Synopsis:
(basically ripped it off from Wikipedia because it was the least spoilering synopsis)
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as 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 (somewhere in the Amphoe Mueang Trat district, likely on the mainland north/northeast of the Ko Chang island or on the island itself). The island is home to the Yakuza, the Triad, Cuban and French cartels, and a wide assortment of pickpockets, thugs, mercenaries, thieves, prostitutes, assassins, and Gunmen of all sorts. They transport goods in the 80-foot (24 m) Elco-type PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions—which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles—in various Southeast Asian locations, even going as far as Phu Quoc island of Vietnam and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur which is often destroyed in firefights.
The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as 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 (somewhere in the Amphoe Mueang Trat district, likely on the mainland north/northeast of the Ko Chang island or on the island itself). The island is home to the Yakuza, the Triad, Cuban and French cartels, and a wide assortment of pickpockets, thugs, mercenaries, thieves, prostitutes, assassins, and Gunmen of all sorts. They transport goods in the 80-foot (24 m) Elco-type PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions—which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles—in various Southeast Asian locations, even going as far as Phu Quoc island of Vietnam and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur which is often destroyed in firefights.
Review:
The only reason I know about this anime is because an OOTW requested the show's main character to appear on the pic for this group(Akx's note : that was Oshin Anilkumar ), and also because Akx was lazy enough to not tell me who the character was, or didn't know who she was. Anyways, wanna thank both of them for peaking my curiosity into this anime, which turned out to be an awesome anime.
Plot: So as far as plots go, this anime kinda falls into different category. The stories featured in this anime are generally 2-3 episodes long, and don't have some kind of an over-arcing plot motivating the viewers to watch it. It just depends on the awesomeness of the stories it shows. These stories, are good, they are quite interesting especially considering how unique the plot is in itself (I haven't seen any other anime that deals with pirating in modern times). Some stories fall short, while some are too good. So I give it an 8/10 here.
Atmosphere: The topics this anime deals with are grim, really grim. The atmosphere is also set in that way to show how it can go from happy to dark and broody. The setting of the story really brings out what the scene is trying to convey, by either giving it a great backdrop to happen, or have the backdrop be in utter contrast to the scene. What really makes this anime the best is the fight scenes it has, they really get your adrenaline running, even while being down to earth realistic fights (as far as anime go, its kinda like Transporter series, or Bollywood fight scenes before people decided laws of gravitation don't rule Indian actors). I give this part a 9/10.
Character Development: Unlike most stuff I have watched, the character development for the main characters is at a more subtle pace. Its not in your face kind of a development, nor is it just absent. I haven't watched Roberta's Blood Trail which is kind of important for this section as a lot of character development happened in that OVA. The series only showed change in philosophies and development of chemistry between the leads towards the end of the anime, and Roberta's Blood Trail is very important in that respect that it carries this development forward. But, development of other characters can have you asking for more, especially the other two members of lagoon company. They do finally do a good job of that also, showing exactly how cold the boss of Hotel Moscow can be, or how twisted people in Roanapour really are, but that comes in only when they have some significant to donate to the plot. So, 7/10.
Production Value: Just a fancy way of saying animation and musical score. They are good in the anime. The animation is killer, doing justice to the fight scenes in the anime. Though, the background is a bit rough.
The musical score is also very nice, though they maybe should use more variety (there are only like two tunes used during the anime, one of which is also used for the ending). I liked the opening which they chose, and the ending is also good.
So, its an 8/10.
The musical score is also very nice, though they maybe should use more variety (there are only like two tunes used during the anime, one of which is also used for the ending). I liked the opening which they chose, and the ending is also good.
So, its an 8/10.
Overall Rating: 8/10
Watch it for the grim depiction of how a pirate really lives like, all the fight scenes that makes it perfect for adrenaline junkies, the well done depiction of the underbelly of the world we live in and how screwed up it is, and a nice story. I recommend also seeing Roberta's Blood Trail for the sake of plot, I don't really know how good that is. Its not the best anime out there (manga is much better, or so I've heard), but its good. Some of you may find my review a bit on the generous side, but it's only cause I don't watch many anime, so I lack experience.
~A review by Prithu Verma
Watch it for the grim depiction of how a pirate really lives like, all the fight scenes that makes it perfect for adrenaline junkies, the well done depiction of the underbelly of the world we live in and how screwed up it is, and a nice story. I recommend also seeing Roberta's Blood Trail for the sake of plot, I don't really know how good that is. Its not the best anime out there (manga is much better, or so I've heard), but its good. Some of you may find my review a bit on the generous side, but it's only cause I don't watch many anime, so I lack experience.
~A review by Prithu Verma
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