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Golgo 13: Queen Bee (OAV)

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Alternative title:

Golgo 13 - Die Bienenkönigin (German)

ゴルゴ13 ~QUEEN BEE~ (Japanese)

Genres: action, drama

Themes: assassins, military, politics

Objectionable content: Intense

Plot Summary: Master assassin Golgo 13 is hired by the advisor of presidential candidate Robert Hardy to assassinate "Queen Bee," the beautiful and deadly leader of a South American guerilla army. Golgo, however, finds this job too easy and digs further information to find out the true connection between Hardy and Queen Bee.

User Ratings: 230 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 10 votes (dub:6, sub:4)

Excellent: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:5)

Very good: 28 votes (sub:17, dub:10, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Good: 59 votes (sub:29, dub:27, raw:1, others:2

1 Russian dubbed
1 French dubbed

)

Decent: 49 votes (sub:25, dub:20, ?:1, others:3

1 German dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled

)

So-so: 24 votes (dub:14, sub:10)

Not really good: 14 votes (dub:9, sub:4, ?:1)

Weak: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)

Bad: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:3, ?:1)

Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)

Worst ever: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 464 users, rank: #2239 (of 9585)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.161 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.1539, rank: #6790 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.045 (Decent), rank: #7045 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.05 / seen some: 5.39 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.127 (Decent), rank: #6196 (of 7289)

Running time: 60 minutes

Vintage: 1998-05-21

Release dates: We have 1

Opening Theme:

"Turquoise Blue" by Fujimaru Yoshino and Hitomi Ono

Ending Theme:

"Turquoise Blue" by Fujimaru Yoshino and Hitomi Ono

Official website:

MVM's Official Golgo 13: Queen Bee website

Madman NZ's Official Golgo 13: Queen Bee Website

Madman's Official Golgo 13: Queen Bee Website

Trivia: We have 1

Reviews:

Golgo 13 - Queen Bee SE DVD (Jan 2, 2002)

Golgo 13 - Queen Bee DVD (Jan 1, 1970)

News: Show: 1 +1 ref. +4 unverified

Queen Bee DVD (Jan 31, 2001)

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DVD (Region 1)

Golgo 13: Queen Bee [Special Edition] (DVD) 2001-04-17 (from $32.99)

VHS

Golgo 13: Queen Bee (Dub.VHS) 1998-08-11 (from $18.95)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Osamu Dezaki

Screenplay: Akihiro Tago

Storyboard: Osamu Dezaki

Unit Director: Satoshi Kuwabara

Music:
Fujimaru Yoshino
Seiji Suzuki

Original creator: Takao Saitō

Character Design:
Akio Sugino
Hiroshi Uchida

Art Director: Mieko Ichihara

Animation Director:
Akio Sugino
Hiroshi Uchida

Sound Director: Chiaki Yamada

Director of Photography:
Hajime Noguchi
Hirokata Takahashi

Producer:
Hitoshi Yoshimura
Taka Nagasawa

Associate producer:
Yaemi Aoki
Yūji Suzuki

Background Art:
Kazuo Okada
Kiyohiro Iwasaki
Masami Saito
Masato Shibata
Mieko Ichihara
Noriko Ōhashi
Takanobu Sugano
Tetsuhiko Nagashima

Color design:
Takashi Banba
Tsuyoshi Okano

Commentary:
Mataichiro Yamamoto (DVD)
Osamu Dezaki (DVD)

Editing:
Chieko Takayama
Masako Aoki
Seiji Morita

In-between Animation Production:
Hui Jun Zhou
Jia Nie
Zhi Guo Xu

In-Between Check: Takashi Okamura

Mat & Paint Critic:
Kyōko Saitō
Lihong Liang
Wang Shu Yun

Mat & Paint Production:
Jin Xue Qin
Lihua Shen
Xiaohong Liang
Ya Jiang Tian
Zhang Jue Li

Music producer: Hirohiko Yamanaka

Negative Editing:
Chieko Takayama
Masaki Sakamoto
Masako Aoki

Photography:
Hajime Noguchi
Harutoshi Miyagawa
Hirokata Takahashi
Hironobu Horikoshi
Jun Satō
Junko Nagai
Masuyoshi Satō
Shunya Kimura
Takeshi Ogawa
Tomohiro Takahashi
Tomoko Fukuda
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga
Yukiko Maruhashi

Production Assistant:
Hiroshi Ōsawa
Hua Ping

Production Secretary:
Mikako Nagura
Shōko Nesaki

Recording: Shōji Hata

Recording Assistant: Fumiaki Tanaka

Sound Effects: Yukiyoshi Itokawa

Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami

Theme Song Arrangement: Fujimaru Yoshino (ED)

Theme Song Composition: Fujimaru Yoshino (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics: Eric Zay (ED)

Theme Song Performance:
Fujimaru Yoshino (ED)
Hitomi Ono (ED)

Tesshō Genda as Duke Togo / Golgo 13

Kinryuu Arimoto as Robert Hardy

Masako Katsuki as Sonia / Queen Bee

Mugihito as General Gomès

Naoya Uchida as Benning

Ryūsei Nakao as Thomas Waltham

Akio Ōtsuka as Informant

Daiki Nakamura as Bernard

Hideyuki Umezu as Bartender

Hisayoshi Izaki as Young Soldier

Kachiko Hino as Pamela

Kouichi Nagano as Officer

Kousei Tomita as Gordon

Mie Odagi as Maria

Shōko Kikuchi as Anri

Tarō Arakawa as Antonio

Toshiya Ueda as Roccini

Wakako Taniguchi as Georges

Japanese companies

Animation Production: Tezuka Productions

Film Laboratory: Imagica

In-Between Animation:
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.
DR Movie
IMAGIN
Kino Production
MI
Studio Dub
Tokyo Animation Center

Negative Editing: Morita Editing Room

Paint: Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.

Photography: Takahashi Production

Production:
BMG Victor
Filmlink International
Goodhill Vision
Saito Production

Shogakukan

Production Cooperation: Tezuka Productions

Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center

Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO

Titles: Maki Production

Video Editing: Q-Tec

English staff

English cast

Director: Jack Fletcher

Script: R.D. Makepeace

Screenplay: Matt Aichir

Translation: Jim Yamasaki

Executive producer: Mataichiro Yamamoto

Producer:
Kara Redmon
Sandee Yamamoto

Casting Director: Sandee Yamamoto

Final Mix: Ernie Sheesley

Packaging: David Chen

Post-Production Supervision: Scott Narrie

Production Coordination: Dee Imawura

Recording engineer: Ernie Sheesley

Second Engineer: Lisa Carlon

Sweetening: Ernie Sheesley

Talent Coordination: Dee Imawura

Titles: David Chen

Denise Poirier as Sonia / Queen Bee

Dwight Schultz as Robert Hardy

John Di Maggio as Duke Togo / Golgo 13

Carlos Ferro as Thomas Waltham

John Hostetter as General Gordon

Denise Poirier as Joanna

Joe Lala as
Don Roccini
Gomez

John Di Maggio as Informant

Julia DeMita as Nursemaid

Michael Sorich as Bernard

English companies

Broadcaster: Anime Selects

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Ventura Distribution (DVD)

DVD Authoring: Laser Pacific Media Cooperation

Licensed by: Urban Vision

Recording Facility: Screenmusic Studios

Subtitles: New Generation Pictures

Translation: New Generation Pictures

Voice Production: Sky Quest Entertainment

French cast

French staff

ADR Director: Claire Guyot

Adaptation: Stéphane Salvetti

Patrick Borg as Golgo 13

Patrick Osmond as Robert Hardy

Suzanne Sindberg as Sonia / Queen Bee

Francis Benoit as Thomas Waltham

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann as Don Roccini

Patrick Delage as Informateur

Philippe Bonnaud as Gordon

French companies

Distributor: TF1 Vidéo

Dubbing: Nice Fellow

German staff

German cast

(none)

Ole Pfennig as Duke Tougou / Golgo 13

Crock Krumbiegel as Thomas Waltham

Kai Taschner as Benning

Kathrin Simon as Sonia / Bienenkönigin

Leon Rainer as Robert Hardy

Willi Röbke as Kommandant Gomez

Achim Geisler as Informant

Christoph Jablonka as General Gordon

Manfred Erdmann as Bernard

Norbert Gastell as Don Roccini

German companies

Distributor: VLC

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