"It has a considerable amount of gore, and the guy I liked turned out to be a complete psycho."
There is nothing more amusing than discovering a new series, googling it, and having Google churn up a link titled, "[Spoilers] Baccano! - DotA Allstars Discussion".
If you don't understand why, click this link now and turn on a subwoofer.
That being said, I am mildly depressed that, once again, I have fallen madly in love with a series that has a smaller fanbase, despite being ridiculously awesome.
Granted, half the time you can't tell who's who, what's going on, or when exactly all this shit is going down, as there are massive time jumps that only really make sense about five episodes in, but it's worth it. Completely.
My favorite characters would be Vino [read: the psycho] and Czes [read: the shota], and I'm not entirely sure why, as I'm rather taken with Firo's hat as well but can't seem to like the rest of him. =/
Erin, your favorite character will either be Luck or Maiza. Possibly Jaccuzi, though he has the potential to annoy the hell out of you as well. Grant will like Ladd, if only because they seem to have the same love for violence and perpetual speech.
That is all.