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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Buichi Terasawa}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Cobra
| image = Cobra tankou vol 1.jpg
| caption = Cover of first {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volume, featuring Cobra (left) and Lady Armaroid (right)
| ja_kanji = コブラ
| ja_romaji = Kobura
| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure genre|Adventure]]<ref name="sentai"/>|[[Science fiction comedy]]<ref name="sentai">{{cite web|url=http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/cobra-the-animation|title=Cobra the Animation|publisher=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909054536/http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/catalog/cobra-the-animation}}</ref>|[[Space opera]]<ref name=20min/><ref name=opera/>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Buichi Terasawa]]
| publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA={{ubl|[[Viz Media]]}} (former)|Creek & River (digital)}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| imprint         = [[Jump Comics]]
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| first           = November 6, 1978
| last            = November 12, 1984
| volumes         = 18
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Anime film
| content =
*''[[Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie]]'' (1982)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Space Cobra
| director        = {{ubl|[[Osamu Dezaki]]|Yoshio Takeuchi}}
| producer        = {{ubl|Shunzo Kato|Yukimasa Ohno}}
| writer          = {{ubl|Haruya Yamazaki|Kosuke Miki|[[Kenji Terada]]}}
| music           = [[Kentarō Haneda]]
| studio          = [[TMS Entertainment]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Discotek Media]]}}
| network         = [[Fuji TV]]
| first           = October 7, 1982
| last            = May 19, 1983
| episodes        = 31
| episode_list    = List of Space Cobra episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title            = Cobra: Legend of the Holy Knight
| author        = Buichi Terasawa
| publisher    = Shueisha
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| imprint      = Jump Comics Deluxe
| magazine     = [[Super Jump]]
| first           = 1986
| last           = 1988
| volumes     = 1
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type           = manga
| title           = {{ubl|Space Adventure Cobra {{noitalic|(Shueisha)}}|Cobra the Space Pirate {{noitalic|(Media Factory)}}}}
| author           = Buichi Terasawa
| publisher           = {{ubl|Shueisha (1995–2002)|[[Media Factory]] (2005–2006)}}
| publisher_en           =Creek & River (digital)
| imprint           = {{ubl|Jump Comics Deluxe (Shueisha)|MF Comics (Media Factory)}}
| magazine           = {{ubl|[[Super Jump]] (1995–2002)|[[Monthly Comic Flapper]] (2005–2006)}}
| demographic           = Seinen
| first           = 1995
| last           = 2006
| volumes           = {{ubl|11 (Shueisha)|8 (Media Factory)}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Cobra the Animation
| director        = {{ubl|Buichi Terasawa|Kenichi Maejima (5–6)}}
| producer        = {{ubl|Harumi Suzuki|Kensaku Yamanaka|Mariko Kusuhara|Masako Yoshikawa|Masashi Ikeda}}
| writer          = {{ubl|Buichi Terasawa|Mitsuyo Suenaga (5–6)}}
| music           = [[Yoshihiro Ike]]
| studio          = [[Magic Bus (studio)|Magic Bus]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]}}
| first           = August 29, 2008
| last            = June 26, 2009
| runtime         = 
| episodes        = 6
| episode_list    = List of Cobra the Animation episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Cobra the Animation
| director        = Keizo Shimizu
| producer        = {{ubl|Harumi Suzuki|Kensaku Yamanaka|Mariko Kusuhara|Masako Yoshikawa|Masashi Ikeda}}
| writer          = Kazumi Koide
| music           = Yoshihiro Ike
| studio          = Magic Bus
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=Sentai Filmworks}}
| network         = [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]]
| first           = January 2, 2010
| last            = March 27, 2010
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = List of Cobra the Animation episodes#Rokunin no Yūshi
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title=Cobra: Over the Rainbow
| author          = Buichi Terasawa
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Corporation]]
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''Seinen''
| imprint         = Comic Hu
| magazine        = {{ubl|Comic Walker|[[Niconico|Niconico Manga]]}}
| first           = November 19, 2019
| last            = April 19, 2020
| volumes         = 
| volume_list     = 
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Cobra'''''|コブラ|Kobura|lead=yes}} 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 (literary character)|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 {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The ''Cobra'' manga spawned various sequel manga series, [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]]s, a [[Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie|1982 feature-length anime film]], two anime television series (a 31-episode series in 1982, and a 13-episode series in 2010), two [[original video animation]]s (OVAs) in 2008–2009, audio albums, video games, and other merchandise.

In the United States, portions of the manga were published by [[Viz Media]] in 1990 and the complete sequel series, alongside full-color remakes of select story arcs from the original manga, was published in [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] format by Creek & River in 2015. 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 North America by [[Nozomi Entertainment]] and [[Discotek Media]].

In Japan, the ''Cobra'' manga has sold 50 million copies, making it one of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time]]. Publications for manga, anime and other media have compared the series to ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Barbarella (film)|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. The anime series was very popular in France in the 1980s and French-speaking filmmakers and studios have attempted to adapt it into live-action films or animated series in the 2000s and in the 2010s.

==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{{mdash}}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 (genre)|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.

==Main characters==
*{{Nihongo4|Cobra|コブラ|Kobura}}: the title character, whose left arm has been replaced by a mind-controlled energy cannon.
*{{Nihongo4|Lady Armaroid|アーマロイド・レディ|Āmaroido Redi|originally "Armaroid Lady"}}: a female android, Cobra's partner most of the time.
*The Royal sisters: {{Nihongo4|Jane Royal|ジェーン・ロイヤル|Jēn Roiyaru}}, {{Nihongo4|Catherine Royal|キャサリン・ロイヤル|Kyasarin Roiyaru}}, {{Nihongo4|Dominique Royal|ドミニク・ロイヤル|Dominiku Roiyaru}}.
*{{Nihongo4|Crystal Bowie|クリスタル・ボーイ|Kurisutaru Bōi}}: a recurring enemy of Cobra, whose body is entirely composed of a special, very resistant glass (hence his name).
*{{Nihongo4|Sandra|サンドラ|Sandora}}: first serves as the leader of the local branch of the Pirate Guild on her home planet.
*{{Nihongo4|Lord Salamander|ロード・サラマンダー|Rōdo Saramandā}} Cobra's archenemy, the ultimate leader of the Pirate Guild with powerful psychic powers, revealed after his death to be an incarnation of Adolf Hitler's soul.

==Production==
[[File:Osamu Tezuka 1951 Scan10008-2.JPG|thumb|left|Osamu Tezuka (''pictured'') was the main influence for the series, inspiring Terasawa's storytelling, panel layout, and narrative pacing<ref name=animerica/>]]
''Cobra'' is Buichi Terasawa's debut manga series. Previously he had written and illustrated between twenty and thirty science-fiction ''[[Shōjo manga|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 swordsman".<ref name=animerica/>

Terasawa wanted to create a hero who would be able to carry a concealed weapon and then the Psychogun was created before the titular character.<ref name=allocine>{{cite web |url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18599125.html |title="Cobra" par Buichi Terasawa, son créateur original |date=November 8, 2010 |publisher=[[AlloCiné]] |access-date=February 6, 2014 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221093901/http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18599125.html |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> His concept of a hero has been greatly influenced by "spaghetti westerns with a [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]-type spin to them."<ref name=animerica/> Also from Bond series came the concept of several women who circulate around Cobra.<ref name=rightstuf/> For Cobra, he also drew inspiration from the French actor [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] and his "phlegmatic style", specifically from his characters on ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' (1960) and ''[[That Man from Rio]]'' (1964).<ref name=20min/><ref name=lemonde>{{cite news | url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/02/29/buichi-terasawa-le-cobra-mord-encore_4873650_4408996.html | title=Buichi Terasawa, le Cobra mord encore | author=Potet, Frédéric | date=February 29, 2016 | work=[[Le Monde]] | access-date=October 2, 2016 | language=fr | archive-date=August 7, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807102827/http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/02/29/buichi-terasawa-le-cobra-mord-encore_4873650_4408996.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The then rising actresses [[Dominique Sanda]] and [[Catherine Deneuve]] also inspired the names of the Royal Sisters.<ref name=20min/> One of Cobra's main enemies, Crystal Bowie, was named as a tribute to English musician [[David Bowie]].<ref>An interview given to Kyoto Channel's program {{nihongo4|''Hobby World Project''|ほびーワールド計画}} on June 1, 2008.</ref>

In general, Terasawa has been influenced by films, including ''[[Star Trek]]'', [[René Laloux]]'s animations,<ref name=20min/> [[James Bond in film|the ''James Bond'' film series]], [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s films, and Disney films prior to ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989). For example, [[Jane Fonda]]'s performance in the cult science-fiction film ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (1968) served as a direct model for his character Jane, whose hairstyle was also inspired by [[Aurora (Disney)|Princess Aurora]]'s in the Disney animated film ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959). For his storytelling, panel layout, and narrative pacing in general, he draws influence from [[Mangaka|manga artist]] [[Osamu Tezuka]], who mentored him.<ref name=animerica>{{cite book|chapter=Buichi Terasawa|author=Karahashi, Takayuki|editor=Trish Ledoux|title=Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly (1992–97)|year=1997|location=San Francisco, California|publisher=Cadence Books|pages=126–133|isbn=1-56931-220-6}}</ref> Terasawa declared, "Without him, ... ''Cobra'' would never have existed.<ref name=lemonde/>

==Publication==
Written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa, ''Cobra'' was first published in 1977 in [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[Shōnen manga|shōnen]]'' [[manga magazine]] ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' as a [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/2009/03/21/21cmp15/index.html|script-title=ja:1F コンプレックス1周年! 秋葉原コンプ祭り! 寺沢武一全プレ冊子『大地よ蒼くなれ』『シグマ45』|date=March 21, 2009|publisher=[[Mandarake]]|access-date=December 5, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211005940/http://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/2009/03/21/21cmp15/index.html|archive-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later serialized for six years, running from the November 6, 1978, issue to the November 12, 1984, issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/magazine_works/335|script-title=ja:雑誌掲載作品：週刊少年ジャンプ Space Adventure コブラ(寺沢武一)|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=June 1, 2015|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232055/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazine_works/335|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> and released under the magazine's ''Jump Comics'' line in eighteen {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes between August 15, 1979, and August 15, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/books/1207702|script-title=ja:単行本：コブラ(ジャンプ・コミックス)1|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=July 17, 2015|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720234409/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1207702|archive-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/mg/books/1207423|script-title=ja:単行本：コブラ(ジャンプ・コミックス)18|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=July 17, 2015|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720224636/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1207423|archive-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> ''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''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:コブラ（デラックス版）(1)|publisher=BookOffOnline|url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421004|access-date=December 5, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213120402/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421004|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:コブラ（デラックス版）(10)|publisher=BookOffOnline|url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421013|access-date=December 5, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213120912/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

The manga series was only partially released in the United States by [[Viz Media|Viz Communications]] in 1990 in a series of twelve books.<ref name=superhero>{{cite book|title=The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDlEHGKj8JgC|author1=Misiroglu, Gina Renée|author2=Roach, David A.|date=January 1, 2004|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=IDlEHGKj8JgC&pg=PA147 147–150]|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]|isbn=978-1-57859-154-1|access-date=September 22, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919190135/https://books.google.com/books?id=IDlEHGKj8JgC|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=viz>{{cite journal|last=Terasawa|first=Buichi|author-link=Buichi Terasawa|author2=[[Marv Wolfman]]|year=1990|title=Cobra|journal=Cobra|volume=1|issue=1|series=Viz Select Comics|pages=2|publisher=[[Viz Media|Viz Communications]], LLC.}}</ref> In 2015, Creek & River released the complete full-color CG sequel series alongside full-color CG remakes of select story arcs from the original manga in the US in a 15-volume full-color Kindle edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/creek--river-launches-project-to-promote-japanese-authors-globally-300024108.html|title=Creek & River Launches Project to Promote Japanese Authors Globally|date=January 22, 2015|publisher=Creek & River|access-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826235948/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/creek--river-launches-project-to-promote-japanese-authors-globally-300024108.html|archive-date=August 26, 2017|url-status=live|via=[[PR Newswire]]}}</ref> The complete manga was printed in several other countries. In France, the manga was first published by Dynamic Visions,<ref name=buichi>{{cite web|url=http://www.buichi.com/E/news/index_book.html|title=Books|publisher=Buichi.com|access-date=August 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413114313/http://www.buichi.com/E/news/index_book.html|archive-date=April 13, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and later reprinted by [[Taifu Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taifu-comics.com/index.php/manga/Cobra-the-space-pirate/vol-1|title=Cobra, the space pirate Vol.1|publisher=[[Taifu Comics]]|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209055814/http://www.taifu-comics.com/index.php/manga/Cobra-the-space-pirate/vol-1|archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> Its first volume was released in the 1990s Brazil by Dealer, being one of the first manga to be published in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/2011/n03052011_07.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107083959/http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/2011/n03052011_07.cfm|archive-date=November 7, 2011|title=Veja o primeiro cartaz de Cobra - The Space Pirate|author=Codespoti, Sérgio|date=May 3, 2011|publisher=universohq.com|language=pt}}</ref> The manga was also published in Italy by Play Press,<ref>{{cite web|title=Fumetti Play Press Publishing, Collana Cobra M5|url=http://www.fumetto-online.it/it/ricerca_editore.php?EDITORE=PLAY%20PRESS%20PUBLISHING&COLLANA=COBRA%20M5&nrd=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080812/http://www.fumetto-online.it/it/ricerca_editore.php?EDITORE=PLAY%20PRESS%20PUBLISHING&COLLANA=COBRA%20M5&nrd=1|archive-date=December 14, 2013|publisher=Fumetto Online|language=it}}</ref> in Taiwan by [[Tong Li Publishing|Tong Li]], in Hong Kong by Culturecom, and in Thailand by Vibulkij.<ref name=buichi/>

Shueisha released ''Cobra'' in ''[[kanzenban]]'' form with the title ''Space Adventure Cobra: Handy Edition''{{mdash}}which included volumes one through ten{{mdash}}from October 19, 2001, to February 4, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421099|title=Space Adventure Cobra (1) Space Adventure Handy Edition|publisher=BookOffOnline|access-date=December 5, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213120640/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421099|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421108|title=Space Adventure Cobra (10) Space Adventure Handy Edition|publisher=BookOffOnline|access-date=December 5, 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213120919/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0011421108|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha later created three ''kanzenban'' magazine series based on the ''Cobra'' manga under their ''Shueisha Jump Remix'' line. {{Nihongo foot|''Irezumi no Onna Hen,''|刺青の女編|group=Jp}}, which spanned two volumes, was published on October 7 and 21, 2002; {{Nihongo foot|''Rugball Hen''|ラグ・ボール編|Ragubōru-hen|group=Jp}}, which spanned two volumes, was published on November 2 and 18, 2002; and {{Nihongo foot|''Shido no Megami Hen''|シドの女神編|group=Jp}}, which spanned three volumes, was published from June 9 to July 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://remix.shueisha.co.jp/j_remix/detail/cobra/index.html|script-title=ja:集英社 リミックス: コブラ|publisher=Shueisha|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822190821/http://remix.shueisha.co.jp/j_remix/detail/cobra/index.html|archive-date=August 22, 2009}}</ref> [[Media Factory]] also published ''Cobra'' in a ''kanzenban'' edition; it was simply called {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra Kanzenban''|COBRA完全版|group=Jp}}, and spawned twelve volumes released between August 23, 2005, and June 23, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113205|script-title=ja:Cobra 【完全版】 1|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210106/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113205|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113946|script-title=ja:Cobra 【完全版】 12|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209205824/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113946|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> ''Cobra'' was also sold as an [[e-book]], {{nihongo foot|''Space Adventure Cobra: Galaxy Knights''|Space Adventure Cobra〜ギャラクシーナイツ|Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Gyarakushī Naitsu|group=Jp}} for a limited time.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.buichi.com/works/cobra/cobra_03.html|title=History|publisher=Buichi.com|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045329/http://www.buichi.com/works/cobra/cobra_03.html|archive-date=January 21, 2008|access-date=February 21, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sequels and spin-offs===
The ''[[Seinen manga|seinen]]'' manga magazine ''[[Super Jump]]'' published several ''Cobra'' sequel or [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series. The first was titled {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra: Legend of the Holy Knight'',|コブラ〜聖なる騎士伝説|Kobura Seinaru Kishi Densetsu|group=Jp}} 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.<ref name=history /> {{Nihongo foot|''Space Adventure Cobra: The Psychogun'',|SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA〜ザ・サイコガン|Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Za Saikogan|group=Jp}} a fully colored "computer graphics" manga, was serialized in ''Super Jump'' in 1995.<ref name=history /> A "computer graphics" sequel called {{Nihongo foot|''Space Adventure Cobra: Magic Doll''|Space Adventure Cobra〜マジックドール|Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura Majikku Dōru|group=Jp}} was serialized in ''Super Jump'' from 2000 to 2002.<ref name=history /><ref>{{cite web 
|url=http://www.s-manga.net/comics/cm_20020404_sj_jcd_4088592883_cobra-11k.html|title=Space Adventure Cobra: Magic Doll|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808133629/http://www.s-manga.net/comics/cm_20020404_sj_jcd_4088592883_cobra-11k.html|archive-date=August 8, 2010}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=history />

''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 {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra the Space Pirate: Magic Doll Zenpen''|COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE マジックドール 前編|Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Majikku Dōru Zenpen|group=Jp}} and {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra the Space Pirate: Magic Doll Kōhen''|COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE マジックドール 後編|Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Majikku Dōru Kōhen|group=Jp}} on February 23 and September 22, 2006, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113595|script-title=ja:Cobra Magicdoll 前編|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211041657/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113595|archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840116190|script-title=ja:Cobra Magicdoll 後編|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210224/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840116190|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> In addition, Media Factory published six ''Cobra'' one-shots; the first one, {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra the Space Pirate: Kokuryū Ō''|Cobra the Space Pirate 黒龍王|Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Kokuryū Ō|group=Jp}}, on March 23, 2006, and the last one, {{nihongo foot|''Cobra the Space Pirate: Time Drive''|COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE タイム・ドライブ|Kobura Za Supēsu Pairētsu Taimou Doraibu|group=Jp}}, on April 23, 2009, all of which were also under ''MF Comics''.<ref>References for the six one-shots, in order of release:
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113717|script-title=ja:Cobra 黒龍王|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209204753/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840113717|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}
* {{cite web|script-title=ja:Cobra ラグボール|publisher=Media Factory|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840119672|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209205433/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840119672|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}
* {{cite web|script-title=ja:Cobra ザ・サイコガン 前編|publisher=Media Factory|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122245|language=ja 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210343/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122245|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}
* {{cite web|script-title=ja:Cobra ザ・サイコガン 後編|publisher=Media Factory|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122252|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210612/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122252|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}
* {{cite web|script-title=ja:Cobra 神の瞳|publisher=Media Factory|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122559|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209210110/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122559|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}
* {{cite web|script-title=ja:Cobra タイム・ドライブ|publisher=Media Factory|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840125574|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209205546/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840125574|archive-date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> To celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, sixteen manga were reprinted and released by Media Factory; on May 23, 2008, {{nihongo foot|''Cobra Fukkatsu''|コブラ復活|Kobura Fukkatsu|group=Jp}} and {{nihongo foot|''Irezumi no Sanshimai''|イレズミの三姉妹|group=Jp}} were released, and ''Magic Doll'' concluded it, with its release on July 7, 2009.<ref>References for the sixteen manga, in order of release:
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122221|script-title=ja:Cobra コブラ復活|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220103112/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122221|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122238|script-title=ja:Cobra イレズミの三姉妹|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220093634/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122238|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122306|script-title=ja:Cobra ラグ・ボール|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220102243/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122306|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122313|script-title=ja:Cobra 二人の軍曹|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220112150/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122313|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122412|script-title=ja:Cobra シドの女神|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220103513/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122412|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122429|script-title=ja:Cobra 異次元レース|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220103227/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122429|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=978484012251|script-title=ja:Cobra 黄金の扉|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220111203/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122511|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122528|script-title=ja:Cobra 神の瞳|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220101724/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122528|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122603|script-title=ja:Cobra 六人の勇士|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220085333/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122603|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122610|script-title=ja:Cobra 地獄の十字軍 前編|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220110722/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122610|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122757|script-title=ja:Cobra 地獄の十字軍 後編|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220100217/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122757|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122764|script-title=ja:Cobra 聖なる騎士伝説|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220084543/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9784840122764|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122863|script-title=ja:Cobra タイム・ドライブ|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220102527/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122863|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122870|script-title=ja:Cobra ギャラクシー・ナイツ|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220093526/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840122870|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840125642|script-title=ja:Cobra ザ・サイコガン|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220084430/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840125642|archive-date=February 20, 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840125833|script-title=ja:Cobra マジックドール|publisher=Media Factory|language=ja 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220085232/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784840125833|archive-date=February 20, 2014 
}}</ref> From October 25, 2014 to June 13, 2015, Media Factory is republishing ''Cobra the Space Pirate'' through its ''MFR Series''.<ref>References for the ''MFR Series'' republication of ''Cobra the Space Pirate'':
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672144|script-title=ja:Cobra 1|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221737/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672144|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672151|script-title=ja:Cobra 2|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214637/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672151|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672168|script-title=ja:Cobra 3|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309060559/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672168|archive-date=March 9, 2016|language=ja}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672182|script-title=ja:Cobra 4|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309182927/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672182|archive-date=March 9, 2016|language=ja}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672311|script-title=ja:Cobra 5|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050445/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672311|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672403|script-title=ja:Cobra 6|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051026/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672403|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672519|script-title=ja:Cobra 7|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050536/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672519|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672564|script-title=ja:Cobra 8|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234139/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672564|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672762|script-title=ja:Cobra 9|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002430/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672762|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672793|script-title=ja:Cobra 10|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713032729/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040672793|archive-date=July 13, 2015|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675091|script-title=ja:Cobra 11|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003342/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675091|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675107|script-title=ja:Cobra 12|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214152/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675107|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675169|script-title=ja:Cobra 13|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202650/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675169|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675206|script-title=ja:Cobra 14|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213823/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675206|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675268|script-title=ja:Cobra 15|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202102/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675268|archive-date=March 3, 2016|language=ja}}
*{{cite web|url=http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675367|script-title=ja:Cobra 16|publisher=Media Factory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050926/http://mediafactory.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784040675367|archive-date=March 4, 2016|language=ja}}</ref>

Out of requests, Terasawa announced in February 2016 he would create a new saga for ''Cobra''. He aims to deal with the unsolved plot of the strange resemblance of two female characters—Dominique and Secret.<ref name=lemonde/> More than three years later, in November 2019, ''Comic Flapper'' magazine's official Twitter account announced the release of ''Cobra: Over the Rainbow''. A sequel to the original manga, it started to be released digitally on November 19 through [[Kadokawa Corporation]]'s ''Comic Walker'' and [[Niconico|Niconico Manga]] websites under the ''Comic Hu'' label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-08/cobra-gets-new-cobra-over-the-rainbow-manga/.153065|title=Cobra Gets New 'Cobra: Over the Rainbow' Manga|author=Pineda, Rafael Antonio|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 8, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125032253/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-08/cobra-gets-new-cobra-over-the-rainbow-manga/.153065|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Anime adaptations==

===Film===
{{main|Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie{{!}}''Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie''}} 
[[TMS Entertainment|Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] adapted the manga into a film titled ''Space Adventure Cobra'', which was released on July 23, 1982, in Japan.<ref name=film>{{cite web | url=http://www.moviesquare.jp/channel/catalog?c=cobth | script-title=ja:コブラ劇場版 | publisher=Movie Square | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304185915/http://www.moviesquare.jp/channel/catalog?c=cobth | archive-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> 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 Bowie.<ref name=superhero/> [[Manga Entertainment]] released the film in British theaters in 1995.<ref name=mangauk>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11xZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Space+Adventure+Cobra%22+%22Lorelei+King%22 | title=Space Adventure Cobra | journal=Film Review | publisher=Orpheus Publishing | year=1995 | access-date=2016-09-22 | archive-date=2023-09-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919190136/https://books.google.com/books?id=11xZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Space+Adventure+Cobra%22+%22Lorelei+King%22 | url-status=live }}</ref> An American dub was created by [[Carl Macek]]'s [[Streamline Pictures]],<ref name=superhero/> and was released in American theaters also in 1995, by Tara,<ref>{{cite book | title=The Animated Movie Guide | author=[[Jerry Beck|Beck, Jerry]] | page=18 | publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]] | date=October 1, 2005 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&q=%22Space+Adventure+Cobra%22&pg=PR18 | isbn=978-1-56976-222-6 | access-date=October 25, 2020 | archive-date=September 19, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919190136/https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&q=%22Space+Adventure+Cobra%22&pg=PR18 | url-status=live }}</ref> and was later distributed by [[Urban Vision]] on [[VHS]] format in 1998.<ref>{{cite book | title=Space Adventure Cobra (VHS) (1995) | asin=6304936893 }}</ref> The film was later released on DVD in the [[Australasia]]n region by [[Madman Entertainment]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/8955/space-adventure-cobra-the-movie |title=Space Adventure Cobra the Movie |publisher=[[Madman Entertainment]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211220749/http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/8955/space-adventure-cobra-the-movie |url-status=live |archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> in the UK by Manga Entertainment in 2008,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://manga.co.uk/titles/space-adventure-cobra-the-movie | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608023317/http://manga.co.uk/titles/space-adventure-cobra-the-movie | title=Space Adventure Cobra the Movie | archive-date=June 8, 2008 | publisher=Manga Entertainment}}</ref> and on DVD (in 2012) and Blu-ray (in 2015) by [[Discotek Media]] in the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discotekmedia.com/space_adventure_cobra.htm |title=Space Adventure Cobra |publisher=Discotek Media |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210839/http://www.discotekmedia.com/space_adventure_cobra.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discotekmedia.com/space_adventure_cobra_blu_ray.htm |title=Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie Blu-Ray |publisher=Discotek Media |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905083226/http://www.discotekmedia.com/space_adventure_cobra_blu_ray.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''Space Cobra''===
{{main|List of Space Cobra episodes{{!}}List of ''Space Cobra'' episodes}}
''Cobra'' was adapted into an anime series titled ''Space Cobra'' directed by Dezaki and Yoshio Takeuchi that aired on [[Fuji Television]] between October 7, 1982, and May 19, 1983.<ref name=anime>{{cite web | url=http://www.moviesquare.jp/channel/catalog?c=cobra | script-title=ja:スペースコブラ | publisher=Movie Square | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817115701/http://www.moviesquare.jp/channel/catalog/?c=cobra | archive-date=August 17, 2011}}</ref> The scenario writers were Haruya Yamazaki, Kosuke Miki, and [[Kenji Terada]].<ref name=anime/> Terasawa himself participated in weekly meetings to discuss the screenplays, giving his suggestions to the writers to fix what was wrong or rewriting the screenplay himself.<ref name=rightstuf>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightstufanime.com/anime-resources-interview-with-space-adventure-cobra-creator-buichi-terasawa |title=Interview With Space Adventure Cobra Creator Buichi Terasawa |publisher=Right Stuf |access-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002232438/http://www.rightstufanime.com/anime-resources-interview-with-space-adventure-cobra-creator-buichi-terasawa |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The episodes were released in eight DVDs and a DVD [[box set]] on October 25, 2000 by Digital Site in Japan.<ref name=goods/> The series was released in North America by [[Nozomi Entertainment]] in two parts;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightstuf.com/rsstatic/nozomiEntertainment/pressReleases/nozomi2013/Right-Stuf-Acquires-Space-Adventure-Cobra-Original-TV_2013-01-15.pdf |title=Right Stuf, Inc. Acquires Space Adventure Cobra: The Original TV Series |date=January 15, 2013 |publisher=Right Stuf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020085331/http://www.rightstuf.com/rsstatic/nozomiEntertainment/pressReleases/nozomi2013/Right-Stuf-Acquires-Space-Adventure-Cobra-Original-TV_2013-01-15.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2013}}</ref> the first was released on March 4, 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/-QqwoTGc0i8M1zoa4D/browse/item/100521/4/0/0 |title=Space Adventure Cobra: The Original TV Series DVD Part 1 (S) |publisher=Right Stuf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6RanaoHwp?url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/2KUKDgg3zyCLiU3x3l/browse/item/100521/4/0/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2014 }}</ref> and the second one is available since May 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/-QqwoTGc0i8M1zoa4D/browse/item/101118/4/0/0 |title=Space Adventure Cobra: The Original TV Series DVD Part 2 (S) |publisher=Right Stuf | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ranc5dkq?url=http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/Z1QII3sxhTHAoCQFUD/browse/item/101118/4/0/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref> In November 2015, the series was added to the [[Crunchyroll]] streaming service to be broadcast in the United States and Canada with English substitles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-17/crunchyroll-adds-space-adventure-cobra-cat-eye-to-catalog/.95474 |title=Crunchyroll Adds Space Adventure Cobra, Cat's Eye to Catalog |author=Pineda, Rafael Antonio |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118154823/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-17/crunchyroll-adds-space-adventure-cobra-cat-eye-to-catalog/.95474 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2020, [[Discotek Media]] licensed the anime series and was released on Blu-ray with a new experimental English dub for the first two episodes on September 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Discotek Licenses Space Adventure Cobra TV Anime, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Film|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-30/discotek-licenses-space-adventure-cobra-tv-anime-detective-conan-zero-the-enforcer-film/.161277|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 1, 2020|date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705001914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-30/discotek-licenses-space-adventure-cobra-tv-anime-detective-conan-zero-the-enforcer-film/.161277|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Space Adventure Cobra Blu-ray|url=https://www.rightstufanime.com/Space-Adventure-Cobra-TV-Series-Blu-ray|website=Right Stuf|access-date=August 14, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815034821/https://www.rightstufanime.com/Space-Adventure-Cobra-TV-Series-Blu-ray|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Cobra the Animation''===
{{main|List of Cobra the Animation episodes{{!}}List of ''Cobra the Animation'' episodes}}
''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.<ref name=hollywood/> 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.<ref name=psychogun>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/top/anime/anime_ova1.html |title=Cobra the Animation 「コブラ ザ・サイコガン」 |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=August 10, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719011918/http://www.buichi.com/top/anime/anime_ova1.html |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its sequel OVA, ''Time Drive'', was released between April 24, 2009, and June 26, 2009. It was co-directed by Terasawa and Kenichi Maejima, and co-written by Terasawa and Mitsuyo Suenaga.<ref name=timedrive>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/top/anime/anime_ova2.html |title=Cobra the Animation 「コブラ タイムドライブ」 |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=August 10, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902054331/http://www.buichi.com/top/anime/anime_ova2.html |archive-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both OVA series were later released in [[Blu-ray]] box set on February 19, 2010.<ref name=goods>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/goods/av01.html |title=Goods >> DVD・ミュージックCD >> DVD |publisher=Buichi.com |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530132717/http://www.buichi.com/goods/av01.html |archive-date=May 30, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref> The anime television series ''Rokunin no Yūshi'', directed by Keizo Shimizu, aired on [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS 11]] between January 2, 2010 and March 27, 2010.<ref name=animation>{{cite web | url=http://www.bs11.jp/anime/835/ | title=アニメ Cobra the Animation | publisher=Nippon BS Broadcasting | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314050935/http://www.bs11.jp/anime/835 | archive-date=March 14, 2010}}</ref> Crunchyroll streamed the first OVA series between December 18, 2009 to on January 8, 2010.<ref name=opera>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-12-18/crunchyroll-and-happinet-announce-release-of-extreme-sci-fi-action-space-opera-epic-series-cobra-the-animation | title=Crunchyroll and Happinet Announce Release of Extreme Sci-Fi Action Space Opera Epic Series Cobra The Animation | date=December 12, 2008 | via=[[Anime News Network]] | publisher=Crunchyroll; Happinet | access-date=August 10, 2013 | archive-date=February 25, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225115510/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-12-18/crunchyroll-and-happinet-announce-release-of-extreme-sci-fi-action-space-opera-epic-series-cobra-the-animation | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-4-cobra-the-animation-the-psychogun-ova-538392?skip_wall=1 | title=Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun OVA Episode 4 – Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun OVA | publisher=Crunchyroll | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213411/http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-4-cobra-the-animation-the-psychogun-ova-538392?skip_wall=1 | archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> The two episodes of ''Time Drive'' were uploaded on January 1, 2008,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-1-538356?skip_wall=1 | title=Cobra the Animation: Time Drive Episode 1 | publisher=Crunchyroll | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914060308/http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-1-538356?skip_wall=1 | archive-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-2-538358?skip_wall=1 | title=Cobra the Animation: Time Drive Episode 2 | publisher=Crunchyroll | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213413/http://www.crunchyroll.com/cobra-the-animation/episode-2-538358?skip_wall=1 | archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> and ''Rokunin no Yūshi'' was [[simulcast]]ed as it aired in Japan.<ref name=ann/> In April 2016 during the [[Anime Boston]] the anime television and the OVAs were licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]] to be released in North America through digital outlets and in the home video market.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-25/sentai-filmworks-licenses-cobra-the-animation/.100246 | title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses Cobra the Animation | author=Ressler, Karen | date=March 25, 2016 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=March 25, 2016 | archive-date=March 26, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326064448/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-25/sentai-filmworks-licenses-cobra-the-animation/.100246 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2016-04-07/sentai-filmworks-licenses-cobra-the-animation/.100808 | title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Cobra the Animation" | date=April 7, 2016 | publisher=Sentai Filmworks | via=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref>

===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. {{nihongo foot|"Daydream Romance"|デイドリーム・ロマンス|Deidorīmu Romansu|group=Jp}} by Shigeru Matsuzaki was used as the opening music and {{nihongo foot|"Stay"|ステイ|Sutei|group=Jp}} by Eve was used at the end.<ref name=film/> The subsequent anime's music was scored by [[Kentarō Haneda]]. The lyrics for "Cobra" and {{nihongo foot|"Secret Desire"|シークレット・デザイアー|Shīkuretto Dezaiā|group=Jp}}, the opening and the ending themes respectively, were written by Kayoko Fuyumori and composed by [[Yuji Ohno]]; both were sung by Yoko Maeno.<ref name=anime/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/518038/1/ |title=スペースコブラ オリジナル・サウンドトラック/TVサントラ |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226143617/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/518038/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/534901/1/ |title=スペースコブラ コンプリート・サウンドトラック/TVサントラ |publisher=Oricon | language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226143610/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/534901/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref>

The musical score for ''Cobra the Animation'' was composed by Yoshihiro Ike.<ref name=animation/><ref name=psychogun/><ref name=timedrive/> The opening theme from ''The Psychogun'' is {{nihongo foot|"''Kizudarake no Yume''"|傷だらけの夢|group=Jp}} by [[Yoko Takahashi]] and it ending theme is "Wanderer" by Shigeru Matsuzaki. Both were released as singles on August 27, 2008, by Nippon Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/774246/1/ |script-title=ja:傷だらけの夢/高橋洋子 |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226145314/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/774246/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/219896/products/music/774250/1/ |title=「Wanderer」松崎しげる |publisher=Oricon |access-date=September 12, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226145246/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/219896/products/music/774250/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The second OVA used "Time Drive" by Sasja Antheunis as its opening theme and {{nihongo foot|"''Kimi ga bi Waraunara''"|君が微笑うなら|group=Jp}} by Shigeru Matsuzaki as its closing theme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdjournal.com/i/news/matsuzaki-shigeru/29601 |title=「スペースコブラ」から「Cobra the Animation」まで、「コブラ」のベスト・ソング集が登場! |date=March 5, 2010 |publisher=Ongaku Shuppansha |work=CDJournal |access-date=September 12, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213123512/http://www.cdjournal.com/i/news/matsuzaki-shigeru/29601 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Cobra the Space Pirate" by Sasja Antheunis and {{nihongo foot|"''Kimi no Uta''"|君の歌|group=Jp}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857950/1/ |title=Cobra the Space Pirate/Sasja Antheunis |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025132712/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857950/1/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/855174/1/ | script-title=ja:君の歌/松崎しげる |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019012600/http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/855174/1/ |archive-date=October 19, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/851354/1/ |title=Cobra the Animation "The Psychogun"&"Time Drive""Complete Soundtrack/ビデオ・サントラ |publisher=Oricon | language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226143541/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/851354/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857949/1/ |title=Cobra The Animetion Original Soundtrack for TV/TVサントラ |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226143632/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857949/1/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013 }}</ref> ''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.<ref name=ost>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857946/1/ |script-title=ja:コブラ ソング・コレクション/アニメ主題歌 |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025132708/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/857946/1/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014 }}</ref>

==Related media==
The ''Cobra'' manga has become the basis of two [[artbook]]s; the first focusing on the female characters of the series was released as {{Nihongo foot|''Cobra Girls''|COBRA GIRLS|Kobura Gāruzu|group=Jp}} on February 1, 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cobra Girls |publisher=BookOffOnline |url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0016375890 |language=ja |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213115123/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0016375890 |url-status=live }}</ref> Concept designs of the manga were added to a ''Cobra'' artbook titled ''Cobra Wonder: Concept Design Arts of Cobra World'', which was released on July 17, 1997, and included two ''Cobra''{{'}}s [[gaiden|side stories]]{{mdash}}{{nihongo foot|''Bara''|バラ||lit. "Rose"|group=Jp}} and {{nihongo foot|''Mahō no Fune''|魔法の船||lit. "Ship of Magic"|group=Jp}}{{mdash}}first published in ''Super Jump'' in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cobra wonder―Concept design arts of Cobra world イラスト集 | publisher=BookOffOnline | url=http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0015033688 | access-date=December 5, 2013 | language=ja | archive-date=December 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213121305/http://www.bookoffonline.co.jp/old/0015033688 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/sidestory_index.html |script-title=ja:サイドストーリー |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=December 5, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022041638/http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/sidestory_index.html |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[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 ''[[Gobots|Super Gobots]]'' toyline under the name "Psycho", designed by Murakami Katsushi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zincpanic.com/character/3533.html |title=Phychoroid |publisher=Zinc Panic |access-date=March 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125185204/http://www.zincpanic.com/character/3533.html |archive-date=November 25, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Japan, action figures,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004XU1W0K | title=Cobra (Cobra the Apace Pirate) (ノンスケール PVC塗装済み完成品) | publisher=Amazon | access-date=August 22, 2013 | language=ja | archive-date=September 19, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919190137/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B004XU1W0K | url-status=live }}</ref> T-shirts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/takeokikuchi.html |title=Cobra the Shop TK Takeo KikuchiコラボTシャツ |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=August 22, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808194643/http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/takeokikuchi.html |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[kewpie dolls]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/goods/01figure/qj/index.html |script-title=ja:キュージョンコブラ根付ストラップ |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=August 22, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113160526/http://www.buichi.com/goods/01figure/qj/index.html |archive-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Cobra's Psychogun and Crystal Bowie's claw replicas,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0017GUSWG | title=Cobra サイコガン ブルーメタルVer. | publisher=Amazon | access-date=August 22, 2013 | language=ja | archive-date=September 19, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919190231/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0017GUSWG | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ag-rights.com/buichishop/products/detail.php?product_id=21 |script-title=ja:ゴールデンクロー+ピンバッチセット |publisher=Buichi Shop |access-date=August 22, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042044/http://www.ag-rights.com/buichishop/products/detail.php?product_id=21 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Postage stamp|stamps]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/framestamp.html |script-title=ja:コブラフレーム切手 |publisher=Buichi.com |access-date=August 22, 2013 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808194754/http://www.buichi.com/top/cobra30th/framestamp.html |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> and limited-edition whiskey bottles were sold as merchandise for the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-19/cutie-honey-space-adventure-cobra-to-pitch-whiskey |title=Cutie Honey, Space Adventure Cobra to Pitch Whiskey (Updated) |author=Loo, Egan |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=August 19, 2008 |access-date=March 2, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220201006/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-19/cutie-honey-space-adventure-cobra-to-pitch-whiskey |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Video games===
{{main|List of Cobra video games{{!}}List of ''Cobra'' video games}}
In 1982, [[Popy|Popy Electronics]] created the hand-held games ''Space Cobra Professional'' and ''Space Cobra the Psychogun''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Popy/Professional.htm| title=Popy Space Cobra Professional (1982, LCD, Watch Batteries, Model# 72619)| publisher=Hand Held Museum| access-date=August 22, 2013| archive-date=June 8, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608134313/http://handheldmuseum.com/Popy/Professional.htm| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Popy/ThePsychogun.htm | title=Popy The Psychogun | publisher=Hand Held Museum | access-date=July 8, 2014 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024844/http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Popy/ThePsychogun.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> 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,<ref name=history /> which was released in North America and Europe for the [[Sega CD]] as ''[[The Space Adventure (video game)|The Space Adventure - Cobra: The Legendary Bandit]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/games/the-space-adventure/tgcd-14214326 |title=The Space Adventure&nbsp;— Cobra II: The Legendary Bandit |publisher=Ziff Davis |work=IGN |access-date=February 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115929/http://www.ign.com/games/the-space-adventure/tgcd-14214326 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8096&tab=review | title=The Space Adventure - Review | author=Baker, Christopher Michael | work=[[Allgame]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=July 8, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117081811/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8096&tab=review | archive-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
The English version of ''Cobra'' was named as one of "The Top 25 Translated-To-English Manga of All Time" by ''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Thirteen Viz titles named in "The Top 25 Translated-To-English Manga of All Time" |publisher=Viz Media |date=November 28, 2001 |format=PHP |url=http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2001/11_top25.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114121003/http://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/2001/11_top25.php |archive-date=January 14, 2006}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Upatkoon |first=Ivevei |url=http://www.ex.org/5.5/35-manga_cobra.html |title=Space Adventure Cobra |journal=EX |volume=5 |issue=5 |date=June 18, 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012182354/http://www.ex.org/5.5/35-manga_cobra.html | archive-date=October 12, 2006}}</ref> Writing for [[Anime News Network]] (ANN), [[Jason Thompson (writer)|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 (slang)|moe]]'' jailbait or grotesque ''[[bakunyū|bakunyu]]'' explosion". Thompson deemed ''Cobra'' as a parody of both [[Western (genre)|Western]] action heroes and ''Star Wars'' and 1970s ''shōjo'' science fiction and its concept of beauty".<ref name=thompson>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2010-11-11 | title=Cobra - Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga | date=November 11, 2010 | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=September 29, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929234249/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2010-11-11 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Pedro Cortes from Japanator affirmed, "''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, but criticized the main character's 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."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.japanator.com/review-space-adventure-cobra-part-one-32129.phtml | title=Review: Space Adventure Cobra Part One | date=April 3, 2014 | author=Cortes, Pedro | publisher=Japanator | access-date=July 7, 2014 | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124204/http://www.japanator.com/review-space-adventure-cobra-part-one-32129.phtml | url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/space-adventure-cobra/sub.dvd-part-1/.74857 | title=Space Adventure Cobra Sub.DVD - Part 1 Review | author=Martin, Theron | date=May 28, 2014 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=July 7, 2014 | archive-date=July 3, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703224656/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/space-adventure-cobra/sub.dvd-part-1/.74857 | url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/04/17/space-adventure-cobra-tv-series-part-1-anime-dvd-review/ | title=Space Adventure Cobra TV Series Part 1 Anime DVD Review | author=Beveridge, Chris | date=April 17, 2014 | publisher=The Fandom Post | access-date=July 7, 2014 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025054/http://www.fandompost.com/2014/04/17/space-adventure-cobra-tv-series-part-1-anime-dvd-review/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Washington, in a review for ''[[Otaku USA]]'', commended it for being "entertaining overall" and having "an overall fun vibe" because of its "smooth" art; he, however, criticized what he called "serious misogynistic tendencies."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Space-Adventure-Cobra-Anime-Parts-12-5666.aspx | title=Space Adventure Cobra Anime: Parts 1–2 | author=Washington, Darius | date=May 13, 2014 | work=[[Otaku USA]] | access-date=July 7, 2014 | archive-date=July 22, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722060556/http://otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Space-Adventure-Cobra-Anime-Parts-12-5666.aspx | url-status=live }}</ref>

Chris Beveridge from Mania.com praised the ''Cobra the Animation'' anime series and its visual design, compared to those of ''The Psychogun'', but said it is not for those who are unaware of 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".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-01_article_119716.html | title=Cobra: The Animation Episode 01 | author=Beveridge, Chris | date=January 2, 2010 | publisher=Mania.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015013028/http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-01_article_119716.html | archive-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> In the second episode review, Beveridge said it "seems to be following much the same kind of pace and structure" as the OVAs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-02_article_119850.html | title=Cobra: The Animation Episode 02 |author=Beveridge, Chris | date=January 9, 2010 | publisher=Mania.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015012659/http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-02_article_119850.html | archive-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> Its animation was compared to ''[[Darkside Blues]]''; ANN's Erin Finnegan described it as "gritty" animation, but that from episode five, the animation quality looks more modern and much less gritty.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2010-05-03#cobra | title=Love to Love Ru - Shelf Life | date=May 3, 2010 | author=Finnegan, Erin | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=September 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916044134/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2010-05-03#cobra | url-status=live }}</ref> 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 (genre)|harem]] concept". He said it is not "a great show", but that "it gives us something different than the usual"{{mdash}}the reason it is "enjoyable".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-05_article_120265.html | title=Cobra: The Animation Episode 05 |author=Beveridge, Chris | date=January 30, 2010 | publisher=Mania.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112162513/http://www.mania.com/cobra-animation-episode-05_article_120265.html | archive-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref>

===Popularity and legacy===
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''Cobra'' made Terasawa, who at the time was 22 and was little known, famous.<ref name=superhero/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWE79MHm1JoC&pg=PA242 | title=Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews | author=[[Fred Patten|Patten, Fred]] | publisher=[[Stone Bridge Press]] | page=242 | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-880656-92-1}}</ref> Approximately 50 million copies of ''Cobra'' have been sold, making it one of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'''s [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000008.000019738.html |title=【連載開始40周年「コブラ」】前代未聞！ 王様ゲームを融合したカルタを発売！ |date=April 20, 2018 |publisher=prtimes.jp |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514054357/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000008.000019738.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The anime television series was a major success in France in the 1980s.<ref name=thompson/> ''[[Le Monde]]''{{'}}s Frédéric Potet said it "marked a whole generation of young viewers",<ref name=lemonde/> and Joel Metreau of ''[[20 minutes (France)|20 minutes]]'' asserted it gained a [[cult following]].<ref name=20min>{{cite web |url=http://www.20minutes.fr/culture/1532255-20150204-cobra-succes-serie-animation-japonaise-raconte-cinq-points |title="Cobra": Le succès de la série d'animation japonaise raconté en cinq points |author=Metreau, Joel |date=February 4, 2015 |work=20 minutes |access-date=October 2, 2016 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003104839/http://www.20minutes.fr/culture/1532255-20150204-cobra-succes-serie-animation-japonaise-raconte-cinq-points |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alexandre Aja]] and [[Luc Besson]] are among the French filmmakers that are fans of the series.<ref name=20min/>

''Cobra'' has been influential on anime, manga, and video game creators. According to French scholar Marie Pruvost-Delaspre, its humorous style and sexual innuendos influenced manga ''[[City Hunter]]'' (1985), and [[Shinichirō Watanabe]]'s anime ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' (1998) and ''[[Space Dandy]]'' (2014) owe their nostalgic appearance and the ironic tone, respectively, to ''Cobra''.<ref name=20min/> Manga author [[Kentaro Miura]] was influenced by Cobra's Psychogun on creating a prosthetic hand for [[Guts (Berserk)|Guts]], the protagonist of ''[[Berserk (manga)|Berserk]]'' (1989).<ref name="denfaminicogamer2">{{cite web|script-title=ja:【『ベルセルク』三浦建太郎×『ペルソナ』橋野桂＆副島成記】ダークファンタジーの誕生で目指した“セックス＆バイオレンス”の向こう側|url=https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/190709a/2|website=news.denfaminicogamer.jp|publisher=Mare Inc.|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520035652/https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/190709a/2|archive-date=May 20, 2021|language=ja|date=July 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobra's "provoking look", ironic style and capacity of changing from a little smile to a serious face also inspired video game designer [[Hideki Kamiya]] to create the character of [[Dante (Devil May Cry)|Dante]] from the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.survivhor.com/morbidcreations/dmc_behind/int_hideki/dmc_int_hideki_3.htm |title=Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya Interview: Translated from ''Devil May Cry: Graphic Edition'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928065052/http://www.survivhor.com/morbidcreations/dmc_behind/int_hideki/dmc_int_hideki_3.htm|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name=cvg.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=17957 |title=PS2 News: CVG goes straight to hell with Devil May Cry director |work=[[Computer and Video Games]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113012026/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=17957 |archive-date=January 13, 2007}}</ref>

Thirty years after the original manga's publication, the OVA adaptation ''Cobra the Animation'' has been well received by fans; it was among the best-selling anime for two weeks,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-04/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-august-27-september-2 | title=Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 27–September 2 | author=Loo, Egan | date=September 4, 2008 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=September 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906012638/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-04/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-august-27-september-2 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-12/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-september-3-9a | title=Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, September 3–9 | date=September 12, 2008 | author=Loo, Egan | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=July 22, 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722123231/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-12/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-september-3-9a | url-status=live }}</ref> and the sixth volume of the anime series was one of the best-selling DVDs for one week.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-21/japan-animation-dvd-ranking-september-13-19-part-2 | title=Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 13–19 (Part 2) | author=Loo, Egan | date=September 12, 2008 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=October 7, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007094044/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-21/japan-animation-dvd-ranking-september-13-19-part-2 | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Proposed 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.<ref name=hollywood>{{Cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-25/cobra-manga-said-to-have-received-hollywood-film-offer | title=Cobra Manga Said to Have Received Hollywood Film Offer (Updated) | date=June 25, 2008 | author=Loo, Egan | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=August 22, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202125133/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-25/cobra-manga-said-to-have-received-hollywood-film-offer | url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 2010, [[Alexandre Aja]] announced he had purchased its rights, and that he planned to direct a live-action film adaptation of ''Cobra''.<ref name=ann>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-18/piranha-3d-aja-gets-space-adventure-cobra-film-rights | title=Piranha 3D's Aja Gets Space Adventure Cobra Film Rights | author=Loo, Egan | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=August 22, 2013 | archive-date=2013-10-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015131408/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-18/piranha-3d-aja-gets-space-adventure-cobra-film-rights | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/alexandre-aja-nabs-cobra/|title=Alexandre Aja Nabs Cobra|date=August 18, 2010|author=White, James|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=August 22, 2013|archive-date=November 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121220151/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/alexandre-aja-nabs-cobra/|url-status=live}}</ref> Aja was inspired to create this film adaptation because the original manga was one of his childhood favorites.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa-space_pirate_cobra_live_action_film_in_the_works_16708.aspx.html | title=Space Pirate Cobra live action film in the works | publisher=[[University of California, Los Angeles]] | author=Warren, Emily | date=June 5, 2011 | access-date=July 19, 2019 | archive-date=October 20, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020082445/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa-space_pirate_cobra_live_action_film_in_the_works_16708.aspx.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Aja said he wanted to create a "tent pole-sized live action franchise".<ref name=about>{{cite web | url=http://anime.about.com/b/2010/08/20/cobra-the-animation-is-now-cobra-the-live-action.htm | title='Cobra The Animation' is Now 'Cobra The Live-Action' | author=Yegulalp, Serdar | date=August 20, 2010 | work=[[About.com]] | publisher=[[IAC (company)|IAC]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512204023/http://anime.about.com/b/2010/08/20/cobra-the-animation-is-now-cobra-the-live-action.htm | archive-date=May 12, 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, Aja wrote a script with Gregory Levasseur, and production was held by Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassom under Onyx Films and Studio 37 with a budget of more than $100 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2011/biz/news/onyx-boards-aja-s-cobra-1118036248/ | title=Onyx boards Aja's 'Cobra' | author=Keslassy, Elsa | date=May 2, 2011 | work=Variety | publisher=[[Penske Business Media]] | access-date=May 14, 2016 | archive-date=June 11, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611001535/http://variety.com/2011/biz/news/onyx-boards-aja-s-cobra-1118036248/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Later, a teaser poster depicting promotional concept art for ''Cobra: The Space Pirate'', along with a release date scheduled for mid-2013, was unveiled.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/77026-teaser-art-for-alex-ajas-cobra-the-space-pirate | title=Teaser Art for Alex Aja's Cobra: The Space Pirate! | author=Turek, Ryan | website=Comingsoon.net | date=April 30, 2011 | access-date=August 22, 2013 | archive-date=April 30, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430145949/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/77026-teaser-art-for-alex-ajas-cobra-the-space-pirate | url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2013, however, Aja admitted that making the film will be "very hard" since "to do a new kind of ''[[Star Wars]]'', [is] expensive" though he stated "we are trying everything, we will make it."<ref name=indie>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/09/does-it-make-you-horny-baby-watch-the-first-clip-from-horns-plus-director-alexandre-aja-still-wants-to-do-cobra-the-space-pirate-93850/ | title=Does It Make You Horny, Baby? Watch The First Clip From 'Horns,' Plus Director Alexandre Aja Still Wants To Do 'Cobra the Space Pirate' | author=Traylor, Drew | date=September 10, 2013 | work=[[Indiewire]] | publisher=[[SnagFilms]] | access-date=July 19, 2019 | archive-date=July 19, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719050122/https://www.indiewire.com/2013/09/does-it-make-you-horny-baby-watch-the-first-clip-from-horns-plus-director-alexandre-aja-still-wants-to-do-cobra-the-space-pirate-93850/ | url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alexandre-Aja-Still-Trying-Bring-Japanese-Manga-Series-Cobra-Big-Screen-66503.html | title=Alexandre Aja Still Trying To Bring Japanese Manga Series Cobra To The Big Screen | author=West, Kelly | date=July 29, 2014 | publisher=Cinema Blend | access-date=January 15, 2015 | archive-date=January 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109191323/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alexandre-Aja-Still-Trying-Bring-Japanese-Manga-Series-Cobra-Big-Screen-66503.html | url-status=live }}</ref> One of his main difficulties, Aja said in 2015, was to decide who would star the film: "When I think 'who the heck is going to play that Cobra?', I become unable to move forward."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-05-11/director-alexandre-aja-comments-on-live-action-cobra-plans/.88011 | title=Director Alexandre Aja Comments on Live-Action Cobra Plans | author=Valdez, Kiara | date=May 11, 2015 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=May 14, 2016 | archive-date=March 28, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328031945/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-05-11/director-alexandre-aja-comments-on-live-action-cobra-plans/.88011 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In a June 2016 interview, Aja said he did not abandon it and that "The project is well advanced".<ref name=alloc>{{cite web |url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18653600.html |title=Alexandre Aja : "J'ai toujours aimé cette démarche un peu postmoderne de citation" |author=Bordin, Léa |date=June 14, 2016 |website=AlloCiné |access-date=October 2, 2016 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926140843/http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18653600.html |archive-date=September 26, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Working with the Orange Studio and a group of twenty concept artists, Aja was able "to develop an absolutely huge universe in visual research".<ref name=alloc/> One of the drawbacks that made him slow the process was the release of ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' in 2014, because Aja had to change several aspects of ''Cobra'' to differentiate it.<ref name=alloc/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/04/tentaciones/1433455196_210162.html | title=Alexandre Aja: "El demonio es el primer superhéroe de la historia" | author=Espinosa, Francisco Miguel | date=June 4, 2015 | work=[[El País]] | access-date=May 14, 2016 | language=es | archive-date=June 10, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610033108/http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/06/04/tentaciones/1433455196_210162.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2017, he revealed the script was ready, but commented that another drawback is the big budget required for the film, which finds no funders in the US because the franchise is relatively unknown there.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18665034.html | title=Cobra : Alexandre Aja fait le point sur l'adaptation live | date=June 21, 2017 | website=AlloCiné | access-date=August 26, 2017 | language=fr | archive-date=August 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827083731/http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18665034.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2018, Aja announced the interruption of the film production and revealed it was in preproduction at [[Lionsgate]] until a regime change occurred; the company's new staff considered the film budget (US$130 million) to be high and the release of ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' was also a factor on the cancellation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-16/director-alexandre-aja-is-no-longer-working-on-live-action-cobra-film/.130456 | title=Director Alexandre Aja Is No Longer Working on Live-Action Cobra Film | author=Ressler, Karen | date=April 16, 2018 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=June 15, 2018 | archive-date=June 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623093117/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-16/director-alexandre-aja-is-no-longer-working-on-live-action-cobra-film/.130456 | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Proposed animated series====
In 2016, Monaco-based Shibuya Productions announced it would adapt the Rugball arc of the series into an "original animated series" called ''Cobra: Return of Joe Gillian''.<ref name=ign>{{cite web | url=http://fr.ign.com/cobra-return-of-joe-gillian/12422/interview/cobra-shenmue-3-astroboy-interview-avec-shibuya-productions | title=Cobra, Shenmue 3, Astroboy : interview avec Shibuya Productions - Cobra: Return of Joe Gillian | author=Lafleuriel, Erwan | date=March 23, 2016 | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | work=[[IGN]] | access-date=May 14, 2016 | language=fr | archive-date=June 11, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611050230/http://fr.ign.com/cobra-return-of-joe-gillian/12422/interview/cobra-shenmue-3-astroboy-interview-avec-shibuya-productions | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=joe>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/monaco-shibuya-productions-posts-cobra-return-of-joe-gillian-series-teaser/.99163 | title=Monaco's Shibuya Productions Posts Cobra: Return Of Joe Gillian Series Teaser | author=Loo, Egan | date=February 28, 2016 | website=[[Anime News Network]] | access-date=May 14, 2016 | archive-date=May 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503105025/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/monaco-shibuya-productions-posts-cobra-return-of-joe-gillian-series-teaser/.99163 | url-status=live }}</ref> In collaboration with Terasawa's A-Girl Rights, the series is slated to be directed by Hervé Trouillet, produced by Cédric Biscay and Rinko Itoh, and written by Trouillet and Biscay.<ref name=ign/><ref name=shibuya>{{cite web | url=http://www.shibuya-productions.com/en/projets/cobra-return-of-joe-gillian.html,012 | title=Cobra Return of Joe Gillian | publisher=Shibuya Productions | access-date=July 19, 2019 | archive-date=August 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812081545/http://www.shibuya-productions.com/en/projets/cobra-return-of-joe-gillian.html,012 | url-status=live }}</ref> The announcement of the series was through a promotional teaser released on February 27, 2016.<ref name=joe/><ref name=shibuya/> The arc choice was based on the fact that it is a favorite of ''Cobra'' fans and it aims to incorporate classic characters and elements of the ''Cobra'' universe and "a rendering that will not disappoint fans of ''Cobra''", according to Biscay.<ref name=ign/> However, they hope to attract more people because of economic reasons; as such, it will have a new story and a modern style of animation.<ref name=ign/> The target audience of the series is primarily adolescents of over 12 years and it was slated to premiere in 2018.<ref name=ign/>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cri.co.jp/KAORI/?m=contents&c=1 ''Cobra''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724150337/http://www.cri.co.jp/KAORI/?m=contents&c=1 |date=2021-07-24 }} at Japan Authors' Gallery
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060717234521/http://www.tms-e.com/online/lineup/cobra/index.html Official ''Space Cobra'' page] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120455/http://www.tms-e.com/online/lineup/cobth/index.html Official ''Cobra: Space Adventure'' page] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120421015954/http://cobra30th-anime.com/ Official ''Cobra the Animation'' website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|2930|Space Adventure Cobra}}

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