
The following day, the official Twitter for Discotek Media showed an image of the Cartoon Network master tapes of the show in their possession, meaning that the release is possibly a full uncut version of the dub. On Augat Otakon, Discotek Media announced it had acquired the rights to the entire series for video release on SD Blu-ray and DVD, including the God's War OVAs. These episodes ran in the weeks after the wrap-up of the main plot line, concluding on October 14, 2002. These special episodes are a loose adaptation of Shotaro Ishinomori's final work before his death, Cyborg 009: Conclusion GOD'S WAR, and subtitled with "Prologue" (as there was initial intent to do a follow-up).

This incarnation also has an OVA special consisting of episodes 49-51, which are not in continuity with the main series (1-48). It was directed by Jun Kawagoe, and premiered on TV Tokyo on October 13, 2001, running until Septemin its main run.

Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier is a 2001 anime series retelling of the original manga, updating the 1964-1967 stories serialized in Weekly Shonen King and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as including select stories from later runs of the series.
