Review of Black Lagoon

Okajima Rokuro, a young and put upon Japanese businessman, is given his big break and sent to the East China sea to delivery a disk. However, his boat is hijacked by a "delivery company" for the criminal world called Black Lagoon and Rokuro is kidnapped with the disk for his potential ransom value. Unfortunately for Rokuro he is told by his superiors to throw himself in to the sea to cover up his company's shady and illegal business deal. With nowhere else to go Rokuro is invited to join Black Lagoon by its sympathetic employees and nicknamed Rock. Black Lagoon is an extremely violent and wildride. The story is fairly episodic and basically involves Black Lagoon dealing with complications caused by Nazis, gun toting, drug smuggling Nuns, a killer maid and terrorists when on a job. It could have been just a violent bloodfest if it wasn't for the great characters and script backed a great sound track.

As well as Rock Black Lagoon is a tight knit motley crew of individuals. Dutch a muscle bound Vietnam veteran, Benny an electronics expert and Revy a merciless and sadistic killer. Although the show follows Rock, it is Revy who takes centre stage and is played with relish by Toyoguchi Megumi. It is Revy whose character is developed the most. She is very short tempered who sometimes has to be held back from needlessly killing people and is overly keen to use her guns, however, at unguarded moments is shown to be some what insecure and unhappy at the hand life has dealt her and puts this in to expression with "the world won't stop turning just because theirs no justice" a view as a consequence of childhood spent growing up in the gutter surrounded by violence.

I have to give a special mention to some of the badass oneliners which include:

I'm going to weld your ass shut and open a new one in your head!

Remember to pray so you know what god to go to!

Do you want me to show you how to smoke through your head!

Unfortunately the animation which, although competent, doesn't live up to the high standards of the show.

Badass is a common description for Black Lagoon. 'Nuff said.