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Black Lagoon (TV)

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© Rei Hiroe / Shogakukan • Black Lagoon Production Team


[ adapted from Black Lagoon (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (TV) (sequel)
      Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Пираты «Черной лагуны» (Russian)
ブラックラグーン (Japanese)
블랙라군 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)
Plot Summary: 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…only his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries that were hired to steal it. “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 turns out to be more trouble than its worth, and complicates things both for Rock, and the mercenaries known as Black Lagoon.
User Ratings: 3226 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 554 votes (sub:421, dub:104, raw:3, edit.dub:3, ?:2, others:21
9 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
2 German subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1223 votes (sub:916, dub:250, raw:7, ?:4, edit.dub:1, others:45
21 Spanish subtitled
5 French subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
2 German subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 845 votes (sub:675, dub:136, raw:3, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:29
11 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
4 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 376 votes (sub:292, dub:61, ?:5, raw:4, others:14
6 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 111 votes (sub:87, dub:19, ?:1, raw:1, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 53 votes (sub:41, dub:9, raw:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:4)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:4, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 5369 users, rank: #66
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.383 (Very good+.38), std. dev.: 1.3821, rank: #235
Weighted mean: 8.286 (Very good+.28), rank: #226 (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 7.32 / won't finish: 4.65)
Bayesian estimate: 8.284 (Very good+.28), rank: #114
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2006-04-08 to 2006-06-24
2007-10-26 to 2008-01-11 (G4TechTV Canada - Anime Current)
2007-12-04 (Italy)
2007-12-07 (Germany - Animax)
2008-02-26 to 2008-04-01 (USA - Starz Edge)
2009-09-06 (Poland, Hyper)
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Red Fraction" by MELL
Ending Theme:
"Don't Look Behind" by EDISON
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 14
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Reviews:
    Black Lagoon DVD 3
    Black Lagoon DVD 2
    Black Lagoon DVD 1

DVD
    Black Lagoon - Season 1 Box Set (DVD) 2008-12-16 (from $30.08)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Set (DVD) 2009-09-29 (from $31.49)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2007-04-10 (from $8.79)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Collector's Edition (DVD 1) 2007-04-10 (from $35.99)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 2) 2007-06-12 (from $18.99)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Collector's Edition (DVD 2) 2007-07-24
    Black Lagoon (DVD 3) 2007-09-18
    Black Lagoon - Limited Collector's Edition (DVD 3) 2007-09-18
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $16.99)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $23.99)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $16.99)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $22.99)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $17.99)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $22.99)
    Black Lagoon V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2008-03-19
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Series Composition: Sunao Katabuchi
Script:
Sunao Katabuchi (eps 1-12)
Storyboard:
Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 6)
Kazuya Komai (ep 7)
Kenichi Kawamura (eps 2, 11)
Masanori Shino (OP)
Satoshi Nishimura (ep 1)
Sunao Katabuchi (ED; eps 3-5, 7)
Tetsuro Araki (eps 9, 12)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Nigorikawa (ep 12)
Fumie Muroi (ep 4)
Kenichi Kawamura (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11
)

Kunio Katsuki (ep 5)
Sunao Katabuchi (ep 3)
Tetsuro Araki (eps 3, 9)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 7)
Music: Edison
Original creator: Rei Hiroe
Character Design: Masanori Shino
Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino
Mechanical design: Masahiro Kimura
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto
3D Animation: Eiji Inomoto
Action Director: Kazuhiro Soeta (eps 11-12)
Animation Check: Sakiko Watanabe
Animation producer: Ryoichiro Matsuo
Ascertainment Cooperation: Yoshifuru Otsuka
Assistant Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Associate Animation Director:
Kei Anjiki
Yoshio Okuda
CG Production: Masayuki Narai
Color Check: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)
Color design: Yuriko Kadomoto
Color Design Assistant: Fumie Hayashi
Color setting: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)
Editing Assistant: Yumi Jinguji
Military Ascertainment: Jugo Tsukuda
Music Production:
Kozue Okada
Masayuki Ogami
Online Editor: Miwa Kikuchi
Production Desk: Kazuo Watanabe
Production manager: Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Prop Design: Masahiro Kimura
Recording Mix: Chikako Abe
Recording Operator: Satoru Matsuda
Setting Manager: Shingou Nishikawa
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (SOUND BOX)
Theme Song Arrangement: Kazuya Takase (OP)
Theme Song Composition: Kazuya Takase (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: MELL (OP)
Theme Song Performance: MELL (OP)
Translation Adviser: Dan Kanemitsu
 
Mami Koyama as Balalaika
Tsutomu Isobe as Dutch

Akiko Takeguchi as Sister Yolanda (ep 7)
Akimasa Ohmori as Leigharch (eps 11-12)
Banjou Ginga as Verrocchio (ep 3)
Fumio Matsuoka as Alfred (ep 6)
Hisao Egawa as Abrego (eps 8-10)
Jouji Nakata as Kageyama (*)
Jun Karasawa as Sister Eda (ep 7)
Katsuhiko Sasaki as Takenaka (eps 11-12)
Kazue Ikura as Garcia (eps 8-10)
Ken Narita as Gruppen Führer (eps 5-6)
Ken Yamaguchi as Ibraha (eps 11-12)
Kenichi Morozumi as Fujiwara (ep 1)
Kenta Miyake as
Agent Blend (ep 12)
Menishov (ep 9)
Masaaki Tsukada as Wassabu (ep 7)
Masahiko Tanaka as EO Company Captain (eps 1-2)
Masaki Aizawa as Rowan (ep 7)
Michie Tomizawa as Roberta (eps 9-10)
Naoya Uchida as Luak (ep 3)
Rika Morinaga as Kageyama's Daughter (ep 2)
Ryuji Nakagi as Rachmann
Sayuri Ikemoto as Kageyama's Wife (ep 2)
Shiro Saito as Bao (Bar owner; ep 1)
Taiten Kusunoki as Boris (eps 8-10)
Takaya Kuroda as Spieleberger (ep 4)
Tooru Nara as Kageyama's Son (ep 2)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Chan (ep 11)
Youichi Nishijima as Stanford (eps 4-6)
Yuko Sasaki as Shenhua (eps 11-12)
Yuuichi Nakamura as
Agent Sugar (ep 12)
Meier (eps 1-2)
Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios
Backgrounds: Atelier BWCA
Broadcaster:
Chiba TV (2006-04-08)
Gunma TV (2006-04-14)
KBS Tokyo (2006-04-11)
Nagoya Broadcasting Network (2006-04-11)
Tokyo MX TV (2006-04-09)
TV Saitama (2006-04-14)
TVK (2006-04-11)
In-Between Animation: Dr. Movie
English cast 
English staff 
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Associate producer: Jiro Okada
Casting Coordination: Theresa MacFarlane
Casting Director: Randi Riediger
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer:
Donovan Johnson
Michael Iske
Script Adaptation: Stephen Hedley
Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard
Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto
Voice Direction: James Corrigall
Brad Swaile as Rock

Dean Redman as Dutch
Patricia Drake as Balalaika
Saffron Henderson as Shenhua (eps 11-12)

Adrian Holmes as Rowan (ep 7)
Alec Willows as Bao (eps 1, 8)
Alistair Abell as
Kageyama's Son (ep 2)
Luak (ep 3)
Mayer (eps 1-2)
Pirate (ep 3)
Soldier (ep 4)
Andy Toth as
Cartel Man 1 (ep 8)
Chinese Man 2 (ep 8)
Neo-Nazi Soldier 1 (ep 5)
Brian Dobson as Kruppen Feller (eps 5-6)
Brian Drummond as
Captain Ahbe (ep 4)
Chinese Man 1 (ep 8)
Pirate (ep 3)
Cathy Weseluck as Garcia (eps 8-10)
Clay St. Thomas as
CIA Agent 1 (ep 12)
News Reporter (ep 11)
Dale Wilson as Watsap (ep 7)
Eli Gabay as
Abrego (eps 8-10)
Neo-Nazi 2 (ep 6)
Fred Henderson as Takenaka (eps 11-12)
French Tickner as Alfred (ep 6)
Hiro Kanagawa as
Colonel Matsuto (ep 4)
Fujiwara (eps 1-2)
John Novak as
Cargo Ship Captain (ep 2)
Sonar Operator (ep 4)
Lisa Ann Beley as Eda (ep 7)
Louis Chirillo as
Chin
Pirate (ep 3)
Storm (ep 1)
Mackenzie Gray as Ibraha (eps 11-12)
Mark Acheson as
Boris (eps 8-10)
Neo-Nazi Soldier 2 (ep 5)
Mark Gibbon as Stanford (eps 4-6)
Maryke Hendrikse as Kageyama's Daughter (ep 2)
Michael Dobson as
Cartel Man 2 (ep 8)
Spielberger (ep 4)
Vice President (eps 1-2)
Paul Dobson as E.O. Captain (eps 1-3)
Richard Newman as
Managing Director (ep 1)
Menshov (ep 9)
Rachmann (eps 4-6)
Ross Douglas as Kageyama (eps 1-2)
Scott McNeil as
Chinese Man (ep 1)
Verrocchio (ep 3)
Shirley Millner as Sister Yolanda (ep 7)
Tabitha St. Germain as
Girl (ep 3)
Kageyama's Wife (ep 2)
Myna Bird (ep 3)
Parrot (ep 7)
Shop Woman (ep 1)
Ted Cole as
Japanese Man (eps 11-12)
Triad Member (eps 11-12)
Trevor Devall as
Leigharch (ep 11)
Mr Chang (ep 11)
Neo-Nazi 1 (ep 6)
NGO Worker (ep 7)
Thai Man (ep 8)
Viv Leacock as CIA Agent 2 (ep 12)
English companies 
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)
DVD Authoring: Nightjar, LLC
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios

French staff 
(none)
French cast 

Anny Vogel as Balalaïka
French companies 
Didtributor: Déclic Images
Distributor: Déclic Images
Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: Animax España
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Dubbing Director: Anton Giulio Castagna
Dubbing Assistant: Fabio Signorini
Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli
Sound Technician: Paolo Nagy
 
Alessandra Korompay as Balalaika
Loris Loddi as Benny

Antonio Palumbo as Ibraha (eps 11-12)
Enzo Avolio as Wat Sap (ep 7)
Fabiola Bittarello as Shenhoa (eps 11-12)
Fabrizio Russotto as Blitz (ep 5)
Francesco Prando as Habe (eps 1-2)
Giorgio Locuratolo as Capitano (eps 1-2)
Ilaria Latini as Roberta (eps 9-10)
Jacopo Castagna as Garcia (eps 8-10)
Luigi Ferraro as Chin (ep 3)
Mario Bombardieri as Kageyama (ep 1)
Mino Caprio as Spielberger (ep 4)
Paila Pavese as Sorella Yolanda (ep 7)
Pinella Dragani as Sorella Eda (ep 7)
Roberto Certomà as Chang (ep 11)
Roberto Stocchi as Boris (eps 8-10)
Saverio Moriones as Abrego (eps 8-10)
Stafano de Sando as Takenata (eps 11-12)
Stefano Billi as Luak (ep 3)
Vladimiro Conti as Bao (ep 1)
Italian companies 
Broadcaster: MTV Italia (from 4 december 2007)
Distributor: Panini Video Italia
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Tobias Nath as Rokuro "Rock" Okajima

Peggy Sander as Balalaika

Bernhard Völger as Chin (ep 3)
Gunnar Helm as Sergeant
Hannes Maurer as Garcia Lavres
Jan Spitzer as Obersturmmannführer
Klaus Lochthove as
Kageyama
Terrorist
Konrad Bösherz as Hänsel
Matthias Deutelmoser as Oberleutnant
Petra Barthel as Shenhua
Raimund Krone as
Boris (eps 8-9)
Direktor (ep 1)
Soldat
Storm
Terrorist #2
Ulrike Lau as Yolanda
German companies 
Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-12-07)
Distributor: Anime-Virtual
Dubbing: Elektrofilm (*kotz*)

Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster: Animax Portugal
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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