OBSCURE O.V.A.S, *Golgo 13: Queen Bee

While he's had a manga that has been running on and off since 1968 making it the longest running Japanese comic in the world, the actual character of Golgo 13 has had few outlets aside from a live-action 70's film, a full-length anime movie, and a limited TV anime. Golgo 13: Queen Bee was the original John Wick's only OVA releases that was directed by Mighty Orbots' Osamu Dezaki. The license to have more graphic violence and gratuitous sex gave the wholesome house of Tezuka Productions a reason to crank up the flesh and blood. Released in 1998, the anime received its American premiere through Urban Vision as one of their cash grab titles like Final Fantasy, featuring none other than John DiMaggio as the title character, even though he only has about a dozen lines in the whole thing, plus veteran voice actor Dwight Schultz doing some of the supporting cast.

Duke Togo(aka: "Golgo 13") is one of the best assassins in the business who is given the assignment of killing the sultry spy Sonja, also known as the freedom fighter, Queen Bee. Her highness has spun a tangled web involving an upcoming presidential candidate, a Central American warlord, and a sinister criminal organization who are pulling their own strings from all sides. Duke hunts down Sonja either to kill her or getting utterly bewildered into bed with her in several scenes in this less than an hour long OVA.

Given the limited run time, Golgo 13 is a supporting character in his own title, even though that is a standard in most of his manga adventures where the assassin is the vehicle used to highlight the despicable targets he takes on in this ongoing crime anthology. Given its release on the home video market allowed it to have the world Duke lives in get as savage as possible where characters are either trying to snuff each other in one scene with a rapid shift tone of them having a sex scene that looks like it is being done in hyperspace. Urban Vision first released this on VHS and DVD, even though there is currently no known edition of it on American streaming services. The original Golgo 13: The Professional movie was a better example of Duke's adventures, but if you thought it wasn't sleezy enough then you might want to give the OVA a spin.