At one point in this action-packed anime series, the character known as Revi Two Guns (for her knack of blowing away her enemies in a hail of gunfire from the two chrome-plated automatics she wears on her hips) dismisses a comment from her comrade that the fight they just survived was like something out of a Hollywood movie. “Don't be stupid,” she tells him, “this is much funnier than Hollywood.” It’s also much more exciting and a heck of a lot more interesting to watch than just about any action movie to come out of Hollywood in the past decade. The series follows the adventures of the crew of the Black Lagoon, a band of pirates who will do just about anything if the price is right, but who also work by a code of ethics all their own. The action is well staged and animated, the dialog crackles, the voice acting is spot on and the stories are well developed. Hollywood should pay attention and try to do as well.
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