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“Cobra searches for vanished Lady, uncovering her mysterious past and origins before they met.”
Cobra The Animation: Time Drive
COBRA THE ANIMATION タイム・ドライブ
6.85
5,461 rank · 5,319 viewers · 5 favorites
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Adult Cast
Space
Shounen
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Synopsis
Cobra searches for vanished Lady, uncovering her mysterious past and origins before they met.
When Lady mysteriously vanishes, Cobra embarks on a journey to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. His search leads him to explore the enigmatic origins of his trusted companion, revealing the hidden chapters of her life before they met. As Cobra delves deeper, he uncovers fragments of a past that shaped the person Lady has become.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 0.47
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Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2014 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “Frankly, it's much better than the previous OAV! This time the story is interesting, discovering the beginnings of the Cobra/Armanoid relationship is a great idea, and it's nice to finally see...”
- 6 “Sometimes, less is more. I know Terasawa was involved in this OVA from 2009, based on his manga from 1996, but I feel like this is the story of Lady that we didn't need. She's always been an...”
- 6 “Cobra The Animation: Time Drive is the 2009 installment to the Cobra series, where Cobra time travels to the time where he met Lady or as real name being Princess Emeralda. In short, there's isn't...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Ova Production
Magic Bus.- Format 2 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 56m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2009 – Jun 2009
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-3918 catalog
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor