| Happy New Year, everyone. Yesterday, the 2nd half (more like 3/4, acually) arrived in the mail. Even alone, the first part of The Best Present Ever dwarfed what was mentioned in the post before last post. It was Baccano! volume 1 on DVD. Episodes 1-4, with textless songs, a promo, and an actor's commentary on episode 4.  Watching Baccano! on an actual TV screen in high quality was awesome. Watching it at all is awesome. I reccomend it to all, though the squeamish be warned, it is rather gory. I watched it going backhome from my grandparents house with my older sister as a captive audience. And she liked it. Which was exactly what I had hoped for, but it still surprised me. Some people don't like things just becuase they're anime, which I can understand. Tons of animes suck *looks at Naruto and Bleach,* but, to be fair, so do most tv shows. On the back of this fabulous item was a handwritten note on fancy paper, "The full set is coming soon.'  On Tuesday, my sister and I watched episode 4 and I was forced to answer her cries of 'fastforward! fastforward!' with, '...that's all there is on this one...' But then on Thursday it came in the mail and all was well. Hopefully she'll continue to watch with me. he's only seen u pto episode 6, as of now, things are still getting good better! I love the covers they use. They present us with 2 (most of the time, there's 4 on one) characters, most often a couple but sometimes old friends or relations. Firo and Ennis, the 2 best characters of the series, adorn the first cover. Then the amazing Isaac and Miria, Jacuzzi and Nice, Czes and Maiza... I foret the order for the rest, but there's the Gandors and Claire, Chane and Huey, Ladd and Lua, and Gustav St. Germain and Carol. The cover for the complete set, though, is the best. The art seems to be from the light novel style, so probably drawn by the original artist, Katsumi Enami (I'm pretty sure that's the right name..) I love the anime animation- and Baccano! is something that should be animated becuase of all the action and the fact that it's just a very animated series. *coughmakea2nd3rd4th5thetc.seasoncoughcough*- but the light novel art is beautiful as well. I also found this amusing:  There's Firo, looking oddly serene, with his right hand on Czeslaw's shoulder. And, of course, Czes is freaking out. For those who don't know, an immortal can ony be killed by being 'eaten.' To eat an immortal, another immortal puts their right hand on their head and thinks 'I wish to eat.' Poor Czes. One of the things you should know before watching this show is that even Czes, the youngest cast member (save for the mouse) is not spared. In the Baccano! world, cuteness/young appearence will not save you. So don't be surprised if he's shot in the head.
I'll post a more detailed review of Baccano! later. Actually, expect me to rave a lot about this series. It's definately become my favorite and it only needed a single episode to gain and maintain that lofty position. P.S. I found this adorable picture while googling around. There's Firo, looking as slobby and happy as ever, Keith ignoring everyone and not talking, like he normally does. Then we have Berga and Claire fighting and Luck really smiling instead of making that 'creepy face.' Jacuzzi's never been one of my favorites, but he does look rather adorable in this picture. Nice is, of course, awesome. They're definately a good couple, even when they're little kids. There's Czes, watching from a distance and looking more penguinish than normal. Finally, poor little Chane, who joins Czes in the lonely child group. For now. Is that a knife she's holding?  This picture really shows some of the personality in the series. 'Baccano!' an be translated to mean somehting like 'commotion,' or 'ruckus.' 'Wild' is a very good word for it.
Happy New Year again, and WATCH BACCANO!!!! **I don't own any pictures on this page, obviously** |
