History YMMV / SpaceAdventureCobra

** Very popular in Sweden too.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Cobra'' is the only series from Terasawa that became a successful franchise. Of the author's other series, only ''Manga/GokuMidnightEye'' got to last a few volumes with an OVA adaptation for two of its chapters.

** ''Cobra the Shooting'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation 1 is a third-person action game that better fits the series, but even then, it doesn't play very well either, due to its awkward camera system and sluggish controls..

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For starters, the opening and ending for the TV series was composed by the legendary Japanese jazz musician Yuji Ohno of ''Anime/LupinIII'' fame and the score for the show itself was composed by Kentaro Haneda of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' fame.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s. Other reasons include the fact that Cobra himself is physically based off of beloved french actor, Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, and that the series is similar to quite a few popular french sci-fi comics, including ComicBook/{{Valerian}}, and the works of Creator/{{Moebius}}.

* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error[[note]]one of the Japanese spellings of his name can be read as "Crystal Boy" instead of the [[InsistentTerminology intended]] "Crystal Bowie"[[/note]]. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie. It also doesn't help matters that he's referred to as "Crystal Boy" in the Streamline dub of the movie, and that was a result of an error on Streamline Pictures' part.

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* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error[[note]]one of the Japanese spellings of his name can be read as "Crystal Boy" instead of the [[InsistentTerminology intended]] "Crystal Bowie"[[/note]]. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie. It also doesn't help matters that he's referred to as "Crystal Boy" in the Streamline dub of the movie, and that was a result of CriticalResearchFailure on Streamline Pictures' part.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: If [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zt9DvZ-zHA the music for the series]] has a familiar feeling, it's because it's composed by the legendary Japanese jazz musician Yuji Ono, who composed the music for another legendary anime: ''Anime/LupinIII''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite the violence, skimpy-dressed women, and occasional nudity, the original manga was published in ''Magazine/ShonenJump''. Also, the movie is rated PG in the UK.
** Averted with ''Cobra: Over the Rainbow'' webcomic, which is made for the [[{{Seinen}} adult readers]].

* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie. It also doesn't help matters that he's referred to as "Crystal Boy" in the Streamline dub of the movie, and that was a result of CriticalResearchFailure on Streamline Pictures' part.

** [[BigBad Lord Salamander]], as leader of the SpacePirate guild, is responsible for a great deal of the atrocities they regularly commit across the galaxy, while also hosting violent underground {{blood sport}}s. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is where he [[spoiler:skins alive Dominique]] for no reason, other than to spite Cobra. Desiring to rule over the galaxy, Salamander turns a peaceful religion into a fanatic death cult, while having 12,000 planets launch statues of their goddess into orbit, unaware that they are rigged weapons that will bombard the worlds until they submit to Salamander's rule. Murdering his followers to avoid sharing power, Salamander is barely stopped by Cobra and spitefully attempts to destroy Earth to deny Cobra satisfaction at his victory. His true identity makes things worse, as Salamander is a psychic projection for [[spoiler:the crippled body of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, hungering for conquest after 3000 years]].

** [[BigBad Lord Salamander]], as leader of the SpacePirate guild, is responsible for a great deal of the atrocities they regularly commit across the galaxy, while also hosting violent underground {{blood sport}}s. His establishing character moment is where he [[spoiler:skins alive Dominique]] for no reason, other than to spite Cobra. Desiring to rule over the galaxy, Salamander turns a peaceful religion into a fanatic death {{cult}}, while having 12,000 planets launch statues of their goddess into orbit, unaware that they are rigged weapons that will bombard the worlds until they submit to Salamander's rule. Murdering his followers to avoid sharing power, Salamander is barely stopped by Cobra and spitefully attempts to destroy Earth to deny Cobra satisfaction at his victory. His true identity makes things worse, as Salamander is a psychic projection for [[spoiler:the crippled body of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, hungering for conquest after 3000 years]].

** ''Cobra the Shooting'' for the PlayStation 1 is a third-person action game that better fits the series, but even then, it doesn't play very well either, due to its awkward camera system and sluggish controls..

** ''Cobra the Shooting'' is a third-person action game that better fits the series, but it doesn't play very well either.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s. There's also the fact that Cobra himself is physically based off of beloved french actor, Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, and that the series is similar to quite a few popular french sci-fi comics, including ComicBook/{{Valerian}}, and the works of Creator/{{Moebius}}.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s. There's also the fact that Cobra is physically based off of beloved french actor, Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, and that the series is quite reminiscent to quite a few popular french sci-fi comics, including ComicBook/{{Valerian}}, and the works of Creator/{{Moebius}}.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s. There's also the fact that Cobra is physically based off of beloved french actor, Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, and that the series is quite reminiscent to quite a few popular french sci-fi comics, including ComicBook/{{Valerian}}, and the works of Creator/{{Mœbius}}.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s. There's also the fact that Cobra is physically based off of beloved french actor, Creator/JeanPaulBelmondo, and that the series as a whole is quite reminiscent to quite a few popular french sci-fi comics, including ComicBook/Valérian, and the works of Creator/Mœbius.

** French love ''Space Adventure Cobra'' and for good reasons -- it was one of the only anime who was not victim of GagDub during the '80s.

** [[BigBad Lord Salamander]], as leader of the SpacePirate guild, is responsible for a great deal of the atrocities they regularly commit across the galaxy, while also hosting violent underground {{blood sport}}s. Desiring to rule over the galaxy, Salamander turns a peaceful religion into a fanatic death {{cult}}, while having 12,000 planets launch statues of their goddess into orbit, unaware that they are rigged weapons that will bombard the worlds until they submit to Salamander's rule. Murdering his followers to avoid sharing power, Salamander is barely stopped by Cobra and spitefully attempts to destroy Earth to deny Cobra satisfaction at his victory. His true identity makes things worse, as Salamander is a psychic projection for [[spoiler:the crippled body of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, hungering for conquest after 3000 years]].

* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie. It also doesn't help matters that he's referred to as "Crystal Boy" in the Streamline dub of the movie, and that was a result of CriticalResearchFailure on Streamline Pictures' part.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The lightgun arcade game based on the Royal sisters storyline is pretty good and fits the series well, but it would be hard to screw it up when it is basically a ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' clone.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite the violence, skimpy-dressed women, and occasional nudity, the original manga was published in ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
** Also the movie is rated PG in the UK.

** As this page describes it to be ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' crossed with ''We Can Remember It For You Wholesale/Film/TotalRecall''.

** [[BigBad Lord Salamander]], as leader of the SpacePirate guild, is responsible for a great deal of the atrocities they regularly commit across the galaxy, while also hosting violent underground {{blood sport}}s. Desiring to rule over the galaxy, Salamander turns a peaceful religion into a fanatic death {{cult}}, while having 12,000 planets launch statues of their goddess into orbit, unaware that they are rigged weapons that will bombard the worlds until they submit to Salamander's rule. Murdering his followers to avoid sharing power, Salamander is barely stopped by Cobra and spitefully attempts to destroy Earth to deny Cobra satisfaction at his victory. His true identity makes things worse, as Salamander is a psychic project for [[spoiler:the crippled body of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, hungering for conquest after 3000 years]].

* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie. It also doesn't help matters that he's referred to as "Crystal Boy" in the streamline dub of the movie.

** ''Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie'': [[RoboticPsychopath Crystal Bowie]] (also known as [[AdaptationalNameChange Necron]] in the Manga UK dub) of the SpacePirate Guild, Cobra's ArchEnemy, is a massive being made of crystal who desires the power of the world of Myrus. Brainwashing one of the three princesses of Myrus, Catherine, into loving him, Crystal Bowie has her murder her own sister Jane and later hunts down the third sister Dominique, killing her comrades before killing her as well. Using Catherine to unlock Myrus, Crystal Bowie reveals he plans to use its powers to blow up the entire Seventh Galaxy, killing all there as a warning to the rest of the galaxy to never defy the Pirate Guild.

* IAmNotShazam: Crystal Bowie is often mistakenly referred to as Crystal "Boy", due to a translation error. His name is in fact Crystal Bowie, since WordOfGod states he named the character after the late Creator/DavidBowie.