Promotion for the anime adaptation of The Seven Deadly Sins manga continues on and in some ways almost feels like too much as we get our eighth spot for the series. The latest spot, clocking in at 30 seconds, gives us a look at more of the animation of the show but also more of the ending theme to it, which is certainly welcome since it comes from FLOW and GRANRODEO. The show is being directed by Tensai Okamura for A-1 Pictures with Shotaro Suga handling the series composition while Keigo Sasaki is handling the character designs for it as well as serving as chief animation director. Just about all of them worked on Blue Exorcist together, which will make for some interesting comparisons to be done when the show arrives.
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.
Announced back in April 2014 as being set for an adaptation, The Seven Deadly Sins anime series is scheduled debut on October 5th, 2014. The planning for the show is even a bit more formal as it’s being given a Sunday, October 5th 5pm broadcast on MBS/TBS, which is far more than we usually know for shows ahead of time.
The manga is created by Nakaba Suzuki with eight 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?
