![]() ![]() Now, thanks to Disney's ever expansive efforts with Pirates of the Caribbean and Neverland themed adventures, most of us probably think of imagery associated with silly hats, swordplay and ships with sails, but Black Lagoon is a fresh breath of sea air as it decidedly focuses on modern day mercenaries. For starters, the plot device that drives the characters and all the insane situations they find themselves in, is piracy. Well, it's no Cowboy Bebop, but Black Lagoon took me by surprise nonetheless. It was around this time I had discovered that FUNimation was releasing the Black Lagoon - Complete Collection Season 1 and 2 on Blu-ray, and even though I'm not a man who puts any stock in faith or destiny, the timing at play was too coincidental to ignore. I highly doubted another anime could be as suave, yet simultaneously dark as Cowboy Bebop, but I had seen enough online to know it at least deserved a chance. My interest had eventually been piqued by Black Lagoon, as it was consistently referenced in the same breath as Cowboy Bebop, which is up there as one of my favorite anime's of all time. My feet had been stuck in that proverbial sand for far too long, so I did the only thing I could to break free without spending a small fortune - I hit the internet and started researching reviews and opinions, hoping I'd be pointed in the right direction. FUNimation may have served us well last year by releasing a good number of the genre's heavy hitters in drool-worthy collections ( Tenchi Muyo, Hellsing Ultimate and Dragon Ball Z Kai), but I just wasn't coming across anything that was new to me and actually worth my investment of time and money. Sure, once in a while you're rewarded with that something special, but most of the time you're trudging ankle-deep through the wet sand of mediocrity, which can of course dishearten even the most devout anime fan. Wading through the pools of anime can be a difficult task to endure. *CLICK on ALL images in this review for 1080p screenshots.
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