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Space Adventure Cobra

Space Cobra

1982, TV, 31 eps, 75%, Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Recommended by 6 Captain Future fans on AniList. The same kind of story: ragtag crews in space.

Seeking reprieve from a painfully ordinary 9-to-5 existence, mild-mannered office worker Johnson visits the TM corporation, a company that sells virtual dreams. In Johnson's dream adventure, he's the notorious space pirate Cobra! Accompanied by his android partner Lady Armaroid,…

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  1. Cover of Ulysses 31
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    1981, TV, 26 eps, 67%

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  2. Cover of Cowboy Bebop
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    1998, TV, 26 eps, 86%

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    2016, TV, 13 eps, 84%

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  6. Cover of Slam Dunk
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    2023, ONA, 180 eps, ongoing, 85%

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  8. Cover of The Apothecary Diaries
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    2023, TV, 24 eps, 88%

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  9. Cover of Neon Genesis Evangelion
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    1995, TV, 26 eps, 83%

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  10. Cover of Gintama
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    2006, TV, 201 eps, 85%

    Parody, Samurai, Ensemble Cast

  11. Cover of Chiikawa
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    2022, TV short, ongoing, 85%

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  12. Cover of Your Name.
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    2016, Movie, 1 ep, 85%

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  15. Cover of Howl‘s Moving Castle
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    2004, Movie, 1 ep, 85%

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  16. Cover of Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
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  17. Cover of Love Through A Prism
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    Superhero, Conspiracy, Urban Fantasy

  19. Cover of Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
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  20. Cover of Perfect Blue
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    1998, Movie, 1 ep, 85%

    Female Protagonist, Acting, Idol

  21. Cover of A Silent Voice
    A Silent Voice

    2016, Movie, 1 ep, 88%

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  22. Cover of Attack on Titan: No Regrets
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  23. Cover of Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghostfiles
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    1992, TV, 112 eps, 83%

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About Captain Future

1978, TV, 52 eps, 70%

Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for science along with his aging friend the genius Dr Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain future dedicated his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.

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