Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Golgo 13: Queen Bee (ゴルゴ13〜QUEEN BEE〜) is an original video animation that was released in 1998.[1] Tesshō Genda provides the voice of Golgo 13 in the Japanese version,[2] while in the English version, he is voiced by John DiMaggio.
| Golgo 13: Queen Bee | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
| Screenplay by | Akihiro Tago |
| Based on | Golgo 13 by Takao Saito |
| Produced by | Takayuki Nagasawa Sumio Udagawa Hitoshi Yoshimura |
| Starring | Tesshō Genda Akio Ōtsuka Masako Katsuki Ryūsei Nakao Kinryū Arimoto |
| Cinematography | Hajime Noguchi Hirokata Takahashi |
| Edited by | Seiji Morita |
| Music by | Fujimaru Yoshino |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Urban Vision Entertainment (United States) |
Release date | 21 May 1998 |
Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
Queen Bee is set during the 2000 U.S. presidential election cycle. Golgo 13 is hired by Democratic Party members to assassinate Queen Bee, the second-in-command of a South American rebel army, to prevent her from killing the United States Democratic presidential nominee.
Voice cast
| Character | Japanese | English (Urban Vision Entertainment, 1998) |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Togo/Golgo 13 | Tesshō Genda | John DiMaggio |
| Joanna Hardy/Sonia/Queen Bee | Masako Katsuki | Denise Poirier |
| Thomas Waltham | Ryūsei Nakao | Carlos Ferro |
| Robert Hardy | Kinryū Arimoto | Dwight Schultz |
| Informant | Akio Ōtsuka | John DiMaggio |
| Don Roccini | Toshiya Ueda | Joe Lala |
| General Gordon | Kōsei Tomita | John Hostetter |
| Gomez | Mugihito | Joe Lala |
| Benning | Naoya Uchida | Michael Sorich |
| Nursemaid | Unknown | Julia Fletcher |
| Young Soldier | Hisayoshi Izaki | Alex Fernandez |
| Pamela | Kachiko Hino | Barbara Goodson |
| Officer | Kōichi Nagano | Eddie Frierson |
| Maria | Mie Odagi | Unknown |
| Anri | Shōko Kikuchi | Susan Hickman |
| Antonio | Tarō Arakawa | Scott Menville |
| George | Wakako Taniguchi | Unknown |
Reception
The film received a score of 6.2 out of 10 from the Internet Movie Database, 6.0 from FilmAffinity and 62% on Rotten Tomatoes.
References
- Dezaki, Osamu (1998-08-11), Golgo 13: Queen Bee, Tarô Arakawa, John DiMaggio, Kinryû Arimoto, retrieved 16 February 2018
- Golgo 13 - Queen Bee, retrieved 16 February 2018
External links
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee at IMDb
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee at Rotten Tomatoes
- Golgo 13: Queen Bee is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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