At one point, the heroes stop at a planet ravaged by Zoa and find a once-civilized people reduced to savagery.

En route they have numerous adventures and battles and must pass through the Star Gate, a sort of galactic shortcut to their destination (14 years before STARGATE, the 1994 Hollywood sci-fi movie which bears more than a passing resemblance to this film). Cosmo and 001, the baby-sized psychic cyborg, the team decides to go into action, traveling aboard Saba's ship to the outer reaches of the galaxy. Cosmo, who is seeking such a source of energy himself. The cyborgs' help is solicited by a boy alien, Saba, whose scientist father has been kidnapped by Zoa in hopes of retrieving the secret of the Vortex, the super galaxy of the title, a mysterious energy field in deep space which holds the key to an endless source of power. The earlier movies were designed along the lines of action cartoons while this one is a true work of science fiction, marked by some extraordinary art work depicting galactic scenes, intricate spaceship design, and far-flung planetary landscapes.

While the earlier series and the two Cyborg 009 movies made in the 1960s focused on the cyborgs' battles with the earth-bound criminal entity, Black Ghost, and his army of robot monsters, tanks, and fighter jets, the 1980 movie deals with a cosmic journey into distant space to save planets jeopardized by intergalactic villain Zoa, whose depredations will soon threaten earth. The movie, seen in its English-dubbed version, tells a sweeping new story and involves the reunion of the 'Galaxy Legion,' nine cyborgs (001 through 009) who wear sporty costumes and each boast a super power unique to themselves. CYBORG 009: LEGEND OF THE SUPER GALAXY (1980) is a Japanese animated feature-length motion picture based on the animated TV series, CYBORG 009, which had originally been seen in a b&w version in 1968 and then revived in color in 1979.

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