I just finished watching all 50 episodes of Golgo 13 (2008)...

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I just finished watching all 50 episodes of Golgo 13 (2008)...

I just finished watching all 50 episodes of Golgo 13 (2008), and since none of you double niggers seem to know anything about it (all open ended threads on Golgo get like 10 replies, 20 on a good day, I'm gonna analyze it from every angle I can think of.

It's a manga that's been going on since the 1960's and hadn't missed a single update until Covid caused a minor delay. The protagonist stays the same age as the decades fly by, so Golgo is kind of like Homer Simpson in that way.

The name Golgo comes from Golgotha which is where Jesus' remains were buried, (and according to some youtube video, the cave of Golgotha might be the head of the dead Goliath from David and Goliath), so does this mean anything, or is this just 14 year old edgelord points? I think if they just called him Golgotha that could lead to censorship and/or inability to copyright the name, so Golgothirteen almost sounds like you've said Golgotha.

What's interesting about a show that glamorizes murdering people for money, is that the writers still find a way to shove shitlib political messages into the show, and those episodes tend to be my least favorite.

Episode 49 has Golgo escape a place where people are shooting at him in an airplane off a strip in a blatant rip off of GoldenEye, and when he lands on an island the rest of the episode is a rip off of Predator (and The Most Dangerous Game) only instead of an alien with nightvision, it's a man in a gundam suit with nightvision. He covers his body in mud, just like Arnold, and the moralizing theme of the episode is that this gundam suit was made by the evil American military.

The end of the episode is Golgo successfully destroying the gundam suit, and the military guy asking Golgo to help train his military.
"What will you do with my training?"
"We will involve America in wars all across the globe, spreading liberty"
they just can't help laying it on too thick. The most unhinged of neocons do not talk like this. (cont'd)

Other shitlibisms or apolitical moralisms off the top of my head.

They had an episode where a mexican couple is on the run from the law, stealing a Brinks truck, and the woman talks about how the women used to dye their hair blonde, when they came to America, because they though blonde was more beautiful (oh poor systemic oppression and beauty standards).

They had an episode where Golgo was hired by a nation's military to find a traitor who gave information to a woman. The problematic patriarchal government people hiring Golgo are certain that the traitor had no true loving feelings towards the woman, and the entire episode is based around Golgo hanging around that woman waiting for the man to return to his lover, so he can assassinate him. The episode ends with him calling his client, telling him it's done.
"What?! That's impossible. He couldn't possibly have come back for that whore. She was just a cheap fling." and he hangs up in disgust.

You posted this yesterday

Pic related is a good example. Characters on the show will frequently have Hitler moustaches made from shadows.

There's episode 33, which is about a rich as shit japanese dude who has no connection the local french culture, but he just buys up historical mansions and fancy wines, and the french people who know he isn't capable of noticing or appreciating the quality of the insanely high quality wine he's buying are supposed to be the assholes for making this poor billionaire feel bad.
Jap pays for top quality wine, and they give him some swill he'll enjoy just as much.
Jap suspects this and wants to embarrass them by opening up at a party with a top wine-taster who will notice the fraud.
The winery man hires Golgo to shoot the bottle of wine as damage control.

The winery man hires Golgo to shoot the bottle of wine as damage control.

Golgo asks "why don't you tell me who made that fake wine?"
"It was me."
"You made that fake wine yourself, but speak of honor and tradition and pride?"

The winery guy gives Golgo a real glass of wine.
"It tastes bitter."

and then he says

"Pride is admirable, but if pride is taken too far, it becomes bitter arrogance."

which is just so fucking weird that Golgo feels the need to act like he's this elderly man's dad, with a moral lecture, in an episode with the lowest stakes possible, and this guy is in the least need of a moral lecture, even less so than the crazy violin guy.

Since I know all the episodes must be adaptations of manga issues, I wonder how close together this wine story was made around the violin string story.

The quality of the episodes is pretty hit or miss, and around the late 20's and 30's the show takes a massive nosedive which it does fortunately recover from.

Episode 46 "End of the Century Hollywood" is an amazing episode based on the intense action, the cool looking red eye DIA agents featured in the intro and should have been the series finale. I knew as soon as it was over, that the next 4 episodes couldn't possibly top it, and I was right.

Even that episode is a bit moralizing and gay though. The premise of the episode is that a man wants to start up the Hong Kong movie industry and some Pentagon guy is threatened by the Hong Kong movie industry (nigga pls, shitty movies with jump cuts to make it look like a guy can jump 30 feet is gonna make Hollywood collapse? in your fucking dreams, small dick asian writers).

The pentagon guy explains over a film reel of black and white movies like John Wayne, etc, something that would sounds really deep if your a 14 year old and you don't think too deeply about the specifics.
"The movie industry has spread our country's values across the world and has been the fruitful of our national strategies." and if some shitty kungfu movie were made it would damage America's influence on the global sphere.

It seriously begs the question, what American values are being exported to these other countries through film.

As a serious question, other than LGBT feminism diversity shit, what sinister and presumable right wing nationalistic values have ever been exported from America to other nations through their classic films?

Thank you for the review anon. I am disappointed but not surprised.

What were you expecting, if you had hopes that were capable of being disappointed?

I remember owning a Golgo NES game as a kid. It sucked.

the NES games had the worst fucking soundtrack. They actually make Sachen trash like Rocman X and Thunder Blast Man sound like quality disco beats by comparison.

Its kind of amazing how such a large franchise, with interesting stories can't get any money thrown at it.

The show looks cheap as shit with the worst dubbing I've seen in any animation ever. Sometimes it seems like they got a teenager to put on a fake brooklyn voice to sound threatening.

The game which was late 80's early to mid 90's looks cheap as hell and ugly as hell.

I think part of it has to be the controversy of the franchise.

I also think that's why Killers Game, despite being an excellent movie flopped, and got very few showings in theaters. Dave Bautista's agent was literally a rabbi who would say shit like "L'Chaim" throughout the movie, and someone decided "this movie is really bad optics for global jewry. Quietly crush it."

Also Dave Bautista is kind of the perfect guy to play a live-action Golgo, and even though his character is a bit more friendly than Golgo's he's a better actor than the guy they got for the real live action Golgo, who looks nothing like the manga.

The bad news is, the United States has been invaded by aliens from outer space.
They good news is, they eat niggers and piss gasoline.

Looks like a fun show, desu.

Yeah, I have seen the Sonny Chiba movie.

as I said before, once you hit the 20's and 30's it's pretty hit or miss.

Anon Babble thread about golgo 13

doesn't mention the episode where he takes on the rothschilds

I was hoping for a good hard-boiled detective saga without the feminist/homo pandering.
My only knowledge of the property is the NES game.

The problem with Golgo 13 is that it's a manga/anime about guns written by someone that knows nothing about guns. In that way it's actually similar to James Bond. Ian Fleming also had no fucking idea what he was talking about when it came to guns.

That's why Gunsmith Cats is actually a good read. The author is actually a gun nerd and traveled to the USA many times to go to gun ranges and shoot guns and learn about them.

In contrast, Golgo 13 is basically magic, he can snipe people from miles away in completely preposterous scenarios, and it's just treated as "He's just that good", never mind that the shot is literally impossible.

It's Gun Slop for a country that knows nothing about guns written by a guy who apparently knows nothing about guns.

Just make a jewtube channel to post your shitty essays on like everyone else you weeb fuck

Thanks for reminding me to rewatch these. Also does anyone remember seeing the Angel Cop episode mentioning the jews? It seems to be completely purged from the internet

The David Rockford episode is a fucking nothing burger.
We are told "If you make the Rockfords your enemy, you have made the world you're enemy."
Golgo gets a phonecall from the president threatening a mass police search for him, and it just never happens.
Why couldn't Rockford shut down his car remotely like they can do in real life.

Fine, I'll just have to watch it myself. Or should I just read the manga instead?

The manga is probably better, but he's talking about episode 44: Rockford's Ambition.
Pretty lame episode to start on, desu.

I would be surprised if that story from the manga would make it to the anime unchanged.

I could be wrong, but I would guess whatever your remembering is a fandub or memedub.

I was hoping for a good hard-boiled detective saga without the feminist/homo pandering.

My only knowledge of the property is the NES game.

Why did you think Golgo was a detective?

In contrast, Golgo 13 is basically magic, he can snipe people from miles away in completely preposterous scenarios, and it's just treated as "He's just that good", never mind that the shot is literally impossible.

In the show, in episode 3, they go in extensive detail about the history of various guns. It seemed like real shit to me.

Is Gunsmith Cats a good anime, or do I have to read it to avoid getting cucked?

Gunsmith Cats manga is great. You might try to find it fan-translated. The American translation left a bunch of stuff out and fucks shit up. For instance, the reason Minnie May looks like a kid is because she had an adult lover as a child and she took Chinese growth-stopping medicine to retain her child body so he wouldn't lose interest in her. Basically Minnie May is a pedophile enabler. And also the main character is named Larry Vincent, as a way to get clientele that wouldn't normally hire a woman. In the USA they changed it to Rally Vincent. So there are a bunch of stupid pointless little changes like that. Makes it worth seeking out bootleg fan translations online.

and according to some youtube video, the cave of Golgotha might be the head of the dead Goliath from David and Goliath

that is incorrect it is golgatha "skull hill" because it was said to be the skull of adam not goliath

gogol 13 is basically asian manlet cope the series but it has great visuals

youtube.com/watch?v=vYtOedo5_7A

And also the main character is named Larry Vincent, as a way to get clientele that wouldn't normally hire a woman. In the USA they changed it to Rally Vincent

interesting. Reminds me of Crashman/Clashman

that is incorrect it is golgatha "skull hill" because it was said to be the skull of adam not goliath

That might be the actual truth, but this video is what I was talking about
youtube.com/watch?v=Umn4qVyOaOA

sure i was just letting you know it is typically rendered as adams skull though the idea is entirely unbiblical, it was a tradition mostly in the early eastern orthodox church, the idea being jesus blood was shed directly onto the skull of adam thus redeeming mankind from the first man onwards.

I only watched the movie but I thought it was cool. Netflix needs to make a live action Golgo 13 with Idris Elba as Golgo and he can shoot Hitler in the balls to stop him from bombing the gay pride parade.

whatever your remembering is a fandub or memedub

Nope, that shit was real, even in the manga. It was on a dvd or something my anime nut friend showed me, then it was uploaded to youtube and a couple of anime sites then vanished.

This is all I can currently find

animeherald.com/2024/03/09/angel-cop-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-gag-dubs/

cbr.com/fullmetal-alchemist-writer-antisemitic-anime-angel-cop/

reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/1au4khi/stumbled_upon_an_anime_called_angel_cop_from_1989/

reddit.com/r/retroanime/comments/16tbodm/why_is_angel_cop_antisemitic/

While I was in the Kyoto International Manga Museum I found a manga titled Operation GG which seems to be quite similar to Golgo 13

I tried playing the Golgo 13 arcade games as well, but it seems awkward. You can only see through the scope if your eye is at the exact right distance, if you are too close or too far you cannot see shit
I like the idea of it more than in practice, but it does set up the story of every shot you take

they just can't help laying it on too thick

The Japs love American military culture and have extensive comics and anime about American military culture and all throughout it criticise American military culture. Prime smuggie material right here.....

youtube.com/watch?v=oO7zuFckhgc&
Zipang was pretty cool

Thanks Mr. DeepSearch

gogol 13 is basically asian manlet cope the series

It's just a story about a hitman lol, why make everything about lookism shit. You dumb nigger.

i love the japanese people and east asians generally please dont get me wrong, but only when they are not coping

even from the music video i shared which contains just clips from the movie you can see what im talking about, he gets the blonde, all his enemies are european looking and many of them taller than he is, there is even r/asianmasculinity style cope subtely in the compact car he drives to great effect (its not the size but what you do with it) its harmless ultimately but a little cringe

the series itself has GREAT visuals and i share those music videos all the time as a result but the actual plot is trash its style without substance

I think you're projecting modern politics onto a show that was made in an era where male characters were portrayed as stereotypically masculine. The main draw of the show is how ruthlessly efficient Golgo is to the point of absurdity. As for plot, there's only so much you can do with a story about an emotionless killer for hire. The Hitman videogames suffer from the same problem.

As for plot, there's only so much you can do with a story about an emotionless killer for hire.

the author is the one who decided to make him emotionless he has full control of the narrative he creates

i like gogol 13 i dont hate it, but a lot of the authors insecurities come out in subtle sometimes not so subtle ways its just an asian male power fantasy which is fine, but it is what it is

youtube.com/watch?v=V_B8WLV8F4w

I just finished watching all 50 episodes of Golgo 13

Get a life. It's not worth watching.

This is a shitty show with no plot. You need to watch 1-2 episodes to get a whole idea. Basically, it's a fantasy about a stronk jap boy who serves his white masters and kills their enemies as a modern ninja/assassin, but with a rifle. In sum, Mary Sue-tier shit like isekais, but more boring.

Likely, the main reason this boring shit is still in print is because it propagandizes how cool it is to kill people for the CIA.

yup

What did you expect him to look like? Aryan? From Japan, or Malaysia?
Are you retarded or something lol

I mean yea it's great, but man calm down jeez

im calmly discussing a minor niggle i have with a piece of media i clearly enjoy regardless ive posted those gogol 13 music videos many times check the archives

What did you expect him to look like? Aryan? From Japan, or Malaysia?

my issue is not that hes japanese its more nuanced than that, your issue is you are asian and got so butthurt by what i said you didnt read it carefully

hit or miss

whole point of the show is that he nails every shot, no?

The show's no doubt a male power fantasy of sorts. But you seem to be peeved with the fact that the lead is Asian. Even if you race-swap Golgo, the premise of the series doesn't become any less ridiculous.

Operation GG

Scanlation when? I want to read more of Saito's work. Anything of his that isn't Golgo because I've been feeling terminal Togo fatigue for months.

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i used to play a lot of silent scope, i guarantee you just suck at the game and can't shoot.

I've been meaning to read/watch Golgo 13 for years, surely I'll have the time to do so one of these days in two more weeks....

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Shut up, triple nigger

The show's no doubt a male power fantasy of sorts. But you seem to be peeved with the fact that the lead is Asian.

Nta, but if you watch the show they shoehorn white people being retardedly racist against asians, or problematically sexist so Golgo can be a gentleman who humiliates racism and sexism.

This is very obvious if you watch the show.

You can only see through the scope if your eye is at the exact right distance, if you are too close or too far you cannot see shit

Scopes are like that

Yeah i remember this, it 100% exists

Still on Nyaa

Golgo 13: The Professional from 83 is one of the coolest anime things i've ever sat through.

in The Professional he fires a gun that fires like10 bullets at once so it can pierce some bulletproof glass. its retarded. also he gets women involved and killed just so he can get his dick wet.
i didnt hate the movie, but you are definitely right about him not knowing shit about guns

in The Professional he fires a gun that fires like10 bullets at once so it can pierce some bulletproof glass.

Golgo did that to kill an Italian mob boss and some Japanese business guy. I'm familiar with the former because I had scans of the manga and watched the 50-episode anime, but I only know about the latter because of the arcade game.

not knowing shit about guns

Saito Pro's got a guy in his studio who is good at drawing guns. Though, I'm not sure if it's the same guy. Golgo has been going on for decades and I'm certain most of the old staff are either retired or dead.

What's interesting about a show that glamorizes murdering people for money, is that the writers still find a way to shove shitlib political messages into the show, and those episodes tend to be my least favorite.

What liberal political messages and how the fuck has it gone on since the 1960s?

The villains or golgo's clients are frequently problematic sexists or racists.