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Baccano is set in the 1930s U.S, with small stories following different characters and you get to see their history and ambitions. Baccano uses a supernatural, horror, drama, comedy and action mixture and together with that the stories are short and jumps to a different events, usually in the eyes of a different character, creates a unique anime with a fantastic story.

Be warned, kids and people who can't handle blood and gore should definitely not watch this.

At first, I found it hard to digest the feeling of short stories being told twice or even trice by different views. But even though it consists of small ... stories, they're all connected and thus resulting in a detailed comprehensive plot. So you won't have a feeling of characters with their own distinct short stories in small bits with no overall plot development whatsoever (which I first had suspected).

The characters are amazingly easy to like, whether they be extremely dumb or murderers. My only wish would have been more episodes to follow the development of the characters, which in my eyes ended a little bit abruptly. Additionally, the development during the story is slightly cramped due to the short stories which seemed to be valuing the plot more than the characters, but that might just be my personal opinion.

The animation is great, with the colours of the post-war clothing, the way the characters are drawn and much more results in a realistic feeling.

The music isn't as great as I'd like to be, but there's nothing wrong with it expect the averageness. But the sound is good, the voice actors are top-notch with no complaints, and small things (like the train) further increasing the realistic feeling.



Story – 9
Animation – 10
Sound – 7
Characters – 8
Enjoyment - 9

Overall – 9



Lastly, this is my first review and I hope you liked reading it as much as I did writing it!