Baccano!

Japanese anime view of the US Thirties, of no interest, no clue, could only watch 3 eps.

The opening is amazing...unfortunately it's downhill from there.

s1 82, ova 79, weighted

s1 84.3, ova 84.6 The episodes were used to calculate the average since there are only 3 OVA's.

Needlessly convoluted telling of an unimpressive story. Only worth it for the character name "Jacuzzi Splot."

People love to talks about like this is the first "tie-in/crossover" type storry telling job but its not and its not even good at it. Bunch of bla bla. No morals, no goals, just a show.

I probably would have thought this was great when I was 15, but alas... Characters are set up, only to fold in on themselves and never exceed their archetypal trappings. The plot is rapid and purposefully convoluted, though not in a way that really augments the story. If anything, the disjointed story structure reads more as a gimmick and nothing more. Throw in some weird plot about immortality and OP characters with shallow, deluded stabs at philosophy and you get Baccano!

For some reason, I could never get into the show. I liked the cast of characters and the world they lived in seemed interesting, but nothing really ever came together. Maybe the light novels are better.

An excellent anime and a great examination on the nature of storytelling.