The official website of the Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin (ONA) (Bastard‼ Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy) original net anime announced a second season on Monday, revealing the main cast, returning staff, a teaser promo, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime, subtitled Jigoku no Chinkonka-hen (Hell's Requiem), is set to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023.

Cast
Dark Schneider: Kishou Taniyama (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Yoko Tia Noto: Tomori Kusunoki (Chainsaw Man)
Lucien Renlen: Kanae Itou (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)
Kall-Su: Kensho Ono (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze)
Gara: Hiroki Yasumoto (One Punch Man)
Nei Arshes: Youko Hikasa (Hataraku Maou-sama!)
Abigail: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama)
Sheila Tuel Metallicana: Nao Touyama (Goblin Slayer)
Lars Ulu Metallicana: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sword Art Online)
Harn Kai: Shizuka Itou (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Joshua Belahia: Takuma Terashima (Log Horizon) NEW
Nils Sean Mifune: Show Hayami (Bleach) NEW
Yngwei Von Malmsteen: Junichi Suwabe (Black Clover) NEW
Zion Sol Vandenverg: Kouji Yusa (Fate/Apocrypha) NEW
Anthrasax: Mami Koyama (Black Lagoon)

Note: New cast involved with the anime series are denoted with the legend NEW.

Returning Staff
Director: Takaharu Ozaki (Goblin Slayer)
Series Composition: Yousuke Kuroda (Boku no Hero Academia)
Character Design: Sayaka Ono (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo)
Creature Design: Raita Sunaga (Kokkoku)
Effects Design: Tatsuo Yamada
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi) (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou)
Art Design: Barnstorm Design Labo
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara (Arslan Senki (TV))
Special Effects Supervisor: Kumiko Taniguchi (Kami no Tou)
Special Effects: Ayumi Arahata (Team Taniguchi) (Sabikui Bisco)
3DCGI: Felix Film
Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu (Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (editz) (Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Naruto)
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Team-MAX) (Tensei shitara Ken deshita)
Production: Warner Bros. Japan
Studio: LIDENFILMS

The anime series adapts Kazushi Hagiwara's action adventure manga, which originally began as 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. Bastard!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin has a cumulative 30 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

The original net anime, produced by LIDENFILMS, premiered in two parts in June 2022 and September 2022 worldwide on Netflix. A six-episode original video anime by animation studio AIC ran between August 1992 and June 1993, roughly adapting the first seven volumes. Geneon Entertainment USA distributed the anime in North America on VHS with an English dub from August 28 to December 8 in 1998 and re-released all episodes on DVD in June 2001.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in July 2001 and released the first volume in August 2002. Following the release of the 19th volume in September 2009, the company discontinued its publication.

Synopsis
The kingdom of Metallicana is under attack from the Four Lords of Havoc. This party of villains—ninja master Gara, deadly thunder empress Nei Arshes, cold and calculating Kall-Su, and enigmatic dark priest Abigail—will stop at nothing to get what they want, even if it leaves utter destruction in their wake.

High Priest Geo is desperate to help save the kingdom and its people. He unleashes the mighty wizard Dark Schneider, a man who used to be an ally of the villains. Unfortunately, Dark Schneider has his own plans in mind. Will he stop the Four Lords of Havoc or join them in their conquest of the world? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teaser PV


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Source: Comic Natalie

Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin Season 2 (ONA) on MAL