Comments on: Baccano! Is Overrated…

By: omo

omo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:46:33 +0000

Well, to be fair for an anime that’s missing a lot it works out pretty well with what it has.

By: Windspirit

Windspirit — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:45:28 +0000

I don’t really like to compare original sources and adaptations.
I do not really care about the books, I take the anime for what it is and sometimes, there are annoying plot holes and incoherences, yet just because of the first scene of the first episode, I overlooked these plot holes and enjoyed what was offered to me.

I think it’s the best way to enjoy Baccano.

By: omo

omo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:19:18 +0000

It’s going to happen in the books, so not seeing it in the anime is just part of being incomplete. I think you’re reading too much into it in the wrong context.

By: Windspirit

Windspirit — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:20:21 +0000

Go back and watch the very first scene of the very first episode. Remember the butler with the little girl ? Talking about how hard it is to tell a story and not omit every single detail, every single character’s motivation, etc. ?

The morale of this show is that it is almost impossible to tell an epic story with perfect accuracy, without omitting the detail and focusing on the (thrilling) main meat. And they had 17 freaking characters to develop in 13 episodes, some did (the most important and interesting ones), some did not (Chane, Ladd, etc.), and Baccano is all about that : in a story like this, a real story and not some random harem crap, it is nearly impossible to reveal all the single details.

And this is why I enjoy EVEN the damn plot holes in this SPLENDID anime.

By: omo

omo — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:28:24 +0000

I think it’s overrated because it’s not a show you should rave about? A lot of its perceived qualities come from how fresh it is as an anime, not because of how well those qualities and ideas were executed (as they were sloppily in Baccano).

Thank you for the error pickup.