Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand (somewhere in the Amphoe Mueang Trat district, likely on the mainland north/northeast of the Ko Chang island or on the island itself). The story follows a team of pirates/ mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Funimation later licensed the OVA, which also was licensed by Kazé in the UK, for release in spring 2013. The anime was dubbed and originally licensed in English by Geneon Entertainment in North America it is now licensed by Funimation Entertainment. Madman Entertainment licensed the anime in Australasiaand the United Kingdom.
Viz Media began releasing an English translation of the manga in North America on August 12, 2008. A five volume original video animation series, titled Roberta's Blood Trail, was released from July 2010 to June 2011. A second season, subtitled "The Second Barrage", ran for twelve weeks starting on October 2, 2006. It was later adapted into an anime television series, by Madhouse, that aired from April to June 2006 for twelve episodes. It has been published in Shogakukan's Monthly Sunday Gene-X since 2002, and ten collected volumes have been released so far. Black Lagoon ( ブラック・ラグーン Burakku Ragūn ?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe.