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Somewhat unusually for me, I went from not having seen a solitary minute of this anime last Wednesday, to binge-watching all 16 episodes off of a library DVD set on Thursday, to trawling eBay for my own DVDs on Saturday. Baccano! is a bit gorier than I like, but I can close my eyes as needed, and there's so much to like about it, from the Highlander-meets-the-Mafia plot, to the excellent relationship dynamics, to the wacky side characters and the high proportion of interesting female characters (I don't think it technically passes the Bechdel Test, but Baccano! manages to have enough proactive and identifiably different women in it that I'll let it off the hook). Warnings for gore, period-accurate criminal behavior, and hilarious character names like Jacuzzi Splot.

( Well, no matter. )