Baccano!

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Japanese: バッカーノ!
English: Baccano!
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 27, 2007 to Nov 2, 2007
Premiered: Summer 2007
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:30 (JST)
Producers: Aniplex, Movic
Studios: Brain's Base
Genres: ActionAction, MysteryMystery, SupernaturalSupernatural
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, HistoricalHistorical, Organized CrimeOrganized Crime
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.351 (scored by 393027393,027 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2552
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #200
Members: 940,719
Favorites: 23,572

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Synopsis

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, Baccano! 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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Background

Baccano! is based on Ryohgo Narita's award-winning light novels of the same title and mainly adapts the first 4 novels. While more faithful to the first 3 novels, the 4th novel (1932) is followed more loosely and is mostly an anime-exclusive story. In addition, content from later novels is briefly included in the anime as well. Unlike the novels however, which follow a mostly linear narrative per book, the anime adopts a non-linear storytelling style; the tale of each novel is told simultaneously with one another, with the focus jumping back and forth in time between and within the different plotlines.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Cook, Justin
Producer
Harp, Clarine
Producer
Yokoyama, Shuko
Producer
Satou, Yumi
Producer


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"Gun's & Roses" by Paradise Lunch
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Ending Theme

"Calling" by Oda Kaori




Reviews

Jun 25, 2025
Introduction:

Funny how timing works. I had been meaning to watch Baccano! for a long time, but I finally got around to it right after finishing Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Both of those explore the idea of immortality and the search for some kind of elixir of life. Hell’s Paradise has "tan," and FMA has the Philosopher’s Stone. They’re not the same thing, but the theme is definitely similar—trying to overcome death and dealing with the consequences.

What really caught me off guard was how much Baccano! had in common with Fullmetal Alchemist. It’s not just the immortality, but also the use of alchemy ...
May 29, 2025
Mixed Feelings
baccano has a really interesting and unique story, there is no denying that. i didn't hate watching it! but i didn't really like it either. like Durarara, there are a LOT of characters that are all fundamental to the story. but the characters in this are way more boring and one-dimensional. i don't even remember a lot of them. the female characters are so incredibly one-note and boring that they might as well all have been one character. ennis, chare(? i don't remember her name lol), eve, nice, and lua are all the same person basically. emotionless, cold, quiet, submissive women whose whole existence in ...
Dec 10, 2024
I don't have a tendency to want to finish an anime too fast usually, but with Baccano!, i just feel that if I have to drag it on much longer, I might end up breaking a lot of things. The voice acting for Miria was not bad, but the voice for the character itself drove me insane. The constant jumping to and fro between time lines in a show did not sit well with me either. Only the soundtrack appealed to me.

The hype on this animation seemed to be very overrated. Not recommended unless you enjoy ear piercing voices and erratic scenes.

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