 Warner Bros. Japan opened an official website for an anime adaptation of Kazushi Hagiwara's Bastard!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin (Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy) manga on Thursday, revealing the main cast, staff, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series will debut worldwide on Netflix in 2022.Cast Dark Schneider: Kishou Taniyama (Bungou Stray Dogs) Yoko Tia Noto: Tomori Kusunoki (Muv-Luv Alternative) Gara: Hiroki Yasumoto (Bleach) Nei Arshes: Youko Hikasa (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou) Staff Director: Takaharu Ozaki (Goblin Slayer) Series Composition: Yousuke Kuroda (Hellsing Ultimate) Character Design: Sayaka Ono (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo) Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Shuumatsu no Walküre) Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Team-MAX) (Jigoku Shoujo) Production: Warner Bros. Japan Studio: LIDENFILMS A special program for the anime revealing additional cast, the first promotional video, and a talk show featuring the main cast will take place on February 10 at 8:00 p.m. Warner Bros. Japan and Netflix Anime will stream the event on their respective YouTube channel. The former's bilibili channel will also stream the event at a later date. Hagiwara originally published a one-shot in Weekly Shounen Jump in 1987 and began regular serialization the following year. The manga then ran in Weekly Shounen Jump's special quarterly edition between 1990 and 1996 and returned to the original magazine from 1997 to 2000. Ultra Jump began serializing the manga in 2001 and published the latest chapter in 2010 before the manga entered hiatus. Shueisha released the 27th volume in March 2012. Bastard!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin has a cumulative 30 million copies of its volumes in circulation. A six-episode original video anime by animation studio AIC ran between August 1992 and June 1993, roughly adapting the first seven volumes. Geneon Entertainment USA distributed the anime in North America on VHS with an English dub from August 28 to December 8 in 1998 and re-released all episodes on DVD in June 2001. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in July 2001 and released the first volume in August 2002. Following the release of the 19th volume in September 2009, the company discontinued its publication. Synopsis The kingdom of Metallicana is under attack from the Four Lords of Havoc. This party of villains—ninja master Gara, deadly thunder empress Nei Arshes, cold and calculating Kall-Su, and enigmatic dark priest Abigail—will stop at nothing to get what they want, even if it leaves utter destruction in their wake. High Priest Geo is desperate to help save the kingdom and its people. He unleashes the mighty wizard Dark Schneider, a man who used to be an ally of the villains. Unfortunately, Dark Schneider has his own plans in mind. Will he stop the Four Lords of Havoc or join them in their conquest of the world? [Written by MAL Rewrite] Official site: https://bastard-anime.com/ Official Twitter: @bastard_PR Source: Press Release Bastard!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin on MAL |
VindstotFeb 3, 2022 10:59 PM
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| I don't trust LIDENFILMS for good adaptation. |
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| Tomoriru got the main role. 👏 |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| Wow they are bringing "Bastard!!" Back from the dead too. 1st it was recently announced a remake of "Urusei Yatsura" and now the "Bastard!!". What is next? |
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| Lol this brings back memories. Wonder if they gonna give it a conclusive ending since the manga is still on hiatus . |
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| I thought an anime adaptation of Bastard psychological manhwa. |
 “Once you've been loved once and have loved once, you cannot forget it.” ― Natsume Takashi |
| Anime adaptation of an old manga which is not even complete and is in hiatus for the past decade eh. |
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| How are all these old series getting anime lol Either way, I used to hear a lot about this series for how dark it was, so I'm excited (Just hoping that the adaptation is good and that it isn't heavily censored) |
| Interesting choice. Guess I’ll keep an eye on this for now. |
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| Urusei Yatsura, Rorouni Kenshin, now Bastard. What's next? Berserk? Vagabond? |
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Mr_Srijan said: If we can get a good Vagabond anime I could die peacefullyUrusei Yatsura, Rorouni Kenshin, now Bastard. What's next? Berserk? Vagabond? |
| No expectations here. LIDENFILMS isn't known for quality, and Bastard is one of those handful of stories infamous for having godly artwork and ultra complex designs. The battles are on an epic scale which require a lot of skill and work to really get right. I can easily see them simplifying everything and/or using loads of CG. It's also full of extreme violence, gore, sex, rape and gratitious fanservice. It's not going to be Bastard if they censor it, but I can see them doing just that. In the one in a trillion chance that it turns out good, it's going to be one of the best high fantasy anime ever created. |
| Again reviving an old series... well something good ig. |
| The classics are coming back. |
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Mr_Srijan said: Urusei Yatsura, Rorouni Kenshin, now Bastard. What's next? Berserk? Vagabond? I still waithing for my Maria-sama ga miteru Remake |
| Lmao, surprised to see that Bastard get a new adaptation. But since Liden is adapting the manga it will prob be shit, but the staff seems alright tho. Arms, Passione, or TNK would’ve been a better choice imo. |
| I remember playing the SFC and the PS1 game based off this series a long time ago. I'll give this a chance. |
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| Damn, this looks great, but the Studio in charge. Hmmm...not promising. |
| This decade will see many old series getting received or finally getting anime. Hope most of them are turn out to be good. |
| Nice, waiting for more old series to get their adaptation in the future though some of them are impossible to be animated. |
Menternor said: Damn, this looks great, but the Studio in charge. Hmmm...not promising. There is no GEMBA who did animation for CGserk. |
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| There we go, about fucking time. Surprisingly solid staff as well, that's a cherry. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| There is no way this will go through without massive censorship or budget cuts. But hey, at least it's something... maybe new chapters will be the result of this, one can hope. |
NidhoeggrFeb 5, 2022 7:14 AM
| Jojolion anime when? |
| I am unclear if this is a reboot or remake of the "Bastard!!". If it's a remake I wonder if they going to leave out the panty laundry. As odd as it may seem this is how I remember the Anime from the 90s. I think it's the only fantasy title I ever seen where they start off a story where they have a little boy washing women's panties during an invasion. |
ColourWheelFeb 5, 2022 9:43 AM
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Mr_Srijan said: Urusei Yatsura, Rorouni Kenshin, now Bastard. What's next? Berserk? Vagabond? It's really impressive. I'm no longer able to say something like "this is unlikely to get an adaptation". |
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