(L) Baccano！

[Ottocycle]

So I got started on this nifty little series after hearing lots of good things about it, and I'm currently on ep8. After looking around on the internet for reviews, what surprised me was the apparent consensus that the ED is a pile of crap as compared to the rest of the show. For me, the ED clinched it as a show worthy to be continued on. Kajiura Yuki makes another winner!

That said, I like this new approach of varying viewpoints on the same events, with each character viewing a different frame at a single time. It can be quite confusing though, considering the myriad of characters that are featured. Though things like visually and aurally distinct characters help in initially distinguishing them all, adding events happening in another place in another timezone(New York, I believe?) kind of made me just sit back stop bothering with the progression over there. Frankly till now I still don't get how Firo and Luck fit into the whole equation, but I hope that will change at the end, since the series made them rather likeable.

Now to continue the watch! Oh, any possible reasons why hasn't this been licensed yet given it's themes? I'd have thought this is a shoo-in.

[Mirrinus]

Oh yeah, yet another question about some random background character that's not important, but still has me curious:

Who's that blonde girl who sort of looks like Misa from Deathnote in episodes 15 and 16? In 16 she was in the room with Nick, Donny, and the chef and waiter, when Nicholas was telling the editor about Jacuzzi's gang. In 15, she was part of the gang that came to Jacuzzi's aid against Graham Spector. Does she appear anywhere else with Jacuzzi's gang? I just remember her because her design seems more distinctive than the other generics that are part of Jacuzzi's gang, plus she was the only one to appear with the named cast during Nicholas' explanation in 16.

[darkchibi07]

FUNimation has licensed this!

http://www.funimation.com/f_index.cf...=videos&id=302

Yeah, it's on the video if you watch it.

[Royal_Devil]

Well, Funi put up a preview of episode 1 on this site

http://funimation.com/baccano/

password: The Flying Pussyfoot

Course, everyone here has seen it already so I guess it's somewhat pointless to post unless you want to judge Funi's subtitles.

[SeijiSensei]

I'm rather surprised that the video appears to be in 16:9 rather than DVD resolution. The announcement video linked to by darkchibi07 doesn't tell us anything about release formats. DVDs? Blu-Ray? Download only?

Has anyone downloaded something from Funi's download-to-own service? What file format(s) do they offer?

I'm not sure if a preview of the first episode will attract a surge of viewers for the rest of the series. I dropped Baccano! for a couple of months after watching the first episode because it didn't really grab me. Only after I read a lot of buzz here from people whose opinions I trust did I go back and try it again.

[D a m i e n]

This might be the first i d enjoy hearing a dubbed. Please for the love of god make it so that the dubbing of isaac and myria isnt as annoying as the japanese voice
I swear i wanted to club baby seals everytime they opened their obnoxious mouth.

[martino]

Originally Posted by D a m i e n

This might be the first i d enjoy hearing a dubbed. Please for the love of god make it so that the dubbing of isaac and myria isnt as annoying as the japanese voice

I think that could take away quite a lot of fun from the original...

[TigerII]

Well maybe since this is based in America the dubs won't be as bad in English.

[strategos]

Originally Posted by TigerII

Well maybe since this is based in America the dubs won't be as bad in English.

How could they fail at their own stuff =P? ITs anime based on mafia from Chicago and New york. ITs something that its within their own turf. So this anime would actually be good for them. I cant wait for the dvds to come out.

[strategos]

Well, I finally saw the Ovas. I didnt saw them as an ending more like an aftermath of the end. But got a bit confuse at the end. Who was the demon in the end? Did he ever appear in the series?

[Avisch]

Originally Posted by strategos

Well, I finally saw the Ovas. I didnt saw them as an ending more like an aftermath of the end. But got a bit confuse at the end. Who was the demon in the end? Did he ever appear in the series?

I was confused aswell.
But are you sure you saw all of the OVAs?

Spoiler for for the OVAs:

The Demon in his human form is that guy Elmer talks to in the last episode (episode 16), Elmer even points out that it is the Demon. He was seen in that form at the end of episode 7 aswell (he looks alittle bit like Luck but a side by shot shows the clear difference).

[MercFH]

I've always wondered this......how old are Jacuzzi and Nice supposed to be? like in their 20's......jacuzzi looks so young tho...


i looked at the official sites char pages but it never said nething about their ages.
some you can kinda tell.....
but like Firo.....nice and Jacuzzi......well their kinda tough.
Nice looks around 20ish, and Jacuzzi and Firo i have no clue, they both have babyfaces

[strategos]

Originally Posted by Avisch

I was confused aswell.
But are you sure you saw all of the OVAs?

Spoiler for for the OVAs:

The Demon in his human form is that guy Elmer talks to in the last episode (episode 16), Elmer even points out that it is the Demon. He was seen in that form at the end of episode 7 aswell (he looks alittle bit like Luck but a side by shot shows the clear difference).

I know it is the same demon from the ship. But I meant, does he appear any other place besides the third ova? I think I saw him at the end of the series, episode 13. Did he appear any other placer before it( beside the ship)?

[Jazzrat]

Originally Posted by strategos

I know it is the same demon from the ship. But I meant, does he appear any other place besides the third ova? I think I saw him at the end of the series, episode 13. Did he appear any other placer before it( beside the ship)?

I forgot which episode, it's one of the earlier ones before the OVAs that Maiza was talking to the demon in his human form which i think was around the timeline where Luck and Firo in the bookstore.

[strategos]

Originally Posted by Jazzrat

I forgot which episode, it's one of the earlier ones before the OVAs that Maiza was talking to the demon in his human form which i think was around the timeline where Luck and Firo in the bookstore.

Yeah, I think I saw it too. Think they were talking about happyness. Hmmm, this is truly a serie to watch more than one time.

[SeijiSensei]

FUNimation now has subtitled episodes 1-8 of Baccano! listed on its "download-to-own" site. Since they're all encumbered with DRM, I won't be buying it there. Does anyone know whether we should also expect to see DVDs some day as well?

I might just pay the $24.99 for the whole season but keep my fansubs. Maybe I'll just mail a check to Brains-Base instead.

[Fnights]

I'm not directed interest in this serie but from my country im not able to access to funimation baccano website:

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9659/image3bc9.jpg

Also other countries are blocked, someone know why?

[SeijiSensei]

FUNimation has rights to distribute this online only in the United States (or maybe all of "Region 1"). Europe and Japan are in "Region 2." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code.

[Fnights]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

FUNimation has rights to distribute this online only in the United States (or maybe all of "Region 1"). Europe and Japan are in "Region 2." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code.

Ok thanks for info. Imo they should block only the video stream and not the entire website.

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

FUNimation now has subtitled episodes 1-8 of Baccano! listed on its "download-to-own" site. Since they're all encumbered with DRM, I won't be buying it there. Does anyone know whether we should also expect to see DVDs some day as well?

I might just pay the $24.99 for the whole season but keep my fansubs. Maybe I'll just mail a check to Brains-Base instead.

I am pretty sure the DVDs will be coming out as well. It was licensed not so long ago so give them some time.