{"id":54801,"date":"2023-02-07T23:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=54801"},"modified":"2024-10-16T23:04:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:04:23","slug":"asami-seto-taito-ban-join-bastard-season-2s-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/02\/07\/asami-seto-taito-ban-join-bastard-season-2s-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Asami Seto, Taito Ban Join Bastard Season 2’s Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple more new cast members have been announced for the BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-<\/i> anime’s second season. Asami Seto<\/strong> is playing Sorcerer Shogun Shella E. Lee while Taito Ban<\/strong> is playing the samurai Vai Staebe.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BASTARD!!<\/i>‘s second season, subtitled Jikoku no Chinkonka-hen<\/em> (Hell\u2019s Requiem Arc<\/em>), was announced last month<\/a> with Takuma Terashima<\/strong>, <\/span>Sho Hayami<\/strong>, Junichi Suwabe<\/strong>, and <\/span>Koji Yusa <\/span><\/strong>among the initially revealed additional cast members. They are playing Joshua Belahia, <\/span>Nils Sean Mifune, <\/span>Yngwei Von Malmsteen, and <\/span>Zion Sol Vandenverg, respectively.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9Kazushi Hagiwara\/Shueisha, BASTARD!! Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9Kazushi Hagiwara\/Shueisha, BASTARD!! Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first season of BASTARD!! <\/i>was released on Netflix in 2022 in two batches. The first 13 episodes premiered on Netflix on June 30 while the 11-episode second cour was released on September 15. The anime is based on the Shueisha-published dark fantasy manga by Kazushi Hagiwara<\/b>, which began in 1988. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viz Media describes the manga as:<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the first season, Season 2\u2019s staff includes Takaharu Ozaki<\/b> (Wave!! Let\u2019s Go Surfing!!<\/i>) with Yousuke Kuroda<\/b> (My Hero Academia<\/i>) as series composer, Sayaka Ono<\/b> (Cross Ange<\/em> Rondo of Angel and Dragon<\/em>) as character designer, Raita Sunaga<\/strong> (Hortensia Saga <\/em>co-monster designer) as creature designer, Kusanagi\u2019s Kazuhiro Inoue<\/strong> (Higurashi<\/em> no Naku Koro ni \u2014<\/i> Sotsu<\/em>) as art director, Aiko Shinohara<\/strong> (Hortensia Saga<\/em>) as color designer, Junpei Takatsu<\/strong> (Child of Kamiari Month<\/em>) as photography director, and Yasuharu Takanashi<\/b> (Talentless Nana<\/i>) as music composer. LIDENFILMS<\/strong> is again the animation production company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cast includes Kishou Taniyama<\/b> as Dark Schneider, Tomori Kusunoki<\/b> as Tia Noto Yoko, Hiroki Yasumoto<\/b> as Gara, and Youko Hikasa<\/b> as Arshes Nei. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BASTARD!! <\/i>manga begin serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump but was last serialized in Ultra Jump before entering hiatus, with 27 tankoubon volumes published as of 2012. It previously inspired a 1992 to 1993 OVA adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source:<\/strong> BASTARD!! <\/i>website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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