Black Lagoon
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Black Lagoon is the name of a Japanese manga and an anime tv series created by Rei Hiroe. The story follows a team of mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, who smuggle goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia. Their base of operations is located in the fictional city of Roanapur in Thailand, and they transport goods in the PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions - which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles - in various Southeast Asian locations. The members of Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur.
Black Lagoon premiered at the Tokyo International Anime Fair in March 2006 and began airing on 8 April 2006 in Japan, the series airing its final episode on 24 June that year. The second season (called Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage), started airing in Japan on the 2nd of October, 2006. It has been licensed for release in North America by Geneon Entertainment.
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[edit] Characters
- Revy provides the muscle for the Black Lagoon. She's good with guns, but not with people.
- Rock is a Japanese salaryman who joins the crew of the Black Lagoon after they kidnap him. Rock doesn't fight but is an excellent negotiator and translator.
- Dutch is the leader of the Lagoon "trading company". He captains the ship Black Lagoon (a torpedo ship), and coordinates his crew.
- Benny is an electronics genius. Benny serves as the Lagoon's technical expert.
[edit] Anime Episode List
It is noted that episode 01 to 12 is first season, while second season, lasting from episode 13 to -still running- is also labeled as the Second Barrage.
[edit] Manga Volumes
Black Lagoon Volume 1
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Japanese release: 2002-12-12
French release: 2005-01-23
German release: 2006-09
Hong Kong release: 2003-09-16
South Korean release: 2003-08-05
- #0 - Black Lagoon
- #1 - Chase for ring-ding ships
- #2 - Rasta Blasta PT.1
- #3 - Rasta Blasta PT.2
- #4 - Rasta Blasta PT.3
Black Lagoon Volume 2
Japanese release: 2003-07-19
French release: 2004-12-20
German release: 2006-12
Hong Kong release: 2003-12-11
South Korean release: 2004-04-30
- #5 - Das Wieder Erstehen Des Adlers PT.1
- #6 - Das Wieder Erstehen Des Adlers PT.2
- #7 - Das Wieder Erstehen Des Adlers PT.3
- #8 - Das Wieder Erstehen Des Adlers PT.4
- #9 - Calm down, two men PT.1
- #10 - Calm down, two men PT.2
- #11 - Bloodsport Fairy tale PT.1
- #12 - Bloodsport Fairy tale PT.2
Black Lagoon Volume 3
Japanese release: 2004-04-19
French release: 2005-06-11
German release: 2007-04
Hong Kong release: 2004-08-04
South Korean release: 2005-01-07
- #13 - Bloodsport Fairy tale PT.3
- #14 - Bloodsport Fairy tale PT.4
- #15 - Bloodsport Fairy tale PT.5
- #16 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.1
- #17 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.2
- #18 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.3
- #19 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.4
- #20 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.5
Black Lagoon Volume 4
Japanese release: 2005-07-19
French release: 2006-02-24
Hong Kong release: 2005-11-04
South Korean release: 2005-10-13
- #21 - Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll PT.6
- #22 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.1
- #23 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.2
- #24 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.3
- #25 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.4
- #26 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.5
- #27 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.6
- #28 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.7
- #29 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.8
Black Lagoon Volume 5
Japanese release: 2006-03-17
French release: 2006-11-08
Hong Kong release: 2006-06-20
South Korean release: 2006-05-17
- #30 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.9
- #31 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.10
- #32 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.11
- #33 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.12
- #34 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.13
- #35 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.14
- #36 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.15
- #37 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise PT.16
Black Lagoon Volume 6
Japanese release: 2006-11-17
- #38 - Greenback Jane PT.1
- #39 - Greenback Jane PT.2
- #40 - Greenback Jane PT.3
- #41 - Greenback Jane PT.4
- #42 - Greenback Jane PT.5
- #43 - Greenback Jane PT.6
- #44 - El Baile de la muerte PT.1
- #45 - El Baile de la muerte PT.2
- #46 - El Baile de la muerte PT.3
[edit] Trivia
- The beer drunk in Black Lagoon is called Heireken. The logo and color of the beer can strongly resemble the Dutch beer Heineken. Dutch's name may have something to do with it. Also, there are spoofs of Budweiser beer cans drunk and floating around Benny at times.
- The helicopter gunship piloted by the Extra Order mercenaries was a Mi-24A Hind B. "Extra Order" itself is a parody of the actual mercenary force Executive Outcomes.
- Mr. Chang is based on characters commonly played by Chow Yun Fat. These characters often appear in films directed by John Woo starring Chow Yun Fat. Mr Chang pays a special homage to the character of Mark Gor who appears in A Better Tomorrow. The two characters share many common traits such as: the fact that both are members of the Hong Kong triad, wield dual pistols and don similar attire.
- A poster released to promote the second season of the show parodied the "Come play with us" scene from The Shining.[1]
- There are some references to American pop culture in the series. Roberta's fighting skills, mainly her running and the stabbing of the Plymouth Road Runner's boot with her combat knife in the last few episodes of Black Lagoon's first season are a homage to the Terminator 2 movie. Likewise, the name of the reporter Jake Chambers on Revy's TV screen in Episode 11 is a nod to Stephen King's Dark Tower novel series. He is a central character, having the reporter's same name, who happens a proficient gunfighter.
- In episode #14 and #15, the names of the Hotel Moscow Visotoniki squads "Jodorowsky" and "Polanski" are references to movie directors Alejandro Jodorowsky and Roman Polanski.
- The U-1324 Type IXC/40 U-boat in the series is a possible reference to the U-1234 U-Boat, where it was damaged and destroyed in Denmark before World War 2 came to an end.
- In episode #11, there is a poster in Revy's room which reads "The Wild Punch". The name and art on the poster are a reference to the film The Wild Bunch.
- In the opening sequence, Revy's Beretta has the writing "9mm SWORD CUTLASS". In Romeo + Juliet the guns had names like "Sword 9mm".
- Many characters in Black Lagoon are prone to use more or less obscure comparisons:
- Dutch compares Garcia Lovelace to a Claymore mine.
- Rock thinks of Roberta as the Terminator.
- Dutch, in episode 18, talks about giving the bounty hunters a ride of their lives that Tuff Hedeman won't be able to ride the bull (referring to their PT boat).
- Benny thinks his hacking skills are comparable to Kevin Mitnick.
- Eda mentioned to Revy that Greenback Jane could be able to outrun the bounty hunters and do a touchdown (implying her escape) like Brett Favre.
- Revy claims to watch the Oprah Winfrey Show.
- The Yellowflag Bar is often compared to a Wild West Saloon in various western movies.
- Dutch compares the shootout with Roberta in the Yellowflag bar to the Battle of Khe Sanh.
- The 'Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise' arc showed that most of the characters throughout the series actually speak English, with the Japanese simply being translations done for the audience.
[edit] Music
[edit] Themes
[edit] Opening
- "Red Fraction" by MELL
[edit] Closing
- "Don't Look Behind" by EDISON
- "The world of midnight" by Minako "mooki" obata (Episode #15)
[edit] Original Sound Track
- Red fraction (Opening version)
- Tear Drops to Earth
- Asian Comfort
- Don't Stop!
- Samara Samanda
- A Cold Wind in My Mind
- Make A Bet
- El Sol se Recuesta
- Seasonal Wind
- 66 steps
- The World of Midnight
- Dark Side of the Moon
- Tadpole Dance
- Let Me Know Your Name
- After the Rain
- It's an Easy Afternoon
- Behind the Clouds
- The Anthem of the Aryan Socialist Union
- Melting Brain
- The Way to Last Night
- Peach Headz Addiction
- Don't Look Behind (requiem version)
- Father's Chest
- Don't Let Me Join Now
- Foxy Doll
- Rock the Carnival
- Mad Club
- Don't Stop! (Guitar version)
- Don't Look Behind (Ending version)
[edit] Cast
[edit] Japanese
- Tsutomu Isobe - Dutch
- Daisuke Namikawa - Rock
- Megumi Toyoguchi - Revy
- Hiroaki Hirata - Benny
- Mami Koyama - Balalaika
- Jouji Nakata - Kageyama
- Michie Tomizawa - Roberta
[edit] English
To Be Announced
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official site
- (Japanese) Unofficial Fan Page
- Black Lagoon Manga Profile
- Black Lagoon Anime Profile
- (Japanese) Dictionary of Black Lagoonde:Black Lagoon
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