BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- Anime Unleashes Main Visual

It’s officially the month of Dark Schneider’s grand return to anime form, nearly thirty years after his first and only appearance in a 1990s OVA series, and he’s already casting a captivating spell in the newly unveiled main visual for BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-.

Based on the 1988 manga by Kazushi Hagiwara, BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- is being directed by Takaharu Ozaki (GOBLIN SLAYER) at studio LIDEN FILMS, with series composition by Yosuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia), character designs by Sayaka Ono (Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon), and music by Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippuden).

The Kingdom of Metallicana on the Central Metallion Continent is assaulted by the sorcerer-led Dark Rebel Army.