It’s been awhile since the fall 2014 anime series Seven Deadly Sins began its broadcast and this week even marked the end of the Japanese home video release run. The show was one of a small handful that didn’t get a simulcast run when it came out and it hasn’t been picked up for a home video license or any other digital distribution, leaving many to wonder what’s going on. One of the persistent rumors is that the twenty-four episode series (and two OVAs) have been picked up as part of Netflix’s overall expansion into the anime side similar to Knights of Sidonia, but not quite as timely as one can see.
One hint has now shown up to reinforce that the series is Netflix bound worldwide is that the series has shown up in the Japanese version, according to this site, and that there are plans for a German dubbed version being available in the near future. We expect there to be a few languages for it, including English, and that means when Netflix does finally make their announcement for it, it’ll hit with the whole shebang very quickly to binge on.
The show was directed by Tensai Okamura for A-1 Pictures with Shotaro Suga handling the series composition while Keigo Sasaki handled the character designs for it as well as serving as chief animation director. Just about all of them worked on Blue Exorcist together.
The series cast includes Yuuki Kaji as Meliodas, Sora Amamiya as Elizabeth, Jun Fukuyama as King, Misaki Kuno as Hawk and Mamoru Miyano as Gilthunder so far.
The manga is created by Nakaba Suzuki with sixteen volumes in print so far and over three million copies in circulation total. Working in a similar vein as a few other properties of this nature, the manga has done the crossover gig with Fairy Tail before and you can imagine seeing that pop up in anime form as well as a special to promote it. The manga series began in 2012 and Kodansha Comics is bringing the series out this year for North American fans in print while Crunchyroll has the digital chapters being published on their site.
Plot concept: When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth – the Sins were framed by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights – too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne!
Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn’t even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins’ strength been exaggerated?
[Source: The Seven Deadly Sins]