Danica Davidson
October 26, 2024 
The anime BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- premiered on Netflix in 2022. But if you want to have it on home video instead of streaming, there will soon be an option for you! Sentai Filmworks will come out with BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-’s first season on Blu-ray Disc next year. Specifically, you can mark your calendars for January 21, 2025.
There is also a second season that consists of 15 episodes, but so far there is no word on when that might make its way to Blu-ray Disc.
Kazushi Hagiwara created the original manga back in 1988, when it showed up in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. There are more than 30 million copies of the manga series out in circulation worldwide, though in America the series was only partially published by VIZ Media.
Netflix gave this description for the anime:
BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- Plot
Four hundred years since the collapse of modern civilization, the world is dominated by the chaos of swords and sorcery. The Dark Rebel Army, which plans to resurrect the god of destruction Anthrasax, continues to expand its power in a bid to rule the world, led by the overwhelmingly powerful Four Divine Kings. The Kingdom of Metallicana on the Central Metallion Continent is assaulted by the sorcerer-led Dark Rebel Army. In order to save the kingdom, Tia Noto Yoko, daughter of the Great Priest, has a decision to make — she must resurrect the ancient great wizard who once plotted to rule the world, and who is sealed within her childhood friend Lucien Renren. The only thing that can undo the seal is a virgin’s maiden kiss. Facing imminent danger, Yoko puts her lips on Lucien’s, and in that moment, a dark and powerful energy fills the air. The strongest, wildest, and most beautiful protagonist, the legendary wizard Dark Schneider, is finally revived!
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
