Baccano!
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It's the 1930s, and Mafia groups fight for supremacy in American cities. Young Firo joins the secretive Camorra group; a meek street boy, Jacuzzi, finds himself the leader of a gang of thugs; an alchemist is producing a liquor of immortality, and a homunculus tries to retrieve it; and upbeat thieves Isaac and Miria head to New York after failing to strike gold in California. They ride the novel train, the Flying Pussyfoot, across the continent. However they find themselves embroiled in a ruckus caused by gangs, terrorists, serial killers, and others as multiple stories intertwine and unfold on this fateful ride. All are haunted and hunted by the legendary Rail Tracer...
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Cowboy Bebop
Follow interstellar bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black as they scour the galaxy for criminals with prices on their heads. Hoping to escape their past, they live on the spaceship Bebop, but it's a dangerous business and old enemies don't forget easily. Allies come from unlikely sources, however, as they find comrades in the beautiful swindler Faye Valentine, the genius child hacker Ed and the genetically engineered 'data dog' Ein. Will they be able to help each other though their respective struggles, or is their fate really inevitable?
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add recIf you enjoyed Cowboy Bebop's ultra-jazzy soundtrack, then you will surely find Baccano's music to suit your taste. The opening and ending themes to each show are similar, too. Baccano's OP is a jazzy, upbeat tune that gets you pumped up for each episode, while the ED is a soft, melodic J-pop tune that can soothe even the hardest heart.
Bebop and Baccano! are all about style. It’s the thirties: tommy guns, stars from black-and-white movies and jazz. Bebop is more like blues with its sadness and noir films features. Baccano! is a jazz like it was in really beginning, totally improvisation. You don’t know what will happen next. Great cocktail from retro, detective stories, comedy, cruelty and heartbreaks. Both these series was inspired by films like “The Godfather”, “The Untouchables” and so on. You’ll find crime families and gangland killing, fire-fights and pursuits, maniacs and comedy characters in Bebop and Baccano!
Soundtrack is also magnificent, when I watched Baccano! it was like I’ve met a Yoko Kanno’s genius work for Bebop one more time. Although storytelling is extremely different, for Bebop it’s a story per episode, Baccano! is a mosaic from plotlines that fully combined, they are really similar. You'll share an entire range of emotions with each character and find that these creations are somehow cast in the same mold.
Jazzy music, comedic insanity, a myriad of characters, mafia ties, and blood --- both CB and Baccano have all of these elements and more. Baccano is compressed into 13 episodes, so the plot is jumbled at times, but always engaging. CB is for the most part more episodic, so that is the main contrast between these series; well, that and CB has a major character that is a dog.
both of the series can make you a fan by justwatching the opening. Also the animation of both anime are really good, and both baccano and cowboy bebop have the most awesome OST that I've ever seen! They also have a retro mood with a pinch of supernatural/sci-fi. They both balance comedy, drama and suspense really wel, and I do reccomend both without even mentioning the characters!!! Each person will have a different favorite character, I can assure you ^^
One of the shows that got me into anime was Cowboy Bebop, so I was delighted to discover Baccano!
The feel of the two shows is the same, with a very slick cast, numerous comedy moments and a superb blues session type music.
One of the most notable differences is the casts. Bacanno intimidated me a little at first with such a large selection of characters. However, each episode focusses on a different person and the plot winds through carefully to the final episode. Bebop focusses on just 4 characters (plus one dog), so you feel like you get to know them. Each definitely has its benefits...
In summary, the characters are drawn, voice acted and developed perfectly. The storyline is faultless in both series. The soundtrack is something you will want to buy. Both shows are definitely anime gems that shouldn't be missed.
Both are very episodic without being cheesy and hoaky in the process. They take a setting or a theme and put a a interesting spin on it. Cowboy Bebop with its spin on the future bounty hunter and all the interesting characters in the mix of it all. Baccano with this huge group of seemingly unrelated characters that have one special thing in common (can't say for spoiler), and also the fact that it is placed back in the roaring 30s. It makes for something you haven't seen in anime before.
Get a jazz soundtrack, a series oozing style with great, oversized characters and a very witty sense of humour and you just might have Baccano! - or Cowboy Bebop. Bebop is an episodic series with a narrative slowly falling into place, while Baccano employs a nonlinear narrative style and is densely plotted, but if you enjoyed one you should give the other a try too.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Alt titles: Hagane no Renkinjutsushi
Once upon a time, two brothers passed the happy days of their childhood by studying alchemy, which is governed by the equal transfer principle: an eye for an eye -- you can't get more than you give. But these brothers tried to defy that law, and a horrific accident resulted. Now, the older brother, Edward, is called the Full Metal Alchemist because of his metal limbs, and the younger, Alphonse, is a soul without a body, trapped within the confines of an automaton. Together they search for the power to restore themselves, to find the lives they lost so long ago...
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add recBaccano and FMA take place in similar times and have a lot of action.
The truth is that the main reason for this recommendation is one theme that appears in both series. I can't tell you what it is though since it can be considered a big spoiler.
Baccano! and Fullmetal Alchemist both involve alchemy and to me, have similar art styles. You could make the case that they are set in the time era as well.
This is really more of a gut feeling then anything else though.
Alchemy leads to joys and sorrows in Baccano and FMA, the main difference being that Baccano tells the story of many different characters, while FMA focuses on the Elric brothers. I'm not saying FMA doesn't have its violence, but Baccano's violence is much more gratuitous, and although Baccano has a few comedians (Isaac and Miria in particular), FMA is more lighthearted and humorous.
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
Alt titles: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
- TV (14 eps)
- 2006
The eccentric Suzumiya Haruhi wants nothing more than to meet aliens, time travelers and espers… but she’ll have to settle for the everyday Kyon instead! Along with the mysterious Itsuki and the vacant Mikuru, the duo forms the SOS Brigade – a club whose mission is to discover the mysteries of the world. Armed with a razor sharp wit and a skill for manipulation, Haruhi will stop at nothing to have fun at all costs, even at the expense of Mikuru’s dignity!
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add recThough Baccano! and The Melancholy aren't very similar in terms of plot, themes, and direction, they both have well-developed characters and use a chronology in delivering their stories.
If you liked the intrigues and complexities of Baccano!, but don't mind a more focused but equally compelling story, be sure to watch the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya!
Both contain supernatural elements, likeable cast, and a good amount of comedy. Haruhi (broadcast order) and Baccano! both tell their stories by jumping back and forth through time and unwind at the end skillfully.
Re-watching the series leads to revelations of plot points that is just brilliant. There are so many crazy things happening at once that you just have to watch it again to get the full story.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Alt titles: When They Cry - Higurashi
- TV (26 eps)
- 2006
Maebara Keiichi, an ordinary high-school boy, has transferred to a new school in Hinamizawa, a small rural village. At the outset everything seems peaceful and Keiichi becomes friends with a nice group of schoolgirls with whom he spends many idle summer afternoons. Suddenly violence encroaches upon the blissful peace of the village and Keiichi becomes entangled in an endless cycle of fear and death. The inconsistent, but inevitable horrors of Hinamizawa are told and retold becoming an endless and inescapable nightmare of insanity. Will it end even if the mystery of Hinamizawa is solved?
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add recThese series are united with one goal: catch you on a bait (of cute girls or stylish atmosphere of 1930s) and then give you blood. Gallons of the stuff. But while Higurashi is famous for it and can't be imagined without it, Baccano! isn't as dependent on it - the atmosphere and characters are worth watching even without murder scenes and such. And both series have nice humor. While I wouldn't recommend Higurashi to anyone who watched Baccano!, it's still worth trying. And I certainly would recommend Baccano! to anyone who watched Higurashi. Or just to anyone.
While they don't have exactly the same genre, where Baccano! is action/thriller/mystery and Higurashi ishorror/mystery they share a similiar style of story telling where you start off with having to try to piece together the story yourself and step by step the story unravels.
The gore-factor in both shows could also attract interest. Even though Higurashi greatly excels Baccano! in that aspect
Both series are a bit episodic, and someone dies in a diffrent manner. There's a lot of blood and quite a lot of drama. Both series are a good watch that leaves no regrets on the viewer. My only complain is that Baccano! doesn't have a sequel yet while HnNKn has already 2 sequels ;p. I know I know Baccano! is a very fresh series. Anyhow, If you liked one you might enjoy the other.
Monster
Dr Kenzo Tenma is a genius surgeon working in post-Cold War Germany who has a bright future ahead of him. He is admired by his colleagues, loved by his patients, and due to marry his boss' daughter, the beautiful Eva Heinemann. One day, when two patients in desperate need of emergency surgery are wheeled into his hospital, Tenma faces a terrible choice of saving the orphaned boy who came first or the mayor of Düsseldorf, whose recovery would raise the hospital's profile and boost his own career. Against the demands of his superior, Tenma does what he believes is right and saves the child. However, his decision not only damages his prospects, but unleashes a chain of events so horrific that it might have come from the depths of his worst nightmares. Laden with guilt, Tenma begins a journey across Germany in search of a formidable young man who will challenge his morals, his love for life, and his very sanity.
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add recEven though Baccano is a lot shorter than monster, both of these series develope the good and bad side of the human nature. If you enjoy the mystery, thriller type of anime with a theme of psychopathic killing, then you will want to watch these. Both of these directors tell their stories in a nonlinear style by jumping to different stages of the characters, so be prepared to connect the dots.
Monster is a very very dark and serious anime, while Baccano is twisted, funny and somewhat crazy, though also not that happy but slightly dark overall.
As I don't want to talk about the actual complex and great plot of both anime, these anime show you how evil people can turn out... Introducing psychopaths, murderers and maniacs!
We need heroes! Watch now!
