BLACK LAGOON: THE SECOND BARAGE

Alternative title:

ブラックラグーン The Second Barrage (Japanese)

Genres: action, drama, psychological

Themes: girls with guns, pirates

Synopsis:

Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out of the crime-riddled city of Roanapur. Abandoned by his bosses, he joined the Lagoon Company. Now he must try and stay afloat amongst the ever-shifting politics of the criminal underworld, while simultaneously avoiding death at the hands of his quick-tempered, gun-toting co-worker, 'Two Hand' Revy.

12 Episodes:

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BLACK LAGOON

Genres: action, drama, psychological

Themes: girls with guns, pirates, terrorists

Objectionable content: Intense (graphic depictions of sex, drug use, or bloodshed)

Synopsis:

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman…in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being kicked around by his bosses. He finally gets a break though, as he’s sent by his company to the tropical seas of Eastern China to deliver a disc…only his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries that were hired to steal it. “Rock” (as he is newly dubbed by his captors) catches the interest of the only female merc “Revy” as she thinks he’s worth a ransom, taking him hostage. However, the disc turns out to be more trouble than its worth, and complicates things both for Rock, and the mercenaries known as Black Lagoon.

12 Episodes:

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BETTERMAN

Alternative title:

ベターマン (Japanese)

Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, horror, mystery, psychological, science fiction

Themes: mecha

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Synopsis:

A deadly virus known as "Algernon" has attacked humanity with vicious meaning. At the forefront of the battle is the mystifying Akamatsu Industries – disguised as a heavy machine factory in Tokyo, this undercover organization uses neural enhanced weapons known as NeuroNoids to battle Algernon. Also helping with their secret efforts is the mysterious mutant who is only known as "Betterman".

AKAGI

Genres: psychological
Themes: mahjong

Synopsis:

One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.

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