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Cobra
コブラ
(Kobura)
Genre Science Fiction, Action
Manga: Cobra (also, "Cobra the Space Pirate")
Author Buichi Terasawa
Publisher Flag of Japan Shueisha
Flag of the United States Viz Media
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Flag of Japan Shōnen Jump
Original run 1978 – 1984
Volumes 20 (9 comic books)
Animated film: Cobra Space Adventure
Director Osamu Dezaki
Studio TMS/Toho
Released 1982
Runtime 133 minutes
TV anime: Space Cobra
Director Osamu Dezaki
Studio TMS
Network Fuji Television
Original run October 7, 1982 – May 19, 1983
Episodes 31

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Contents

Plot

The series features the infamous space-pirate Cobra who was once forced to hide from enemies by surgically altering his face and erasing his own memory. At the start of the story he is living an ordinary life but after going to a trip-parlor where ordinary people live out their fantasies as powerful implanted dreams he starts to regain his true memories (a similar concept occurs in Philip K. Dick's We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and its movie adaptation Total Recall). Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. We Can Remember It for You Wholesale is a Novelette by Philip K Total Recall is a 1990 Academy Award -winning American Science fiction film. With his android partner Lady Armaroid (a female armored being) literally 'bursting' out of the bulky domestic robot she impersonated in his years of 'vacation', and his old ship Tortuga (Turtle in Spanish), he now faces foes both old and new. The first, and most well-known of the manga stories sees him encountering the Royal sisters whose bodies have tattoos that could lead to a great treasure.

Manga


Anime movie version

The anime movie version, directed by Osamu Dezaki, was released in 1982. (also known as) is a Japanese director of Anime born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Urban Vision released the anime on VHS domestically, before losing the rights. Manga Entertainment UK released a dubbed version and Manga Entertainment Australia (Distributed by Siren Entertainment in Australia) released both dubbed and subtitled versions of the movie. In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a Motion picture. This article is about Manga Entertainment the anime distributor Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs usually displayed at the bottom of the screen Both dubbed versions are the same with music from Yello. Yello is a Swiss Electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. Manga Entertainment was originally supposed to re-release Space Adventure Cobra in Australia on the 5th of December 2007 but Manga Entertainment and Madman Entertainment lost the licence for Manga's version and has re-released the movie under another label. This article is about Manga Entertainment the anime distributor Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese Anime and Manga in Australia and New Almost all of the classical elements from the comic were changed, so most fans do not consider the movie canon.

TV series

The TV series, also directed by Osamu Dezaki, was a 31 episode anime that was first broadcast from 7 October 1982 to 19 May 1983 on Thursdays at 7:00pm on Fuji Television. (also known as) is a Japanese director of Anime born on November 18, 1943 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and is a Japanese Television station based in Daiba, Minato Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX.

There has been recent news about a TV remake of Space Adventure Cobra in 2008.


Video games

There have been many Japan only Space Adventure Cobra videogames over the years. The Sega CD videogame would see a US release in 1994 under the title The Space Adventure - Cobra: The Legendary Bandit (which was originally a PC Engine game in Japan). The Space Adventure - Cobra The Legendary Bandit ( Cobra II Densetsu no Otoko Japanese title also known simply as The Space Adventure Cobra is also a Support character in the Nintendo DS game Jump Ultimate Stars. The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. is a fighting video game developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was also adapted into an arcade game by Namco entitled Cobra: The Arcade. is an amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for Video games development

Characters

Cobra

Cobra's signature weapon is his Psycho-gun, a cybernetic arm-laser which is connected to his brain and capable of targeting enemies without needing a line-of-sight. This allows him to defeat most foes with ease, but some are not so vulnerable to the laser itself. The gun also drains Cobra's mental energies after extended use. For backup he carries an old-fashioned Magnum revolver. Magnum Research Inc (MRI is a privately held corporation based in Fridley Minnesota. rEVOLVEr is the fourth studio album by Swedish metal band The Haunted.

Buichi Terasawa created the main character based on the famous French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Jean-Paul Belmondo (born 9 April 1933 is a French Actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s Cobra's facial features bear resemblance to Belmondo's, and the peculiar sense of humour Cobra exhibits throughout the story seems to have been inspired by the characters Belmondo played in films.

Lady Armaroid


Crystal Boy

Known as Crystal Bowie in Japan[1]. Cobra's archenemy, elegant, ruthless, and cunning. He sees Cobra as the only man worthy of being his adversary. Crystal Boy is a humanoid cyborg with a golden skeleton made from indestructible glass. He works for the mysterious "Guild", lead by Lord Salamandar. Crystal Boy's signature weapon is a claw he can attach to his right hand. It can crush anything, and he also uses it for slitting his victims' throats. The claw has a built in laser gun, can be used as a grappling hook, or fired as a projectile.

Lord Salamandar

The supreme ruler of the pirates guild. Egnimatic both in name and in personality, Salamandar is a deep voiced man dressed in a samurai's armor. He is more ruthless than any of Cobra's other foes, and with out doubt the most powerful. His powers can best be described as magic or telekenisis. Salamandars true identity is never revealed. His masterplan to rule the entire universe unfolds in the last episode.

The Royal sisters


Availability in English

Selected early manga stories were released by Viz from 1990-1991, and featured a dialogue adaptation by Marv Wolfman. Marvin A "Marv" Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an award-winning American Comic book Writer.

Only the movie has been dubbed into English, with both a U. S. and UK produced dub, with the UK and Australia version featuring a newly recorded soundtrack by Yello from Manga Entertainment UK. Yello is a Swiss Electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. This article is about Manga Entertainment the anime distributor The 31 episode TV series has yet to be dubbed into English, although a prospective pilot episode designed to sell the TV series to the U. S. was produced in English. The pilot, featuring original animation, was also written by Marv Wolfman, but has not yet been released in the U. S.

Madman Entertainment and Manga Entertainment lost the licence for Space Adventure Cobra and Madman re-released it under license from TMS. Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese Anime and Manga in Australia and New This article is about Manga Entertainment the anime distributor Manga Entertainment UK has recently secured the re-release, distribution and licensing rights for Space Adventure Cobra. This article is about Manga Entertainment the anime distributor They are using Madman Entertainment's cover design and will be using Madman's dvd transfer of Cobra, because Australia and the UK share the same tv and dvd colour formats, and Australia is the only English-speaking country in the world to have Space Adventure Cobra on DVD. Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese Anime and Manga in Australia and New

Toys

Cobra's ground vehicle, the Psychoroid, was included in the Japanese "Machine Robo" toyline by Popy/Bandai, where it was given the ability to transform into a robot. is a Japanese transforming robot Toyline first released in 1982 by Popy, a division of Bandai then later by Bandai proper is a Japanese Toy making company as well as the producer of a large number of Plastic model kits It was later exported to the USA as part of the MR-inspired "Gobots" toyline under the shortened name "Psycho". Gobots was a line of transforming Robot Toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1986, similar to Transformers.

Trivia

Rock musician Matthew Sweet, who scored a hit with his single Girlfriend, used clips from the anime movie version of Space Adventure Cobra for the music video. For the writer and broadcaster see Matthew Sweet (writer Sidney Matthew Sweet (born c Girlfriend is the third album by Matthew Sweet, his most commercially and critically successful album to date named one of the Top 100 albums of the 1990's by

References

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.buichi.com/works/cobra/cobra_01.html

External links

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