Preserving the character design helped a lot too. What is even more awesome, in the recent sequel titled Cobra the Animation they even recruited the same voice actors in Japan for both Cobra (Nachi Nozawa) and Lady Armaroid ( Yoshiko Sakakibara).

An anime sequel and an OVA were released in 2009-2010.īoth adaptations were closely watched by author of the original manga, Buichi Terasawa, and preserved both the plot and style of the original. A Space Opera / Science Fantasy manga by Buichi Terasawa published between 19, and later adapted to a feature-length anime film and then an anime TV series.

Here you have it - Space Adventure Cobra. Give it an awesome, very Eighties female vocal opening and ending. Make it all into manga and anime adaptation. Make the overall tone a bit Darker and Edgier, slightly increase the amount of naked female body, keep the funny level the same and give the main character an Arm Cannon. Representative works include a CD-ROM format work for use with a PC, 'COBRA II, A Man of Legend' and original animation videos such as 'GOKU', 'GOKU II', 'KABUTO' and others.īuichi Terasawa's works are translated and published in more than ten countries and are featured in comics and animation-related gatherings and exhibitions around the world.Imagine a book about space adventures from The '80s. His works include original works, scenarios and works he has directed. Even at the present time, when comic books produced with the use of computer graphics have become common, there are very few artists that can come close to matching his ideas and quality. Next came 'COBRA', 'BAT' and 'GUNDRAGON SIGMA' (In this latter series, only the main character is drawn by hand) and several other works. In the ensuing years, in parallel with advances in the personal computer, he created 'TAKERU' (1992), the world's first computer graphics comic book series. In 1985, he kicked off an eight-color comic book series called 'BAT'. In 1977, he began drawing for the Japanese weekly manga book publication for boys called, 'Jump'.įrom around the beginning of the 1980s, he began to see the personal computer as a tool for the creative purposes. In 1976, he came to Tokyo and began to study under the famous Japanese manga artist, Osamu Tezuka.ĭuring the period he was working with the Manga Department of Tezuka Productions, his illustration work entitled 'Mother Earth, Turn Green Again' was awarded the Tezuka Prize for Outstanding Creative Work. In the early days of his career when he was still unknown, he contributed materials of comics to a magazine that won him a prize, an event that led him into the world of comics. Born on March 30, 1955, Buichi Tarasawa hails from Asahikawa City located on the island of Hokkaido in Japan.

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