| Description |
4 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Geneon Entertainment USA: 12967-12970. |
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Suggested ages 16 and up; extreme violence & strong language. |
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Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0) or dubbed English (5.1 DTS, Dolby Digital 2.0) dialogue, English subtitles. |
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Based on the original manga by Rei Hiroe. |
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Title from container. |
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Special features: Behind the scenes (English adaptation); "Red faction" music video (performed by Mell); promotional videos. |
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Videodisc release of the first twelve episodes of the 2006 Japanese animated television series by Shogakukan, Madhouse and the Black Lagoon Project. English version by Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. in association with Ocean Productions Inc. |
| Credits |
Director/series composition/script, Sunao Katabuchi ; art director, Hidetoshi Kaneko ; character designer, Shino Masanori ; props and mecha designer, Masahiro Kimura ; color designer, Yuriko Kadomoto ; editor, Kashiko Kimura ; music, Edison. English version producers. Satoshi Fujii, Diana Gage, Jiro Okada ; ADR director, James Corrigall ; English adaptation, Stephen Hedley. |
| Summary |
In the opening episode we meet Rokuro Okajima, a meek, mundane, and metropolitan Japanese salaryman. His business trip to South East Asia to deliver a data disc for his company turns from pleasure cruise to festival of pain when modern day pirates board his ship and take him hostage. These soldiers of fortune, Revy, Dutch, and Benny are merciless, maniacal, and mean. Together they make up the crew of the Black Lagoon. They are the exact opposite of Rokuro in every way, but eventually he throws his lot in with them when another mercenary group, hired by his employer, targets them to steal back the data disc that Rokuro had, and with it, classified information that threatens the peace and security of the entire world! Dutch, captain of the Black Lagoon, is a an African American Vietnam veteran. |
| Contents |
1. Black Lagoon -- 2. Mangrove heaven -- 3. Ring-ding ship chase -- 4. Der Rückkehr des Adlers -- 5. Eagle hunting and hunting eagles -- 6. Moonlit hunting grounds -- 7. Calm down, two men -- 8. Rasta blasta -- 9. Maid to kill -- 10. Unstoppable chambermaid -- 11. Lock 'n' load revolution -- 12. Guerrillas in the jungle. |
| Subject |
Soldiers of fortune -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Pirates -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Gangs -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Terrorists -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Japanese -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Russians -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Gangsters -- Southeast Asia -- Drama.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Drama.
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African American veterans -- Drama.
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Islands of the South China Sea -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Drama.
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Television series -- Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Animated television programs.
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Action and adventure television programs.
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| Subject |
Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Katabuchi, Sunao.
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Fujii, Satoshi, 1968-
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Gage, Diana.
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Okada, Jiro.
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Corrigall, James.
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Hedley, Stephen.
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Hiroe, Rei.
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Shōgakkan.
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Maddohausu, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Black Lagoon Project.
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Geneon Entertainment (USA)
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Ocean Productions, Inc.
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John K. McAskill collection of Vietnam War film ephemera.
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| Added Title |
Burakku ragun (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1421016419 |
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9781421016412 |
| Music No. |
12970 (12967-12970 on discs) |
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