Space Cobra - Episodes 20 - 24 (out of 31) (1982)
I just got done watching five more episodes of
Space Cobra, the first of which I have to admit was a bit weaker, but I mean, leading off of
Rugball is no easy task, that **** was the stuff made of legends. In
Episode 20,
Cobra and
Lady arrive on a Planet that is made up of a sea of sand. As
Cobra chills at the bar a few patrons argue with an old man who's playing his instrument. Turns out that old man was a part of a tribe known as the
Swordians and as
Cobra and
Lady return to the city after a little drive, they arrive to what looks like a ghost town where everyone who was there hours earlier are now dead.
Cobra and
Lady encounter a horde of
Swordians but after a little fight they discover their weak point. They return to their ship only to find it wrecked with refugees aboard and head out together to get parts in order to fix the ship.
Episode 20 concludes however the next one,
Episode 21 continues with the
Swordians as
Cobra and
Lady get captured and locked up on the mother ship. A decent pair of episodes with some fun action and a great end battle with a cool gimick, almost felt like some Dark Souls ****. I had fun, but it was no
Rugball.
In
Episode 22,
Cobra and
Lady stop at
Planet Rifle (sick name for a planet) in order to meet up with
Jingoro, the man who built Cobra's ship, the
Turtle 5 years ago. His daughter
Yuko is also 20 now and with that little nugget of information,
Cobra wastes no time and heads out. However, shits gone down on the planet and so
Cobra heads out to rescue
Yuko from the Guild. A fun episode with plenty of vehicular chases and great animation as always.
Cobra and
Dominique chill on a boat with a great view in
Episode 23, lucky guy! While admiring the
Queen Carady, a massive boat filled with lot of money, they hear an explosion and in unison the ship goes down.
Cobra and
Dominique put a hold on their little break in order to see what's going on. On the way to the wreckage they encounter some hot girls who give them trouble, kidnapping
Dominique and injuring
Cobra. Cobra figures out what’s going down and heads off to rescue his Snow White. Another great episode that I thoroughly enjoyed. Great animation, fun set pieces and great action. A lot of cuties are killed however,
man what a waste. A very James Bond-esque episode, meaning fun with loads of gadgets.
Episode 24 is the last one that I watched today and it’s a strange one.
Cobra heads off to the
Galactic Union Bank in order to steal some stuff from the Guild. While roaming the streets however he walks through a market, in particular a robot market where robots are being sold. Most of them are garbage but
Cobra comes across one in particular that looks like a little baby, and with its child-like stare he ultimately ends up purchasing it. A hand is attached to the robot, but
Cobra dismisses it as he's creeped out and shoots the handcuffs off, separating the two. The robot he bought doesn't remember much and after
Cobra and
Lady sleep, the robot seemingly disappears.
Cobra couldn't care less and wants to head for the Bank, but on the way he finds out that all the humans are being wiped out by the robots. An episode with a lot of death, a seemingly impossible baddie, a strange story and a
Gainax Ending, definitely one I won't be forgetting anytime soon. A filler episode to make way for the next one, for sure, but I enjoyed it a lot.
And with that, I have
7 episodes left, all of which I will watch tonight in order to conclude my
Space Cobra viewing. Can't wait.
