From the title, one might guess that this anime is about swamp-dwelling creatures, but in reality, it is about Lagoon Company, the main characters of Black Lagoon.
Lagoon Company, a group of pirate mercenaries consisting of Revy, a kill-crazy berserker with two pistols, their captain Dutch, the cool-headed captain and Benny, the smarmy hacker/electronics guy along with their newest addition, the Japanese salaryman in the wrong place/wrong time who joins them Rokuro "Rock" Okajima
From the first episode to the last (currently) as well as the five episode OVA, the show is a fun-filled romp of gun-fights, swearing, and general kickassery that doesn't sacrifice a good plot or insult the viewers intelligence.
The show wears its influences on its sleeves, from the staring-down-the-barrel shots on the first episode mimicking Jules and Vega from Pulp Fiction, to the creepy season two premier that just screams Stephen King, to a character who is basically The Terminator in a dress, as well as a ton of other sly nods to its various film roots.
If you haven't already seen Black Lagoon and its OVA: Roberta's Blood trail, you are doing yourself a disservice by not going to do so immediately.
Even if anime isn't your thing, Black Lagoon carries on the fine tradition of anime that bridge that particular genre gap in the way that Cowboy Bebop and Trigun did before it.
In fact, it's also one of the rare gems that is way better in English than it is in its original language.
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| Left to Right: Benny, Rock, Revy and Dutch. Picture provided by Wikipedia. |
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