Cobra (manga)

Cobra

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, 1978 – November 12, 1984
Volumes 18
Anime film
Space Adventure Cobra
Directed by Osamu Dezaki
Produced by Tatsuo Ikeuchi
Written by Buichi Terasawa
Music by Osamu Shōji
Studio TMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Released July 23, 1982
Runtime 100 minutes
Anime television series
Space Cobra
Directed by Yoshio Takeuchi
Produced by Shunzo Kato
Yukimasa Ohno
Written by Haruya Yamazaki
Music by Kentarō Haneda
Studio TMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Network Fuji TV
Original run October 7, 1982 – May 19, 1983
Episodes 31
Original video animation
Cobra: The Psychogun
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
Released August 29, 2008 – February 27, 2009
Episodes 4
Original video animation
Cobra: Time Drive
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
Released April 24, 2009 – June 26, 2009
Episodes 2
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
Network BS11
Original run January 2, 2010 – March 27, 2010
Episodes 13

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.

In Japan, the Cobra manga has sold 40 million copies, making it one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time. Publications for manga, anime and other media have comparing the series to Star Wars and Barbarella, and the main character's attitude to James Bond. Its film adaptation received mixed reviews, and the original anime series as well as Cobra the Animation has been well received by reviewers.

Plot

In the far future, an office worker named Johnson leads a dull and mundane life. One Sunday morning, his robotic servant Ben suggests that he go to the Trip Movie Corporation—a company that enables its customers to experience a dream as though it were a reality. Johnson asks to be a king of a harem, and to command a battlestar.

In his dream, however, Johnson instead becomes "Cobra", an adventurer who explores space with his android partner Lady Armaroid. Cobra wields the Psychogun, a cybernetic arm-laser gun, to fight monsters and the Pirate Guild, an organized crime syndicate of pirates. After a battle with the Guild, Cobra allows its leader Captain Vaiken to escape. Vaiken distributes Cobra's picture to other pirates, making him a wanted man. After the dream ends, Johnson describes the fantasy to an attendant, who is surprised because Johnson's dream should not have any reference to pirates or to Cobra.

On his way back home, Johnson crashes into a speeding car whose driver looks like Captain Vaiken. When Johnson mentions the resemblance, the driver reveals himself as Vaiken. He asks Johnson about "Cobra" and threatens to kill Johnson if he does not answer. Johnson unconsciously lifts his arm and a ray shoots out of his hand, killing Vaiken. The shot explodes Johnson's arm, revealing the Psychogun embedded in it.

Johnson rushes home, where Ben notices the weapon on his arm. Johnson then realizes that he remembers nothing from before the last three years. After looking into a mirror, he finds a knob and turns it to reveal a secret room. There, he finds the revolver which he used in his dream. At that moment, armed intruders break into the house and address him as "Cobra". A battle ensues, and Ben's robot shell breaks to reveal Lady Armaroid, with whom Johnson kills the intruders.

Johnson starts to remember his previous existence as Cobra. Hunted by the Pirate Guild for meddling in their criminal enterprises and tired of life on the run, Cobra surgically altered his face and had his memories erased. Lady Armaroid tells Cobra that the Trip Movie has triggered his subconscious to regain access to the memories of his former life. Cobra and Lady Armadroid resume their adventurous life together.

Characters

Production

Cobra is Buichi Terasawa's debut manga series. Previously he had written and illustrated between twenty and thirty science-fiction shōjo (targeted towards girls) short stories for manga contests held by manga magazines, with one of them earning an honorable mention. Terasawa created Cobra by combining the spaghetti western subgenre and Japanese stories featuring a "wandering swordman".[11] The Psychogun was created before the titular character, and Terasawa wanted to create a hero who would be able to carry a concealed weapon.[12] According to Terasawa, his concept of a hero has been greatly influenced by "spaghetti westerns with a James Bond-type spin to them."[11] He also drew inspiration from the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.[12] In general, Terasawa has been influenced by films, including the James Bond film series, Akira Kurosawa's films, and Disney films prior to The Little Mermaid (1989). For example, Jane Fonda's performance in the cult science-fiction film Barbarella (1968) served as a direct model for his character Jane, whose hairstyle was also inspired by Princess Aurora's in the Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty (1959). For his storytelling, panel layout, and narrative pacing in general, he draws influence from manga artist Osamu Tezuka, who mentored him.[11]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa, Cobra was first published in 1977 in Shueisha's Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump as a one-shot edition.[13] It was later serialized, running from the November 6, 1978 issue to the November 12, 1984 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump,[14] and released under the magazine's Jump Comics line in eighteen tankōbon volumes between August 15, 1979 and August 15, 1985.[15][16] Cobra was re-published from February 10, 1988 to November 10, 1998 in a ten-volume aizōban edition under Jump Comics Deluxe entitled Space Adventure Cobra.[17][18]

The manga series was only partially released in the United States by Viz Communications in 1990 in a series of twelve books.[19] This English-language publication covered the origin story and the Royal Sisters' saga, with dialogue adapted by the American comic book writer Marv Wolfman and published under Viz Communications' Viz Select Comics line.[9] The complete manga was published in several other countries. In France, the manga was first published by Dynamic Visions,[20] and later reprinted by Taifu Comics.[21] Its first volume was released in the 1990s Brazil by Dealer, being one of the first manga to be published in the country.[22] The manga was also published in Italy by Play Press,[23] in Taiwan by Tong Li, in Hong Kong by Culturecom, and in Thailand by Vibulkij.[20]

Shueisha released Cobra in kanzenban form with the title Space Adventure Cobra: Handy Edition—which included volumes one through ten—from October 19, 2001 to February 4, 2002.[24][25] Shueisha later created three kanzenban magazine series based on the Cobra manga under their Shueisha Jump Remix line. Irezumi no Onna Hen,[Jp 1], which spanned two volumes, was published on October 7, 2002, and on October 21, 2002; Rugball Hen[Jp 2], which spanned two volumes, was published on November 2, 2002, and on November 18, 2002; and Shido no Megami Hen[Jp 3], which spanned three volumes, was published from June 9, 2003 to July 7, 2003.[26] Media Factory also published Cobra in a kanzenban edition; it was simply called Cobra Kanzenban[Jp 4], and spawned twelve volumes released between August 23, 2005, and June 23, 2006.[27][28] Cobra was also sold as an e-book, Space Adventure Cobra: Galaxy Knights[Jp 5] for a limited time.[29]

Sequels and spin-offs

The seinen manga magazine Super Jump published several Cobra sequel or spin-off series. The first was titled Cobra: Legend of the Holy Knight,[Jp 6], which was serialized in 1986 in a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was then published in a single tankōbon by Shueisha in 1988 under the magazine's Jump Comics Deluxe line.[29] Space Adventure Cobra: The Psychogun,[Jp 7] a fully colored "computer graphics" manga, was serialized in Super Jump in 1995.[29] A "computer graphics" sequel called Space Adventure Cobra: Magic Doll[Jp 8] was serialized in Super Jump from 2000 to 2002.[29][30] Along with several other series serialized in Super Jump, they were published from 1995 to 2002 in Jump Comics Deluxe under the title Space Adventure Cobra.[29]

Space Adventure Cobra: Magic Doll was re-serialized in the Monthly Comic Flapper magazine by Media Factory, and was published under its MF Comics line as Cobra the Space Pirate: Magic Doll Zenpen[Jp 9] and Cobra the Space Pirate: Magic Doll Kōhen[Jp 10] on February 23, 2006, and September 22, 2006, respectively.[31][32] In addition, Media Factory published six Cobra one-shots; the first one, Cobra the Space Pirate: Kokuryū Ō[Jp 11], on March 23, 2006, and the last one, Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive[Jp 12], on April 23, 2009, all of which were also under MF Comics.[33] To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, sixteen manga were reprinted and released by Media Factory; on May 23, 2008, Cobra Fukkatsu[Jp 13] and Irezumi no Sanshimai[Jp 14] were released, and Magic Doll concluded it, with its release on July 7, 2009.[34] From October 25, 2014 to June 13, 2015, Media Factory is republishing Cobra the Space Pirate through its MFR Series.[35]

Anime adaptations

Film

TMS Entertainment adapted the manga into a film titled Space Adventure Cobra, which was released on July 23, 1982, in Japan.[2] It was directed by Osamu Dezaki, with screenplay by Terasawa and Haruya Yamazaki, and retold the Cobra involvement with the Royal Sisters, and his fight against Crystal Boy, which was the first major arc of manga.[19] In Japan, the film was first released on DVD on June 25, 2001 by Digital Site, and re-released by Happinet on August 29, 2008.[36] Manga Entertainment released the film in British theaters in 1995.[6] The Manga Entertainment version's dub had an alternate soundtrack performed by the pop group Yello.[37][38] An American dub was created by Carl Macek's Streamline Pictures,[19] and was released in American theaters on August 20, 1995, by Tara,[39] and was later distributed by Urban Vision on VHS format on June 16, 1998.[40] The film was released in the Australasian region by Madman Entertainment on December 5, 2007.[41] On April 8, 2008, Manga Entertainment released it on DVD.[42] On January 3, 2012, Hulu started to host the English dubbed version of the film after an agreement with TMS.[43] Discotek Media released the film in the United States on DVD on August 21, 2012.[44] Matthew Sweet's music video "Girlfriend" used excerpts from the film, and become one of the most-watched videos on MTV.[19][45]

Space Cobra

Cobra was adapted into an anime series titled Space Cobra directed by Dezaki that aired on Fuji Television between October 7, 1982, and May 19, 1983.[3] The episodes were released in eight DVDs and a DVD box set on October 25, 2000 by Digital Site in Japan.[36] The series was released in Northern America by Nozomi Entertainment in two parts;[46] the first was released on March 4, 2014,[47] and the second one is available since May 6, 2014.[48] In November 2015 the series was added to the Crunchyroll streaming service.[49]

Cobra the Animation

Cobra was adapted into two OVAs and a television series that were created by Guild Project and animated by Magic Bus under the Cobra the Animation line for the series' 30th anniversary.[50] The first of the series was The Psychogun, which was released direct-to-DVD between August 29, 2008, and February 27, 2009. It was written, storyboarded, and directed by Terasawa.[51] Its sequel OVA, Time Drive, was released between April 24, 2009, and June 26, 2009. It was co-directed by Terasawa and Kenichi Maejima.[52] Both OVA series were later released in Blu-ray box set on February 19, 2010.[36] The anime television series Rokunin no Yūshi, directed by Keizo Shimizu, aired on BS 11 between January 2, 2010 and March 27, 2010.[4] Crunchyroll streamed the first OVA series between December 18, 2009 to on January 8, 2010.[53][54] The two episodes of Time Drive were uploaded on January 1, 2008,[55][56] and Rokunin no Yūshi was simulcasted as it aired in Japan.[57] The series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.[58]

Audio

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Osamu Shōji. It used a single opening theme and a single ending theme, and its lyrics were written by Tetsuya Chiaki and composed by Saburo Suzuki. "Daydream Romance"[Jp 15] by Shigeru Matsuzaki was used as the opening music and "Stay"[Jp 16] by Eve was used at the end.[2] The subsequent anime's music was scored by Kentarō Haneda. The lyrics for "Cobra" and "Secret Desire"[Jp 17], the opening and the ending themes respectively, were written by Kayoko Fuyomori and composed by Yuji Ohno; both were sung by Yoko Maeno.[3] The anime's music was compiled into two albums; Space Cobra: Original Soundtrack and Space Cobra: Complete Soundtrack were released by Nippon Columbia on September 25, 2003, and April 21, 2004, respectively.[59][60]

The musical score for Cobra the Animation was composed by Yoshihiro Ike.[4][51][52] The opening theme from The Psychogun is "Kizudarake no Yume"[Jp 18] by Yoko Takahashi and it ending theme is "Wanderer" by Shigeru Matsuzaki. Both were released as singles on August 27, 2008, by Nippon Columbia.[61][62] The second OVA used "Time Drive" by Sasja Antheunis as its opening theme and "Kimi ga bi Waraunara"[Jp 19] by Shigeru Matsuzaki as its closing theme.[63] "Cobra the Space Pirate" by Sasja Antheunis and "Kimi no Uta"[Jp 20] respectively were used as opening theme and closing theme for Rokunin no Yūshi. On March 24, 2010, both were released as singles by Nippon Columbia.[64][65] A soundtrack containing music from both OVAs and a compilation of music from the anime series were released on January 20, 2010, and April 14, 2010, respectively.[66][67] Cobra Song Collection, which encompassed music from the soundtracks of the film, two OVAs and two anime series was released on March 31, 2010 by Nippon Columbia.[68]

Live-action film

In 2008, Buichi Terasawa said he received a Hollywood offer to purchase the rights to a live-action film adaptation of the series. He stated it was "off-the-record", and that if it happened it would be partly standalone and separate from his original manga.[50] However, in 2010, Alexandre Aja announced he had purchased its rights, and that he planned to direct a live-action film adaptation of Cobra.[57][69] Aja was inspired to create this film adaptation because the original manga was one of his childhood favorites.[70] Aja wrote the script with Gregory Levasseur, and produced the film with Levasseur, Marc Sessego and Alexandra Milchan.[71] Aja said he wanted to create a "tent pole-sized live action franchise".[71] On April 30, 2011 a teaser poster depicting promotional concept art for Cobra: The Space Pirate, along with a release date scheduled for mid-2013, was unveiled.[72] In September 2013, however, Aja admitted that making the film will be "very hard" as "to do a new kind of Star Wars, it's expensive" though he stated "we are trying everything, we will make it."[73] In July 2014, Aja revealed it was estimated that the project would require a budget of over $150 million, and that he was seeking to have an A-list actor to help attract a funder.[74]

Related media

The Cobra manga has become the basis of two artbooks; the first focusing on the female characters of the series was released as Cobra Girls[Jp 21] on February 1, 1988.[75] Concept designs of the manga were added to a Cobra artbook titled Cobra Wonder: Concept Design Arts of Cobra World, which was released in July 17, 1997, and included two Cobra's side stories—Bara[Jp 22] and Mahō no Fune[Jp 23]—first published in Super Jump in 1988.[76][77] Popy and Bandai included Cobra's ground vehicle, the Psychoroid, in the Japanese Machine Robo toyline, where it gained the ability to transform into a robot. Japan later exported this idea to the United States as part of the Super Gobots toyline under the name "Psycho", designed by Murakami Katsushi.[78] In Japan, action figures,[79] T-shirts,[80] kewpie dolls,[81] Cobra's Psychogun and Crystal Boy's claw replicas,[82][83] stamps,[84] and limited-edition whiskey bottles were sold as merchandise for the series.[85]

Video games

In 1982, Popy Electronics created the hand-held games Space Cobra Professional and Space Cobra the Psychogun.[86][87] It was followed by Cobra: Kokuryū Ō no Densetsu, released in 1989 for the PC Engine, and Cobra 2: Densetsu no Otoko, released for the PC Engine in 1990,[29] which was released in North America and Europe for the Sega CD as The Space Adventure - Cobra: The Legendary Bandit.[88][89]

Reception

Approximately 40 million copies on Cobra have been sold, making it one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time.[90] Cobra made Terasawa, who at the time was 22 and was little known, famous.[19][91] The English version of Cobra was named as one of the "The Top 25 Translated-To-English Manga of All Time" by Wizard magazine.[92] Ivevei Upatkoon of EX online magazine praised it as a "rich fantasy" that was unmatched by any other. She said the main character took "after James Bond, albeit somewhat on the silly side, and the costumes and bizarre worlds are but a shade shy of plagiarizing Barbarella". She was impressed that the series "is surprisingly devoid of the sexual innuendo and exploitation that anime fans have come to associate with decorative female characters"; it avoids the stereotypical, beautiful women, and instead creates its own "extreme" world. Upatkoon also said that modern readers might find the manga dated and would be discouraged from reading it, despite the improvement in artistic quality as the series progresses.[93] Writing for Anime News Network (ANN), Jason Thompson described Cobra as "a significant piece of manga history". Thompson wrote that the women of the series have a "realistic physique and not some moe jailbait or grotesque bakunyu explosion". Thompson deemed Cobra as a parody of both Western action heroes and Star Wars and 1970s shōjo science fiction and its concept of beauty".[94]

The anime film received mixed reviews from critics. Otaku USA's Daryl Surat wrote that Cobra is a type of classical pulp series. While declared its protagonist is "part Han Solo and part Sean Connery-era James Bond" who does not fit the modern-day anime hero standard. Surat also said, "when people speak of the 1980s as 'the golden age of anime sci-fi, it's because of things like Space Adventure Cobra".[95] Sandra Scholes of Active Anime commented it reminded "Barbarella, Zardoz and Star Wars all mixed together."[96] Writing in the Fandom Post, Darius Washington thought it was "more like the Derek Flint films" than James Bond and that Cobra's adventures "could be comparable to worlds depicted in Outlaw Star and Bodacious Space Pirates."[97] Tim Henderson from ANN praised it for staying true to the manga and "holding its own with a modern audience". Henderson stated that the series carries a theme of "love as a power beyond compare", which battles with the main character's playboyish air. Overall, Henderson said the movie is a masterpiece and classic that is worth viewing to know the medium's foundations.[98] On the other hand, Charles Packer of Sci-Fi Online called the plot pure nonsense and the dialogue almost laughable. He said that the animation looks like a Saturday morning cartoon, stating it crosses between that of an old anime and a new one, complete with interesting "psychedelic moments".[99]

The anime television series received mostly praise. Pedro Cortes from Japanator asserted, "Space Adventure Cobra is interesting in that it takes a shard of an idea from a classic and then spins it out into its own epic." Cortes praised its "charming" designs, while criticized the main character lack of development as "the only negative thing." He added, "There isn't a ton of depth, but the show doesn't pretend to be anything but a fun, sci-fi romp around the galaxy."[100] ANN's Theron Martin praised its "surprisingly solid" art "for a series of its era" and affirmed, "it does stand up well as high-spirited, fun-loving action fare with occasional darker overtones."[101] Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post said, "It's simple but full of adventure, interesting characters and locations and a sense of fun that definitely makes it work in a very good way" and has "a solid visual design."[102] Washington, in a review for Otaku USA, commended that it "is entertaining overall" and has "an overall fun vibe" because of it "smooth" art; he, however, criticized what he called "serious misogynistic tendencies."[103]

Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun and Rokunin no Yūshi have been well received by fans; the OVA was among the best-selling for two weeks, and the sixth volume of the anime series was one of the best-selling DVDs for one week.[104][105][106] Chris Beveridge from Mania.com praised the anime series and its visual design, comparing to the The Psychogun ones, but said it is not for those who are unaware the original series. He said the anime has "a healthy dose of action, the kind of sexuality that's a trademark of the series ... as well as a good bit of silly fun".[107] In the second episode review, Beveridge said it "seems to be following much the same kind of pace and structure" as the OVAs.[108] Its animation was compared with the Darkside Blues; ANN's Erin Finnegan said it was a "gritty" animation, but that from episode five, the animation quality looks more modern and much less gritty.[109] Beveridge said the anime's idea is simple, but added it is "also not a show you see often since it doesn't center around teenagers, schools or the harem concept". He said it is not "a great show", but that "it gives us something different than the usual"—the reason it is "enjoyable".[110]

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the correct transliteration, according to the Hepburn romanization, of "ボーイ" is "Boy", Buichi Terasawa said the character's name is a tribute to English musician David Bowie, and also a play on Bowie knife, due to the shape of his arm.[8]
Japanese
  1. ↑ 刺青の女編
  2. ↑ ラグ・ボール編 Ragubōru-hen
  3. ↑ シドの女神編
  4. ↑ COBRA完全版
  5. ↑ SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA〜ギャラクシーナイツ Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Gyarakushī Naitsu
  6. ↑ コブラ〜聖なる騎士伝説 Kobura Seinaru Kishi Densetsu
  7. ↑ SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA〜ザ・サイコガン Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Za Saikogan
  8. ↑ SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA〜マジックドール Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Majikku Dōru
  9. ↑ COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE マジックドール 前編 Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Majikku Dōru Zenpen
  10. ↑ COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE マジックドール 後編 Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Majikku Dōru Kōhen
  11. ↑ COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE 黒龍王 Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Kokuryū Ō
  12. ↑ COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE タイム・ドライブ Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Taimou Doraibu
  13. ↑ コブラ復活 Kobura Fukkatsu
  14. ↑ イレズミの三姉妹
  15. ↑ デイドリーム・ロマンス Deidorīmu Romansu
  16. ↑ ステイ Sutei
  17. ↑ シークレット・デザイアー Shīkuretto Dezaiā
  18. ↑ 傷だらけの夢
  19. ↑ 君が微笑うなら
  20. ↑ 君の歌
  21. ↑ COBRA GIRLS Kobura Gāruzu
  22. ↑ バラ, lit. "Rose"
  23. ↑ 魔法の船, lit. "Ship of Magic"

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