Bull-ero: A bizarre, dusty relic

If you've got five minutes to spare and an itch for animation history, sure, give Bull-ero a look. It’s definitely for the folks who get a kick out of how weird and rubbery everything looked before computers took over. If you need a coherent story or a reason to care about the characters, you are going to hate this. It’s just noise and movement, really.

Frank Moser really throws everything at the wall here. The bull isn't just a bull; he’s basically a prop that gets twisted and bent into every shape imaginable. There’s this one sequence where the tail starts acting like a separate character entirely, which was honestly the most interesting thing in the whole frame. It’s the kind of visual invention you don't see much anymore, even if it makes absolutely no sense.

The pacing is… well, it’s frantic. It reminded me a bit of the manic energy in The Lion and the Souse, where things just happen because the animator thought it would look funny. There’s no buildup. No punchline that really lands. Just a constant stream of cartoon violence. 🐂

I found myself staring at the background textures more than the action. They look so dusty and flat. It’s charming in a way that feels like it’s falling apart at the seams. You can almost feel the paper it was drawn on.

Compared to something like Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer, which feels like it has a bit more heart or at least a consistent world, Bull-ero feels like a doodle that got out of hand. It doesn't try to be anything profound, which is probably for the best. It’s just a weird, blink-and-you-miss-it collision of ink lines.

It’s not a masterpiece. It’s barely a meal. But for a quick hit of vintage weirdness, it beats staring at a blank wall. Just don't go in expecting anything more than a glorified sketch pad experiment.

Did I mention the sound? It’s tinny and sharp in a way that’ll definitely wake you up. My ears were ringing a little after, but maybe that's just the speakers being old. 😵‍💫

• That one jump-cut that looks like a mistake.
• The bull’s eyes spinning like slot machines.
• The background extras who seem to have forgotten they're in a crowd scene.