Black Lagoon
BLACK LAGOON
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. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. 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 that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.
Black Lagoon is a tv with 12 episodes, from Spring 2006, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 7.8/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
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. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. 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 that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.
Main Characters
Tags
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Crime — Centers around unlawful activities punishable by the state or other authority.
- Guns — Prominently features the use of guns in combat.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Pirates — Prominently features sea-faring adventurers branded as criminals by the law.
- Anti-Hero — Features a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic attributes and may be considered a borderline villain.
- Travel — Centers around character(s) moving between places a significant distance apart.
- Gangs — Centers around gang organizations.
- Mafia — Centered around Italian organised crime syndicates.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Assassins — Centers around characters who murder people as a profession.