Black Lagoon

For the 1954 monster film, see Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Black Lagoon
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Revy
Genre
Manga
Written byRei Hiroe
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintSunday GX Comics
MagazineMonthly Sunday Gene-X
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 19, 2002 – present
Volumes13 (List of volumes)
Light novel
Written byGen Urobuchi
Illustrated byRei Hiroe
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
DemographicMale
Original runJuly 18, 2008 – January 18, 2011
Volumes2
Manga
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Written byTatsuhiko Ida
Published byShogakukan
ImprintSunday GX Comics
MagazineMonthly Sunday Gene-X
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 19, 2019 – present
Volumes8 (List of volumes)
Manga
Eda -Initial Stage-
Written byHajime Yamamura
Published byShogakukan
ImprintSunday GX Comics
MagazineMonthly Sunday Gene-X
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 19, 2022 – present
Volumes4 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
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Black Lagoon (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X since April 2002, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of December 2023. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media.

The series follows the Lagoon Company, a four-member team of pirate mercenaries smuggling goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia with their PT boat, the Black Lagoon. The group takes on various jobs, usually involving criminal organizations, and resulting in violent gunfights.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Madhouse, which was broadcast for two seasons of 12 episodes each in 2006, followed by a five-episode original video animation (OVA) series released from July 2010 to June 2011.

By December 2023, the Black Lagoon manga had over 9.5 million copies in circulation. The series has been overall well received, with critics particularly praising the action sequences.

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