We start off with ordinary salaryman, Rokuro. Whom of which is kidnapped by two people of the Lagoon Trading ship (a ruse for those being pirates). He is captured as collateral for stealing a disc with the company Rokuro works for's private data with their vital information.
Eventually, Rokuro starts to enjoy living life on the edge with this crew and joins them. Benny, the technological and computer whiz. Dutch, the captain and former military man. And Revy, the muscle, also known as "Two Hands" from her two guns she constantly carries.
With Rock rounding out this crew, the team goes on a series of adventures in the south asian seas near Roanapur, a fictional town. They take jobs to help them get by and to pay for the damage that they seem to consistently cause to their favorite bar. Jobs range from escorting diplomats to salvaging gold from a sunken sub which are given to them by an ex-military Russian crew headed by Balalaika. All the while they are in constant danger from other pirates or other organizations that seek out to harm those of the Lagoon crew, or have their own ordeals and the crew are caught up in the middle of it.
Now to the nitty gritty, the technical side of this review. How it delivers to the audience. To start off, the animation in this series is top notch and solid. You can clearly see how the action sequences pan out and are not lost in the constant cuts that occur in other shows.
Voices are well done and each have distinct voices that make each character stand out, minor or major.
The story, however original, does get swept up in its own weight and can sometimes draw itself out for a bit too long. Meaning that some of the sequences where we learn of Revy's past kind of draws on too long and distracts me from the oncoming action and violence to be had soon enough. Not to say that this is a regular occurrence, a few episodes are drawn down, which is why this gets a 9. If there were any half or decimal point values for this, it would definitely reach a 9.5.
Enjoying this series is not for everyone. This is definitely a more mature audience since this does involve much violence and some nudity and other more adult topics such as Nazi's, children becoming serieal killers (second season) and other very mature themes. It does take some backbone to watch. But if you can get past some of the themes, which isn't too difficult to do, you will find a very nice story to watch through out this series.
Definitely worth a viewing
