The feature film The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky is scheduled for an August 18th, 2018 debut in Japan and promotion for it is going to start ramping up more as we get closer to it. The latest comes in the form of a new trailer for it that clocks in at 90-seconds that shows off the film well and the theme song for it. Working from a new story by original creator Nakaba Suzuki, the film has Noriyuki Abe serving as the chief director with Yasuto Nishikata directing. Makoto Uezu adapted the story to screenplay while Keigo Sasaki is back as the character designer and chief animation director with production at A-1 Pictures.
The Japanese 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 twenty-five volumes in print so far and over three million copies in circulation total. The manga series began in 2012 and Kodansha Comics is bringing the series out for North American fans in print while Crunchyroll has the digital chapters being published on their site.
Property Concept: When Holy Knights arrest her family, Princess Elizabeth seeks out a group of legendary warriors known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Finding them is no easy task and her journey takes her to a small tavern run by an unassuming, albeit perverted, barkeep and his talking pig. But this man reveals himself to be Meliodas-the Dragon Sin of Wrath! Agreeing to help her, the two seek out the remaining sins.
