BASTARD‼ -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (Seasons 1–2)

BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (2022) is a Netflix dark-fantasy anime you can watch online on iFILM. Sword, sorcery and a heavy-metal streak run through it as the Kingdom of Meta-llicana stands between the world and the return of Anthrasax, the God of Destruction.

Four lords of chaos lay siege to the kingdom, so a high priest breaks the seal on Dark Schneider — a brutally powerful wizard locked for fifteen years inside the body of an ordinary boy. The problem is simple: Schneider once led those very armies, and he cares far more about revenge than about playing hero. Kisho Taniyama heads the voice cast.

Adapted from Kazushi Hagiwara's cult late-1980s manga, where characters and spells take their names from rock bands, the show piles on gore, fan service and operatic swagger. It is not for everyone, but longtime readers waited decades to see it move. Stream BASTARD!! online on iFILM.