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NEWS: TAF 2007: Baccano! TV Anime Announcements

Baccano! is a crime drama set in prohibition era New York City. Currently 9 volumes of the novel series have been released...

A.D. 1711, in the Pacific Ocean, alchemists had left their countries and they were heading for a new world. What they obtained from a devil was “Immortal Drink”. Those who drank “Immortal Drink” became immortal and they could eat each other by their right hands.

In 1930s, New York.
People in shadowy side of the society, a boy Filo and his boss Miser of Martillo Family, a stupid thieves couple Issac and Millia, three mafia brothers Gandol, a delinquent boy Dallas and his sister Eve, an alchemist Cerrad more than 200 years old and his assistant Ennis, are living independent lives. However, when Cerrad revives “Immortal Drink”, their fates are going to over wrap complicatedly.

In Frying Pussy Foot, a transcontinental railway from Chicago to New York, there were many kinds of people, for example, Goose and Sharne of terrorists group “Remlace”, street gangs led by Jacuzzi and Nice, a murder Ladd and his fiancée Lua, a senator Beriam and his daughter Mary, a delinquent boy, a conductor, an informer, etc. However, those who are in the train are not only humans… A legendary “Rail Tracer”, a ghost who removes passengers from back cars, appears.

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Baccano! is a crime drama set in prohibition era New York City. Currently 9 volumes of the novel series have been released...

Well I think that I will have to give this a shot based off that information, Anything dealing with New York during Prohibition and has a crime drama element to it instantly makes it at least worth a look.....any chance Chrno and Rosette might have a guess spot on this show...