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Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni
This has been on my wish list for a very long time: the 1992 TV special Michite Kuru Toki no Mukou ni ( Across the Surging Times…
Judo Story, Oishinbo, Fire Tripper, Tree in the Sun, Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu
City Hunter (1987) [Anime Review]
City Hunter; or, Mokkori Mania There’s a chance you will celebrate your next birthday in hell. Inspired by the Netflix live-action adap...
City Hunter, Golden Boy, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13
Summer 2024 – Week 8 in Review
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I write to you from deep in the midst of my Sailor Moon marathon, having completed the show’s…
Anime (1963 - 1973)
Reference for the latest documentary "Anime and the Economic Miracle" https://youtu.be/xYZXTQX_wXE Anime includes: Astro Boy 鉄腕アトム Eight Man エイトマン Galactic Boy Team 銀河少年隊 Gigantor 鉄人28号 Hermit Village 仙人部落 Locus 軌跡…
Ninpu Kamui Gaiden, Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Donkikko, Panda no Daibouken, Kyojin no Hoshi
Fandom in the ’90s: Anime, Hong Kong, Godzilla and Power Rangers
The 1990s was an exciting period to enter fan cultures, especially in New York. I plunged heavily into anime in 1992, thanks to a chance encounter at a…
Koiko no Mainichi
Koiko no Mainichi ( Koiko's Days ) is a two episode OVA, released in 1989 and 1990. It is based on a 32-volume manga by George Akiyama;…
Outlanders, Run Melos, My Hero Academia, Golgo 13, Koiko no Mainichi
New to Sunday: Shota Komatsu's "Kokoro Himeru no Zen Himitsu"
Hey all! Reporting in with the fifth and last of the new WSS serials is I your gracious host. Shota Komatsu's been around these parts before...
One Piece, TenPuru, DAN DA DAN, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13
The Fable - Episode 1 - The Fable Taps Forehead
The Fable, a professional hitman, has a method for switching between Japan's popular dialects. It looks ridiculous. The Fable - Episode 1
The Way of the Househusband, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, The Fable
Mellow
Another year, another ecchi OVA about cross-dressing from Knack. This time it's 1993's Mellow , which is based on a manga by Kasahara Rin th...
Run Melos, Marmalade Boy, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Exper Zenon, Girl from Phantasia
NES Games We Hated
I try not to buy physical copies of games these days. It’s a promise easily kept thanks to old games being expensive and new games being jus...
Dragon Warrior, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Mega Man, Mouse
Golgo 13 (1973) review
A pleasant action-narrative that is all about celebrating the character Golgo 13
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #952) Golgo 13: The Professional
anime, news, manga, video games and more. our obsessions once a week, every wednesday.
Journey to the Center of Wurm
Those of cynical mindset could deem Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth a messy game, but they’d be wrong. At the very least it’s seve...
Cyborg 009, Cyborg 009, ETERNITY, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13
Golgo 13 The Professional (1983) | Retro Anime Recommendation
Anime in the 80s was a time of badass manly-man characters like Cobra, Kenshiro, and many more. And today we're gonna be taking a look at the poster…
Pre-2000s Anime with Multi-Channel Audio
Had this in Drafts for about a year because I lost interest. Obviously this is an incomplete list, so I may come back and update it if I…
Mononoke, Jungle Emperor Leo, Devilman, Gunsmith Cats, Jungle Emperor Leo
Extreme Job (2019) [Film Review]
Extreme Job; or, Fry Hard What’s the point of working so hard if we can’t even eat properly? This time, I decided to watch an action…
This Week in Anime - Go Go Golgo 13
Jean-Karlo and Steve reflect on one of the greatest comic characters of all time, Takao Saito's beefy assassin Duke Togo. Influential director Osamu Dezaki takes the reins in…
Barom-1 by Saitō Takao
Otaku USA just reported that Saito Takao recently passed away at the age of 84, and so I thought I would review one of his manga. He wrote…
This Thursday: The return of Anime Nostalgia's Pen Pal Mailers!
Some of you might remember that last year, I used the fanart sketch cards I did for the #sixfanarts challenge on Twitter to make "Pen Pal Ma...
Aggretsuko, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Gunbuster, Lupin III
The Otakusphere: Devil’s Candy, moe Zombies and when did Lelouche get this popular?
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are out there in Internet land. By my reckoning, it is Sunday in my little corner of the hinterlands, so it’s…
Argento Soma, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Gurren Lagann
Spiraken Manga News Ep 006: July 1st - July 7th 2021
Let's find out the latest manga news with our latest podcast In this sixth episode, Xan discusses the latest Ax Lite announcements, he geeks out about Golgo 13's official…
Megami Paradise
Sometimes, Orphan's path to a project is so convoluted that even I can't quite figure out how we got there. That's pretty much the case with...
Doukyuusei -Classmates-, Golgo 13, Naruto, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Wedding Peach
Golgo 13: The Professional – A Paid Assassin at Work
One thing that greatly bothers me in the world of media is how a creative work can be ruined or wrongly popularized by one singular scene, moment, frame,…
Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro
Let's get 2021 started with a bang (so the speak), with another really obscure OVA, 1990's Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro ( Milky ...
Ai no Kusabi, Akai Hayate, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, The Magnificent Zorro, Naruto
Golgo 13: The Professional
Intimacy and Murder Through Distancing
Apfelland Monogatari
For some time, BlueFixer has been looking for a better source to redo the 1992 movie Apfelland Monogatari ( The Tale of Apfelland ). When a ...
Metropolis, One Piece, High Speed Jessie, Yuukan Club, Serial Experiments Lain
Sensou Douwa: Tako ni Natta Okaasan
Sensou Douwa ( War Tales or War Fables ) was a series of TV specials by Shin-Ei Animation that ran annually from 2002 to 2009. In…
Golgo 13
Many know the 1983 Golgo 13 film—when they know it at all—only for its brief, early and ill-boding experiments in the use of 3DCG animation. This is a…
Amon Saga
This one is a bit odd: a new release of the 1986 sword-and-sorcery movie Amon Saga , based on a laserdisc rip. Amon Saga has already been…
Amon Saga, Bavi Stock, Gintama, Golgo 13: The Professional, Joker
Choriki Robo Galatt - Episode 3
https://nyaa.si/view/1277107 Apologies once more for the delay on this. The current COVID pandemic is continuing to make me much lazier th...
Ask John: What Makes Golgo 13 A Beloved Japanese Classic?
Given that Japanese audiences tend to prefer cuter lighthearted fare and mecha, what exactly makes Duke Togo (Golgo 13) a classic in Japan? Answer: Creator and illustrator Takao…
The Decade in Review: The Japanese Industry
I said I wouldn’t be updating this blog for a while, but I remembered that I was working on a two-post "decade in review" which I had star...
In This Corner of the World, Macross, Sailor Moon Crystal, Space Adventure Cobra, Blood Blockade Battlefront
Year 1 Issue 14
Arcadia Dragnet, Year 1, Issue 14 April 1 - 7, 2020 Welcome back to Arcadia Dragnet, are you all…
Cool Cool Bye, Demon City Shinjuku, Initial D First Stage, ISEKAI QUARTET, Magical DoReMi
One for the Family — Lupin III: The First
Since Golgo 13: The Professional, anime has had a rocky relationship with CG graphics. However, this has started to change in recent years with the emergence of certain…
Overlooked Licenses of the NES Era
Just about anything could become a game on the Nintendo Entertainment System. By the early 1990s the NES dominated the console market, and e...
Dragon Ball, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Mouse
Artefacts of Geek Days Past: Anime Babes
Portrait of Lisa Munns with Anime Babes mascot Jojo the Shojo. Art by Lisa Tse, photo courtesy of Laura Watton Despite what the act...
Laura, Urusei Yatsura, Bubblegum Crisis, Cyber City Oedo 808, Golgo 13: The Professional
Crunchyroll Manga Sampler: Course Six
his might be the weirdest sampler we've looked at yet. It's time to plumb the bottom of Crunchyroll's manga page a little for our latest C...
Barom One, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Mouse, Sugar Sugar Rune
Ken Takakura Shoots and Scores: Golgo 13 (1973)
“Name: Duke Togo Nickname Golgo 13 Nationality: Unknown Place of Birth: Unknown Date of Birth: Unknown Occupation: Sniper” Everything in that caption you see above you is all…
OtakuGeneration (Show #432) Kamisama Kiss
Shownotes :: (show 432) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Kamisama Kiss, recorded live September 15th, 2013. This week we watched Kamisama…
Sword Art Online, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Kamisama Kiss
OtakuGeneration (Show #431) Dai-Guard
Shownotes :: (show 430) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Gintama, recorded live September 2nd, 2013. This week we watched Gintama. Join…
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing, This Boy Caught a Merman, Bleach, Digimon Frontier, Gintama
OtakuGeneration (Show #430) Gintama
Shownotes :: (show 430) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Gintama, recorded live September 2nd, 2013. This week we watched Gintama. Join…
The Future Diary, Bleach, Future Diary, Gintama, Gintama Season 5
Busy watching Golgo 13 for the podcast…
So instead of a proper post, here’s a picture of the mum from Meg The Witch Girl with a vase in her face. The post Busy watching Golgo 13…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 165: Golgo 13 ( or OH GOD! PLEASE DON’T KILL (BOOOOMMMM))
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Timbo and Xan have some fun as they review one of the longest running and well known manga of all…
OtakuGeneration (Show #372) Summer Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 372) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 22nd, 2012. This week we finished up our discussion of the…
Golgo 13, Hatsukoi Limited, Strike Witches, Wolverine, Ai Yori Aoshi
OtakuGeneration (Show #371) Summer Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 371) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 15th, 2012. This weeks show is brought to uou by rain!…
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, Hatsukoi Limited
OtakuGeneration (Show #370) Summer Impressions
Shownotes :: (show 370) :: () :: () :: () :: () With OZMA, recorded live July 8th, 2012. This week we watched too many of the new Summer…
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Dirty Pair, Dirty Pair Flash
OtakuGeneration (Show #369) Kids on the Slope
Shownotes :: (show 369) :: () :: () :: () :: () With OZMA, recorded live July 1st, 2012. This week we talked about Kids on the Slope. Plus…
Naruto, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Strike Witches, Wolverine, Dirty Pair
OtakuGeneration (Show #367) Father Figures
Shownotes :: (show 367) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Father Figures, recorded live June 16th, 2012. This week we talked about father figures in anime.…
Dragonaut - The Resonance, Golgo 13, K-ON! Season 2, Ouran High School Host Club, Strawberry Panic
OtakuGeneration (Show #366) Aishiteruze Baby
Shownotes :: (show 366) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Aishiteruze Baby, recorded live June 10th, 2012. This week we watched Aishiteruze Baby! Plus segments and…
Love You Baby, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, K-ON!, Melody
OtakuGeneration.(Show #365) Cooking Master Boy
Shownotes :: (show 365) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Cooking Master Boy, recorded live June 3rd, 2012. This week we watched ng Master Boy. Plus…
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, Zakuro, Dragonaut - The Resonance, Kurenai, One Piece