'Nanatsu no Taizai' Gets New TV Anime in Fall 2019

The official website of Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins) announced a new television anime for the series on Wednesday. The new series, titled Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin (The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods), will begin airing in Fall 2019. New production staff for the television series have also been revealed.

The new anime series will depict the fierce battle against the Ten Commandments, the fate of Meliodas and Elizabeth, the secrets of the world, and head towards the story's climax.

Staff
Director: Susumu Nishizawa (Hikaru no Go episode director)
Series Composition: Rintarou Ikeda (Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records script)
Character Design: Rie Nishino (Kakegurui animation director)
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Aldnoah.Zero), Kohta Yamamoto (Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu), Takafumi Wada (Owari no Seraph)
Studio: Studio Deen
Production: "Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin" Production Committee

Reprising Cast
Meliodas: Yuki Kaji (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
Elizabeth: Sora Amamiya (Tokyo Ghoul)
Hawk: Misaki Kuno (Kiznaiver)
Diane: Aoi Yuuki (Qualidea Code)
Ban: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Servant x Service!)
King: Jun Fukuyama (Persona 5 the Animation)
Gowther: Yuuhei Takagi (Hundred)
Merlin: Maaya Sakamoto (Fate/Apocrypha)
Escanor: Tomokazu Sugita (Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii)

Nanatsu no Taizai adapts Nakaba Suzuki's adventure fantasy manga of the same name, which has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Magazine since October 2012. Kodansha published the 35th volume on January 17, with the 36th volume planned for an April 17 release. The manga has over 30 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation.

Produced by A-1 Pictures, the first anime series aired in Fall 2014, followed by a four-episode television special titled Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi in Summer 2016. Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu, the second television anime season, premiered in Winter 2018. The Nanatsu no Taizai: Tenkuu no Torawarebito anime film opened in Japan last August.

Netflix acquired exclusive streaming rights for the anime series and batch released all episodes of each broadcast installment after it had finished airing. Funimation licensed the anime for home video release and shipped first anime season in two Blu-ray and DVD volumes in May and June 2017.

Kodansha Comics licensed the manga in English in 2013 and published the 31st volume on March 5.

Source: Comic Natalie

Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin on MAL