Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy

Put it on after getting home from the boozer as something to just watch till i fell asleep and found it enjoyable enough after 13 pints of Stella and some jägers bombs. Dumb cartoon that you don't have to take to serious to enjoy.

Don't think this is a spoilers since you can see it in the trailer, so I think I'm just giving a heads up.

You learn pretty quickly (episode 1 if you've got a better trained eye than me lol, but for me episode 2 really). So as long as you know that it's basically a p*rno/h*ntai but on Netflix so major ecchi lol, you can make fun of it and just relax as it is dumb in ways, but it's entertaining enough for the time to pass. Honestly, the people making this must've had a lot of fun cause he acts so dumb, but the moments he causes, while equally so, have hilarious moments.

I found this anime awesome! Unbelievable ! Gigantic! Everyone talks about nudity, maybe for minors it's disturbing. But I know that for my boyfriend and I, as an adult, we really liked this anime! We are impatiently waiting for the sequel, can't wait for it to come out! Congratulations anyway.

Violence and nudity is not an issue. The way it's written is what I hate. Dark fantasy is supposed to be dark like Berserk, Claymore or close to Attack in Titan. This was just weird. To me it seemed tonally deaf with nudity and violence aimed at a more mature audience while the dialogue is on par with Dragon Ball Z or Samurai Pizza Cats.

Edgy good guy "I'm going to kill you for I am a mighty wizard and handsome to boot!"

Badguy: "No you won't and I will lick your virgins from head to toe, because I'm evil you see?! Muahahahaha!"

Edgy Good Guy: "Now you've done it, I'll..."

Then the minions squirt mud in awe of their master and then the protagonist when he beats their master.

The women in the harem are worried but also insecure about the other girl within aforementioned harem. Every fight that could be cool gets overly explained and becomes ridiculous, because of the overly present sidecharacters fawning.

^This doesn't happen to this extent in good Dark Fantasy Anime. There was an attempt. It failed. Better luck next time Netflix. Maybe get Ghost in the Shell 1995, the Berserk series 1997 in your library or fix Helsing's subtitles not being in French on Dutch Netflix...

I don't know if I should even like this, I'm certainly not target audience for this kind of production (or maybe I am) but I bloody love this. The writing is masterfully stupid with humor that hits you unexpectedly and frequently, accompanied with animation that's mostly top notch.

Nobody who's thirsty will protest the sexually themed animation, it all adds up to brilliantly mock male ideals and Hollywood tropes in my view, and yet, my primal brain does enjoy "Bastard!!"s great renditions of the female form - albeit idealized. Anyone who's tired of conforming to sensibilities of contemporary society, or everything else in our downspiraling world, may find some much needed stupid escapism here and I can't think of anything better than these perfect bite sizes of well animated debauchery to forget my day and bask in the glorious light of Dark Schneider - who, in my heart of hearts, I confess I wish to be.