Baccano!

This anime was sleeping for too long in my “to watch list”: so I tried to get rid of it as soon as I could, and now, I’m pretty sure I’m going to watch it again: I totally fell for it. There’s one point, however, that puzzled me: how in the world could someone watch this as a TV Anime, with one episode per day, or even per week? I watched all the day long and even though, I was forgetting some points: I think two more watching sessions and I’ll perfectly understand it all, just like SE: Lain.

About Baccano!

Type: TV Episodes: 13 Producers: Aniplex, Brains Base, FUNimation EntertainmentL Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical Duration: 24 min. per episode Rating: R – 17+ (violence & profanity) Synopsis: During the late 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.

Based on the award winning light novels of the same name, this anime adaptation follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story – one of alchemy, survival and immortality. Merging these events together are the kindhearted would-be thieves, Isaac and Miria, connecting various people, all of them with their own hidden ambitions and agendas, and creating lifelong bonds and consequences for everyone involved.

So then?

The first reason that pushed me to watch Baccano! is the context: the thirties in U.S.A. golden age of crime, Mafia business and Alchemists along the way, immortality plot. It’s more than enough to attract my attention. The second reason is the opening: I’m definitly not into jazz but it’s so good and I love this way of introducing the characters =3.

Which brings me to the maint point of this anime: Characters! Many ones, different stories and goals, each one coming across the others in some way…I loved them all *o*

But the most impressive thing, in my opinion, is the scenario: it’sdefinitly the MUST of this Anime: so many sidelines stories connecting in a main one, in a weird narration. I felt like this time, we watchers aren’t taken for some jeks, maybe nuts, but not jerks. The way of telling the story is kind of messy: there’s no chronological order, we jump from a character to another, just like if the storyteller has just remembered a missing fact somewhere. Even though, I still could understand and follow the action (there’s a little come back before the action carries on which enough to connect with the previous facts). Besides, I was hooked with the plot lines: a mix of magic, crime, immortality, alchemists, mafiosi…It’d have been better if I could get to know some characters’ stories better, though: instead of Miria and Isaac long shows -which Icouldn’t find that funny-, maybe some Ladd Russo history or more of Jacuzzi Plot’s tears . In the mean time, I was impressed with the fact that the scenario was well-developped for a 13-episodes Anime.

Despite the bloody scenes and the confusing moments, Baccano! is a pure jewel: nothing of fanservice/commercial/bonanza of the moment, interesting story&characters, impressive scenario and many uncommon miscellenaous things in the Anime world.

Last detail: Baccano! means “mess” or “disorder”, which is quite the case but in a positive way …It reminds me of Harira..

I’ll get myself a bowl..

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