In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Black Lagoon”.
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Black Lagoon is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Black Lagoon ↗ ↖
Summary
Rokuro Okajima is just an average Japanese salaryman, living an average life. But when he's taken hostage by the crew of the Black Lagoon, Rokuro finds himself thrown headfirst into a deadly world of outlawed heroes, brutal villains, and blazing gunfights. Where he ends up is anyone's guess, but one thing is for certain—he's in for a wild ride!(Source: VIZ Media)
Background
Black Lagoon has been published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint since August 12, 2008. The series has also been simulpub through VIZ Manga. It has been published in Italian by Panini Comics under the Planet Manga imprint since December 27, 2007, and in Polish by Waneko since April 2009.
Black Lagoon ↗ ↖
Summary
Salaryman Rokurou Okajima spends his days trying to climb his company's corporate ladder, until one day when a business negotiation in Thailand goes awry. During the botched deal, he falls hostage to the Lagoon Company—a band of ruthless pirate mercenaries. Left to the whims of his captors after his managers refuse to pay his ransom, Rokurou does the unthinkable: instead of begging for his life, he joins the very crew who kidnapped him.Now a member of the group, Rokurou must adjust to his new residence in the dissolute hellscape known as Roanapur, a city where corruption and crime run rampant, and even the smallest slipup could cost him his life. If not for one of the many crime syndicates on the island, Rokurou also constantly finds himself at odds with his brash, gunslinging colleague, Revy.
As Rokurou struggles to abandon his past—and with more than just the profits from the Lagoon Company’s illegal trading on the line—he must quickly find the resolve to make tough decisions in high-stress situations while keeping his humanity intact.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Black Lagoon was released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment from May 22, 2007 to September 18, 2007. Following a 2008 agreement regarding distribution rights, Funimation Entertainment also published the series in the same format on August 19, 2008. The company later released the anime on Blu-ray on November 17, 2015.
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage ↗ ↖
Black Lagoon Second Season
Summary
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.[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Black Lagoon ↗ ↖
Shaitane Badi
Summary
Rock (Okajima Rokuro) was just a normal Japanese businessman, but through a series of unlikely events, he found himself part of the "Lagoon Company," a group of transporters who do a little pirating on the side. Together with Dutch, Revy, and Benny, he sails the seas of Asia aboard the modified torpedo boat "Black Lagoon."Their base, the lawless city of Roanapur, is just barely balanced on the brink of outright war, controlled and occupied by criminal organizations from across the globe. Standing above the rest are Balalaika of Russia and Chang of Hong Kong.
Our story finds Roanapur just a little while before Rock, with Revy in tow, is due to head back to his old home of Japan.
It is a tale about soldiers who once fought united under a cause in a land of sandy winds, the strictly personal reunion of a captain and her one-time subordinate…
(Source: Anonymous Spore)
Black Lagoon Omake ↗ ↖
Summary
Special omake episodes from the Blu-Ray releases, showing the heroines and foes in funny, uncommon situations.
Black Lagoon: Robertas Blood Trail ↗ ↖
Summary
Crime never sleeps in Roanapur, and neither does Roberta—a devoted maid and skilled guerilla soldier in service to the Venezuelan Lovelace family. After the assassination of her superior by the US Secret Service, Roberta returns to the city of debauchery in search of vengeance and his killer's head.Meanwhile, young Fernando Garcia Lovelace, the new heir to his father’s estate, tails Roberta to Thailand alongside his bodyguard, Fabiola Iglesias. He enlists the help of the Lagoon Company, with the objective of deterring Roberta’s warpath and bringing her back to the family. However, with the continued bloodshed and mounting tensions between Roberta, island crime factions, and the US military, it will take a significant amount of strategy—and weaponry—to stop her relentless quest for revenge.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Black Lagoon CM ↗ ↖
Summary
A TV commercial featuring characters from volume 11 of Black Lagoon manga.(Source: Official YouTube Channel)
Black Lagoon: Soujiya Sawyer - Kaitai! Gore Gore Musume ↗ ↖
Summary
The manga will focus on Sawyer, a freelance cleaner in Roanapur's underworld who disposes of bodies using her chainsaw.(Source: ANN)
Black Lagoon: Eda - Initial Stage ↗ ↖
Summary
Black Lagoon: Eda - Initial Stage centers on Eda, the original manga's undercover CIA agent based in Roanapur's church, during her early days as a rookie in the CIA.(Source: ANN)