Sunao Katabuchi
Director
Black Lagoon (2006)
Season 1
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia.
Released April 9, 2006
Episode 24 min
17+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Seinen, Crime, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.bounty-hunter, tmdb.mercenary, tmdb.arms-dealer, tmdb.femme-fatale, tmdb.outlaw, tmdb.revenge, tmdb.mafia + 361 more, tmdb.gunfight, tmdb.pirate, tmdb.terrorism, tmdb.seinen, tmdb.anime, tmdb.drastic-change-of-life, tmdb.smuggling-contraband, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.girl-boss, imdb.vietnam-war-veteran, imdb.abused-child, imdb.arm-blown-off, imdb.arm-shot-off, imdb.banging-head-against-wall, imdb.bar-shootout, imdb.beer-can, imdb.black-and-white-scene, imdb.bleeding-to-death, imdb.bloody-body-of-child, imdb.breaking-down-a-door, imdb.bullet-riddled-car, imdb.chapel, imdb.child-shot, imdb.child-shot-in-the-arm, imdb.child-shot-in-the-head, imdb.child-shot-in-the-leg, imdb.child-with-a-gun, imdb.computer-hacker, imdb.danger, imdb.disturbed-childhood, imdb.bloody-face, tmdb.criminal-organization, imdb.ambush, imdb.axe, imdb.bartender, imdb.beating, imdb.binoculars, imdb.blood-splatter, imdb.bloodshed, imdb.bloodthirsty, imdb.boss, imdb.brutality, imdb.car-crash, 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Watch Providers: Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Madhouse, Atelier BWCA
Network: Chiba TV
6.8
S1E1 - The Black Lagoon
Abducted by modern-day pirates and declared dead by his company, businessman Rokuro Okajima joins his captors on their ship, the Black Lagoon.
April 9, 2006, midnight
6.8
S1E2 - Mangrove Heaven
Rock devises a plan to destroy the gunship that seems to have trapped the Black Lagoon. Meanwhile, the Lagoon Company accepts Rock as a new member.
April 16, 2006, midnight
6.2
S1E3 - Ring-Ding Ship Chase
A gangster named Chin lures Dutch and the crew of the Black Lagoon into a battle at sea against Luak, the leader of rival pirates.
April 23, 2006, midnight
5.6
S1E4 - Die Rückkehr des Adlers
While on a mission to retrieve a valuable painting from a sunken U-boat, the Black Lagoon is besieged by missile-firing neo-Nazis.
April 30, 2006, midnight
7.5
S1E5 - Eagle Hunting and Hunting Eagles
After finding the painting on the sunken sub, Rock and Revy argue over looking for more loot while the neo-Nazis' own divers approach the wreck.
May 7, 2006, midnight
7.3
S1E6 - Moonlit Hunting Grounds
Dutch and Revy's violent raid on the neo-Nazi ship leads to surprising revelations about Revy and the Black Lagoon's mission to recover the painting.
May 14, 2006, midnight
7.8
S1E7 - Calm Down, Two Men
Revy's resentment at being sent on assignment with Rock may change when he calms a potentially volatile situation with a dealer.
May 21, 2006, midnight
7.5
S1E8 - Rasta Blasta
The Black Lagoon crew must deliver a young hostage to a Colombian cartel, but Dutch has a crisis of conscience when he learns the boy's identity.
May 28, 2006, midnight
7.5
S1E9 - Maid to Kill
The Black Lagoon crew discovers too late that Roberta is a formidable opponent with a price on her head, as they attempt to flee with Garcia.
June 4, 2006, midnight
7.5
S1E10 - The Unstoppable Chambermaid
Rock learns the truth about Balalaika's troops when they intervene in a no-holds-barred confrontation between Revy and Roberta.
June 11, 2006, midnight
7.3
S1E11 - Lock 'n Load Revolution
While transporting information on a terrorist organization to the CIA, the Black Lagoon crew comes under attack by the terrorists.
June 18, 2006, midnight
7.0
S1E12 - Guerrillas in the Jungle
Rock learns the truth about Takenaka while under interrogation, and gets an even bigger surprise after he's rescued by Revy and Shenhua.
June 25, 2006, midnight
5.0
S1E13 - The Vampire Twins Comen
A rash of killings targeting Hotel Moscow prompts a meeting of the major crime lords and suspicion falls on a pair of twin children.
Oct. 4, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E14 - Bloodsport Fairytale
After Rock and Chang trace the twins' origins to Romania, they become engaged in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the lethal kids.
Oct. 11, 2006, midnight
7.0
S1E15 - Swan Song at Dawn
Gretel takes Eda hostage, demanding a getaway boat for herself and her brother. Meanwhile, Hansel holds off Balalaika's entire team alone.
Oct. 18, 2006, midnight
5.0
S1E16 - Greenback Jane
The Florida mafia and various bounty hunters descend on the Church of Violence in pursuit of U.S. counterfeiter Greenback Jane, who wants to join.
Oct. 25, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E17 - The Roanapur Freakshow Circus
Eda tries to help Jane evade the bounty hunters, but her plans -- including an escape on the Black Lagoon -- are foiled at virtually every turn.
Nov. 1, 2006, midnight
5.0
S1E18 - Mr. Benny's Good Fortune
Dutch and Benny attempt to rescue Jane and the others, and much will be revealed after the chase as they are pursued by the bounty hunters.
Nov. 8, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E19 - Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise
Rock and Revy accompany Balalaika to Japan, where they enact -- then endanger -- an assignment to take out one yakuza gang at the behest of another.
Nov. 15, 2006, midnight
7.0
S1E20 - The Succession
Feuding breaks out between Balalaika and the Washimine gang, and Rock makes a shocking discovery about Yukio, the girl he met at the festival.
Nov. 22, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E21 - Two Father's Little Soldier Girls
Yukio is abducted on the day she takes control of the Washimine Group, and Rock pleads with Ginji to let him and Revy help rescue her.
Nov. 29, 2006, midnight
7.0
S1E22 - The Dark Tower
Revy and Ginji try to save Yukio during a battle with Chaka and his men. Later, she takes Rock to task for trying to save her from a life of crime.
Dec. 6, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E23 - Snow White's Payback
Balalaika has wiped out much of the Washimine Group, but Yukio has learned something about Hotel Moscow's technique and uses it to her advantage.
Dec. 13, 2006, midnight
6.0
S1E24 - The Gunslingers
Rock tries to force Yukio out of a life of crime, but events beyond his control may cause his well-laid plans for her future to spin out of control.
Dec. 20, 2006, midnight
Network: Chiba TV
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 576 min.
Released: April 9, 2006
Last Air Date: Dec. 20, 2006, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+
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