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Ryohgo Narita and Katsumi Enami are the creators of the Japanese light novel series Baccano!, which was written by Ryohgo Narita. The series, often recounted from different points of view, is largely set within a fictional United States over various time periods, most notably the Prohibition era. It focuses on numerous people, including alchemists, robbers, thugs, Mafiosi and Camorristi, who are unconnected to one another. After an immortality elixir is replicated in 1930 Manhattan, the characters begin to cross paths, setting off events that spiral farther and further out of control. The first novel was released in February 2003 under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko banner, and as of March2013, twenty novels have been issued. The novels were converted into a sixteen episode anime television series directed by Takahiro Omori and produced by Brain's Base and Aniplex. The first thirteen episodes were televised on WOWOW from July26, 2007 to November1,2007; the latter three were released direct-to-DVD. The series was also made into a two-volume manga, an adventure video game for the Nintendo DS, and two CDs of drama. An additional novel was released with the first drama CD and two gaiden novels were released in parts with the DVDs of the anime version.