History Anime / NinetyOneDays

For a different anime about prohibition era gangsters with more wackiness and supernatural elements, but an equal amount of bloodshed, try ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''.

* OffModel: Characters and extras in longer-distance shots tend to be crudely drawn compared to the close ones.

''91 Days'' is an anime Crime Drama TV series produced by studio Shuka. Hiro Kaburagi (''Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness, Manga/KimiNiTodoke, Manga/MyLittleMonster'') is directing, Taku Kishimoto (''Manga/{{Erased}}, Manga/{{Haikyuu}}, [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]'') is serving as the series script supervisor, Tomohiro Kishi (My Little Monster'') is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Shōgo Kaida (''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'') is producing the music. The series premiered [[Summer2016Anime July 8 of 2016]] on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, and subsequently aired on other channels. The series is available for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} has released an English broadcast dub for this series, which began on October 23, 2016. Watch it [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/91-days/videos here]].

* ArmorPiercingSlap: In episode 7, Fio stops Frate's rant against Nero with a stunning slap to the cheek.

* TruceZone: The sandbar called the island is supposed to be neutral territory where rival gangs can't bring their arguments.

* GratuitousEnglish: From Fango we get a hammy English, "Welcome to myyyyy castle!"
* GreaterScopeVillain: For the most part, the Galassia family. They don't have much of a presence in Lawless besides Ronaldo Galassia, but they are immensely powerful and headquartered in Chicago. As it turns out, [[spoiler:the real reason Testa Lagusa and his family were killed was because Lagusa had discovered Vincent Vanetti was making secret deals with the Galassias behind the then-current Don's back. It is further revealed that everything Vincent did was to try and save the Vanetti family from being subsumed by the Galassias.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler: Throughout the show, each of the main characters does by his own hands what he has tried to avoid most in his life. In particular, each member of the Vanetti family brings his family closer to conflict and collapse, trying to save her, Corteo becomes a criminal, despite sincere hatred of the mafia, and Avilio himself kills his friend, although initially revenge for his relatives was his main goal in life.]]

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: This is one cynical show. Our protagonist is an [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] NominalHero on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, whose goal is [[PayEvilUntoEvil repaying the evil done to him]] without any regard [[RevengeBeforeReason for what it costs]]. The person who sent him the letter with his enemies' names in the first place turns out to be [[spoiler:manipulating Avilio for his own power]]. The setting, Lawless, is a WretchedHive where PoliceAreUseless and law-abiding citizens who resent the control of the Mafia can't do anything about it. The one idealistic cop, Delphy, doesn't even last one episode before Lawless chews him up and spits him out. Nothing changes regardless of which family is in power, and the cause of all their fratricidal killing is InherentInTheSystem. In contrast to Avilio, who doesn't believe in anything, both Nero and his father Vincent commit questionable deeds in the service of a higher purpose: peace with the Galassias, and long-term survival for the Vanetti family, which they believe can provide for and protect their loved ones. In the end, [[spoiler:everyone except Strega loses. Avilio manages to tear down the ideals of Vincent and Nero, but just destroying someone else's happiness doesn't give him something WorthLivingFor.]]

* SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler: Corteo's fate.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Corteo is a nerdy, mild mannered young man only in it out of loyalty to Avilio and wouldn't hurt a fly. But push him and he's capable of [[spoiler: killing Fango, whom everyone else had tried, and failed, to eliminate.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Almost every major character gets killed off in the bloodbath towards the end, including [[AmbiguousEnding possibly]] Avilio. Nero survives for the time being, but the Galassias' pursuit means he might not have long to live himself.]]

* IAteWHAT: [[spoiler: After taking control of the Orco family, Fango tricks the executives into eating Lasagna made from Don Orco's corpse.]]

* MeaningfulName: Numerous character names' Italian signification are puns/revolve around possible symbolism of their role in the story. For instance, Frate (friar, from the latin 'frater', brother) is Nero's brother, Volpe (fox), a henchman who's asked to fetch a chicken at one point, Orco (ogre), an obese glutton [[spoiler: his name being 'ogre', a man-eating giant, reflects the irony of his fate]], [[spoiler: Corteo (likely a funeral procession)]], Del Toro (the bull), a very resilient bodyguard, Galassia (galaxy). Angelo and his brother Luce's names mean 'Angel' and 'Light'.

What Nero doesn't realize is that Avilio is a FalseFriend who wants to kill every last Vanetti, even if it's the last thing he'll do. Once, he was Angelo Lagusa. He lived a quiet life with his family, but came to an end when the Vanetti hitmen appeared at their doorstep. With his parents and younger brother gunned down before his eyes, he barely managed to escape the assassins. He hid himself away for seven years, but after receiving a certain letter, he returned to the Lawless district. On his mind is only one thing - {{revenge}}.

''91 Days'' is an anime Crime Drama TV series produced by studio Shuka. Hiro Kaburaki (''Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness, Manga/KimiNiTodoke, Manga/MyLittleMonster'') is directing, Taku Kishimoto (''Manga/{{Erased}}, Manga/{{Haikyuu}}, [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]'') is serving as the series script supervisor, Tomohiro Kishi (My Little Monster'') is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Shōgo Kaida (''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'') is producing the music. The series premiered [[Summer2016Anime July 8 of 2016]] on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, and subsequently aired on other channels. The series is available for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} has released an English broadcast dub for this series, which began on October 23, 2016. Watch it [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/91-days/videos here]].

* ArrangedMarriage: Nero's younger sister Fio gets married off to Ronald in order to seal an alliance between the Vanettis and Galassias. Vanno claims she's marrying a man she doesn't even love for the sake of the family, but he may be a little biased by his implied feelings for her.

* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: In episode 11 [[spoiler:Avilio enters the box where Don Vincent and Don Galassia are watching the show and fires his pistol. The camera cuts away as the shot rings out, and we're led to assume that he shot Vincent, but then we see that he instead shot Don Galassia in order to make the Vanettis and Galassias start killing each other, while leaving Vincent alive so he'll be forced to witness the ensuing carnage.]]

* BestServedCold: Avilio has waited seven years for an opportunity to exact his revenge on the Vanettis. [[spoiler:His first deed of revenge is killing Vanno in episode 2, and in episode 11 he finally gets his revenge on Vincent]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Nero's brother Frate agrees to send a hitman after him to satisfy the head of the Galassia family.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Avilio gets his revenge by bringing destruction upon the Vanetti family, but he has sacrificed his ChildhoodFriend Corteo to do it, and he finds no satisfaction in having avenged his family or in continuing to live. The reason that Vincent killed off Avilio's family in the first place was to prevent the Galassias from taking over the Vanettis, but Avilio ruins his lifelong efforts so that the Galassias exterminate the Vanettis and their followers. This puts Lawless under the control of the Galassias' new Don, Strega, who is far worse than his uncle. Nero flees the Galassias with Avilio in tow, and on one last somber road trip they have to confront how they have ruined each other's lives and can never take it back. On the seashore, Nero either [[AmbiguousEnding does or doesn't]] put Avilio out of his regrets by killing him, and drives away with his Galassia pursuers following close behind.]]

** Much in the vein of Corteo, Barbero grows both jealous and suspicious of Avilio due to the latter ingratiating himself to Nero and becoming his right hand.

* IKissYourHand: [[spoiler: In episode 9 all the inner-members of the Vanetti family do this to Nero who has been made to be the new Don by his father.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Don Orco was a cruel Don who hired [[PsychoForHire Fango]] and was willing to kill people for making poor Lasagna. He's eventually usurped and killed by Fango and then made into lasagna fed to his subordinates.]]

* OfficeGolf: Once he hits it big by [[spoiler:becoming Don]], Fango takes to playing golf with other big shots and practicing his golf swing in his office.

* PayingForTheActionScene: A belated version occurs in episode 5 when Avilio and Corteo return to the bar on the island where they fought Fango in episode 1. Avilio places a bottle on the table, causing the barkeep to ask incredulously if he's still trying to sell his stuff, but Avilio says it's payment for the fire; the rest is waiting in the boat.

** Episode nine reveals two important details about the night of the murder: [[spoiler:Nero didn't actually shoot any of the Lagusa family, and Ganzo was the fourth man as well as the anonymous person who wrote the letter to Avilio all along]].

* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: Played with: [[spoiler:Orco's Lieutennants are at first reluctant to eat Fango's Lasagna, not knowing what's inside it, but they all agree that it's delicious one they work up the courage to start eating. Then they realize that Don Orco ''went into it''; they start throwing up, but it's unclear whether this was purely out of horror at the concept of cannibalism, or if there was also some kind of delayed bad reaction to the food itself]].

* ShoeSlap: When Fango catches Tigre sitting in a car full of booze stolen from the Orcos, he gets his bald goon to punch him with brass knuckles, and then takes off one of his cowboy boots and grinds it in Tigre's face while asking where he got the hooch.
* ShootYourMate: In episode 10, [[spoiler:at the urging of Barbero who has reason to believe that Avilio helped Corteo escape, Nero gives Avilio a gun and tell shim to shoot Corteo to prove he's not disloyal. They leave Avilio alone with Corteo, the two excahange their emotional last words, and Avilio shoots his best friend while holding back tears]].

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: This is one cynical show. Our protagonist is an [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] NominalHero on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, whose goal is [[PayEvilUntoEvil repaying the evil done to him]] without any regard [[RevengeBeforeReason for what it costs]]. The person who sent him the letter with his enemies' names in the first place turns out to be [[spoiler:manipulating Avilio for his own power]]. The setting, Lawless, is a WretchedHive where PoliceAreUseless and law-abiding citizens who resent the control of the Mafia can't do anything about it. The one idealistic cop, Delphy, doesn't even last one episode before Lawless chews him up and spits him out. Nothing changes regardless of which family is in power, and the cause of all their fratricidal killing is InherentInTheSystem. In contrast to Avilio, who doesn't believe in anything, both Nero and his father commit questionable deeds in the service of a higher purpose: peace with the Galassias, and long-term survival for the Vanetti family, which they believe can provide for and protect their loved ones. In the end, [[spoiler:everyone except Strega loses. Avilio manages to tear down the ideals of Vincent and Nero, but just destroying someone else's happiness doesn't give him something WorthLivingFor.]]

** Another one in episode 11 after the credits have rolled, [[spoiler: Avilio has made it out of the playhouse and, about to pass out from blood loss, he briefly hallucinates the presence of Corteo before him, but it's actually Strega standing there.]]

** In episode seven, Avilio [[spoiler:murders Volpe in cold blood after the FalseFlagOperation]] in order to cover his tracks.
** In episode eight, Fango tells [[spoiler:Corteo he doesn't need him anymore because Scusa stole the recipe from the documents Delphy confiscated. Fango already clubbed Scusa's head in with a golf club, and threatens to do the same to Corteo]].

Too bad he doesn't realize Avilio is a FalseFriend who wants to kill every last Vanetti, even if it's the last thing he'll do. Once, he was Angelo Lagusa. He lived a quiet life with his family, but came to an end when the Vanetti hitmen appeared at their doorstep. With his parents and younger brother gunned down before his eyes, he barely managed to escape the assassins. He hid himself away for seven years, but after receiving a certain letter, he returned to the Lawless district. On his mind is only one thing - {{revenge}}.

This is a story about crime, family, murder, friendship and vengeance. And, in 91 days, it will all end with two fire-forged friends trying to kill each other.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: In episode 12, a car gets hit by Thompson fire and blows up in a fiery explosion.

** The Mafia in general wear the veneer of civilization and the mask of FamilyValuesVillain, putting "the family" on a pedestal as a benevolent institution founded on the Don's blood relatives looking out for each other and taking care of their underlings in exchange for their undying loyalty. They go to Mass, celebrate births and weddings, and talk about responsibility and honor, but at the end of the day there's no getting around the fact that what they do for a living destroys families, and that their so-called loyalty and honor can be bought at a cheap price. Their turf wars result in henchmen killing each other, as well as innocent bystanders who happen to get caught in the hail of Thompson bullets, and they consider each other's wives, mistresses, and children to be acceptable collateral damage. People switch sides and stab each other in the back all the time, including their own siblings. Don Orco holds lasagna to be more sacred than human life, condemning a chef to be FedToPigs for merely failing to please his taste buds. Fango may be one of the worst human beings in the show, but at least unlike the others he doesn't try to pretend to be anything but a murderous psychopath.

* RareGuns: The infamous [[MoreDakka dakka-spewing]] [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns Tommy Gun]] is depicted as practically standard issue even for {{mooks}}, who tend to use it with drum magazines on full auto because it's [[RuleOfCool just so freaking cool]]. In reality it has an exaggerated reputation in popular culture from being used by a couple of famous outlaws and elite hitmen, and was rarely used by either gangsters or police in real life. It was AwesomeButImpractical due to its size and expense--You could buy a Ford automobile for the price of two Thompson guns--and most criminals preferred a cheaper and more easily concealed pistol or sawed-off shotgun. To be fair, this show is a love letter to stylized gangster movies, so this inaccuracy could very well be [[ArtisticLicenseHistory intentional]].
** The majority of the firearms used in the series actually are pistols and revolvers. Tommy Guns don't show up in large numbers until the final two episodes of the show, which is when [[Fiction500 the immensely wealthy and powerful Galassia family]] shows up in Lawless.

It's the [[TheRoaringTwenties Prohibition]] era, when organized crime reigns supreme with illegal booze and violence. Nowhere else is this more apparent than in the Lawless district. As the name indicates, the law has no presence there, allowing the mafia to flood its streets with cheap alcohol... often mixed with blood. This is the territory that the Vanetti family calls home. Lead by Don Vincent, they have made a name for themselves in this no-man's land, but even that isn't enough to stop domestic mob wars and outside influences from creeping in. It's at this time that Nero, Vincent's oldest son, must protect all that the Vanetti family stands for. With his subordinates, Vanno and newcomer Avilio, he plans to ensure its prosperity and future...

* ConspicuousCG: The automobiles are tasteful but noticeable CG models.

''91 Days'' is an anime Crime Drama TV series produced by studio Shuka. Hiro Kaburaki (''Manga/HoozukiNoReitetsu, Manga/KimiNiTodoke, Manga/MyLittleMonster'') is directing, Taku Kishimoto (''Manga/{{Erased}}, Manga/{{Haikyuu}}, [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]'') is serving as the series script supervisor, Tomohiro Kishi (My Little Monster'') is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Shōgo Kaida (''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'') is producing the music. The series premiered [[Summer2016Anime July 8 of 2016]] on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, and subsequently aired on other channels. The series is available for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} has released an English broadcast dub for this series, which began on October 23, 2016. Watch it [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/91-days/videos here]].

''91 Days'' is an anime Crime Drama TV series produced by studio Shuka. Hiro Kaburaki (''Manga/HoozukiNoReitetsu, Manga/KimiNiTodoke, Manga/MyLittleMonster'') is directing, Taku Kishimoto (''Manga/{{Erased}}, Manga/{{Haikyuu}}, [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]'') is serving as the series script supervisor, Tomohiro Kishi (My Little Monster'') is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Shōgo Kaida (Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName) is producing the music. The series premiered [[Summer2016Anime July 8 of 2016]] on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, and subsequently aired on other channels. The series is available for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} has released an English broadcast dub for this series, which began on October 23, 2016. Watch it [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/91-days/videos here]].

''91 Days'' is an anime Crime Drama TV series produced by studio Shuka. Hiro Kaburaki (Manga/HoozukiNoReitetsu, Manga/KimiNiTodoke, Manga/MyLittleMonster) is directing, Taku Kishimoto (Manga/{{Erased}}, Manga/{{Haikyuu}}, [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]) is serving as the series script supervisor, Tomohiro Kishi (Manga/MyLittleMonster) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Shōgo Kaida (Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName) is producing the music. The series premiered [[Main/Summer2016Anime July 8 of 2016]] on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, and subsequently aired on other channels. The series is available for streaming on Crunchyroll. Creator/{{Funimation}} has released an English broadcast dub for this series, which began on October 23, 2016. Watch it [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/91-days/videos here]].

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* {{Homage}}: The ''91 Days'' logo borrows some font and stylistic elements from those of ''TheGodfather'' and ''Film/Scarface1983''.

* SexyDiscretionShot: When Ronaldo starts to go down on Fio, she's still wearing her ''negligee'' and we just briefly see her reaction from the waist up before cutting to another scene.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The newspaper in episode 8 has part the well-known Latin filler text "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum lorem ipsum]]" at the beginning of each unintelligible column, with only the big headline in real English.