This was pretty confusing to start with but once I got into it, I found that I really enjoyed it. It's pretty trippy in spots, even for an anime, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed some of the more off-the-wall humour: Isaac and Miria were particularly entertaining and I usually find over the top characters like that irritating, but I really enjoyed them. I also liked Claire (very original character) and Ladd Russo (brilliantly depicted sociopath and sadist). However, I found Czes' storyline vey grim (what is with anime and torturing children?!!!), and was glad to see him get a happy ending (of sorts anyway).
Characters are the most important thing to me in fiction and I'll drop something pretty quickly if there are no likeable characters. Baccano! had really interesting characters and there were none who got on my nerves, so in that regard, the anime earned a big plus from me. Story was a pretty original take on the whole gangster/mafia thing too.
