However, to counteract these issues one might initially have, Baccano’s first episode is used as a guide to help viewers comprehend what the show is all about. With how much is going on in Baccano, between all the plot line the premise throws at you and the scattered timelines, it would not be difficult to see how this can make the show difficult to follow and understand or even want to give the show a try at all. And the way Baccano juggles both the characters and subplots matches the ridiculous tone and energy of each of these arcs, leaving us with an insane, mental and downright fun show that is as well-written as it is enjoyable. Thankfully, Baccano is clearly no clusterfuck all the individual stories told intertwine to create a larger, overarching story. It is told in a non-sequential style and because of this, one could easily imagine this show turning out as a massive clusterfuck. Baccano is made up of numerous plots that are crammed into 13 episodes and the show bounces between these different storylines taking place at different times and places. As you can see, Baccano is not your average run-of-the-mill anime. Baccano is made up of 13 episodes (16 including the OVAs) and revolves around alchemists who have learned the secrets of and gained the power of immortality… but the show is about a New York turf war between rival Mafia families… as well as a group of madmen who hijack a train… and it also includes a girl searching for her lost brother.
BACCANO ENGLISH DUB IS GREAT SERIES
Yes, it is that good.īaccano is a 2007 anime adaptation of a series of light novels, made by Studio Brain’s Base who were behind the making for shows such as Durarara!!, Blood Lad and the Natsume’s Book of Friends series. So, I watched it, and what Baccano did was it took those beliefs, and shredded them till they were unrecognizable, splattering them with animated blood before burying them six feet into the ground. Because Baccano had almost none of those initial beliefs, yet was praised by so many anime fans. Overtime those beliefs I had about what fundamentally makes a show good were challenged and proven wrong as I started watching more anime, but no other anime had an influence on these thoughts more so than Baccano. Fast forward to today, and I sit here wondering how I was so foolish and simple-minded back then ignorant of other methods that stories could be told. Every Dick and Jane plays the lead and it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.” – The description of Baccano on the back-of-the-box set, and probably the best back-of-the-box description there’s ever been.Ī few years ago, before I became enlightened and engrossed by anime in general, I would have said that for a show or film to be good it needed to have a linear narrative that was both intriguing and well-executed, good character development, and an ending that tied everything up nicely that the audience could all understand and enjoy. Paths don’t cross in this story – They collide. Just remember, Baccano! ain’t about beginnings and ends. Sadistic hit-men and the dames they love, mad bombers going boom, monsters going bump and soul sucking alchemists bootlegging an elixir of eternal life. It’s about hoods who can’t seem to die proper after catching a bullet or five between the eyes. But this caper ain’t about a simple gangland brawl. A mafia turf war is raging on the mean streets of the Big Apple, a place where regular joes bounce between backdoor booze joints and the breadline. But we’ll get around to all that immortality jazz later. “Don’t let nobody tell you there’s no future in a life of crime, because some rackets can last forever.