This week on Blatant Filler, JJ, Collin,
Greg and Mat take a look at the gritty action series Black Lagoon that takes
heavy inspiration from the works of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo and how the
series is a surprising take on gritty realism.
WARNING: Heavy amounts of
spoilers for Black Lagoon (Not including the Roberta’s Blood Trail OVAs) ahead.
It is recommended to have watched all the way through the TV series before
listening.
Genre: Action, crime, drama, dark comedy
Aired from: October 2, 2006 – December 18, 2006 (July 17,
2010 – June 22, 2011 for the OVAs)
Episode Count: 24 + 5 OVAs
Studio: Madhouse
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Writer: Sunao Katabuchi
Composer: Edison
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (formerly), FUNimation
(current)
Original Work by: Rei Hiroe
Credits:
Hosts:
JJ: https://twitter.com/thejourneyman66
Collin: https://twitter.com/Sakaerion
Greg: https://twitter.com/CthulhuWept
Mat: None
Planning:
JJ
Collin
Editing:
JJ
Logo Design:
Collin
Opening song: Chased by a Running Chupacabra
by Son of a Bit
Taken from feemusicarchive.com and is
licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
Closing song: Schrödinger’s Cat by
Burnkit2600
Taken from feemusicarchive.com and is
licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
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