Koichi Sakamoto of Power Rangers and Kamen Rider fame is having one his Block Busters of last year head to the US this Fall. We got the low down on the film. So hit that link and brace yourself!
009-1 is a James Bond style tale  brought us by one of the fathers of Tokusatsu Shotaro Ishinomori. Not to be confused with the tale of Cyborg 009 though the art style of Ishinomori does carry over between the two series, 009-1 is the tale of all female secret agent team. The series is set in an alternate time line were the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman (Agent 009-1) is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block.

The series spawned a Thirteen episode live Drama in the tail end of the 60’s

The series returned with 12 episode anime in 2006

Koichi Sakamoto finally got his hands on this Ishinomori Classic with a full length Feature film that debuted in Japan of September of Last year.

009-1: The End of the Beginning is listed as part of Media Blaster’s Tokyo Shock label. Kōichi Sakamoto (Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, Ultra Mega Monster Battle) directed the film and Mayuko Iwasa (Detective Conan’s Sonoko Suzuki) stars as the titular cyborg agent Mylene “009-1” Hoffman.

The Film will be hitting state side this October at 14.99.

Story Source: Anime News Network