I seldom talk about anime in general because there are plenty of blog site that cover those area; but when when I heard about the new sequel of Space Adventure Cobra coming out in this season, I feel that it’s my turn to say something about it because, well.. it’s an old boy anime! It’s been over 30 years since the manga came out back in 1978, it was later adopt into an animation in 1982. I watched Cobra when I was a little kid in primary school… it was leap and bound ahead of most animation of the time, it was a futuristic science fiction back in the 80s and it still feel very fresh when I acquired the DVD set a few short years ago.
I was looking around in youtube trying to locate the original Cobra OP and was in shock that I couldn’t find a decent one…. so, it was time for me to take the matter into my own hands! I took my DVD set out and ripped the OP video file.
Here is a more modern look with the original song mixed into it.
Just who is this Cobra guy you ask? Well, he is a space pirate, has a signature weapon, “Psycho-gun”—a cybernetic arm-laser connected directly to his brain and capable of targeting enemies without having a line-of-sight; he is very tough and is nearly unkillable. Like the other manga draw by artist Terasawa Buichi 寺沢 武一, such as Goku Midnight Eye, Space Adventure Cobra is filled with very gorgeous looking women wearing bikini style clothing, quite a shocker back in the 80s, mind you… but they were never being portraited as being any less significant… it was just the artist’s idea of futuristic clothing for women. The original TV series focused on the Cobra’s encounter with Captain Nelson’s triplet daughters, Jane, Dominique, Catherine and their quest to the greatest treasure of the entire universe.
I am keeping track of this new sequel so far, probably the only anime that caught my old boy interest this season.
