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_Bastard!!_ (1992) is a series of 8 OVAs, but only 6 were produced.

The manga currently has 27 Volumes and is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-
selling manga series selling more than 30 million copies.
[Ref.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard%E2%80%BC)

If the manga was so popular, how come the final two OVAs never got animated!?

![Cover Art](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vM1qB.jpg)


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What happened to the last two Bastard!! OVAs?


It appears that _Bastard!!_ was discontinued due to issues with someone in
charge of the series, and there was not enough interest or commitment to
reviving it later on. According to
[AnimeNewsNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=519&page=22):

> Bastard!! was suppose _[sic]_ to be eight episodes, but the creator was
> arrested during the making of the seventh episodes _[sic]_ and was never
> continued.

I found this statement mirrored by some fan reviewers and forum threads, but
unfortunately it does not seem that there are many reputable sources
confirming it. This is partly because I was not able to track down who they
referred to as the creator (since they are not referring to [Kazushi
Hagiwara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazushi_Hagiwara), the manga's
creator), and partly because the internet doesn't always have particularly
good information on lesser-known events from the early 1990s.

However, I did find out that screenplay writer Hiroshi
Yamaguchi[[ja.wikipedia]](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3%E5%AE%8F_\(%E8%84%9A%E6%9C%AC%E5%AE%B6\))
retired some of his roles, including his role on the production committee, in
1992 (the year the _Bastard!!_ OVAs were produced) and went to work with a
smaller group before going independent in 2001. This may have contributed to
the cancellation as well.

Lastly, based on reviews and threads talking about the OVAs, it seems they are
not as in-depth and were never as popular as the manga. This may have been a
contributing factor to the decision not to resume it with a more willing crew.


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