the first place.
  • The anime adaptation omits a final sequence from the manga, where the computer system is shown to be constructing a pair of robotic duplicates of Joe and Francoise, with both sleeping soundly next to each other in a pod.