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I loved the anime! Thank you for working on it! I wish the manga would be published in my country. Greetings for Mexico!

I'll definitely read the manga as I just finished the anime today

@@writerlairchannel2636 Google my name and it won't take time to see the list of things I've done. Peace.

​@@dankanemitsu3336 i am sorry for my joke, just internet is the place where you can't believe everything especially somebody claiming that they are the creator, sorry again wish you good luck

RIGHT?! I'm so tired of watching 15 year olds become gods over the span of a week with zero realism and romance subplots that don't go anywhere because the story would end if it did. Gimme substance!

and the children felt like an actual children, albeit, very broken children

@@operatorchakkoty4257 Thats because you guys keep watching shows for teenagers like shounen, thats why you keep seeing 15 year old proatags because thats the target audience.

​@@KinghtofZero00Unfortunately that's all they try to send to the west these days.

@@KinghtofZero00 tbf studio produced a lots of shounen, there is not many seinen, and even where there are "adult" character they are often depicted in a way that doesnt make them more mature, in black lagoon you actualy feel like they are grown ass real people, and as weird as it sound its refreshing ! So yeah there is not many anime with adult characters and even less that are GOOD, so

bro i am subbing just cuz the "they're called latinas" part

For real. It was at that point I subbed 🤣

he's right tho. that chick in the anime is literally my ex

​@@khaozzero6355as a mexican I concur

Aye yoooo!!!! You foul for that one dude! Hahaha “Their called latinas” Definitely going to report to the authorities for that one.

There are a ton of classics you'd actually like then. There was some truly great stuff made in the 80's & 90's, before the industry went to shit & began churning out generic Trope garbage.

@@skins4thewinI mean seeing anime now it’s seems to be going really great plus all the shows the guy created are seinen which are for a more adult audience unlike shounen which had become more popular.

the really funny part of this is thats because you're thinking of this from an adult perspective, anime tends to be marketed to teens a lot because teens have free time and lots of overworked adults in japan want to mentally go back to when they were teens or experience a better teenage life than they got it makes sense that teens would be relatable to teens while also being an idealized version for both the adults and the teens to look at and either relate or fantasize about being able to relate fully to

You would probably like Golden Kamuy.

​@@MialikesthingsBelieve me, there's no talking with that guy.

"Don't look at her Rock, look at me!"

@Foxlawl This exact moment broke me on multiple occantions

What if they do get a happy ending?

she's not "psychotic" and as psychologist I hate overusing this tterm with passion. "psychotic" means having sth to do with psychosis. She has neither hallucinations nor delusions

@@wildbard4112 happy endings depend on what we understand by happy ending.

That is just endearing. Thank you for sharing that.

Okay that's both based as hell and oddly wholesome!

My mind is uttered blown. MLP and Revy!

Imagine having her as your partner and her doing Revvy impressions during sex. I need to find this woman and steal her from her man.

@@mako8091 Let me keep blowing it up: remember that fashionista horse from the cartoon, with an ambition of becoming a famous designer? Yep - same voice actress as Roberta “The Terminator Maid”

Every group of psycho pirates needs a Florida Man

I straight up burst out laughing when I heard that XD

I thought he was Californian, being Jewish and all.

Jew from florida :D

I wanna know who does his dentals, I expect no teeth left from 24/7 diet of meth fried gators.

But then balalaika happens at the end of the ark🥵

That's about the only ark I'm not fond of. Way to dark being about those messed up subjects that happen to kids. Very uncomfortable.

​@@Nandrall18-25I personally loved it's grittiness and how realistic it portrayed the dark themes, because that horrible vile actions are made. I think black lagoon did it tastefully, didn't show any more than it needed to for it to get the subjects matter across and did it sparingly. But yeah it's definitely not for everybody.

well that's the thing, the story is about him not being a villain;/ the story is about him being the guy in the middle, which both the good guys, for him hanging out on the bad side while playing the good guy (most of the story, but it's talked about in the ending of Roberta's blood trail arc, but only in the manga;/) and bad guys, for his unwillingness to pass the boundaries to do the job "Balalaika parking lot scene"

Rock isn't a villain tho. In the next arc he starts getting depressed because of what he had to do. And, thr arc after that is just him and Revy vibing at a circus

@@alchemistofsteel8099 is it getting animated cuz i can only find till season 3 ep 4 on Netflix

@@quixote6857 probably not sadly

English dub is voiced by the same guy that did Light in Death Note, so that makes it even cooler lol

Exactly, this show is so great. It's a shame the manga is so slow and there isn't a season 4 in the works. I've heard it's in madhouse jail. Like they haven't worked on it and they're the only ones with production rights to it.

Most anime is medieval era so far as i'm concerned and i'm finally happy to find one that's not medieval era nonsense or fictional world. I just want some focus being on that too.

@@lawrencemorris2261 Most animes are not medieval era. At all.

​@@Michael_Hunt Then why all 90% fantasy setting is in fictional europe?

Indeed

Totally agree with you on that

Same

Same bro. I love black lagoon so much

The attention it deserves is a Season 4 for crying out loud. The manga is still going and yet the anime stopped at 3 seasons.....

I like how nonchalant it is: everyone just being introduced with badassery and mystery, and there’s a dude from Florida. Enough said.

Yeah, I guess "blonde jew with a fetish for indian IT girls" might be a little too on the nose.

@@ritameow9227 Florida man. All you need to know.

Well aside from Rock they're all Americans.

​​@@georgeprchal3924 nope, Dutch isn't from US. He was something like field general at Africa. Unfortunately, author trolled readers, and didn't tell full story.

Bloodborne and Black Lagoon in a single post. U sir, u are a man of culture.

Fr, the twins and roberta were my favorite arcs in the story. No other anime has ever made me feel like that, it's a masterclass.

My God she would be amazing at starting fights on Twitter

Not too much tho please... we don't want a remake by Disney

@@tendertackle669 anyone but Disney

​@@tendertackle669 Nerflix Remake on the way.

​@@tendertackle669even worse would be a live action spinoff on KZfaq 🥲🔫

80's were the golden age of anime. It'll never come back.

Except this Florida man was super chill. Which is the opposite of the Florida man we know today.

@@mako8091 No, revy was never chill

@@estacion7386 I'm talking about Benny. "Florida MAN."

@@mako8091 he got so chill he crossed mafia _and_ FBI back in Florida, so I guess he still checks out

@@mako8091 Hey I'm pretty chill. Most of my redneck friends are not though which makes them so much fun to be around.

i really need to read the manga and then also watch it for the fourth time

Joke?! Nah that shit fr 🤣

I married one, so there were some tears when I laughed...

Nah it ain't a joke family

I love the latina part

where's the joke? that shits reality

It's been off hiatus since September 2019 and regularly releasing new chapters. The problem is that chapters take 2-3 months to release...

@@AICW no wonder the show got two seasons

The show will not get another anime season due to political correctness. One of the english VAs already said she would never play Shenua.

@@revy1370 Got a source for that? At any rate, it's a non-issue since Shenhua hasn't appeared in the manga again. Also, the bigger issue is that the arc immediately following Roberta's Blood Trail is a very unflattering look at the Chinese military's cyberhacking activities and depicts their army as having nutjob generals more than willing to assassinate their own troops. You'd need a production committee with balls of steel who aren't afraid to offend the PLA to get a third season...

@@AICW Wouldn't be so much of an issue if the production company wasn't also aiming for a Chinese market, really. Beyond that, well, there's the dubbing department to worry about. Quite the shame we now live in a time where being slightly off kilter of the PC narrative can land ya in the house of the rising sun. Shit, feels like society needs the problems of the 90's now more than ever if this kind of crap keeps up.

Fr

We got cyberpunk edge runners and Breaking Bad

@@alchemistofsteel8099 black lagoons vampire twins Arc negs

cyberpunk edgerunners

Black Lagoon is one of the anime series that has it's own niche, next to Ergo Proxy

Yeah, took a brake for about 2 years and realised - Holy shit, all those characters are like 10 years younger than me now. These shows just ain't for me anymore. Unfortunately, adult anime is clearly not as profitable, because all we get now is teen shit with no real character development.

Japan would rather show kids because being an adult over there is outright depressing as hell,and they can sell sus scenes to the audience if the main characters are children afterall

wich is faked up to the 10th dimention if u think aobut it@@asilva5021

The World Of Midnight. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb1zeMRkx8DQqXU.html

It's kind of a stretch but it's the closest thing I've ever watched to an anime The Wire

Actually no, if you actually read it, it has.the autor "good" and "bad" views, specially when they talk about militia on the south, or their opinion of the ussr and russia, which i probally know where they got that

@@estacion7386 shut ur hole

And that there's also a lot of black and white. It was more the theme of "Sometimes there's some grey, but usually right and wrong are pretty simple and blatant." If any thing, a lot of the characters tended to try to paint the black as grey and argue that the white was also grey so they wouldn't be the bad guy of their own story. Which is pretty normal. Very few people see themselves as the bad guy or want to be.

What I really liked about it was that it really touched the life after modernism, after the cold war. After the clear good guys bad guys, so to speak, that normal people had been conditioned to think about in both of the worldpowers and this goes for people in usa And Soviet. The end of cold war with the spread of capitalism and disintegration of old structures robbed people of stability.

Yes. Especially with the part where Rock wakes Revy. It is more sensual. Not "OMGGGG PANTIES IN THE BED WOAH NOSEBLEED GRAB OPPAI". It's left to us, and that's what makes it fun.

Not mature at all, and BL has a lot of fanservice their main is a bike short lunatic

​​​@@estacion7386 like he/she said: it's there but not always bouncing in your face all the time for no reason at all, and also if you think biker shorts are fan service then you've probably never stepped outside your house in the summers.

@@Antiprincipl3 Or maybe he comes form a society that expects wahmen to dress appropriately. Not as if there in an open air brothel. Ya know?

@@JKTProductionzIncNCoSo he’s a religious nut, is what you’re saying?

So true

that whole arc just left me feeling depressed ☹︎

That arc made me physically ill it was so real

Bruh 😢

Comment I was looking for.

Facts

2012/13 was when everything went to shit

@@zezanje1 that’s when the AoT anime first started being produced lmao

Yeah it's really sad tbh. The shonen is all super regurgitated and formulaic, like seven deadly sins kind of stuff - and it's all being made by Netflix now and they're practically all the same. There are a few good ones but they're few and far between. Anime like black lagoon, cowboy bebop, or monster just don't come around anymore. I also like the 2003 Fullmetal alchemist quite a bit (liked brotherhood too just not nearly as much because it's just way too heavy on bad attempted humor that just isn't funny whatsoever at so many points - like so many other shonen - it gets much better but I don't think it ever reached as highly as the original. The humor in 2003 was not so frequent that it ruined the show and it actually was funny when it came around. In anime now the tropes are just getting worse and worse, theyre more rampant and forced than they ever used to be and it's completely unnecessary - are there people who even *want* all that crap in anime?? So much of it is so regressive and sexist and overall just disgusting. But, getting back to the point - Why brotherhood fans are so antagonistic about the 2003 anime I'll never understand, my only frustrations with brotherhood is the fanbase acting like a show/movie can only be good if it follows the source material 100% and whether that show is made well is just irrelevant to them - which is EXTREMELY lazy, especially when the 03 anime was made long before the manga was ever finished. No one claims Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is illegitimate or worse than Steven king's book despite him completely rewriting the ending and discarding a bunch of what Steven King wrote - and the reason is because the original book had a pitiful ending. Stanley Kubrick GREATLY improved the story, and Steven King hated his adaptation because of it, but that movie is FAR superior despite taking quite a drastic turn. Steven King made a faithful TV series adaptation and it was completely by the book and no one liked it because it was made horribly. Something bring completely faithful to the original source material is not an argument regarding the quality of the adaptation, if it's made well it's made well regardless. Sorry for the tangent but I get extremely frustrated.)

@@beyondviolet it's so stupid man. And on top of that the politics have gotten so bad in some of the shows now. Attack on Titan is basically fascist propaganda it's insane.

Jormungand is another anime about a mercenary gang in a similar setting. I liked it quite a bit.

Those two kids deserved better. I'd have liked for Gretel to become a recurring (and slowly healing) character, but it never would've made sense for Balalaika to let her get away, and it wouldn't have fit the dark tone of the story very well.

One of the darkest story arcs in fiction. And excellently done.

"we can have a picnic!" guys i don't think they will have a picnic

​​@@SomeGuy-gc8zs this is why I loved the omakes. the episode where the twins were balalaika's children was my favorite. edit: revy becoming a magical girl...with guns was also fun.

Oddly that was the part I hated most about the show. It was idiotic.

It reminds me a bit of Monster, despite the stories being very different

@@Chukky_E.A Monster and Berserk are legendary.

@@nightmarishcompositions4536 Yes Berserk too, I didn't mention it because it had a completely different setting. If you know anymore animes like this please recommend them to me

@@Chukky_E.A I can think of a few that are similar to all three of these series! Keep in mind the manga version of most of these stories are way better than their anime counterparts while others don’t have manga adaptations or anime adaptations at all. They’re all great though. Anything by Shuzo Oshimi and Inio Asano Psycho Pass Erased Kurosaki Corpse Delivery Service No Longer Human Gangsta Paranoia Agent 20th Century Boys Goodnight Punpun Ikigami Battle Royale Homunculus Freesia Manhole MPD Psycho Vagabond Vinland Saga Bastard Sweet Home Speed Grapher Claymore Gantz

@@nightmarishcompositions4536 Thanks man I appreciate this

I've watched the show twice and never caught on to that. First Oreo, now Twinkie. What's next?

​@@mako8091 Think of something brown that's white on the inside.

​@@redblue4127 a churro!

@@redblue4127 Oatmeal Creampie or a Swiss Roll.

@@redblue4127 Ding Dong. It's catchy too.

Means a lot

Glad you were able to do so. I still have trouble trusting women.

​@@robertphillips213 damn bro...

​@Robert Phillips Never trust anyone. I guess that would make my advice hard to take.

​@@pbabiesinspace6112 Horrid advice

All anime does that. (Write females with goals and aspirations) Only the Harem genre really doesnt. And even then, the females in that have goals and aspirations. (Granted said goal is to get with the main character)

Not all too often, though. Mostly the female characters have no aspirations of their own and it's just the same goal as the MC or theirs is paper thin. At least thats how I feel about the Last couple of Shows I have watched.

Female characters carry Black Lagoon )))

@@RaifSeverence a lot of shonen don't have female characters with agency or goals independent of the male main character. There are a few that are the exception to the rule and usually they have a female writer

@@RaifSeverence saying all anime does that is a gross overstatement. Some do but the majority don’t. Im very hard pressed to think of a single shonen where the female characters have their own goals that aren’t related to the mcs goal, write them off as a generic love interest/fan service, or just don’t matter to the story.

Facts

People really wanna virtue signal their pc hating boner that they resort to shit like this. South park is still runing today and comedians can basically buy youtube using all the money that they earned complaining about pc culture because one pussy on Twitter got offended,. It got to the point that some people claim that panty and stocking couldnt be released today.... in the same era as Interspecies reviewers. I dont doubt that it would get some people offended today but judging by some of the backlash on the mario movie, everyones capable of getting offended. Hell, this anime is still on netflix so that arguement is even more weak.

Depends on what market does it, really. If it manages to get enough attention as a seasonal anime it could really Skyrocket the manga, but... Eh, we all know how it went. Also some cunts on Twitter would definitely cry about it all day. But what anime doesn't get those people? They couldn't take CSM

While Black Lagoon is actually diverse, it's the wrong kind that the entertainment types want for the "modern audience". It's not full of tokens, obnoxious or preachy enough about the usual diversity talking points, while also being "toxically cisgendered".

@@MoreEvilThanYahweh My dude, touch some grass. Just as I'm sure literal Nazis aren't running media, I assure you that nobody important is complaining about whatever you're foaming on about. Don't let other's deprived from grass deprive you from it too.

balalaika is what a lot of characters just cant be and thats a serious woman doing serious stuff in a nasty world. i mean girl is doing dirty work every day, copying a*** p*** tapes is the least of it. other animes would show the characters having lighthearted colourful playtime, meanwhile lagoon shows us sawyer cutting up a body. yep. thats the black lagoon kind of downtime.

@@MsCheeseyFries exactly and that’s why it’s one of my favorites and honestly think if they did a live action it could be done well. It’s dark and gritty w/o any special effects.

@@mattstakeontheancients7594 itd get torn apart and never released bcs of how gritty it is. and a lot of ppl wouldnt understand it, the complexity of the characters, rocks arc as a whole, the trauma and the eventual emotional peace of roberta, and all the other sub plots. also people would get hung up on the vampire twins and the dialogue between dutch and that aging nazi fuck so like, good luck marketing it

@@MsCheeseyFries could see Tarintino if he ever did a series could handle it. Django was pretty rough, so was Ingoorious Bastard, and hateful eight. Actually there is a group out of standford that did the bar scene between Revy and Roc where they get into it. It was good

@@mattstakeontheancients7594 inglorious basterds and django were hard for what they had to say for sure, tarantino didnt hold back on the graphic depictions of racism and mutilation. i think it could be done well but remember, tarantino makes films in a very specific style to him. black lagoon needs someone who can direct an amazing series yes but also someone who can match the style. tarantino makes movies for theatre screening and he makes one off films. itd be outside of his regular work and idk if hed match the style.

anime was so much better before Isekai garbage became mainstream

@@escapetherace1943 cry

@@mathinho1237 poser find a different hobby

Yeah that's sad

So many great anime existed back then Now everything is more colourful and not as visually gripping if you know what i mean Theres still good anime released in the modern style like love is war which i enjoyed but i think the golden age of anime is behind is in certain ways

Yeah, it's a rare breed

Never gonna happen. One voice actor already said she'd never come back due to feeling uncomfortable voicing shenhua as a non-asian person. The series in general would make it very hard for anybody to work on it because of China. Some of the more recent stories have focused on Chinese hackers and such, and everybody in the industry knows you can't piss off China because they're a pretty large chunk of profit once your product is complete. Fuckin hate China and their bullshit censorship laws.

​@@jamariobrown-tolliver8163 an extinct breed by now i guess

They'd use a different animation style if they did, and probably use CGI. Not even going to get into what the localizers would do to it. Probably best off if it stayed dead.

@@stantrien8106 I think CGI is great if the creators play to its strenght. For full CGI, see Beastars and for CGI with hand drawing on top see Arcane. Random ugly CGI in the middle of 2D animation is an eyesore tho.

Black Lagoon could totally air today. If stuff like Redo the Healer got aired black lagoon too

FK you, have a whyfu in some stupid French maid uniform with some dumbass powers that are OP who is hundreds of years old but looks like a preteen

@@justiny2215 Its the same story, a good guy got duped by the system and society so he tries the his best to do the same

lol nice

He’s like 112 years old though

@@Doofens they should make a sequel to the anime then

​@@Doofensthis cracked me the hell up

Oh H e l l® *NO😖!* A big fat *N O!* I'm sure that there is a lot of other actors that look like Dutch and are fan of the anime as well!

Jomungand was better than black lagoon

​@@ionkneva you are a dumbass of planetery proportions

her name is koko, she is loco...

​@@adrian4276 I said oh no

@@ionkneva idk they're both great

i'd love to tame that nasty body in bed

yeah the rewatch value is way too high, I appreciate the characters even more the older I get

the manga isn't done yet? damn

Agreed, definitely one of my favorites as well along with Wangan Midnight, both underrated imo.

@@SherLock55 I take it you haven’t seen jormungand. Honestly beats black lagoon for me

@@SherLock55 virtual handshake 🤝

Sher and Aaron, thank you both for the recommendations. I'll be sure to check them out. If they're even close to being as good as Black Lagoon then I'll be feasting like a king for weeks.

You speak English better than a lot of native English speakers. Respect.

Pardon pour mon français je parle anglais

The master of edgy anime, pretty horrible and fun.