Balalaika & Hotel Moscow (Black Lagoon) - Apres Moi - AMV

All credit goes to the artists and their intended companies.
I do not claim ownership of either Apres Moi or Black Lagoon.
I compiled and edited the footage for entertainment purposes only.
I apologize for the reuploads, but I wasn't satisfied with the first version.
I fixed some problems that I had with the last video and now I am content.
I hope you enjoy this. Hotel Moscow is amazing.

[@mckinleythornton6877]

Best Russian character in an anime ever

[@Trash.flyer-]

Ya

[@RunicRhino22]

Yeah, Kalinlin from Full metal panic is a close contender in 2nd

[@Ropen_]

Indeed

[@rambush7348]

Ага)

[@EM.1]

@@RunicRhino22 have you red the manga or just watched only the anime? In Full Metal Panic SIGMA Kalinin change sides and become a member of Amalgam. The anime lacks completely the contents that are in the manga.

[@agenttwenty-six6133]

There really needs to be a Hotel Moscow spin-off. I would watch every freaking second of that!

[@gubbica99]

tell me that , her character is very mysterious beside the killing and being badass.

[@gubbica99]

i doubt we gonna have a spin off after 10 years , since Black Laggoon was few times on break already.

[@orionsmith3097]

I agree all balalaika all the time

[@guven3625]

Cheng needs a spinoff too. I really would love to see a corrupt HK cop. Also wouldn't it be epic if the kid Balalaika saved would appear in Black Lagoon later?

[@jdbeistline5230]

@@guven3625 There's three Chinese movies that are sort of similar to what you'd want. There's Special ID staring Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa, Donnie plays an undercover cop and it's p/g imo. Second movie is Flashpoint also staring Donnie and Tony, but this time he isn't playing undercover. Third movie is very slow paced, but very very worth watching. I forget the the actor but it's basically about an undercover turned fully crooked, it's called New World. It's probably the closest to Cheng's story.

[@TigBiddyGothGF]

Balalaika is clearly one of the BEST female characters in the whole Anime (just my opinion)

[@urmomssideh0311]

Agreed, we stan capitan

[@gabrielmontes289]

And in anime history

[@Ropen_]

Not in this anime In all animes that ever existed

[@antonytacheesstea_sakha]

OUR opinion

[@robincausse2781]

Il totaly agree she's холошенки

[@pkmdz]

Black Lagoon is just one of the few anime filled with Women as the kick ass characters in a serious setting...very nice amv

[@Anahit_Aa]

Balalaika, the most beautiful, the most powerful. I love this woman so much.

[@shibernyan2009]

Honestly still the best Balalaika AMV I've ever seen. It's so tragic seeing how she went from a normal sweet girl, to an upstanding soldier who risked her life to save a refugee child, and finally to a person who is so dead inside that she doesn't even bat an eye at killing a child in cold blood. That pause on her face towards the end (4:28) perfectly portrays how broken and insane she has become. Truly beautifully edited, and the song choice is chef's kiss.

[@AuspexAO]

I love the scene where she's sniping and you can see her scoping on the civilians in the trench and then reconsidering. What makes me appreciate her character is that even though she's cold and terrible, she retains enough of her humanity to be compassionate. In fact it's after her own man was tortured by the psycho kids that she's at her most terrifying.

[@АндрейМаряшичев-щ9х]

she assessed whether there are armed or not among the civilians. the one who was tortured, her dear and faithful comrade who went through the entire combat path with her, and shared all the hardships and hardships with her.

[@six2make4]

English translation of the Russian part: February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing, While torrential slush that roars Burns in the blackness of the spring.

[@ironowl1808]

six2make4 неплохо)

[@F1zzler]

Boris Pasternak vse taki...

[@Dark89Avenger]

I vote for Balalaika to. Bloodhound is probably physically stronger, BUT Balalaika is waay smarter than her, also much more cold blooded and that is important to. Brain almost always beat muscle

[@Dark89Avenger]

I can't see your point here ?

[@Infernalhypernova]

Roberta is way stronger and more cold blooded

[@Dark89Avenger]

Infernalhypernova Stronger - yes, cold blooded - fuck no

[@auntiejuly]

I guess Balalaika is more fearsome than Roberta. In the scene where Roberta and Revy fought Balalaika ended it. They both respect her quite much. In addition she is just like Roberta a well trained soldier so to get to your point I guess both would survive such an szenario. Roberta is stronger without doubt but Balalaika is very charismatic and good in making allies. Moreover as mentioned in the anime she is the only person who could lead an army in a 3rd WW and even win it. To the point with cold blooded. I guess Roberta used to be the more cold blooded of them but she changed, Balalaika on the other hand was quite nice, seen in the scene with the little boy in war, but changed over time to a manipulative, fearsome Women, only focused on her own goals.

[@OllieJCSmith]

@@auntiejuly The issue with Roberta is this first time we see her she's operating in a relatively sane way save the fact Garcia is not aware of her past and even when he finds out it changes little. When we get to the next time Roberta appears she's lost it in a massive way I understood her reasons for seeking revenge you have no reason to question it but the amount of medication she is taking in that is beyond made she's seeing things that are not there and so on. Balalaika is a sombre clean operator who save her smoking of cigars has no vices to speak of she's a master tactician and a natural born leader and completely ruthless and like you said Revy and Roberta both respected her when she stopped that fight in the ship yard. So yes in the scheme of things Balalaika wins it for me. That said the really scary person who is the one everyone misses is Eda she hints to Rock who has the real power in that part of the world and it's not the criminal gangs and given that phone call when she put Chang in his place with the voice distorter you have to wonder if the CIA is manipulating all of them through her to kill each other and is the one that's really calling the shots.

[@worldnys2062]

А песня прекрасная.Пересматривала этот видео 27 раз, и все еще пересматриваю.Это один из самых захватывающих песен когда я бы слышала!

[@agitobaumann]

Привет , ты живая ?

[@thomasschopenhauer9654]

@@agitobaumann а мы ?

[@agitobaumann]

@@thomasschopenhauer9654 что мы ???

[@thomasschopenhauer9654]

@@agitobaumann а мы живые ?

[@agitobaumann]

@@thomasschopenhauer9654 я - да

[@urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL]

She's elite just like the Major from Ghost in the Shell.

[@MrAzirampa]

I think this amv is the most respectfull of the Balalaika spirit.

[@JMartinni]

Still coming back to this video every now and then. Amazing.

[@oldbobrgame]

Чёрт возьми, Балалайка - лучшее на моей памяти иностранное изображение русского офицера и солдата, так точно показать всю нашу суть... Шварценеггер из "Красной жары" нервно курит в сторонке.

[@mrachnayaeloiza8139]

хех... а Дольф в красном скорпионе...???)))

[@ВоинЛегиона-ч2ж]

согласен

[@xxMaxXx1muSxx]

Какую вашу суть? Не льсти себе, все знают, кто вы на деле

[@oliviervalentin9688]

Вы забываете, что вассили играл Джуд Лоу в Сталинграде

[@SharkVil]

Суть убийц?

[@egor1304]

Почти 9 лет прошло.... это прекрасная песня

[@Милана-у2п7х]

11 лет.....

[@abh5729]

This is awesome! When reading/watching Black Lagoon the one character that truly terrifies me is Balalaika. She is a character I always look forward to seeing because you never know what acts of terror she will bring forth.

[@seeker11]

Balalaika is THE woman.

[@Malloc1961]

How come of all the foreign (to a post-soviet russian) media, it's the japanese manga anime creators who get us right? To me, Balalaika is the ghost or Soviet Russia, risen from it's grave to haunt the world and watch over it's lost children. She has little to live for, save for sheer malice and her personal score with the world, which was nothing but a broken promise from that awesome walk in sunlit beryozka (birch tree) alley, and up to the yakuza slaughter and subsequent brush with the CIA. Gets me every time... Best russian villain ever!

[@mizukami999]

The Russian part is by Pasternak: "February. Take your pen and weep write of it, sob your heart out, sing while torrential slush that roars, burns in the blackness of the spring."

[@flamandzrumem6053]

TNO moment

[@thanatos2288]

Balalaika is oddly inspiring. Love her! 🖤

[@hanihazlan1050]

This song is so in character for Balalaika, and the video is amazing! I love her so, so much

[@boucennaothman8486]

Yeh i really liked Balalaika a lot in this show, This is how you create a strong female CHARACTER not just a FEMALE character

[@69juliuscesar]

Balalaika I would support you in any war

[@RoTenken]

Even when you’re on her crosshairs? If it meant your family and friends, would you drop everything and go to her??

[@Strein86]

This video is perfect. I love Balalaika's cold confidence.

[@ThatUJohnWayne]

Thank you for this tribute to the coolest woman I've ever seen in a movie or anime. May be the greatest AMV I've seen or at least on the top three. Everything matched up perfectly from the gun shots to the salutes or matched the atmosphere. Trust me I usually despise AMV's because the bulk of them aren't edited well, but this was utterly amazing. Good job, please make more.

[@tall_guy81]

1:43 и возопили на этой сцене все русские: "К ПУСТОЙ ГОЛОВЕ РУКУ НЕ ПРИКЛАДЫВАЮТ!!!!"

[@Ysmirtavern]

Они уже не солдаты, так что без разницы

[@shoutshout3575]

@@Ysmirtavern я тоже уже не солдат. Но вбито было так что забыть не могу и по сей день. И такой момент вызывает лёгкий нервный тик)

[@АндрейКорнеев-г2ж]

@@shoutshout3575 Ну вообще-то дурачась можно и к пустой голове, а ответ она у меня не пустая. От только по сцене там они не дурачились...

[@ravenwing136]

I love this AMV!!! it's got such a different tone and mood to the other amvs around, and even though I love the shoot-em-up action packed ones, this one really brings the more human and quiet side of Balalaika and her crew out and i love it... AWESOME AMV!!!

[@Dibxmonkey]

This woman could be Integra Hellsing's mother xD

[@savagehorseman9690]

Integra is badass too

[@alexs5814]

@@savagehorseman9690 That's the point of OP.

[@justinjones5147]

Balalaika,Revi and Roberta are my three favorite anime char.'s and this video really did a justice for balalaika

[@dimandimanich7943]

Очень интересно подобранная музыка и видеоряд, интересно даже для тех, кто Лагуну не смотрел. И Apres Moi Регины довольно хорошо подходит к этому персонажу... +100, excellent :)

[@ViralForceMarketing]

one of the few acutaly decent AMV that isnt overly edited or done to some standered rock song, indeed this will be a likeing of mine for a long time.

[@Милана-у2п7х]

Афигеть 11 лет назад.....

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

I remember enjoying this show, And Hotel Moscow a group of solider's with enough training to win world war 3, I can imagine them destroying ISIS in 1 blow

[@lovepeace9727]

Balalaika is one of the most badass characters in all of Anime.

[@thanatos2288]

Most badass. She got a deadly combination of both brain and power.

[@Sinistralx]

Never seen a woman like Balalaika in the history of anime. Has nothing to do whatsoever with a feminist-approved strong woman, no, nothing as respectable as that. Observing her, I genuinely get the impression of a sadistically refined beast stuck in the confines of the female form. Devilish, precise, and wielding Hotel Moscow like a hammer crossbred with a surgical knife, i'd venture to say she's transcended her sex and species. Yeah, I'd draw connections to Motoko Kusanagi, but the major never struck me as ' something nightmarish beneath the skin'. Being ascertive, dominant, elegant, intelligant etc are all worthy qualities when in moderation. Balalaika seems to just wipe em off the table and leave only the image of a dragon on the battlefield. Yes, yes i'm rambling but...but... ..the woman.

[@orionsmith3097]

The woman is indeed a goddess of war and is my ideal mate. creating the most powerful children humanly possible would be excellent too bad I cant reproduce with other females.....

[@OllieJCSmith]

Nailed my own views on her. And I will admit the way she does things is with the power pretty damn hot at times. She has a mystic about her as well. I mean we know something of her past but what really interested me is the way in which she seems completely devoted to her cause and her men as well and obviously the sense of betrayal when the USSR fell at the end of the cold war. She looks the part and the woman who voice acted her in English was spot on with the way she was in character and the fact is she as a character felt very real and by that really scary at times. Her scars to me make her all the more stunning she's seen life at it's very worst and yes she's sometimes sadistic but my God I've never been so damn fascinated by a fictional character as I have with her. The woman just rocks.

[@shibernyan2009]

The woman is all that and so much more. It's really believable her men are so devoted to her, sheeit I'd be too. She's an absolute force of nature and I borderline worship her for it. What an amazingly written character.

[@GenericHandle666]

Best cougar.

[@toufikcherif931]

Black lagoon needs a remake in my opinion .it would be fantastic with the new animations

[@umorist1]

Не надо. Современные ремейки уничтожают легендарную классику.

[@angeloftheblade]

Probably the best AMV ever

[@KYUUTOURYUAZURA]

i love both balalaika and integra hellsing (hellsing) they are the same kind of characters

[@DragonOnTheWing]

Me too!

[@marcusc9931]

What about Olivier Mira Armstrong?

[@agitobaumann]

Hi , are you alive ?

[@plottingpeace7308]

@@marcusc9931 Yeah, her too! I think Balalaika’s more friendly and chill, whereas Olivier is more aggressive and rude. But both ruthless, cold, and amazing leaders!

[@mibadada]

This AMV got me so obsessed with this song, I am now learning to sing it in voice lessons I can still remember your editing and scene choices in this beat by beat, it's such a good tribute to Balalaika's character

[@TocTeplv]

ВДВ даже в аниме раздаст всем люлей

[@Sebass1999]

Did anyone else notice that some parts of the video are made to look like she is singing parts of the song?

[@elpresidentedearmas8837]

Yeah

[@Ropen_]

Yeah

[@zuzagabi]

FINALLY. After 4 months of searching. I found this AMV. Got to break the replay button now.

[@summertimehigh9134]

The woman who got me into older women🔥

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

poor balalaika just wanted her fathers honour

[@ANIMEIIIANDIIIMUSIC]

What her father did that was so shameful/dishonorable? I watched this really long time ago...

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

Me too😂

[@shroom3408]

Beautiful 😍 it somehow fits our soviet queen perfectly

[@ラクラークイエス]

姉御カッコよすぎでしょ…

[@vanilinka8425]

Благодарочка за видос) Атомсферненько

[@thuggishcone1392]

Dude. Thank you for making this. If I didnt play random Black Lagoon Amvs I would have never found this amazing song. Thank you.

[@nikolatesla3089]

В клипе очень четко описано отношение русских к армии )

[@ajdanlotric2470]

I was looking at my soundcloud from like 5+ years ago and found the song but couldn't remember where i found it. welp i wrote the name into yt and refound this gem. god bless

[@violetninja]

Balalaika ALWAYS gets what she wants, that's why she's the most dangerous.

[@ИванИванов-т9г7г]

блин ШИКАРНОЕ сочетание звука и видио

[@AwesomeNightman]

Without Balalaika Black lagoon would be shit.

[@AuspexAO]

Very well done AMV. I love the song choice for Balalaika.

[@gaetanjournaux8782]

Bautiful and awesome, Balalaika is a very impresive Woman, i'm Scared.

[@WafflesAnime]

music is very suitable to this video and to this character really great. thanks

[@distortish]

Ideal woman

[@MADEbyDIOR]

hey, great video, but everything related with Balalaika is amazing.but i missed any scenes, I congratulate you the video quality!

[@progenyofbood.9902]

_February. Get ink, shed tears. Write of it, sob your heart out, sing. While torrential slush that roars, burns in the blackness of the spring._

[@TocTeplv]

One of the best image of russians ever depicted by west/ foreign authors.

[@johnaron2235]

I think Balalaika is sad about Mikhail Kalashnikov's death =[

[@darkheztien9110]

She prefer dragunov ;)

[@xs2012]

Почему почти любое анимэ может создавать образы ярких героев, со своим характером и принципами, а в кино это можно встреть крайне редко?

[@AlexanderBalyakin]

Просто аниме делают на основе манги а мангу рисуют энтузиасты которые выбрали довольно не богатую жизнь что бы иметь возможность реализовать себя в творчестве

[@darkestfeather447]

Balalaika for president of RUSSIA!!!!!! Sexy, stronger and badass, the perfect woman Balalaika is the fuckin badass of all the fuckin badass woman in the anime 👍😉

[@КонстантинДимитриев-я5ь]

- С теоремой Пифагора, спорите - избрав что ? - Знание - теорема Пифагора - превыше этого. - Знание - в данном конкретном случае избрана теорема Пифагора - превыше всего. Теорема доказана.

[@Miikkii_21]

Balalajka my favorite character from Black Lagoon

[@guberman1005]

Февраль. Достать чернил и плакать! Писать о феврале навзрыд, Пока грохочущая слякоть Весною черною горит

[@llawliet9798]

At your service my queen!

[@giovanni59129]

Super AMV, super musique

[@thepayne7862]

Love your video and the fact that you chose a Regina Spektor song for it. Love her music think she is a really under appreciated artist never would have thought of using one of her songs for and AMV let alone a Black Lagoon one. Have like all the AMVs for Black Lagoon using rock songs, but your choice of song really elevates your's.

[@Sillhid]

Я напишу здесь ничего не значащий комментарий, чтобы иностранцы лишний раз шуганулись, когда на их видео внезапно набегают страшные русские комрады.

[@александркраснов-ю5ш]

+Сергей Смирнягин поддержу , пусть знают , что нас много

[@НикитаЛопата-ъ4с]

+Сергей Смирнягин угу

[@ЕкатеринаШафранская-ш2о]

+Никита Лопата агась

[@toosmartforart1945]

Шутки на вас, Я знаю русский язык

[@ДенАкимов-т5й]

Просто проходил мимо ... но , ска , люблю это аниме и люблю всех этих персонажей ...

[@TocTeplv]

You blew my mind.

[@zechari2479]

So IDK if this will cause a kerfuffle, but I think the reason she's good is because she's written like a male character. Meaning her gender isn't ever a real focus she just is who she is.

[@mymoru13]

хорошая музыка, но на видео русские к пустой голове прикладывают руку, ну такое...

[@КонстантинДимитриев-я5ь]

- Учебник по геометрии. ... класс !

[@EVGENIY1988apex]

бесподобно

[@lotjaletto]

Wonderful!

[@Sebass1999]

4:12 "what an atrocious gun".

[@SlayerOfAmista]

Truly amazing video. I just can't help but come back to see it. Chilling, haunting and captivating. One of the best AMV I have ever seen. Although I have a question. Did you speed up this song or is it a different version of it?

[@paradyze7687]

The AMV of this quality are rarely good job

[@crazyfire3897]

Круто!

[@EVGENIY1988apex]

Русские-в драке не помогут,войну выиграют. Мы Русские. Браво

[@КОНЬВПАЛЬТО-о7м]

Про страну партизанку Беларусь тоже не забывай.

[@thenephilim6922]

+Евгений Лысов И что в россии живут не только русские

[@kasaishimo9925]

That woman is the badassest

[@otto_fon_krabbe9471]

We are Russian, God with us

[@kacsakecske2325]

My favourite anime character after Rei :) awesome video, nice job on editing (y)

[@amirguerrero7433]

Seeing this amv i learn 2 things about balalaika 1 she is scary as fuck 2 she love's to blow up things

[@mizukami999]

Thank you! Sherjapan suggested it's from Roberta, Episode 2.

[@bauc251992]

2:33 it is so perfect!

[@КонстантинМитриев-я9н]

Лучшее знание сердце.

[@КонстантинМитриев-я9н]

- Цель и смысл существования? - Вернуться туда, откуда искра отлетела. Бог есть любовь.

[@КонстантинМитриев-я9н]

1+1=2. Perfection and don't cry. God is light. God is light. Knowledge is above all. God is love. God is love. Life is most beautiful.

[@КонстантинМитриев-я9н]

- Нет ! - ? - Картошка - жëлтая ! - А это красная - это не картошка ! - А на вкус ? - А если пожарить, с луком, на подсолнечном масле, до золотистых поджарочек ? Чëрный хлеб.

[@КонстантинДимитриев-я5ь]

Учение Жизни. Сначала для высшего. Знание превыше всего.

[@vishaljadhav6216]

Best AMV

[@3.33am]

yay

[@nikolatesla3089]

как русский лайк )

[@-kilian-6217]

Perfect !

[@Zugaroner]

amazing

[@thelaughingman79]

nice regina spektor good choice

[@luciferluu9850]

THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH. THIS VIDEO ROCKS AND I NOW KNOW AN AWESOME SONG BY REGINA SPEKTOR. FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS