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Column by Scott Green

This column has certainly been expressing a fondness for Madhouse's (Ninja Scroll, Paprika) Black Lagoon. Without diluting the essential qualities of anime, the series feels like it was made for the tastes of an American action movie fan, and now, Geneon has begun releasing the series in North America. With a compelling dynamic between the characters, exotic locations and foes, and most of all blistering action, it's an anime series well worth checking out.

If you are interested in winning a copy of the first volume, along with one of the dog tags packaged with the premium edition of volume two, send an e-mail with your postal address to animecontest@gmail.com by 12:00am Eastern Dalylight on July 31. Three winners with be selected at random.

An overview of the series can be read here and a preview of the second volume, to be released July 24, 2007, can be read here.