The Seven Deadly Sins 

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The Seven Deadly Sins

First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Elizabeth Liones (left),

Meliodas (center) and Hawk (right)

七つの大罪
(Nanatsu no Taizai)

Genre Adventure, fantasy[1]

Manga

Written by Nakaba Suzuki

Published by Kodansha
 English publisher NA

 Kodansha USA

Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine

Demographic Shōnen

Original run October 10, 2012 – March 25, 2020

Volumes 41 (List of volumes)

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The Seven Deadly Sins (Japanese: 七つの大罪, Hepburn: Nanatsu no Taizai) is a

Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It was
serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 2012 to March 2020,
with the chapters collected into 41 tankōbon volumes. Featuring a setting similar to
the European Middle Ages, the story follows a titular group of knights representing
the seven deadly sins. The manga has been licensed by Kodansha USA for English
publication in North America, while the chapters were released digitally
by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries as they were published in Japan.
A-1 Pictures adapted the series into a two season anime television series, which ran
from October 2014 to June 2018, and one theatrical film, Prisoners of the Sky. Studio
Deen produced two further seasons that ran from October 2019 to June 2021 and a
second theatrical film, Cursed by Light. Netflix acquired the exclusive English streaming
rights to the anime while Funimation licensed the home video rights to the first season.
As of March 2020, The Seven Deadly Sins had over 37 million copies in circulation. The
manga won the 39th Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2015.

Contents

 1Premise
 2Publication
o 2.1Main series
o 2.2Spin-offs
 3Media
o 3.1Anime
o 3.2Light novels
o 3.3Films
o 3.4Video games
o 3.5Other media
 4Reception
 o 4.1Popularity
o 4.2Critical response
 5References
 6External links

Premise[edit]
See also: List of The Seven Deadly Sins characters
The Seven Deadly Sins are a band of knights in the land of Britannia (ブリタニ
ア, Buritania) who had disbanded ten years earlier after being framed for plotting a coup
of the Liones Kingdom (リオネス王国, Rionesu Ōkoku), the Holy Knights who
sequestered them before taking control in the wake of a rebellion they organized.
Liones' third princess, Elizabeth Liones, finds the Seven Deadly Sins' leader, Meliodas,
before they search out his comrades so they can clear their names and liberate Liones
from the Holy Knights, who were manipulated by a demon named Fraudrin into
unsealing the Demon Race from their prison. As the Sins fight against the Ten
Commandments led by his brother Zeldris, Meliodas is revealed to be the Demon King's
cursed son whose destiny is tied to Elizabeth's.

Publication[edit]
Main series[edit]
Main article: List of The Seven Deadly Sins chapters
The Seven Deadly Sins is written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki and began with
a one-shot pilot chapter that was published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on
November 22, 2011.[3] It was serialized in the same magazine from October 10, 2012, to
March 25, 2020.[4][5] Kodansha collected its chapters into 41 individual tankōbon volumes,
released from February 15, 2013, to May 15, 2020. [6][7] Suzuki created the three-
chapter Vampire of Edinburgh (エジンバラの吸血鬼) manga that was included in limited
editions of the anime adaptation's first three home video sets in 2015. [8] A book
compiling the Vampire of Edinburgh and A Dangerous Errand (キケンなお使い) side
stories, and the pilot one-shot was published on July 17, 2018 under the title The Seven
Deadly Sins: Original Sins (七つの大罪 番外編集 ＜原罪＞).[9] Suzuki mentioned that he
had plans for additional side stories that would be published after the main series
finished.[10] Hajimari wo Sasou Ame no Mori (七つの大罪 はじまりを誘う雨の森), a one-
shot following Ban's son, was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 5,
2020.[11] In January 2021, Suzuki began Four Knights of the Apocalypse as a sequel
to The Seven Deadly Sins.[12]
In 2013, The Seven Deadly Sins was licensed for English language release in North
America by Kodansha USA.[13] They published the first volume on March 11, 2014, and
the 41st and final volume on January 26, 2021. [14][15] As the manga was serialized in
Japan, it was released simultaneously in English digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170
countries.[16][17] Kodansha USA published the Original Sins book on October 26, 2021,
and began re-releasing The Seven Deadly Sins in an omnibus format that compiles
three of the original volumes into one on February 1, 2022. [18][19]
Spin-offs[edit]
Main article: List of The Seven Deadly Sins chapters §  Spin-offs
A special issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine, published on October 19, 2013, featured a
small crossover between Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins and Hiro Mashima's Fairy
Tail, where each artist drew a yonkoma (four-panel comic) of the other's series.[20] An
actual crossover chapter between the two ran in the magazine's combined 4/5 issue of
2014, which was released on December 25, 2013. [21] Suzuki wrote a one-shot for the
November 2014 issue of the shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi, released on October 3,
2014.[22] He also created a comedic one-shot depicting how Meliodas and Hawk first met
that ran in the October 20, 2014 issue of Magazine Special.[23] From February 24 to May
10, 2015, two more spin-off manga by Nakaba were available on the smartphone and
tablet application Manga Box. Naku na, Tomo yo (泣くな 友よ, "Do Not Cry, My
Friend") is about Hendrickson and Dreyfus' younger years, while Gilthunder no
Shinjitsu (ギルサンダーの真実, "Gilthunder's Truth") is set after the Vaizel Fight Festival
arc and follows Gilthunder.[24] Suzuki created an original 40-page manga that was
distributed during screenings of the Prisoners of the Sky film.[25]
A comedic spin-off series by Juichi Yamaki, titled Mayoe! The Seven Deadly Sins
Academy! (迷え！七つの大罪学園！, Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen!) and
imagining the characters as high school students, ran in Bessatsu Shōnen
Magazine from August 9, 2014, to October 8, 2016.[26][27] It was collected into
four tankōbon volumes. The Seven Deadly Sins Production (七つの大罪プロダクショ
ン, Nanatsu no Taizai Purodakushon), a comedic spin-off by Chiemi Sakamoto that
imagines the characters as actors performing in a live-action TV show, ran in Aria from
November 28, 2015, to October 28, 2017.[28][29] It was collected into
four tankōbon volumes.
A comedic yonkoma titled The Seven Deadly Sins: King's Road to Manga (七つの大罪
キングの漫画道, Nanatsu no Taizai Kingu no Manga Michi) and written by Masataka
Ono that depicts King as an aspiring manga artist, began on February 20, 2016,
in Magazine Special before transferring to the Manga Box app on February 1, 2017, and
ending later that year.[30][31] Its chapters were collected into three tankōbon volumes. Yō
Kokukuji's The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days ~The Thief and the Holy Girl~, a manga
adaptation of Mamoru Iwasa's novel The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days, was
serialized in Shōnen Magazine Edge from January 17 to September 2017 and shows
how Ban and Elaine met in more detail.[32]

Media[edit]
Anime[edit]
See also: List of The Seven Deadly Sins episodes
In April 2014, the 20th issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced that The Seven
Deadly Sins was being adapted into an anime television series. [33][34] The series aired
on MBS, TBS and other JNN stations from October 5, 2014, to March 29, 2015.[35][36] The
staff was revealed in the combined 36/37 issue of the year: created by A-1 Pictures,
directed by Tensai Okamura, written by Shōtarō Suga, with Keigo Sasaki providing
character designs, and Hiroyuki Sawano composing the music.[37] The show's first
opening theme song is "Netsujō no Spectrum" (熱情のスペクトラム, Netsujō no
Supekutoramu, "Spectrum of Passion") performed by Ikimono-gakari for the first twelve
episodes and the second opening theme is "Seven Deadly Sins" performed by Man with
a Mission, while the first ending theme titled "7-Seven" is a collaboration
between Flow and Granrodeo, the second ending theme from episode thirteen onwards
is "Season" the major label debut of Alisa Takigawa.[38][39]
A second anime series was confirmed on September 27, 2015, to air in 2016. [40] This
turned out to be a four-week anime television special featuring an original story by
Nakaba Suzuki, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War (七つの大罪 聖戦の予
兆, Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi), that aired from August 28 to September 18,
2016, on MBS and TBS.[41] The special was produced by A-1 Pictures, directed
by Tomokazu Tokoro, and written by Yuniko Ayana and Yuichiro Kido, featuring
character designs by Keigo Sasaki. The music was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano and
Takafumi Wada.[42] Its opening theme song is "Classic" by the rock band Mucc and its
ending theme is "Iroasenai Hitomi" (色褪せない瞳) by Alisa Takigawa.[43] A commercial
following the final episode confirmed a second anime series has been green-lit. [44]
The first Seven Deadly Sins anime series was licensed for English release by Netflix as
its second exclusive anime, following their acquisition of Knights of Sidonia.[45] All 24
episodes were released on November 1, 2015, in both subtitled or English dub formats.
The Signs of Holy War arc, labeled as "Season 2", has also been licensed by Netflix
and was released on February 17, 2017.[46] On February 14,
2017, Funimation announced that they acquired the first anime for home video
distribution for US and Canada and released the series on Blu-ray and DVD later in the
year.[47] Part One of the first season was released on Blu-Ray on May 15, 2017, with Part
Two being released June 20 the same year.[48][49] The complete entirety of the first season
was released on August 14, 2018.[50] Madman Entertainment is importing Funimation's
release into Australia and New Zealand, with a release scheduled for January 2019. [51]
A second season, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments (七つ
の大罪 戒めの復活, Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu), was announced at the
"Nanatsu no Taizai FES" event in July 2017 and aired from January 13 to June 30,
2018. Jōji Furuta and Takao Yoshioka replaced Tensai Okamura and Shōtarō Suga as
director and series composer, respectively, while the other main staff members returned
from the first season to reprise their roles.[52] The Revival of the Commandments arc,
labeled as "Season 3", was released on October 15, 2018, on Netflix. [53] The first
opening theme song of the series titled "Howling" is a collaboration between Flow and
Granrodeo, and first ending theme song is "Beautiful" performed by Anly. The second
opening theme titled "Ame ga Furu kara, Niji ga Deru" (雨が降るから虹が出る) by Sky
Peace and second ending theme titled "Chikai" (誓い) by Sora Amamiya.
A third season, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of the Gods (七つの大罪
神々の逆鱗, Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin) aired from October 9, 2019, to
March 25, 2020, on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo.[54][55] The third season is animated
by Studio Deen with Susumu Nishizawa and Rintarō Ikeda replacing Jōji Furuta
and Takao Yoshioka as director and series composer, respectively. Hiroyuki Sawano,
Kohta Yamamoto, and Takafumi Wada are returning to reprise their roles as the music
composers.[56][57] The first opening theme song is "Rob the Frontier" by Uverworld, and the
first ending theme song is "Regeneration" by Sora Amamiya. [58] The second opening
theme song is "Delete" by Sid and the second ending theme is "Good day" by Kana
Adachi.[59]
A fourth season, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement (七つの大罪 憤怒
の審判, Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan) was slated to premiere in October 2020
on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo, with the main cast members reprising their roles. [60]
[61]
 However, it was delayed to January 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[62][63] A
special program that celebrated the "charm" of the anime TV series was released on
January 6, 2021, while the fourth season aired from January 13 to June 23, 2021. [64] The
main staff and cast members, from the previous season, reprised their roles. [65] The
opening theme is "Hikari Are" (光あれ) by Akihito Okano, while the ending theme is
"Time" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:ReoNa.[66] The second opening theme is "Eien no
Aria" (永遠の Aria, lit. "Eternal Aria") performed by Sora Amamiya,[67] while the second
ending theme is "Namely" by Uverworld.[68] The first twelve episodes of the Dragon's
Judgement arc, labeled as "Season 5" on Netflix, was released on June 28, 2021, on
the streaming service.[69] Episodes 13-24 were released globally on September 23, 2021.
[70]

Original video animation[edit]

An original video animation (OVA) titled Ban's Additional Chapter (バンの番外編, Ban
no Bangai-hen) was included with the limited edition of volume 15 of the manga,
released on June 17, 2015.[71] A second OVA composed of nine humorous shorts was
shipped with the limited edition of the sixteenth volume of the manga, released on
August 12, 2015.[72]
Light novels[edit]
Four light novels based on The Seven Deadly Sins have been published; The Seven
Deadly Sins -Gaiden- The Seven Wishes of the Royal City from Old Times (七つの大罪
―外伝―　昔日の王都　七つの願い, Nanatsu no Taizai -Gaiden- Sekijitsu no Ōto
Nanatsu no Negai) by Shuka Matsuda on December 17, 2014; The Seven Deadly Sins:
Seven Days by Mamoru Iwasa on December 26, 2014; The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven
Scars They Left Behind (七つの大罪　―外伝―　彼らが残した七つの傷跡, Nanatsu no
Taizai -Gaiden- Karera ga Nokoshita Nanatsu no Kizuato) by Shuka Matsuda on
October 16, 2015; and The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven-Colored Recollections (七つの大
罪 ―外伝― 七色の追憶, Nanatsu no Taizai -Gaiden- Nanairo no Tsuioku) by Shuka
Matsuda on October 17, 2016.[73][74][75][76] Vertical released Seven Scars They Left Behind in
North America in May 2017,[77] with Seven-Colored Recollections following in March
2018.
Films[edit]
An anime film,[78] titled The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky,
premiered in Japanese theaters on August 18, 2018. Directed by Yasuto Nishikata,
with Noriyuki Abe serving as chief director, it was written by Makoto Uezu and based on
an original story by Nakaba Suzuki. The other main staff members returned from the
anime series to reprise their roles on the film. [79]
A second anime film titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light premiered on July
2, 2021.[80][81] Takayuki Hamana directed the film at Studio Deen, with Rintarō Ikeda
writing the film's script.[82]
A two-part anime film, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (七つの大罪
怨嗟のエジンバラ), was announced during Netflix's "Festival Japan" virtual event in
November 2021. Bob Shirahata is directing, with Noriyuki Abe serving as supervising
director, and Rintarou Ikeda is writing the script. It wil be animated by Alfred
Imageworks and Marvy Jack.[83] Both parts star Meliodas' son, Tristan, and will be
released in 2022.[83]
Video games[edit]
A video game titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin (七つの大罪 真実の冤
罪, Nanatsu no Taizai Shinjitsu no Enzai) was developed by Bandai Namco
Entertainment and released for the Nintendo 3DS on February 11, 2015.[38] A game
titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia (七つの大罪 ブリタニアの旅
人, Nanatsu no Taizai: Buritania no Tabibito) was developed by Bandai Namco for
the PlayStation 4.[84] It was released in North America and Europe on February 9, 2018. [85]
[86]
 A mobile game titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross (七つの大罪 光と闇の交
戦, Nanatsu no Taizai Hikari to Yami no Gurando Kurosu) was developed
by Netmarble and released in Japan and Korea on June 4, 2019. On March 3, 2020, the
game was released globally for Android and iOS.[87] The series will also be part of the
King of Fighters game as of March 30 in collaboration with Netmarbles's franchise. In
January 2022, Netmarble announced an open-world game titled The Seven Deadly
Sins: Origin.[88] It will be released for Microsoft Windows via Steam, iOS, Android, and
consoles.[88]
Other media[edit]
An illustration collection titled Rainbow of Sin (七色の罪, Nanairo no Tsumi) and an
official fan book were both released on February 17, 2015. [89][90] A guidebook for the
anime titled Ani-Sin (アニ罪, Ani-Tsumi) was released on April 17, 2015, while a second
fan book was published on August 17, 2016.[91][92] Three character guidebooks each
focusing on a different couple from The Seven Deadly Sins have been released;
Meliodas and Elizabeth on October 17, 2016, Ban and Elaine on July 14, 2017, and
King and Diane on November 16, 2018. [93][94][95] A book where Suzuki discusses the
completed series and its creation in depth was released on May 15, 2020, while a
character directory profiling over 200 characters from the manga was published on May
17, 2021.[96][97]
A stage play adaptation, The Seven Deadly Sins The Stage, was performed in August
2018.[98][99] A second stage play, The Seven Deadly Sins Stage Play: The Treacherous
Great Holy Knights (七つの大罪 The STAGE －裏切りの聖騎士長－, Nanatsu no Taizai
The Stage -Uragiri no Seikishi-chō-) was announced to be performed in June 2020,
[100]
 but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [99]

Reception[edit]
Fans cosplaying as characters from The Seven Deadly Sins at the 57th Taiwan Doujinshi Sales Conference in
2021.

Popularity[edit]
The 2014 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, which surveys people in the manga and
publishing industry, named The Seven Deadly Sins the fifth best manga series for male
readers.[101] The title was named Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga
Awards alongside Yowamushi Pedal.[102] It was also nominated for the 2014 Manga
Taishō award and as Best Youth Comic at the 42nd Angoulême International Comics
Festival in France.[103][104]
In October 2017, Netflix revealed that The Seven Deadly Sins anime was the fourth
most binge-watched show within its first 24 hours of release on their platform. [105]
Sales[edit]
As of August 2014, the collected volumes of The Seven Deadly Sins had 5 million
copies in circulation.[38] By January 2015, this number had grown to 10 million sold. [106] As
of June 2018, the series had 28 million copies in circulation, [107] and over 37 million
copies in circulation as of March 2020.[108] The first collected volume of the series sold
38,581 copies in its first week, ranking number 13 on the Oricon manga chart.[109] Its
second volume ranked 5 selling 106,829 in its first week, [110] while its third debuted at
number 4 with 135,164 copies.[111] The thirteenth volume had the manga's best debut
week to date, selling 442,492 for first place on the chart. [112] The series was the ninth
best-selling manga of 2014, with over 4.6 million copies sold that year. [113] For the first
half of 2015, The Seven Deadly Sins was the number one best-selling series. [114] It
finished the year in second place with over 10.3 million copies sold, behind only One
Piece.[115] It was the sixth best-selling of 2016, with over 5 million copies sold, and the
seventh of 2017, with close to 3.6 million copies sold. [116][117]
The North American releases of volumes two and four charted on The New York Times
Manga Best Seller list at number seven and nine respectively.[118][119]
The first DVD volume of the anime debuted at number one on Oricon's Japanese
animation DVD chart with 3,574 copies sold.[120]
With 32,762 copies sold of the five volumes released at the time, The Seven Deadly
Sins was the 30th best-selling anime of the first half of 2015. [121] The novel The Seven
Deadly Sins -Gaiden- Sekijitsu no Ōto Nanatsu no Negai was the 33rd best-selling light
novel of the first half of 2015, with 61,939 copies sold. [122]
Critical response[edit]
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network (ANN) gave the first volume a B grade,
calling the art interesting and the story a "neat take on the basic knights-in-shining-
armor." She saw influence from Akira Toriyama in Meliodas and 1970s shōjo manga in
the female characters. However, Silverman felt the art had issues with perspective and
commented that Elizabeth lacked character development. [123] Both Silverman and Danica
Davidson of Otaku USA warned that Meliodas' perverted actions towards Elizabeth,
which are used for comedic relief, could possibly be misinterpreted by some readers. [123]
[124]
 In a brief review, Jason Thompson claimed that the series follows
common shōnen manga elements, making its plot twists and dialog predictable. He did
however like the art and the series' European setting. [125]
Reviewing the first anime for ANN, Theron Martin felt that the series has a slow start
with generic shōnen action fare but the storytelling picks up significantly in the second
half. He had strong praise for the music and enjoyed the main cast and their
interactions, but not the common archetypal villains. Martin noted that the art has a
"semi-cartoonish look" that one would expect in a series that "skews a bit younger,"
but The Seven Deadly Sins' graphic violence and minimal fan service prove it's
"anything but a kiddie show."[126]

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