Bastard Anime New Project Revealed With Key Visual

Heavy metal and dark fantasy manga Bounder!! is coming back with a new anime project.

Bounder!! Destructive God of Darkness was beginning released in Shonen Jump in 1988 by Kazushi Hagiwara, a mangaka who was most notably the banana of the late Izumi Matsumoto (Kimagure Orangish Route). Bastard became famous for its references to heavy metal, its fierce and sultry atmosphere, and its anti-hero Dark Schneider.

The Bastard manga was pop enough to get a series of OVA adaptations in the early on '90s. At that place were some game adaptations too, every bit some of y'all might remember that weird Bastard 3D fighting game on Super Nintendo. The gameplay was really bad but the game itself looked incredible with its usage of Manner seven.

Nearly older anime fans have seen the Bastard OVAs on VHS, and it'southward pretty heady to know information technology's coming back with a new anime projection.

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As shared past anime and manga leaker Sugoi Light on Twitter, a new Bounder anime project is in the works, with a new cardinal visual revealed. Part of the main cast was revealed too, with:

Kisho Taniyama, as well known as Kishow, the vocalist of Anison rock band GRANRODEO. He'due south besides a popular seiyuu who voiced Kitan in Gurren Lagann, Saten in Needless, Jean in Attack on Titan.
Tomori Kusunoki, a new seiyuu who most notably voiced Llenn, the protagonist of Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online.
Hiroki Yasumoto, seiyuu of Sado in Bleach, Agil in SAO, Christophe Giacometti in Yuri on Ice, Weiss in NieR.
Yoko Hikasa, seiyuu of Mio in K-on, Kyoko in Danganronpa, Rias in High School DxD, Satan in Umineko, Katia in Super Robot Wars OG.

This main cast is pretty interesting as they're all veterans from the tardily 90s or the 2000s, except for Tomori Kusunoki who only debuted in 2022. You tin notice the first primal visual for Bounder!!: Heavy Metal, Nighttime Fantasy below, featuring protagonist Dark Schneider and main character Tia Noto Yoko.

The new Bounder anime project will be officially announced presently every bit a domain for the anime was as well registered.

We're currently in an era where pretty much everything is getting a remake, reboot, sequel, or a new project. But I certainly didn't expect Bastard would be next. Did you guys watch the OVAs on VHS dorsum in the mean solar day? Tell me in the comments below!

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Iyane Agossah

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Living nearly Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is the caput of Japanese content at DualShockers. He speaks Japanese, has been watching anime for over 25 years, and plays Genshin Impact mainly for its story. You can reach him on Twitter at @A_iyane07.