Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai

Well its been a while since i've seen something with this much uncensored glory... Just kidding. but it is one of the few new seasonal anime that fulfill this desire of mine. Basically this anime is a ecchi, uncensored fanservice oriented anime. And thats all there is to it. If it were rated my my own standards it would get a 10 just because uncensored stuff is so hard to come by in 2017. But of course... it ain't my standards you wanna see so here goes.

STORY:
Its honestly not that bad. Yea it's redundant (sorta), yea it replays some very overused elements from other ... ecchi animes, but If it were a standalone plot not considered in context of the anime's before it, then yea its a good story. Its not executed super well like some other amazingly ecchi animes with great plots, but plot wise this does make the cut of a fairly good plot. It has a storyline, it has a a protagonist and an antagonist, as well as a twist at the last episode so its not entirely trash. But then again keep in mind this was made to be fanservice, so cut the plot some slack.

ART:
Okay, I originally was going to give it a 10 just because... well things... okay just because of the uncensored tits, but then I looked past that (wow, so uncharacteristic) and i did have some complaints with it. First off, a solid 9/10 for uncensored titties and good quality art that comes from new technology and such. One point off for 1 thing: cutting corners/getting lazy. I dont know why, but the animation as the anime progressed got worse and worse. less actions were being animated, and it was pretty clear that the producer/animator wanted to get this over with. It was annoying and a small thing, but it was still persistent enough to bother me, especially in the last episode.

Sound:
Gave it an 8, I don't really watch anime to listen to sounds. The voice actors were good I guess, nothing was really bad about it. It was more the ending song that bothered me. Its a personal preference but I just didn't like the way it sounds, and who was singing it. Other than that though...it was good.

Character:
Well... its good and bad. On the good side, there is a certain degree of character development for most of the characters, all the main ones as well as a good few side characters. Designs were great with the suits and stuff. On the other hand, the character development is pretty short, and not exactly well written to a point where it is believable. But what do you really expect with an anime geared toward fanservice? what? no one cares? yea i thought so... sadly

Enjoyment:
Personally I enjoyed it. There are alot of things that could have been improved, there are alot of things that could have been done better, but overall, I enjoyed watching it. Again, a big factor in this is the uncensored-ness. It wasn't executed in a way that the great ecchi animes were, so I didn't enjoy it perfectly, and also the laziness at the end really bothered me.

Also I didn't like how there wasn't a male protagonist, or even a male sub-character to bask in the glory of all that uncensored goodness. I would like for that to be there

Overall:
Watch it for fanservice and you will like it. Watch it for plot and you probably won't. It's one of those kinds of anime. Personal grading is pretty much 3 for ecchi plot+ 2 for fantasy genre+ 5 for uncensored titties (ahem, i mean art) makes a good 10/10. but yea realistically, 1 for plot+ 1 for character +2 for art +3 for ecchi = 7/10.

This just isn't an anime for everyone, and certainly not one you want to watch with your parents.

Peace.

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai “The Seven Mortal Sins”

Backstory and Information:
Hobby Japan has finally delivered and now this year Spring of 2017 with the help of TNK the studio behind “High School DxD” alongside with Artland. This series being far older than the now widely known Netflix’s Seven Deadly Sins, Hobby Japan responsible for series such as Queen’s Blade, Hyakka Ryouran “Samurai Girls” and Demon King Daimaou or “Ichiban Ushiro Daimaou, Whatever it is you have seen, Hobby Japan has a history with high tier Ecchi and ... who can forget their amazing figurines that radiate quality.

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai being a series that had over the years been teased to the fans on multiple instances as this series is from a Video Game, It has left us waiting many years because of dilemmas. Whether this series could be delivered in shorts or OVA’s it remained to be seen. With a Manga introduction in August 29th of 2016, Published by Hobby Japan it brought forth light to the people who were getting tired of holding their breath and later confirmed when Visuals once again teased a incoming anime series. The issue grew deeper whether the anime would adapt the video game or the new fresh manga, Categorized “Shounen” and on February 2017 a “Seinen” version is being put out by “Media Factory”.

Plot + Pros:
“The prideful archangel Lucifer disobeys God and is cast into the lowest level of hell as a fallen angel. On her way to hell, Lucifer happens to meet a high school girl on Earth named Maria, who helps her. In hell, Lucifer meets Leviathan, and Leviathan explains to Lucifer about The Seven Deadly Sins, the seven demon king rulers of hell. After The Seven Deadly Sins seal Lucifer's powers, Lucifer goes on a journey with Maria and Leviathan to defeat them.” Courtesy of Anime News Network

It seems pretty cut and dry, as one can guess the story here is one of revenge with juicy details native to Hobby Japan’s Ecchi ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

The Question now becomes what will the anime reflect, One of the two manga or the video game?. The answer is a little of all three and this series approaches the viewer with more visual appeal rather than complex storytelling as the series holds to present a simple point and questions the tittle of the sins and whether if any of the seven should be indeed be worthy of pulling a human soul towards Hell.

Whilst the main character isn’t on full out display as of yet, due to we have a duo of Lucifer and the human Maria leading the show, This show is executing a learning process between human and Lucifer as they unravel sin by sin and accept that nature isn’t sinful as it make up each one of us. While showcasing high tier ecchi for the delight of many of us to see, It is well accompanied by doubt and self-discovery of each of the demon lords as they learn from their defeats that their existence isn’t anything to be ashamed about and shows us growth from a Lucifer who sees herself as one cast out for not belonging to the herd and being an individual thinker.

As the series advances it pseudo - parodies "Dante's Inferno" in the Journey of Lucifer in place of Dante to recover her powers, Become head of the 7 Deadly sins and hold a goal of holding Heaven, God and the Archangel Michael accountable for kicking her out of heaven for simply having a opinion and most of all, for being individualistic.

The Con:
While the series is visually stunning here and there and has a lot going for it, It mirrors another series in one aspect. This series is leaning more towards an original work and like Dragon Ball Super there is a lot of improvisation and often things fit in on rather rushed ways, As the Manga both put out by Hobby Japan and Media Factory don’t have as much content for the series to draw from, So it often does fill in the blanks in a anime only format.

Except for the whole Dante's Inferno references from here and there.

Art:
This series has a rather somewhat unique animation and has a lot of vibrant colors, Other series that count with the same type of animation is the anime “Yuushibu” or “I couldn’t become a hero, So I reluctantly decided to get a job”. The bad though, Is that it seems that to rise the amount of BD sold, the uncensored version of this show airing on AT-X is using rather high end brightness which tend to render many of the beautiful screen captures found of this show too bright and useless to many.

Sound:
The music is great, The voice actors are top notch and we are joined by Rias Gremory Voice actress “Yoko Hikasa”, So far I haven’t been disappointed with the choice of OP & ED either.

Conclusion:
I recommend this anime to two sorts of people, The first are the ecchi veterans who can appreciate the series and the second are the folks that don’t mind women’s bodies and are up for a cold beer or soda chill and let the visuals stimulate you and do the talking for the first hit of 2017 on Ecchi goodness.

If you’re anal and don’t like Ecchi anime, please do yourself a favor and stay away from this anime at all costs. It is most like not your coup of tea.

sin: Nanatsu no Taizai began as an erotic and revolutionary hentai anime, however the quality dropped as time went by.
If you're looking for an anime with deep plot, this is definitely not it. But if you love hot girls with supernatural powers fighting it out while stripping each others' clothes off, this anime is for you, at least the first half.

The underlying concept of an all girls anime with extremely lewd, erotic scenes and yet no explicit sex has rarely been done before, and Nanatsu no Taizai was so well executed I was really amazed by it at first. The lewd outfits and erotic scenes ... including tentacles and aphrodisiacs rivals hentai anime, indeed, this anime turned me on more than any hentai ever has.

However the animation, story, and even erotic content decreased in quality as time went by, and ended with disappointment. I don't know much about directing anime and storyboarding, but the poor animation and still frames in the last few episodes really stuck out. I loved the erotic content so I didn't care for the story, but because even the erotic content was lessened, there was nothing to save the anime in the end.

I was a big fan at the start, and I still love the erotic scenes in the first few episodes that are even better than hentai, and so I still recommend watching the first few episodes, but watching until the end might not be worth your time.

I still give it a high rating of 8/10 for the first few episodes, because I had never seen anything else like it.

This is a paragon example of a great concept with amazing execution. It may seem like a generic ecchi anime on the surface, but it quickly evolves into a deep and thrilling story-driven work of art.

Story:10 The story itself is one of the best of all time, it manages to use elements from both Catholic and Demonic mythologies to create an action-packed fight for power. But action isn't all this anime has to offer, the story focuses more-so on the characters' own development as individuals and how the different characters try to initiate and prevent the overtaking of hell. It's about a fallen angel strategically ... plotting her next move to go against the odds and find the place where she truly belongs.

Art:10 The art is appropriately vibrant. The setting and characters both have near-top-tier design which are suiting to their respective roles/personalities. Their proportions and detailing are both great. You can really feel the chillyness of frost areas, and the oompf of magic attacks. To generalize, almost everything is above average, it's major eye-candy.

However, there is a problem which affects most anime- The airing version has a couple bad frames that look out of place. These are usually fixed when the BD comes out though. *The censored version's censorship is somewhat abundant too.

Sound:10 The girls' voices come across as being clear and they all sound like they fit their respective bodies. The SFX all pop up at the right times and there aren't really any times where it feels like they've missed a sound opportunity. I'm being a bit humble in saying that there wasn't anything wrong with the sound; rather, it is perfect.

Character:10 Each of the main and sub characters have aesthetically appealing designs as well as really nicely fleshed-out archetype personalities. How characters react to each of the twists and turns is somewhat predictable because of this though. The creators did a stellar job of implementing personalities based around the Seven Deadly Sins without making the characters too overboard or eccentric. Their attitudes make it that much easier to get involved with the serious feeling of the story.
Their costumes are all on the skimpy side, but they still manage to reflect and reinforce the characters' personalities.

Enjoyment:10 This has been an absolute rollercoaster of fun so far, and it looks like things are just getting started! The story and characters are amazing. The art and sound are absolutely delicious. It's hard to find anything about this anime which can't be enjoyed.

Overall:10 This anime is above par in all of it's aspects. It wouldn't be an overstatement to say it is an absolute masterpiece that's easily one of the top 10 anime to have ever aired.
Even if someone dislikes a certain aspect of this show whether it be demons/angels, fight scenes, ecchi, ect...- There are still tons of other high-quality features which can be enjoyed.

Every media, every anime has it's sins. In this anime...seven isn't enough...

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai, not to be confused with Nanatsu no Taizai the shounen anime, is a fanserviced up to quite literal hell about the Seven Deadly Sins, more specifically how Lucifer became the Leader of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Demon Lord of Pride by tagging along and more or less torturing an innocent church girl by the name of Maria Totsuka.

Before LA gets to sinning this anime, LA would point out the few, albeit "good" things Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai did. For one, the anime has shown it's research into Hell ... in many aspects, from the Demon Lords as to how the Demon Lords of Melancholy and Vanity are even here which calls back to Eight Evil thoughts by Evagrius Ponticus and why Envy isn't a Demon Lord yet and the most obvious artistic liberty Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai did is with Dante's Inferno by referencing Cocytus as well as the Gates of Hell a la Circles of Hell. Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai's artistic liberties and referencing of Christian Hell is by in a ways a good alternative look into Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai's world and this draw adds into some of the Demon Lords. As such the Demon Lords Satan, Belphegor and Astaroth are probably the best character developed focused episodes as well as the most likable characters as they kinda followed suit to their symbolism to their sins respectively with Astaroth being LA's favourite character just from her likable personality as well as the best episode focused on her in this entire series however...she has her flaws but that a bit later.

So, to sinning this anime. This anime is inconsistent as hell pardon the pun, but from episodes where yes they focused on the Sin of the Week, the inconsistency arises the quality of the episodes in question from outright horrible viewing experience to all-round good episodes and this affects the Sins in question as well. The Sins to fall victim to this are Asmodeus (Lust) because yes...the Lust episode is EXACTLY what you think to happen in a TNA anime, Mammon (Greed) for it's quality control broken (mainly the rigid fight scenes and plot stupidly off putting) and Mammon's development is rushed to all hell and Beelzebub (Gluttony) for being the reverse symbolism of her sins lore and being a rather fillery episode for her. Next sin and this is more obvious to a certain character and that's Maria, the tag along character and one of the main narrative-focused characters in the anime, she's a plain Mary Sue, that's kinda a problem in the outset but the biggest problem lies in the fact that she's tagged along for the ride and her motivations or development only concerns Lucifer nothing else...a perfect definition of a one-note character and she stands like this for the majority of the anime. Next sin goes obvious to the TNA part of this anime and it's all over the place, what's worse?...it's censored with these spinning red glyphs that gets in the way of it, LA gets WHY they did it, to make people buy the uncensored Blu-ray vers. of it but this practice pretty much needs to stop even in these ecchi-fest anime, as there is just no point when ohhh LA doesn't know, how about when we see violence here such as someone being stabbed in major detail (with blood pouring out of the stab wound) to some torturous BDSM imagery and fetishes shown in "subtle detail" <LA looks at Charon & Circles of Hell> and THAT isn't censored yet TNA is, but yeah it's for the sales right?...geez this anime's censorship has Greed's prints all over it. Next sin would go to Leviathan (Envy), she's the psycho lesbian of the anime and is completely in love with Lucifer but has to contend with Maria thus her envy, she is just an annoyance every scene she's in and she NEVER changes (though her psycho lesbian tendencies goes from yandere to tsundere), nonetheless one of the most annoying characters in the series. Next sin would go to Belial (Vainglory) and her motivations and backstory of her really, she's a one-note villain much like Maria is a one-note main protagonist, her motivations are just soo one-note it just makes her villainy all the more apparent and just to say "I'm the MAJOR VILLAIN...right?", her backstory feels half-assed in many aspects though some of the symbolism "saves" her but not enough, if you think Maria is bad as a bland character, LA thought Belial was much worse. The last sin would go to the ending in some ways, as much as it wanted to go out in a bang, the anime just found new ways for LA to question this notion, as such making us pity Lucifer to Belial and even Maria but was kinda undone by the finale anyways in many aspects and worst off was make Astaroth be a yes man to Belial but LA won't put THAT against her as again "symbolism" saved her from the disdain LA had towards the ending...NO the pure scorn LA had for this ending came in form of Maria and that "miracle" of an ass pull ending.

In terms of animation by TNK and Artland, the animation has it's high points with very exotic character designs (sans Belial's Gnosis outfit) and some of the backgrounding was very well done in some areas. Where the animation fell flat is in it's non-impactful battles as they mostly rely on beam-spamming to perspective-focused shots when some battles needed a wide-angel view of the impact, it is in a ways cutting corners for the battle scenes and probably next to the censored TNA, the battle scenes were lacking. To say the least, LA wanted to end the animation talk a bit more gracefully as it was mediocre to slightly above average at times but from what LA heard, Artland filed for bankruptcy, making this their last spurt...saddening but inevitably due to the reception Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai got.

In terms of voice acting, ok so for Spring 2017, you know how LA had been hinting on Akane Fujita's voice acting, well her as Leviathan was probably the worst LA has seen her as, yes her annoying tendencies were THAT bad, but the worst voice actor would go to quite easily Megumi Toda as Maria, she was just straight up bland in most of her performance in which LA doesn't blame the voice actor as she didn't have much to work with but nonetheless. Ohh Shizuka Ito, LA wanted to like Belial and Shizuka Ito's prima donna villainy vocals weren't enough for LA to say that this is one of her most narmy and displeasing roles LA had seen from her (right next to her role as Suzuna Hiiragi from Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou (anyone remember that atrocity?)). On the brighter note, Azusa Tadokoro as Astaroth, Eri Kitamura as Lucifer, Arisa Sakurada as Satan and Ai Kakuma as Belphegor were all great as their characters with Azusa Tadokoro being LA's favourite voice actor no matter how little screentime she got. Overall as much of a mixed bag of voice cast this anime has, the vocal work was ok if you withstand the "moaning" if you know what LA means...

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai is as much of an inconsistent mess as much as it's plot and as much LA likes the symbolism of this anime to the few likable characters given, it's "symbolism" and it's few developed to likable characters are NOT enough for LA to give it the grace LA would had given it. To be frank this anime like it's inconsistency fell into lots of titles for LA, from one of LA's guiltiest pleasures of Spring 2017, to one of the Top 3 worst animes of Spring 2017 to just "meh ecchi series" and really the fatal blow to Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai was it's ending that caused LA to say that Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai belongs in the Top 3 Worst Animes of Spring 2017 for LA, it has glimmers of a good TNA guilty pleasure anime with some Dante Inferno Sin lore but ultimately those glimmers were not enough for the mess of a plot, bland to annoying to lacking character development to half of it's cast, unnecessary censorship, lacking animation, how mean spirited it is and that asspull of an ending.

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai tries to be an anime with fanservice FIRST before having a plot to go with it, which is odd considering all the research they did to make the Seven Deadly Sins lore as well as the fanservice being obviously marred by the stupid censorship and "crossing the line twice moments". But you just can't expect much from an anime where the focus is primarily on the forced TNA and Blu-ray sales.

Which Circle of Hell would Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai be best put in? Fourth or Fifth?

Trying to keep up with the story feels like trying to keep up with a mental institute all out of meds while you're being stabbed in the brain with a fork.

The art and sound actually qualify for a whooping 8 but it's by no means consistent, it starts at 9 and slowly declines as the season continues to pollute your grey matter. After the first two episodes nobody keeps watching for anything other than the nudity since that's the only enjoyable thing you've seen at that point but then you've already seen half the nudity of the season because it starts trying to lean on ... the story instead of the one thing that made it worth watching at all.

Ah this story is hard to describe... after the first episode I wanted to rate the story minus 5 billion because it was just randomly thrown together scenes, however after some time it is made clear that underneath it is an actual plot. Around 20% of what happens is actually somehow related to the plot, even if it's done in absolutely retardedly incoherent, inconsistent and illogically roundabout ways. The characters are beyond saving because every action they perform is to either get caught in tentacles that somehow dissolve their clothes or they attempt to do something related to the story. I do give a single point for the actual plot but it's buried beneath a mountain of idiocy.

My advice: Just go watch hentai instead, many of them have a story that is at least coherent and the scenes go those important 3% further.

You came here for the boobs. Be honest! So do yourself a favour and watch just the first 3 maybe 4 episodes. After that animation and drawing drops to the level taht even the nudity is unenjoyable. Pls there is less and less of it, and the anime concentrates more on the story which is rubbish and makes no sense. Music is fine.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

The website wants me to write a longer review. but what could have been said about this anime I already said. I enjoy a little ecchi from time to time so I am not being puritan. But the combination of ... christian mythos, need to undress women, japanese worldview, their dumb character motivations, dialogues about the most disgusting sexual practices is a really, I mean REALLY bad combination.

This show is just hentai, there is no plot here. All of the plot that went into this show turned in huge tiddies. If you want to watch a show that has plot, this is not for you. If you want to watch hentai that isn't even good at being hentai, then go ahead and watch this shit-show. I truly regret every second i spent watching this, and when i think about the four hours of my life that went into this show i want to hurl. This has truly been a waste of part of my life and i pray that someone sees this ... and doesn't watch the show.

Oh, well... I was not planning to write a review for MAL, it's the first (And I hope the last for a months) But, seeing what happens, I feel the need to do so.
I apologize in advance for my horrible English.

Ok, in first place we have something that alredy all people who had watched ecchi of all types knows: An ecchi yuri anime with more "plot" than plot.
It's something not so usual than a harem, but normal, nothing special.

In that case... What's the problem? Nothing. It's only other anime like Queen's Blade. But the people doesn't stop to hate. They hate something that praise in ... other series. Too hypocritical. And there's the people who think this is the NNT shonen, it's fun.

Returning to my "first impressions", the design is the best of this show, excellent art, 9/10.
The story and characters personality is normal. The sound... same.

If you enjoy this type of anime, go ahead, you'll like it. And a fact that I like it's... they don't have a principal male character (Who sometimes ruins the story trying to "steal the show")
Don't wait so much of this Nanatsu No Taizai, only give it a chance and enjoy it.

"Saludos"

Sin nanatsu no taiza is the most beautiful and heart warming anime I've seen in a while. The first episode is Hamm packed full with action betrayal and romance. It's set in a fantasy world and follows the tale of lucifer from when she's thrown out of heaven and her struggle to become number one in hell. As she fights against the top demons of hell known as the sins. The over all anime has great animations and colours the sounds and music choice is impeccable, the characters are so deep and constantly changing that you feel instantly coneccted to them. The story is ... so deep and rich with twists and turns as well as many trials for lucifer as she changes because of them to become the most powerful demon in hell. Overall this anime with its amazing character development and plot it definently is one of the more enjoyable anime being released at the moment and can't wait to see where the story goes.

Well I've managed to watch about 4 episodes of this shit, and I've detested every moment of it. Hopefully it will get better as it goes on but watching this anime really does ruin my fucking day.

Story - 2 : Crap at best, uninteresting and confusing. Am I missing something? I feel like there is a hell of a lot to be explained, everything just happens for no reason in this anime. People who can enjoy this story must really be dull upstairs. Perhaps more of EVERYTHING will be explained later on, and it better do well.

Art - 7 : Industry Standard, cant really complain, ... good tiddies, although they're all massive. (Flat is justice)

Sound - 7 : Once again, industry standard, can't complain, everything goes nicely and matches up etc etc.

Character - 2 : I get they're physically 2D characters but did you have make their personalities so 2 dimensional as well? The most interesting character was levi, and she was shit. Every other character I've seen so far are of typical tropes and obscene body figures, with no personality and no clear motive in what the fuck they're doing. Just a shit waifu-fest.

Enjoyment - 1 : There's a reason I dropped this. See above.

Overall I thought this was going to be a good anime, but for once I'm saying that obscene fucking fan service has got in the way of a good plot and decent characters and their development, which is odd because I love the ecchi series, but this one just really isnt doing it for me. Terrible.

Yeah so this show wasn't that great but I overall liked it just because I thought the ecchi parts were good.
Ok so for the story part I thought the story was pretty meh idk I feel if anything it was more just basic and mediocre. yeah, nothing really special or great about that part.
The art was anything special either id say that was also just kinda meh. I mean the ecchi parts were good but I don't think that alone makes the art section go to being good.
The sound was whatever it didn't really stand out to me.
The characters were pretty ... bad tbh. I didn't really like any of the main girls, I thought a few of the other demon lords or whatever were interesting but the main cast didn't really interest me too much.
So in terms of overall quality, this id say this show is like a 3 like the story isn't great and the characters all suck like this really is just a pretty pure ecchi anime if you're watching this your probably not watching it because its good you're watching it because it got good "plot".
Anyway, this leads me to my personal liking for this show and id say that it's about a 6. Like yeah, it's mostly because the ecchi stuff is good, but tbh I've seen a ton of other shows that have good ecchi and good well other stuff so 6 is really as far as good ecchi will get with me, well maybe.

This is definitely not kid's material.

This anime is... incredibly odd. It has high amount of erotic content and its quality is all over the place. Erotic content that it isn't your usual "ecchi" anime, but that there's a LOT of on-screen nudity and generally almost nobody makes a big deal of it. However despite that it is not porn/hentai title. The story quality also varies wildly and is all over the place. Basically it can be anywhere between "This is actually kinda cool" and "this is actually fairly bad".

The cast is all-female, and the show deals with angels/demons.

Detailed breakdown below.

Story: 4/10
The story is somewhat similar ... in execution to Queen's Blade, Valkyrie Drive and Masou Gakuen HxH. Except it is better than "Valkyrie drive", and worse than Queen's Blade, and has smaller amount of heavily erotic content than Gakuen HxH.

The quality is all over the place, and same applies to story. For first 7 or 8 episodes the anime can't decide what it is supposed to be, and in each episode tries completely different thing/genre. In the last episodes it turns into some sort of nonsense.

The story actually has its moments on occasion, where you see something related to heavenly or demonic realms and you could actually think this is sorta looks cool. Next moment, however, the anime decides to introduce a scene that is a tad too far into bondage territory for comfort. This happens a lot. Episodes at the beginning also have very different themes, and some of them are actually onto something. For example, rather than focusing on nudity the anime can suddenly concentrate on music, or on almost shounen-style fights. It is actually quite odd, but makes certain episodes more interesting.

Also, speaking about wildly varying quality, the stuff protagonists do to Earth/humanity can be quite grim.

Art: 6/10:
The art actually looks good, backgrounds and characters designs are interesting. I liked certain costumes a lot due to color/design choices they made, and one of the "7 sins" looked actually interesting.

Sound: 5/10:
I actually liked some of the tunes, when they introduce Organ into the mix, soundtrack starts sounding quite interesting. However, the's a huge problem with a voice actress that voiced Lust. She speaks in stereotypical "sexy mature woman voice", which will probably tick off most of the people, because there are episodes where she talks a LOT.

Character 4/10:
Characters are not good. The human girl in the cast (I think she is supposed to be the main character) is incredibly whiny, annoying and useless. Everybody else pretty much acts according to their fairly rigid :role", meaning there won't be that many surprises, and a lot of characters have little personality. Then again I saw worse characters.

Enjoyment 5/10:
It was interesting enough, although first 7 or so episodes were much more interesting that the rest of the show. Closer to the end it became messy.

Overall: 5/10:
If you're offended by nudity, don't watch it.
The main reason to check this out is if you watched Masou Gakuen or Queen's blade and wouldn't mind something somewhat similar to them -- meaning with erotic/ecchi content, but not porn, and with a story that is not fully brain-dead.

For this niche the anime is not bad.

All girls, sexy art, count me in is what I thought.
Was looking for some nice "all girls" action, had to leave disappointed.
Let me tell you why.

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai
Review

+++ PRO +++
#Character designs are very sexy
#Lots of ecchi (if you like that)
... #Artwork wasn´t that bad

- - - CON - - -
#Nothing noteworthy besides of horrendous amounts of ecchi
#Didnt get what the anime was trying to be. At times felt like anime parody, other times tried to hard to be serious/emotionally.
#Starts fine but you lose interest rather fast
#Infinite Deus ex machina
#Yes it has lots of nudity, but eventually you become accustomed to it and the rest of the show has nothing to offer so…


Conclusion:

This will definetly be a show that I wont remember for long. Always on the lookout for nice yuri I saw this show and immediatly gave it a try. I am a fan of sexy and appealing art and at first glance this seemed promising. And hey, the first episode wasn´t even that bad, but what followed didn´t have much to offer.
At times I even thought that I am watching a parody. Some episodes do have a certain theme. So without further spoilering just to give you an example one episode was about music and idols, another ep. about games.
Well I can live with that, because we also have to take in account that this show provides you with ecchi and nudity all the time. But then again there are scenes where the anime is trying way to hard to be emotional and serious and that didn´t click for me.
I didn´t like the female lead much. She was a lil bit of a badass, but not very feminine. You could have swapped her with a male mc and it wouldn´t have made any difference I guess.
I didn´t understand what this show wants to be. IMO it´s just plain bad and boring. And that one phenomen that people call "Deus Ex Machina", it happend A LOT.
If you´re here for ecchi only, that´s okay, but I bet there are better shows with greater value.



+++ So then tell me Kokosnuss who would you recommend this for? +++
#Well if you look more for a visual appeal than an actual story. (-> fapshow, character designs are pretty good)
#If you like all girl shows (<- This is me. Cuz fuck those whiney ass male mcs)


- - - I would not recommend this to you if you look for yuri - - -
#Yes it has affection between characters, yet it´s not about romance.

When I first heard about this anime, I thought that it would be an interesting take on Christianity and Hell Fire with anime girls. I was sort of right. All I got was fan service with some of what I expected. I mean the best way I can describe this that I got what I wanted and nothing more.

Story: Honestly this one is a mess as it goes all over the place. If it wanted to be monster of a week, fine by me. Instead there were some stuff shoehorned last minute in the last few episodes and some confusing motivations. Not only that, there ... were way too many cop outs and cheap endings from an anime that should of have some action which makes the experience not that exciting at times. Though it is a meh, don't watch this anime for the story and only the concept.

Art: Again meh. When I first saw the concept art, I thought it was okay until I saw the actually anime which is less appealing in my taste. I thought that it would look cutesy and all but instead it is way too detailed and not that moe. The animation is a big meh with some exceptions as the budget seemed to have gone to some other aspects. When it does get good, it's good but it barely happens. I have heard that it went over budget so that might be the case.

Sound: Meh. I did like some of the songs, mostly the cute ones. The voice acting however is really good at least. Just want to point out that the English dub acting is funnier as some of the actresses really put some personality either it be better than the sub or something new.

Character: I'll start with the good. When they act like demons, it's very sexual but it is what I expect. One of the few things I want to see in this series is to see demons getting all hell fire up on yo ass. This series did have some of those moments. Each demon character represent their own sins pretty well in addition of having an interesting interpretation of them.

The biggest flaws is that they did not take advantage of this. There is the fact that they are one dimensional, the fan service gets in the way, and they are suppose to be the good guys. See, I'm okay with demons or bad people being heroes, but it does not work here for many reasons. Their motivations made no sense at times so what is the point, they are way too evil for that, and also they are freaking demons! It's their job to torture people in hell, but nope. The only real demon is into torture while the others are not into it. Ladies, it's your job.

Then you have the main human character, Maria, who is for the most part is bland but her character development is Stockholm syndrome. Also the worse character in my opinion is that demon with blue armor that barely covers her. I just find her annoying, bratty, and not that appealing.

Enjoyment: When it delivers, it delivers. When it doesn't, it doesn't.

Overall: It just gives us what we ask for. That is it. It doesn't do more and sadly less. Do I recommend it, you may need to have some tolerance and not take the series seriously. I ended up comparing this series to Spongebob. Kind of personally enjoy this series despite some of the issues and I don't really care for the fanservice unless I joke around.

Just using the idea of sins isn't enough to make a show great. If all you want to is sexy girls wearing skin exposing outfits, and having mediocre stuffs which they termed as fights!!! A softcore porn lesbian hentai it was!!! It was all about the EXPOSE!!! The art style was was good. They wasted a lot of time on character designing, because t was nice but it had no plot or story to back it up!!! The surround sound was good too!!! Those wrap up the plus points. Trying to find negatives you will find tons. If want to watch this one-time watch show, ... keep your mind away from you while watching as there is no logic to it at all!! Very bad representation of the Ecchi genre. Moreover a confusing tile. Many viewers confused it for Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) a shonen anime which is really good as this series was in Japanese was called (Sin - Nanatsu no Taizai). The English translation did all it could to the title to avoid confusion with the other series. If you wanna watch this series, watch it in one go, or you'll be simply wasting your time!!

OK, I have mixed feelings on this one.
Most people are probably watching this for the soft porn basically. Super ecchi.
HOWEVER, the second half of the series actually becomes somewhat enjoyable and dare I say.... good. The main objective for Lucifer is a little more complex than what it seems at first. There are some plot twists.

With echi as the driving element, I cannot recommend this to anyone really, but if you get past that element, its actually kinda decent.
(I rate the characters themselves very high because they each stand out in their appropriate areas of personality. So it seems fitting.

SPOILER: ...
It is an interesting spin to basically put heaven as the bad guys in the end and the demon lords as the good guys.

SEVEN MORTAL SINS ANIME REVIEW
(The views and opinions are based on anime-only nerd and from binge watching the series in one go.)

“If God will destroy the Earth and create a new in the appointed time, then why did he create his precious beings in the first place? I’m only protecting what he will destroy.”
- Lucifer, the Demon Lord of Pride

Sin: Nanatsu No Taizai or Seven Mortal Sins follows the story of Lucifer, the proud fallen angel from Heaven, on her mission of becoming the Leader of the Seven Mortal Sins of Hell.

There a few types of anime fans that have seen this; the one ... who watched it and hated it, the one who have mistaken this from the Nanatsu No Taizai/Seven Deadly Sins anime, the one who finished it because of the ecchi genre and the one who finished it because of the plot. And I belong to the latter.

The story itself was good because we’re talking about the Seven Deadly Sins, considering there was a lot of fan service given. Many would say, “This should have been made a hentai.” Yes, maybe, but if you are an anime-nerd like me loves binge watching a lot of anime; then you can give this a shot. But beware of the ecchiness right from the beginning. Though there was less of the fan service in the later end of the series. If you loved the story and logic of the Deadly Sins of humans, then I recommend you give this a shot.

The animation was good enough to satisfy the fan service shown to us.

The opening and ending theme suited well the ecchi genre of the anime. And the soundtrack was lit. It suited well the action scenes of the anime. Considering the fan service, the soundtrack gave light in the story and fight scenes in the anime.

The characters are simply lovable. Fan service aside, each mortal sin and their side stories are simply relatable. Well maybe because we are all sinners which why we can relate to the characters.

Overall, the enjoyment of this anime would be what type of anime fan are you? Are you the one who watches because of the genres? Or are you the one who finishes because of the plot? Everyone has their own tastes in watching an anime. And I’m one of those who liked this because of its plot. And I also hope there would be a season 2 because the plot really picked up the story in the last episode. It’s not that good but is enough to satisfy your anime cravings.

Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai is an attempt by company HobbyJapan to cash in on their line of extra-lewd figures and make a fanservice-heavy ecchi show. Unfortunately attempts to subvert tropes and introduce an actual plot into the show derail both aspects leaving it a clunky mess that does a poor job of both the ecchi and any hopes for an actual story.

I went into Sin knowing that it was borderline hentai at points, and for the most part the first 3 episodes did just that. Plenty of nudity, suggestive moaning, and innuendo set the stage for what I thought would be an ... enjoyable show.

However after the first 3 episodes things begin to slow down to a snails pace as it was apparently decided to cut back on the ecchi content and attempt to build up to an actual story for a few episodes. This shift in tone is poorly done and is arguably the time my hopes of enjoying myself begin to dwindle.

The final few episodes attempt at creating a grand story but by then it is too little to late. The grand conflict is boring, the power tiers don't make any sense, and there is almost no fanservice in the final episode at all.

One major point of contention I have is that our main character Lucifer, is somehow capable of defeating Demon Lords, yet this is never explained why she is able to. The Demon Lords are almost incompetent with how easily they are dispatched, making you wonder why Heaven and Hell were ever at war in the first place. Nor is it ever explained why these demon lords are subservient to one of their own kind. One would think this a minor point in a show that would love for the chance to have female demons dominating each other, but when such a heavy focus of ACTUAL plot is placed upon the hierarchy you would hope it is actually explained why it is necessary.

A highlight of the show is that some of the Demon Lords are actually quite well designed with Belphegor (Sloth) being a stand out for me. Her VA Ai Kakuma delivered a great performance that gave the character a unique personality, and perfectly captured the voice of a wonderfully designed Demon Lord. It made me wish Sloth could have her own SoL show, eating chips and playing video games while the world passes her by.

However a few of the Main Characters do detract from the supporting ensemble and help to further bring the show down. A chief culprit of this is Leviathan, whose whiny "Onee-san" gets more annoying each and every episode. Her story is yet another example of the show not fleshing out either it's fanservice or its plot well. (WHY is she so obsessed with Lucifer? If Leviathan has the powers that are almost on par with a Demon Lord why does the show make it seem like none of the ACTUAL Demon Lords have ever interacted with her before.)

Arguably worse is our human character Maria, who becomes bound to Lucifer through her heart being stolen and Angel blood being placed into her body. Another plot point that is barely explained, yet apparently essential for the actual "story".

In the first 3 episodes it appears to the viewer that she will be the "prop" for the Demon Lords to fight over (Lust attempting to "break" her sexually so that she can lay claim to Lucifer's property) and while this isn't the most original idea, it could have played out well if cleverly incorporated into the other Demon Lords realms (Rage, Sloth, etc.). However when the show dials back the fanservice in the middle of the season we begin to see a rather disturbing case of unintentional Stockholm Syndrome begin to happen, with Maria somehow siding with Lucifer and growing closer to Lucifer even though this person has robbed her of her freedom (and potentially any chance of innocence or a normal life). In the middle episodes Leviathan gets stereo-typically jealous of Lucifer paying more attention to Maria, and Maria's innocence and naivety gets her into more trouble that Lucifer has to rescue her from. Somehow Maria makes no attempts to regain her freedom and instead begins to grow closer to Lucifer as a result of these actions (Oh she rescued me, she does care about/she isn't all that bad).

A highlight is that each of the Demon Lord's specific episodes does feature an original song sung by each of their respective VA's. These are all very well done and help break up the monotony of the orchestral score we often get in series such as this.

In the end Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai is a completely forgettable show from a studio that shut it's doors before it could even air all 12 episodes in a timely fashion. It's attempts at subversion failed to entice, and it's attempts at fanservice weren't enough to make it memorable when compared to all the other quality shows that are able to do both simultaneously.

1: Possibly better watched "uncensored", simply because there isn't much story line to it, so can't really be ruined by the more lewd version.

2: It struggles between anime and hentai throughout most of the series, but finally begins getting pretty decent around episode 8 or 9 (i.e.: just as the show is almost over).

Is it worth watching? Ehh... not as a top pick, no, but it's not so bad as to avoid it. Good if you're bored and casting about between one anime and your next, but not much more than that. As anime: the last few episodes probably justify ... having invested the time spent on the first 7 or so, I suppose; as hentai: hentai's not my thing at all, but I'd wager that ero fans probably wouldn't be impressed by it either, and for the same reason (i.e.: the fact that it straddles the fence, rather than truly committing to either).