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Black Lagoon (TV)

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© Rei Hiroe / Shogakukan • Black Lagoon Production Team


Alternative title:
Пираты «Черной лагуны» (Russian)
ブラックラグーン (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
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: 5106 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 760 votes (sub:514, dub:208, edit.dub:3, raw:3, ?:3, others:29
13 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
3 French subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1881 votes (sub:1253, dub:550, raw:7, ?:5, edit.dub:2, others:64
27 Spanish subtitled
9 Russian subtitled
8 French subtitled
7 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
2 German dubbed
2 German subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 1389 votes (sub:961, dub:373, raw:6, ?:4, edit.dub:1, others:44
19 Spanish subtitled
6 Portuguese subtitled
4 Italian dubbed
4 German dubbed
3 Russian subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 684 votes (sub:487, dub:155, raw:10, ?:9, edit.dub:1, others:22
7 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 196 votes (sub:146, dub:40, raw:2, ?:2, others:6
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 95 votes (sub:64, dub:26, raw:1, others:4
1 Italian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:8)
 Weak: 29 votes (sub:15, dub:8, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 25 votes (sub:13, dub:9, ?:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 8759 users, rank: #52 (of 10089)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.293 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.392, rank: #316 (of 10249)
Weighted mean: 8.204 (Very good+), rank: #361 (of 10249) (seen all: 8.29 / seen some: 7.19 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 8.202 (Very good+), rank: #220 (of 7724)
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)
Release dates: We have 16
Opening Theme:
"Red Fraction" by MELL
Ending Theme:
"Don't Look Behind" by EDISON
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 12
Reviews:
Black Lagoon Blu-Ray (Dec 7, 2015)
Black Lagoon DVD 3 (Oct 9, 2007)
Black Lagoon DVD 2 (Aug 1, 2007)
Black Lagoon DVD 1 (May 18, 2007)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Black Lagoon - The Complete Series [Premium Edition] (Blu-ray) 2015-11-17 (from $800.00)
    Black Lagoon - The Complete Collection [Classics] (Blu-ray) 2019-06-04 (from $48.99)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Season 1 (Blu-ray) 2012-07-30 (from $109.00)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] [UK] (Blu-ray) 2022-03-14 (from $239.00)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Black Lagoon - Complete Series [Anime Classics] (BD+DVD) 2012-12-04 (from $31.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2007-05-22 (from $49.95)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ SteelBook + Bonus Disc] (DVD 1) 2007-05-22 (from $296.00)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $89.00)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ SteelBook + Bonus Disc] (DVD 1) 2008-08-19 (from $39.00)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 2) 2007-07-24 (from $14.98)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ Dog Tag] (DVD 2) 2007-07-24 (from $23.79)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $21.00)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ Dog Tag] (DVD 2) 2008-08-19 (from $102.05)
    Black Lagoon (DVD 3) 2007-09-18 (from $34.99)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ Full Metal Collector Cards] (DVD 3) 2007-09-18
    Black Lagoon (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $21.74)
    Black Lagoon - [Limited Collector's Edition w/ Full Metal Collector Cards] (DVD 3) 2008-08-19 (from $162.00)
    Black Lagoon - Season 1 Box Set [SteelBook] (DVD 1-3) 2008-12-30 (from $89.99)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2009-09-29 (from $49.95)
DVD (Region 2)
    Black Lagoon - Complete Season 1 and 2 (DVD) 2012-07-09 (from $159.00)
DVD (Region 4)
    Black Lagoon V1 (DVD 1) 2008-03-19

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
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 8-10, 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, 8-10)
Yoshihisa Matsumoto (ep 7)
Unit Director:
Kenichi Kawamura (ED)
Masanori Shino (OP)
Music: Edison
Original creator: Rei Hiroe
Character Design: Masanori Shino
Art Director:
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Hiroshi Katō (Studio Bihou; ep 11)
Shunichirō Yoshihara (Studio Bihou; ep 12)
Takuya Iida
Chief Animation Director: Masanori Shino
Animation Director:
Akiko Asaki (ep 11)
Akira Watanabe (ep 7)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (ep 3)
Fumie Muroi (eps 4, 6)
Hideki Inoue (eps 6, 9)
Kazuhiro Soeta (ep 6)
Keiko Okuda
Kiyoshi Tateishi (ep 6)
Kunio Katsuki (ED; ep 6)
Masahiro Kimura (ED; ep 6)
Masaki Hinata (eps 6, 10, 12)
Masanori Shino (OP, ED)
Toshiyuki Kanno (ep 1)
Yasuhisa Katō (ep 2)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 5)
Mechanical design: Masahiro Kimura
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto
Executive producer:
Jungo Maruta
Yuichiro Tsuzuki
Producer:
Jun Nishimura
Junya Okamoto
Mitsutoshi Ogura

2nd Key Animation:
Masafumi Nakagawa (ep 11)
Masami Yamashita (eps 9-10, 12)
Taiki Imamura (ep 11)
3D Animation: Eiji Inomoto
Action Director: Kazuhiro Soeta (eps 11-12)
Animation producer: Ryoichiro Matsuo
Ascertainment Cooperation: Yoshifuru Otsuka
Assistant Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Associate Animation Director:
Kei Ajiki
Yoshio Okuda
Background Art:
Emiko Koizumi
Hiromichi Tanikawa
Kanae Sakakura
Masashi Kurihara
Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier Buuka; eps 1-5, 7-9)
Takuya Iida (Atelier Buuka; eps 1-5, 7-9)
Tomie Akiu
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier Buuka; eps 1-5, 7-9)
Tsubasa Matsumoto (Studio Bihou; ep 11)
Yasunori Usuda
Yuichiro Nakajima
Yuka Okamoto (Atelier Buuka; eps 1-5, 7-9)
Yumiko Yamada
Yuuichi Takayama (Atelier Buuka; eps 1-5, 7-9)
CG Producer: Masayuki Narai
Color Check: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)
Color Coordination: Masako Torigata (eps 1, 6)
Color design: Yuriko Kadomoto
Color Design Assistant: Fumie Hayashi
Color setting: Miyuki Kibata (ep 7)
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Editing Assistant: Yumi Jinguji
Finish Check: Masako Torigata (eps 1, 6)
Finishing:
Jung Ah Lim (6 episodes
eps 1-3, 8-9, 11
)
Mi Yeon Lee (ep 10)
Sung Hee Seo (eps 9, 11)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi (eps 1-5, 8-9)
Eun Jin Han
Eun Me Phyun
Eun Mi Choi (eps 4, 10-11)
Jeong-Hui Kim (DR MOVIE; eps 1, 10-11)
Kenichi Shima
Mi Kyoung Yoon
Minami Yoshida (eps 1-5, 8-9)
You Keoung Jeoung
Young Mi Jeoung
In-Between Check:
Kayo Sakazume (eps 1, 3, 8)
Sakiko Watanabe (eps 1-6, 8-12)
Key Animation:
Akiko Asaki (OP; ep 6)
Akitsugu Hisagi (eps 1, 9, 11)
Ayako Hata (eps 1-2, 4)
Chihiro Hayashi (eps 1-2, 5, 8-9)
Cindy H. Yamauchi (ep 3)
Eun Young Choi
Futoshi Fujikawa (ED)
Hideki Saijo (ep 1)
Hideo Hayashi (eps 1-2)
Hirofumi Nakata (Delta Peak Production; eps 11-12)
Hiroshi Nishimura
Jamie Vickers (eps 2, 5, 9)
Junichi Hashimoto
Kazuhiro Soeta (OP)
Kazuya Saitō (ep 4)
Kazuyo Nakamura (eps 1, 5)
Kōji Matsuyama
Kunihiko Inoue (ep 1)
Kyouko Yasuda (ep 1)
Masafumi Nakagawa (8 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 8-9, 12
)
Masaki Hinata (OP; ep 10)
Masayuki Kojima
Masayuki Ojima (6 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 9, 12
)
Nozomu Abe (eps 1, 6)
Ryousuke Sawa (ep 1)
Sachiyo Hiraide
Shinji Yamamoto (ep 4)
Susumu Mitsunaka (ep 1)
Taiki Imamura (9 episodes
eps 1-6, 8-9, 12
)
Takanori Suzuki
Taketomo Ishikawa (ep 1)
Tatsuya Shiraishi (OP; eps 10, 12)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (OP)
Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 1)
Toshiyuki Kanno (ED; ep 1)
Yasuhisa Katō (OP)
Yasunori Miyazawa (ep 8)
Yosuke Miura
Yuki Hayashi (ep 4)
Marketing:
Rikako Fudetani
Takashi Iida
Military Ascertainment: Jugo Tsukuda
Music producer:
Kozue Okada
Masayuki Ogami
Online Editor: Miwa Kikuchi
Photography:
Atsurō Saitō
Tetsuya Nakai
Yukihiro Masumoto (Dr. Movie; 6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7-8, 10
)
Planning:
Akihiro Kawamura
Masao Maruyama
Production Desk: Kazuo Watanabe
Production manager: Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Prop Design: Masahiro Kimura
Recording Mix: Chikako Abe
Recording Operator: Satoru Matsuda
Russian Language Consultant: Jenya
Setting Manager: Shingō 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 Adviser: Dan Kanemitsu
Visual Effects:
Kazutaka Yoshimoto
Ryuta Undo
Takayuki Toda
Yukio Tanaka
Yuu Nagashima
美術:
Takuya Iida (eps 4-5)
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (eps 1-3, 7-9)
Daisuke Namikawa as Rock
Megumi Toyoguchi as Revy

Hiroaki Hirata as Benny
Jōji Nakata as Kageyama
Mami Koyama as Balalaika
Tsutomu Isobe as Dutch

Akiko Takeguchi as Sister Yolanda (ep 7)
Akimasa Ohmori as Leigharch (eps 11-12)
Asami Yaguchi as
Myna Bird (ep 3)
Oumu (ep 7)
Banjō Ginga as Verrocchio (ep 3)
Fumio Matsuoka as Alfred (ep 6)
Hisao Egawa as Abrego (eps 8-10)
Hitoshi Bifu as
Thai Man (ep 8)
Warrant Officer (ep 4)
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)
Komina Matsushita as Female Clerk (ep 1)
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)
Ryūji Nakagi as Rachmann
Sayuri Ikemoto as Kageyama's Wife (ep 2)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Captain Ahbe (ep 4)
Shirō Saitō as Bao (Bar owner; ep 1)
Shutetsu Tokaichi as Chang (ep 3)
Taiten Kusunoki as Boris (eps 8-10)
Takaya Hashi as Vice President (ep 2)
Takaya Kuroda as Spieleberger (ep 4)
Tōru Nara as
Chinese Man (ep 1)
Kageyama's Son (ep 2)
Manisalera Cartel (eps 8-9)
NGO (ep 7)
PBR Pirate (ep 3)
Soldier (eps 4-6)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Chan (ep 11)
Yōichi Nishijima as
Manisalera Cartel (ep 9)
PBR Pirate (ep 3)
Salaryman (eps 11-12)
Ship captain (ep 2)
Stanford (eps 4-6)
Storm (ep 1)
Yōsuke Akimoto as Managing Director (ep 1)
Yūichi Nakamura as
Agent Sugar (ep 12)
Chinese Man (ep 8)
Manisalera Cartel (ep 9)
Meier (eps 1-2)
Officer (ep 5)
PBR Pirate (ep 3)
Soldier (ep 6)
TV Reporter (ep 11)
Yūko Sasaki as Shenhua (eps 11-12)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse
Art Direction: Bihou, Inc. (eps 11-12)
Background Art: Atelier BWCA (eps 1-5, 7-9)
Backgrounds:
Atelier BWCA
Bihou, Inc.
Studio Aqua
Studio Fuga
Broadcaster:
Chiba Television (2006-04-08)
Gunma TV (2006-04-14)
KBS Tokyo (2006-04-11)
Nagoya Broadcasting Network (2006-04-11)
Television Kanagawa (2006-04-11)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2006-04-14)
Tokyo MX (2006-04-09)
CG Production: Orange
Color Design: Studio Elle
In-Between Animation:
cube A motion
Dōga Kōbō
DR Movie
Fan Out
Frontline
Golden Bell
Mook Animation
Tama Production (ep 7)
Tanto
Key Animation:
arp Japan
Delta Peak Production
DR Movie
Fan Out
Frontline
Garan
Kyung Kang ANIA
Mook Animation
Studio Gimlet
Studio NASA
Studio Wombat
Photography:
DR TOKYO
Studio Twinkle
Studio Wood
w-sky
Production:
Black Lagoon Production Team
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (USA)
Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Production Cooperation: Tama Production (ep 7)
Trace & Paint:
Fan Out
Mook Animation
Trace & Painting:
cube A motion
DR Movie
DR TOKYO
Frontline
Golden Bell
Studio Elle
Video Editing: Q-Tec
Visual Effects: Orange
English cast
English staff
Translation: Paul Baldwin
Executive producer:
Gen Fukunaga (Funimation)
Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Producer:
Carly Hunter (Funimation)
Diana Gage
Justin Cook (Funimation)
Satoshi Fujii

Associate producer: Jiro Okada
Casting Coordination: Theresa MacFarlane
Casting Director: Randi Riediger
Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald
Derek Simpson
Donovan Johnson
Michael Iske
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin (Funimation)
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann (Funimation)
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark M. Pinder
Recording engineer:
Donovan Johnson
Michael Iske
Script Adaptation: Stephen Hedley
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla (Funimation)
Jeremy Jimenez (Funimation)
Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard
Supervising Producer: Yukio Kusumoto
Video Editing:
Ashley Rosse (Funimation)
Josh Tyler (Funimation)
Robert Bell (Funimation)
Video Engineer:
Andrew Manson (Funimation)
Jason Weems (Funimation)
Video Post-Production:
Michael Hey
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp (Funimation)
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara (Funimation)
Voice Direction: James Corrigall
Brad Swaile as Rock
Maryke Hendrikse as Revy

Brian Drummond as Benny
Dean Redman as Dutch
Patricia Drake as Balalaika
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)
Myna Bird (ep 3)
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)
Saffron Henderson as Shenhua (eps 11-12)
Scott McNeil as
Chinese Man (ep 1)
Verrocchio (ep 3)
Shirley Millner as 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
5.1 Mix: Nightjar, LLC
Additional Post-Production: FUNimation Entertainment (Funimation release)
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Animax South Africa
G4TechTV Canada (Anime Current)
Sci-Fi Channel Australia (Animax)
Starz Edge
Toonami
Casting: Interpacific Productions
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (2008)
Madman Entertainment (expired)
Manga Entertainment (UK)
MVM (UK)
Tokyo Night Train (Australia & New Zealand)
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia (Australia & New Zealand)
Viz Media Europe (Europe, Middle East, Africa)
DVD Authoring: Nightjar, LLC
Internet Streaming:
Animax UK (UK)
Crunchyroll (United States, Canada; expired)
FUNimation Entertainment
Hulu
YouTube
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (United Kingdom and Ireland)
FUNimation Entertainment (2011)
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (expired)
KAZÉ (UK)
Recording Studio: Ocean Studios
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Karl-Line Heller

Adaptation: Anthony Panetto
Damien Laquet as Rock
Dany Benedito as Rebby

Anny Vogel as Balalaïka
Laurent Pasquier as Benny
Pascal Gimenez as Dutch

Karl-Line Heller as
Eda
Garcia
Roberta
Shenhua
French companies
Didtributor: Déclic Images
Distributor: Déclic Images
Dubbing: PILON Studio Son
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Translation: Pedro Fernandez (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau

Screen Inserts: Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Subtitle Translation: Mónica Morales Gómez (Netflix; Spain)
Subtitling: Montse Meneses (Selecta Visión)
Angel de Gracia as Rock (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Revy (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Dutch (Spain dub)
Daniel Albiac as Benny (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Balalaika (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as E.O. Captain (Spain dub; eps 1-2)
Anna Orra as
Eda (Spain dub; ep 7)
Garcia Lovelace (Spain dub; eps 8-10)
Shenhua (Spain dub; eps 11-12)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Yolanda (Spain dub; ep 7)
Marta Estrada as Roberta (Spain dub; eps 8-10)
Miquel Cors as Verrocchio (Spain dub; ep 3)
Ramón Rocabayera as Menshov (Spain dub; ep 9)
Ricky Coello as Ibraha (Spain dub; eps 11-12)
Toni Mora as Chang Bai (Spain dub; eps 11-12)
Vicente Gil as Boris (Spain dub)

Eva Ordeig (Spain dub; ep 1)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Animax España
Dubbing Studio: Takemaker (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (Spain; Latin America)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
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
Manfredi Aliquò as Fujiwara
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:
KAZÉ
Panini Video Italia
Dubbing: Cine Dubbing International
Internet Streaming: Netflix
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Ulrike Lau
Script: Peer Pfeiffer

Casting: Andreas Janne
Antje von der Ahe as Revy
Tobias Nath as Rokuro "Rock" Okajima

Christoph Banken as Benny
Klaus Lochthove as Kageyama
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 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)
Tele 5 (2013)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: Elektrofilm (*kotz*)
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Hyper
Distributor: Anime-Virtual (DVD)
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
Subtitle Translation: Ruben Oliveira (Netflix; Portugal)
Subtitling: Mariana Costa
Broadcaster: Animax Portugal
Internet Streaming:
Netflix (Brazil; Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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