Space Adventure Cobra

Space Adventure Cobra
Original Title	スペースアドベンチャー コブラ (Cobra Gekijōban)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	World Wide Sound
Dubbing Studio 2	Bell Sound Studios
Voice Director 1	Michael Bakewell
Voice Director 2	Carl Macek
Translation & Adaptation	John Wolskel Michael Charles Hill
Recorded	1995
Dub Country 1	United Kingdom
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1982

Space Adventure Cobra (スペースアドベンチャー コブラ Cobra Gekijōban) is a 1982 science fiction anime film directed by Osamu Dezaki and produced by TMS Entertainment, based on Buichi Terasawa's 1978 manga Cobra.

Synopsis Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Boy, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Dubbing History

Both dubs of the movie were produced simultaneously in 1995, one for the British market and one for the American Market. The first to be released was the British version, which was dubbed by Manga UK and released to British theaters sometime in early 1995. The Manga Entertainment version's dub had an alternate soundtrack performed by the pop group Yello. Discotek Media originally tried to include this dub for their DVD & Blu-Ray release, but couldn't due to the licensing issues with the soundtrack. This dub was, however, included on the original French DVD release.

The alternate dub, provided by Carl Macek and Streamline Pictures, was released to American theaters in August 20, 1995, distributed by Tara Releasing. It was later distributed by Urban Vision on VHS format on June 16, 1998. The Streamline Pictures version uses the original Japanese soundtrack by Osamu Shoji.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Manga UK Dub	Streamline Dub
Cobra	Shigeru Matsuzaki	William Dufris	Daniel Woren
Lady Armanoid	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Tamsin Hollo	Joan-Carol O'Connell
Crystal Boy	Gorō Mutsumi	David McAlister	Jeff Winkless
Jane Flower	Akiko Nakamura	Lorelei King	Barbara Goodson
Catherine Royal	Toshiko Fujita		Mari Devon
Dominique Royal	Jun Fubuki		Wendee Lee
Sandra	Reiko Tajima	Shelley Thompson	Catherine Battistone
Professor Topolov	Akira Kume	Allan Wenger	Kirk Thornton
Dakoba	Kenichi Ogata		Jeff Winkless

Additional Voices:

Manga UK John Baddeley - Brutus Jay Benedict - Cassius Laurel Lefkow - Soldier, PA Liza Ross - Snow Bus Attendant

Streamline Steve Bulen - Sheriff, Bartender, PA Melora Harte - Soldier, Tourist Carl Macek - Guild Officer, Barfly, Customer Brianne Siddall - Snow Bus Attendant

Notes

• William Dufris is credited under the allonym of "John Guerrasio". An actor named John Guerrasio had also done various dubbing roles for Manga UK; so for many years it was assumed that Guerrasio actually provided the voice of Cobra. Dufris' involvement was later confirmed when he listed Cobra on his voice.com profile.
  • This mistake likely indicates that Guerrasio was originally cast as Cobra, and was replaced last-minute by Dufris, without the credits changed to reflect this change.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Manga Entertainment	1995		Manga	PAL	United Kingdom
Urban Vision	1998		Streamline	NTSC	United States
Fox Pathé Europa	2001		Manga	2 PAL	France
Madman Entertainment	2007		Streamline	4 PAL	Australia
Manga Entertainment	2008			2 PAL	United Kingdom
Discotek Media	2012			1 NTSC	United States
	2015			A DVB-T
	2019

See Also

• Space Adventure Cobra

External Links

• Space Adventure Cobra (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Space Adventure Cobra at the Internet Movie Database