The 34-year-old best seller of Shueisha Publishing House, BASTARD!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy – returns to the small screen with a new trailer. The movie is slated to premiere on Netflix on June 30.
Official Trailer BASTARD!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy
Trailer anime BASTARD!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy – was officially released on September 15. The trailer previewed the OP song “Bloody Power Frame” performed by Coldrain and also announced new actor Mami Koyama as the God of Destruction Anthrasax.
The cast includes:
Kishō Taniyama as Dark SchneiderTomori Kusunoki as Tia Noto YokoHiroki Yasumoto as GaraYōko Hikasa as Arshes NeiKanae Itō as Lucien RenlenTomokazu Sugita as AbigailKensho Ono as Kall-SuNao Tōyama as Sheila Tuel Meta-IlicanaYoshits as Sean AriShizuka Itou as Kai HarnTakehito Koyasu as Di-amon
Bastard!! follows Dark Scheneider, a legendary mage who has his soul sealed into a 14-year-old boy named Lucien for 400 years after his defeat at the hands of Prince Lars. Unknowingly awakened by the kiss of the virgin Tia Noto Yoko, with a noble mission to stop the plot to revive the Evil God Anthrasax. The story follows Lucien and his journey in turn “gaining” his old teammates. As well as the work to prevent the prophecy of Anthrasax’s awakening after the battle 400 years ago.
Takaharu Ozaki (Goblin Slayer) is the anime director at LIDEN FILMS. Yousuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) is in charge of the script for this version. Sayaka Ono (Angel and Dragon’s CROSS ANGE Rondo) is serving as the character designer. Yasunori Ebina (Naruto) is the sound director. Team-MAX’s Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippūden, Fairy Tail) is composing the music. Tilele will perform the anime’s ending theme song. The song is called “Blessless”.
Author Hagiwara launches BASTARD!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1988. Since then, the series has been serialized with irregular schedules in the magazine and then Ultra Jump starting in 2001. an indefinite hiatus since 2010. Shueisha published the manga’s 27th compiled book volume in March 2012. Currently, the series has more than 30 million copies in circulation, is one of the best-selling franchises of Shueisha Publishing House.
BASTARD!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy was once an anime adaptation in the form of 8 OVA episodes in 1992-1993 under the release of Geneon Entertainment (Pioneer). However, for some reason, the final two episodes were not produced, leaving an incomplete anime series.
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