The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)

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The Seven Deadly Sins

First volume of The Seven Deadly Sins, released in Japan by Kodansha on

February 15, 2013.

(Nanatsu no Taizai)

Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Manga

Written by Nakaba Suzuki

Published by Kodansha

English publisher NA

Kodansha Comics USA

Crunchyroll (digital)
Demographic Shnen

Magazine Weekly Shnen Magazine

Original run October 10, 2012 present

Volumes 28 (List of volumes)

Manga

Mayoe! The Seven Deadly Sins Academy!

Written by Juichi Yamaki

Published by Kodansha

Demographic Shnen

Magazine Bessatsu Shnen Magazine

Original run August 9, 2014 October 8, 2016

Volumes 4 (List of volumes)

Anime television series

Directed by Tensai Okamura

Takeshi Furuta (season 2)

Written by Shtar Suga

Takao Yoshioka (season 2)

Music by Hiroyuki Sawano (seasons 1-2)

Takafumi Wada (seasons 1-2)

Kohta Yamamoto (season 2)

Studio A-1 Pictures

Licensed by Netflix (streaming rights)

NA

Funimation (home video rights)

Original network JNN (MBS)

English network SEA

Animax Asia

Original run October 5, 2014 present

Episodes 24 + 2 OVA (List of episodes)

Anime television series

The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War

Directed by Tomokazu Tokoro

Nakaba Suzuki
Written by
Yuniko Ayana

Yuichiro Kido

Music by Hiroyuki Sawano

Takafumi Wada

Studio A-1 Pictures

Licensed by Netflix (streaming rights)

Original network JNN (MBS, TBS)

English network SEA

Animax Asia

Original run August 28, 2016 September 18, 2016

Episodes 4 (List of episodes)

Anime film

Studio A-1 Pictures

 Released 2018

Anime and Manga portal

The Seven Deadly Sins (Japanese: Hepburn: Nanatsu no Taizai) is a

Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It has been serialized
in Kodansha's Weekly Shnen Magazine since October 2012, with the chapters collected into
twenty-eight tankbon volumes as of October 17, 2017. The manga features a setting similar to
the European Middle Ages, with its titular group of knights representing the seven deadly sins.
As of January 2015, The Seven Deadly Sins had sold over 10 million copies. It was adapted into
a 24-episode anime television series by A-1 Pictures that aired from October 2014 to March
2015. The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics USA for English publication in North
America, while the chapters are released digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries as they
are published in Japan. Netflix acquired the exclusive English streaming rights for the anime
series while Funimation currently have the home video rights. A second season of the anime
series is scheduled to air on January 6, 2018. An anime film is scheduled to premiere in 2018.

Contents
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1Plot
2Media
o 2.1Manga
o 2.2Anime
o 2.3Other media
3Reception
4References
5External links

Plot[edit]
See also: List of The Seven Deadly Sins characters
The Seven Deadly Sins were once an active group of knights in the region of Britannia (
Buritania), who disbanded after they supposedly plotted to overthrow the Liones Kingdom (
Rionesu koku). Their supposed defeat came at the hands of the Holy Knights, but
rumors continued to persist that they were still alive. Ten years later, the Holy Knights staged a
coup d'tat and captured the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. The third
princess, Elizabeth, then starts out on a journey to find the Seven Deadly Sins and enlist their
help in taking back the kingdom.

Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Main article: List of The Seven Deadly Sins chapters
Written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki, The Seven Deadly Sins began as a one-shot pilot
chapter published on November 22, 2011 in Weekly Shnen Magazine's 52 issue of the
year.[1] The manga started serialization in the magazine's 45 issue of 2012, released on October
10, 2012. The chapters have been collected into 28 tankbon volumes as of October 17,
2017.[2] The first of three planned story arcs was completed with chapter 100 and Suzuki has
projected that the series will run for 20 to 30 volumes.[3]
A special issue of Weekly Shnen Magazine, published on October 19, 2013, featured a small
crossover between The Seven Deadly Sins and Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail, where each artist
drew a yonkoma (four-panel comic) of the other's series.[4] 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.[5] A comedic spinoff series by Juichi Yamaki, titled Mayoe! The Seven Deadly Sins
Academy! ( Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen!) and imagining the
characters as high school students, ran from Bessatsu Shnen Magazine's September issue on
August 9, 2014 to its November issue on October 8, 2016.[6][7] It was collected into
four tankbon volumes between February 17, 2015 and November 17, 2016.[8]
Nakaba himself wrote a one-shot for the November 2014 issue of
the shjo manga magazine Nakayoshi, released on October 3, 2014.[9] 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.[10] 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 ( , "Do Not Cry, My Friend") is about Hendrickson and Dreyfus' younger years,
while Gilthunder no Shinjitsu (, "Gilthunder's Truth") is set after the Vaizel
Fight Festival arc and follows Gilthunder.[11] The Seven Deadly Sins Production (
Nanatsu no Taizai Purodakushon), a comedic spin-off by Chiemi Sakamoto that
imagines the characters as actors performing in a live-action TV show, began in the January
2016 issue of Ariaon November 28, 2015.[12] A comedic yonkoma titled The Seven Deadly Sins:
King's Road to Manga ( 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.[13][14] A manga adaptation of Mamoru Iwasa's novel Seven Days began in the February
2017 issue of Shnen Magazine Edge on January 17, 2017. It is illustrated by Y Kokukuji,
titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days ~The Thief and the Holy Girl~ (
Nanatsu no Taizai: Seven Days ~Tzoku to Seishjo~) and shows how
Ban and Elaine met in more detail.[15]
The series is licensed for English language release in North America by Kodansha Comics USA,
who published the first volume on March 11, 2014.[16][17] As the series is published in Japan, it is
also released simultaneously in English digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries.[18][19]
Anime[edit]
See also: List of The Seven Deadly Sins episodes
In April 2014, the 20th issue of Weekly Shnen Magazine announced that The Seven Deadly
Sins was being adapted into an anime television series.[20][21] The series debuted on MBS and
other Japan News Network stations on October 5, 2014.[22][23] The staff was revealed in the
combined 36/37 issue of the year: created by A-1 Pictures, directed by Tensai Okamura, written
by Shtar Suga (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne), with Keigo Sasaki (Blue Exorcist) providing
character designs and Hiroyuki Sawano composing the music.[24] The show's first opening theme
song is "Netsuj no Spectrum" ( Netsuj 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.[25][26]
An original video animation (OVA) titled "Ban's Additional Chapter" ( Ban no
Bangai-hen) was included with the limited edition of volume 15 of the manga, released on June
17, 2015.[27] 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.[28]
A second anime series was confirmed on September 27, 2015 to air in 2016.[29] 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 ( Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no
Shirushi), that began airing on August 28, 2016 on MBS and TBS.[30] 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.[31] Its opening theme song is "Classic" by the rock band Mucc and its ending
theme is "Iroasenai Hitomi" () by Alisa Takigawa.[32] A commercial following the final
episode confirmed a second anime series has been green-lit.[33]
The first The Seven Deadly Sins anime series was licensed for English release by Netflix as its
second exclusive anime, following their acquisition of Knights of Sidonia.[34] All 24 episodes were
released on November 1, 2015 in both subtitled or English dub formats. The television special,
labeled as "Season 2", has also been licensed by Netflix and was released on February 17,
2017.[35] On February 14, 2017, Funimation announced that they acquired the first anime for
home video distribution for US and Canada and will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD later
this year.[36]
A second season, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments (
Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu), was announced at the "Nanatsu no Taizai
FES" event in July 2017 and is scheduled to air in January 2018. Takeshi Furuta and Takao
Yoshioka are replacing Tensai Okamura and Shtar Suga as director and series composer,
respectively, while the other main staff members are returning from the first season to reprise
their roles.[37] An anime film was also announced at the event for a Q3 2018 debut.[38]
Other media[edit]
Three 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 (
Nanatsu no Taizai -Gaiden- Sekijitsu no to Nanatsu no Negai) by Shuka
Matsuda on December 17, 2014; The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days (
Nanatsu no Taizai Sebun Deizu) by Mamoru Iwasa on December 26, 2014; and The Seven
Deadly Sins -Gaiden- The Seven Scars Left Behind (
Nanatsu no Taizai -Gaiden- Karera ga Nokoshita Nanatsu no Kizuato) by Shuka Matsuda
on October 16, 2015.[39][40][41] Vertical plans to release The Seven Scars Left Behind in North
America in May 2017.[42]
An illustration collection titled Rainbow of Sin ( Nanairo no Tsumi) and an official fan
book were both released on February 17, 2015,[43][44] while a guidebook for the anime called Ani-
Sin ( Ani-Tsumi) was released on April 17, 2015.[45]
A video game titled Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin ( Nanatsu no Taizai
Shinjitsu no Enzai) was developed by Bandai Namco Games and released for the Nintendo
3DS on February 11, 2015.[25]
A video game titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia (Nanatsu no Taizai: Britannia
no Tabibito) is being developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment and will be released on
the PlayStation 4.[46] It will release in North America and Europe in 2018.[47][48]

Reception[edit]
As of August 2014, the collected volumes of The Seven Deadly Sins had 5 million copies in
circulation.[25] By January 2015, this number had grown to 10 million sold.[49] The first collected
volume of the series sold 38,581 copies in its first week, ranking number 13 on the Oricon manga
chart.[50] Its second volume ranked 5 selling 106,829 in its first week,[51]while its third debuted at
number 4 with 135,164 copies.[52] The thirteenth volume had the manga's best debut week to
date, selling 442,492 for first place on the chart.[53] The series was the ninth best-selling manga of
2014, with over 4.6 million copies sold that year.[54] For the first half of 2015, The Seven Deadly
Sins was the number one best-selling series.[55]It finished the year in second place with over 10.3
million copies sold, behind only One Piece.[56] It was the sixth best-selling of 2016, with over 5
million copies sold.[57] 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.[58] The title was named Best Shnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga
Awards alongside Yowamushi Pedal.[59] It was also nominated for the 2014 Manga Taish award
and as Best Youth Comic at the 42nd Angoulme International Comics Festival in France.[60][61]
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.[62][63] 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 shjo manga in the female characters. However, Silverman felt the art had issues
with perspective and commented that Elizabeth lacked character development.[64] 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.[64][65] In a
brief review, Jason Thompson claimed that the series follows common shnen manga elements,
making its plot twists and dialog predictable. He did however like the art and the series'
European setting.[66]
The first DVD volume of the anime debuted at number one on Oricon's Japanese animation DVD
chart with 3,574 copies sold.[67] 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.[68] Reviewing the first anime for ANN, Theron Martin felt that the series has a slow start with
generic shonen 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 its "anything but a kiddie show."[69]
The novel The Seven Deadly Sins -Gaiden- Sekijitsu no to Nanatsu no Negai was the 33rd
best-selling light novel of the first half of 2015, with 61,939 copies sold.[70]

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