Mad Bull 34 is one of my favorite bad OVAs. Its stupid as hell a very inaccurate representation of what New York is like its CRAZY over the top makes one go WTF but about all else it is NOT boring. Ill attempt to explain why Mad Bull is a work of bad art. Oh btw there will be massive spoilers in this review. Read at you own risk Story: The plot of Mad Bull basically consists of Sleepy Daizaburo going around New York upholding the law. There really isnt an overarching plot to Mad Bull rather its an episodic 4 episode OVA. But honestly that was for the best as the episodic format helps lead into the crazy shenanigans that ensue throughout Mad Bull 34. Episode 1 is the setup episode it gives us some establishing shots of New York introduces us to Daizaburo Dipshit nicknamed Eddie except they never call him that. The next shot that actually matters showcases a girl tiedup about to get drugged raped. Suddenly Sleepy nicknamed Mad Bull except they rarely call him that bursts into the room in an encouraging display of Police Brutality blows the perpetrators heads off in a way that doesnt happen in real life might I add. Several bouts of introductions exposition later we come to the supermarket scene. Robbers wearing Jason masks Rollerskates come out of a supermarket after robbing it. The police cruiser then glides onto the scene Sleepy in yet another encouraging display of Police Brutality goes in blows one of the robbers head off. With Daizaburo Dipshit giving the appropriate reaction of Hes blown his head off. Also on the scene was an innocent bystander a woman noless a woman who pissed her pants because of course she would. Sleepy then tells Daizaburo Shell thaw out if you stick ya finger up her ass being the dipshit that he is Daizaburo proceeds to do so gets chewed out by the woman for it. We then cut to a scene of Daizaburo Sleepy sitting in the police cruiser. Sleepy eyes a prostitute after Daizaburo says hes not interested Sleepy says I quote Huh you dont mean your a faggot? Yes that is an actual quote. After this we then cut to a scene of Sleepy trying to get Daizaburo some pussy because hes such a good friend. He gathers a punch of prostitutes in one room goes Well girls I was hoping you could give this one for free as this man is a 100 certified virgin is in desperate need of some pussy. A series of still images later Daizaburo says he has a fiance to get out of getting some pussy. He then tells Sleepy that he knows that he meant well was only trying to do a good thing for him which isnt how that works irl btw. Thats all in just the first 10 minutes and 21 seconds of episode 1? Does this sound like the kind of fun trashy unintentional comedy you might enjoy? If it does I can only tell you that youre in for one wild ride of crazy shenanigans appaling racism sexism hilarious inaccuracies to not only New York but life in general. Mad Bull 34 has it all. Characters: The characters in Mad Bull are some of the most unlikable yet likable characters at the same time. Sleepy is fucking INSANE. He does whatever he wants no matter how wrong or inaccurate it is to how a police force would actually operate in real life. But that doesnt even matter because to quote sleepy In the 34th precinct Im the law. AND NO SCUMBAG IS GONNA GET AWAY WITH SHIT WHILE IM ALIVE. Sleepy also is just swimming in plot armor throughout the entire anime. So much shit happens that should get him killed. In the first episode the tires of his police cruiser are doused in oil making the car slip slide then fucking flipping over and crashing into a wall an event that nobody would survive but Sleepy walks it off like a fucking champ basically unscratched thats how much plot armor hes doused in. Sleepy also has creative strategies for lack of a better term such as crotch grenades. These just add to how awesome Sleepy is. Daisaboro Eddie Bannnnn is our next character we have to discuss. Daisaboro first starts out as a relatively normal being who just wants to be a cop. But he has the fortunate team up of Sleepy as his partner. Daisaboro starts off as very critical of Sleepys actions. But once Sleepy tries to get him some pussy from some hookers Daisaboro chews him out he then proceeds to become friends with Sleepy at basically the drop of a hat with no character development whatsoever. After the fact he basically becomes Sleepys partner in law enforcement. Daisaboro is also swimming in just as much plot armor as Sleepy is though Id argue not as much since Daisaboro doesnt get in as many situations where he should get killed as Sleepy does. The rest of the cast of Mad Bull is pretty flavorless vanilla stock generic and uninspired. All of the villains in this show are evil for evils sake with absolutely no motivations behind what they do or why they do it. But to make up for this the villains allow for just as many ridiculous stupid overthetop and batshit insane shenanigans to play out. So even though theyre lackadaisical they at least stay in line with the unintentional comedy of this series Art Sound The art in Mad Bull is pretty bad an all around low effort. Character designs for the male characters are usually pretty basic and/or muscular copying most Shounen manga from the time. The women have more effort put into their character designs than the men do but because of the really bad art the effort put into them is automatically fucked over since you cant even begin to appreciate them. Animation is also pretty lazy. Even in the action sequences theres barely any animation to go around theyll usually just cut to still frames of drawings gliding across the screen. The voice acting is the best bad voice acting Ive ever heard. I watched this in the English Dub which is the only way you should watch this btw and the voice actors were British. But they try really hard to hide the accents in their voices so that they can imitate what they think Americans sound like spoilers this is also an inaccurate representation of New York. But the actors at least sound like theyre having fun with their roles maybe a bit too much fun. But this at least beats the voice acting of something like Girls Panzer in Japanese Sword For Truths English dub and Conceptions voice acting in general. So a little fun goes a long way. Overall: Mad Bull 34 is bad. But its a fun kind of bad. Mad Bull 34 manages to keep me entertained throughout its batshit insanity plot armor ridden main characters lacking animation bad art surprisingly kick ass OST and many other things. Mad Bull 34 is my favorite piece of garbage that I can enjoy watching without having to torture somebody in the process though torturing my friends with this certainly helps. My final score for Mad Bull is gonna be a 4/10. But dont let that rating deter you this anime is absolutely worth watching because this truly is a once in a lifetime experience