Netflix is adding to its anime output with a new series adaptation of Kazushi Hagiwara’s classic manga Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy, the streamer having made the announcement through its Netflix Anime social accounts with the release of a teaser poster.
Inspired by Hagiwara’s love heavy metal music and Dungeons & Dragons, Bastard!! takes place in the Kingdom of Metallicana and follows Dark Schneider, a chaotic and powerful wizard whose soul is sealed within the body of a 14-year-old boy and finds himself unleashed to protect the realm against the Four Lords of Havoc and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax.
Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy was previously adapted as a six-episode OVA series back in 1992. Netflix’s new version is being produced by Warner Bros. Japan and anime studio Liden Films (Tokyo Revengers), with Takaharu Ozaki (Goblin Slayer) directing.
Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy will premiere on Netflix later this year.
