Warner Bros. Japan has announced that the highly-anticipated second season of the anime adaptation of Kazushi Hagiwara’s BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- manga will be premiering on Netflix worldwide in 2023.
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The new season, titled Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin: Jigoku no Chinkonka-hen (BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- Requiem of Hell Arc), will be a continuation of the first season, which was released on Netflix in two parts – the first 13 episodes premiered on June 30th and the second part, featuring episodes 14-24, was released on September 15th.
- Takuma Terashima as Joshua Berahia
- Junichi Suwabe as Yngwei von Mattström
- Koji Yusa as Zion Sol Vanderverg
- Sho Hayami as Nils John Mifune
BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- is a popular manga series that was first serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1988. The series has had irregular serialization in the magazine and later in Ultra Jump starting in 2001.
To date, the manga has over 30 million copies in circulation and has been released in English by Viz Media, although the company stopped publishing the series with the 19th volume and cancelled the release of the 20th volume in English.
The manga has also inspired a six-episode original video anime (OVA) that was released on home video by Geneon Entertainment (also known as Pioneer) in 1992-1993. Fans of the series have been eagerly awaiting the second season of the anime adaptation, and now they can look forward to its premiere on Netflix in 2023.
Source – Press Release via ANN
