Buichi Terasawa

Buichi Terasawa was born in 1955 in Hokkaido. In 1976, he moved to Tokyo to study under Osamu Tezuka. Terasawa published the Space Adventure Cobra manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1978 to 1984. The manga followed the titular Cobra, a man who can turn his left arm into a gun, and who is on the run from authorities and nefarious forces due to his mysterious past. Terasawa launched the sequel manga Cobra: Over the Rainbow on Kadokawa's Comic Walker and Nico Nico Manga websites in November 2019. Terasawa launched the Goku - Midnight Eye manga in 1987. During the 1980s, Terasawa had begun using computers to make manga. He was the creator of the Kabuto and Black Knight Bat manga. He also created the Takeru manga, which is considered the first comic book series made using computer graphics. Buichi Terasawa passed away due to a heart attack on September 8th, 2023.

Works

Cobra The Animation: Time Drive

When Armaroid Lady's body starts to disappear, Cobra must dive 20 years into the past to discover how to save his partner.

Release Date:2009-04-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Cobra The Animation: The Psycho-Gun

When Utopia More discovers an ancient record that holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe, she becomes the target of the ruthless Gypsy Doc of the Pirate Guild. Utopia finds herself saved by the easy-going yet legendary space pirate, Cobra, whose custom made Psychogun makes him a force to be reckoned with. Together, the two of them attempt to stop Gypsy Doc (along with Cobra's revived arch-nemesis, Crystal Boy) and his efforts to steal the record and use its secrets to rule the universe.

Release Date:2008-08-29

Department:Crew

Job:Script

Vote Count:6

Cobra the Animation

Release Date:2008-08-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:5

Cobra The Animation: The Psycho-Gun

Unknowingly Utopia More discovers an ancient record that holds to the key to the universe. With the universe in her grasp, the ruthless Gypsy Doc of the Pirate Guild has his eyes on the power she wields. That is until the legendary space pirate, Cobra, gets in his way and saves Utopia. The two must now work together to stop Gypsy Doc from taking over the universe.

Release Date:2008-08-28

Department:Crew

Job:Script

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:5

Manga!

BBC's 1994 documentary on the manga and anime phenomenon that was just starting to hit the UK at the time, and its origins in Japan. Presented by Jonathan Ross.

Release Date:1994-01-07

Character:Self

Vote Count:2

Karasu Tengu Kabuto

Those who have the blood of the Karasu Tengu in their veins must forever fight against the powers of darkness. Along with four other holy ninja warriors Genbu, Suzaku, Seiryu, Byakko, Karasu Tengu Kabuto fights against the evil god Kuroyasha Dôki and his underlings such as Junin-shu

Release Date:1990-07-29

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:39

Vote Count:1

Goku II: Midnight Eye

Goku, the lone wolf private detective is back, contracted by Yoshiko, a mysterious, beautiful and very afraid woman, to find and save her brother, Ryu. Will Goku be able to protect Yoshiko from her step father's soldiers long enough to find her brother? Meanwhile Ryu, the unfortunate subject of a military experiment gone bad, leaves a trail of bodies behind him and has no intention of being found or saved by anyone. Will Goku have to kill the man he is supposed to save? Will even his omniscient cybernetic eye and sceptre be enough to help him defeat this indestructible killing machine?

Release Date:1989-12-22

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:16

Goku: Midnight Eye

Tokyo, 2014: a city balancing on the razor's edge between financial prosperity and seismic destruction. It is a place where the lights are bright, the stakes are high, and where the threat of imminent destruction breeds crime like a disease. But for Gokuu Furinji, ex-cop and super-powered private detective, crime is money...

Release Date:1989-01-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:34

Goku Midnight Eye

Goku is a detective who has an "eye of god", a mysterious group gave him this artificial eye that enables him to control any computer.

Release Date:1989-01-27

Department:Writing

Job:Comic Book

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:7

Space Cobra

Cobra lived an adventurous life until his enemies began to hunt him down. He surgically altered his face and erased his own memory in order to hide from his foes and lead a normal life. Eventually, he regains his memories and re-unites with his old partner Lady Armaroid and his ship Tortuga. Cobra travels the galaxy, fighting the outlaw Pirate Guild, but also fleeing the law-enforcing Milky Way Patrol.

Release Date:1982-10-07

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:202

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Release Date:1982-07-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:64