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Dutch (Black Lagoon)
The ''Black Lagoon'' manga series feature a cast of characters created by Rei Hiroe The Lagoon Company operates as a mercenary and pirate organization based in Roanapur, specializing in maritime smuggling and retrieval operations for the city's criminal underworld. Rokuro Okajima / Rock : , known as , begins as a 25-year-old Japanese salaryman working for Asahi Industries in Tokyo. During a smuggling operation where he unknowingly transports sensitive documents, he is taken hostage by the Black Lagoon crew. When his company abandons him, declaring him dead to cover up the operation, he joins the Lagoon Company as their negotiator and accountant. Despite his civilian background, he adapts to the criminal underworld of Roanapur while maintaining his business attire and preferring diplomacy over violence. Rock demonstrates proficiency in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Romanian, and Russian, along with geological knowledge from his corporate career. His inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lagoon Company
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beretta 92
The Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. History Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti and Vittorio Valle, all experienced firearms designers, contributed to the final design in 1975. The Beretta 92 was designed in 1975, and production began in 1976. Many variants in several calibers continue to be used to the present. Evolution 92 Production began in May 1976, and ended in February 1983. Approximately 7,000 units were of the first "step slide" design and 45,000 were of the second "straight slide" type. 92S In order to meet the requirements of some law enforcement agencies, Beretta modified the Beretta 92 by adding a slide-mounted combined safety and decocking lever, replacing the frame-mounted manual thumb safety. This resulted in the 92S, which was adopted by several Italian law enforcement and military units. The magazine release button is at the bottom of the grip as is customary in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969) is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, he is often cast in antagonistic or authoritative voice roles. Career Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. A graduate of the acclaimed Studio 58, he started out as a theatre actor, but eventually found himself moving into voice acting full-time. Based out of Vancouver, BC, he works on various animated programs. Most well known for his role as Vegeta, Yajirobe, and Vegito in the Ocean Studios English dub of the anime series ''Dragon Ball Z'', Drummond tends to be cast as either an impassive warrior (Andrew Waltfeld), or a kind-hearted father-figure ( Reverend Malchio). Lately, he has also played the role of the cowardly Yuna Roma Seiran in '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' as well as Ryuk in ''Death Note''. He has l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroaki Hirata
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the founder of Hirata Production Japan. He is best known for voicing Sanji in ''One Piece''. His other known roles include Sha Gojyo in '' Saiyuki'', Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in ''Tiger & Bunny'', Klein in ''Sword Art Online'', Vergil in the ''Devil May Cry'' series, Mutta Nanba in '' Space Brothers'', Leomon in '' Digimon Adventure'', George Kodama in '' Kaze no Yojimbo'' and Mr. Kondo in '' After the Rain''. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist for Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Noah Wyle and Matt LeBlanc. In addition, he dubbed many roles of Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, and Josh Hartnett. Career After graduating from Toshima High School, Hirata attended the Subaru Theater School and then joined Theatre Company Subaru. His first stage performance was in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 1986. While he was working as a stage actor, his manager at the time asked him if he was interested in becoming a voice actor, and he audit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flak Jacket
The two components of an obsolete British military flak vest. On the left, the ballistic_nylon.html" ;"title="nylon vest. On the right, the 12 layers of ballistic nylon">nylon vest. On the right, the 12 layers of ballistic nylon that provide the actual protection A flak jacket or flak vest is a form of body armor. A flak jacket is designed to provide protection from Fragmentation (weaponry), case fragments ("frag") from high explosive weaponry, such as anti-aircraft artillery ("flak" is a German contraction for , "aircraft-defense gun"), grenade fragments, very small pellets used in shotguns such as the "Birdshot", and other lower-velocity projectiles. It is not designed to protect against bullets fired from most small arms such as rifles or handguns. However flak jackets are able to sustain certain gunshots, depending on the angle at which the shot was fired (an oblique angle for example), the caliber of the bullet, the speed of the projectile and the range from which the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AWOL
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which are temporary forms of absence. Desertion versus absence without leave In the United States Army, United States Air Force, British Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, military personnel will become AWOL if absent from their post without a valid pass, liberty or leave. The United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and United States Coast Guard generally refer to this as unauthorized absence. Personnel are dropped from their unit rolls after thirty days and then listed as ''deserters''; however, as a matter of U.S. military law, desertion is not measured by time away from the unit, but rather: * by leaving or remaining absent from their unit, organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the six armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Marine Corps has been part of the United States Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons, are also embedded in Navy carrier air wings and operate from the aircraft carriers. The history of the Marine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct United States in the Vietnam War, US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian Civil War, Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming Communism, communist in 1975. After the defeat of the French Union in the First Indoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PT Boat
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, and it was valued for its maneuverability and speed. However, PT boats were hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants to coastal waters. In the US Navy they were organized in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons (MTBRONs). The PT boat was very different from the first generation of torpedo boats, which had been developed at the end of the 19th century and featured a displacement hull form. These first generation torpedo boats rode low in the water, displaced up to 300 tons, and had a top speed of . During World War I Italy, the US, and UK developed the first high-performance, gasoline-powered motor torpedo boats (often with top speeds over ) and corresponding torpedo tactics, but these projects were all quickly di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Redman
Dean Redman is a British-born Canadian actor. Career He is known for his work on '' War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017) and appeared in two roles, playing the characters Varis and Caged Frost Wolf in the live action film, ''Warcraft'' (2016). He also appeared in ''The X Files and Second Chance''. He is also a voice actor, working with some of Vancouver's leading voice studios, including Ocean Studios, Sound Kitchen Studios, KOKO Productions, and New Machine Studios among many others. In his voice acting debut, he lent his voice to the character Dutch, an ex-marine who leads the Lagoon company in ''Black Lagoon''. He has also been the voice of Nick Fury for many Marvel Productions appearances of the character since 2009. In his interview in the Behind the Scenes production clip of the Black Lagoon Volume 1 Limited Edition Extras Disc, it is revealed that he is a former commercial pilot.See Behind the Scenes production interview, Black Lagoon Extra Features Disc. Filmogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsutomu Isobe
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is the best known dubbing roles for Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Chow Yun-fat, Peter Weller, Tim Allen, Sean Bean, Choi Min-sik, Stringfellow Hawke (Airwolf) and many more. His daughter is actress and he is married to , an actress employed by Haiyuza Theatre Company. Biography After graduating from junior college, Isobe joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1972, where he gained experience on stage under director Koreya Senda, mainly in Shakespeare's plays, which were well received. Later, he played the role of Shishiōin, the nemesis of the main character, Kirigakure Saizō, in NHK's drama ''Fūjin no Mon''. Since then, he has played roles in many stage, television, animation, and film productions in both period and contemporary dramas, and left Haiyuza in 1989. '' Kramer vs. Kramer'' was his debut as a voice actor, and he was the main voice of Stringfellow Hawke, the protagonist of Airwolf, as well as Mel Gibson, Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
