) and the longest running manga still in publication at 200 volumes so far. I didn’t know this when I started. Never even heard of
This veteran manga is about the titular Golgo 13, a professional assassin for hire, willing to take on any job as long at the pay is right and the deal is straight. Try to cross him or double deal and he will kill you. If the shot is possible, even by the slimmest chance, he will make the kill.
Golgo is a James Bond type with little known about his origins – what we do know could just as well be false. He’s a man of few words who keeps to himself except when there’s a job to do or a beautiful lady in his path. It’s speculated Golgo may have dozens of children around the world due to his amazing penis (their words, not mine). He harkens to an older era of spy thriller, where plot continuity and character depth weren’t expected. Each volume is a couple of standalone stories, like hour-long episodes of a TV show, often drawing on real historical events but changing them into a “what really happened” conspiracy plot. Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, the Tiananmen Square massacre, and Princess Diana’s death are but a few of the historical events that intersect with Golgo’s job.
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I prefer this structure for this sort of protagonist, just like the James Bond novels. Had it been one long story, I would have grown bored around eight volumes in, as this character type doesn’t work for a continuous story, where you want to know and see him evolve over arcs. That doesn’t work here. Instead, each “episode” is an engaging spy thriller. I read one episode per sitting.
Included at the end of each volume are intel files profiling Golgo and his many exploits. It talks of his preferred clothing, including underwear, notable injuries, skills, and, my favourite, his body profile. See below for your amusement. A fun addition.
One weird writing device is the overuse of the ellipses. I’m not sure if this was commonplace in 60s manga – I’ve never seen it – but the author always has to make it clear when a character gives no vocal reaction. You’d think a simple lack of dialogue would suffice, but no, they must think “…” Not a real problem, though still a weird choice.
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Art in the early volumes is outdated by today’s standards, though it holds up well enough. The environments, particularly in the establishing shots, are full of clear detail.
I should note the incomplete English translation. Only 13 volumes (a best of collection?) have had official translations (even less from fan translations) and I believe they aren’t in original order either, not that this matters with the independent story structure. However, 13 volumes is plenty enough to leave me satisfied. I have had my fill.Golgo 13 (Japanese: ゴルゴ13 , Hepburn: Gorugo Sātīn ) is a Japanese manga series writt and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's sein manga magazine Big Comic since October 1968. The series follows the title character, a professional assassin for hire. Golgo 13 is the oldest manga still in publication, and its tankōbon edition was certified by Guinness World Records as the highest number of volumes for a manga series. Saito said before his death in 2021 that he wanted the manga to continue on without him and previously raised concerns the manga may be unfinished after he passes away. The Saito Production group of manga creators will continue its publication with the assistance of the Big Comic's editorial departmt.
The series has be adapted into two live-action feature films, an anime film, an original video animation, an anime television series and six video games.
Golgo 13/bond Page By Takao Saito , In Jeff Singh's Art
With a cumulative total of 300 million copies in circulation in various formats, including compilation books, it is the second best-selling manga series and the top selling sein manga series in history. The manga won the 1975 Shogakukan Manga Award for geral manga and the Grand Prize at the 2002 Japan Cartoonists Association Awards.
Golgo 13 is a professional assassin. His real name, age and birthplace are unknown and there is no conssus in the worldwide intelligce community as to his true idtity.
Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. His most frequtly used alias is Duke Togo (デューク・東郷 , Dyūku Tōgō ), but he also goes by Tadashi Togo (東郷 隆 , Tōgō Tadashi ) and Togo Rodriguez (トーゴ・ロドリゲス , Tōgo Rodorigesu ).
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Duke Togo has a very quiet personality and will only talk wh he needs to, he shows very little to no emotion wh carrying out an assassination and is willing to kill anyone who will threat to expose him. He accepts many differt assassination jobs, from anyone who can afford his services. From simply shooting a violin string to taking out powerful organized crime bosses and political figures, these killings have oft attracted retaliations against Golgo 13, ev at one stage having both the FBI, CIA, and ev the United States military out to kill him, causing Togo to always have to watch his own back and pay atttion to his surroundings in order to stop other assassins and contract killers employed to kill him in oft creative ways. Golgo 13 also employs many differt people himself to assist him in his assassination jobs, such as in providing extra information on his targets to modifying his weapons, vehicles, and gadgets.
The name Golgo 13 is a referce to the death of Jesus Christ. Golgo is short for Golgotha, the place of Jesus' crucifixion, while the number 13 is considered an unlucky number.
Duke Togo's past is a mystery. Although his Asian appearance suggests that he may be of Japanese origin, many of Golgo 13's stories have prested differt speculations about his true idtity while presting contradictory information, leaving the audice uncertain which information is true. It is known that he may be the biological father of many differt childr all over the world from the many sexual counters he has had with wom throughout the series, such as a four-year-old son named Joey from ex–Provisional Irish Republican Army fighter Catherine McCall.
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With respect to the character's age, a large number of stories are dated as they are ctered around currt evts of the time. However, Golgo 13's age has not increased significantly to account for these evts. He has also suffered multiple injuries throughout the series, leaving many differt scars on his body.
Early on, Takao Saito developed a system where he creates the page layout based on a script writt by the editorial departmt. He also inks the main characters' faces, while assistants provide the backgrounds and other elemts. He does extsive research to provide accuracy, especially wh the plot deals with technology.
Takashi Nagasaki was Saito's editor on the series in the mid-1980s, and later wrote two stories for the manga under the p name Keishi Edogawa.
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According to Jason Thompson, several Golgo 13 stories have not be reprinted for being offsive or libelous. Thompson lists one from 1986 because of complaints from the Iranian Embassy in Japan, another from 1988 about money laundering in the Vatican, and one from 1989 about a Hollywood actor blackmailed wh someone discovers he has AIDS.
In 2013, Saito stated that because he oft worried about his manga being cancelled, he had an ding planned out that ev includes the panel layout. He said he had no idea wh Golgo 13 would d, claiming The manga has continued so long that it is no longer the property of the author; it belongs to the readers.
Due to difficulties that arose from the restrictions implemted by the governmt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, Golgo 13 began its first hiatus in its 52-year history in May 2020.
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According to Shogakukan, Saito said before his death that he wanted the manga to continue on without him. The Saito Production group of manga creators will continue its publication with the assistance of the Big Comic's editorial departmt.
Writt and illustrated by Takao Saito, Golgo 13 has be serialized in the monthly manga magazine Big Comic since its January 1969 issue, published in October 1968.
In 1986, Leed Publishing released four Golgo 13 stories translated by Patrick Connolly: Into the Wolves' Lair, Galinpero, The Ice Lake Hit and The Ivory Connection.
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In 1989 and 1990, Leed and Vic Tokai published two further Golgo 13 comic books, The Impossible Hit and The Border Hopper, as part of the promotion for two Golgo 13 video games.
The comics were released to the US public via a mail-in offer with the purchase of the games and were later ev found packaged with the video games. Each issue contained one complete story and had nothing to do with the storylines of the video games themselves.
The Professional was a re-printing of The Argtine Tiger, a story where Golgo is hired by the British Governmt to assassinate the reportedly dead ex-presidt of Argtina Juan Perón.
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In 2006, Golgo 13 was brought back by Viz as
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