Black Lagoon (TV series)

Black Lagoon
Key visual of the series featuring the Lagoon Company crew (from left to right): Dutch, Revy, Rock, and Benny
Genre	Crime[1] Girls with guns[2] Thriller[3]
Anime television series
Directed by	Sunao Katabuchi
Produced by	Jun Nishimura Mitsutoshi Ogura Junya Okamoto
Written by	Sunao Katabuchi
Music by	Edison
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS: Universal/Sony NA: Crunchyroll UK: Anime Limited
Original network	CTC, Tokyo MX, KBS, tvk, NBN, abn, TVN, GYT, itv, GTV, TVS, OX, KBC, NCC, ITC, SUN
English network	CA: G4techTV (Anime Current) US: Starz Edge, Funimation Channel, Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	April 9, 2006 – December 19, 2006
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Roberta's Blood Trail
Directed by	Sunao Katabuchi
Produced by	Mitsutoshi Ogura Junya Okamoto
Written by	Sunao Katabuchi
Music by	Edison
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS: Universal/Sony NA: Crunchyroll UK: Anime Limited
Released	July 17, 2010 – June 22, 2011
Runtime	33–34 minutes (each)
Episodes	5 (List of episodes)
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Black Lagoon (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same title by Rei Hiroe. The series was produced by Madhouse, Geneon Entertainment and Shogakukan and directed and written by Sunao Katabuchi, with Masanori Shino designing the characters and Edison composing the music. The first season was broadcast in Japan from April to June 2006; it was followed by a second season, titled The Second Barrage, broadcast from October to December of the same year. A five-episode original video animation (OVA), subtitled Roberta's Blood Trail, was launched from July 2010 to June 2011. In North America, the anime series was originally licensed by Geneon Entertainment in 2006 and was later acquired by Funimation in 2008, who also licensed the OVA and released it in 2013.