Thanks for watching! I would love for this video to do well, The Professional is one of my favorite movies and more people need to know about it! Also I’m so excited about the new displate 😭 I went to Kumiko cause she makes such good grey scale shojo. If you get it with a white frame it looks just like a manga panel, it’s the dopest! Anyway, thanks for listening to me talk, you guys are the best. Mike
Lol I hope your happy. I had no choice but to download song from that the film’s zazzy animated 1980s intro. Can’t manage to get it out of my head!😅 music.apple.com/us/album/golgo-13-professional-pray-for-you-english-version/1483990273
¿Can I recomend a 1960s Ninja anime for the nex episode? Its based on Sanpei Shirsto's manga _Kamui Den_ . There's so much material all over the world except in the US where as far as I know only an episode was released as a bundle with action figure by REMCO under the title "Secret Of The Ninja". A lot of tropes we take for granted in Ninja/Samurai Anime/OVAs came from there.
Yes! This was the kind of anime that I could have shown my father everytime he would go: "Son, you are in your twenties and you watch this kids stuff".
Most theatrical and direct to video titles from the late 20th century would’ve done the trick as well. There’s a reason why so many of the adults of that era referred to it as *“violent porn.”*
It was extremely cinematic. He used all the tricks of the best cinematography. Most cartoon directors focus on the animation of the characters, and bringing life to them, which makes sense because most cartoons are funny animal or cartoony, caricatures of people. But anime of this style relies on realistic depictions of people, so you can't have them moving around like Mickey Mouse. So the compositions of the shots, the atmosphere, the pacing, and the editing becomes what's most important.
After watching this movie and seeing the character 'Big Snake', I now know where Hideo Kojima almost certainly got inspiration for creating 'The Fear' from MGS3.
@@nero3948 Yes, Spirit Detective, there are 2 animated movies (the first of them being the one being reviewed here). They have also been dubbed into English and are extremely good. There is even a 50 episode anime series which came out in 2015, which also has an English dub; HOWEVER, I recommend watching the subbed version instead, since Duke Togo (Golgo 13) Japanese voice actor does the character far more justice. There are also 2 live action versions as well both from the 1970s (fun fact: the second version stars the legendary Sonny Chiba as Golgo 13).
One of my all-time favorites. I first saw this on an untranslated VHS back in 1986, and the storytelling was so solid I could still understand the basics of the story from start to finish.
@@LowellLucasJr. haha I love urotsukidoji, that was back when hentai actually had a good story and hentai was actual proper anime. Up there with the greats like wicked city and bio hunter
Woahhhh dude .....u know I love people under these less "popular" anime review comment section cause they pull strings and references like these .......WOAHH....
@@monotoneguy7279 Ryo definitely tried to look badass. Sometimes he'd be in pain, but remain cool until no girls were around. Like the time he shot through his hand.
@@bluefalcon6356 Well ofc since mokkori is involved, but even that's still just a mask (also that scene was played for laughs). I meant he never wanted to be a badass for his own accord
@@monotoneguy7279 The scene was played for laughs but it's just one of many, ryo doesnt act like a badass but its definitely how he wants to be perceived. He is definitely a badass but, not like golgo
Since we're talking interpretations, have you heard the one about how Duke Togo isn't a real person, but death personified? I mean, he's "real" in the way that Batman is real, but Batman is an ideal to strive for, an role to be embodied, and an archetype that Bruce Wayne becomes to accomplish a purpose. Duke Togo is the same only he became Golgo 13 more fully than BW ever became Batman. He has no emotions, is completely amoral, is unkillable, and only ever needs one bullet because he's mister 100% headshot. Yeah, he f*cks, but there is no indication he gets any pleasure out of it while every woman he's ever laid orgasms, or as the French call it, experiences "le petite morte" or "the little death". Each story is about somebody or some organization trying to cheat death, or avenge death, or double-cross death, and each story ends in the inevitable: death. His logo is a mockery of the resurrection, instead of Jesus back from death, it's DEATH AS JESUS. Golgo is death as a god-human, and his miracles are murderous. What really brought this home for me was when I saw Golgo 13 with his trenchcoat and teardrop sunglasses on. Damn, doesn't that look like the 20th century version of the grim reaper?
But he had a few close calls with death though in this movie and in the series. He clearly was effected by his associate's death ( the one who suped up his car ). And he would never kill children. Or by standers. I think he's a man that is dedicated to what he does just like Batman. For most people work a job in order to live the life they want. But for guys like Duke Togo and Batman. The work they do is the life they want to live. Thus why they're so damn good at what they do.
I agree, also I consider his contracts to be more of a deal with the devil. I really like this take because I can see all the parallels. In the anime it’s stated that he doesn’t believe in any religion. So I thought it was strange in episode 47 or 48 when faced with his newly orphaned illegitimate child he says “may god bless you”. This could quite possibly be him asking his counterpart (God) to bless his son. I just finished the anime show all 50 episodes are pretty fresh in my mind and I don’t recall him saying anything of that nature almost seemed as if this was one of those few times he broke character. In terms of what he says. Also contradicts the fact that he doesn’t believe in anything. Maybe I’m just reading too much into it. His character is meant to be ambiguous so assumptions are the closest this we’ll ever get lol
For all you Golgo 13 fans out there, check out my music video tribute to greatest hitman in manga history. Edited beat for beat. Hope you all enjoy! ruclips.net/video/YhxWD34ybOg/видео.html
I sometimes like to imagine that Ryo Saeba would have become exactly like the cold-assassins-type-killer Duke had it not been for those around Ryo despite his upbringing. But because of eventually learning that there is at least some good to humanity, Ryo learns compassion, a genuine desire to help others (especially the mokkori! inducing women), and all jokes aside, understands that he has the ability to help others that normally wouldn't be able to get it even if those abilities came from a dark period in his life. Not gonna lie, this is just an excuse for me to gush why Ryo is my favorite character ever and why City Hunter is also my favorite show to grace the screen. Awesome video as always!
by better we mean it's just different and can't be replicated with digital technology... because everything is done by hand you can see the animators soul through the drawings in each frames. New animation is well, too perfect that it comes across as artificial and almost doesn't seem like a human made it that's because it's all been made on computers not by hand
The Arcade though was absolutely bad ass. I can’t recall another light gun shooter with this much complexity involved. ruclips.net/video/WFNYTMM6Tiw/видео.html
This and Ninja Scroll were the two movies I would use back in the day to introduce my friends into the world of anime. Needless to say it hooked them pretty hard and showed them that no, animation is not just for kids.
Interesting.To be honest we sorta know that but movies like this is pretty niche and for an older audience.I guess people want something close to Akira
@@watchforever1724comparing this to Akira is insulting. Watching both of these films, I'm genuinely shocked Akira is a longer film, cause this drags considerably with all of the jumping around it does. Genuinely, the series and the manga feels like a series of jobs ands targets and stories (the way it should). This feels like an entire season of that, but smashed together into the most rushed yet somehow still meandering work yet. Oh my god, and the helicopter CGI scene? Jesus is that terrible. The ending revelation with the suicide note is 100% what saves the film. It's so grounded at times but so ridiculously over the top.. honestly, I don't know how anyone could enjoy any of the character work in this. It's just so much style and so little substance. Like OG Cowboy Bebop, but you hope everyone dies in the end.
For all you Golgo 13 fans out there, check out my music video tribute to greatest hitman in manga history. Edited beat for beat. Hope you all enjoy! ruclips.net/video/YhxWD34ybOg/видео.html
We need more manime. I remember watching the show and Duke was so cold with it. He got paid to shoot the string on a violin to mess up a violinist's career. How bout Golgo not only shot the string without killing the violinist. The violinist, just paused. Fixed the string and kept playing. The guy that paid him lost his mind. Golgo just kept walking because he only got paid to shoot 1 string.
@@wrldszn4035 Anime that doesn’t have annoying female characters and fan service. The guys in it aren’t also feminine Ig. Idk that’s the best way I can explain it
MY GOD thank you for posting this. i've watched one episode of Golgo 13 in Filipino Dub when i was a teen, back when local channel GMA 7 showed anime until 3AM (they had a chatroom and mobile game board simultaneously flashed on the screen as you watch anime). i forgot the name of this anime for a very long time. thanks for sharing this here.
Ever thought about doing a month dedicated to Osamu Dezaki anime? He's one of the greatest anime directors, doing shows like Golgo 13, Ashita no Joe, The Rose of Versailles, Oniisama e..., Ace no Nerae!, Black Jack OVA, a bunch of Lupin III, Space Cobra ect. He even created and popularised a lot of animation techniques like Postcard Memories. Caribou-kun has an excellent 1 hour video on him if you want some detailed information
Rose & Ace are both 70's classics Lupin as well theyre not going to smash what comes out nowadays, but they might be the cure for those 12 episode series that demand you to care about the characters in episode 2; and you really don't.
@@watchforever1724 slow pacing is a neccesity for a dramma. There is a compilation movie, and its just doesnt works as well. Dramatic stories need a lot of time on "unnecesary fluff", and slice of life moments. It makes attaching to characters easier.
The plot is beyond absurd, but it's so visually stunning and the music is perfect. I wonder how many of the animators had nightmares about how entire storyboards were possibly missing, lol. The Beer Company sign scene is almost unbelievable when compared to anything that came out, animation-wise, until at least five years later, Japanese or American. It's crazy how that similar that scene and the iconic Blade Runner billboards were given those movies were released only 10 and half months apart. Best line in the movie: "Don Hughes, goes by the alias 'Don Hughes.' "
The manga is Soooo good! At first the art style seemed weird but after a little while I saw how fitting the art style was for this kind of story. Currently at Volume 130.
You realize that just because Trigger warnings didn't exist in the past, doesn't mean that they wouldn't have been useful, right? Some people have shit that's traumatic to them, and a clear mention of it beforehand can keep them from reexperiencing their trauma; does that sound like a bad idea to you?
Go tell that to people with ptsd, they are not impressionable children but people who have a hard time dealing qith some trauma, be it rape, shellshock, the loss of a child, anything similar. Everyone has the right to avoid being exposed to what makes them feel bad/sick.
Wow, I just started to miss this ol' raw twisted Spy series and you deliver this magnificent video. Thank you, Mike! Please consider going over the latest series aired, it might not be the perfect watch, but some episodes are really awesome in conveying how complicated Duke is as a protagonist beyond his strict code of conduct.
I love the constant use of "it's like playing Nintendo 64 for the first time," to reference minds being blown. I remember getting Mario 64 and my sister and I being stunned. I also remember being made fun of for watching cartoons in middle school, attending a private school because the public schools were way to fuckin' rowdy. My math teacher was like, "Dude, stick with it. Cartoons are cool when you're a child, then they're not, then they're cool again. Don't change. Stay you." Also, big ups on the punk rock and failing to become a rockatar--I did the same. Really dig this channel. EDIT: Totally neglected to mention the Circle Jerks hoodie is for sure something I might cop, after I score some toys for this thing I'm working on. And, should y'all make it this far, I do sound work and would love to help y'all out for the sake of building a portfolio.
I really like your treatises on these anime’s. These are some of the best collegiate type thesis for this genre. I am wondering, considering your past, how you achieved this level of intelligence you present. I am 68 and have been watching anime since the late 80’s. I am retired musician from philharmonic, but spend a lot of time reading and researching. Ebert even subbed for a film class I took at university. I spend my time now making anime garage kits. I am pretty good artist and have won some medals. I am just finishing work on a Revi statue. Your Black Lagoon piece was great. Anyway, keep up the good work. I just have to watch Golgol 13 now. Stay healthy.
I remember buying this as a kid and thinking it was gonna be like something out of Toonami. My mom flipped tf out and tossed it. As I got older I was able to get it again and loved every minute of it.
There’s actually a live action golgo movie from the late 70s. I’ve never seen it personally but it looks very cheesy, but charming as well. It’s called golgo 13: assignment Kowloon I believe. But I agree, Leon is totally golgo haha Edit: after looking into it again, Kowloon is the second live action move, there seems to be a self titled golgo 13 movie that was made in 1973
@@sgt.d.1311 I used to have The Kowloon Assignment on VHS. Golgo was played by Sonny Chiba. It wasn't that cheesy, but Golgo was a little less superhuman. Golgo isn't much like Leon, or at least the film version of Leon. Jean Reno's performance reminded me a little of Ben Affleck's autistic assassin in The Accountant. Duke Togo is a cold blooded killer sex machine; James Bond as a Ronin. Leon is a simple man with simple needs who just happens to kill people. He doesn't even use most of the money he is paid. He quickly develops an emotional weakness for Matilda, something Duke would never do. Jean Reno just happens tp look a little like Golgo.
I am pretty sure that John Woo declared himself a fan of Golgo 13, and in his 1989 movie "The Killer" you see some resemblance to him in the main character played by Chow Yun Fat. The dragon boat festival assassination is pretty much like a live action adaption of the manga/anime.
In my opinion, The Professional is a solid movie from 1983. Especially for an anime movie, its class is ageless. And its very memorable in its own right. 40 years later, it still has yet to be surpassed. And to this day, it remains one of my all time personal favorites.
This is the type of Anime that got me and my friends into anime back in the 90s. It had balls and dared to do what no animated film, since maybe Heavy Metal, would attempt in the US. To a jaded angst ridden teenager in 1995, anime like this was where it was at. Sure it's a shallow male power fantasy, but that's okay as long as you know that's all it is. Fantasy. Bask in the badassery, don't take it too seriously (or seriously at all) and have fun with it.
Golgo 13 The professional never get tired of this anime I first saw the preview years ago where I rented the fist of the North Star for video cassette but took me a long time to find a professional I finally got in New York City in a video store cheap too but having since then I've been a gogo fan ever since the action was phenomenal I lost sad parts in it my best was to fight between Duke and the snake in the elevator I'm glad to see that the snake went down not by Golgo hand but using him as a shield to protect himself from the helicopter machine gun I'm glad snake went down for what he did to LauraI love them all the graphic novels the new anime series they're making up to 50 episodes from The Hitman to John wick I like them all but golgo 13 is my number one👍👍😈
Hey what's up man I just got to say another compliment I'm surprised all these remakes to doing the Japanese versions and just using the English audio that used to come out back in the 80s can I know for the American version had different intro from the Japanese version I like the whole soundtrack to but my favorite song is pray for you loves mystery and Psycho Wave my personal favorite
I just saw this video's title and I clicked so fast because I watched this movie last summer because I dad told me about it. What a F*CKING coincidence lmao
I remember watching this in the late 90's when my video store had a dozen or so Anime flicks mixed in with their international section. It wasn't that much longer they had an official "japanamation!" section lol.
One of my all time favorites. I wish all of its manga were translated to English. I specially love the anime. Very well made and definitely a timeless classic.
@Bonsai Pop Thanks for another dope video from you guys. Would love a link to the background music you guys use, especially for this old school masterpiece.
The first time i've heard of Golgo 13 was in a video of the Synthwave youtuber "neros77" with the song "Ocean Drive" by "Miami Nights 1984". I was so impressed with the aesthetic that I had to watch the movie. Since then, it's one of my favorites and i'd love to have in Blu-ray (sorry for my english, i'm spanish)
He's the Japanese Punisher except he didn't have his family murdered and doesnt kinda have a heart like Frank Castle while being cold. Not as good as Punisher imo but still cool.
Thumbs Up for the shout out on the Soundtrack! I've owned this film since '88 and while it's in Japanese without subtitles (and No, I don't speak Japanese), I could follow the story without an hitch! The music definitely holds up, even today, in my opinion. Thank you the trip down memory lane!
You're officially the GOAT for making this video...I used to watch this on VHS over 100x... know it line for line. I thought I was the only person to have seen this.
Golgo 13 is one of those characters that are just from it's time, Unfortunately by todays standards especially in America he would be seen in a negative light, But the thing that amazes me the most is how the character is still going after so many years, It feels like Golgo 13 is just the grandfather of anime, Like that anime that everyone can respect just for helping pioneer a genre of badass and masculine protagonist. Along with the the 80s vibe it brings some nostalgia to simpler times. It just sucks that the character isn't getting as much attention as it should, Considering Devilman got a new series.
dude I'm not tryna be combative but I disagree with the foundation of your take. "Fashion is fleeting, style is forever." In other words what makes this good is timeless. There's a reason we're still producing it over half a century later.
Yooo! Real talk, If it wasn't for Curren$y and that Flying Iron music video that dropped during HS senior year. i dont think i would have learned about Golgo-13. It was fly af how the instrumental complimented some of the scenes he used. Before Netflix was the streaming giant it is now. I remember catching about 8 episodes of this Anime series, along with Devil May Cry, and Samurai Champloo. off topic but only upon watching Champloo with serious intent did I actually begin getting into Anime even thou I'd always watched it without knowing it was Anime growing up lol Just that they're drawn different id say ahaha Keep up the good work Bonsai Pop! Rarely comment but i support you guys fashoo! When the time comes and im able too, I'll make a contribution as well for the appreciation in the work y'all do. Keep holding it down!
1994 was the year I rented and watched this for the very first time. I was absolutely blown away and obsessed. I asked some if they saw this and I was kind of disgusted that they hated this. To this day I’m a loyal follower and it’s awesome that people younger than me have an even further fervor for G13!
First time watcher and I got to say I love your style man I'm going to tell you exactly when I decided to subscribe to your channel. Instead of putting a trigger warning you put a Tigger warning... I love it!
83 CG looks good LOLOL I'll have to give this one a watch. I've been missing this show for years...every time I get a chance to watch it, something comes up...well no more! I'll watch this one soon for sure thanks!
Mike! You would love Lupin the III, season one, for the music (especially), and the seventies vibe. Season 1 Lupin is the ORIGINAL City Hunter AND Cowboy Beebop AND Samurai Champloo . . . .
@@deddjester4155 men are meant to be seen and not heard, it's called the strong silent type, something your generation probably doesn't know anything about
@@guyshafor1320 dude you're either in denial, or you really are that damn deluded. Saying that we're not meant to have a voice is a pretty sexist statement, we're not "fuck-sticks" as so eloquently put it too, we're just as much human with and equal rite to both Women as well as any other human that walks this doomed planet
@@deddjester4155 what he is saying is women want a stoic man who his actions are not based on reasin and meaning and not on only emotions. Something I’ve learned
Glad you mentioned the fact that G will absolutely not kill someone recklessly, only his mark and company. Have you seen G13 Kowloon Assignment? The same thing happened in that story as well and G pulls off an insane trigger pull that's just as insane as the penthouse hit. No spoilers.
I haven't seen any of Golgo 13, but I think I'll start with this one. There's a good episode of Patlabor where the SV2 comes across Duke in a bath house.
Great review, although I don’t believe that there’s nothing to learn from the professional. There’s quite a lot of dark subject matter that a lot of people would feel uncomfortable discussing. Especially in regards to Leonard Dawson’s actions in trying to get revenge for his son, the irony is he’s become more corrupt than the very assassin who killed his son. There’s an American filmmaker by the Name of William Friedkin who made controversial films Like The French Connection, The Exorcist and To Live and Die in LA throughout the 70s and 80s, he said something to the effect of “I don’t believe in heroes, that’s not reality” his movies almost always have bleak endings and characters. His films are studies of the human condition. GOLGO 13 is a study of the human condition, particularly in the corruption of the soul and world governments.
Golgo 13 is the anime for people who don't like anime. There is absolutely zero of the cheesy shit I like to call "japaneesy" like overexpressiveness or fan-service humor or kooky cultural nonsense. Just a man completing impossibly difficult assassinations with effortless breeze and the coldest indifference, a dead victim, and bystanders shocked and awed by the audacity of it all. A show that couldn't possibly be clearer that the main character is neither hero, nor villian, simply the protagonist. I used to be a bigger fan of anime when I was younger but I've largely grown out of it. I sold my entire collection of films but I did retain two things: the original Ninja Scroll movie, and my collection of Golgo 13 because both of those slap for people who just want action and violence.
12:30 I think the main lesson or theme of golgo 13 the professional is how revenge can make a man do awful and unspeakable things, basically revenge bad and stuff
Loved the video, I’d absolutely love to see you guys check out Gungrave! It’s an amazingly underrated series Brandon Heat is one of my favorite Protagonists in all of Anime and Manga
Thanks for watching! I would love for this video to do well, The Professional is one of my favorite movies and more people need to know about it! Also I’m so excited about the new displate 😭 I went to Kumiko cause she makes such good grey scale shojo. If you get it with a white frame it looks just like a manga panel, it’s the dopest!
Anyway, thanks for listening to me talk, you guys are the best.
Mike
Lol I hope your happy. I had no choice but to download song from that the film’s zazzy animated 1980s intro. Can’t manage to get it out of my head!😅 music.apple.com/us/album/golgo-13-professional-pray-for-you-english-version/1483990273
I don’t kno which of these displates to get theirs to many great ones lol
That Darkstalkers displate thooo....didnt realize the colors were so vivid on them!
have you seen the movies Lensman and Dagger of Kamui? both really cool that i think you'd enjoy!
¿Can I recomend a 1960s Ninja anime for the nex episode? Its based on Sanpei Shirsto's manga _Kamui Den_ . There's so much material all over the world except in the US where as far as I know only an episode was released as a bundle with action figure by REMCO under the title "Secret Of The Ninja". A lot of tropes we take for granted in Ninja/Samurai Anime/OVAs came from there.
Golgo 13 is so hardcore even the old NES game had blood. Nintendo couldn't even hold my man down
Got golgo games for NES.
I mean it’s pretty volient
Bllood? It had you heal by getting laid way before GTA3 ;)
@@tedgovostis7351 lol
Also the Golgo 13 games were multigenre, honestly giving me vibes that Duke Togo could have been like a James Bond character.
Yes! This was the kind of anime that I could have shown my father everytime he would go: "Son, you are in your twenties and you watch this kids stuff".
Most theatrical and direct to video titles from the late 20th century would’ve done the trick as well. There’s a reason why so many of the adults of that era referred to it as *“violent porn.”*
The director, Osamu Dezaki, deserves a shoutout. He is responsible for all the visual style and coolness in the movie
Ashita no Joe, The Rose of Versailles, Oniisame e... Osamu Dezaki puts out bangers
And don't forget Black Jack!
@@Ash_Wen-li OMG YAAAASSS ASHITA NO JOE IS AMAZING!! MORE PEOPLE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT
You can find this movie on retrocrush
It was extremely cinematic. He used all the tricks of the best cinematography. Most cartoon directors focus on the animation of the characters, and bringing life to them, which makes sense because most cartoons are funny animal or cartoony, caricatures of people.
But anime of this style relies on realistic depictions of people, so you can't have them moving around like Mickey Mouse. So the compositions of the shots, the atmosphere, the pacing, and the editing becomes what's most important.
After watching this movie and seeing the character 'Big Snake', I now know where Hideo Kojima almost certainly got inspiration for creating 'The Fear' from MGS3.
It never gets old, I watch all his flicks at least once a year to keep my edge
Keep it up 😁
Where can I watch does it have a good dub
It’s definitely one animated movie
@@nero3948 Yes, Spirit Detective, there are 2 animated movies (the first of them being the one being reviewed here). They have also been dubbed into English and are extremely good. There is even a 50 episode anime series which came out in 2015, which also has an English dub; HOWEVER, I recommend watching the subbed version instead, since Duke Togo (Golgo 13) Japanese voice actor does the character far more justice.
There are also 2 live action versions as well both from the 1970s (fun fact: the second version stars the legendary Sonny Chiba as Golgo 13).
@@HarshPTHESNAKEFIST I’ll definitely take that advice I’ll probably buy the blue ray
Golgo 13 does not get the praise it deserves. So glad you covered this 🙌 😊
Probably because it’s pretty niche series
52 years?!? Entire generations have passed while it's publishing. That's just insane to me.
Some stuff age pretty well
The manga author died in 2021
One of my all-time favorites. I first saw this on an untranslated VHS back in 1986, and the storytelling was so solid I could still understand the basics of the story from start to finish.
True art is its own language that has no barriers
Only thing under my dad's bed is sadness.
That and maybe Urotusukidoji: Legend of The Overfiend!
and a giant gummy worm looking thing which isn't edible but for some reason it vibrates...
@@LowellLucasJr. Because destroying a hospital with dicks needed to happen. XD
Well, technically, yes. Sadness in the form of dead hookers.
@@LowellLucasJr. haha I love urotsukidoji, that was back when hentai actually had a good story and hentai was actual proper anime. Up there with the greats like wicked city and bio hunter
Golgo is who ryo wanted to be. A complete badass.
Woahhhh dude .....u know I love people under these less "popular" anime review comment section cause they pull strings and references like these .......WOAHH....
Ryo Saeba doesn't want to be a badass tho. He acts goofy to hide his pain/true self
@@monotoneguy7279 Ryo definitely tried to look badass. Sometimes he'd be in pain, but remain cool until no girls were around. Like the time he shot through his hand.
@@bluefalcon6356 Well ofc since mokkori is involved, but even that's still just a mask (also that scene was played for laughs). I meant he never wanted to be a badass for his own accord
@@monotoneguy7279 The scene was played for laughs but it's just one of many, ryo doesnt act like a badass but its definitely how he wants to be perceived. He is definitely a badass but, not like golgo
Update: Takao Saito passed away on September 24, 2021 and it's time to that we would miss him.
“Do not stand behind him if you value your life”
Since we're talking interpretations, have you heard the one about how Duke Togo isn't a real person, but death personified? I mean, he's "real" in the way that Batman is real, but Batman is an ideal to strive for, an role to be embodied, and an archetype that Bruce Wayne becomes to accomplish a purpose. Duke Togo is the same only he became Golgo 13 more fully than BW ever became Batman. He has no emotions, is completely amoral, is unkillable, and only ever needs one bullet because he's mister 100% headshot. Yeah, he f*cks, but there is no indication he gets any pleasure out of it while every woman he's ever laid orgasms, or as the French call it, experiences "le petite morte" or "the little death". Each story is about somebody or some organization trying to cheat death, or avenge death, or double-cross death, and each story ends in the inevitable: death.
His logo is a mockery of the resurrection, instead of Jesus back from death, it's DEATH AS JESUS. Golgo is death as a god-human, and his miracles are murderous.
What really brought this home for me was when I saw Golgo 13 with his trenchcoat and teardrop sunglasses on. Damn, doesn't that look like the 20th century version of the grim reaper?
Duke reminded me of terminator especially in his personality
Golgo 13 is like the Doom Slayer (a complete badass)
But he had a few close calls with death though in this movie and in the series.
He clearly was effected by his associate's death ( the one who suped up his car ).
And he would never kill children. Or by standers.
I think he's a man that is dedicated to what he does just like Batman. For most people work a job in order to live the life they want. But for guys like Duke Togo and Batman. The work they do is the life they want to live. Thus why they're so damn good at what they do.
I agree, also I consider his contracts to be more of a deal with the devil. I really like this take because I can see all the parallels. In the anime it’s stated that he doesn’t believe in any religion. So I thought it was strange in episode 47 or 48 when faced with his newly orphaned illegitimate child he says “may god bless you”. This could quite possibly be him asking his counterpart (God) to bless his son. I just finished the anime show all 50 episodes are pretty fresh in my mind and I don’t recall him saying anything of that nature almost seemed as if this was one of those few times he broke character. In terms of what he says. Also contradicts the fact that he doesn’t believe in anything. Maybe I’m just reading too much into it. His character is meant to be ambiguous so assumptions are the closest this we’ll ever get lol
Golgo 13 is one of my favorite all time series and it does not get enough love.
Im just curious, have you read/watched all of it?
@@bloop4527 I've read a good portion of the manga. I watched the featured movie and the live action movie and played the rare NES game.
@@Ravensgale nice
@@Ravensgale have the live action movie
Where can I read it?
Golgo 13 is such a great and long series that the only break it had it was because of the current pandemic state of the world. 51 years of run. Damn.
Can’t kill G13!
Sad the author is gone
@@watchforever1724 So's the creator of Lone Wolf and Cub. :( LEGENDS.
@@JnEricsonx didn’t know he was that old honestly
@@watchforever1724 Guy was born in 1936, died in 2019. Kazuo Koike.
One of my favorite old school anime movies of all time, true classic.
Interesting
For all you Golgo 13 fans out there, check out my music video tribute to greatest hitman in manga history. Edited beat for beat. Hope you all enjoy!
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I sometimes like to imagine that Ryo Saeba would have become exactly like the cold-assassins-type-killer Duke had it not been for those around Ryo despite his upbringing. But because of eventually learning that there is at least some good to humanity, Ryo learns compassion, a genuine desire to help others (especially the mokkori! inducing women), and all jokes aside, understands that he has the ability to help others that normally wouldn't be able to get it even if those abilities came from a dark period in his life. Not gonna lie, this is just an excuse for me to gush why Ryo is my favorite character ever and why City Hunter is also my favorite show to grace the screen. Awesome video as always!
old animation/art style is WAYYYY better than the modern, newer art and animation style
by better we mean it's just different and can't be replicated with digital technology... because everything is done by hand you can see the animators soul through the drawings in each frames. New animation is well, too perfect that it comes across as artificial and almost doesn't seem like a human made it that's because it's all been made on computers not by hand
@@GrowingDownUnder you can also see a lack of draftsmanship in modern anime. The heavy stylization and digital coloring can only hide so much.
You ain't seen nothing kid try researching on that topic
Golgo 13 is like a 007 movie starring Toshiro Mifune as James Bond.
Golgo 13 was so good it was the basis of Luc Besson’s The Professional starring Jean Reno
RIP Takao Saito.
Also: Golgo 13 the NES game is out of control. Must check it out!
The Arcade though was absolutely bad ass. I can’t recall another light gun shooter with this much complexity involved. ruclips.net/video/WFNYTMM6Tiw/видео.html
gatdayum that title track is fucking dope
crazy hard tho'.
@@ricosuave6898 the sequel was also hella fun
Yeah I love it
This and Ninja Scroll were the two movies I would use back in the day to introduce my friends into the world of anime. Needless to say it hooked them pretty hard and showed them that no, animation is not just for kids.
Interesting.To be honest we sorta know that but movies like this is pretty niche and for an older audience.I guess people want something close to Akira
@@watchforever1724comparing this to Akira is insulting.
Watching both of these films, I'm genuinely shocked Akira is a longer film, cause this drags considerably with all of the jumping around it does.
Genuinely, the series and the manga feels like a series of jobs ands targets and stories (the way it should).
This feels like an entire season of that, but smashed together into the most rushed yet somehow still meandering work yet.
Oh my god, and the helicopter CGI scene? Jesus is that terrible.
The ending revelation with the suicide note is 100% what saves the film.
It's so grounded at times but so ridiculously over the top.. honestly, I don't know how anyone could enjoy any of the character work in this.
It's just so much style and so little substance.
Like OG Cowboy Bebop, but you hope everyone dies in the end.
@@nolankuffner3573 to be honest it never bothered me for a film so old i was entertained than what stuff we have today
FINALLY!!!!! Paying homage to Golgo 13. Love this channel!
Love when you guys cover classic anime, always gives me a ton of new stuff to dig into.
Man that 80s jazz was soo good. It lent style to everything.
Yeah
For all you Golgo 13 fans out there, check out my music video tribute to greatest hitman in manga history. Edited beat for beat. Hope you all enjoy!
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We need more manime.
I remember watching the show and Duke was so cold with it. He got paid to shoot the string on a violin to mess up a violinist's career.
How bout Golgo not only shot the string without killing the violinist. The violinist, just paused. Fixed the string and kept playing. The guy that paid him lost his mind. Golgo just kept walking because he only got paid to shoot 1 string.
Consider that term, "Manime" stolen AF!
@@antonydrossos5719 wdym?
what’s manime?
@@wrldszn4035 Anime that doesn’t have annoying female characters and fan service. The guys in it aren’t also feminine Ig. Idk that’s the best way I can explain it
@@draco_1876 explains enough . i agree
MY GOD thank you for posting this. i've watched one episode of Golgo 13 in Filipino Dub when i was a teen, back when local channel GMA 7 showed anime until 3AM (they had a chatroom and mobile game board simultaneously flashed on the screen as you watch anime).
i forgot the name of this anime for a very long time. thanks for sharing this here.
That sounds amazing holy shit
Ever thought about doing a month dedicated to Osamu Dezaki anime? He's one of the greatest anime directors, doing shows like Golgo 13, Ashita no Joe, The Rose of Versailles, Oniisama e..., Ace no Nerae!, Black Jack OVA, a bunch of Lupin III, Space Cobra ect.
He even created and popularised a lot of animation techniques like Postcard Memories. Caribou-kun has an excellent 1 hour video on him if you want some detailed information
I love ashito’s no joe but the pacing is my issue for the anime
Rose & Ace are both 70's classics
Lupin as well
theyre not going to smash what comes out nowadays, but they might be the cure for those 12 episode series that demand you to care about the characters in episode 2; and you really don't.
Is black jack based on a American character
@@watchforever1724 slow pacing is a neccesity for a dramma. There is a compilation movie, and its just doesnt works as well. Dramatic stories need a lot of time on "unnecesary fluff", and slice of life moments. It makes attaching to characters easier.
@@AoiHeartStranger the film isn’t bad but the court scene is removed which makes it less interesting
The plot is beyond absurd, but it's so visually stunning and the music is perfect. I wonder how many of the animators had nightmares about how entire storyboards were possibly missing, lol.
The Beer Company sign scene is almost unbelievable when compared to anything that came out, animation-wise, until at least five years later, Japanese or American. It's crazy how that similar that scene and the iconic Blade Runner billboards were given those movies were released only 10 and half months apart.
Best line in the movie: "Don Hughes, goes by the alias 'Don Hughes.' "
Golgo 13 needs to be in everyone's list of anime to see. The later series that came out is not bad either and you get more of Duke.
I mean the manga is still going but sadly not every volume is translated
The manga is Soooo good! At first the art style seemed weird but after a little while I saw how fitting the art style was for this kind of story. Currently at Volume 130.
Any way you'd be interested in doing something on Blue Gender? I absolutely love the anime and no one ever touches on it.
Yeah I’v heard about that anime too
Saw the clip and instantly watched especially since I've watched the entire series already, so true nothing today has a similar art style
We don't need trigger warnings for old films. We're adults not impressionable children.
You realize that just because Trigger warnings didn't exist in the past, doesn't mean that they wouldn't have been useful, right? Some people have shit that's traumatic to them, and a clear mention of it beforehand can keep them from reexperiencing their trauma; does that sound like a bad idea to you?
Go tell that to people with ptsd, they are not impressionable children but people who have a hard time dealing qith some trauma, be it rape, shellshock, the loss of a child, anything similar. Everyone has the right to avoid being exposed to what makes them feel bad/sick.
Not a deep thinker?
@@aaronsirkman8375 yes that does sound stupid. If you can't handle adult content, why are you watching this film?
Wow, I just started to miss this ol' raw twisted Spy series and you deliver this magnificent video. Thank you, Mike!
Please consider going over the latest series aired, it might not be the perfect watch, but some episodes are really awesome in conveying how complicated Duke is as a protagonist beyond his strict code of conduct.
I suddenly feel like riding a wave.
Take the wave
I like how he gestured to the left instead of the right. I have 0 experience with manga, but I see you mike I…see…you…
Keep these classic gems coming sir!!!!!!
I love the constant use of "it's like playing Nintendo 64 for the first time," to reference minds being blown. I remember getting Mario 64 and my sister and I being stunned.
I also remember being made fun of for watching cartoons in middle school, attending a private school because the public schools were way to fuckin' rowdy. My math teacher was like, "Dude, stick with it. Cartoons are cool when you're a child, then they're not, then they're cool again. Don't change. Stay you." Also, big ups on the punk rock and failing to become a rockatar--I did the same. Really dig this channel.
EDIT: Totally neglected to mention the Circle Jerks hoodie is for sure something I might cop, after I score some toys for this thing I'm working on. And, should y'all make it this far, I do sound work and would love to help y'all out for the sake of building a portfolio.
I really like your treatises on these anime’s. These are some of the best collegiate type thesis for this genre. I am wondering, considering your past, how you achieved this level of intelligence you present. I am 68 and have been watching anime since the late 80’s. I am retired musician from philharmonic, but spend a lot of time reading and researching. Ebert even subbed for a film class I took at university. I spend my time now making anime garage kits. I am pretty good artist and have won some medals. I am just finishing work on a Revi statue. Your Black Lagoon piece was great. Anyway, keep up the good work. I just have to watch Golgol 13 now. Stay healthy.
The take the wave opening intro song. I was sold by that and watched all the much recent animé series.
Literally just finished it, probably one of my favorite classics
I remember buying this as a kid and thinking it was gonna be like something out of Toonami. My mom flipped tf out and tossed it. As I got older I was able to get it again and loved every minute of it.
At first I was like, hey my dad was born in the 40's he doesn't have any anime. Then I realized how old I am.....
The movie Leon the Professional I always see it as Golgo 13's live adaptation
There’s actually a live action golgo movie from the late 70s. I’ve never seen it personally but it looks very cheesy, but charming as well. It’s called golgo 13: assignment Kowloon I believe. But I agree, Leon is totally golgo haha
Edit: after looking into it again, Kowloon is the second live action move, there seems to be a self titled golgo 13 movie that was made in 1973
@@sgt.d.1311 I used to have The Kowloon Assignment on VHS. Golgo was played by Sonny Chiba. It wasn't that cheesy, but Golgo was a little less superhuman. Golgo isn't much like Leon, or at least the film version of Leon. Jean Reno's performance reminded me a little of Ben Affleck's autistic assassin in The Accountant. Duke Togo is a cold blooded killer sex machine; James Bond as a Ronin. Leon is a simple man with simple needs who just happens to kill people. He doesn't even use most of the money he is paid. He quickly develops an emotional weakness for Matilda, something Duke would never do. Jean Reno just happens tp look a little like Golgo.
Yeah I have it
I am pretty sure that John Woo declared himself a fan of Golgo 13, and in his 1989 movie "The Killer" you see some resemblance to him in the main character played by Chow Yun Fat. The dragon boat festival assassination is pretty much like a live action adaption of the manga/anime.
If anyone is like golgo 13 it would be agent 47
In my opinion, The Professional is a solid movie from 1983. Especially for an anime movie, its class is ageless. And its very memorable in its own right. 40 years later, it still has yet to be surpassed. And to this day, it remains one of my all time personal favorites.
Looking back on it, I find it hilarious that you guys pretty much introduced me to anime! Keep up the great work guys!!!
This is the type of Anime that got me and my friends into anime back in the 90s. It had balls and dared to do what no animated film, since maybe Heavy Metal, would attempt in the US. To a jaded angst ridden teenager in 1995, anime like this was where it was at. Sure it's a shallow male power fantasy, but that's okay as long as you know that's all it is. Fantasy. Bask in the badassery, don't take it too seriously (or seriously at all) and have fun with it.
And it is.
The great thing about a protagonist with no past is that you don't have to write anything to justify his actions.
Golgo 13 The professional never get tired of this anime I first saw the preview years ago where I rented the fist of the North Star for video cassette but took me a long time to find a professional I finally got in New York City in a video store cheap too but having since then I've been a gogo fan ever since the action was phenomenal I lost sad parts in it my best was to fight between Duke and the snake in the elevator I'm glad to see that the snake went down not by Golgo hand but using him as a shield to protect himself from the helicopter machine gun I'm glad snake went down for what he did to LauraI love them all the graphic novels the new anime series they're making up to 50 episodes from The Hitman to John wick I like them all but golgo 13 is my number one👍👍😈
Hey what's up man I just got to say another compliment I'm surprised all these remakes to doing the Japanese versions and just using the English audio that used to come out back in the 80s can I know for the American version had different intro from the Japanese version I like the whole soundtrack to but my favorite song is pray for you loves mystery and Psycho Wave my personal favorite
I remember letting my wife watch this with me. She was shocked this content would be in an animation
Well this is pretty old
@@watchforever1724 Yep, they don't make anime like this anymore. I really do miss 80's/90's anime.
@@GenkiStarLeaf technically the manga is still going
@@watchforever1724 Manga is a complete different medium to anime mate.
@@GenkiStarLeaf I know
I just saw this video's title and I clicked so fast because I watched this movie last summer because I dad told me about it. What a F*CKING coincidence lmao
Love this anime. Also love the live-action film starring Sonny Chiba.
Gonna have to check that out
I remember watching this in the late 90's when my video store had a dozen or so Anime flicks mixed in with their international section. It wasn't that much longer they had an official "japanamation!" section lol.
I got a VHS copy. And while it's not under my bed, it is packed away somewhere along with the rest of my teenage indulgences.
One of my all time favorites. I wish all of its manga were translated to English. I specially love the anime. Very well made and definitely a timeless classic.
I mean it’s way too long .From what I’v heard the creator was gonna end the series
i love these types of anime, it gives me such a nostalgic vibe even though i wasnt born in the 90's
@Bonsai Pop
Thanks for another dope video from you guys. Would love a link to the background music you guys use, especially for this old school masterpiece.
Watch this as a kid I love those old 80 90s anime there’s nothing like it right now I miss it
The first time i've heard of Golgo 13 was in a video of the Synthwave youtuber "neros77" with the song "Ocean Drive" by "Miami Nights 1984". I was so impressed with the aesthetic that I had to watch the movie. Since then, it's one of my favorites and i'd love to have in Blu-ray (sorry for my english, i'm spanish)
He's the Japanese Punisher except he didn't have his family murdered and doesnt kinda have a heart like Frank Castle while being cold. Not as good as Punisher imo but still cool.
Way better than punisher. Western comics suck ass
Frank Castle has a discernable personality tho.
I agree
I also like punisher more
Thumbs Up for the shout out on the Soundtrack! I've owned this film since '88 and while it's in Japanese without subtitles (and No, I don't speak Japanese), I could follow the story without an hitch! The music definitely holds up, even today, in my opinion. Thank you the trip down memory lane!
I first found out about this anime by curren$y with his song flying iron
Currensy is badass
You're officially the GOAT for making this video...I used to watch this on VHS over 100x... know it line for line. I thought I was the only person to have seen this.
Golgo 13 is one of those characters that are just from it's time, Unfortunately by todays standards especially in America he would be seen in a negative light, But the thing that amazes me the most is how the character is still going after so many years, It feels like Golgo 13 is just the grandfather of anime, Like that anime that everyone can respect just for helping pioneer a genre of badass and masculine protagonist. Along with the the 80s vibe it brings some nostalgia to simpler times. It just sucks that the character isn't getting as much attention as it should, Considering Devilman got a new series.
dude I'm not tryna be combative but I disagree with the foundation of your take. "Fashion is fleeting, style is forever." In other words what makes this good is timeless. There's a reason we're still producing it over half a century later.
Yooo! Real talk, If it wasn't for Curren$y and that Flying Iron music video that dropped during HS senior year. i dont think i would have learned about Golgo-13. It was fly af how the instrumental complimented some of the scenes he used.
Before Netflix was the streaming giant it is now. I remember catching about 8 episodes of this Anime series, along with Devil May Cry, and Samurai Champloo.
off topic but only upon watching Champloo with serious intent did I actually begin getting into Anime even thou I'd always watched it without knowing it was Anime growing up lol
Just that they're drawn different id say ahaha
Keep up the good work Bonsai Pop! Rarely comment but i support you guys fashoo! When the time comes and im able too, I'll make a contribution as well for the appreciation in the work y'all do.
Keep holding it down!
1994 was the year I rented and watched this for the very first time. I was absolutely blown away and obsessed. I asked some if they saw this and I was kind of disgusted that they hated this. To this day I’m a loyal follower and it’s awesome that people younger than me have an even further fervor for G13!
First time watcher and I got to say I love your style man I'm going to tell you exactly when I decided to subscribe to your channel. Instead of putting a trigger warning you put a Tigger warning... I love it!
83 CG looks good LOLOL I'll have to give this one a watch. I've been missing this show for years...every time I get a chance to watch it, something comes up...well no more! I'll watch this one soon for sure thanks!
Immortalized by Gigguk!
XD
Hahaha I still can’t help but think of the Gorilla 13 reference in Gintama.
Mike! You would love Lupin the III, season one, for the music (especially), and the seventies vibe. Season 1 Lupin is the ORIGINAL City Hunter AND Cowboy Beebop AND Samurai Champloo . . . .
Some people actually live in Lighthouse, so he might have broke into the guy's house XD.
The idea of women throwing themselves at dangerous, mysterious men is somehow "outdated" even though it's 100% true to life.
Women love men who never talk. That's dudes' problem now a days. They need to just shut the fuck up and be a human fuck-stick, like Golgo
@@guyshafor1320 there any sarcasm in that comment at all? I couldn't tell if ya were joking or actually just had that much hatred for the Male Gender
@@deddjester4155 men are meant to be seen and not heard, it's called the strong silent type, something your generation probably doesn't know anything about
@@guyshafor1320 dude you're either in denial, or you really are that damn deluded. Saying that we're not meant to have a voice is a pretty sexist statement, we're not "fuck-sticks" as so eloquently put it too, we're just as much human with and equal rite to both Women as well as any other human that walks this doomed planet
@@deddjester4155 what he is saying is women want a stoic man who his actions are not based on reasin and meaning and not on only emotions. Something I’ve learned
52 year manga. 80s aesthetic. Im ashamed to never have heard of this😩 Gatekeepers come rip me to shreds. This looks amazing
Glad you mentioned the fact that G will absolutely not kill someone recklessly, only his mark and company. Have you seen G13 Kowloon Assignment? The same thing happened in that story as well and G pulls off an insane trigger pull that's just as insane as the penthouse hit. No spoilers.
When Sonny Chiba plays a character, you know he's badass
THAT POPPU DISPLATE IS FIRE
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been looking for something unenlightened to watch.
I haven't seen any of Golgo 13, but I think I'll start with this one. There's a good episode of Patlabor where the SV2 comes across Duke in a bath house.
You can find it on retrocrush
Scene at 3:54, with the doves taking off and golgo smoking a cig would make an awesome displate
Great review, although I don’t believe that there’s nothing to learn from the professional. There’s quite a lot of dark subject matter that a lot of people would feel uncomfortable discussing. Especially in regards to Leonard Dawson’s actions in trying to get revenge for his son, the irony is he’s become more corrupt than the very assassin who killed his son. There’s an American filmmaker by the Name of William Friedkin who made controversial films Like The French Connection, The Exorcist and To Live and Die in LA throughout the 70s and 80s, he said something to the effect of “I don’t believe in heroes, that’s not reality” his movies almost always have bleak endings and characters. His films are studies of the human condition. GOLGO 13 is a study of the human condition, particularly in the corruption of the soul and world governments.
I love your intro so much as well as the narration. Wishing you success in spades.
Classics are classic for a reason. No frills, no agenda, no grand idea... it is what it is and it is done.
I'm so glad this popped in my feed. Just watched it, it's a 10/10. Thank You.
I discovered your channel today and it's very awesome
I am genuinely enjoying this channel. Thank you for all these amazing videos.
My dad loves golgo 13. It’s been his username for as long as I could remember. “Mr Duke Togo”
The background music in the golgo animation series is amazing.....
Couldn’t agree more
@@ericfreeman6740 especially when u listen to it while High....50 episodes isn’t enough for me lol dubbed version was pretty good
i like the weapon details of this anime been on my watch list for some time now, thanks for reminding me.
Time to Aesthetic: 0:08 !
ONLY 8 FUCKING SECONDS BEFORE HE SAID AESTHETIC
Golgo 13 is the anime for people who don't like anime. There is absolutely zero of the cheesy shit I like to call "japaneesy" like overexpressiveness or fan-service humor or kooky cultural nonsense. Just a man completing impossibly difficult assassinations with effortless breeze and the coldest indifference, a dead victim, and bystanders shocked and awed by the audacity of it all. A show that couldn't possibly be clearer that the main character is neither hero, nor villian, simply the protagonist.
I used to be a bigger fan of anime when I was younger but I've largely grown out of it. I sold my entire collection of films but I did retain two things: the original Ninja Scroll movie, and my collection of Golgo 13 because both of those slap for people who just want action and violence.
12:30 I think the main lesson or theme of golgo 13 the professional is how revenge can make a man do awful and unspeakable things, basically revenge bad and stuff
I’m only here from Ocean Drive, and I can’t say I’m a fan of anime.. but these old anime’s.. these are something special.
ngl the CGI in golgo 13 is better then the CGI we get these days....
Anime that dad had are berserk, yuyu hakusho, naruto, and hxh yeah I acquired alot of dad's tastes growing up
You really awakened the masses to the glorious Golgo13
RIP Takao Saito
Golgo killed Peron ...and i thank him for that ♥
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Loved the video, I’d absolutely love to see you guys check out Gungrave! It’s an amazingly underrated series Brandon Heat is one of my favorite Protagonists in all of Anime and Manga