Black Lagoon is an action anime series based on Rei Hiroe’s manga. This anime by Studio Madhouse might remind you of Quentin Tarantino’s films.
This seinen anime series isn’t for everyone, but for fans of crime and action thrillers, Black Lagoon delivers true style.
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1. Black Lagoon (2006)
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Spring 2006 |
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.
2. Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (2006)
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Fall 2006 |
Okajima Rokuro – now known almost exclusively as ‘Rock’ – was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur.
Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, gun-toting co-worker, ‘Two Hand’ Revy.
3. Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail (2010)
| Episodes | 5 |
| Aired | Summer 2010 |
Roberta, the terrorist-turned-maid that made her appearence in the first season of ‘Black Lagoon’, returns in this five-episode OVA series – and this time, all bets are off!
Roberta’s benefactor, the patriarch of the Lovelace clan, is murdered during a political rally. The assassin’s trail soon leads back to Roanapur – so now she has returned on a mission of vengeance!
However, close behind her is the new patriarch, Garcia, as well as Roberta’s apprentice (and maid), Fabiola Iglesias. As the body count of Roberta’s bloody rampage mounts, forces from within the corrupt island (which includes the Lagoon Company), as well as overseas converge on what threatens to escalate into all-out war!
