SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA

We do have once every couple months but yeah, I fucking LOVE Space Adventure Cobra. I really need to look into the manga one of these days.

Just started watching it myself, OP. CURISTARU BOI is my favourite villain in just about anything ever.

Also, I'm watching the Bluray release, and I gotta tell you I get the chills whenever they out up one of those amazing (I don't know what to call them?) freeze frames. The artwork is just superb. Maybe I'm simply a pleb when it comes to animation, but damn everything just looks gorgeous.

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>>13825539
Cobra really does look great for its age. Better than some recent shows, even.

>CURISTARU BOI is my favourite villain in just about anything ever.
Mine, too. He's like a fabulous Terminator.

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Back when women had noses and looked like humans.

Can't tell if this show loves or hates women. They're gorgeous, and they spend a lot of time focusing on them. But the show loves to absolutely massacre them at the same time.

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>>13825596
A time when women were women and men were men. No fucking moeshit. No pussified male characters. No tsundere female characters. A more civilised time for anime.

did anybody read this?

https://manga.madokami.com/Manga/S/SP/SPAC/Space%20Adventure%20Cobra%3A%20The%20Psychogun

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>>13825084
Fuckin love Cobra my man.

Yes, the recent OVAs were basically James Bond Space Operas. It's hard to dislike that.

>>13825272
Good thing that Hokuto no Gun are doing it, especially since SystematicChaos decided to take the place of the translator that they assigned, but turned out to be irresponsible.

>>13825084
It's very stupid, especially the OVA where they have this girl's body unlock some randomly powerful thing. Also Cobra himself having plot armor of legends.

Watched the movie yesterday, I liked it a lot but I'm wondering if the tv series is a lot different.

>>13825084
Saw the movie and the first seven or so episodes of the 80s TV series. Was kinda surprised the manga wasn't fully scanlated.

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The 80s TV series is the stuff of legend. Quite possibly the only flawless anime ever made.

>>13827312
They're very different. Watch the TV series.

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>>13825084
I can't speak for all of /m/, but I love Cobra

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Personally, I love Cobra
/m/ really doesn't have thread substantial to it's calibre

From the original TV series to even the newer OVAs, all Cobra is good Cobra

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>>13827312
TV is a little more lighthearted.

Say what you want about the new CGI (I'm looking a you, Crystau Bowie) but the music was pretty damn good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzSgM25Taq0

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>>13828034
I've seen the OVAs get some flak before, mainly due to budget issues. But personally I love them, especially the Psycho Gun which was directed by Cobra's mangaka Buichi Terasawa.

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>>13828052
>budget

It's the problem for all new Cobra

There's a surprisingly huge demand for Cobra in France, though which give me hope

Not live action movie hope, but hope

>>13828041
>DO YOU HOLD THE KEY TO A PAST TIME DRIVEEEEEEEE

>>13828137
>DIVING FOR PEARLS
>WISHING ON STARS

>>13825084
I fucking love Cobra, how can anyone hate it?
Also does the manga have anything "new" in it compared to the series/OVAs?

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>>13828193
Yes, there are a lot of stories that haven't been adapted into the animation medium yet like major spoiler: the story about Cobra meeting an old lover of his and realizing he has a grown son

>>13828211
fuck and the manga isn't completely translated

>>13825539
>(I don't know what to call them?) freeze frames
Postcard memories

>>13828242
No big deal, SystematicChaos will get it done eventually (not sure how many manga series he has to do compared to his fellow translators in HnG, though).

>>13828319
Hope it gets done soon

>>13828286
Osamu Dezaki's signature.

>>13828071
>There's a surprisingly huge demand for Cobra in France, though which give me hope

It's a lot like French sci-fi comics (the various works of Moebius, Valerian & Laureline, etc.), so that's not terribly surprising.

>>13828071
That's to be expected with a country with a lot of weebs

>>13825592
>a fabulous terminator

Damn, you summed up everything I like about him perfectly. That and that glass plinking noise he makes whenever he walks. Are there any decent action figures or models of him anywhere, incidentally?

I'm only 12 episodes in but damn this show gets better and better! I haven't been this enraptured with a space opera since I watched Star Wars for the first time as a kid. Are there any other shows that have the same sort of space opera adventure vibe as this?

>>13829025
>Are there any decent action figures or models of him anywhere, incidentally?
The figma release in >>13825592's pic is the most modern release. Given how much more advanced figure tech has gotten past the mid 2000s, it's probably safe to say it is the best pose-able figure. Only negative thing I'd say about it is the bones in his legs and arms are literally just gold sticks instead of proper shaped bones.

Probably your only choice anyway, but I'm very happy with mine and my Cobra figma which is absolutely awesome. If only I could get my hands on Lady. She's really fucking expensive second-hand for some reason while Crystal Bowie and Cobra aren't so much so.

>>13828161
>NEAR TO AN END ALWAYS TO FAR

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Who's your favorite Royal sister, /m/?

pic related

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>Oh boy a Cobra thread
>No Cobraoke

Shame on you /m/

MACHI WO TSUTSUMUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

WHAT‘S GOING OOOOON

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>>13829553
It goes without saying : Dominique. The first and only one.

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>>13829752
MIDNIGHT FOG
MIDNIGHT FOG
KODUKA NA SILHOUETTE UGOKI DA SE BA
SORE WA MAGIREMONAKU YATSU SA

>>13829991
(DOO DOO-DOO DOO DOO-DOO-DOO DOO)
KOBURA! LEAVING ME BLUE
KOBURA! MISSING YOU TRUE
KOBURA! ONLY FEW MEMORIES AFTER YOU

>>13830012
I FEEL SOME TOUCH OF LOVE, CHANGING ME

>>13830030
but that's a different song, senpai

>>13830012
SENAKA NI~MAHOU ITSUKU~KAGERI WA~

OTOKO TO IUNANO~MONO~GAAAATARRIIIII

>>13825610

It's a sort of dated, very 60's disposable women mindset. Women are pretty, but they can die all the time. And it doesn't hugely matter.

>>13828071

>it turns into a sports anime for like 10 episodes

>>13825592

Strictly speaking what the hell is he? Robot or cyborg?

For 82 the animation is great.

Are there any other shows before 85 that have similar quality? I can only think of Giant Gorg that can compare.

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>>13830365
That's not a valid observation, because in this series everyone but Cobra and Lady is disposable. In fact, Cobra's damsel of the week is usually one of the few secondary characters to survive a Cobra adventure. When Cobra takes along a male secondary character, they usually end up dying while Cobra survives due to superior luck and skill.

And in Cobra, the women are usually kickass in some way. They tend to be highly accomplished scholars, noble warriors, rulers or have some sort of mystical power. Who just happen to be stunningly beautiful and have a lovingly drawn posterior by Buichi "the ass man" Tersawa. Anyway, these strong women have flings with Cobra but are otherwise independent of men. They sleep with Cobra because they see him as an equal.

This is the secret success of sexually charged 60s/70s romantic adventure. This styling common in both James Bond, Barbarella and yes, Cobra, appeals to both men and women alike.

>>13830394
>James Bond
Don't the women who sleep with him either do it because they're stuck with him or because it's part of their espionage-related job?

And Barbarella bedded almost everything.

Was anybody else said when Doug died? He was actually a really sympathetic character.

>>13831505
>sad

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>>13830367
>turns into a sports anime for like 10 episodes

yet somehow, it manages to be one of the best sports animes of all time

barring another obvious Dezaki classic

>>13830394
It's pretty integral to the series in my opinion

>>13831505
Which character was Doug? It's been a while.

>>13825084
Honestly my only experience was the Sega CD game's Retsupurae, but I did legit like it cuz it was my kind of silly. Tried out the movie but really didn't care for it.

>>13832011
Let's not forget Ashita no Joe, too.

>>13832301
The series is much better than the movie. It's been a long time since I've seen the Retsupurae, but I think the Sega CD game added dumb shit not in the TV series.

The movie is a piece of shit. I hope the the TV series is better. OAV is mediocre at best.

>>13832333
The series is really good

has anything beyond vol 4 been translated?

>>13831505

Same. Also annoyed that Doug, Pumkin and Bud were introduced and killed off so quickly.

Cobra's hand is kinda stupid.

It's a prostetic that he takes off. So he looks like a goofball carrying around an extra hand.

The solution is so simple. His hand should split open, then shift back, revealing the gun.

>>13833111
this ain't GitS yo...

>>13832333
The only piece of shit is you

>>13833111
That would weaken the integrity of the arm and might cause a problem with sleeves.

>>13833111
>>13834455
The forearm coming off is pure style. Dezaki tried to change the arm to gun transformation in the movie, but it ultimately fell flat because it's not as cool. Plus, you can't rocket punch without the forearm coming off. I think ultimately it's just more visually significant to see Cobra take off his arm rather than it transforming or him just shooting beams out of his hands.

>>13828034
Is he reading Tumblr: The Newspaper?

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>>13828034
>>13834500
The future is grim

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>>13834500
It's actually a little edit I made, it has an e in the proper version

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>>13825596
>had noses
>looked like humans

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I need this. Best Turtle.

>>13825084
More Cobra is always great

>>13831402
Agreed. I suppose Cobra is what happens when the artist puts a male self insert in the world of Barbarella...

>>13832308
>My flame will burn the brightest until I'm nothing but ash.
I've never cried so much at the end of an anime before the end of Ashita no Joe 2.

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>>13842095
every single scene it that last episode hit me lit a brick

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ6VB72XcE8

>>13825612

This!

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>>13825612
Even if they were full conversion cyborgs.

>>13851244
Is there more of this?

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>>13853826

>>13853808
Cute

How does Cobra's psychogun fit in his arm? The barrel is longer than his forearm.

Outside the animation, it's decisively mediocre.

>>13855369
Thanks for the bump

>>13855536
Cleaning that carpet must be quite a chore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12OBlcHx9E

This was my first exposure to Cobra.

>>13856318
There's a surprising amount of /m/ stuff in music videos and album covers. I wonder how much of it we've been exposed to without knowing where it came from at the time.

>>13856433

Matthew Sweet videos were some of my first exposure to animu. I thought it was so cool that these adult looking animated stories. I wanted to know where they came from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz7qj3MteS0

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>>13855364
Take your pick:
1. the barrel retracts
2. nanomachines
3. SCIENCE!

Never mind those times when his arm just disappears...

>>13861248
Poor Lady. What a tragedy. I wonder if Terasawa will ever explain anything about Lady's body/Cobra's arm?

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>>13862423
He hasn't covered the arm but the other event was covered in Time Drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzSgM25Taq0 [Embed]

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>>13862423
Lady really gets the short end of the stick. She has to watch as Cobra goes through woman like tissues while never being able to get any for herself ever again.

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>>13840579

>>13830385
1980's Astro Boy.

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Lady might be into shota.

>>13863316
Is that supposed to be a genderbent Cobra?

>>13864282
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to find those chibi/SD girls attractive, but I do...

>>13866590
Watch Time Drive.

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>>13866609
What does Black Knight Bat have to do with Time Drive? You don't think that's Lady, do you?

>>13866626
Crap. My bad. I thought from the thumbnail that was Lady in the flesh from Time Drive.

>>13866684
Very understandable. They have similar designs.

>>13862385
she's so pretty

I love the doujin where Glass Boy ejaculates molten glass into the blonde's uterus.

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>>13866590

What if Crystal Lady

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>>13872265

>>13828071
It's got a lot of tits and ass, of course France loves it.

>>13881500
Is he gonna take just the ass home?

Does Cobra feel in his psychogun arm?

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>>13887855
The exterior arm seems to function as a perfect prosthetic limb so I am sure he has full sense of touch with it. The gun itself is unclear, it seems that I remember him acting like he was hurt after it was struck but might have been from the impact being transmitted to the flesh part of the arm.

>>13872265

She's the waitress in the dining car of Galaxy Express 999.

>>13877756
Spooky, but boner

>>13892736
Should I laugh or should I feel bad?

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I all ways liked his hoverbike.

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>>13828052
Nice

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>>13897622
A flesh tone option is now possible.

>>13832011
Is there a good release of that? I really want to watch it but I can't believe something as famous as that only has shit releases and the second season isn't even subbed.

>>13825084

Shows that are pretty unanimously regarded as good don't get brought up much. They're too difficult to shitpost about.

>>13906070
Only groups that subbed the show are ILA and Blue Fixer Subs. Unfortunately, it may not get resubbed unless Saizen Fansubs or Live-Evil do something about it.

>>13912772
Hey Kasperl, which is your favorite Turtle?

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>>13913619
That Turtle. That Turtle that is also a snake. A better metal snake.

>>13866626
That is one trippy piece of shit.

>>13913606
Surely there were Blurays right?
Right?
Saizen I'm begging you.

>>13918561
There were. I think there is a torrent for them out there somewhere.

What's the watch order for Cobra if I want to start at the beginning? Is their anything I should skip?

>>13928483
TV series -> Movie -> OVAs (production order) -> New TV series

New cobra anime Greenlit

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54kNWPr43zE

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>>13930506
>God exists and his name is Buichi Terasawa

>>13930506
>>13930563
Aw yiss, this looks like it'll be a ton of fun. Also the producer is some guy named Cedric Biscay, seems like the Frenchies are really determined to have Cobra back, God bless em.

>>13930506
Neat. Hopefully there will be asses.

>>13930506
Guys, we did it. We summoned a new Cobra anime.

>>13930506

>the sports storyline

WHY

>>13825596
You could just say 'looks ugly'.

>>13930973

Because rugball is the greatest of sports.

>>13930506

Fuck yeah.

>>13930506
How can one country be more great? In Search of Lost Time, The Dram Shop and now Cobra.

>>13930506
Not sure if it's a new series or a remake, but more Cobra is always welcome.
Time to get buff and cosplay now.

>>13930506
Where were you when France saved Cobra, /m/?

>>13932478
Cobra is popular here in France. Cobra's face is even taken from one of our greatest actor, our "Bébel national"

>>13827759
No, It's flawless but LotGH is even better. Prosit!

>>13863377
But she also knows that she has the most special place in his heart. So she lets him be the womaniser he is.

>>13930506
Also, the studio for the new Astro Boy is handling it.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/monaco-shibuya-productions-posts-cobra-return-of-joe-gillian-series-teaser/.99163

>>13931062
>ugly
Nah.

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Is Cobra the same guy he was in his pretty-boy days or is he just Johnson playing at being Cobra?

I get the impression that he's kind of a dork pretending to be cool.

>>13884503
You say that like its a bad thing

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>>13936769
>I get the impression that he's kind of a dork pretending to be cool.

He's the ultimate cool acting like a dork. Cobra has a whimsical and playful persona that throws people off when they realize what he's really capable of/who he really is.

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>>13936769
>>13936812


Before his self inflicted mindwipe he seemed to have been much more serious. But the only thing that got him was a state of mind that lead to him effectively committing suicide. Even after he got his memory back he never really seemed to get old Cobra's attitude.

I think you can make a good argument that old Cobra pretty much died and what you had left was a new man with Cobra's memory.

>>13936980
OG Cobra was a wise cracking guy, too.

>>13936769

I think it's a combination of the two.

They're making a new Cobra anime of the rugball arc presumeably and it looks like complete ass.
>CG
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/monaco-shibuya-productions-posts-cobra-return-of-joe-gillian-series-teaser/.99163

If you want a good Cobra reboot, there's Dandy.

>>13942414
Not only are you slow, but not so smart.

>>13942414
>cgi boogeyman
>dandy
>good
>cobra reboot

Holy shit, please don't ever post here again.

Complaining about CG in a Buichi Terasawa production is pretty silly since he's well known for his use of CG.

Anyone knows which volume of the manga, about Cobra needs to replace his psycho gun?

I read it long time ago. I always want to re-read that just for nostalgia.

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>Dezaki is dead
>Madhouse is a joke
>Terasawa is old
>No more Cobra
>Midnight Eye Goku 3 Never Ever

Hold me cobros.

>>13952129
>no more Cobra
But there is

>>13952141
I know, but it just doesn't feel the same for some reason, mostly because Nozawa is dead.
And there's not enough dutch angles in the new Cobra.

>>13952155
You just want to complain, honestly. Stop being so stuck in what was.
>this isn't like something else! I can't enjoy this, get me my usual please

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>>13952230
Oh come one, I was just joking.

My only qualms with the new series are the fact that there's no Nozawa and the direction is a bit different from Dezaki, and it's not like anyone can remedy those, but it's still much better than nothing, that's for sure.
Here, have a lewd Cobra as an apology.

>>13929295
Why not start with the movie? I'm looking for something good to watch in one sitting and it seems perfect.

>>13956966
Movie's an adaptation of a story arc from the manga and TV series written by Teresawa himself. It's also a bit of downer, the TV series will give you a better grounding in the character and the slightly lighter tone it usually goes for.

>>13956966
The movie is not that great apart from the visuals. Not really a decent gateway into Cobra since it's pretty different stylistically.

>>13957058
>>13957138
The OVA's and the new series follow the Movie cannon?

>>13957149
No. The OVAs are just animated versions of specific parts of the manga series. The movie is a highly altered version of an early manga arc, the TV series is a loose adaptation of the manga.

>>13830367
Looks like the new show will be about the sports stuff too.

>>13952155
No he means we are getting more Cobra:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/monaco-shibuya-productions-posts-cobra-return-of-joe-gillian-series-teaser/.99163

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54kNWPr43zE

I just finished the tv series. Is the blue haired woman three different characters? The galactic patrol officer at the casino, the saloon waitress, and the gambler at the casino(the same casino?) when the guild had their meeting.

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Well just finished watching all of Cobra thanks to this thread. Hopefully they do a second season.

>>13961849

Yes.

The series draws one very pretty woman. But it's the same pretty woman every single time with only minor variations. Same body type, same face. For this reason, it can be a little confusing when women show up who look the same but aren't the same person.

>>13948362

>You can't complain about it being shit because he's well known for being shit

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>>13964627
>>13964633
kek this loser

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>>13961678
I've got a bunch of figma pics.

>>13965036

You can't deny that pretty much every woman in Space Adventure Cobra looks very similar.

>>13965376

That's not a bad thing, so I don't see why that would matter.

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>>13967645
Is the original manga or the latest one?

>>13967673
Original I think.

>>13967673
>Is the original manga or the latest one?
What? There's only one manga.

>>13968120
They keep getting re-released with new covers.

The movie version is better. It makes Crystal Boy, who is by far the coolest villain, the main antagonist.

>>13980083
which volume is this picture from

bump for more terasawa booty

What are the chances of Cobra getting another season/more OVA's besides the new 3d one?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C0052539D1A2D3C

You're welcome.