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What do you get when you take 1930's gangsters, mix in sorcerers who have created the Elixir of life, sprinkle in an Assassin, a psychopath, 2 hilarious thieves, a young bootlegger and his crew, a young Cappo, a train heist by 2 different groups and 3 different storylines that cover a 3 year period, oh and the Devil? One Hell of an anime! Baccano is what you would get if Quentin Tarrantino made an anime. A story with no main characters! Baccano follows here story lines that span from 1930-1933. It can be confusing and I recommend that you pay attention to the beginning of ... each episode or when the story changes it will tell you what year it is. This will help you with where you are in the story! As confusing the 1st three or four episodes may be it seriously pays off in episodes 11-13 where all three storylines converge! This series is one Hell of a ride and also has one of the best rewatchable factors of any anime out there. Also as much as Cowboy Bebop gets praise for being the gold standard for Dub anime, Baccano is up there! The actors, from Housten, TX create a fantastic 1930's new York sound. You literally feel like your watching a gangster movie from that era! Its Baccano's fresh take on story telling that makes it one of my all time fave series! I've been watching anime for just overt 30 years now. As this is my 1st Review, 1st of many I assure you. I plan to hone my reviewing style over the coming weeks as I review series after series! So in closing. If you looking for an Adult anime with fresh and original story telling, with wild violence and one of anime's most famous Assassins, I cannot recommend BACCANO enough! It's my go to for seinen anime! In my opinion it was the best anime to come out of 2007! which is known as probably the most famous year in anime history, as such juggernauts as Death Note and Code Geass aired the same year! There are also 3 OVA's that relatively end the series and they do come with the DVD and Blue ray sets! Let me know what you thought of BACCANO and if you have never seen it, I hope this will get you to give it a try! Peace Luv hand grenade! Monty!