On their official YouTube channel, Warner Bros. Japan debuted an English-subtitled teaser video for the new Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- anime, which is an adaption of the classic action manga by Kazushi Hagiwara.
The teaser features content from the first five episodes and you can also hear the music produced by Team-MAX’s Yasuharu Takanashi. Furthermore, more cast and staff members were revealed. The anime will have 24 episodes when it streams worldwide on Netflix in 2022.
▍Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- PV
▍Additional Cast
■ Sheila Tuel Meta-Ilicana – CV: Nao Tōyama
■ Kall-Su – CV: Kensho Ono
■ Lucien Renlen – CV: Kanae Itō
■ Abigail – CV: Tomokazu Sugita
▍About Bastard!!
Bastard!! is written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. The series began in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump on March 14, 1988, and ran on a regular basis in the magazine until August 21, 1989. The first tankōbon volume was published on August 10, 1988. In 2014, Shueisha released a nine-volume bunkoban edition published from May to September.
Bastard!!’s history is about sorcery, revenge, and other power struggles in a Dungeons & Dragons–like world. It is a dystopian world, where people need magic to survive against wild beasts, and evil monsters. There are four kingdoms, each one the protector of one of the four seals that keep the God of Destruction in stasis.
The story begins with Kingdom of Metallicana being attacked by the Four Lords of Havoc. This prompts the high priest to ask his daughter to awaken Dark Schneider, a wizard and former leader of the Riders, from within the body of 14-year-old Luche Renren.
▍Production Staff
Based on “BASTARD! The God of Dark Destruction” by Kazushi Hagiwara (Shueisha Jump Comics)
Director: Takaharu Ozaki
Series Composition: Yosuke Kuroda
Character Design: Saka Ono
Creature Design: Yorita Sunaga
Effect Design: Kousei Yamada
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi)
Art Design: Barnstorm Design Lab
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara
Special Effects Supervisor: Kumiko Taniguchi
Special Effects: Ayumi Arahata (Team Taniguchi)
3DCGI: Felix Film
Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (editz)
Sound Director：Yasunori Ebina
Music: Koji Takanashi (Team-MAX)
Produced by Warner Bros. Japan
Animation Production: Leyden Film
Opening theme by: coldrain
Ending theme by: Tielle
▍Cast
■ Dark Schneider – CV: Kishō Taniyama
■ Tia Noto Yoko – CV: Tomori Kusunoki
■ Abigail – CV: Kanae Itō
■ Gara – CV: Hiroki Yasumoto
■ Arshes Nei – CV: Yōko Hikasa
■ Kall-Su – CV: Kensho Ono
■ Sheila Tuel Meta-Ilicana – CV: Nao Tōyama