Golgo 13: The Professional

A great anime flick is finally coming on dvd
I am not an anime junkie but I think that this was one of the movies that really got me into animation alongside the original vampire hunter d and Akira. This movie is extremely violent and brutal, yet it is not mindless violence like fist of the northstar. It all works with the plot nicely. At times you may not feel as if you are even watching a cartoon, but a live action movie by how good the story is. This movie is a million times better than Golgo 13: Queen Bee. That movie just plain sucked and does not deserve to be this movie's sequel. But if you liked queen bee you would definately dig this one because the main character is so cool.

This film may seem outdated by today's standards but you have to appreciate the hard work that was put into it. It was also one of the first animated films to use computer animation coupled with traditional cel animation found towards the end sequence. It has a bit to be desired there but was groundbreaking for the time. So, if...

UNCUT, REMASTERED AND A BIG UPGRADE!
5 REASONS you have to UPGRADE:

. REMASTERED VIDEO - Brand New R2J Component Telecline Print - the previous release was washed out, grainy composite.
. WIDESCREEN ANAMORPHIC - The previous release was letterbox only.
. UNCUT AND UNEDITED - previous releases had the intro edited with scenes missing and the wrong soundtrack on Japanese track.
. IMPROVED TRANSLATION - Subtitles are much more detailed and accurate.
. DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY - Official Japanese Director's Commentary - previously a rare Japanese dvd exclusive.

This release is released by Discotek, the company that brought you other ultra violent, sexy classics such as Fist of the North Star and the upcoming Mad Bull 34.

Best-ever American release of this '80's anime classic!
I won't go into the details on this one but if you're reading this review, it's likely you're already a fan of Duke Tog and his violent world and you know what the deal is here. I first saw this movie on an untranslated VHS tape back in 1985 and I've been hooked ever since, later seeing the Streamline dubbed version in the theater and buying it on VHS, later picking up the same version on DVD. THis latest edition is by far the most superior of the lot and features the completely unaltered Japanese version (with subtitles) -- the CGI Japanese opening credits and "Pray for You" theme song are restored -- as well as the English version, and the transfer is the clearest I've seen in any form over the past twenty-seven years. There are anime fans who unfairly slag this film off, presumably because it's not operating within a more familiar/popular anime genre, but ignore them. If you like espionage movies or narratives about assassins who get up to all kinds of violent mayhem on an...

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