The special program for the Bastard!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin (Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy) anime series revealed additional cast, staff, theme song artists, and a teaser promotional video on Thursday. The new anime adapting Kazushi Hagiwara's action fantasy manga will stream in 24 episodes worldwide on Netflix in 2022.

Cast
Rushe Renren: Kanae Itou (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)
Abigail: Tomokazu Sugita (Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu)
Kall-Su: Kensho Ono (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze)
Sheila Metallicana: Nao Touyama (Granblue Fantasy The Animation)

Staff
Creature Design: Raita Sunaga (Kokkoku)
Effects Design: Tatsuo Yamada (Natsume Yuujinchou creature design)
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi) (Hanebado!)
Art Design: Barnstorm Design Labo (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou)
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara (Mugen no Juunin: Immortal)
Special Effects Supervision: Kumiko Taniguchi (Kami no Tou)
Special Effects: Ayumi Arahata (Team Taniguchi) (Sabikui Bisco)
3DCGI: Felix Film
Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu (Hataraku Saibou Black (TV))
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (editz) (Killing Bites)

Rock band Coldrain (Enen no Shouboutai) is performing the opening theme, while singer Tielle (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096) will perform the ending theme.

Takaharu Ozaki (Goblin Slayer) is helming the anime at LIDENFILMS. Yousuke Kuroda (Hellsing Ultimate) is handling the series composition and Sayaka Ono (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo) is designing the characters. Yasuharu Takanashi (Jigoku Shoujo) is composing the music.

Hagiwara originally published a one-shot in Weekly Shounen Jump in 1987 and began regular serialization the following year. The manga then ran in Weekly Shounen Jump's special quarterly edition between 1990 and 1996 and returned to the original magazine from 1997 to 2000. Ultra Jump began serializing the manga in 2001 and published the latest chapter in 2010 before the manga entered hiatus. Shueisha released the 27th volume in March 2012.

Teaser PV


Source: Press Release