A few days back, Netflix confirmed thatBastardis getting an anime adaptation. Well, the streaming platform recently released the first official trailer for the upcoming anime, and here’s everything you need to know about it.
Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasyis a popular Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. So far, the mangaka has released 27 volumes of the dark fantasy manga series. The incredible story ofBastardwas adapted into Original Video Animations that came out in 1992.
Anime fans loved watching the dystopian Dungeons & Dragons-like world in the animated format. However, six-episode OVA wasn’t enough to capture the entirety ofBastard!!.
Bastard Anime Gets First Trailer
The first trailer for the upcoming adaptation was released during alive streamforBastardanime on Netflix Anime’s official YouTube channel.
The 1-minute long teaser gives us a good look at several characters that’ll appear in the anime series. Along with incredible visuals and animation, the teaser flexes some fantastic voice-overs, getting us even more excited for the anime’s release. Here you go; take a good look at the teaser yourself:
Warner Bros. Japan is producingBastard!!Anime, while LIDEN Films is working on the animation, the same studio that’s also working onTokyo Revengers.
Besides releasing the first teaser, the staff also confirmed thatBastardanime would be a two-cour series. But we’ve yet to learn about the episode count in each season.
When writing this post, we know that theanime series will release sometime in 2022 on Netflix. However, there’s still no exact release date for the project.
Nevertheless, the streaming platform will reveal more information regarding the anime series in the coming days. And we’ll update you as soon as more updates regarding the episode count or release date come out.
