In 2014, Araki said that the idea for Hol Horse might've been inspired by the titular main character of Terasawa's manga, Cobra. He said the sci-fi elements in the series were very reminiscent of the ones that appear in his own. In 1985, Terasawa appeared at the end of the first volume of Araki's second series, Baoh the Visitor. Terasawa would go on to support Araki saying, 'I encouraged him because he could tell stories better than he could draw them.' The initials 'B.T.' in Araki's first series, Cool Shock B.T., are also a reference to Terasawa's name.

He also noted that the elaborate methods Araki used for composing stories would be better suited for writing novels and screenplays than for drawing manga. Terasawa noted that while Araki wasn't very skilled at drawing, he still had a talent for storytelling. I really don’t think the 5 volumes of the italian edition contains all the 18 volumes of the original edition… I ask myself why but well… the italian edition is from Edizioni Playpress edited 22 years ago (1992) and well i just thank them to have the possibility to know this manga.Terasawa's connection with Hirohiko Araki dates back to the 80s when he read the manuscript for Araki's debut manga, Poker Under Arms, submitted to the Tezuka Awards. The fresh spirit of a young japanese male full of testosterone and kaiju monsters in his head! If you want manbeasts, if you want sexy and deadly ladies wearing spandex, if you want laser shootings and space ridings, then you need to read this. The drawing and the story are immature and the storyline is a bit messy, but THIS is the thing i mostly appreciated in this manga. I suppose the author Terasawa Buichi was a young boy who watched all these movies and then decided to make a crazy and violent story of what he has seen. Well this is a cyberpunk style manga (something between sci-fi and pulp) i may say between Star Wars, Escape from New York and Blade Runner, all mixed in a blender with more violence. I didn’t expected to find this great manga, coming to me from the late ’70s, unfortunatly not really famous in Italy, i think italian people could barely remember (as me) the anime OAV version on Yamato Video in VHS. I luckily discovered this “Space Adventure Cobra” during my constant research of horror/grotesque/cyberpunk/violent stories represented in manga format.

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