Baccano! is a light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Katsumi Enami. The series, often told from multiple points of view, follows many loosely connected people brought together by immortality. The events are mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods, most notably the Prohibition-era.
Originally, Narita entered the first novel into ASCII Media Works' ninth Dengeki Novel Prize in 2002 and the novel won the Gold Prize, placing third.[1] The first novel was released in February 2003 under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint,[2] and as of August 2016, twenty-two novels have been released.[3][4] In addition, one novel accompanied the first drama CD, released on March 31, 2006,[5][6] and two gaiden novels were released in parts with DVDs of the anime adaption, released from October 24, 2007 to May 28, 2008.[7] Daewon C.I. licensed the Korean-language release of the series in South Korea and releases the novels under their Newtype Novels imprint.[8] A Chinese-language release in Taiwan and Hong Kong is licensed by the Taiwan branch of Kadokawa Media.[9] It was announced at the 2015 Anime Expo that Yen Press will start publishing the Baccano! novels in English in 2016.[10] The English edition of the first volume, The Rolling Bootlegs, was published in May 2016.
The novels have been adapted into an anime series, directed by Takahiro Omori,[11] two drama CDs,[5][12] a video game[13] and 3 separate manga.[14]
- ^ 第9回 電撃ゲーム3大賞 (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "バッカーノ！ The Rolling Bootlegs" (in Japanese). Dengeki Bunko. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ "Official Baccano! site - Release Book". baccano.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2009.
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Luckstreet Boyswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "『バッカーノ！ 1931 鈍行編・特急編 The Grand Punk Railroad 』ドラマCD" (in Japanese). MediaWorks. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "ドラマCD バッカーノ! 1931 The Grand Punk Railroad 鈍行編・特急編". suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ "Official Baccano! site - Release DVD". baccano.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "바카노! 1 The Rolling Bootlegs" (in Korean). Daewon C.I. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ "BACCANO！ 大騷動！The Rolling Bootlegs – 成田良悟" (in Chinese). Kadokawa Media. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ "Yen Press Announces New Manga and Light Novel Plans at Anime Expo".
- ^ "裏話が満載!? TVアニメ「おお振り」＆「バッカーノ！」記者発表会 in TAF2007" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. March 23, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "Official Baccano! site - Release CD". baccano.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "Official Baccano! site - Release Game". baccano.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "Official Baccano! site - Release Comic". baccano.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 23, 2009.