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Cobra (manga)

Cobra
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Cover of first Japanese volume of Cobra, published by Shueisha on August 15, 1979
コブラ
(Kobura)
Genre Space opera, action
Manga
Written by Buichi Terasawa
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run November 6, 1978November 12, 1984
Volumes 18
Anime television series
Space Cobra
Directed by Osamu Dezaki
Yoshio Takeuchi
Produced by Shunzo Kato
Yukimasa Ohno
Written by Haruya Yamazaki
Music by Kentarō Haneda
Studio TMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
Original run October 7, 1982May 19, 1983
Episodes 31 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Cobra the Animation
Directed by Kenichi Maejima
Produced by Harumi Suzuki
Kensaku Yamanaka
Mariko Kusuhara
Masako Yoshikawa
Masashi Ikeda
Written by Mitsuyo Suenaga
Music by Yoshihiro Ike
Studio Magic Bus
Licensed by
Released August 29, 2008June 26, 2009
Episodes 6 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Cobra the Animation
Directed by Keizo Shimizu
Produced by Harumi Suzuki
Kensaku Yamanaka
Mariko Kusuhara
Masako Yoshikawa
Masashi Ikeda
Written by Kazumi Koide
Music by Yoshihiro Ike
Studio Magic Bus
Licensed by
Original network BS11
Original run January 2, 2010March 27, 2010
Episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Anime film
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Cobra (Japanese: コブラ Hepburn: Kobura?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa. Set in the far future, the series tells the story of Cobra, who lives an adventurous life until his enemies begin to hunt him down. Cobra surgically alters his face and erases his own memory to hide from his foes and have a normal life. Eventually, he regains his memories and reunites with his former partner Lady Armaroid. Terasawa devised it as a mix of spaghetti western and samurai stories, and aspects of films, varying from James Bond to Disney.

The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1978 to November 1984. Later, Shueisha collected the chapters and published them in 18 tankōbon volumes. The Cobra manga spawned various sequel manga series, one-shots, a feature-length anime film, two anime series—a 31-episode series in 1982, and a 13-episode series in 2010—, two original video animations (OVAs), audio albums, video games, and other merchandise. In 2010, Alexandre Aja announced that a live-action film was in production.

In the United States, portions of the manga were published by Viz Media in 1990. The feature film was licensed by Tara for its release in American theaters and by Manga Entertainment in British theaters in 1995. Urban Vision and Discotek Media released it for home video market, while Madman Entertainment acquired it for the Australasian region's release. The anime series was licensed in the Northern American region by Nozomi Entertainment.


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