Queen bee 1998 golgo is hired to assassinate queen bee, the secondincommand of a south american rebel army, to prevent her from killing the united states democratic presidential nominee. Golgo snipes a guy and then goes straight to his girls. It has sold 280 million copies in various formats, including compilation books, making it the second or thirdbestselling manga series in history. Queen bee is an original video animation that was released in 1998. Master assassin golgo is hired by the advisor of presidential candidate robert hardy to assassinate queen bee, the beautiful and deadly leader of a south american guerilla army. If there is a witness to the kill, that poor sob winds up dead too. If you watch this, just know that youre in for a violent and quite misogynistic time. Golgo is a japanese manga series written and illustrated by takao saito, published in. The origin of golgo is left in complete mystery, his age and birthplace both completely unknown. Staff and background queen bee is an entry in the long running golgo franchise. It has been adapted into two liveaction feature films, an anime film. The professional was released in 1983, a full 7 years after the manga by saito takao ended. It has been adapted into two liveaction feature films, an anime film, an original video animation, an anime television series and. Golgo is hired to assassinate queen bee, the secondincommand of a south american rebel army, to prevent her from killing the united states democratic presidential nominee.
Golgo duke togo voiced by john dimaggio and 1 other. Its a fun movie with some great scenes but it is no where near as good as its amazing predecessor. But then again, anime that are over 25 years old dont seem to get much love these days, no matter how good or bad they are. In 1976, the manga won the 21st shogakukan manga award for general manga. Queen bee, paints golgo aka duke togo in a somewhat different light by pitting him against a female assassin who is as passionate as golgo is stoic. See more ideas about anime, manga and best anime list. The professional, known simply as golgo in japan, is a 1983 animated featured film. He meets his match here in queen bee, the leader of a south american liberation army. Queen bee is a belated sequel to the very popular anime feature the profssional. Golgo the complete collection on bluray from films.
Golgo is not judging, not some moral work, not giving advice. His targets never see it coming and hes never caught. Golgo is a manga series written and illustrated by takao saito, published in shogakukans big comic magazine since 1969. If you want to start a film golgo page, just click the edit button above.
Army, whom dawson has personally hired to kill the assassin. But other than those cons, it has some really fun action sequences that fans of the first film will be pleased with. Shes been proven to be as every bit as dangerous and as deadly as golgo himself multiple times in the ova. Complete series, film, assignment kowloon, the professional and ost, queen bee ova 480p720p dual audio x264 torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. In this one golgo is hired by the uss vice president nominee to assassinate queen bee, a major drug distributor who plans to assassinate the presidential candidate for his antidrug platform. Anime series 200809 an internationally known killerforhire accepts jobs around the globe. Find out more with myanimelist, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Golgo complete collection contains episodes of the anime directed by shunji oga. After having a more than friendly meeting with queen bee herself, golgo is presneted with another job. Queen bee the movie english subtitle free shipping. Tessho genda provides the voice of golgo in the japanese version, while in the english version, he is voiced by john dimaggio. The main character is golgo who also goes by the pseudonym duke togo, and he is a professional assassin who uses a customized, scoped m16 rifle to complete his jobs. Golgo gorugo satin, also known as duke togo dyuku togo, is the main protagonist of a manga series created by takao saito. Its a brutal show not stopping in front of some taboo subjects while keeping its sanity and avoiding providing violence as an end in itself.
But this film makes duke togo out to be some superhero stud james bond wannabee while the quiet, daring, supercool mofo that i grew to love in the top secret. Golgo makes 007 look like a piss ant, great action and interesting story. It seems a bit silly to me because its named after the guy. Being golgo, this of course means hes going to bang. Golgo has been a favorite of mine since the 80s and it still stands up well today. Jun 07, 2015 golgo is one of my favorite anime characters of all time having been introduced to the 1983 anime film more than 20 years ago, and its subsequent sequel queen bee a few years after that i am somewhat taken aback that the complete series is not as good as the anime film features of the past. An assassin for hire, golgo accepts jobs from various organizations and individuals. The professional may not be most thoughtprovoking classic anime out there, nor is it to everyones liking.
However, once golgo penetrates the queens hive, he realizes that the. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Golgo the assassin, the kind of complete rod who has some idiotically unbreakable. Story 210 when i think about it golgo is one of the first real procedural anime series i can remember. However, once golgo penetrates the queens hive, he realizes that the machinations. The video clips come from the 2 golgo movies the professional and queen bee. Instead, it focuses a lot more on the queen bees character. Each issue contained one complete story and had nothing to do with the. The dvd transfer is terrific and far better than the old vhs transfer. When she was a child, they destroyed her world and left her to live like an animal. Whist sharing a very similar style to the 1983 golgo film the professional they were directed by the same fellow, im sad to say that queen bee, whilst still fun, is lacking when compared to its predecessor. If hardy wins the election, drugs will be outlawed and queen bees life will go down the drain. Anime penguin highway the movie complete english subtitle all region. It gets the basic theme right, but misses the big picture.
A women named queen bee keeps sending death threats to hardy and wont stop. It could even be argued that the sleazier material in the film may meet objections if not allegations of sexism from some critics if it were to come out nowadays. It incorporates cgi animation, which was in its infancy at the time. The storyline seemed to be dumbed down, the animation not as clean. Whist sharing a very similar style to the 1983 golgo film the professional they were directed by the same fellow, im sad to say that queen bee, whilst still fun, is. Queen bee video 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This bluray release including the complete collection of the tv series for golgo, which was produced by the answer studio back in 20082009. Golgo is hired to assassinate a woman known as the queen bee. He is known foramong other thingshis cold, calculating attitude, superb marksmanship skills and prowess with women. However, once golgo penetrates the queen s hive, he realizes that the.
Golgo is a longrunning actiondrama manga created by takao saito, first published in 1968, about the titular assassin. Hardcore fans may just about find enough positives to warrant a purchase, but everyone else would be far better off checking out the far superior 20082009 anime series. And all the elements that made the first film so popular, the sex, and violence are all back too, only amplified even further. After assassinating the son of business tycoon leonard dawson, golgo finds himself prey to the cia and the u. Queen bee 1998 golgo is called upon to terminate the leader of a liberation army before she assassinates a highprofile political figure.
Terminate the infamous queen bee leader of a dissident south american liberation army, before she kills a high profile presidential candidate. Golgo currently shows no signs of slowing down as it is currently the oldest manga that still in publication today. Being golgo , this of course means hes going to bang the hell out her, but he also gets involved with her story. I think my biggest problem was that the story barely focused on golgo at all. Queen bee is a short and not particularly sweet film that fails to make effective use of one of the coolest japanese characters around. Golgo is one of my favorite anime characters of all time having been introduced to the 1983 anime film more than 20 years ago, and its subsequent sequel queen bee a few years after that i am somewhat taken aback that the complete series is not as good as the anime film features of the past. In fact, i was happy to welcome back an old friend. The manga is one of the longest running adult manga in japan and has sold over 200 million copies in various formats, including.
Queen bee dvd, 2001, special edition at the best online prices at ebay. I also know that there are a great deal of anime films i have not liked at all. I feel like it could have had a lot more and i waited for it to get better but it never seemed to get to the level it could have. Golgo is the oldest manga still in publication, and its tankobon edition has the thirdhighest number of volumes. Aug 29, 20 golgo currently shows no signs of slowing down as it is currently the oldest manga that still in publication today. Theres the old theorem that an infinite number of monkeys randomly typing for an infinite number of years could write the complete worlds of shakespeare, well give 6 monkeys a couple of weeks and they can out do golgo. Tomo tashiro, yaemi aoki, yuji suzuki, takao saito. Toei company produced a liveaction film simply titled golgo in 1973, directed by junya sato and starring ken takakura in the title role. Queen bee is only the second animated film based on the popular, longrunning comic book character of the title, a stoic, rockhard, topdollar hit man. Various episodes throughout the golgo series have tried answering this mystery, but all of the origin episodes end with a note of uncertainty that never make sense if the storys theory was definitely true. Images of the voice actors who play the voice of sonia queen bee joanna in golgo.
Shop golgo complete collection discs bluray at best buy. Well technically its an ova, but its all one feature so whatever. If hardy wins the election, drugs will be outlawed and queen bee s life will go down the drain. Professional contract killer duke togocodenamed golgo is hired to assassinate robert dawson, the son of oil baron leonard dawson and the heir of dawson enterprises, and. Not content to let his mentally shattered adversary simply off himself with a suicide golgo fires one last shot to complete his final hit, ending the movie with a bang. Golgo is the longest running manga ever, having been going since 1968, and it is still very popular. Based on takao saitos graphic novel, golgo is japans most celebrated and notorious assassin, and a man as adept with a rifle as he is with the ladies. Golgo is a series based on a manga written and illustrated by takao saito. The manga has been adapted into an animated movie and a 60minute ova sequel, the professional and queen bee, along with two liveaction movies and several video games. A tv anime based on the series aired in japan in 2008. With taro arakawa, john dimaggio, kinryu arimoto, denise poirier. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Queen bee is at the bottom of the list of things to watch as far as golgo goes.
O invencivel golgo encontra um inimigo a altura aqui em queen bee, a. Queen bee, paints golgo aka duke togo in a somewhat different light by pitting him against a female. Based on takao saitos graphic novel, golgo is japans most celebrated and notorious assassin, and a man as adept with a rifle as he is with the. Golgo s voice is provided by tetsuro sagawa in the japanese version, and gregory snegoff in streamline pictures english dub. The series follows duke togo, a professional assassin for hire. Sonia queen bee joanna voiced by denise poirier and 1 other. The plot moves along at a faster pace than id originally anticipated, given the previous film, the professional.
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