Baccano!
2007 • Aniplex
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2007
- Episodes
- 13
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Aniplex · Brain's Base · Aniplex of America · Sakura Create
- Genres
- Action · Mystery · Supernatural
During the early 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.
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Baccano! was produced by Brain's Base and released in 2007, adapted from the light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita. Set primarily during the American Prohibition era, the story weaves together a non-linear narrative involving alchemists, mobsters, and immortals aboard a transcontinental train. The project was conceived as a stylistic departure from standard anime tropes, emphasizing a cinematic structure that intentionally fragmented the timeline to mimic the chaotic energy of its jazz-inspired setting.
The series is noted for its distinct visual direction under Takahiro Omori, who aimed to evoke the gritty, atmospheric quality of classic pulp fiction. The character designs, originally by Katsumi Enami, were translated into animation with a focus on period-accurate attire and expressive, frenetic movement. Upon its release, the series earned critical acclaim for its ambitious storytelling and complex ensemble cast, eventually becoming a cult classic that defined the aesthetic of late-2000s psychological and action-oriented anime.
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