The series director, Sunao Katabuchi, stated he was a fan of the original manga before making the adaptation, expressing that he was attracted by its energy and dynamism. The Lagoon company takes on a variety of missions, which generally involve violent gunfights and wars with all kind of criminals.
The crew's base of operations is located in the fictional Thailand town of Roanapur, home to pirates, thieves and various criminal organizations, including the Japanese yakuza, the Chinese triad, the Russian and Italian mafias and the Colombian cartel. Despite living now as a pirate, Rock retains his skills and good-natured attitude, serving the team as their negotiator and "professional" face of the group. After his department chief abandons Rock, declaring him dead, he decides to join the crew. Navy patrol boat crewman Revy, the Chinese-American main gunfighter of the team and Benny, a Jewish-American college dropout, who serves as the mechanic, computer specialist, and researcher. The group is composed by Dutch, the African-American leader and a former U.S. One day, he is taken hostage by the crew of the Elco-type PT boat Black Lagoon, the Lagoon Company, a group of pirate mercenaries dedicated to smuggling goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia. Rokuro "Rock" Okajima is a 25-year-old Japanese salaryman working for Asahi Industries in Tokyo. See also: List of Black Lagoon characters