Why it is worth watching
You should watch it for its gangsters, its immortals and the pleasure of seeing how chaotic stories end up fitting together around the same train.
During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling… aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality. Based on the award winning light novels of the same name, this anime adaptation follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story—one of alchemy, survival and immortality.
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You should watch it for its gangsters, its immortals and the pleasure of seeing how chaotic stories end up fitting together around the same train.
It's a good fit if you're looking for non-linear narration, black humor, violence and an ensemble cast.
Unlike other choral stories, it has no protagonist or fixed order: recognizing a face, an object or a wound in another era changes the meaning of scenes you have already seen.
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