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- @5{MAD BULL 34 (PART ONE) - REVIEW
- @6}by zYLAX / PTK
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- "He's a cop on the wrong side of the
- law! A cop that doesn't play by the
- rules and flaunts the law."
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- Well, my introduction may not be
- exactly original but it sums up the
- main scenario behind Mad Bull 34.
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- Surprisingly, Mad Bull 34 is set in
- New York city whereas most anime would
- not think to venture out of it's
- Japanese homeland. Still I suppose
- the story wouldn't feel right in any
- other downtrodden setting.
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- The plot centres around two police
- officers, patrolling the 34th
- precinct: John Estes, also known as
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- Sleepy or Mad Bull which is where the
- title originates from, and his
- partner, fresh out of the academy,
- Diazaburo. Which, in case you were
- wondering, is half Japanese...
- naturally!
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- In this much cliched style, Sleepy is
- the cop that would much rather blow
- the bad guyz away rather than arrest
- them ...and he often does. Diazaburo,
- however, is the reasonable side of the
- duo who repeatedly attempts to
- convince Sleepy that it's better to
- arrest than kill, to no avail.
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- The first episode, "Scandal", is based
- mainly around Diazaburo's initiation
- into Sleepy's daily patrol routine,
- and this guy don't give ya speeding
- tickets for a living!
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- The main bulk of this episode deals
- with the hitman, whose name I've
- forgotten, whose out to kill Sleepy so
- he take over his patch, so to speak.
- After the gangsta bloke loses his
- head, literally, the first episode
- ends on a brush with the Internal
- Affairs department.
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- Like most of the anime released in
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- this country with an 18 certificate,
- you can say Mad Bull 34 has sex and
- violence GUARANTEED. There's also a
- few laughs chucked in there for good
- measure.
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- The animation is of reasonable enough
- quality but the voice talents (?) are
- questionably. Well, see what you
- think of the representation of the
- hitman's voice!
-
- In total, Mad Bull 34 is a four part
- series with each episode lasting
- roughly 45 minutes.
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- Overall, if you like your anime to be
- of the non stop ass-kicking variety.
- You won't be disappointed with Mad
- Bull 34.
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- Remember:@7
- IF YOU LIVE BY THE GUN,
- YOU CAN EXPECT TO DIE BY IT!