Golgo 13 first impressions....
Gives off a bit of a retro vibe, particularly with the music . The first ep is all about Golgo getting a job, then while prepping for a job he gets himself laid, after which he avoids a mob ambush, nails the job, then walks away scot free. Nothing mindblowing on the production value front.

I was just thinking about doing a topic for this, as the last anime that interested me was friggen Shigurui. Sounds like an average day in the life of Duke Togo.

Just for the record, Duke Togo made a cameo (or was it a parody?) in an episode of the anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami

I didn't know that their was going to be a BotI anime. Top Drunkee did you read the manga? Because it looks pretty true to the original art style to me. I still haven't seen The Professional I'll have to that. I'm surprised their bringing him back now.

It's Golgo 13's 4oth/50th something anniversary or something like that. WHich is why they decided to finally make a cartoon out of the manga. G-13 episode 1 http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6876512pzzfkZ5p THe intro kicks ass. G-13 is screwing some hot blonde chick during the intro. LOL, it makes me laugh seeing how absurdly hardcore G-13 still is even when in tv animated format. THe only thing I don' like about the anime is that the opening & ending credits don't sound like typical G-13 tracks. Golgo 13 music is supposed sound like smooth pimp jazz music. (Like the music you hear in Killer7.) I didn't know that their was going to be a BotI anime. Top Drunkee did you read the manga? Because it looks pretty true to the original art style to me. I have nothing against the art style. I just have a problem with the way the show looks. It looks way too clean, & shiny. Which is what I meant when I said that the show looks cel shaded. BOI is supposed to be dark & gritty looking. With natural lighting & shadows. Not this crisp, clean computer generated looking bullshit. Which is why I'm glad that Golgo 13 tv still retains it's dark, gritty 80's/early 90's look. The BOI cartoon reminds moi of the Ninja Scroll tv series. I could never get into the Ninja Scroll tv series, because It just didn't look gritty or as foreboding as the original source material. I was expecting Blade of the Immortal to look all grainy like the Berserk cartoon. Just for the record, Duke Togo made a cameo (or was it a parody?) in an episode of the anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami Golgo 13 has made a cameo appearance in almost everything. He was even in an episode of "Oh! Super Milk Chan" A lot of people say all this random ass shit is big in Japan, but Golgo 13 happens to be one of the only properties that I know of that actually is big in Japan. You see his ugly ass mug almost everywhere you go. Sometimes pictures of him would be mixed in with celebrity pics, & what not. I was actually quite surprised that Killer 7 didn't bother to reference Golgo 13 at all. Considering that Killer 7 referenced Meiko Kaji/Sasori.

Yeah your right, Sumura's rough pencil sketches aren't done justice here. I love how almost every drawing of his has a few extra lines at the edges of every object.

Oh damn, I didn't know the new Golgo was already out.. gotta look out for it. Judging by the official site, I also like how the design wasnt too "updated". Still looks like Golgo.

Sub version is out, style and attitude of togo is intact, but animation is belowaverage. Specially the sex scene, i mean comeon, the sexscene is nothing but still images with moans, no movement or frames WTF? Whats the point if they just want to give idea of sex. Action was nice, but again the violence level isnt apar with even kite. I like direction of OVAs than series, going for OVAs against thirteen episodes is better idea, atleast you can invest in more animation, frames and smoothnes like kite/hellsing. Appleseed EX sucked though, i didnt like it. Hellsing final ova was nice, liked all of them. My best series at present is blassreiter, you can check it out two episodes on youtube.

Yeah the animation isnt the best, but then again, this is goin to be 50 episodes. Might be a bit too much for something like Golgo 13.. but I loved the first episode.

Blasreiter actually has decent production values. Sub version is out, style and attitude of togo is intact, but animation is belowaverage. Specially the sex scene, i mean comeon, the sexscene is nothing but still images with moans, no movement or frames WTF? Whats the point if they just want to give idea of sex. Action was nice, but again the violence level isnt apar with even kite. I like direction of OVAs than series, going for OVAs against thirteen episodes is better idea, atleast you can invest in more animation, frames and smoothnes like kite/hellsing. Part of the reason for Golgo 13's lack of quality has to do with the fact that the legendary Osamu Tezuka. (He worked on the Golgo 13 movie & the Queen Bee OVA.) Is working on the anime version of Ultra Violet. http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4216 The reason why I like the anime is because it remains faithful to the manga. The plots are only as engaging as the target itself. While the first episode may have not been much. The first target wasn't that interesting. Just wait until it gets to some kick ass conspiracy angles.

Wow tht Uviolet animation sucks badly, he should have stick to golgo, too bad when director gets limited budget. BTW fifty episodes, thats news to me, i thought it was thirteen. Does kite lib. has one ova , coz all sites mention one and only one. OVA ends on cliffhanger.

Yeah, fifty eps. Probably won't even cover a tenth of the manga, still. Too bad the director is stuck on the fucking ultraviolet animu, that movie sucked. They should have stuck with Golgo. Btw, that episode was fucking GAR.

I want manga, translated, any site to dload them?