Broadcasting begins January 2, 2024! Winter Anime "BASTARD! -God of Destruction in the Dark" 2nd season episodes 1,2,3 synopsis & scene photos revealed!

The second season of the anime "BASTARD‼ -Destroying God of Darkness-" will start airing on BS11 and ABEMA on January 2, 2024 (Tuesday). The first season of the series will be aired free of charge on December 29 (Fri.) and 30 (Sat.), 2023 on ABEMA.

The fantasy battle work "BASTARD! -The God of Destruction". It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since the 1980s and gained popularity for its depiction of spell chanting and erotic scenes.

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The manga "BASTARD!!!" by Kazushi Hagiwara, serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), has sold over 30 million copies in total. -The first 24 episodes will be available on Netflix in 2022, and the second season, "Jigoku no Chinkyokuhen" (Requiem for Hell) episodes 1-15 will be available worldwide in 2023! The second season, "Jigoku no Chinkensha Hen" will finally be broadcast on BS11 and ABEMA from January 2, 2024 (Tuesday).

ABEMA will also broadcast all episodes of the first season free of charge on December 29 (Sat.) and 30 (Sun.), 2023.

The first 90-minute special will begin at 24:00 on January 2, 2024 (Tuesday), with the first three episodes airing consecutively, so don't forget to check it out.
Note that the airing time is different from the usual time.
The fourth and subsequent episodes will be broadcast every Tuesday from 25:00 on January 9 (Tue.), one episode at a time.

Broadcast information for the second season

■BS11 & ABEMA
Broadcasting will begin on January 2 (Tue.), 2024 from 24:00! The first 90-minute special of three consecutive episodes will be aired only for the first time!
Regularly airs one episode at a time on Tuesdays at 25:00 from January 9 (Tue.), 2024.
*Note that the broadcast time is different for the first episode only.

■ Animax
Broadcasting will begin on Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 10:00 p.m!
*Broadcast date and time are subject to change.

Distribution information

■Netflix
1st season (total 24 episodes) & 2nd season (total 15 episodes) All episodes are being distributed by Netflix!

Rental distribution of each episode

Second season will be distributed sequentially from January 31, 2024 (Wed.)

Amazon Prime Video
Google Play™ (Japanese only)
J:COM STREAM
Milplus
Music.jp
TELASA
U-NEXT
Itzcom on Demand
Cantele Doga
Bandai Channel
Video Market

The first season (24 episodes) is also available for rental on the above sites.

All episodes of the first season will be broadcast on ABEMA!

ABEMA will broadcast all episodes of the first season on December 29 (Fri.) and 30 (Sat.), 2023 for free!
This is a great opportunity to review and prepare for the second season.

<Date of distribution

December 29, 2023 (Fri.) 19:00 - 25:25 Episodes 1 - 13
Saturday, December 30, 2023 19:00 - 24:25 Episodes 14 - 24

All of them will be broadcast on "Anime Special 2 Channel".

The first 90-minute special broadcast on January 2, 2024 (Tue.) Synopsis + scene photos will be released!

Episode 1 "Rebellion
Two years have passed since the disappearance of Meta-Rikana. Two years after the disappearance of Meta-Likana, Cal-Su, the supreme king of ice "Hiking," and his close associates, the Twelve Demon Warlords, who are searching for the final seal with a plan to revive Anthrasax, the god of destruction, have taken control of 90% of the Meta-Likana continent. In the midst of this situation, the people who rebelled against Cal-Su's oppressive rule, led by the Samurai Army of the former Kingdom of A-Ian Maide, attacked the food stores of Cal-Su's army. Among them was Tia Noth Yoko...

Episode 2 "Destiny
The samurai army of the exiled A-Ian Maide rebels against the Kal-Su army in various parts of the country. Jorg, the Samurai centurion, leads his people in battle, but then MacAlpine, one of the Demon Warlords, appears. The power of the warlord, who is said to be the equivalent of an entire army, is so great that Jorg is mortally wounded. MacAlpine tries to get the location of the Samurai army from the dying Jorg, but...

■ Episode 3 "Blue Storm
The location of the Samurai's stronghold, the Buke Yashiki, is discovered through the schemes of MacAlpine, the Demon Warlord. MacAlpine, accompanied by Ba Solly, also a Demon Warlord, and an army of Sphinxes, surrounds the samurai residence. The Samurai, aware of this, lead their warriors to prepare for battle, and Yoko, with the battle of two years ago in her mind, resolves to go to the battlefield as a protector of the people.

[Film information

Anime "BASTARD! The 2nd season of "BASTARD!!! -The Dark God of Destruction-" "JIGOKU NO REQUIMCA-hen

＜Introduction to the second season of the anime "BASTARD!

Dark Schneider, the great wizard of old who once planned to rule the world. Fifteen years after he was sealed away, the world is threatened by a rebellious army of darkness that plans to resurrect Anthrasax, the god of destruction, and its invasion of the kingdom of Meta-Rikana is imminent.
In the midst of all this, the seal of Dark Schneider is broken by the magic of Tia Noth Yoko, daughter of the High Priestess.
However, after a fierce battle with Abigail, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dark Rebellion, the Kingdom of Meta-Rikana collapses. In the great explosion, all disappeared into the light and were lost.

Two years later...

One of the Four Heavenly Kings, Cal-Su, reigns as the "High King of Ice" with his overwhelming power, leading the Twelve Demon Warlords to form a large army in search of the princess Sheila, who holds the final key to the resurrection of the God of Destruction. Against this, the remnants of the A-Ian Maide Kingdom organized a rebel army led by samurai. The Samurai army clashed repeatedly with the Warlord of Magic in various places. Among the Samurai Army was Tia Noth Yoko, a survivor of the war two years earlier...
The "Hell's Requiem Arc," which was popular in the original story, the holy battle for the last seal of Anthrasax, and the battle of fate between Dark Schneider and Kal-Su, will finally be broadcast as the second season of the anime!

<Main Staff of the 2nd season

Original story: "BASTARD! The God of Destruction" by Kazushi Hagiwara (Shueisha JUMP Comics)
Director: Takaharu Ozaki
Series composition：Yosuke Kuroda
Character Design: Saka Ono
Creature Design: Raota Sunaga
Effects Design: Kisei Yamada
Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue (Kusanagi)
Art Setting：Barnstorm Design Lab
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara
Special Effects Supervisor: Kumiko Taniguchi
Special Effects: Ayumi Arahata (Team Taniguchi)
3DCGI: Felix Film
Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (editz)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Music: Koji Takanashi (Team-MAX)
Opening Theme: "NEW DAWN" coldrain
Ending theme: "La Muse perdue" Tielle
Produced by Warner Bros.
Animation Production: Raiden Film

<Main Cast of the 2nd season

Dirk Schneider: Noriaki Taniyama
Tia Note Yoko：Tomori Kusunoki
Rushe Renren: Kanae Ito
Kal-Su: Kensho Ono
Gala: Hiroki Yasumoto
Arshes Ney: Yoko Hikasa
Abigail: Tomokazu Sugita
Sheila Toel Meta-Rikana: Nao Higashiyama
Lars: Sadayuki Matsuoka
Kai Hahn: Shizuka Ito
Joshua Berahia: Takuatsu Terashima
Wei Steerbe: Taido Saka
Shen Ka: Ryuichi Kijima
Jorg Fissis: Jun Kasama
Nils Sean Mifune: Tadashi Hayami
Ingvay von Malmsteen: Junichi Suwabe
MacAlpine Toni Strauss: Jun Fukuyama
Sierra Yee Lee: Masami Seto
Zion Sol Vandenwaag:Koji Yusa
Randy Rose Stein Neubauten:Daisuke Hirakawa
Bol Gil Bol:Takahiro Fujiwara
Ba Solly: Minoru Hirota
Ida Diesna: Taisuke Nakano
Zack Walder: Tomohiro Yamaguchi
Vlad Kills: Yosuke Tadokoro
Sykes von Snow White: Atsushi Tamaru
Ross Zavos Friedrich: Wataru Komada
Seane Hari: Arie Ozawa
Dai-Amon: Takehito Koyasu
Hammett: Shomaru Saza
Mohi: Seiyu Fujiwara
Anthrasax, God of Destruction: Maomi Koyama
and others

What is "BASTARD! -What is "BASTARD‼!
BASTARD‼!!!-Black God of Destruction" is a manga written by Kazushi Hagiwara, which has sold more than 30 million copies in total. ～The following year, in 1988, the manga was serialized and quickly gained explosive popularity among both men and women alike.
The story combines royal road entertainment with a novel and magnificent setting, an overwhelming fantasy worldview, powerful battles with elements of sword and sorcery, and sexy depictions of cute heroines that might have seemed a bit extreme for a boys' magazine at the time. This work, which depicted such a fascinating story and characters with dense artwork, is also known as "the originator and gold standard of dark fantasy manga," and has influenced many fantasy works that have followed.

<Official information
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Official X (former Twitter): @bastard_PR

Original work information
Books
Volume 1 to 27 now on sale

Manga "BASTARD! -God of Dark Destruction-" digital edition now on sale!
Digital version of the manga "BASTARD! and Zeblack!
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