[quote=@Lucius Cypher]
[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/NeoHumanCasshern]This[/url] is the first thing that came to mind. Though I don't remember the robot swan mom.
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Thaaaat's it. His mom's soul was just sucked into the robot swan's brain, kinda. That shit was my childhood. And also speed racer. And digimon.