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Space Adventure Cobra (Manga title: コブラ, TV anime title: スペースコブラ, theater released anime title: コブラ SPACE ADVENTURE, DVD released anime title: スペースアドベンチャー コブラ) is a sci-fi manga created by Buichi Terasawa, later turned into an anime movie and a TV series. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ... Buichi Terasawa (寺沢 武一 Terasawa Buichi, born March 30, 1955) is a manga-ka. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Shueisha ) is a major publisher in Japan, headquartered in Tokyo. ... Weekly Shonen Jump, issue 40 (Japanese version) Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ ShÅ«kan Shōnen Janpu), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running, weekly manga compilations in Japan. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... Osamu Dezaki(also known as Makura Saki) (November 18, 1943) is a Japanese director of anime. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958 OT-1471 Belweder, Poland, 1957 Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation... Osamu Dezaki(also known as Makura Saki) (November 18, 1943) is a Japanese director of anime. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ... Buichi Terasawa (寺沢 武一 Terasawa Buichi, born March 30, 1955) is a manga-ka. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation...

Heavily influenced by SF movies, novels and series, the Cobra saga nevertheless amuses and enraptures its reader thanks to the fast narration pace and timing and the quality of its art. 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 thanks to hypnotic suggestion - a heavy nod to Philip Dick's Total Recall) he starts to regain his true memories. With his sensual android partner Lady Armaroid (a female armored being with more than a fetishistic hint in her black clad-studded-masked body) literally 'bursting' out of the bulky domestic robot she impersonated in his years of 'vacation', and his old ship Tortuga, 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 hold the map to a great treasure. Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often known by his initials PKD, or by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. ... Total Recall is an American science fiction film released on June 1, 1990, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Ronald Shusett, Dan OBannon, Jon Povill and Gary Goldman. ...

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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, also the gun drains Cobras mental energies after extended use. For backup he carries an old-fashioned Magnum revolver. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ...

Buichi Terasawa created the main character based on the famous French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. 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. Jean-Paul Belmondo (born April 9 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, east of Paris in 1933), is a French actor. ...

Availability in English

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Only the movie has been dubbed into English, with both a U.S. and UK produced dub, with the UK one featuring a newly recorded soundtrack is by Yello. 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. The first 20 episodes have also been fansubbed. Yello is a popular Swiss band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. ... Opening credits of School Rumble with karaoke fansub subtitles. ...

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.

• 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. Cobra has also been confirmed as a support character in the Nintendo DS game Jump Ultimate Stars.

• 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. It was later exported to the USA as part of the MR-inspired "Gobots" toyline under the shortened name "Psycho".

• Dante from the Devil May Cry series is thought to be based on Cobra.

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External links

• Space Adventure Cobra at the Internet Movie Database (entry for the movie)
• "Space Adventure Cobra" at the Internet Movie Database (entry for the TV series)