14 recensioni
- Lady_Targaryen
- 22 giu 2006
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Anyone who doesn't have an enormous amount of respect and amusement for a story about an evil wizard/swordsman named Dark Schneider, who was killed 10 years ago and has been living in the body of a little boy ever since-- and who casts spells which seem to be named after 1980's hair bands (depending on who translated your rental copy)-- just is never going to get what "Anime" is all about.
Two animated thumbs up. I laughed, I cried, I fell out of my chair.
Anime purists may be annoyed that I didn't get every single fact or term right in that first paragraph, but while I may not be the biggest Anime freak in the world, it's just a testament to the greatness of "Bastard" that I love the thing so much, and wish more scripts-- animated or not-- could have this great a sense of humor, mixed with this amount of raw testosterone. Mm, baby.
Vote early, vote often. 10/10.
Two animated thumbs up. I laughed, I cried, I fell out of my chair.
Anime purists may be annoyed that I didn't get every single fact or term right in that first paragraph, but while I may not be the biggest Anime freak in the world, it's just a testament to the greatness of "Bastard" that I love the thing so much, and wish more scripts-- animated or not-- could have this great a sense of humor, mixed with this amount of raw testosterone. Mm, baby.
Vote early, vote often. 10/10.
Bastard is very amusing because many of names of things in the series are based loosely off of heavy metal bands. Seriously, I'm not kidding here. If you know your heavy metal bands, you'll be able to figure out when a certain band is being referred to. Example: A major attack spell is a loose adaption of the band Mega Death. There are nations named after Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. While the series is very graphic, it's not very serious at all and very funny to watch with friends.
So, uhmmm I ironically and unironically think this is the best thing that has happened to anime since the DMC anime. Go figure. Its inconsistent, full of plot-holes, C-tier production value... especially the fights. Theyr practically more talking and flexing and a few frames of something actually happening. Oh and its a harem, ofcourse its a harem. 10/10 dont sleep on this.
- aleksixdufvax
- 4 lug 2022
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- lillemorthomsen-30837
- 5 lug 2022
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This one is fresh for me - I am still impressed by the movie.
I would recommend it to every anime and fantasy fan. It may not be extremely serious and contains well placed gags and jokes, not to mention some decent hentai stuff, it's not all laughs though.
I was genuinely sad for a few moments (Arshes Nei moments,) at others I laughed like crazy. there is a lot to be said for this movie - mainly good things. The bad - not really any there except sometimes for the a bit too much powered-up main character - really, sometimes I thought that it would be much more interesting with more fair fighting. And like always - don't, repeat don't choose English dubbing, it's much more reasonable to listen to the professional and very well chosen Japanese dubbers. The spells sound much better as well.
One more thing - I had a look at the manga - in this case i think the anime and manga are well on par - both are great.
oh it was SO good a movie! wish there was much more! Highly recommended
I would recommend it to every anime and fantasy fan. It may not be extremely serious and contains well placed gags and jokes, not to mention some decent hentai stuff, it's not all laughs though.
I was genuinely sad for a few moments (Arshes Nei moments,) at others I laughed like crazy. there is a lot to be said for this movie - mainly good things. The bad - not really any there except sometimes for the a bit too much powered-up main character - really, sometimes I thought that it would be much more interesting with more fair fighting. And like always - don't, repeat don't choose English dubbing, it's much more reasonable to listen to the professional and very well chosen Japanese dubbers. The spells sound much better as well.
One more thing - I had a look at the manga - in this case i think the anime and manga are well on par - both are great.
oh it was SO good a movie! wish there was much more! Highly recommended
- loveallofme-33642
- 3 lug 2022
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Bastard!! quite frankly, is a great show period. Screw that it is anime - it is corn ball funny and very good. It sucks you into the story straight away and has you wanting to watch all 6 episodes straight.
As a side note- I never heard of this anime and only bought it because my wife and I bought the action figures for it (which kick much ass!)
If you like fanatsy, sword and sorcery type stuff this is great stuff
As a side note- I never heard of this anime and only bought it because my wife and I bought the action figures for it (which kick much ass!)
If you like fanatsy, sword and sorcery type stuff this is great stuff
- silversurfer
- 25 mar 2002
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Anyone who doesn't have an enormous amount of respect and amusement for a story about an evil wizard/swordsman named Dark Schneider, who was killed 10 years ago and has been living in the body of a little boy ever since-- and who casts spells which seem to be named after 1980's hair bands (depending on who translated your rental copy)-- just is never going to get what "Anime" is all about.
Two animated thumbs up. I laughed, I cried, I fell out of my chair.
Anime purists may be annoyed that I didn't get every single fact or term right in that first paragraph, but while I may not be the biggest Anime freak in the world, it's just a testament to the greatness of "Bastard" that I love the thing so much, and wish more scripts-- animated or not-- could have this great a sense of humor, mixed with this amount of raw testosterone. Mm, baby.
Vote early, vote often. Both the Japanese and English translation copies seem to have their own IMDB pages, so do what you gotta do. 10/10
Two animated thumbs up. I laughed, I cried, I fell out of my chair.
Anime purists may be annoyed that I didn't get every single fact or term right in that first paragraph, but while I may not be the biggest Anime freak in the world, it's just a testament to the greatness of "Bastard" that I love the thing so much, and wish more scripts-- animated or not-- could have this great a sense of humor, mixed with this amount of raw testosterone. Mm, baby.
Vote early, vote often. Both the Japanese and English translation copies seem to have their own IMDB pages, so do what you gotta do. 10/10
Yeah, it has good music - hence 2 stars.
But its overshadowed by a gratuitous amount of naked people running around in the opening credits.
And the Toxic male fantasy that women melt when you grope them is frankly disgusting.
Now addressing the anime directly. Oh my Goodness is it repetitive. They will cast a spell, and the peanut gallery will say, Look they cast that spell. The enemies will be 'evenly matched' and the peanut gallery will say, Wow, they are evenly matched. I liked this anime as a teenager. As an adult, frankly, its pretty stupid. Its one season, but even that much is a waste of time.
But its overshadowed by a gratuitous amount of naked people running around in the opening credits.
And the Toxic male fantasy that women melt when you grope them is frankly disgusting.
Now addressing the anime directly. Oh my Goodness is it repetitive. They will cast a spell, and the peanut gallery will say, Look they cast that spell. The enemies will be 'evenly matched' and the peanut gallery will say, Wow, they are evenly matched. I liked this anime as a teenager. As an adult, frankly, its pretty stupid. Its one season, but even that much is a waste of time.
- danielgriffith749-720-810697
- 7 lug 2022
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Well after seeing many Animes like Berserk, Lodoss War, Vampire Hunter D, X, and Hellsing, Bastard came as a nice surprise to me.
Actually I would say Bastard encapsulates the courage of men of Berserk, the will to fight on of Hellsing, and a nice love story of Vampire Hunter D.
I don't know why the main character has a German name (Schneider) but he is the Bastard. After Berserk's Gatsu, Dark Schneider is the perfect replacement. Ok, he has the bad habbit to get slapped in every battle, but he always stands up again, and teaches his foes the meaning of life really. In the end unifiying them to form the Return of the Heroes...
Great Great Anime, see it at all cost
Also has some great funny scenes...
Actually I would say Bastard encapsulates the courage of men of Berserk, the will to fight on of Hellsing, and a nice love story of Vampire Hunter D.
I don't know why the main character has a German name (Schneider) but he is the Bastard. After Berserk's Gatsu, Dark Schneider is the perfect replacement. Ok, he has the bad habbit to get slapped in every battle, but he always stands up again, and teaches his foes the meaning of life really. In the end unifiying them to form the Return of the Heroes...
Great Great Anime, see it at all cost
Also has some great funny scenes...
- Hellsinger
- 16 nov 2003
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This series was inspired by D&D and Heavy metal music.This anime adaptation is from the manga.It one of the best manga's of all time.The series is taken from 40-50 chapters of the manga.This anime is made 1992, and manga itself started in 1988 (its still a ongoing series).The characters are extremely well done.The voice acting is especially is good.This anime is a gem from the 90's.If you are a fan of Dark fantasy and post apocalyptic world this anime is for you.This anime is a mix of both.Its just 6 episodes, yet this still managed to make it excellent. The manga started in 1988, and sold over 30 million copies by the time it was 2008.Check it out for yourself. 10/10.
- animevillain
- 24 dic 2014
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I seriously can't believe more people haven't seen this anime. I seem to be the only one to have even voted for it yet. Not so good considering it's 10 years old.
This one has everything: great characters, great plot, the usual. At parts it can be a little predictable, and for a few minutes in one of the early episodes, it gets embarassingly hentai-like... But it's over real quick and the rest of the series more than makes up for it. The only other complain I have is that it ended too early, but since the producer squandered all his funds on assorted powders, all illegal, there isn't much that can be done. Someone once said that they were close to finding another producer... But that may just be a rumor.
This one has everything: great characters, great plot, the usual. At parts it can be a little predictable, and for a few minutes in one of the early episodes, it gets embarassingly hentai-like... But it's over real quick and the rest of the series more than makes up for it. The only other complain I have is that it ended too early, but since the producer squandered all his funds on assorted powders, all illegal, there isn't much that can be done. Someone once said that they were close to finding another producer... But that may just be a rumor.
This manga was actually written in the late 80s early 90s, which explains all the references to all the American hair metal bands that were popular at that time.
It was written by a Japanese artist that truly loved American Metal music culture and wrote a fictional story reflecting his escape into it. It's all original and brutally honest, Japanese style. Two sorely missed attributes to movies and tv shows that really ticks off insecure people today. If you don't understand the genre or even respect the age of American Hair Metal, then you will probably be offended. I applaud Netflix for airing it.
I've read a few user reviews where some people think it's just more Japanese smut, but it's got way more depth than that. Yes, beautiful women really did fight over hair metal musicians 30 years ago, and no, it wasn't considered sexist or detrimental to the feminist movement at the time. In fact, women used to be attracted to men and weren't afraid to admit it publicly. It's a fitting manga-style testament to a bygone era when MTV actually had music videos of something other than Hip Hop dancers rear-ends and poorly scripted reality shows.
It was written by a Japanese artist that truly loved American Metal music culture and wrote a fictional story reflecting his escape into it. It's all original and brutally honest, Japanese style. Two sorely missed attributes to movies and tv shows that really ticks off insecure people today. If you don't understand the genre or even respect the age of American Hair Metal, then you will probably be offended. I applaud Netflix for airing it.
I've read a few user reviews where some people think it's just more Japanese smut, but it's got way more depth than that. Yes, beautiful women really did fight over hair metal musicians 30 years ago, and no, it wasn't considered sexist or detrimental to the feminist movement at the time. In fact, women used to be attracted to men and weren't afraid to admit it publicly. It's a fitting manga-style testament to a bygone era when MTV actually had music videos of something other than Hip Hop dancers rear-ends and poorly scripted reality shows.