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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2021
- Golgo 13 is one of the most classic longest-running manga in history and in the 80s, it finally got itself an anime film with Golgo 13: The Professional. Osamu Dezaki takes what could've been a pulpy exploitation flick and spins it into pure cinematic gold that sells you on a gekiga staple.
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I cannot believe CG was even possible in 83, that's the year the Famicom launched!! Incredible!!
It was only one year after Tron
CGI was being done by the early 70S. It was expensive, but doable by the early 80s. Watch The Last Starfighter to see where Hollywood was at with CGI around the time this came out.
Just because this is an interest of mine... If you'd like to see a visual history of the early years of computer animation, look up a video here on YT called "Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates." They were one of the most technically advanced CGI studios of the 70s, and as a demo reel it nicely illustrates the evolution of CGI from roughly 1970 to 1985.
(Also, if you happen to be into vaporwave, there are some AMAZING 80s car commercials around 2/3 of the way through.)
CG is older than you think.
Fantastic video! Was a Golgo nut back in high school thanks to this film.
Rewatched the anime series, live actions, this and Queen Bee after Saito’s passing and was reminded how genuinely great the series is. I can’t stand the critics you mention because they clearly just don’t understand the franchise. Very black and white view to just say a stoic character is boring when there’s clearly so much done in the world around them on top of subtle moments of humanity brought to them. Each Golgo piece, from manga to TV to film, has really subtle moments where he reacts or does things for people around him and it contextualizes his stoicism: he's not just a professional killer, but THE best, meaning who knows how many people and governments may be after him. The fact he kills, the fact he's in constant danger, he's 100% always living on the edge. The story "Fearless" is all about this fact, Golgo even admitting that he does have fear like any normal person, and that fear IS what's kept him alive so long. Killing people as a career will take its toll on you too. The early Mangas had him smiling and cracking jokes at times, but slowly as the series progressed he got to this point where we know him now. It probly wasn't intentional at first, Saito having written James Bond manga beforehand and making Golgo as a response to continuing that kinda work, but the concept was executed wonderfully once the stories decided to shift. Golgos the only character who truly has no ego whatsoever, 100% behind reason, logic and objectivity until those rare moments he does do something in the favor of another. That’s what keeps it from being just trash to me. The Schwarzeneager masculine elements are there but the series is way deeper than just that. The Professional understood this better than the other film adaptations. While the live actions and Queen Bee aren’t bad, and utilize the character respectfully in their own ways, The Professional eats sleeps and breathes the character and is a great representation of the franchise’s genius.
Well-written.
Dezaki is the man who can make a character like Golgo 13 be interesting despite not having much dialogue nor back story but Dezaki’s makes the The Professional a classic in 80’s anime.
Agreed, Dezaki's style really brought Golgo to life in a unique way. Because of that, I made this music video tribute to Golgo 13. Hope you all enjoy! czcams.com/video/YhxWD34ybOg/video.html
I get he's a power fantasy, but looking back at what happens i began to wonder. "the power fantasy of my friends dying at the hands of an emotionally compromised industrialist that has the US military at his beck and call?"
I was already aware of the film, but was Pleasantly surprise at the manga creator's back story! Ozamu Dezaki, well, he might just be the most underrated AND influencial anime director of the 80's... Ashita No Joe, Space Cobra, etc...
Nobody:
12:28
Frosty: "Happy Birth-" (GETS FUCKIN MERC'ED)
I'm a simple man. I see a video about an Osamu dezaki anime film I click
Duke is so arc-typical that you are likely to run into a parody before you ever catch an episodde at least outside of Japan. My favorite is when he is one of the suspects in Patlabor's "Bathhouse" OVA episode.
I also remember that both G13 and Later Crying Freeman had episodes about arming a private army with a lost stash of type 100 SMGs. When just laying hold of a bunch of AK-47s would be much easier and far more effective. Japanese conspiracy plotting (especially from the 60s and 70s) is wild and very silly..
Funnily Kazuo Koike, the writer of Freeman, also worked on many Golgo stories. Wouldn't be surprised if this was a Golgo plot he worked on lol
Duke Togo is a mans MAN in all forms. Men want to be him and Woman want to sleep with him. His reputation and splash in Japanese Pop Culture should never be ignored! Such meticulous detail in Takao Saitos work, it's masterful as it is breathtaking!
I will agree that he's attractive, but I don't know as if I'd go so far as to sleep with him if I ever crossed paths with him...he just seems like a dangerous guy and I don't think it would be a good idea
Edit: nevermind, I'd totally sleep with him! He's so hot!
Thank you for giving more insight into the Golgo 13 The Professional.. I saw this film waaaay back on Showtime when I was younger and had almost completely forgotten about it.
One my favorite anime movies of the 80s. One of Dezaki's greatest works visually with a great pulp/noir presentation.
Love it to death!
The best way to describe Golgo 13 the character is that he's an antihero who has little to no regard for human life. He's not a righteous hero, but he isn't a villain either. But rather, he's a bit of both. Golgo just doesn't give a flying f*ck about ANYTHING. He's like a Terminator with the faint shred of humanity. He can be either friend or enemy to the world depending on the circumstances. But he's not someone you'd want to mess with. But he has been one of my biggest inspirations as far as writing goes. Ever since my exposure to The Professional WAY BACK in 2000 when I saw it for the first time.
The only time I can remember an assassin / bad ass getting a backstory and it working was the first John Wick. Even then, they were pretty vague. I feel the sequels were fine, but on fleshing him out more it ruined his mystery. I also think the first Jason Borne escaped that trope too, but in reverse. Him learning that he was a badass on the fly with the audience helped make the stonecold killer that he was more interesting. BUT like before, once we did start learning more about him he became boring. So character like this are best when the audience is given very little to go off of, I think. It means you never know what they got in them to do or how they'll get out of a situation because you can't be in their head.
It can work both ways. Wick's not supposed to be a heartless killing machine. Golgo works very well as a man of mystery, John works well as a somewhat human and relatable character.
It seems like a lot of modern writers working in film and TV these days don't understand the value of mystery. They seems to feel the need to explain everything and leave very little to the audience's imagination. It's those mysterious elements that often make a story really stick in my mind and get me to think about them though.
The Professional was animated by TMS Entertainment, the Lupin III studio; directed by Osamu Dezaki, who directed the earlier Lupin TV Specials; a Duke Togo-ish "doppelganger" guest starred in a recent episode of Lupin Part 6?!? Coincidence? I think not.
You know what would be interesting? If only TMS Entertainment can bring to life a Lupin III and Golgo 13 Crossover special!! Now that is something that I would hope for to happen!!
Made me happy to see one of my favorite series reference another of my favorites.
One of the earliest OG badasses of manga
People seem to fail to understand that a Mary Sue/Stew is a character that exhibits hyper-proficiency in stories that are not their own. Sherlock Holmes or James Bond are not Mary Sue characters in their respective stories, but they could very well be if you put them in someone elses. There is nothing wrong with having exaggerated competent characters, and history has shown that written well these characters are very appealing to a vast number of people. The problem is there aren't really a lot of writers out there that are capable of handling these type of characters well, which is when you get people saying silly stuff like, "XXX charcter is boring", and they totally miss the point by either trying to making the character less competent, or giving them a character arc to "humanize" them, which generally tends to ruin everything about the character -- it's the mark of a bad writer, and it's super prevalent in today's media that don't seem capable of creating original work that people want to consume, so they end up trying to update older works that were already proven to be popular.
I'm glad to see a reviewer respect Golgo 13 The Professional instead of bashing it like Anime Abandon. Great review my friend!
Bennett the Sage is a complete SJW.
@@funkyweapon1981 he's just a fool. Instead of talking about forgotten anime he just bashes it.
I choose to see it as a difference of opinion... but whatever.
@@juliagoodwin9510 Normally I would too, but the guy does say his channels mission is to make folks aware of older, even forgotten, titles. Instead, he just dumps on them as its become his shtick.
@@LowellLucasJr. I think he's taken on a more analytical approach, but I just want to enjoy the reviews.
Not a fan of the reviews where he dumps on current anime though.
Golgo 13 Is Pretty Much The Best Looking Anime For Its Time. Golgo 13 Deserves More Attention Especially In The West.
(Also Review Lupin The Third: The Fuma Conspiracy)
Agreed Monke! For those of you who love Golgo 13, definitely check out my music video tribute to the film featuring some hard boiled music. Hope you all enjoy! czcams.com/video/YhxWD34ybOg/video.html
I've got every piece of US/english printed media of Golgo-13 going back to the 80s through that black manga series that arrived here, just an amazing franchise and the media is timeless (have the 2 movies/ovas too.)
This channel is pathetically underrated.
WTF is wrong with this world.
I love how the entire context of your whole comment changes drastically if only five letters were changed. No, i'm not trying to say anything with this, really. Just pointing out how interesting that is.
@@the-NightStar I know :)
It was deliberate.
Fantastic video! You did a great job on all the research!
Just wanted to mention I appreciated the little Rush stinger (Big Money, I believe) you threw in there during the CGI section.
Funny enough I learned about Golgo 13 from the NES then saw the anime The Professional after that.
I really love the streamline dub for this anime. It's probably one of the best dubs in my opinion. I seen this movie so many times I know it by heart made me fell in love with the manga too.
Kinda wish I did talk about the Streamline dub because Gregory Snegoff is a fucking beast, but I ran out of time.
@KaiserBeamz it's understandable when someone asks me about older animes I always point them to this movie and tell them to watch it dub cause there gonna be impressed. And there impressed everytime! I hope one day I can meet Gregory snegoff at a con if I do id totally get him to sign my copy of the film
Also Dawson's performance in the dub stuck out to me as well!
I truly believe the dub is better than the Japanese original. Mcconahie, who voiced Dawson, I think gave his best performance in this film, and he's still in the industry today!
@@TheT3rr0rMaskwell he is semi-retired these days
I've seen a lot of things and a lot of anime, but the twists in THIS movie still threw me. Who hired the hit on Dawson jr? WHAT!? Hollywood has never dared such a thing. Besides that, the movie is gorgeous and carries a fantastic soundtrack. Next to the Macross movie, this might be my favorite anime movie.
Ah yes, many Americans first view of the worlds greatest assassin. I remember renting this video back in the day.
Turns out that in the English dub, Golgo13's voice was provided by the rapping dog from the titanic animated film.
Honestly, I would have been more surprised if Golgo had connections to Thundercats then Frosty the Snowman. Hell when I looked up credits for the animation to Thundercats I almost thought a member of Tite Kubo's family had worked on it cause...well their last name was Kubo. Sadly that wasn't the case.
Also 17:57 You left the screen uncensored
Man, you used some of my favorite vaporware samples with one of my favorite anime. Well made and glad I found ya :)
"Do blackface to kill the racists" sounds like a castle superbeast episode title
I honestly wish they could release more of the manga. It doesn't need to be everything, but another highlights collection would be nice.
Same, but it's a tough sell (especially nowadays). Manga has become so mainstream and old school Gekiga isn't what people are looking for. Politically, even as older works, they'd be passed on by most readers and bookstores.
Back in the 80s and 90s adult male-focused manga, sold as graphic novels, were most of what you'd find from Japanese creators. Nowadays that stuffs looked down on hard, and "Adult Manga" immediately spells Hentai for most.
Love golgo 13, and especially this film. It was such a revelation to me with what is the content. I know this is 2 yrs old but if you see this comment would you say this film is the unofficial legit James Bond based on the Fleming novels. Think about it the difference of novel to films, golgo is what Bond is on that hard adult level
Golgo seems like one of those 007 cool type characters!
Taiko saito, the guy who made golgo , was commissioned to make official manga adaptations of James bond novels
Considering that prior to Golgo 13, Takao Saito wrote a Manga adaptation of James Bond, you're not wrong!
What a small world we live in!
@@Natendowii Golgo was basically born (Bourne?) when they lost the license to do a James Bond Manga.
Closing with the NES title song was a masterful touch
In a day when English dubs were horrible. This film stood above the rest! I loved the movie. I would enjoy another Golgo 13 movie and/or game.
Wonderful review. I first saw this movie, and the sequel Queen Bee, back in the day on channel 62 in Chicago. Got to watch the anime series about 7 or 8 years ago. It was good but...was missing something. Just wanted to shout off my favorite killer in the movie: SNAKE. A badass right up until he died. Drinking wine out of his palm. Demanding Roberts widow and getting her. Snake was bad. Repeat: Snake was bad.
The late Cats eye Rui was the mechanic
I feel like admitting this is going to make me sound like an uncultured moron, but.....
I honestly first discovered Golgo 13 through the Puuchu parody scene in Excel Saga. There are many weird stories of how people first got into something, but that's mine, for better or for worse.
I love this anime movie I even bought the golgo 13 anime series I love that as well the only golgo 13 animated movie I have not seen yet is golgo 13 queen bee
Damn this channel is so underrated !! ( i think if you right ending explained / or just explained in the title it would gain more views )
The research , the narration all PERFECT ! why only 16 k subs ?? Where as useless compilation + narration channels are getting millions . And why tf loonly tunes is stealing all the views
This film is amazing!!
Definitely the 007 James Bond of Japanese Anime for the time.
Perfect review of this anime.
Nice touch adding the NES theme in the credits
You’re a beast dude
After watching the video, it finally hit me could it be possible that the characters of 'Gold' and 'Silver' influenced the villain characters from Treasure's 'Gunstar Heroes'? I know it's a stretch but I've seen crazier things!
J"adore ce film. Snake est le meilleur tueur psychopathe apparu sur un écran, Gold et Silver ne sont pas en reste. L'introduction de Snake qui massacre les 3 tueurs de la CIA qui avaient pourtant blessé Golgo 13 est un moment d'anthologie ! D'ailleurs, Snake apparaît dans un hangar d'Hélicoptères et c'est un appareil de ce type qui le tuera alors qu'il avait le dessus sur Golgo 13. Superbe vidéo !
21:06 the cut to Homer was perfect LOL
The original stoic manga/anime character
"Happy birth-" *twip*
Brilliant video. Grew up with Golgo through the NES game, then it was my introduction to anime and manga. Always been sad/annoyed that VIZ only translated 13 volumes of Golgo into English. I get the irony of the number of volumes, but there' SO MUCH more content/story that English speakers are missing.
Rest in power king, truly.
I thought the casting of Sonny Chibi in one of the live action adaptations was just chef kiss material.
29:50 I was JUST about to comment about how they tried doing the same thing with 47 and fucked it up lol. I'm glad you mentioned it because I feel like that stern, anti social personality is what makes characters like him and Golgo so interesting. The fact they're doing something as evil as taking another life for money with so little emotion is badass.
KB, you rock!
This is totally not my type of film, but I checked it out back when you could just get the dub, cuz I had just discovered Dezaki (thanks to his shoujo stuff) and it is indeed peak Dezaki (his 90s OVA follow up, Golgo 13 Queen Bee is worth checking out but not nearly as good--or high budget of course).
I'm always blown away at the work Dezaki did, all at a high level, in roughly 5-6 years from 77-83 or so. Off the top of my head, Nobody's Boy Remi, Treasure Island, the back half of Rose of Versailles, Ashita Joe 2, and Space Cobra (co-direction) for TV, and the Aim for the Ace, Space Adventure Cobra, and Golgo 13 movies. (Of course 1984 would be when his masterpiece, the pilot of Rainbow Brite, would come out.) Outstanding, and his visual style is apparent in each, and yet each also has their OWN visual style--and he seems as devoted to each of those projects no matter what their audience or market. No wonder he smoked something like two packs a day, with all that work.... (And that's not to put down his earlier work--Frosty aside. The first Joe is a classic for a reason, and the original Aim for the Ace's insane colour palette and poor actual animation often put people off, but it's amazing how absorbing the designs and his direction make a 1973 TV anime. I remember initially thinking I'd only check out a few episodes as being a shoujo fan and a Dezaki fan I kinda had to, and just binging half the series in one night)
AND he was always a director for hire--his anecdote about how he became the replacement director for Rose of Versailles is hysterical (granted most anime directors were and are, but when we think of other famous anime directors, they usually had some say in their choices)
Of course you've well documented some of the crap he did just a few years later, like all those late 80s-early 90s OVAs often for his brother (though that period also gave us the brilliant Oniisama E and the underrated, yakuza josei OVA Kasei Yakyoku, as well as the pretty good Aim for the Ace OVA series--projects where he seemed much more invested), but... And then later in his career only a few true returns to form like Blackjack and not, sadly, the Golgo 13 OVA though it's worth checking out. But
still, wow.
"Anime can have a little chauvinism...as a treat."
"Alright, Mr. Golgo, you get ONE rape scene, but that's enough! For today."
Yeah, there were the sex scenes...but let's be real. Golgo hated sex lol.
Wild, this movie just screened at the Hollywood theater in Portland. Did you come down here and catch it?!?
I live in Georgia so I doubt it.
@@KaiserBeamz lmao why did I think you lived in Seattle! Sorry friend.
A buddy of mine at our local video store (2nd largest in the country) managed to get some pull with the theatre that since they've joined as a nonprofit and he's getting them to do a series of these old gems. I think the next one is Angel egg.
To be fair I could totally see mistaking KaiserBeamz for being a Portland or PNW native since his content is so retro/niche, lol. Good to know about the Hollywood Theater though! do love that about the theaters in PDX, lots of fun showings. Caught Blade Runner at Clinton Street back in the summer and really enjoyed the experience
*That VaporWave Intro...*
*It's Super Hard To Find Golgo13 Mangas*
*Queen 🐝 Was A Pretty Good*
I think Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) comes very close to realizing Dezaki's multi- and splitscreen cinematic style in live action movies. That or Speed Racer (2009).
But otherwise, I was thinking Nobuhiko Obayashi while watching Cobra and Golgo.
Cool video, but unfortunately I have to ask you something. Some of your videos are age-restricted from my country, I can't watch them, unfortunately, will be a SFW version of them soon?....
Also, watch out for the Ford Capri Laser Golgo rides.
Love the Gekiga style manga.... 👍
That nes soundtrack haunts me to this day. I gotta go back and finish that game.
For some reason it's not fresh in my mind and didn't stand out when I watched it at the time, but the most recent TV series that came out was amazing so I might have to go back and rewatch the movie
17:59 Whoops :D
So Golgo is a Vulcan? And he left his home world so he wouldn't have to get his permanent pon farr situation "fixed"? All humans experience some form of emotion but not Golgo, only makes sense for him to be a physically and mentally superior alien devoid of emotion!
I’m looking to get some of the manga. Are the paperbacks or the ebooks of better quality?
Can I get a sauce on that computer? It seems really cool!
Golgo is like Columbo
HEY DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN WATCH FULL GOLGO EPISODES ON LINE?
In your riding bean video you mentioned someone named rentaro could you specify? because all my searches can do is bring up black bullet
Def a classic. Great review. But I wouldn't describe anything as "problematic". That's the language of the matrix of thought control. There's no virtue in denying the existence of unsavory traits. No virtue at all in refusing to show things that are offensive or seen as negative character traits. I have to keep reminding folks nowadays that stories, whether fiction, or true, are not instruction manuals. They are not recommendations of action. They are not educational blueprints for action. They are portrayals of the good, the bad, and the ugly. We cannot censor these things when making art. We must be honest and show what is. Raw, unfiltered. There is no shame in an author who writes a villain as a villain, or a playboy as a playboy. That's what these things are. They exist. It's not a reflection of the author in real life. He did not put together a udemy class on how to be terrible. He made art, and a story.
People are terribly illogical in their reactions to things nowadays. When a person watches a movie they should never say "I don't like that" regarding the behavior of the characters. Of course you don't. You shouldn't. It is not to be liked. Stories of Greek gods with all of their terrible deeds are likewise NOT problematic. Because there is no call to action to go do terrible things. Quite the opposite these are morality stories and cautionary tales. One cannot have stories that feature moral conflict without BAD, unsavory, and terrible things. Never apologize for this. I know KaiserBeamz doesn't need to hear that... but then don't use the language of that oppressive matrix that would seek to censor and ruin truth in art. Don't say things are "problematic" they are not. The tip of the spear of freedom is the act of defiance, and refusing to use the oppressors language, labels, and definitions. How dare they insinuate guilt and problems upon art.
just finished watching the movie and it was great! Nobody dares make art like this anymore and the people complaining about the portrayal of the women is the reason why. Dawson betraying his son's widow and granddaughter in the manner portrayed is bold, but it highlights just how much of an evil asshole he is.
Awesome as always! Pls do patlabor
I would like to read that Nelson Mandela chapter
Look up "Golgo 13: Power to the People"
@@KaiserBeamz which one has the Blackface? Just curious
That is not a double chin lol. A double chin is the fat roll on a neck under the chin as it sticks out enough to look like a second chin beneath the first.
Good video, but swing and a miss on that singular detail, friend.
Wounded Man is great. well the OVAs are mediocre for the same reason the Crying Freeman OVAs are mediocre (largely removing any sense of humor) but if anyone decides rape is ok or has their views on women's rights changed cuz of a Koike manga that's their fault. it's still an amazingly executed manga.
Any person whose decisions in life are controlled by a movie, book, game, or song/band, deserves any bad thing that happens to them.
. . .
I think you missed something. Not gonna rat you out though cause I ain't no snitch.
While I'm not a fan of the movie (for... reasons), I can appreciate all the time and effort the creators put into it.
Golgo was one of those series I always had in my periphery growing up but never looked into, mostly because of the name being a bit off-putting, which is admittedly shallow lmao. I understand now why it's so huge in its home country now though, seems like a bit of a Bond type deal with endless historical insert potential. I might give this a watch just for the neo noir aesthetics
I would call the portrayal of women here "disrespectful" or "limiting" (if it was my review and it is not). "Progressive" is such a funny word, it implies there is a goal you're progressing towards. But if you ever reached that goal......... you wouldn't be progressing anymore, would you?
It’s essentially become a dog whistle phrase at this point
@@untunedguitar45 Like toxic, or problematic.
Holy shit i hate this movie so, so much. I'm floored to hear it's so high on your list. And I LOVE Wicked City, Angel's Egg, Belladonna of Sadness, but this is just grotesquely hateful to both women and men with nothing backing it other than 'Yep, this is the message!" Awful, awful film.
Your documentary is better than that shitty movie any day