Put on some headphones and jack the volume up for the full effect of this Monday’s OP, that of the gritty first season of Black Lagoon. The franchise has done many variations of this opening (and the show for that matter), but we like the first the best.
The OP’s imagery and music is thorougly Revy (if you don’t know who that is, watch Black Lagoon): rude, grungy, trigger-happy, and to the point. “Red Fraction” by MELL features some glorious Engrish lyrics; The song was basically written about Revy.
There’s also something funny about focusing on Revy and Revy alone until the final seconds when they flash Rock, Benny and Dutch by, as if to say “Oh yeah, these guys are in it too!”
Finally, Revy’s trusty gun, which gets some beauty shots in the opening, is a “9mm Sword Cutlass”, possibly a reference to Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo+Juliet”, in which “swords” and “longswords” were actually handguns and rifles, respectively.
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