Over 50 Manga & Cover Artists Pay Tribute to Golgo 13's 45th Anniversary

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the long-running Golgo 13 manga by Takao Saito, and in this year's 22nd issue of Big Comic magazine, it will feature tribute illustrations coming from over 50 manga and cover artists.

The magazine is on sale last weekend and here are the contributors:

1. Osamu Akimoto (KochiKame)
2. Mitsuru Adachi (Cross Game)
3. Yaro Abe (Shinya Shokudou)
4. Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman)
5. Shinichi Ishizuka (Gaku)
6. Keisuke Itagaki (Grappler Baki)
7. Junji Itou (Uzumaki)
8. Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk)
9. Naoki Urasawa (Monster)





10. Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
11. Eiji Kazama (Kaze no Daichi)
12. Nampei Kaneko (cover caricature artist)
13. Kaiji Kawaguchi (Eagle: Making of an Asian American President)
14. Kenichi Kitami & Juzou Yamasaki
15. Hiroshi Kurogane
16. Yoshiie Gouda (Happily Ever After)
17. Yuu Koyama (Azumi)
18. Ryouhei Saigan (San Chōme no Yūhi)
19. Reiko Saibara (Mainichi Kaasan )
20. Kei Sadayasu (Ah -- Harima-nada)
21. Kenichirou Takai (Soumubu Soumuka Yamaguchi Roppeita)
22. Shin Takahashi (Saikano)
23. Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2)
24. Jiro Taniguchi (A Distant Neighborhood)
25. Hideki Tamei (cover caricature artist)
26. Abe Yarou (Yamamoto Mimikaki-Ten)
27. Midori Natsu (Juui Dolittle)
28. Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe)
29. Yukata Toudou (S - Saigo no Keikan)
30. Tsuyoshi Nakaima (Ucchare Goshogawara)
31. Mariko Nakamura (Gal Boy!)
32. Moto Hagio (Drunken Dream)
33. Mitsuo Hashimoto (Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime)
34. Shinji Hikino (Big Wing)
35. Kenshi Hirokane (Human Crossing)
    
    
    
    
    
36. Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Akagi, Kaiji)
37. Fujio Fujiko (A) (Doraemon)
38. Yukinobu Hoshino (2001 Nights)
39. Fujihiko Hosono (Crusher Joe)
40. Taiyou Matsumoto (Tekkon Kinkreet)
41. Shigeru Mizuki (Gegege No Kitaro)
42. Shinji Mizushima (Yakyū-kyō no Uta)
43. Norifusa Mita (Dragon Zakura)
44. Motoka Murakami (Jin)
45. Makoto Muramatsu(cover artist)
46. Hiroshi Motomiya (Golden Boy)
47. Shinri Mori (Denden Yumiko)
48. Keisuke Yamashina (Sengoku)
49. Osamu Yamamoto (Harukanaru Koushien)
50. Mari Yamazaki (Thermae Romae)
51. Satoshi Yoshida (Shonan Bakusozoku)
52. Sensha Yoshia (Utsurun Desu)

Golgo 13 is a series about an assassin only known as Duke Togo, an assassin with a 100% accuracy rate when it comes to killing his targets. No one knows his past or his true name and until now, it still remains a mystery.

The series was adapted into two live-action movies, one of which starred Sonny Chiba, an animated film called "Golgo 13: The Professional", an OVA called "Golgo 13: The Queen Bee" and a 50-episode anime series of the same name.

Last month, the landmark 140th manga volume was released.

[Source: Crunchyroll News]