Baccano! (light novel)
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| This anime will forever be remembered. Chane and Vino??? Adorable. |
| I wasn't expecting Chane & Vino ! :o Isaac & Miria never cease to amuse me, until the very end ! xD |
| Great ending.IsaacxMiria ftw! |
| That was really good for only a 13 episode series most badass couple : Vino/rail tracerxChane Lol the crew dumped cement on Dallas that's one way to kill of an immortal person. The end with Issac and Maria just realizing they don't age LMAO |
| Loved Isaac and Miria at the end :) Also very gory, comparable with Elfen Lied and Higurashi. Give it 8/10 |
| Deciding between an 8/10 versus a 9/10. Leaning towards the 9 though. The only reasons why I would take points off this wonderful show is that the beginning was confusing as hell and the format/timeline was awkward to watch. Also, it took me 8 episodes to get into this show... But disregarding those things, I completely loved it! Oh god, that was so interesting. I loved mostly every character, minus the old geezer and some minor characters but everyone else was incredible. Really good ending for a great anime. It concludes everything off nicely. I'm excited to watch the OVAs tomorrow! :D FrostToaster said: Got to love Isaac and Miria. Forever clueless but brings happiness to everyone they meet. +1 |
MayukaJan 5, 2013 8:39 PM
| the storyline was just one big mess and barely even made any sense. The music was unfitting, and so was the humor. A lot of the characters names were forgettable. The plot was convoluted that hardly made sense because of the order 3/10 |
RX-782Feb 8, 2014 11:27 PM
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| Loved this anime. The music, the character development, the unadulterated violence, everything surpassed my expectations. This is one of the few animes I'd give a 10 to, because I honestly can't think of any way to improve it. |
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| This Anime was one of the Most Glorious things I have ever seen. I just hope there will be a second season based off the novels. |
| Wait, so wtf was up with the 9/11 ending? It ended in new york in 2001 and the final scene had a plane flying very low in the background. Was there a point to that? Great anime though. |
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| I looooooooooooooooved it! I loved everything about that anime! The only thing is that I can't decide which character I liked the most. It had everything you want from a anime. Badass characters, nice fight scenes, nice art, well developed personalities, love stories (nothing platonic or complicated as in many other animes), strong friendships, emotional scenes... I am grateful there are OVAs! |
3nvy said: Wait, so wtf was up with the 9/11 ending? It ended in new york in 2001 and the final scene had a plane flying very low in the background. Was there a point to that? Great anime though. Still wonderin this.... |
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3nvy said: 3nvy said: Wait, so wtf was up with the 9/11 ending? It ended in new york in 2001 and the final scene had a plane flying very low in the background. Was there a point to that? Great anime though. Still wonderin this.... Hahahaha I am guessing you saw a new post and you were hoping for an answer...? :) Well, it might be random, but it can also means that the immortal characters become witnesses of the world's history....??? I don't think it is something like those symbolisms they are accusing disney for though... I might be naive but I don't want to ruin neither my childhood nor good anime. What's your opinion? |
| Easy 10/10 & new addition to my fav list - Unique plot - Unique character and use of many mains - Amazing fragmentation & mix of 1930/1931/1932 - Crazy action and visuals - Great soundtrack to fit the 30's - Great dub - Wasn't bored once during the whole series |
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| Such a refreshing and fantastic series, Miria and Isaac had me dying of laughter to the very end. |
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| What an absolute wonderful series!!! Rarely has there been an anime i've wanted to rewatch right after i finished it! Baccano is a good as people say it is AND MORE! The animation, the dialog, the editing, the story, the music and the of course the characters are all amazing. (It also has a fantastic dub from Funimation!!) |
| Awesome anime. Enjoyed it from start to finish. 10/10 |
| Glad I picked this up again. I had dropped it 3 episodes in when I was younger because of how it skipped all over the place. I still wish it hadn't jumped around so much but I wasn't confused this time around. I mean, some of the time it was definitely necessary to help build up the mystery of what happened but other times I would be enjoying a scene in 1931 on the train and then it would go to 1932 and take me out of it. If it wasn't for that it would've been an easy 9/10 for me. Anyway, there were great characters, an interesting story and an excellent dub. Most likely will go up to 9/10 when I eventually re-watch it. |
cyruz said: "There's a gun within my heart!" - Nice one, Jacuzzi. Great final episode to a very unique anime. 9/10 Best quote of the series XD |
| amazing episode!!! Ladd Russo and Lua did survived that :P Claire confessing his love to Chane!!!! Jacuzzi versus that Flamethrower guy!!! glad he actually has the balls to get head on!! Nice and Jacuzzi :) i'm glad Ennis finally stood up on her own!!! so the the martillo family is immortal now huh? finally killing that bastard Szilard!!!! nice one firo!!! glad Firo saved Ennis!! woohoo so now they're official together?!?! :P and wow Dallas getting drown for a whole year is fucking horrible way to experience it .____. Czes-kun and Maiza reuniting after more than 200 years!! aww Ennis and Firo!! as for the novels they revealed the identity of this guy Chane is waiting for you Claire!!!! lol Isaac and Miria didn't know they were immortal until 67 years later XD i really enjoyed the series, love the music, the surprisingly dark and gory scenes despite having some jazz music on top XD still wish it was longer, after going to the Baccano wikia there's a lot of events the creator(Narita Ryohgo) has created. plus i want to see the immortals grand children and all!! i plus seeing some of the couples actually ended up together and raising a family, they could definitely have a lot of diverse characters ^^ they could also do some of the original immortals event like stuff about Huey and all ^^ overall i would give this a 9/10(it was waaaaay to short) and i believe this is definitely much better than Durarara!!. the only thing i would slight give Durarara!! a lead is the animation, which they can improve if they decided to make a new season(just keep the same artist please) gonna watch the OVA series now! hope to see more Baccano soon!!! |
| Eternal drowning, huh... and I thought Dune's death was bad. I wonder what Maiza'd been doing for 200 years. The guy is so weak. And why he ended up in the mafia with the demon? I thought he planned to find some people worthy of immortality? And what's up with the cheesy scene with happy immortal mafia? Don't force me to believe they lived happily ever after. How many of them will end up becoming new Fermet and immortal-eaters? But nah, Maiza is happy as well, like the best possible thing happened. That guy is pathetic. IMO the immortality plot is the weakest part of this anime. |
| 5/5 Final episode of all respect, you are in charge of all the chores, almost. Too bad that the end has not come full circle, however also not finding the square, I was not bitter, even the one proposed final between RT and Chane, was so sudden as to let me shocked. Fabulous! Drawing, animations and characters were wonderful. Isaac and Miria really have monopolized the attention! By virtue of what my final grade is 9/10! |
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| I was confused half the time. I think I have to watch the whole series again but 8/10 for now |
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| Easy 10/10 |
| Overall, it was a very fun series. The cast of characters are very good especially Isaac and Miria. The plot was good. The format of the show was executed well for the most part although there were some mis-steps with the format. I rate this show 8/10 for now. I will rewatch this in the future to make sure to get all the details in the plot. |
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| I think I died from smiling. Great series, I might be overrating it, but I give is 10/10, perfect in any way possible. |
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| Very entertaining ride that came together nicely at the end. Ladd was probably the character I liked the most, but needed more of dat Nice. 8/10 for me, on to the specials. |
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| Awesomeness. Seriously. This series is pretty good. It makes me want to read the LN! - Firo has the knowledge, same as Maiza. Now the secret of the elixir is safe! for now. - Jacuzzi. He's cool. Isaac's hilarious quote really affected him lol. - Rail Tracer, a badass till the end. - The whole family turned into immortal. I hope there'll no internal dispute or something similar to what happened on the ship 200 years back. - The main stars, Isaac and Miria, they were hilarious till the end. How can someone not realizing that they didn't age at all, until 70 years later?? LMAO This couple are legendary! 9/10. One of the most memorable series I've ever watched |
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WizkidNiels said: http://myanimelist.net/character/5756/Claire_StanfieldYeah I think I'm completely missing something here, the anime is pretty confusing for me since they've switched timelines all the time. I saw it as the main story being on the train and every time they look at other timelines to explain the story.. But then at the end this rail tracer guy just disappeared? Who was he, where did he go to? He seemed like the main character to me and he just went away? Not defeated/killed or whatever? I'm so confused... |
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| One of the most satisfying anime I have ever seen. 10/10. |
| i guess i must be weird, but this show was extremely average for me, i guess my expectation was too high? may be, i didnt find the series funny as well, the only aspect i was interested was the story itself so overall= 6.5/10 p.s my friends had suggest me this serie, but i got a bit dissapointed i guess i dont like this kind of humor:P |
firstbloodJan 23, 2014 7:03 PM
MaTachi said: I never really understood what the story was about, the relations between the characters or their motives. Or maybe I'm just too stupid for this show. I don't know. :/ Anyway, I feel that I can't rate this higher than a 5. Uriel1988 did a good review of the series, which can be found on this page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano!/reviews&p=5 He shares many of my thoughts. But I still feel that I maybe missed something since there are so many who give this series 9s and 10s. I feel the same way, albeit without the feelings that I might be stupid or the feeling of concern for not agreeing with majority opinion. The show does a good job of keeping my attention consistently and simply not boring me, which is a plus since many shows are slow and boring at times. But the plot is presented in a needlessly convoluted manner that makes it confusing for the viewer to keep tabs on everything. In addition, the show seems to hate Dallas Geonard for some reason when he's far from being the biggest asshole or depraved psycho in the show. Ladd and especially Vino were WAY WAY worse. The whole thing feels like I'd have to turn off my brain to enjoy this clusterfuck of senseless, over the top violence, extremely one dimensional characters, contrived/out of place humor, and a plot that arbitrarily wants to present itself more as complex than it actually is. It's pretentious story telling. Overall, the show is only somewhat above average IMO since it at least kept me interested all the way through and because I found Ennis to be an endearing character. But it's nowhere near deserving of the label "epic" or "awesome". It's just another overrated show that everyone is mindlessly diddling themselves to. I give this anime a 6/10. |
ExaccusFeb 8, 2014 10:38 PM
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Exaccus said: MaTachi said: I never really understood what the story was about, the relations between the characters or their motives. Or maybe I'm just too stupid for this show. I don't know. :/ Anyway, I feel that I can't rate this higher than a 5. Uriel1988 did a good review of the series, which can be found on this page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano!/reviews&p=5 He shares many of my thoughts. But I still feel that I maybe missed something since there are so many who give this series 9s and 10s. I feel the same way, albeit without the feelings that I might be stupid or the feeling of concern for not agreeing with majority opinion. The show does a good job of keeping my attention consistently and simply not boring me, which is a plus since many shows are slow and boring at times. But the plot is presented in a needlessly convoluted manner that makes it confusing for the viewer to keep tabs on everything. In addition, the show seems to hate Dallas Geonard for some reason when he's far from being the biggest asshole or depraved psycho in the show. Ladd and especially Vino were WAY WAY worse. The whole thing feels like I'd have to turn off my brain to enjoy this clusterfuck of senseless, over the top violence, extremely one dimensional characters, contrived/out of place humor, and a plot that arbitrarily wants to present itself more as complex than it actually is. It's pretentious story telling. Overall, the show is only somewhat above average IMO since it at least kept me interested all the way through and because I found Ennis to be an endearing character. But it's nowhere near deserving of the label "epic" or "awesome". It's just another overrated show that everyone is mindlessly diddling themselves to. I give this anime a 6/10. See, having a bit of humility like MaTachi did is alot more,well, endearing than bad mouthing a show and acting as though you are somehow better than those who like the show. And, I am saying this as someone who isn't a huge fan of Baccano. I'm just saying the way you come off is kind of condescending to those who liked it. |
Ston3_FreeN7Feb 8, 2014 10:59 PM
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insan3Spectre said: Exaccus said: MaTachi said: I never really understood what the story was about, the relations between the characters or their motives. Or maybe I'm just too stupid for this show. I don't know. :/ Anyway, I feel that I can't rate this higher than a 5. Uriel1988 did a good review of the series, which can be found on this page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano!/reviews&p=5 He shares many of my thoughts. But I still feel that I maybe missed something since there are so many who give this series 9s and 10s. I feel the same way, albeit without the feelings that I might be stupid or the feeling of concern for not agreeing with majority opinion. The show does a good job of keeping my attention consistently and simply not boring me, which is a plus since many shows are slow and boring at times. But the plot is presented in a needlessly convoluted manner that makes it confusing for the viewer to keep tabs on everything. In addition, the show seems to hate Dallas Geonard for some reason when he's far from being the biggest asshole or depraved psycho in the show. Ladd and especially Vino were WAY WAY worse. The whole thing feels like I'd have to turn off my brain to enjoy this clusterfuck of senseless, over the top violence, extremely one dimensional characters, contrived/out of place humor, and a plot that arbitrarily wants to present itself more as complex than it actually is. It's pretentious story telling. Overall, the show is only somewhat above average IMO since it at least kept me interested all the way through and because I found Ennis to be an endearing character. But it's nowhere near deserving of the label "epic" or "awesome". It's just another overrated show that everyone is mindlessly diddling themselves to. I give this anime a 6/10. See, having a bit of humility like MaTachi did is alot more,well, endearing than bad mouthing a show and acting as though you are somehow better than those who like the show. And, I am saying this as someone who isn't a huge fan of Baccano. I'm just saying the way you come off is kind of...condescending to those who liked it. Better than? No. It's that there are certain series that I cannot for the life of me fathom why people like them so much and ignore the glaring flaws. Baccano just happens to be another one of such series. Sorry if I overreacted in the previous post. But I've been sitting here for a while wracking my brain, trying to comprehend why people insist that this show is something special. |
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| I don't know, I don't think I've ever seen many people claim it's a deep or complex show. It's not really something you watch to think hard about. It's just a whole lot of fun because of how over the top it is, particularly the characters you mentioned Claire and Ladd. Though I am kind of getting the feeling you didn't like them? Now, I personally prefer more complex characters myself, but again that just isn't what this show was about. It is supposed to be a frenetic, fast paced anime where entertainment is paramount. It is not interested in crafting deep and complex characters, though I think they are still good characters because of their ability to entertain. |
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Exaccus said: i could do the same thing with the fact that you rated angel beats 8/10.insan3Spectre said: Exaccus said: MaTachi said: I never really understood what the story was about, the relations between the characters or their motives. Or maybe I'm just too stupid for this show. I don't know. :/ Anyway, I feel that I can't rate this higher than a 5. Uriel1988 did a good review of the series, which can be found on this page: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano!/reviews&p=5 He shares many of my thoughts. But I still feel that I maybe missed something since there are so many who give this series 9s and 10s. I feel the same way, albeit without the feelings that I might be stupid or the feeling of concern for not agreeing with majority opinion. The show does a good job of keeping my attention consistently and simply not boring me, which is a plus since many shows are slow and boring at times. But the plot is presented in a needlessly convoluted manner that makes it confusing for the viewer to keep tabs on everything. In addition, the show seems to hate Dallas Geonard for some reason when he's far from being the biggest asshole or depraved psycho in the show. Ladd and especially Vino were WAY WAY worse. The whole thing feels like I'd have to turn off my brain to enjoy this clusterfuck of senseless, over the top violence, extremely one dimensional characters, contrived/out of place humor, and a plot that arbitrarily wants to present itself more as complex than it actually is. It's pretentious story telling. Overall, the show is only somewhat above average IMO since it at least kept me interested all the way through and because I found Ennis to be an endearing character. But it's nowhere near deserving of the label "epic" or "awesome". It's just another overrated show that everyone is mindlessly diddling themselves to. I give this anime a 6/10. See, having a bit of humility like MaTachi did is alot more,well, endearing than bad mouthing a show and acting as though you are somehow better than those who like the show. And, I am saying this as someone who isn't a huge fan of Baccano. I'm just saying the way you come off is kind of...condescending to those who liked it. Better than? No. It's that there are certain series that I cannot for the life of me fathom why people like them so much and ignore the glaring flaws. Baccano just happens to be another one of such series. Sorry if I overreacted in the previous post. But I've been sitting here for a while wracking my brain, trying to comprehend why people insist that this show is something special. |
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insan3Spectre said: I don't know, I don't think I've ever seen many people claim it's a deep or complex show. It's not really something you watch to think hard about. It's just a whole lot of fun because of how over the top it is, particularly the characters you mentioned Claire and Ladd. Though I am kind of getting the feeling you didn't like them? Now, I personally prefer more complex characters myself, but again that just isn't what this show was about. It is supposed to be a frenetic, fast paced anime where entertainment is paramount. It is not interested in crafting deep and complex characters, though I think they are still good characters because of their ability to entertain. I agree. The story isn't overly complex or deep, and neither are the characters, but they are all very unique. The pacing, animation, and voice-acting are all superb too. The show did have a very interesting sub-plot (ie. immortality), and the story-telling of how all these characters gathered together under said sub-plot is absolutely fantastic. The time-skips can be confusing to some, but I thought it was well done and very clever. Story-telling doesn't get much better than this! |
| well in the beginning i had no idea if i would like it since many things are so confusing in this show but i got to say they wrapped it up pretty nice in the end which i certainly did not expect to happen at a certain point anymore most is answered. i wonder what Vino was talking about what he had to do and if he ever will find Chane and that they really will marry each other but i guess that is left open for everyone to decide except if they will show this in the specials which i also got no clue what to expect anymore. i also wonder what happened to Ladd in the end we know he survived but what will he do now also left to everyone to decide for them selves i guess. as well of all the other characters that kinda disappeared with no explanation on what happened after all this events. i normally don't care about what happens to the characters as much as i do for his show but for this show it would have been nice to get some more info on what happened after all the events cause they had a lot of good characters. in the end i will give it a 9/10 i certainly enjoyed it a lot but the beginning episodes where to hard to follow and this not the only reason i don't give it a 10 it is also because sometimes it seemed as the humor was tried to hard and it feels like this show is missing something big which i can't point out. well up to the specials not idea what its about guess we will see. |
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| Am I the only one who found this anime bodering on shit. Some of the bad stuff are: •There wasn't a story, just some minor plots. •The whole train ride in the end was just some bullshit which didn't count to anything. •There were way too many characters and it took about 10 epidoes just to distinguish one person from the next, let alone actually remember what the hell they were doing. •The lighting during some parts were just done so poorly that you couldn't even see some of the important stuff. •The year jumping left me hella confused about what was happening at the current moment. •The concept of immortals was played off too lightly. •I had to rewatch the 1st ep to understand the ending. But I did like some things: •The concept of 1930s mafia ruled Chicago. •The OP •Isaac and Miria I found it so boring, I could barely sit myself through the whole nonsensical thing. But after watching some of the OVAs, I appreciate the anime a lot more. The OVA is beyond shit, I think someone came up with the logic that if they can't be bothered creating a character, just throw in a bunch of looney mass murderes and it makes up for everything, no Ladd wasn't a one off. After watching the OVAs, I can't give it less than 6/10. |
| Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice! - Doflamingo |
| In the first episode I was really confused and not too impressed, but that slowly changed as the series progressed and by the end everything just comes together so well and you don't even need to understand what was going on 100% of the time to still be enjoyable. This is definitely an acquired taste and I can sympathise with those that found it boring... However, if you have some patience, try to keep up with all the story threads then in the end you'll see how they connect and the end result is actually beautiful! I'm not good at describing everything I liked/disliked so I'll just list them: Good points: - Unique, interesting characters. - Clever plots in different times that are told in parallel. - Humour. - Good animation. - The OP was nice. Bad points: - Quite confusing at times because of switching between many different time lines of the same characters and maybe they could have made it a bit clearer somehow... I give it 10/10 - despite being slightly confusing at times because by the end I understood mostly everything and I'm sure when I re-watch it some day I'll understand it more. Plus the specials might explain better... |
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