• Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    30/06/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Anime, Fantasy

  • Cast

    Mami Koyama, Kensho Ono, Tomori Kusunoki, Takehito Koyasu, Kisho Taniyama, Kanae Ito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Ari Ozawa, Shizuka Ito, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yoko Hikasa, Nao Toyama

TV Show

Bastard‼ -heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-

sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    30/06/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Anime, Fantasy

  • Cast

    Mami Koyama, Kensho Ono, Tomori Kusunoki, Takehito Koyasu, Kisho Taniyama, Kanae Ito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Ari Ozawa, Shizuka Ito, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yoko Hikasa, Nao Toyama

These ratings reflect the overall classification of the season, and not classifications for individual episodes.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature apocalyptic battles with burning buildings and people on fire; there are sword fights and fantasy violence with magic powers resulting in large blood spurts, bloody injuries, pools of blood, and fantastical gore including disemboweled monsters.
additional issues
Some shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters; there are several verbal references to virginity. The story features monsters, fantastical creatures and demonic entities. There is also moderate bad language ('son of a bitch’) and mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap'); other milder terms include 'hell' and 'butt'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
28/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses, as well as fantastical gore. In one fantasy scene a person bloodily cuts himself in order to awaken a demon.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. There are dialogue references to virginity and use of the term ‘creep’.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is also infrequent strong language ('f**k') and mild bad language ('ass', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'frig', 'crap'); even milder terms include 'hell' and 'damn'.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with burning buildings and people on fire; there are sword fights and fantasy violence with magic powers resulting in large blood spurts, bloody injuries, pools of blood and fantastical gore, including disemboweled monsters.
additional issues
Some shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters; there are several verbal references to virginity. The story features monsters, fantastical creatures and demonic entities. There is also moderate bad language ('son of a bitch’) and mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap'); other milder terms include 'hell' and 'butt'. A scene features buttock nudity.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence, sexual threat, nudity
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are stabbed or slashed with blades, resulting in spurts of blood and sight of a severed arm.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A kidnapped woman is restrained with her wrists tied above her head as a villain repeatedly lifts her nightdress, revealing her underwear, and threatens to have 'fun' with her. In another scene a woman kisses a young boy lightly on the mouth as part of a spell.
nudity
There is infrequent sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include occasional visual focus on female characters’ cleavage.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A sustained sequence features a restrained and naked being woman tormented by her captor. Although the presentation is fantastical, there is an emphasis on her nudity.
additional issues
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring masked nudity. There are references to group sex and virginity as well as the use of the term ‘horny’. Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, and fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses in pools of blood, as well as fantastical gore. The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is also moderate bad language ('son of a bitch’) and mild bad language ('asshole', 'bastard', 'shit'); milder terms include 'damn'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence references, strong sexualised images
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are sexualised images of naked women and men, as well as BDSM bondage imagery.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A villain graphically describes sexually assaulting a captive. In other scenes a naked woman is held captive by a sexually threatened male.
additional issues
Strong bloody violence includes severed limbs and an energy blast that obliterates a man's arm in a spray of blood.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong sex, sexual assault
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Sex scenes include sexualised nudity and implied masturbation. A flashback scene depicts a harem of bare-breasted women.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman during a sustained sequence.
additional issues
There are slashings and stabbings using bladed weapons, resulting in large blood spurts. A fantastical creature devours a person. Moderate bad language (‘bitch’) is accompanied by milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘bastard’, ‘hell’ and ‘damn’.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong sex references, violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Blood spurts result from impressionistic blade violence.
sex
There is suggestive sexualised posing, and focus on the bodies of female characters, who are seen with partial breast and buttock nudity at times.
additional issues
A man briefly sexually threatens a female enemy he has overpowered. Moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') is used, as are milder terms such as 'bastard', 'ass' and 'damn'. There are infrequent verbal references to male genitals. A man behaves in a sexist manner. People are threatened by fantastical monsters.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, and fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses in pools of blood, as well as fantastical gore.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. There are multiple references to virginity.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as werewolf and vampire attacks, as well as other fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'ass'); other milder terms include 'hell'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are slashed with swords, accompanied by large and emphasised blood spurts.
injury detail
Scenes include a bisected corpse lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
A man briefly subjects a young woman to unwanted sexual touching. This is implicitly condemned at the time, and the man's behaviour is also subsequently verbally challenged. There is brief undetailed natural nudity. Mild bad language ('bastard') occurs, as well as milder terms (God', 'damn').
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, strong sexual images
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Strong sexual images include sexualised nudity, implied group sex and oral sex, without graphic detail. A man sniffs the clothing being worn by a teenage female character and tells her he can smell that she is a virgin, and that it stimulates him.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man makes uninvited sexual advances on two women, fondling the breasts of one woman under her clothing and pinning the other on a bed where he strokes her breasts and thigh. Both women initially protest his actions, but their responses become ambiguous as they seem to submit to him
additional issues
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'ass', 'shit', 'bastard' and 'frigging'. There is occasional sight of stylised bloodshed and injury detail. A man is threatened briefly with a sword, and there is infrequent mild violence in battles with fantastical creatures.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn').
sexual violence, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are strong visual sex references, including focus on the body of an impressionistically nude woman.
injury detail
Blood spurts erupt from people's bodies as a result of fantastical harm caused.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
An impressionistic slash with a sword causes blood to be seen hanging in the air, however this is fleeting. A man is seen groping a woman's bottom in a flashback scene. There is use of moderate bad language ('son of a bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'asshole' and 'damn'. A woman recalls facing discrimination as a child. There are brief scary moments featuring monsters.
sexual violence, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses in pools of blood, as well as fantastical gore.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as zombies as well as other fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is very mild bad language ('damn').
sexual violence, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries, corpses in pools of blood, and fantastical gore.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. Bedroom scenes feature kissing and sexualised nudity; there are dialogue references to virginity.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is also mild bad language ('bastard'); milder terms include 'damn' and 'butt'.
sexual violence, injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Fight scenes include large blood spurts.
additional issues
Moderate injury detail includes blood on a person's face. Moderate sex references include those which refer to a man as a 'horndog'. Moderate bad language ('bitch') occurs, as well as milder terms ('piss', 'bastard', 'crap', 'damn', 'hell', 'God'). There is mild threat involving fantastical creatures, and there is also brief undetailed non-sexual nudity.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
An arm is severed in a fight scene, followed by close-up sight of the bloodstained limb.
injury detail
Scenes include severed limbs and heads, with accompanying bloody detail.
additional issues
A man licks a woman's face and make sexually inappropriate comments. However, his behaviour and words are immediately challenged. Mild bad language occurs ('bastard', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell'). There is also mild threat, as well as scenes of non-sexual nudity.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, strong injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
24/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody slashings and stabbings, as well as sequences of fantastical violence involving supernatural powers.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man grabs a woman, fondling her breasts, licking her neck and, it is implied, masturbating her beneath her clothing; although this advance is initially uninvited, the woman later indicates consent for this behaviour.
injury detail
A man's bloody eye gouge wounds are shown and there is sight of bloody detail in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is a sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. Demonic figures menace characters through supernatural means. A man dismisses a concerned woman by suggesting she is menstruating. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'asshole', 'balls', 'bastard') as well as milder terms such as 'screw', 'butt', 'damn' and 'hell'. Brief verbal references are made to suicide.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses in pools of blood, as well as fantastical gore.
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. There is use of the term ‘pervert’.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap'); milder terms include 'jerk', 'freaking' and 'hell'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong bloody violence, nudity, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
17/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are slashed with blades or impaled, creating spurts of blood. A fantastical being is disintegrated by a blast of fire, and another person vomits blood after being attacked with magical electricity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a comic scene, a man publicly gropes a woman and ignores her when she tells him to stop.
nudity
There is occasional sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Camera movements, angles, and close-up shots emphasize the physical attributes of the characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. There is use of the term ‘mistress’.
additional issues
Action sequences feature fights scenes and battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. The opening credits contain shots with sword fighting with some blood spurts. The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is moderate bad language ('cock', 'dick') and mild bad language ('asshole', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'crap'); milder terms include 'damn'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence, injury detail, sexual assault
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include those in which limbs are severed, accompanied by large blood spurts.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man gropes a woman; however, his actions are immediately challenged.
injury detail
Scenes include severed limbs and a man lying in a large pool of blood.
additional issues
Moderate bad language ('dick') occurs, as well as milder terms ('piss', 'bastard', 'God', 'hell', 'moron'). There are scenes of moderate threat. Undetailed natural nudity occurs.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong injury detail, sex references, nudity, sexual threat
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Crude sexual references feature occasionally, including those to virginity and those which use 'f**k' in the sexual sense.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A brief flashback depicts a man licking and groping a young woman; his behaviour is clearly condemned.
injury detail
A character's limbs and legs are severed, resulting in blood gushing from his body in several scenes.
nudity
There is female breast and buttock nudity. Male buttock nudity also features.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms ('crap', 'damn', 'freaking', 'jerk'). Scenes of violence are moderate, featuring impactful magical spells and use of bladed weapons. Characters flee from falling debris.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexualised images, nudity, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action sequences feature fight scenes and battles with swords and other weapons, as well as fantasy violence with magic powers, energy blasts and explosions. There are large blood spurts, bloody injuries and corpses in pools of blood, as well as fantastical gore including severed limbs and disembowelled bodies.
sex
There is sexualised emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters with multiple shots featuring nudity and masked nudity. There are dialogue references to virginity.
additional issues
The story features horror elements such as monsters, fantasy creatures and demonic entities. There is moderate bad language ('dick') and mild bad language ('crap', 'frig'); other milder terms include 'hell'.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong violence
Classified Date:
21/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include those in which characters are stabbed and impaled, accompanied by large blood spurts.
additional issues
A man briefly gropes a young woman; however, is behaviour is immediately challenged. Moderate bad language ('dickhead', 'prick', 'boner') occurs, as well as milder terms ('bastard', 'Jesus', 'damn'). Moderate sex references include those relating to taking a person's virginity. Moderate injury detail includes sight of bloodstained characters. There are scenes of mild fantastical threat. There is brief undetailed non-sexual nudity.
sexual violence, sex
Classified Date:
29/06/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
These ratings reflect the overall classification of the season, and not classifications for individual episodes.
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence, injury detail, sex, violence
Classified Date:
30/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.

  • Classified date

    29/06/2022

  • Distributor

    NETFLIX, INC

  • Language

    ja