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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 (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Пираты «Черной лагуны» (Russian)
ブラックラグーン (Japanese)
블랙라군 (Korean)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
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: 2763 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 475 votes (sub:376, dub:77, Spa.sub:7, Ger.dub:4, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, raw:1, ?:1, Ger.sub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1047 votes (sub:808, dub:188, Spa.sub:18, raw:7, Por.sub:5, Rus.sub:5, Fre.sub:4, ?:4, Ger.sub:2, Swe.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Very good: 731 votes (sub:602, dub:99, Spa.sub:11, Por.sub:3, Ger.dub:3, raw:3, Ita.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 314 votes (sub:256, dub:37, Spa.sub:6, ?:4, Por.sub:3, raw:3, Ita.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Decent: 90 votes (sub:72, dub:14, Rus.sub:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 49 votes (sub:39, dub:8, Ita.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:2, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:3, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, Por.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4621 users, rank: #74
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.382 (Very good+.38), std. dev.: 1.3912, rank: #177
Weighted mean: 8.285 (Very good+.28), rank: #179 (seen all: 8.38 / seen some: 7.29 / won't finish: 4.77)
Bayesian estimate: 8.282 (Very good+.28), rank: #107
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 24
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 11
Opening Theme:
"Red Fraction" by MELL
Ending Theme:
"Don't Look Behind" by EDISON
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 13
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Related reviews:
    Black Lagoon DVD 3
    Black Lagoon DVD 2
    Black Lagoon DVD 1

Related releases:
    Black Lagoon - Season 1 Box Set (DVD) 2008-12-16 (from $30.01)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Set (DVD) 2009-09-29 (from $41.54)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2007-04-10 (from $3.12)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Collector's Edition (DVD 1) 2007-04-10 (from $16.28)
    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 (from $26.06)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Collector's Edition (DVD 3) 2007-09-18
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $16.94)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $23.99)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $17.47)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $22.99)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $17.82)
    Black Lagoon - Limited Edition (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $20.37)
    Black Lagoon V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2008-03-19

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Sunao Katabuchi

Series Composition: Sunao Katabuchi

Script: Sunao Katabuchi

Storyboard:
Kazuhiro Soeta
Kazuya Komai
Kenichi Kawamura
Satoshi Nishimura
Tetsuro Araki

Episode Director:
Atsushi Nigorikawa
Fumie Muroi
Kenichi Kawamura
Kunio Katsuki
Sunao Katabuchi
Tetsuro Araki
Yoshihisa Matsumoto

Music: Edison

Original creator: Rei Hiroe

Character Design: Masanori Shino

Art director:
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Takuya Iida

Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino

Animation director:
Akiko Asago
Akira Watanabe
Cindy H. Yamauchi
Fumie Muroi
Hideki Inoue
Keiko Okuda
Kiyoshi Tateishi
Kunio Katsuki
Masahiro Kimura
Masaki Hyuga
Toshiyuki Kanno
Toshiyuki Sugano
Yasuhisa Kato

Mechanical design: Masahiro Kimura

Sound director: Yasunori Honda

Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto

Executive producer:
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Jungo Maruta
Yuichiro Tsuzuki

Producer:
Jun Nishimura
Junya Okamoto
Mitsutoshi Ogura

3D Animation: Eiji Inomoto

Animation Check: Sakiko Watanabe

Animation producer: Ryoichiro Matsuo

Ascertainment Cooperation: Yoshifuru Otsuka

Assistant Color Design: Fumie Hayashi

Assistant director: Kenichi Kawamura

Assistant Editing: Yumi Jinguji

Associate Animation Director:
Kei Anjiki
Yoshio Okuda

Background:
Emiko Koizumi
Hiromichi Tanikawa
Kanae Sakakura
Masashi Kurihara
Masumi Nishikawa
Takuya Iida
Tomie Akiu
Toshiyuki Yoshimura
Yasunori Usuda
Yuichiro Nakajima
Yuka Okamoto
Yumiko Yamada
Yuuichi Takayama

CGI Producer: Masayuki Narai

Colour Check: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)

Colour Design: Yuriko Kadomoto

Colour Setting: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)

Editing: Kashiko Kimura

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi
Eun Jin Han
Eun Me Phyun
Kenichi Shima
Mi Kyoung Yoon
Minami Yoshida
You Keoung Jeoung
Young Mi Jeoung

Key Animation:
Chihiro Hayashi
Eun Young Choi
Hiroshi Nishimura
Jamie Vickers (eps 2, 5, 9)
Junichi Hashimoto
Kazuyo Nakamura
Kouji Matsuyama
Masafumi Nakagawa
Masayuki Kojima
Ryousuke Sawa (ep 1)
Sachiyo Hiraide
Taiki Imamura
Takanori Suzuki
Yosuke Miura

Marketing:
Rikako Fudetani
Takashi Iida

Military Ascertainment: Jugo Tsukuda

Music producer:
Kozue Okada
Masayuki Ogami

Online Editor: Miwa Kikuchi

Photography:
Atsuo Saitoh
Tetsuya Nakai
Yukihiro Masumoto

Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Masao Maruyama

Production Desk: Kazuo Watanabe

Production manager: Kiyoshi Matsumoto

Prop Design: Masahiro Kimura

Recording Mixer: Chikako Abe

Recording Operator: Satoru Matsuda

Setting Manager: Shingou Nishikawa

Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa (SOUND BOX)

Special Effects:
Ayumi Arahata
Kumiko Taniguchi

Theme Song Arrangement: Kazuya Takase (OP)

Theme Song Composition: Kazuya Takase (OP)

Theme Song Lyrics: MELL (OP)

Theme Song Performance: MELL (OP)

Trace & Painting:
Fumie Hayashi
Hee Jung Jung
Kang In Kim
Ki Jeong Choi
Kun Hae Lee
Masako Torikata
Min Ju Kim

Translation Advisor: Dan Kanemitsu

Visual Effects:
Kazutaka Yoshimoto
Ryuta Undo
Takayuki Toda
Yukio Tanaka
Yuu Nagashima

 

Daisuke Namikawa as Rock

Megumi Toyoguchi as Revy

Hiroaki Hirata as Benny

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)

Sayuri Ikemoto as Kageyama's Wife (ep 2)

Shiro Saito as Bao (Bar owner, ep1)

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)

Yoko Sasaki as Shenhoa (eps 11-12)

Youichi Nishijima as Stanford (eps 4-6)

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

Production:
Black Lagoon Production Team
Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.

Trace & Painting:
DR TOKYO
Dr. Movie
Frontline
Studio Elle

English cast 
English staff 

Translation: Paul Baldwin

Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto

Producer:
Diana Gage
Satoshi Fujii

Associate producer: Jiro Okada

Casting Coordinator: Theresa MacFarlane

Casting Director: Randi Riediger

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald
Derek Simpson
Donovan Johnson
Michael Iske

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

Video Post-Production:
Michael Hey
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum

Voice Direction: James Corrigall

Brad Swaile as Rock

Maryke Hendrikse as Revy

Brian Drummond as Benny

Dean Redman as Dutch

Patricia Drake as Balalaika

Saffron Henderson as Shenhua (eps 11-12)

Tabitha St. Germain as Roberta

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

Broadcaster:
G4TechTV Canada (Anime Current)
Sci-Fi Channel Australia (Animax)
Starz Edge

Casting: Interpacific Productions

Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)

DVD Authoring: Nightjar, LLC

Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio: Ocean Studios


French staff 
(none)
French companies 

Didtributor: Déclic Images

French cast 
(none)
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

Translation:
Edoardo Serino
Yukiko Saito

Dialogues: Anton Giulio Castagna

Dubbing Assistant: Fabio Signorini

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli

Sound Technician: Paolo Nagy

 

Alessandro Quarta as Rock

Perla Liberatori as Revy

Alessandra Korompay as Balalaika

Loris Loddi as Benny

Paolo Marchese as Dutch

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

Dubbing: Cine Dubbing International

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Antje von der Ahe as Revy

Tobias Nath as Rokuro "Rock" Okajima

Christoph Banken as Benny

Peggy Sander as Balalaika

Thomas Petruo as Duch

Bernhard Völger as Chin (ep 3)

Christin Marquitan as Eda

Gunnar Helm as Sergeant

Hannes Maurer as Garcia Lavres

Jan Spitzer as Obersturmmannführer

Klaus Lochthove as
Kageyama
Terrorist

Konrad Bösherz as Hänsel

Marie-Luise Schramm as Gretel

Matthias Deutelmoser as Oberleutnant

Petra Barthel as Shenhua

Raimund Krone as
Boris (eps 8-9)
Direktor (ep 1)
Soldat
Storm
Terrorist #2

Tommy Morgenstern as Maurry

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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