'' Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy'' is a Japanese

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(ONA) series based on

Kazushi Hagiwara is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga '' Bastard!!''. Biography He originally began as an assistant to hentai manga artist Dirty Matsumoto, and then as an assistant to manga artist Izumi Matsumoto in the production of '' ...

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series of the same name. The series, produced by

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, was announced in February 2022. The 24-episode ONA is directed by Takaharu Ozaki, with scripts written by

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, character designs by Sayaka Ono, and music composed by

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. The first 13 episodes were released worldwide on

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on June 30, 2022, while the remaining 11 episodes were released on September 15 of the same year. The opening theme is "Bloody Power Fame" by

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, while the ending theme is "Blessless" by Tielle. In Japan, the ONA series began a televised broadcast on BS11 on January 11, 2023. A second season was announced in January 2023. It premiered on Netflix on July 31, 2023, and consists of 15 episodes. The opening theme is "New Dawn" by Coldrain, while the ending theme is "La Muse Perdue" by Tielle. The second season start broadcast on BS11 and other networks on January 3, 2024; the first three episodes aired as a 90-minute special.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1 (2022)

Season 2 (2023)

Notes

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Bastard!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazushi Hagiwara. It began its serialization in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in 1988, after debuting with a pilot one-shot in that magazine in 1987, and has co ...

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