Warner Bros. Japan has announced that the new anime of Kazushi Hagiwara’s BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- manga will get a second season that will premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023. The new anime is titled Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- Requiem of Hell Arc.

The anime’s first part, consisting of the first 13 episodes, debuted worldwide on Netflix on June 30, 2022. The second part featuring Episodes 14-24 premiered on Netflix on September 15, 2022.

The story of Bastard!! is described as:

In a post apocalyptic world of heavy metal fantasy, the only thing able to save humans from orcs, lizard men, and other monsters is something even MORE evil. Sealed within a 14-year-old boy, the chaotic wizard Dark Schneider is unleashed to fight four mighty generals and their plot to resurrect the evil god Anslasax.

Source: ANN