Baccano
| Baccano! | |
Cover of the first light novel
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バッカーノ! (Bakkāno!) |
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| Genre | Black comedy, crime, fantasy |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Ryōgo Narita |
| Illustrated by | Katsumi Enami |
| Published by |
MediaWorks (2003–2008) ASCII Media Works (2008–) |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | February 10, 2003 – present |
| Volumes | 22 |
| Manga | |
| Baccano! 1931 The Grand Punk Railroad | |
| Written by | Ryōgo Narita |
| Illustrated by | Ginyū Shijin |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Comic Gao! |
| Original run | December 27, 2006 – February 27, 2008 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Omori |
| Produced by | Shuko Yokoyama |
| Written by | Noboru Takagi |
| Music by | Makoto Yoshimori |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
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| Original network | WOWOW |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 26, 2007 – November 1, 2007 |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shinta Fujimoto |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Original run | October 16, 2015 – January 6, 2017 |
Baccano! (Japanese: バッカーノ! Hepburn: Bakkāno!, Italian for "turmoil", Italian pronunciation: [bakˈkaːno]) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the Prohibition era. It focuses on various people, including alchemists, thieves, thugs, Mafiosi and Camorristi, who are unconnected to one another. After an immortality elixir is recreated in 1930 Manhattan, the characters begin to cross paths, setting off events that spiral further and further out of control.
The first novel was released in February 2003 under ASCII Media Works' (formerly MediaWorks) Dengeki Bunko imprint, and as of March 2013, twenty novels have been released. The novels were adapted into a sixteen episode anime television series directed by Takahiro Omori and produced by Brain's Base and Aniplex. The first thirteen episodes were aired on WOWOW from July 26, 2007, to November 1, 2007; the final three were released direct-to-DVD. The series was also adapted into a two-volume manga, an adventure video game for the Nintendo DS and two drama CDs. An additional novel was released with the first drama CD and two gaiden novels were released in parts with the DVDs of the anime adaption.
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