The Anime Lad
In 1930s America, gangsters, thieves, and other interested parties become entangled in several incidents told out of chronological order. A transcontinental train carries one major thread, while New York's criminal disputes supply others. Isaac and Miria, two enthusiastic would-be robbers, move through the confusion with unusual confidence. Dates are provided. Assistance is otherwise limited.
Super Eyepatch Fox
Prohibition-era criminals and eccentric civilians collide across New York, Chicago, and a transcontinental train. The story jumps among years and viewpoints, withholding a single obvious lead. Names recur, scenes gain new context, and separate troubles begin touching at the edges. Follow motives first. The chronology becomes clearer as the ensemble crowds together.
Gigguku
Baccano! opens by throwing names, dates, gangsters, and one magnificently chaotic train into the air. Then it starts snapping connections into place. Isaac and Miria bring ridiculous brightness wherever they appear, while the larger ensemble keeps changing who seems central. The out-of-order structure is not homework. It is a machine for revealing how one person's disaster becomes somebody else's entrance!
Father's Basement
The first episodes act as if a cast list were an optional courtesy. That confusion is real, and anyone demanding a stable protagonist may bounce. Stay attentive and the structure begins paying rent. Scenes from different years clarify motives without a lecture, while the train and criminal factions provide strong anchors. Its exuberance occasionally becomes noise, but few ensemble shows make convergence feel this physical.
