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Cobra gekijoban (1982)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 99 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
English Language Version Production Company: Urban Vision Entertainment
Executive Producers: Tetsuo Katayama, Yutaka Fujioka
English Language Version Executive Producer: Mataichiro Yamamoto
Producer: Tatsuo Ikeuchi
English Language Version Producers: Dee Gomillion, Kara Redmon
English Language Version Assistant Producer: Sandy Kimiko Yamamoto
Planning: Kowa International
Production Manager: Yoichi Ikeda
English Language Version Production Coordination: Dee Gomillion

SCRIPT
Script: Buichi Terasawa, Haruya Yamazaki
Comic: Buichi Terasawa
English Language Version Adaption: Michael Charles Hill
English Language Version Translation: Tokyo Movie Shinsha

DIRECTION
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Assistant Director: Yoshio Takeuchi

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Key Animators: Hayao Miyazaki, Koji Morimoto
Animators: Akemi Tanaka, Akiko Shimada, Akira Yasue, Atsuko Fukushima, Atsushi Aoki, Atsuyo Uehara, Chie Uraya, Chuji Nakajima, Daijirou Sakamoto, Eriko Kano, Etsuko Yasue, Fusatoshi Hoshino, Haruteru Minagawa, Hatsuo Obara, Hidetoshi Omori, Hiroaki Noguchi, Hiroko Ito, Hiroko Shoda, Hiromi Naganawa, Hiroyuki Kondo, Hisao Yamazaki, Hitoshi Ueda, Ikue Matsushima, Junichi Kikawa, Junko Maeda, Junko Shimozaki, Junko Tsutsumi, Kaoru Nakajima, Kazue Kinoshita, Kazuko Fujimura, Kazunori Nagano, Kazuyo Waki, Kazuyoshi Katayama, Keiko Oyamada, Kenichi Araki, Kenichi Maejima, Kenji Hachizaki, Kenzo Shimizu, Kimiko Amano, Kiyomi Tanaka, Kumiko Hirama, Kumiko Saito, Kyoko Mizuno, Machiko Araya, Makiko Niki, Manabu Oohashi, Mari Okuda, Mariko Suzuki, Masaaki Endou, Masaaki Kudo, Masae Yoshizawa, Masahiro Kitasaki, Masakatsu Sasaki, Masako Hayashi, Masako Hirao, Masanori Ono, Masatomo Sudô, Masayoshi Harada, Mayumi Ogura, Mayumi Ohmura, Mayumi Sasaki, Mayumi Tanaka, Michi Himeno, Midori Terejima, Mieko Seki, Mika Sugai, Miki Kitagawa, Minako Minami, Mitsuhiro Fushida, Mitsuko Seki, Miyako Watanabe, Nagisa Miyazaki, Naoko Ozawa, Noboru Sasaki, Nobuko Shinohara, Nobuko Tsukada, Nobuko Yuasa, Noriaki Wakabayahi, Norikazu Tsuda, Noriko Numa, Noriko Sugiyama, Noriko Takahashi, Reiko Nemoto, Ryutaro Nakamura, Sachiko Sugino, Sakiko Kobayashi, Satoko Morikawa, Satoru Iriyoshi, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Seiji Okada, Setsuko Shibuichi, Shigeharu Sekiguchi, Shingo Araki, Shinji Morohashi, Shinji Otsuka, Shuichi Komoda, Shuichi Sendao, Shunsuke Harada, Sumiko Suganuma, Susumu Kurihara, Takako Ueki, Takao Yoshino, Takeshi Atomura, Takeshi Miyao, Takeshi Oosaka, Takuo Suzuki, Teruko Miyata, Tomohiro Matsuda, Tomokazu Tokoro, Tomoko Koda, Tomoko Kondo, Tomoko Ogawa, Tomoko Yahagi, Toshihiko Hashimoto, Toshikatsu Shinozaki, Yasuhiko Ogata, Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Yasuko Tachiki, Yoshiaki Kubokawa, Yoshie Ito, Yoshie Suyama, Yoshihiro Owada, Yoshiko Hata, Yoshiko Sato, Yoshiko Takagi, Yoshinobu Saito, Yoshitaka Koyama, Yukari Kobayashi, Yukiya Senda, Yuko Nakajima, Yumiko Takahashi
Background Art: Asako Kodaira, Hiromasa Ogura, Jinzaburo Kaiho, Mieko Shimotani, Mitsuo Korenobu, Shinji Kimura, Tadashi Katayama, Toshiharu Mizutani, Yaeko Fukumura
Animation Checkers: Sanae Nakagawa, Toshiko Araki
Colour Designer: Yayoi Suzuki
Colour Checkers: Hidemi Nakama, Reiko Hirayama
Ink and Paint: Akira Suzuki, Chiaki Masuda, Chiaki Uno, Chiyomi Morisawa, Fujimi Konishi, Fujino Yonekawa, Hatsue Kawamura, Hatsumi Kondo, Hikaru Ishikawa, Hisae Ito, Ikuko Inoue, Junichi Ikeda, Junko Ina, Junko Koizumi, Junko Suzuki, Kaoru Hagiwara, Katsumi Fukuda, Kazuhiro Ban, Keiko Ikesawa, Keiko Kaneko, Keiko Takahashi, Kimiko Sakai, Kiyomi Yahiro, Kozue Arai, Kumiko Taniguchi, Madoka Katsunuma, Masaaki Yasuhara, Masae Ooshiro, Masako Fukunaga, Masayo Chiba, Minako Sato, Mitsuhiro Anshoku, Miwako Asanuma, Motomi Hachidori, Nanae Ooshiro, Naoko Hashimoto, Naoko Tsushima, Norichika Iwakiri, Rika Ooga, Satomi Kawakura, Satoru Tokuda, Shigemi Toshima, Shinichi Yoshikawa, Shoko Nagasawa, Shoko Sanada, Takashi Cho, Tomoko Yamamoto, Toshie Aoki, Tsutomu Ishiro, Yasuko Furuhashi, Yoji Wada, Yoshiko Masuda, Yukiko Shida, Yuko Ono, Yumi Hino, Yumi Motoyama

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Photography: Akio Hirayama, Hiroshi Wajiki, Katsumi Ota, Kimiko Saito, Masao Miyauchi, Masayoshi Kikuchi, Seiichi Morishita, Tadashi Hosono, Takashi Azuhata, Takeo Kobayashi, Takeo Udagawa
Labs: Tokyo Laboratory

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Negative Editor: Kazuko Takahashi
English Language Version Post Production Supervisor: Scott Narrie

MUSIC
Opening Theme Performed By: Shigeru Matsuzaki (Daydream Romance)
Ending Theme Performed By: Eve (Stay)
Music Director: Osamu Shooji
Music Producer: Susumu Aketagawa

SOUND
Recording Director: Satoshi Kato
Recording: Hitonobu Maeda, Ichiro Tsujii, Seihachi Ando
English Language Version Recording Engineers: Buddy Haaligan, Robb Holt
English Language Version Second Engineers: Gina Penaranda, Irit McMann, Kim Welsh, Ryan Moore
English Language Version Technical Engineer: John Osiecki
English Language Version Final Mix: Marc Paul, Robb Holt
English Language Version Recording Facility: Bell Sound Studios

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa, Tomoji Hashizume
Special Effects Editor: Masakazu Yokoyama

VISUAL EFFECTS
English Language Version Titles: Robert P. Cabeen

DESIGN
Art Director: Shichiro Kobayashi

OTHER CREW
Production Staff: Mitsuo Kobayashi, Shinji Kawachi, Shoichiro Saito, Shoji Muronaga, Toshiki Tachibana, Toshio Wakabayashi
Technical Cooperation: Kyokuto Continental Co Ltd

VOICES
Shigeru Matsuzaki (Cobra)
Akiko Nakamura (Jane)
Akira Kume (Toporo)
Goro Mutsumi (Crystal Boy)
Jun Fubuki (Dominic)
Reiko Tajima (Sandra)
Toshiko Fujita (Catherine)
Yoshiko Sakakibara (lady)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Dan Woren (Cobra)
Barbara Goodson (Jane)
Catherine Battistone (Sandra)
Jeff Winkless (Crystal Boy)
Joan Carol O'Conner (Lady)
Kirk Thornton (Topolov)
Mari Devon (Catherine)
Wendee Lee (Dominique)
Brianne Siddall
Melora Harte
Steve Bulen

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Tara Releasing (1995); Urban Vision

TIMELINE

1982
July

3: Japan - theatrical release

1995
August

20: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Kobura
Space Adventure Cobra
- English language title

LINKS

SEQUEL
Space Adventure Cobra (1982)

SEE ALSO
Otaku no bideo (1991)

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, the future, space travel, space wars, spaceships

 


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