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36. Baccano! - Raka_Putra
https://youtu.be/ODWzLqywz4c

Unique: 5.5
Story: 5.5
Music: 6.25
Animation: 5.5
Personal: 6.25
Average: 5.8

This seems like a really novel intro until you see this sequence from Snatch:

https://youtu.be/yAgI51QvWxs

Well, at least its got a unique style among anime shows, right? Oh wait...

https://youtu.be/frfompwkApw

To be fair, that last one has the same writer and director as Baccano and was released later. But my point is I cant score this as high on the Unique factor as its distinctive style might seem to warrant. Of course, it does still have a different tone and style than the intros to most shows, and was novel enough to get plenty of parodies like these:

https://youtu.be/7gc5IZkZQ1k
https://youtu.be/sJ1WlUlHMzo

So I guess what Im trying to say is I dont really know what to score this on the Unique factor, and Im just going with what feels right.

Anyway, I like this intro for its whimsical tone, the energetic theme song, and the way it avoids the cliche of having a dozen or more characters you cant distinguish in an anime intro by individually naming each of them as if theyre actors in a sitcom. But this isnt a Too Many Cooks intro either. The reason the Story score is as high as it is despite the intro telling us so little about the plot is that it gives most of the characters a distinct sense of personality in the very brief time we are introduced to them. For instance, you can tell right away Ladd Russo is some kind of crazy bastard.

So yeah, this is a really fun and memorable intro. And I think its a shame I cant rank it even higher, but were in the territory of every intro being really good now.