Happy New Year!
to all the Ishinomori fans accross the world!

In year 2009 we celebrated the Year of Cyborg009 and also we had two big "Kamen Rider" TV shows in Japan, "Kamen Rider Decade" to celebrate the 10th anniversary since "Kamen Rider Kuga" and "Kamen Rider W (Double) " to start a new legend, as well as the "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" in the U.S.A..

This year we will challenge more and more aggressively to spread the "Ishinomori world" around the globe.

We are so sorry not being able to update the English site timely, we will do our best!

Thank you again and best to all of you!

Jan.25th 2009 was the 71st birthday of Shotaro Ishinomori, and also the birthday of "Isaac Gilmore" a scientist who led the "Cyborg009" like a father, and starting date for the latest Kamen Rider series, "Masked Rider Decade" (or "Kamen Rider Decade").

Masked Rider Decade will travel thru all nine of the world from Masked Rider Kuga(2001) to Masked Rider Kiva(2008).

The Japanese "Kamen" means mask, so we called the Kamen Rider, Masked Rider, but now that we on-air "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" in the U.S., it looks like the hero has two names.

Shotaro Ishinomori being the Guinness World Record holder to write more than 770 titles of comic books (manga), he was also a TV planner, character designer, director, father and husband.

His works on the TV industry includes the following titles starting from 1960s.
(We are checking the English titles for these programs, some of them were not seen overseas, so it is not so easy to name it afterwards.)


Harimau
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider)
Metamorphosis Ninja Arashi
Kikaider
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) V3
Robot Detective
Kikaider 01
Inazuman
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) X
Inazuman F (Flash)
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Amazon
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Stronger
Gorenger
Akumaizer 3
Space Ironman Kyodain
Superhuman Bibyun
Kaiketsu Zubat
Daitetsujin 17
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Message From Space
Great Galaxy War +
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) (Skyrider)
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Super-1
Nebula Masked Machineman
Brother Ken Bikerosser
Genesis of the 10th Masked Rider! Come on all Masked Riders!!
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Black
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Black RX
Voicelugger
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Kuga
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Agito
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Ryuki
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) 555
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Blade
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Hibiki
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Kabuto
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Den-O
The Skull Man, Prologue of Darkness
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Kiva
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (remake from Masked Rider Kyuki)
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) Dacade
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) G

This is only part of his legend so those of you who would want to explore, go see our web site page as below.
http://en.ishimoripro.com/database/index.html

For "Cyborg009" please also visit,
http://009ing.com
it is the "Cyborg009 Year" and this is the new "Cyyborg009" web site.

The original story with "Cyborg009" starting in 1964, is that the ordinary person gets abducted and by an evil surgical operation, he or she is changed into a "weapon". The hero reminds that he or she is a human being and fights back against the evil entity who wishes to invade and control the human society. This whole plot is almost identical to the original Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) series.


We all miss the great old man, but his legend lives forever.

On January 1st 2009, we have launched a new official web site of “Cyborg009” , 009ing.com , celebrating the “Year of Cyborg009”, 2009.

http://009ing.com/

Although the content is in Japanese language, we hope that you could feel this evergreen Manga on your PC.

We will publish this title in France and Italy; here are messages from our overseas partners.

Paolo Gattone direttore editoriale JPOP www.j-pop.it
“Il 2009 sarà l’anno dei Cyborg!
Per la nostra casa editrice è un grande onore e motivo di orgoglio essere riusciti ad assicurarsi i diritti per l’Italia di un marchio così importante. Una franchise tra le più blasonate dell’intero panorama anime manga, finalmente vedrà la sua prima edizione italiana.
E noi tutti, con i nostri grafici e traduttori, non vediamo l’ora di lavorarci, e di offrirlo a tipografi, distributori, e, ovviamente, ai tanti lettori che siamo sicuri non vorranno perdersi questa grande occasione! Il 2009 sarà davvero l’anno dei Cyborg!”

Stéphane FERRAND Directeur editorial manga Glenat
“Je suis ravi et très honoré d'être l'éditeur français de Cyborg 009.
J'ai toujours été passionné par la SF. Cyborg 009 est une œuvre excellente dans ce genre.
Je souhaite un très agréable moment à tous les nouveaux lecteurs français !”


We have also made an advertisement on January 1st 2009, in two major newspapers in Japan, Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun with a masterpiece of Shotaro Ishonomori’s drawing with this message.



***
It has been 45 years.


Has the human race stopped having wars?

Did we abandon weapons?

Have negative discrimination and poverty disappeared?

Did material civilization make people happy?

Have we got the beautiful earth back?

Did science solve all the problems?

Where are the angels and demons?

Doesn’t the world need Cyborg009 anymore?
***



We hope a peaceful year and will take actions to make this world a little bit more happy place to live in.

Thank you very much for your support!

To all the fans,



Recently,

we received information that there are group that introduces themselves as "Shotaro Ishinomori private school" in the People's Republic of China.



Ishimori Production Inc., Shotaro Ishinomori and "teachers" who are named in that "school" are not related to any of these activities.



We will continue to draw attention and warning to such activities, if any.



If you have any information regarding such activities we humbly ask you to let us know.



We appreciate your kind understanding.

Thank you.

9月20日より公開中の、北野武監督・脚本・編集の『アキレスと亀』に
『サイボーグ009』が出演(?)します。
物語の主人公・真知寿。売れない画家である彼が描く絵の中に…

009の出演シーンは、どうぞ劇場にてじっくりお確かめ下さい！