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Baccano!
Who's in it
Cast
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TV DNA
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Signature profile
Baccano! reads strongest on Bingeability, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Alchemists, swindlers, thieves, and gangsters cross paths on The Flying Pussyfoot, a 1930s American transcontinental train, as it embarks on a legendary voyage that leaves a trail of blood all over the country.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E10
Czeslaw Meyer is Forced to Rework His Tremble-Before-the-Specter-of-Immortals Strategy
Newfoundland 1931, Senator Beriam goes to see Huey Laforet in prison, to inform him of the situation that is happening on board the Flying Pussyfoot but Huey seems to understand the situation seeing how his daughter Chane is there. Meanwhile Czeslaw is trying to make a deal with Ladd, in order for him to find an Immortal but Ladd declines. 1932 in New York, Eve escapes from Gustavo's clutches and is picked up by Elean from the Daily Days. She then tells him to go to the Gandor headquarters in order to get some info on her brother Dallas. In 1930, Isaac and Miria are plotting their next robbery when they see Dallas carrying the box of elixir and steal it from him. After discovering the contents of the crate and thinking it is just alcohol, they head to the Martillo's office.
- Directed by Harume Kosaka
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E13
Both the Immortals and Those Who Aren't Sing the Praises of Life Equally
1931 on top of the Flying Pussyfoot, Claire is thinking whether he should kill or not kill Chane but instead comes out and proposes to her. Meanwhile Jacuzzi is having a stand off with Goose when he finally gets an opportunity to use the gift Nice gave him early. Isaac and Miria are also on the train roof when they see something coming towards Czeslaw and try to protect him thinking it's the Rail Tracer. New York in 1930, Ennis betrays Szilard and just when he is about to finish Ennis off all the guys who were shot early, including Firo, suddenly emerge. It is time for Szilard to receive his retribution. New York in 2001, Isaac and Miria are up to their usual mishaps.
- Directed by Takahiro Omori
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E12
Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers Are Felled by Assassins' Bullets
1932 in the Daily Days news office, Rachel continues to give her account on what she did that led up to her leg injury. After rescuing the Mary and Natalie, she moves on to the next cart to risk her life by saving Nice and Nick. 1930 in New York, Firo and Ennis are held at gun point by Dallas when all of a sudden the Gandors arrive to return Dallas the favour. During all the commotion Maiza finds an opportunity to escape and when Szilard tries to pursue him he gets hit by a car that Isaac is driving. 1931 on board the Flying Pussyfoot, Claire forces Ladd to risk his life to save Lua, whilst Jacuzzi is trying save everyone on the train but gets caught in a fire-fight with Goose.
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E08
Isaac and Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them
In 1931 onboard the Flying Pussyfoot, Issac and Miria realize that they forgot to get Ennis a souvenir and Jacuzzi, Nice, Donny and Nick decide to search for the Rail Tracer. In New York in 1930, whilst Eve is crying over her missing brother she overhears Isaac and Miria's supposedly "quiet" conversation and goes out to investigate. After a while Eve begins to enjoy their company and even tells them about her brother Dallas, so in their way of helping Isaac and Miria decide to rob the Genoard family assets. On the Flying Pussyfoot, Jacuzzi and co. discover that their friends are missing so he instructions them to split up into 2 groups to search for them.
- Directed by Kiyotaka Ohata
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E11
Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People
1931 on top of the Flying Pussyfoot, Chane is fighting Ladd but is forced to run away. After discovering this Goose orders his men to kill Chane if necessary and Ladd is able find out about this, after squeezing one of their men for information. Meanwhile Czeslaw is plotting his next move when all of a sudden Claire appears before him and enacts his one form of torture. After taking care of him, Claire goes on top of the Flying Pussyfoot to greet Ladd and Chane. New York in 1930, Maiza goes to the restaurant where he discovers Szilard who is waiting for him. Szilard reveals to Maiza what he's been getting up to and what he hopes to achieve, with the Immortal Elixir. In 1932, following all the commotion; Runorata enters the Gandor's office, desiring to know Dallas's whereabouts.
- Directed by Mamoru Kanbe
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E03
Randy and Pecho Are Busy Getting Ready for the Party
In 1932, Eve is watching the Hudson River in New York being dug up. The story then moves to 1931, when Runorata men come to the Daily Days for information on Dallas. Meanwhile in New York two idiots end up accidentally setting a storehouse on fire, where old man Barnes has been able to obtain the Immortality Elixir. Barnes manages to escape with 2 bottles but ends up getting into some trouble shortly afterwards. Back in the Flying Pussyfoot, everything is about to go down.
- Directed by Mitsuhiro Yoneda
- Written by Noboru Takagi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E03
Carol Realizes That the Story Cannot Have an Ending
- Directed by Katsumi Terahigashi
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S00E02
The Delinquents That Arrive at the High-Class Neighborhood Are the Same as Always
- Directed by Mamoru Kanbe
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S00E01
Graham Specter's Love and Peace
- Directed by Kiyotaka Ohata
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E13
Both the Immortals and Those Who Aren't Sing the Praises of Life Equally
- Directed by Takahiro Omori
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E12
Firo and the Three Gandor Brothers Are Felled by Assassins' Bullets
- Written by Noboru Takagi

S01E11
Chane Laforet Remains Silent in the Face of Two Mysterious People
- Directed by Mamoru Kanbe
- Written by Noboru Takagi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shuko YokoyamaProducer
Writing
- Noboru TakagiWriter
Direction
- Hideaki NakanoDirector
- Mitsuhiro YonedaDirector
- Takahiro OmoriDirector
- Mamoru KanbeDirector
- Kotaro TamuraDirector
- Kiyotaka OhataDirector
Cinematography
- Yoshihiro SekiyaDirector of Photography
Music
- Makoto YoshimoriOriginal Music Composer
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