Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

Rokurou "Rock" Okajima has joined the Lagoon Company, a pirate mercenary group which operates out of Roanapur, Thailand. Despite his initial protests, this filthy slum of depraved souls and merciless criminals now serves as the former salaryman's home. Stranded, with nothing left of his past life but the clothes on his back and his inner morality, Rock is forced to perform jobs alongside the other members of the Lagoon crew. Berated for his lack of spine as he wades through the underbelly of society, he must decide whether to continue on amidst the gunfire and ruthlessness or risk everything he has in an attempt to be free. Whether he chooses the comfort of a familiar land or the freedom of being an outlaw, his decision will have lasting consequences on the crew who gave him a home.

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Revy Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Okajima, Rokurou Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Dutch Main

Isobe, Tsutomu Japanese

Benny Main

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Balalaika Supporting

Koyama, Mami Japanese

Eda Supporting

Karasawa, Jun Japanese

Chang, Bai Ji-Shin Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Shenhua Supporting

Sasaki, Yuuko Japanese

Sawyer, Frederica Supporting

Yaguchi, Asami Japanese

Gretel Supporting

Kaneda, Tomoko Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

Matsuo, Ryouichirou Producer

Okamoto, Junya Producer

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Mar 30, 2008

domthebomb

Recommended

I personally absolutely loved the second season of Black Lagoon!

While the storyline is a little short in that it seems like just a bunch of random stories thrown together, the themes remain the same throughout the anime and have a good conclusion to them.

It is not only action-wise intense but it poses questions of morality and who is right or wrong in the world, and more importantly which side should you be on.

Throughout the anime there is this central conflict, of making choices and determining if they are the right/just ones, with the main character and the ending is satisfying in learning what his ... final decision is!

The most powerful episodes to me were 13-15,(the twin-arc), which really touchs base with how messed up this world can be!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 12, 2007

Xinil

Mixed Feelings

Welcome back Rock, Revy and the gang! In this second installment of Black Lagoon, we continue our journey through Roanapur, the city of criminals.

It's somewhat sad, but I have to begin with a dissatisfied distaste in my mouth after finishing this season. What's so sad about it? Well, for one thing, the story.

I wonder if they simply wrote down a whole bunch of plot ideas on paper, crumbled them up in a ball, put them in a hat and drew at random. Boom, just like that, they came up with two, ridiculously stupid story lines to encompass 12 episodes. Each is so far fetched that ... you can't help but feel like you're watching a terrible D rated movie. Nothing is realistic (not even close), and nothing is even attempted to be explained to you. Flat out horrible.

On the other hand, the animation for these terrible plots was well done. Revy looks great, Rock is his pansy self, and Dutch is still black. Fights are fluid, but who cares with what they gave you to watch.

The music, as far as I can tell, is the same thing from the first season. I can't recall if the opening is different, but it's well done. The ED is slow, tacky, and I skipped it every time. Background music throughout the show is alright, but nothing worth buying.

Let's move on to the characters and their interactions...oh wait, nothing happened. We find out next to nothing else about Rock and Revy. Well wait, we know Rock used to live in Japan now. WOW! 12 episodes and it feels like they've told us nothing more about the characters except one used to live in Japan! Yay?

I'll admit, I enjoyed the season, because who doesn't enjoy seeing Revy kick ass? But seriously, it was a huge let down and I probably won't watch it again. They could have done sooo much more with the characters, their background, and possibly maybe...just maybe throw in a relationship?

Try it out, watch it if you saw the fist season, but don't expect much other than an average anime.

Oh yeah, perhaps one highlight was the nudity they threw in. Yay for dirty animators?

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 28, 2010

oneeyedwilly25

Not Recommended

Where to begin. Black Lagoon may in fact be the worst animation ever, and it boggled the mind that someone felt a second season was necessary. Just as well, I feel it is my duty to the MAL community to help cease the spread of misinformation that seems to be plaguing the internet about this "series" (and i use the term loosely I assure you)

Story:1 Basically it's just American garbage of run around and shoot everything that is in sight. Clearly, the creators of this atrocity felt the need to service the lowest common denominator. I find it rather insulting to be honest, that ... someone out there thinks so little of my intelligence that this filth could pass as a "story" of intrigue.

Art:1 We have seen it all before I'm afraid, colors in between dark lines, however this particular animator was quite inconsistent and down right boorish with their animations.

Sound:3 I suppose guns and explosions all sound the same.

Characters:1 This is my main grievance with this garbage, it is the fact at how one dimensional and flat the characters are. Their motives are spoon fed to us and the exposition that is thrown into our faces leave little to the imagination, as if we are required to have everything spelled out for us. No depth at all, just a bunch of shallow, empty puppets who are placed in their specific roles.

Enjoyment:1 For reasons stated above.

Overall:1 Stay away if you value your time and dignity.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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