 If you liked
Black Lagoon
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Jormungand
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Black Lagoon and Jormungand share NUMEROUS similarities. The emphasis on dominant, psychotic women, both in the physical AND mental arenas, is one. A heavy focus on guns is another. And perhaps the most obvious is that both series revolve around mercenary crews that make money via smuggling goods. I made a manga recommendation based on this years ago. But what I find far more striking, after finishing the anime, is how they differ.
Lagoon sets an infectiously dark mood from the outset with its 'slums of the world' setting. It's set in the real world but the fictional city everything is based out of is a
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Recommended by AironicallyHuman
Both shows are full of action. Feature 'gangs' and main characters are trying to achieve a certain goal with the use of guns and clever strategy's.
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Recommended by WeebByNight
In the midst of a killing spree, one thing always comes to mind...business business business and nothing will stand in the way of those who would see their ripe fruits harvested.
'Black Lagoon' brings you deep into a world of corruption where the mightiest on top of the food chain stands to oppress those beneath them. The series showcase a man who was pulled into this pandemonium and forced to live his life in a depress filthy state and along the way, a dangerous woman shows herself with undisputed gun skills and the intent to kill without hesitation. Together with a few others, a team
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Recommended by ShanaFlame
Strong Female Characters with the protagonist acting as the mind.both feature an skilled team getting involved in some awesome fights throughout the story with Guns,Blades and Blood
Guns, mercinaries, arms dealers, cursing, swearing, booze, and lots of action and great stories and characters. Both series show the darker side of the world. Shows why some people should not be messed with ever. Wether it be Koko and her mercinarie or the Lagoon Company you do not want to mess with either of them.
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Recommended by Setsuna200
Non-Japanese setting, favoring the eastern hemisphere. Gunfights and generally crazy action with some strong female leads. Engrish OP.
Both anime deal with gun fights in deferent parts of the word,
Both has to do with mafias
If you liked black lagoon you'll simply love jormungand !!!
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Recommended by Sayuri-Cero
Mercenaries, guns, action with a bit of crazyness. Similar atmosphere and similar opening with music from I've sound.
The whole generally feel is quite like black lagoon.
they are both more realistic animes, meaning no fantasy or super powers
they both have the similar theme of working in shady businesses
they both have great gun fighting and action
they are both darker toned anime
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Recommended by ComboSmooth
Both have a similar premise of a group of people delivering goods while trying to fight off their competitors, lots of gun fights and OTT action.
Both series shares the same feeling, crude humor, violence, and crime! The actions and fighting scenes in both are amazing - full of entertaining movements and suspense!
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Recommended by Officer-Kaoko
The atmosphere and themes of these 2 shows are very similar. If you are looking for an anime to fill the void left behind after binge watching Jormungand, Black Lagoon is your answer.
For me, the most enjoyable aspect of Jormungand is its action. A bunch of highly competent mercenaries executing their missions by way of their sheer combat ability. In Black Lagoon you will find similar action, but I feel Jormungand has the better combat scenes because it is more tactical and show cases a greater variety of combat roles. Another plus point for Black Lagoon is that if you liked the competent, badass female
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Recommended by xxwattcherxx
Has the same background as black lagoon an organization that is working for the underworld but can never be touched by anybody. Most of the characters have dark pasts just like Jormungand and is trying to make a difference
This is another black lagoon!
Guns,skilled fighters,awesome music,same art,style,setting.Everything *_*
Main chick in lagoon is a tough killer who does not give crap about anothers to much. In this one she is leader with a skilled team,And alot more playful.
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Recommended by AnimeThief
Yes, this is being recommended again. Why? Because both of these series are just that damn awesome.
Black Lagoon and Jormungand are both series involving a lot of drama, action, and some comedy involving a crew of badass characters. The lead female character in both series are skilled with a gun as well as other forms of combat.
Both series also has a main male protagonist who gets involved with the crew but also has skills of his own.
Both series has a lot of violence that is presented in the way that is suited for more mature audiences.
Both series contains a lot of gun action
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Guns and action. With both a witty, skilled, and a clever team of people taking up dangerous jobs for money. Also both main female protagonist have a certain comedic view of the world, while enjoying what life has to offer to the fullest.
- Main female character
- Fighting with guns in modern world
- Criminals
both gunplay anime with really cool characters and lots and lots of lovely violence
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Recommended by TheBigOtaku122
•both have the mindless senseless violence that excites the viewer when guns start shooting
•both have a strong independent woman that stands with the main male protagonist, but the male protagonists are far different
•both are not situated in japan,
•both work in the shady business by transporting cargo/selling weaponry
•both have some supporting psychotic characters that make the anime exciting
•both contain blood, and just the beauty of gun fighting
•similar in the character personalites/plot/style, the pure violence :3
Both are action packed, gun loving, claymore detonating, shotgun firing, artillery striking fun about a band of underworld dealers trying to get by in a violent world full of dangerous clients.
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Recommended by LittleCaesars
Guns/Action for both
Both are very fast paced
Appealing chicks and good quality animation in both
They both have their own seriousness to them
But, generally they are just the same type of anime
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Recommended by thereisonlyone
both anime have the same atmosphere revolving around a group of criminals. they are both dark in their own way , although jormungand is based more around the real world then black lagoon .
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Recommended by sarimdesert
both are bristling with guns and full of over the top action, whats not to love?
both also have some interesting characters, although the characters in black lagoon tend to be a little bit more colorful, while those in Jormungand are a little less so (Koko being the notable exception)
Bloody, gritty, badass, and still able to entertain. The anime doesn't take itself too seriously and it's fun to watch. The storytelling is fantastic and the way the episodes are structured keeps it from getting boring or repetitive. The characters' interactions are great to watch as well.
Trigger- happy mercenaries from illegal companies shooting at each other.
Well, well, well, now what do we have here?
If any of you just happen to be craving for guns, guns and more guns, well then these two take the cake. And when there's guns, you can almost certainly bet that there will be plenty of deaths and lots of explosions, KABOOM!
In any case, if you happen to be craving for something full of fist-pumping action with loads of cussing that can even topple some of the ones coming out of America in recent years, and have just finished watching either of the two, then rest assured that they've gotcha' covered!
P.S And yeah, by the way,
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Recommended by NishizawaMihashi
Both have really entertaining gunplay, settings that take place (There is a few exceptions.) out of Japan and really great character development for the main cast. Although the supporting cast can be a little weak, but if you liked one of these, you'll like the other, I guarantee it.
And hey, if I was wrong, send me a message or a comment, I'd like to see why you didn't like either of these.
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Recommended by -_Haemokinetic_-
Seinen Stuff... Mafia, Politics, War if you like serious, somehow "realistic" anime, you gotta watch it.
Both anime deal with arms dealing and a group of mercenaries. While Jormungand has a more diverse cast that gets fairly equal development, Black Lagoon has a short cast of four where the main focus is placed on the leads Rock and Revy. Black Lagoon emphasizes its focus on the fights the lagoon group goes through whereas Jormungand would rather place attention on the distribution of the weapons themselves. All in all, if you've seen one then I 10/10 recommend the other.
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Recommended by WTFincorporated
Guns and badass women. Both great to watch if you're hungry for action-packed gun fights and amazing OSTs.
If you just like a lot of shooting and the hardware. Stories are good in both.
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Recommended by monica_aaaa
Both series:
- heavily rely on the usage of guns.
-have a lot of gun-based combat.
Both series are very similar. We learn about an organization through a new character. In both series, characters are members of hired guns (in Black Lagoon, smugglers and in Jormungand, mercenaries for arms dealer). Both have a very similar pace. Both use light humor to relieve tension in dramatic scenes. Both series also have a more realistic take on underworld society (well except for teenage mercenary on par with ex SAS military).
Both follow a group involved with the criminal underworld with a the female protagonist performing as a foil for the main character. The other members of the groups also aid in the main characters growth throughout the story. The main characters also tend to question their ideals or have them questioned by others.
both have strong female leads , funny dark humor , gun fight , knife fight and team work what more can you ask for
-Both about guns.
-Both have a lot violence.
-In both the protagonists are group of criminals who band together to fight.
These two shows are really similar. I got the same feel from watching Jormundgand, as I got from watching Black Lagoon back in the day. They share similar plot and setting, when a crew of triggerhappy "badasses" delwe into the underworld of chaotic, lawless, societies.
They share a heavy focus on the comeradery in the group and most of the characters are fleshed out and get a fair amount of attention each in both shows. Overall the tone and feeling of the shows are similar, and if you enjoyed one of them, chances are high that you would enjoy the other!
Sadly Jormungand does not
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Both have similar dark tones that revolve around illegal activities.
Jormungand and Black Lagoon are two somewhat well known shows for their involvement with modern armament and darker humor. The show's stories themselves are practically sub-plots for the emphasis on the weapons they use during the show. They stay very accurate to the guns that they are using in whatever situation down to the gun's manufacturer and such. Black Lagoon was initially a 12 episode series animated by Madhouse in 2006; the show saw a second season, also being 12 episodes, and a few specials as well as an OVA series. Jormungand was also a 12 episode series, animated by White Fox in 2012;
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Recommended by ChickenBlocker
Both have guns.....guns and hey guess what?More guns. Oh and badass female main characters
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Recommended by Th1smachine
Black Lagoon and Jormungand are well made, fast-paced stories about people doing money on smuggling, selling arms and killing. Episodes are full of action centered around main characters making full use of their guns. While Black Lagoon is free from realism, done half joking half serious, jormungand is usually dead serious (for an anime) sticking to actual rules existing in the world, showing quite realistic warfare and arms world market. Both series are a must-watch action movies fans.
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Recommended by Edgerunner
both animes share lots of things like;
main story of both it's about mafia and mafia business.
gun fights and violence.
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Recommended by Asahito-Yuuto
Black Lagoon and Jormugand share a lot of similarities.In both anime we find a lot of guns ,shooting and killing,dominant female characters and dark background stories .
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Recommended by HitTheroadJack
They are similar with perceptions of the criminal life in a different lighting and have a similar plot of one of the main characters influencing the other main into accepting their new reality
If you love guns/anime with a lot of guns, love kick ass female leads, semicrazy people and a lot of deep, deconstruction storyline, then you got what you came for!
Both have to do with some form of weapon delivery, multiple kick ass females, extremely overly buff guys/gals, someone that just straight up looks like the black sheep in the pack, and people screwing over the government.
Gotta love that.
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Recommended by somedayasunbae
The general feel and tone of both shows are similar, and if you've seen either of them and not the other I feel you're missing out on more of that shoot out, underworld action you probably enjoyed. The biggest difference between the two shows is the contrast in the protagonists, but both are likeable for their own reasons, only Jonah is alot less useless. If you enjoyed delving into the characters backstories from Black Lagoon, then you'll get more of this in Jormungand.
TL:DR
Similarities:
- Same tone.
- Similar artstyle.
- Shootouts *Bang Bang*.
- Good backstory for supporting cast.
Differences:
- Constrasting Protagonists.
-Jormungand has more comedy elements to it.
Both have the same tone and feel
Both have antagonists that you could like
Both are pretty dark
Jormungand has a weaker cast line up
Jormungand they are somewhat mercenary like but aren't mercs
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Recommended by TheRedLine
If you enjoyed Black Lagoon and its 2nd season then naturally the best series to continue that action would be Jormungand (world snake), this series like Black Lagoon is all about mercenaries and particularly focuses on the story of a child soldier and an arms dealer, enjoy.
If Black lagoon was good you would get Jormungand. I know it is made by the same people but somehow it's more interesting...
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Recommended by Chipdipcoi
These anime are like brothers - both are fantastic gun anime and each have their own pros and cons. Revi and Koko are both awesome female leads, as are Jonah and Rock as male leads - Dutch is even comparable to badass war veteran Lem in many ways. It's really hard to pick between these two, honestly, as they're both full of action, great characters and lots of fun
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Recommended by Bagelman102
Need a action and gun fix after watching Black Lagoon? Jormungand has got you cover. Over the top action, great story lines. It's honestly the perfect anime to follow up after watching Black Lagoon.
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Recommended by AtlasOmega
These two anime series shared many similarities:
Gun merchant
Have a lot of fight scenes
Risk their life for money
they occur in the same universe, black lagoon takes place in early - mid 1990 while jormungand takes place in mid to late 2000s
Both stories talk about armsdealers and their troubles in buisness.
Both have a badass Female MC.
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Recommended by MisterMustache
If you like guns, violence and badass crazy chicks, chances are you'll enjoy both of these.
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Recommended by ADrunksock
First things first. It is really hard to find any anime that is similar to black lagoon. Your best closest bet, is going to be Jormungand. The intense action and language used in Black Lagoon is not something that can be remade again, it simply won't be popular in today's world. Back in the day, content in black lagoon were just more well appreciated.
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Black lagoon has action unlike any other anime. Really. The action in black lagoon is dirty. It's not shounen style actions at all, not even close. It's chaotic and darker. More importantly, fun and exciting! There is no powerups, the main
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Very similar anime where the MC is recruited by a group of gangsters who work together. Both have strong female protagonists and plenty of action. Neither shy's away from showing hardcore fight scenes and blood.
Jormungand has a bigger and more well-developed cast as compared to Black Lagoon
If you love anime high on action with badass characters, you'll love both of them :)
Both deal with the theme of mercenaries and the black market ruled by the criminal underworld. Both have very intense action mixed with quite dark comedy. Both have well written characters, that are complex and have realistic motivations, that make you imensely connect with each and every character. Jormungand unfortunetly steers a little bit more into fan service teritory then Black Lagoon but both are equally great series.
Adrenaline pumping violence with some interesting perspectives on war and conflict, and the occasional comedy.
1. Both the anime have a wonderful array of psychopathic character, describing the messed up underworld
2. Both the anime have a high paced, elite quality gun action sequences
3. Both the stories are dependent on character based progressions
4. Both the anime have a strong female protag.
5. Both the anime is has a travelling mercenary type group concept
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Recommended by section9necrosis
Their both action shows that have a similar gritty tone, they both deal with the criminal underworld and both have a lot of gun action.
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Recommended by Great_King20
What can I say? Both are about arms dealings and mercenary groups. They have similar atmosphere not only with the plots, but also animation and art direction.
Both have a darker feel with heavy levels of gunfire. Both also have a strong psychotic female lead role alongside a gang of mercenaries.
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Recommended by Skyrimlord3
Black Lagoon and Jormungand. A perfect recommendation. Why? Because these shows are very similar.
Both anime are based on manga published in Monthly Sunday GX, but there’s a whole lot more similarities. The tone is the exact same, the art styles are very similar, and both revolve around the criminal underworld. However, Black Lagoon is more over the top and Jormungand has a bit more comedy.
Both anime are really good, and they should be watched as soon as possible.
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Recommended by SebCyrSC2000
Similar criminal underworld setting. Difference being one series follows a Guns for Hire service whereas the other follows a Weapons Dealer. In both series the cast take on various requests and do their best to fulfil them, occasionally these requests show a darker side to humanity and the characters' morals are called into question.
Mercenary,arms dealer,hot babes,what else ya want?
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Recommended by I_need_coffee
The protagonists in both series find themselves trying to find a balance between right and wrong. Both series follow crews filled with members who have dark and detailed pasts. Additionally, both crews consist of highly trained mercenaries who deal their business underground or "behind closed doors".
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Recommended by RobertTheTomatoe
Led by a woman with some loose screws, a small band of mercenaries make their living by completing illicit jobs that often come with their fair share of gunfights along the way. There's bullets, car chases, boat fights, money, and explosions to be found in both of these anime.
Both shows are dark, rely heavily on gunfire, and feature a crew of incredible mercenaries. The difference in Jormungand is the unique partnership between arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar and the child soldier name Jonathan Mar
If you like military, gang, arm dealing and conspiracies. Jormungand and Black Lagoon are quite similar.
P.S badass women alert!!!
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Recommended by esterjeane
Black Lagoon is very similar to Jormungand. Aside from them both having a similar episode set-up, they are both realistic seinen anime while still being over the top (Jormungand is less over the top than Black Lagoon) with a ton of gunfights. The art style and some characters are very similar as well. If you want a dark and serous anime with guns, watch these two anime!
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Recommended by TheMan1987