Cobra
The Animation: Complete Collection (2010/Season One/Sentai
Blu-ray Set)
Picture:
C Sound: B Extras: C Episodes: C+
Pirates
beware and mothers hide your daughters, when Cobra is in town he
plans to score. He is the pirate's pirate, he steals from pirates
and no treasure is truly safe from him, especially beautiful (and
scantily clad) women. Join Cobra as discovers the secrets and
treasures of the galaxy, even though he has a pirate bounty on
himself, he fights on the side of good (sort of) and protects the
galaxy from evil space pirates, robots and forces of evil in Cobra
The Animation: Complete Collection (2010).
Cobra
is the legendary womanizing space pirate with his gun on his left arm
and his heart of gold. He is basically invincible with his
'Psychogun' and he has an endless bag of tricks to woo woman
or get himself out of tight spots. He somehow always end up in the
middle of everything and with a hot scantly clad girl in his arms.
Along with his partner/pilot Lady Armaroid they go on adventures
throughout the galaxy. He is constantly hunted down and hunting for
Space Pirates who get him involved with galaxy-wide doomsday
superweapons. In the "Psychogun" arc, he teams up
with a beautiful scientist who discovers the power to create
universes but the Pirate Guild are after her. In the "Time
Drive" arc, he journeys back in time and fights with his
younger self to find a way to save his partner Lady Armaroid.
This
was a redone retro anime, the character Cobra was like a mix blend of
James Bond + Fabio with Space Pirates, though many will remember the
Sylvester Stallone dud Cobra from 1986 where he looked like
the title character here a bit (oh, that toothpick) though they are
not related franchises. All the hairstyles, outfits and even space
ships looks like something that came out of the '60s, each episode
either involves him saving the world or his friends.
Thus
the 1080p on the TV shows and 1080i on the OVAs, in 1.78 X 1 digital
High Definition image is a real disappointment sadly (especially the
1080i transfers), while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 Japanese
Stereo lossless mix with Pro Logic-like surrounds is more like it
with decent recording and playback quality throughout. Extras
include clean opening and closing animation and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
