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Mad Bull 34 (OAV)

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Alternative title:
マッド★ブル 34 (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy
Themes: police
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Rookie police officer Daizaburo "Eddie" Ban joins New York's 34th precinct, where he is partnered up with John Estes, also known as Sleepy to his friends and Mad Bull to everyone else. Mad Bull usually solves crimes using extreme violence and very unpoliceman-like behavior which always gets him in trouble with the 34th precinct and his partner. Despite Mad Bull's questionable methods for solving crime he always has a good reason for what he does, and together he and Daizaburo try to make New York a safer place for everyone.
User Ratings: 156 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (dub:10, sub:6)
 Excellent: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Very good: 29 votes (dub:17, sub:11, raw:1)
 Good: 27 votes (dub:14, sub:12, ?:1)
 Decent: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:7)
 So-so: 7 votes (dub:5, sub:2)
 Not really good: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:6)
 Weak: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Bad: 6 votes (dub:5, sub:1)
 Awful: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:3, edit.dub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 239 users, rank: #3458 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.013 (Decent), std. dev.: 2.9957, rank: #7123 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 5.917 (Decent), rank: #7496 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.17 / seen some: 5.08 / won't finish: 1.37)
Bayesian estimate: 6.046 (Decent), rank: #6350 (of 7289)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 1990-12-21 to 1992-08-21
Release dates: We have 5
Ending Theme:
#1: "Time to Get Busy" by James Brown (ep 1)
#2: "We Can Make It" by Maizurah (ep 2)
#3: "Living in the City" by Maizurah (ep 3)
#4: "Believe in Love Again" by Maizurah (ep 4)
Insert song:
"Believe in Love Again" by Maizurah (ep 2)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Mad Bull 34 - The Complete Series (DVD) 2013-02-26
VHS
    Mad Bull 1 (Dub.VHS 1) 1996-03-19
    Mad Bull 2 (Dub.VHS 2) 1996-05-21
    Mad Bull 3 (Dub.VHS 3) 1996-07-30 (from $74.95)
    Mad Bull 4 (Dub.VHS 4) 1996-09-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Dezaki
Script:
Kazumi Koide (eps 2-4)
Toshiaki Imaizumi (ep 1)
Storyboard:
Kazunori Tanahashi (ep 1)
Toshifumi Takizawa (eps 2-3)
Tsuneo Tominaga (ep 4)
Unit Director:
Kazunori Tanahashi (ep 1)
Tsuneo Tominaga (ep 2)
Yoshihiro Ueda (eps 3-4)
Music:
Curio (ep 1)
John Michael
Character Design: Keizō Shimizu
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike
Animation Director: Keizō Shimizu (eps 1-4)
Sound Director: Katsunori Shimizu
Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki
Animation Check:
Etsuko Shirakawa (ep 1)
Kazunori Iwakura (ep 2)
Minoru Morita (ep 1)
Shūji Sakamoto (ep 1)
Animation Director Cooperation:
Kenji Mizuhata (ep 4)
Yūji Ikeda (ep 4)
Animation producer: Tsuguharu Teriguchi
Color Control:
Hidetaka Yamawaki (ep 1)
Hiroko Ito (ep 4)
Tadaaki Goto (ep 3)
Yoshie Murakami (村上芳枝; ep 2)
Yuri Tazaki (ep 1)
Color setting:
Hiroko Ito (ep 4)
Mitsuki Yamawaki (ep 1)
Tadaaki Goto (ep 3)
Yoshie Murakami (村上芳枝; ep 2)
Continuity: Ittoku Shimizu
Coordination: Ryo Naruse
Effects: Shōji Katō
In-Between Animation:
Akihiro Fukui (eps 1-3)
Aya Tomizawa (ep 4)
Chiharu Hamada (ep 2)
Fusae Sato (eps 2-4)
Hideya Kan (ep 4)
Hisashi Ishii (ep 4)
Kayoko Tagawa (ep 2)
Kazunori Iwakura (eps 1, 4)
Keisuke Hamada (eps 2-4)
Kiyotaka Nakahara (eps 1-3)
Masahiro Kumekawa (ep 2)
Masako Onozawa (小野澤雅子; eps 2-4)
Michiko Kumasaka (eps 2-4)
Naoya Suda (ep 1)
Nobuo Nakamura (eps 1-2)
Nobuyuki Kamata (eps 2-3)
Reiko Ikebe (eps 2-4)
Takayuki Kawamura (ep 1)
Tetsuya Enda (ep 1)
Tomomi Sumikawa (eps 1-3)
Tomoyuki Shibata (ep 2)
Yuka Suganuma (eps 2-4)
Insert Song Composition:
Dennis Belfield
Joey Carbone
Insert Song Lyrics: Kathi Pinto
Insert Song Performance: Maizurah
Key Animation:
Akiko Kawashima (eps 2-3)
Atsushi Wakabayashi (ep 4)
Ayumi Nakamura (ep 1)
Chieko Hisha (eps 1-3)
Chihiro Washio (eps 1-4)
George Yamamoto (山本ジョージ; ep 4)
Hideki Takahashi (eps 1-2)
Hiroki Abe (ep 4)
Izumi Shimura (ep 4)
Kazuhiro Sawahara (ep 2)
Kazuya Komai (eps 2-4)
Kenji Mizuhata (ep 2)
Kōji Kataoka (ep 4)
Masaki Tamakoshi (eps 1-3)
Masayuki Fujita (ep 1)
Miki Yokokawa (ep 4)
Minoru Morita (ep 1)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (ep 4)
Motoki Yagi (ep 4)
Nobuyasu Murakami (eps 1-2)
Rie Nishino (ep 4)
Shinichi Suzuki (eps 1-3)
Shinichi Yoshino (eps 1-4)
Shūji Sakamoto (ep 1)
Takashi Koizumi (小泉孝司; ep 4)
Taku Ito (ep 1)
Tomoaki Sakiyama (ep 4)
Yasuyoshi Uwai (eps 2, 4)
Yoshihiro Nagamori (eps 1-4)
Yoshihisa Sakurai (eps 2-4)
Yūji Ikeda (eps 1-3)
Yūko Kiyoshima (eps 2, 4)
Marketing Producer: Hideki Ōyanagi
Music producer: Masao Fukumoto
Production: Ittoku Shimizu
Production Advancement: Masanori Sawamura
Production Desk: Shuichi Tachigawabata
Production Office: Shinobu Nawagi
Sales Coordinator: Keisuke Hazama
Theme Song Composition:
Dennis Belfield (ED4)
Jeff Carruthers (ED2-3)
Joey Carbone (ED2-4)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Joey Carbone (ED2-3)
Kathi Pinto (ED4)
Theme Song Performance:
James Brown (ED1)
Maizurah (ED2-4)
Akio Ōtsuka as John "Sleepy" Estes (a.k.a. Mad Bull)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Daizaburō "Eddie" Ban

Gara Takashima as Perine Valley
Takkō Ishimori as Captain Allen

Chafūrin as
Cop A (ep 3)
Cop G (ep 4)
Hajime Koseki as Cop D (ep 4)
Harumi Yoshida as Marie (ep 2)
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Bobby Wong (ep 3)
Ken Yamaguchi as
Cop C (ep 4)
Man A (ep 2)
Kenichi Ono as
Cop B (ep 4)
James (ep 3)
Kikuko Inoue as Receptionist (ep 1)
Kumiko Watanabe as Yín-Yuè (ep 3)
Kyôko Irokawa as Prostitute A (ep 1)
Mari Yokoo as Nancy Moore (ep 1)
Masako Katsuki as Cindy Murphy (ep 4)
Miho Yoshida as Prostitute A (ep 4)
Minako Arakawa as Lì-Yīng (ep 3)
Minoru Inaba as
Doctor (ep 1)
Editor (ep 3)
Misa Watanabe as
Ài-Líng (ep 3)
Prostitute C (ep 4)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Cop B (ep 3)
Mitsuo Senda as Nichol the Electrician (eps 2-3)
Naoko Matsui as Jaqueline Moyert (ep 3)
Nobuaki Fukuda as Cop F (ep 4)
Nobuyuki Furuta as
Cop A (ep 4)
Criminal B (ep 1)
Man B (ep 2)
Osamu Kobayashi as Narrator (ep 1)
Satoko Kitō as Hanna (ep 4)
Shigezō Sasaoka as Morley Edwards (ep 3)
Shin Aomori as Black Tattoo (ep 1)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Jim (ep 3)
Shinya Ohtaki as
Kevin Murphy (ep 4)
Minister (ep 2)
Rottheim (ep 1)
Takeshi Watabe as Henry (ep 2)
Tarō Arakawa as Cop E (ep 4)
Tesshō Genda as Tom "Tough" DeMiyer (ep 2)
Tetsuo Kanao as Bean (ep 4)
Wataru Takagi as Radio Voice (ep 4)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Daizaburo Eddie Ban
Yayoi Nakazawa as Girl (ep 1)
Yō Yoshimura as Johnny (ep 1)
Yōsuke Naka as Don Enrico (ep 2)
Yū Shimaka as
Man C (ep 2)
Smith (ep 3)
Yūko Kobayashi as Lily (ep 1)
Yuri Amano as Cuì-Huā (ep 3)
Japanese companies
Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Editing: Inoue Editing
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation: Hanil Animation (eps 1-2)
Finish Animation Cooperation:
Hanil Animation (eps 3-4)
Min Studio (ep 3)
Woo Lee Production (ep 4)
In-Between Animation: Hanil Animation (eps 1-2)
In-Between Animation Cooperation:
Hanil Animation (eps 3-4)
Min Studio (ep 3)
Woo Lee Production (ep 4)
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Photography:
IMG
Q Production
Recording Studio: Seion Studio
Sound Director: Zack Promotion
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Director: Michael Bakewell
Executive producer: Laurence Guinness

Casting: Jill Wilmot
Music Recording: Kevin Green
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: John Wolskel
Alan Marriott as Diazaburo Edi-Ban
Allan Wenger as John "Sleepy" Estes (a.k.a. Mad Bull)

Blair Fairman as Narrator (uncredited)
Garrick Hagon as Nichol the Electrician (uncredited)
Larissa Murray as Cindy Murphy
Lisa Ross as Perrine Valley 
Sean Barrett as Enrico (uncredited)

Alison James as Nancy
Bob Stewart as Chief Alan
Elly Ross as Lily
Jay Benedict as Criminal (uncredited; ep 1)
John Bennett as Capos (uncredited)
Peter Wood as Rottheim
Steven Crossley as
Dispatch (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Stuart Milligan as Bean
Tamsin Hollo as Ms. Moore
Toni Barry as Bank Teller
Tony Sibbald as De Miyer (uncredited)
Wesley Powell as Curtis
William Roberts as Doctor (uncredited)

English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2012; Expired)
Manga Entertainment (Expired)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val
Albert Trifol Segarra as Daizaburo Eddie Ban (Spain dub)
Alberto Trifol as John "Sleepy" Estes (Spain dub)

Francisco Alborch as Chief Alan (Spain dub)
Juan Comellas as
Doctor (Spain dub; ep 1)
Narrator (Spain dub)
Maria Moscardó as Lily (Spain dub; ep 1)
María Pilar Quesada as Ms. Moore (Spain dub; ep 1)
Oriol Rafel as Rothem (Spain dub; ep 1)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Patrizio Prata as Daizaburo Edi-Ban

Diego Sabre as Bobby Wong
Italian companies
(none)

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