Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie Gets Limited 4K Screenings in Japan

 

Science fiction fans in Japan are in for a visual feast, because Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie—the lavishly animated 1982 theatrical anime film based on the sci-fi adventure manga by Buichi Terasawa—is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a series of limited edition 4K theatrical screenings.

 

 

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Discotek Media distributes Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie on home video in the United States, and describes the story of the film as follows:

 

In a universe swarming with inhabited planets and bizarre aliens, corrupt governments operate in the pay of star-spanning criminal syndicates and the Justice Federation of United Galaxies places a price on the heads of hardened criminals.

 

The highest bounty of all rests with the infamous space pirate Cobra, an unstoppable rogue whose left arm conceals a devastating psycho-gun. Presumed dead for two years, Cobra comes out of retirement after an encounter with the beautiful bounty-hunter Jane – a decision which leads him into direct conflict with the sinister Galaxy Pirates, a vast criminal organization led by Crystal Bowie; the personification of death itself.

 

Together with his female android companion Lady, Cobra sets out with Jane to rescue the bounty-hunter’s two lost sisters, and save the wandering planet Miras. But Crystal Bowie is never far behind, and deception and betrayal wait around every corner.

 

 

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie is directed by Osamu Dezaki and features animation production by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The film will be screened at select theaters in Japan for two weeks beginning on December 02, 2022.

 

Source: Comic Natalie

 

Copyright notice: © BUICHI_TERASAWA／ART_TEKNIKA・TMS

 

 

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