This is what happens when you let the 90s OVA era actually be violent instead of implying it. The Wild 7 don't solve crimes, they burn through them with the kind of graphic brutality and casual profanity that feels completely untethered from modern anime's hedging. Two episodes that move like a fever dream, choppy animation that somehow makes the chaos feel rawer, built on the simple genius of "put the criminals on the police payroll and let them do what they're good at." The character interactions crackle because nobody is pretending this is serious. It costs you fluidity on screen, but you gain something uglier and more honest in return.

With crime rampant and politicians in the pockets of large syndicates, an official turns to an unusual answer: an elite police unit made up of convicted criminals. Each member of the Wild 7 has a long felony record and little hesitation about adding to it. Their insight into how criminals think sends them first after a gang of bank robbers, and later against a huge crime syndicate that has many high-ranking government officials on its payroll. The two-episode OVA is an adventure story built around that lawless squad.