The folks at Crunchyroll worked to integrate material from the Funimation side of the business a few years ago and that meant adding the Black Lagoon TV series and Roberta’s Blood Trail OVA series to the streaming side. Or, more specifically, the English dub that Funimation previously had available. The full run for both series is available for streaming through Crunchyroll.
With that in mind, Crunchyroll is also remembering that they can do clips from older shows to draw attention to them and delight fans who have been around for a while. This clip comes from the 22nd episode of the original series where he actually did it! The mad man!
Check out our review of the complete work.
The 2006 anime series was written and directed by Sunao Katabuchi with character designs by Masanori Shino. Madhouse handled the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Daisuke Namikawa as Rock, Megumi Toyoguchi as Revy, Hiroaki Hirata as Benny, Jōji Nakata as Kageyama, Mami Koyama as Balalaika, and Tsutomu Isobe as Dutch.
The English dub was produced for Geneon Entertainment with James Corrigall directing it. The English cast includes Brad Swaile as Rock, Maryke Hendrikse as Revy, Brian Drummond as Benny, Dean Redman as Dutch, Patricia Drake as Balalaika, and Tabitha St. Germain as Roberta.
Plot Concept: Rokuro was an ordinary Japanese businessman. A suit hired to entertain corporate high rollers and serve as a whipping boy for the big bosses with the real juice. A mission to deliver a mysterious disk to the deadly waters East of China seemed like his big break, but some things just weren’t meant to be. A ruthless gang of mercenaries fronted by a gunslinging femme fatale in scandalously short shorts kidnapped Rokuro and held him for ransom. When his company refused to pay, he became their property. To survive, he was forced to reinvent himself as Rock, the brains behind the beauty and brawn of Black Lagoon: the most cutthroat crew of mercs ever to hustle the mean streets of Roanapur. A nightmare of a metropolis where the bad guys are really bad – and your friends might be even worse.
