Bad Boys

Just an awesome unknown gem of a series, not to the extent of an FLCL or some masterpiece in the rough, but a very important OVA that tackles a very rarely handled topic of Biker gangs in anime.

The 1st episode is an awesome tale about how a boy from a rich family follows his interests to become a biker after being inspired by the Hiroshima Knights, but he soon discovers that the biker life isn't what he hoped it would be.

The episodes that follow are just as awesome as they take the story in new directions.

Really if you're a fan of Sons ... of Anarchy or are just really interested in the biker gang theme than this Anime will really appeal to you.

The art I would say can be half and half, sometimes you could get an absolutely awesome use of a fight scene animation and on others, the wacky comedy could just fall flat on its face with this derpy look the characters make that is quite unappealing I would say.

Sound is fair but nothing too outstanding, it has a pretty cool OST and a few good songs to boot, but I wouldn't say the anime's strength is in it's sound.

Now the Characters in this anime are quite fun and cool, and if your a VA nerd like I am you will soon realize that this OVA series is stacked with talent and they all deliver and end up making the characters so much more memorable because of it.

The main characters do feel like a bonding team over the course of the show and the villains all have a unique feel to them that really drives home the importance for our main cast to defeat.

I really enjoyed this series. Please check it out if you like Biker themed shows.

As someone who loves the manga, I appreciate what they did with this adaption. The anime has great music, they didn’t change the art style from the manga, and the characters are still the beloved characters from the manga that I recognize and adore.

This is definitely a classic delinquent story and it’s a fun little series but it also tackles a lot of difficult topics like; r*pe, violence, and etc. Because it’s an older work, I’d say the topic of r*pe wasn’t handled very well so if that is a possible trigger, stay away from this.

Other than that, it’s very difficult to find ... the entirety of the series. I’m someone who’s definitely willing to pay to watch what I want but I can’t even figure out where to do that. It’s not on Funimation, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or Netflix. The only way I was able to find out where to watch the entire thing is on YouTube by searching up Bad Boys OVA… and sadly there are no English Subtitles. If you can’t speak Japanese other websites definitely have them but only the first three episodes, they do not have all five. I also found the DVD’s on EBay but I’m definitely not spending 170 something on a show that only has 5 episodes. I know that if you put the 5 episodes together it’s basically a super long movie but even so, I somehow doubt it has English subtitles. So I’d be spending all of that money, for what?

If you want to consume more of the story I think it’s definitely less of a hassle to read the manga. Although the first few chapters are very strange, it gets so much better. I wish that I could finish the anime so if anyone has some tips to find the rest of the anime, I’d love the help. Otherwise, from what I’ve seen so far, it’s a great adaption. It cuts out some of the weirdo stuff from the beginning of the story and one of the worst characters in the series so it flourishes in a way the manga didn’t when it first started out. It has the charm, from the manga, that kept me binge reading. It’s a wonderful series. Definitely watch it or read it. 9/10 highly recommend.