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BLACK LAGOON

Also known as Black Lagoon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

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. But his boat gets hijacked by a band of mercenaries hired to retrieve the disc. 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 that was stolen has a terrible secret that's unknown to Rock, which causes massive confusion and chaos for both him and his kidnappers.

Tags: Crime , Ensemble Cast , Guns , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Pirates , Anti-Hero , Travel , Gangs , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Assassins , Tomboy , Foreign , Ships , Episodic , Military , Male Protagonist , Noir , Triads , Maids , Gore , Nudity , Politics , Nun

BLACK LAGOON: The Second Barrage

Also known as Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Front Line , Funimation , Selecta Visión , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Geneon Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

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.



Tags: Crime , Guns , Anti-Hero , Gangs , Tomboy , Mafia , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Yakuza , Triads , Ships , Male Protagonist , Noir , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Delinquents , Language Barrier , Twins , Nudity , Gore

BLACK LAGOON: Roberta's Blood Trail

Also known as Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Selecta Visión , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Thriller

Roberta, the terrorist-turned-maid that made her appearence in the first season of 'Black Lagoon', returns in this five-episode OVA series - and this time, all bets are off!

Roberta's benefactor, the patriarch of the Lovelace clan, is murdered during a political rally. The assassin's trail soon leads back to Roanapur - so now she has returned on a mission of vengeance! However, close behind her is the new patriarch, Garcia, as well as Roberta's apprentice (and maid), Fabiola Iglesias. As the body count of Roberta's bloody rampage mounts, forces from within the corrupt island (which includes the Lagoon Company), as well as overseas converge on what threatens to escalate into all-out war!

Tags: Guns , Gore , Noir , Revenge , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Mafia , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Military , War , Foreign , Maids , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gangs , Pirates , Orphan , Nudity , Politics , Triads , Age Gap , Heterosexual

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Travel , Noir , Found Family , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Guns , Cyberpunk , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Cyborg , Tomboy , Amnesia , Cowboys , Gambling , Yakuza , Drugs , Nudity , Police , Cult , Tanned Skin , Circus , CGI , Work

Canaan

Studio: Lantis , P.A.WORKS , Pony Canyon , Magic Capsule , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Oosawa Maria is a Japanese photographer currently working in Shanghai, China. Along with her partner Mino, she searches for potential newsworthy stories throughout the city. When strange events occur at a local festival, Maria and Mino immediately investigate. Quickly, the two are immersed in a battle between unknown masked men and a strange, white-haired woman. Just when Maria is about to be caught in the crossfire, an old friend by the name of Canaan appears and helps Maria escape. But a sinister plot over a deadly virus soon develops, and Canaan learns she must confront her past if she wants any chance at stopping the perpetrator and saving her friends.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Terrorism , Urban , Assassins , Foreign , Revenge , Politics , Super Power , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , War , Ensemble Cast , Photography , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Airsoft

FLAG

Studio: Aniplex , The Answer Studio , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha

In the mountainous Asian country of Uddiyana a civil war rages. No end lay in sight for the war-torn nation until a lone photographer snapped an iconic image that would come to be known simply as "Flag." Hope arises as the many factions involved begin an approach to peace, rousing the call for a ceasefire behind the featured flag.

When an unknown guerilla sect steals this symbol of unity, a U.N. Special Development Command unit is dispatched using the latest in military technology, a transforming bipedal exoskeleton known as the HAVWC system. Recruited to document this mission is a war-time journalist, the author of the "Flag" photograph, Saeko Shirasu.

Witness the trials and triumphs of a peacekeeping taskforce behind the camera's view-finder as they take their first steps towards the recovery of the road to peace and discover the truth behind a struggle.



Tags: Military , Photography , Politics , Foreign , War , POV , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Real Robot , Meta

HELLSING OVA

Also known as Hellsing Ultimate.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Satelight , Funimation , StudioRF Inc. , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Tags: Vampire , Gore , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , War , Foreign , Religion , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Urban , Monster Girl , Guns , Cannibalism , Body Horror , Butler , Male Protagonist , Noir , Monster Boy , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Demons , Tomboy , Age Regression , Slapstick , Gender Bending , Kemonomimi , CGI , Nekomimi , Werewolf , Chibi , Time Skip , Nudity , Bisexual , Super Power , Philosophy

GUNSLINGER GIRL -IL TEATRINO-

Also known as Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-.

Studio: Artland , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

The girls of the Social Welfare Agency are no ordinary children. They are the grisly remains of human wreckage pieced back together with cybernetic implants and trained to kill by the government.

The oldest, Triela, pursues her targets with a ferocious enthusiasm, unwilling to settle for less than total annihilation. Her mirror in this bloody stalemate is Pinocchio, a shell of a boy raised as an assassin by the FRF: a terrorist faction at war with the SWA. Cold and cruelly efficient, he wields sharpened steel as though it were an extension of his own hand.

Once human, these shattered souls have become murderous machines with only vague recollections of what it meant to be real — and a brutal compulsion to be the last killer standing.



Tags: Guns , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Mafia , Tanned Skin , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Cyborg , Ensemble Cast , Terrorism , Crime , Politics , Seinen , Tragedy

GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Part 2

Also known as Gate 2.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The second half of the Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri anime which will cover the Fire Dragon Arc.

Several months have passed since the infamous Ginza Incident, with tensions between the Empire and JSDF escalating in the vast and mysterious "Special Region" over peace negotiations. The greed and curiosity of the global powers have also begun to grow, as reports about the technological limitations of the magical realm's archaic civilizations come to light.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Youji Itami and his merry band of female admirers struggle to navigate the complex political intrigue that plagues the Empire's court. Despite her best efforts, Princess Piña Co Lada faces difficulties attempting to convince her father that the JSDF has no intention of conquering their kingdom. Pressured from both sides of the Gate, Itami must consider even more drastic measures to fulfill his mission.

Tags: Military , Alternate Universe , Isekai , Politics , Male Protagonist , War , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Dragons , Elf , Kemonomimi , Tanks , Female Harem , Villainess , Slavery , Aviation , Fairy , Conspiracy , Medieval , Reverse Isekai , Kuudere

Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyousei Torishimarikan Zaizen Joutarou

Studio: Trans Arts
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

After Japan's economic bubble burst the country slowly recovered, but dirty politicians still make deals with dirty businessmen so that they can both profit from the hard work of others. Keiichi Suzuki, head of Oshika Construction, and Seijiro Matsuzaka, one of the members of parliament, have a deal going on that allows Oshika Construction to use fewer materials in their projects while still letting their buildings get approved for business use. Unfortunately for them, the Government Crime Investigation Agency, the Japanese government-approved but independently-run equivalent to the FBI, is already on the move. Jotaro Zaizen, a long-thought-dead police officer, is the agent on the Ōshika case and gathers a group of people who have reasons to fight Suzuki and Matsuzaka. To help combat the GCIA, though, Suzuki hires the Haoukokuryu-kai, a yakuza group.

Tags: Politics , Crime , Police