Basutado!! Ankoku no hakaishin

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...

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.

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.

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

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.