Synopsis: In 1711, Maiza and other alchemists summoned a demon, thus, obtaining immortality. In 1711, aboard the ship Advena Avis, a woman with glasses asks a man named Gerd if he is worried about his brother. Gerd says he is scared. He asks if alchemists are permitted to summon demons. He also asks if such things as immortality are necessary. The woman says she doesn't know the answers but if it will lead to them discovering the panacea then they'll have to deal with it. Gerd says he doesn't think immortality would be beautiful. He'd rather have a limited life spent together with the woman, Sylvie. The woman says even if she has to give up immortality, as long as she can be with Gerd, she won't be afraid. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Hmm, not as good as the previous episodes, but that’s probably because this episode spent most of its time building up for the finales of all the different storylines that have yet to be resolved, apart from Isaac and Miria’s role on the Flying Pussyfoot (after all, Isaac still has to be stabbed in the [...]
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Synopsis: Dallas asks the Gandors to help him exact his revenge on Firo but is denied, Eve is kidnapped by Gustavo, and Ennis finds Dallas. Nicholas and Elean, the guy who attended to Eve, are in the director's office. Word of how Nicholas appeased Gustavo by telling him of Dallas' sister has reached the director. He doesn't seem pleased. Nicholas explains that he was threatened and Gustavo Bagetta's power would be too much for him. Afraid that he'd be killed, Nicholas says he accidentally told Gustavo of Eve (It didn't look accidental to me though). Elean tells Nicholas that it's no reason to say things that would put Eve in danger. Nicholas says he understands that it's no excuse. He says he has taken the proper measures. The director tells him that even if he thinks his life may be in danger, he doesn't agree with the idea of using the little girl to get out of the situation. He says, like Elean, he can't sympathize with Nicholas. He then tells Nicholas to take... [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Oh my god, this was such a fun episode! THIS is exactly the power of a good mystery-series: and this episode continues to deliver revelation after revelation and everything keeps coming more and more together! I kept wondering how Firo and Isaac would be linked together, and I can’t believe that we were already shown [...]
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Synopsis: Quates instructs Ennis to find the men who took the bottles of medicine from Barnes, Firo joins the camorra, and the Rail Tracer comes. In 1931, in a dark alley, Jacuzzi Splot is being surrounded by gangsters with guns. Frightened, Jacuzzi tells the men that they can settle things in a peaceful manner. He asks the men that they lower their guns. He tells them that he doesn't have money with him. Eventually, Jacuzzi cries. The men are surprised. They wonder if he really is the one in the wanted poster. There's no doubt about it but they think Jacuzzi is too pathetic. A man tells Jacuzzi to stop crying. He says he isn't crying but he cries some more. The man grabs Jacuzzi by the collar and orders him to tell his name otherwise they will put a hole in his head. Jacuzzi does so. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Synopsis: Before the Flying Pussyfoot's fateful trip, Ladd is already planning to kill a lot of people In 1931, aboard the Flying Pussyfoot, Ladd Ruso hears machine guns. He thinks the night has become interesting. Bruno passes him in the hallway. Ladd skips his way to the dining car, wondering what's going on there.
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Synopsis: Eve searches for her brother Dallas, Firo is about to be welcomed to the camorra, and the Rail Tracer catches up with the train. Now that I have caught up with my Seirei no Moribito and Mononoke backlog, it's time to work on my Baccano! backlog. The episodes just lay in my hard disk, unwatched. Thankfully, the series isn't over yet so my backlog isn't that big.
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Oh god, just when you think you understand everything, this episode comes and smacks you in the face with new revelations that were completely different from your assumptions! Here I thought that Dallas was Rail Tracer. Here I thought that the girl in work-uniform was Vino. Here I thought that Chezlaw was subtle in his [...]
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This episode was definitely the funniest episode yet, with even more screen-time for Isaac and Miria than in the second episode. Apart from that, we’re back in the regular timeline, and this episode’s sole purpose was to develop the different couples in this show: Isaac and Miria, Dallas and Eve and Jacuzzi and Nice. Yes, [...]
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As if the current amount of characters wasn’t enough, this episode introduces yet another shipload of them, literally. And seriously, with every episode, my respect for this series is growing. This was an entire episode, dedicated to 1711, the place where everything began. The crew on the ship was looking for eternal life, and they [...]
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If you were wondering what happened to my entries for Baccano! for the past two weeks, there was some kind of hiatus in the broadcast schedule. Luckily, it’s now back and totally made up for the two-week absence when this turns out to be quite possibly the best episode of Baccano! yet. I love how [...]
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This episode sort-of ruined the sense of time I had with this series, when suddenly the hunt for Dallas Genoard was moved back to 1931, and Maiza appeared to already be immortal before he could have had any chance to meet Barnes. The previous episodes have done well to answer the necessary questions, only for [...]
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[ Episode 2: Ignoring the anxiety of the old woman, the Flying Pussyfoot departs ] Isaac and Miria are two of the most hilarious characters in this entire show. This episode was pretty much centered on them as they went from unsuccessfully digging for gold for nine months until they got a letter from Ennis asking [...]
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Synopsis: Isaac and Miria depart for New York aboard the Flying Pussyfoot. Several people have agenda connected to the train as well. The Flying Pussyfoot is a transcontinental train that travels from Chicago to New York. An old woman, who is supposed to board the train, decides against it, saying that bad things are going to happen, a premonition to the tragic incident which Gustav of Daily Days mentioned in the first episode.
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I’m getting more and more surprised at the lack of attention Baccano has been getting. I’ve only seen one blogger who also picked it up beyond the first episode. I mean, what’s not to like about this series? I really expected this to be one of the more popular series of the season, but yet [...]
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I’m surprised that I’m the only one who has said anything about the second episode of Baccano! This is a really fun show, especially once you realize that it keeps hopping from one time to the other without any warning whatsoever. This episode made even more sense than the previous one, despite the horribly complex [...]
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Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen OP: [Gun’s&Roses] by Paradise Lunch ED: [Calling] by Oda Kaori BACCANO! -バッカーノ- [ Episode 1: The Vice-Director doesn’t talk about the possibility of him being the lead character ] Dear lord. There’s so many characters in this show that it’s almost bursting at the seams! While watching the episode it [...]
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Synopsis: Carole, assistant to Daily Day’s Gustav Saint-Germain investigates about a series of stories that started in November 1930. Baccano! is Italian for “noise”. According to the author of the novels from which the series was based on, he wanted it to mean “stupid commotion”. True enough, the first episode is dissonant [...]
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Awesome. This episode was much better than the previous one, somehow. Probably because Isaac and Miria provided for a bit of nice comedy. The current episode is way more focused than the first one, and it basically tells the story of what happened on the Flying pussyfoot, as the previous episode suggested that a lot [...]
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  The first thought when I saw the opening credits: man, this looks like Chrno Crusade (with its early 20th century American setting). The second thought was: just how many characters are there going to be? And how much more butchering of Western names will they do? The description on Animenfo.com promised something akin to Fullmetal [...]
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