Space Adventure Cobra

The 17-year-old Bat Duran has returned to her birthplace, Rainbowria, where her mother grew up. As the heir of the Black Knight Queen title, she rouses the sealed planet Starship from its sleep. This is the story of her adventures on the mysterious planet.

Takeru (武), also known by its fuller title, Supplementary Biography of Japan Takeru, is an alternate-history manga by Buichi Terasawa. Taking place in the Kingdom of Yamato, the story follows a “Haja” or “Dagger Man” named Ichimonji Takeru, a master of the “Word Soul”, who falls in love with the princess and goes to defeat the villains after her life to earn her love. This short, two-volume series was drawn in full color, and contains the intense action sequences and the creative designs that Terasawa is known for.

At the opening of space borders, a special force, made up of humans and extraterrestrials, is created to maintain peace between different peoples: the Gun Dragons. Agent Omega is not the same since her teammate Alpha lost his life in an attack on a Gun Dragon ship by the terrible witch Ursula and her right hand, Lucifer. Time does not erase her wounds and she takes refuge at work, multiplying her missions, when suddenly, during a stakeout on famous arms dealer Himmler, Ursula reappears…

Cobra is a notorious Space Pirate with a laser gun as his left arm. But, he was tired of being chased by the agency in space and decided to lead a regular life by changing his face & being wiped of his memory. 3 years later, he is a regular person leading a regular life, until an incident recovers his past memories and he's set on the run again into a world of danger and futuristic delights. --- **Links:** - [The 12 issues edition of Cobra on Comic Vine](http://www.comicvine.com/cobra/4050-23937/) [Sega CD Game](https://cdromance.com/sega_cd_isos/space-adventure-usa/) [Atari ST Game](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-ii-alm) [DOS Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5) [Amstrad CPC Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5#Amstrad%20CPC) --- **Notes:** - In the United States, portions of the manga were published by Viz Media in 1990. - The anime film adaptation was licensed by Tara for its release in US 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 Australasia region's release. Discotek also released a 4K version of the film. - The anime adaptation was licensed in the Northern American region by Discotek. - A 2nd anime adaptation was done in the late 2000s and early 2010s by the studio Magic Bus. Consisting of OVAs and a short, one cour TV series. It is currently licensed by Sentai for the US market.

Furinji Goku is an ordinary private eye for hire. While working on a case involving an illegal weapons dealer, he notices a lot of the detectives working on the case committing suicide for no apparent reason. After Goku gets a little too close to the truth, he is then put in a situation where he must stab out his left eye to avoid certain death. Goku then awakens in a mysterious lab where an unknown scientist replaces his eye with a cybernetic one that allows him to control any computer system in the world. **US edition is flipped and colored by Viz, reads from Left to Right**

2030, the boundaries of space are officially opened. Visitors from different planets in the system are allowed to come to Earth. Japanese government decides to limit galactic trade to the artificial island of Dejima created off Okinawa but the encounter of species from other worlds creates tensions on the island. A special force, made up of humans and aliens, is created to maintain order in Dejima: the Dragon Gun. During a patrol, DG officer Σ (Sigma) casually stops a lorry carrying illegal goods. Inside is a Mumère, a species coming from a marine planet, which ends its life to protect a heavy secret. This will be the beginning of a long investigation for the officer Σ.