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Postby Fish and Chips » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:25 pm

A new summer title premiering on July 26th, caught my attention.
Eastern Standard wrote:1930 - New York.
Prohibition makes the gangsters rich...and makes it hard for alchemists trying to recreate the liquor that made the immortal.
More than two hundred years ago, a group of thirty alchemists summoned a demon, and asked for immortality. He gave it to them. The only thing that can kill them...is another immortal. Each of them can "eat" the others, obtaining all their knowledge.
The demon also taught one of them how to make the liquor. But only one of them.
In 1930, an old, evil alchemist and his body guard, a young Camorra gangster recently promoted to the highest rank in his small family, and the world's dumbest thieves all crash together on the spiral of destiny, their plot threads crossing and recrossing as coincidence draws them all together.

Baccano! (Italian for "Noise," "Din," "Stupid commotion") is based of a series of Japanese light novels under the same title by the prolific Narita Ryohgo, the Anime specifically drawing from the first three books. Pools from a some classic pulp paperback material such as alchemists, gangsters, ghosts, and assassins, and supposedly meshes very well. So far the series has been publicly slated for 13 episodes (rumors of more abound), and though that seems a bit short, Haruhi Suzumiya raised the bar on both short series and light novel adaptations, so I choose to be optimistic. And bank on more episodes/second season anyway.
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Postby EricTheFred » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:06 pm

The preview for this was in a packet of summer previews I just downloaded, and it does look interesting. Set in 1930's US, it seems (I don''t understand enough Japanese to follow, I'm just guessing from the pictures.) Looks very action-heavy. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Another new item, Shiguri, also appears to be action-laden. This is apparently a historic samurai yarn of the realistic variety.

A few other possible winners: 'Code-E' doesn't sound like much from the write-ups I've seen, but the preview actually looked intriguiging. I've watched a couple eps of 'Mushi-Uta' without subs, so I couldn't follow much, but it looks to be the latest neato modern fantasy. And 'Higurashi' (when they cry) gets a new season for the horror crowd.

No PV in the packet for the upcoming second season of 'Tokyo Majin', unfortunately.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:36 pm

Just watched the first episode (RAW). Didn't understand a word, and loved every minute of it. Anyone who follows my LJ can expect me to blog the series.
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Postby jon_jinn » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:43 pm

does anyone have a link for a preview of this series?
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Postby EricTheFred » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:13 pm

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Postby Cognitive Gear » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:41 pm

I'm sure I've said it before, but I cannot wait to start watching this series. It combines many things I like into one good looking package.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:42 am

I anxiously wait for it to be fansubbed. XD
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Postby jon_jinn » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:07 am

EricTheFred wrote:http://stage6.divx.com/Anime-DivX/video/1397789/Baccano-Trailer

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just watched the preview and it looks pretty sweet. i'll be sure to check it out when it comes out.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:19 am

A brief warning to anyone thinking of picking up this series: it's fairly violent. I wouldn't say it's necessarily an action title (like Eric predicted), but there is a fair amount of violence present, and they don't hold anything back. They don't go overboard either, but definitely not for the faint of heart. Fingers get cut and people get shot in the first 8 minutes (which is amusingly enough otherwise future-tense narration). And that's not even talking about "Check-san."

Suffice to say, you've been warned.
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Postby jon_jinn » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:11 pm

Fish and Chips wrote:A brief warning to anyone thinking of picking up this series: it's fairly violent. I wouldn't say it's necessarily an action title (like Eric predicted), but there is a fair amount of violence present, and they don't hold anything back. They don't go overboard either, but definitely not for the faint of heart. Fingers get cut and people get shot in the first 8 minutes (which is amusingly enough otherwise future-tense narration). And that's not even talking about "Check-san."

Suffice to say, you've been warned.


i'm sure if you've watched the trailer, you should be able to guess that the series is bound to have a moderate dosage of violence.

as for those who have not seen the trailer...listen to fish & chip's warning...
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- Mark Driscoll

"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
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Postby Mangafanatic » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:35 pm

Yeah, this is one of the few series that I've been anticipating for the Fall season. The light novels, like the Haruhi light novels, have quite a fan base and are, supposedly, very interesting. On top of that, the production values seem really high. Altogether, I think it could make for a great series.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.

Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.

But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:51 pm

I am infinitely amused by the series' opening. I enjoy how they chose introduce all the major players with color shaded panels and subtitles and such. Although given the wide and diverse cast, it's probably also for practical reasons.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:13 am

since the anime premiered two days ago, has anyone caught the first episode yet?
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- Abraham Kuyper

"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
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"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
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"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll

"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
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Postby Mangafanatic » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:43 am

Wow, I really like the opening. Very fluid and fun. Yep, this just makes me more excited to see the opening episode. :thumb:
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.

Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.

But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:26 am

jon_jinn wrote:since the anime premiered two days ago, has anyone caught the first episode yet?

I have the first episode RAW on my desktop. I can't speak Japanese, but I still enjoyed it. Awaiting the subs.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:49 pm

Fish and Chips wrote:Awaiting the subs.


as we all are...XD
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- Abraham Kuyper

"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)

"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper

"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper

"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul

"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll

"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther

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Postby Fish and Chips » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:29 pm

The first episode's been successfully subbed. I was worried for awhile it might be too under the radar and skip getting subbed (it happens). Man, this series is going to be such a fun series. I'll jot down some thoughts on it later.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:36 pm

I was pleased by what I saw. I'm definitely going to follow this series.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:03 am

This may be the first and only Anime where I've actually bothered to find and watch the RAWs in full while waiting on the subs. Continues to be darkly entertaining, even if I have next to no idea what is being said.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:14 pm

When will episode 2 come out? =(
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:14 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:When will episode 2 come out? =(

Their episode encoder was on vacation until today, which is why the series has been on the backburner. Now that he's back, should be any day now.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:08 pm

I was wondering about that. For the thread's records, I saw the first and am awaiting further subs.
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Postby EricTheFred » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:15 pm

Consider yourselves lucky. I'm limping along with raws only on my favorite current show (Tokyo Majin) as it appears to have nobody subbing the new eps at all. Three weeks in, I (kinda, sorta) know what's going on, but I've returned to my Pimsleur tapes just in case that turns out faster than waiting for the sub (or the legal release, which I will absolutely be purchasing.) It turns out my sukoshi wakarimasu is more sukoshi than I realized.
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Postby Sheol777 » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:27 pm

Just saw the first episode subbed (thanks Fish!).

Looks good. Good animation interesting characters, music and man did this thing move along! Almost every scene was introducing a new person. If I have one complaint it is that there are so many characters to keep track of. Yet I realize this is just a set up episode. I am hooked enough to keep watching.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:05 pm

Episode 2 finally premieres with subtitles. I'll have to nab it later, unfortunately.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:09 pm

I saw the first episode, and I can only hope that the animators and producers are very experienced in setting characters apart, because, watching the first episode, I found myself VERY confused by all the characters. Granted, I think the show has a lot of potential-- the art's lovely and the show has a very nice, enigmatic air to it-- but if you can't set the characters apart, it won't be worth much of anything.

Nevertheless, I'm waiting for the next episode.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.

Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.

But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:33 pm

Mangafanatic wrote:I saw the first episode, and I can only hope that the animators and producers are very experienced in setting characters apart, because, watching the first episode, I found myself VERY confused by all the characters. Granted, I think the show has a lot of potential-- the art's lovely and the show has a very nice, enigmatic air to it-- but if you can't set the characters apart, it won't be worth much of anything.

Nevertheless, I'm waiting for the next episode.

Don't worry; from episode 2 and on, things flow in a more natural, readable manner.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:47 pm

Hoorah! Episode two is out! Get it at either the Baccano LJ community or my own LJ.

If you're not friends with me on LJ, just PM me for the link and I'll give it to you.
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Postby jon_jinn » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:54 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:If you're not friends with me on LJ, just PM me for the link and I'll give it to you.


consider yourself PMed...:lol:
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:10 am

So.

After being linked to the first two episodes via direct download...this series seems quite good. XD

Isaac, Miria, and Jacuzzi actually had me laughing out loud during the second episode. XDD I'm curious as to how the massive amounts of characters all tie together, and if it ties together successfully. I love seeing seemingly unrelated plots suddenly merge and make sense, so I might start keeping up with this one. XD

Also because episode 2 ended on a cliffhanger. D:
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