Black Lagoon
BLACK LAGOON
Synopsis
Salaryman Rokurou Okajima spends his days trying to climb his company's corporate ladder, until one day when a business negotiation in Thailand goes awry. During the botched deal, he falls hostage to the Lagoon Company—a band of ruthless pirate mercenaries. Left to the whims of his captors after his managers refuse to pay his ransom, Rokurou does the unthinkable: instead of begging for his life, he joins the very crew who kidnapped him. Now a member of the group, Rokurou must adjust to his new residence in the dissolute hellscape known as Roanapur, a city where corruption and crime run rampant, and even the smallest slipup could cost him his life. If not for one of the many crime syndicates on the island, Rokurou also constantly finds himself at odds with his brash, gunslinging colleague, Revy. As Rokurou struggles to abandon his past—and with more than just the profits from the Lagoon Company's illegal trading on the line—he must quickly find the resolve to make tough decisions in high-stress situations while keeping his humanity intact. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Staff

Matsuo, Ryouichirou
Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi
Producer

Okamoto, Junya
Producer

Katabuchi, Sunao
Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Series Composition

Araki, Tetsurou
Episode Director, Storyboard

Katsuki, Kunio
Episode Director, Animation Director

Kawamura, Kenichi
Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

Matsumoto, Yoshihisa
Episode Director

Muroi, Fumie
Episode Director, Animation Director

Nigorikawa, Atsushi
Episode Director

Shino, Masanori
Episode Director, Storyboard, Chief Animation Director, Character Design, Animation Director

Panetto, Anthony
Script

Komai, Kazuya
Storyboard

Nishimura, Satoshi
Storyboard

Soeta, Kazuhiro
Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director

Edison
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance, Music

MELL
Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics

Takase, Kazuya
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement

Abe, Chikako
Recording

Abe, Nozomu
Key Animation

Ajiki, Kei
Animation Director

Arahata, Ayumi
Special Effects

Asaki, Akiko
Key Animation, Animation Director

Choi, Eun-Young
Key Animation

Enomoto, Hanako
Key Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Red Fraction" by MELL
Endings
- "Don't Look Behind" by EDISON
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