Black Lagoon 

A Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.

Stars:

Megumi Toyoguchi, Daisuke Namikawa, Maryke Hendrikse

Cast

Series cast summary:
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Revy 24 episodes, 2006
Daisuke Namikawa	...	Rock 24 episodes, 2006
Maryke Hendrikse	...	Revy / ... 24 episodes, 2006
Brad Swaile	...	Rock 24 episodes, 2006
Yôichi Nishjima	...	Fritz Stanford / ... 22 episodes, 2006
Tôru Nara	...	Okazaki / ... 21 episodes, 2006
Yûichi Nakamura	...	Hanada / ... 20 episodes, 2006
Brian Drummond	...	Benny / ... 20 episodes, 2006
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Benny 18 episodes, 2006
Tsutomu Isobe	...	Dutch 18 episodes, 2006
Dean Redman	...	Dutch 18 episodes, 2006
Mami Koyama	...	Balalaika 16 episodes, 2006
Patricia Drake	...	Balalaika 16 episodes, 2006
Mark Acheson	...	Boris / ... 13 episodes, 2006
Kenta Miyake	...	Yoshida / ... 13 episodes, 2006
Trevor Devall	...	Mr. Chang / ... 12 episodes, 2006
Taiten Kusunoki	...	Boris 12 episodes, 2006
Paul Dobson	...	E.O. Captain / ... 11 episodes, 2006
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Eda / ... 10 episodes, 2006

Storyline

A Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.

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Plot Keywords:

girl boss | vietnam war veteran | japanese businessman | shooting | gun | 

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Taglines:

Gotta Kill 'em all!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The tombstone of Diego Jose San Fernando Lovelace showed that he died in the year 1995. His death occurred four years after the rescue of his son, Garcia. Therefore, the story is set around the early to mid 1990s.

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Quotes

Sister Eda: [Janet Bhai is running away from gangsters while Revy, Rock and Sister Eda keep pace with her in Benny's car] Hey, sis. Jogging this late at night? How hard-working of you.
Janet Bhai: You! You tricked me!
Sister Eda: That's pretty disrespectful. How can you talk that way to your guardian angel?
Janet Bhai: Screw you! I thought I was going to die!
Sister Eda: Oh really? Do you want us to save you? Think hard. If you don't want to hand over the plates, I guess we don't have a choice. You'd better run to a mosque next time. What do you think?
Revy: [...]

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Sexiest Women in Anime (2015)

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Soundtracks

Preach Headz Addiction
(Ending theme - episode #24)
Performed by breath frequency
Lyrics, music and arrangement by breath frequency

User Reviews

"transformative"

This reviewer does mainly standard movies/TV (check out my reviews) but after a friend tipped me to Steins Gate (now seen it twice top to bottom) I was sort of hooked on quality anime.

This is my second fave anime. I apply the same standards I apply to film/TV -- the production (writing, audio, effects) has to be good enough to make you feel you left behind your own life and draw you in to another world.

(See for example the short-lived series BANSHEE, currently my #1 pick in recent live action TV ... and they shut down the series because they wanted to, not because the ratings were weak).

Black Lagoon makes me feel, like the character Rock, I left my world behind. The animation is to die for, the character are unforgettable (love the MAID!) and the dialog in the English dub is sassy.

Highly recommended.

Details

Official Sites:

FUNimation Entertainment [United States] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English Spanish Russian

Release Date:

8 April 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Black Lagoon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Lagoon Committee, Geneon Entertainment, Madhouse

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (24 episodes)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1