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Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon

Alternative Titles

English: Black Lagoon
Japanese: ブラック・ラグーン

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 9, 2006 to Jun 25, 2006
Genres: Action, Seinen
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.351 (scored by 26099 users)
Ranked: #1302
Popularity: #47
Members: 40,068
Favorites: 1,597
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

action comedy drama guns

Synopsis

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he's sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. Rock (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc Revy as she thinks he's worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Black Lagoon
Sequel: Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

Characters & Voice Actors

Dutch
Dutch
Main
Isobe, Tsutomu
Japanese
Isobe, Tsutomu
Redman, Dean
English
Redman, Dean
Revy
Revy
Main
Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese
Toyoguchi, Megumi
Hendrikse, Maryke
English
Hendrikse, Maryke
...
Benny
Benny
Main
Hirata, Hiroaki
Japanese
Hirata, Hiroaki
Drummond, Brian
English
Drummond, Brian
Okajima, Rokuro
Okajima, Rokuro
Main
Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese
Namikawa, Daisuke
Swaile, Brad
English
Swaile, Brad
...

Staff

Katabuchi, Sunao
Director
Tetsurou, Araki
Episode Director, Storyboard
Takase, Kazuya
Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition
MELL
Theme Song Performance


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Jan 31, 2009
tehnominator
Forget the eye patches, peg legs, and talking parrots--there's a new breed of pirates sailing the seas.

Black Lagoon is an action packed anime about modern day mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company who smuggle goods and take up other jobs that would be considered highly illegal. You give them a job, they work. Just be sure to pay them and pay well. From the very opening credits alone, you know that Black Lagoon is about money, blood and guns. The story hits you hard and fast when in the first actual scene, you watch a young Japanese business man getting punched in the face read more
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Sep 16, 2007
Washi
One word that keeps propelling itself to the forefront of my head when I go to describe this show is: ‘refreshing’. Generally, I tend to avoid those anime which are blatantly action-oriented, because an action anime series so often means that it will be generically shounen, or be some kind of absurd mecha-combat series; very rarely can I find an action series which does not fall to those and other traps, and Black Lagoon is one of them. From its premise to its execution, the show provides thrilling action sequences, from boat and car chases, to messy fisticuffs and bullet-spamming gunfights, the show covers all read more
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Recommendations

bounty hunting, guns, great characters
Both are action-packed mafia-related series with great characters.

Opening Theme

"Red Fraction" by MELL

Ending Theme

"Don't Look Behind" by EDISON

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