Baccano [Standard Edition] [Blu-ray]

Baccano! is one of the few anime out there which distinguishes itself for all the right reasons and continues to give every time watched. In every consideration it gets full marks, something very few television shows in general can say.Baccano! (the name is an Italian slang word meaning ruckus, chaos or noise) manages to weave several different themes together in perfect harmony. This show will make you laugh, make you cry, make you shiver, surprise you and that opening theme will make you dance. Comedy, romance, action adventure, murder mystery, horror and tragedy. Each theme plays out with just enough attention given to it to make it poignant without becoming overbearing or overplayed.Baccano! also has a shockingly large cast. The story line is set over the course of three years, 1930, 1931 and 1932 and focuses on around five stories, which intersect one another at various intervals, with their own clusters of characters. In total there are 21 major characters in the story and in a first, each character gets sufficient character development to stand out on their own. Also unlike most other anime, Baccano! eschews the typical angst filled teenager that populates most anime and instead goes for an older cast with only three characters under the age of eighteen. These characters vary differently in their personalities, agendas and motivations - from the eccentric duo of thieves, Isaac and Miria, to the psychotic Ladd Russo, to the enigmatic Chane, to the cool and sophisticated Luck.In terms of audio this show scores high once again. The music is pitch perfect for the period, all jazz and big band. The opening theme is a rollicking roller-coaster of brilliant music, featuring a terrific saxophone solo and from there on the music suits every scene. Every minute sounds like something out of a gangster flick and by the end of this series, your feet will be tapping. In terms of voice acting, this remains the only anime I've ever seen where the English dub is actually better than the Japanese dub. This is in part due to the fact that this anime is set in 1930's New York and the dub uses both period slang and the actors adopt local accents. While these accents are not entirely perfect, they suit the feel of the show perfectly. Indeed, each vocalist puts a huge amount of feeling into every scene and congratulations must be given to the director in this regard. In every aspect, Baccano sounds terrific.There is one flaw with this show however, that being that it is somewhat hard to follow. Since the story takes place over three years and with five interlinking plot lines all happening at once, it is very easy to get lost and confused. For this reason it is recommended to watch several episodes at a time. Otherwise it becomes difficult to remember which characters belong to which timeline and what their allegiances are. Also, the show can be pretty gory, enough to warrant its 18's rating.Baccano is one of, if not the, greatest anime ever created. With that in mind I would encourage every fan of anime to watch it at least once.

Baccano! is a brilliant anime.The dub is brilliant, the animation superb and the music stylish.The year is 1931 and transcontinental train The Flying Pussyfoot has a motley crew of people onboard. The loveable thieves Isaac and Miria who are on their way to see their friend Ennis and give her a gift, except they have no gift. A mob dressed in black is planning a kidnapper. A gang dressed in white is also onboard under the leadership of the psgycotic Ladd Russo. A ragtag bunch of bootleggers are on board too, headed by crybaby Jacuzzi Splot and his eyepatch wearing bomb making girlfriend Nice Holystone. There is also Czeslaw Meyer, an immortal 8 year old boy, a newsreporter oh, and the Rail Tracer, a monster.The story then jumps around before and after the events on the train, mainly involving the location of a bootlegged elixir of immortality. Szilard, the oldest man on the planet wants it back, but who has it? Dallas Genoard, wannabe gangster who has dissapeared? The mob ran by the Gandorf brothers? Or plucky fancy dress wearing thieves Isaac and Miria, who are friends with the being that Szilard has artificially made, Ennis, who has taken the eye of newly initiated gangster Firo, who is friends with Maiza, who goes way back with Szilard and Czeslaw?Confused?You will be!The non linear nature of the story may put some people off but I love it. Due to the fragmented story telling each episode has many cliffhanger moments and you may have to wait a fair few episodes until the story returns to that point and you find out what happends next.Admittedly the last 3 episodes shouldnt have happened but it does feature Isaac and Miria teaching the mafia how to play domino toppling which is great fun.I have now watched the show twice through and it really is an excellent piece of work. Exceedingly violent but also funny and clever.It's wild, crazy, fun, outrageous, uncontrollable brilliance.

The disk plays well and the plot of the anime is all over the place and only makes sense at the end. Of you like trains and Tarantino films then you will love this mayhem filled anime! It has period accurate accents and clothing. It explores interesting characters and situations that they all find themselves in. So I have to recommend this and buy the Blu-ray and support this and recommend it to all amine fans in your life!

This series is simply great and has become a new favourite of mine! It ticks all the right boxes: it has a huge cast of eccentric, psychotic, interesting and likeable characters, a great story told in a nonlinear fashion, great voice acting in both Japanese and English (I watch my anime in Japanese), a great setting: New York during the 1930s Prohibition Era involving mafia gangs, thieves, assassins and other delinquents; a great, catchy jazz/blues soundtrack (listening to it right now, in fact), solid animation, action, comedy, bloody/gory violence, mystery, horror, a slight dash of romance... It's just such an entertaining show.The only gripes I have are: the series is too damn short, and the 3 DVD bonus episodes are weaker than the main series. But those are only minor issues. Either way, I'd strongly recommend this to anyone; especially if you're an anime fan or a newbie.I really hope a second series gets done.

Baccano! is an anime I've always wanted to watch after seeing the YouTube channel Anime America list it as the anime with the most perfect ending, and after watching it, I can see why!Set during the Great Depression, a turf war is starting to brew in New York. But there's an even bigger mystery developing behind the scenes, one centuries in the making...The anime has so many characters in its roster, yet doesn't feel clunky as each one gets their moment to shine. All in all, this is a dazzling anime experience with the catchiest theme tune ever!

First off this is a Region B Blu Ray, so if you don’t have a region b Blu-ray player or a region free Blu Ray player then you don’t need to get this. Ok, Baccano! is a crazy anime. It almost feels like a zany animaniacs episode at time it’s so weird but then someone’s brains get splattered on the wall. This may be one of the most brutal gory animes out there. No it’s not as bloody and intense as something like attack on Titan, but the detail and the brutality of the violence is in a league of its own. I know it’s not common to see someone shoot a kid in the head and see the bullet hole in the front and the huge exit hole out the back, or a guy who’s arm was sheered off with his bones sticking out with flesh hanging on, or fingers cut off with the muscles and bone visible as they fall to the ground. This is filled with psychopaths and brutal killers. From an entertainment standpoint it’s great. The story is very convoluted and hard to follow at times because it jumps around to different years constantly, then the same scenes will replay with a different character as the focus. As a matter of fact I think about 12 of the 16 episodes are all focused on the same event that takes place in one night. This is definitely one that will be a lot easier to follow when rewatching it. I love the scenes with Isaac and Miria they are hilarious and insane. While maybe not as good as some people have led me to believe, this is still a really good anime that I don’t regret getting and watching and will rewatch. Probably around my 7th favorite anime in the action/fighting genre, and around 25 overall. Definitely not for the faint of heart given it’s brutality and gore.

issa very gud show

Einfach einzigartige Erzählweise und Erzählstruktur mit grandioser Handlung umwerfend gezeichnet. Kleine Warnung allerdings an zarter besaitete: Auch wenn sie nicht besonders im Fokus der Serie stehen sind einige Gewaltdarstellungen nichts für schwache Nerven.

原作は未読です!この作品は特定の主人公が存在しない群像劇で、アニメよりも寧ろ洋画や海外ドラマに近いです。数多くの登場人物、過去・現在・未来とバラバラに進行して行く物語など、最初は関係ないと思っていた出来事が徐々に繋がり、それら全てが一つに集約されていく感じが正にそれです。多少のグロ表現はありますが、私は全く気になりませんでした。気になった方は是非、視聴してみて下さい!!因みにOPは映画"スナッチ"のオマージュになっていて、それと比較するのも面白いと思います!

I am seriously glad I bought this anime, as I now rank it with my favorite series I've seen up until now. The story telling is quite original, as you have no central character to focus on : instead, you get half a dozen, all as loveable and unique as the others. What's more, you get to see, with the occurrence of multiple jumps through time, how all of their stories tangle to finally form a complex intrigue. The only thing I recommend is that you watch this series in a short amount of time (I didn't have any trouble, as each episode left me craving for more), as the recurring flashbacks and swaps between characters can get a bit confusing if you do not pay enough attention.