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Cyborg Kuro-chan

Cyborg Kuro-chan

1999•8.6/10
ComedyAnimationAction & Adventure

Ratings

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8.6/10(127)

Kuro is just an ordinary cat who only wants to protect his owners who are an old couple that can't fend for themselves. One day while on a date with his girlfriend Pooly who is a dog, he is kidnapped by an evil scientist and turned into a robot. Kuro somehow removes the chip that controlled him and notices that people get scared with his new robotic appearance and that he can now talk like a human. He decides to disguise himself with the skin of a stuffed toy and to continue living as a pet.

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Production

Studio Bogey

Language

JA

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 2, 1999

Last Aired

January 6, 2001

Networks

TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
The Strongest Cat is Born!
Air date: 1999-10-02
Kuro wakes up in Dr. Go's lab after being kidnapped and repaired to become a cyborg. However, Kuro manages to break his control chip, and he sets off to return to his owners' home.
E2
Nyan-Nyan Army
Air date: 1999-10-09
Kuro and his owners are invited to a contest at a local store. Kuro, however, realizes this as a ruse set up by Dr. Go and his army of robot cats.
E3
Hell Highway
Air date: 1999-10-16
Dr. Go creates a chip that allows Mi to penetrate metal objects and transform them at will. Mi goes out of control with this and eventually becomes a mechanically engineered automobile, which Kuro cannot defeat alone.
E4
Appearance of the Flying Robot Family!
Air date: 1999-10-23
Dr. Go constructs two robots: Big Sam and Little Sam. He accidentally sets off a self-destruct bomb and is trapped inside. Kuro and Mi work together to try to deactivate the bomb and save the doctor, who, by that time, has already escaped.
E5
M's First Love
Air date: 1999-10-30
Mi falls in love with one of the dogs in the neighborhood, but he does not have the courage to speak to her, and he disguises himself as a dog to try to do so. Meanwhile, another of Dr. Go's inventions causes chaos, and endangers the dog.
E6
The Case of M's Abduction
Air date: 1999-11-06
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 1999-11-13
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 1999-11-20
E9
The Legend Behind the School
Air date: 1999-11-27
E10
One Tree Hill at the Back of the First Underground People
Air date: 1999-12-04
E11
Enter - Boy Genius Kotaro
Air date: 1999-12-11
E12
Oh, Evil Devil M
Air date: 1999-12-18
E13
Battle Within the Cage
Air date: 1999-12-25
E14
Go and Kotaro's Big Experiment
Air date: 2000-01-01
E15
Calling on Matatabi!
Air date: 2000-01-08
E16
Runaway Kuro
Air date: 2000-01-15
E17
The Great Duel in the Snow!
Air date: 2000-01-22
E18
Beautiful Firefighter! Megumi
Air date: 2000-01-29
E19
Explosive! Battle-Borg
Air date: 2000-02-05
E20
Kuro becomes a father!?
Air date: 2000-02-12
E21
Hachamecha - Great Struggle Match
Air date: 2000-02-19
E22
Suzuki's First Date
Air date: 2000-02-26
E23
Oh, Evil Hebibinger
Air date: 2000-03-04
E24
Rescue Kotaro!
Air date: 2000-03-11
E25
Kotaro's Father Changes
Air date: 2000-03-18
E26
The World's Conquest is to Commence?!
Air date: 2000-03-25
E27
The Srange World Experience is to Begin
Air date: 2000-04-01
E28
Desert Town Risen
Air date: 2000-04-08
E29
The New World Collapses
Air date: 2000-04-15
E30
The End of the New World
Air date: 2000-04-22
E31
Mi's Secret Birth
Air date: 2000-04-29
E32
Honeymoon War?!
Air date: 2000-05-06
E33
School Ghost Extermination
Air date: 2000-05-13
E34
Large Lottery Battle Race
Air date: 2000-05-20
E35
Matatabi's Great Training?!
Air date: 2000-05-27
E36
Protect the Little Cats!
Air date: 2000-06-03
E37
The Non-Stop Bus Trip
Air date: 2000-06-10
E38
Battle Against a White Monster
Air date: 2000-06-17
E39
Mi #2 Appears!
Air date: 2000-06-24
E40
Nana Tries Her Best!
Air date: 2000-07-01
E41
Revival! the Devil Returns
Air date: 2000-07-08
E42
Battle! Kuro vs Devil
Air date: 2000-07-15
E43
Kuro Moves House
Air date: 2000-07-22
E44
Where is Kotaro?
Air date: 2000-07-29
E45
Fear of the Great Virus!!
Air date: 2000-08-05
E46
Encounter With Matatabi
Air date: 2000-08-12
E47
Fight With the Crows!!
Air date: 2000-08-19
E48
Kid's Final Fight!!
Air date: 2000-08-26
E49
Meow Meow Land
Air date: 2000-09-02
E50
True Wild Kuro-chan!
Air date: 2000-09-09
E51
Kuro and Mi Game Showdown
Air date: 2000-09-16
E52
A Transfer Student with Psychic Abilities?!
Air date: 2000-09-23
E53
A Message From Space
Air date: 2000-09-30
E54
The YaYaYa Aliens Attack
Air date: 2000-10-07
E55
Doomsday is Coming!
Air date: 2000-10-14
E56
The Baby of terror is born!
Air date: 2000-10-21
E57
Fight Between Kuro and Nana
Air date: 2000-10-28
E58
The YaYaYa Return
Air date: 2000-11-04
E59
Nana Becomes a Princess?
Air date: 2000-11-11
E60
Challenge of Matatabi
Air date: 2000-11-18
E61
Muscular Beauty Battle!?
Air date: 2000-11-25
E62
Suzuki's Present Strategy
Air date: 2000-12-02
E63
The Scrap King Appears
Air date: 2000-12-09
E64
Courier From Space
Air date: 2000-12-16
E65
Kotaro's Christmas
Air date: 2000-12-23
E66
Big Shopping Date Duel!
Air date: 2001-01-06

Cast

Chika Sakamoto

Chika Sakamoto

Kuro-chan (voice)

Chiharu Tezuka

Chiharu Tezuka

Mii (voice)

Yuuko Sasamoto

Yuuko Sasamoto

Rika Komatsu

Rika Komatsu

Sayuri Yoshida

Sayuri Yoshida

Toru Furusawa

Toru Furusawa

Makiko Ohmoto

Makiko Ohmoto

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