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"Infiltrators" is the pilot episode of the anime television series 009-1. It was directed by Naoyuki Konno and written by Shinsuke Onishi. It was first broadcast in Japan on October 5th, 2006 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). The series derives it's name from the Number Nine Group, one of ten such squads of female espionage agents that make up the Zero Zero Organization. In the continuity of 009-1, the Cold War never ended and the agents of the 009 help to preserve the democracy of the Western Bloc, while fighting against their European adversaries in the Eastern Bloc. All of the agents of the 009 group are cyborgs, outfitted with retractable, automated weaponry hidden beneath artificial skin, the most notable of which includes, machine-gun breasts. The main character from the serial is Mirēnu Hofuman, (Mylene Hoffman in English translations), an attractive yet deadly cyborg whose slender body conceals a wide range of weaponry including a WA-P009 plasma gun and twin 9mm machine guns with bio-bullet ammunition. In this episode, the team's overseer, Number Zero, sends the girls out to rescue a Russian scientist named Zond Soyuz who wishes to defect from the Eastern Bloc to the Western Bloc. Mylene Hoffman has to infiltrate their adversary's stronghold and manipulate faction leader Ludmila Tundra into giving her what she wants. Read more...