Dr. Tyrone Uranus was one of the two creators of the Mythos Cyborgs, mentioned within Tsuguo Okazaki's alternate universe sequel manga Cyborg 009 BGOOParts Delete. He is a continuation of the original Dr. Uranus from the manga, but with settings that can be considered exclusive to this continuity.
Appearance[]
When glimpsed in flashbacks, this version of Dr. Uranus is drawn much more realistically and with a non-caricatured face, though he retains his characteristic white, fluffy "poodle-like" hairstyle. As with the original, he would dress in a suit and bow-tie and was considerably taller than Dr. Gaia.
Personality[]
Dr. Uranus was more idealistic about the idea to create "God"-type cyborgs and believed in treating his creations well, along with wanting to make sure the battle against Dr. Gilmore and the 00 Cyborgs was fought fairly.
He is remembered fondly for this by those like Helena, who refer to him as having been a great man.
Relationships[]
Dr. Gilmore[]
Even when Gilmore and Uranus were on opposing sides, Uranus cared about his ex-colleague's well-being and felt that if he surrendered, things would be easier. However, Uranus would eventually defect and join Gilmore's side, and the two helped the injured 00 Cyborgs back onto Submarine 101 after 001 teleported them to safety.
Dr. Gaia[]
Uranus and Gaia were greatly at odds over how to use the Mythos Cyborgs, with Gaia being more dominant and cruel to Uranus and undermining of his ideas. While Gaia would see the cyborgs as more like tools, Uranus believed in their humanity.
Unknown Wife (surname Nagura)[]
After leaving Black Ghost, Uranus would settle down in Japan for a time and marry a woman there, burying the memories and evidence of his dark past to start a new peaceful life. Not much is known about this wife, other than her being Japanese.
Hitomi Nagura-Uranus-Brown[]
Uranus and his wife were blessed with a daughter, Hitomi, who he would gift one of his Baskania necklaces to. Hitomi would consider it sacred, in being one of the last memories she'd have of her father, but little did she know the Baskania also held a darker significance.
Hitomi herself would eventually marry a rich man named Ricardo Brown, and have her own child Riko. Two years prior to the events of BGOOParts Delete, Uranus had died of old age and Hitomi wished to scatter his ashes in the Aegean Sea. This led to her husband's curiosity over the significance of that sea, which would lead him into trouble.
History[]
Tyrone Uranus was an accomplished French-African scientist at Black Ghost, in charge of developing cyborg projects. One day in 1967, he and his colleague Gildo Gaia would take advantage of the tensions in Greece and happen upon a group of downtrodden people, promising them that they could overcome their oppressors and become "Gods" if they volunteered for his remodeling project. The Mythos Cyborgs were born from these experiments.
A year later, Uranus and Gaia challenged the defected Dr. Gilmore and the 00 Cyborgs to a showdown on Magma Island, having them believe that the world would be destroyed if they refused. However, Uranus grew disillusioned with the mistreatment by Gaia and his own worries about the well-being of their cyborgs. This would result in him leaving Gaia and joining the 00 Cyborgs side, being there to welcome them after their rescue from Magma. Unfortunately for Uranus, it would have appeared that all of his own creations had perished in the destruction of Magma, but he did his best to move on to a new life in Japan. At some point, he found love and married, and the couple had a child.
Eventually, Uranus would pass away of old age, but his daughter and granddaughter would keep the Baskania necklaces he had given them as keepsakes. These necklaces wound up pivotal as part of Gaia's Mythos revival plan though, in being instrumental to summoning Hera.
Trivia[]
- Okazaki's usage of Uranus in this manga attempts to resolve the questions of his fate by the end of the unfinished Mythos story, as well as add more details to his settings such as his heritage, name, and the concept of him having descendants.
- While Uranus's surname had been notated as ウラヌス before, Okazaki uses ウラノス instead, putting the name more in line to the Greek Ouranos.