What a title. What a title. BASTARD!! is Netflix’s new adaptation of a late-’80s manga series, fully titled BASTARD!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy, adapted into an anime show once before in the early ’90s. Set in the kingdom of Metallicana, it seems fair to describe this as Extremely Our Shit. Can horny wizard Lucien beat various dark demonic forces to save the kingdom? Dark, monstrous and extremely over the top, this 13-episode first batch of BASTARD!! is a gloriously excessive throwback, all swords and spells and scantily-cladness.
Available now on Netflix.