Black Lagoon
Based on the manga series of the same by Rei Hiroe, Black Lagoon is a Japanese anime television series produced by Madhouse and directed and written by Sunao Katabuchi. This anime has 2 main seasons: the first season was broadcast in Japan from April to June 2006 and the second season, called “The Second Barrage”, was also broadcast in the same year.
The anime follows the dramatic life of Rokurou Okajima, a 25-year-old Japanese employee of Ashahi Industrial Corporation. One day, he is assigned to bring a secret disk to deliver to a partner in Thailand. Unfortunately, he is taken hostage by Lagoon Company, a group of pirate mercenaries specializing in smuggling goods around the seas of Southeast Asia.
The Black Lagoon group was founded by Dutch, the leader, and has consisted of the main gunfighter, Revy and the mechanic, computer specialist, and researcher called Benny. They operate in the fictional town of Roanapur, Thailand, home to pirates, thieves and other criminal organizations, especially the Russian and Italian mafias, the Colombian cartel, the Chinese triad or the Japanese yakuza.
About the main character, after his manager refuses to pay his ransom and abandons him, Rokuarou decides to join the very crew who kidnapped him with the new name “Rock”.
It can be said that Black Lagoon is an action anime series reeking of gunpowder in the mafia city. With the fiery gunfights, fierce pursuits, and miraculous escapes that can only appear in movies, this anime won the Best Action 2006 and deserves to become one of the best mafia anime of all time.
Aired: Spring 2006
Produced by: Madhouse
Episodes: 12
Duration: 23 min/ep
MAL Rated: 8.03
