The story is a typical shounen format... you have your main cast, a princess who finds this pervy kid (who's actually really old, really powerful former knight who has a bounty on his head for treason), and they go on this journey to find their friends to help them fight and save the kingdom. Nothing new, uses a bunch of things we have seen before in other stories (7 sins, short main character with blonde hair, magical weapons that harness their users powers, fairies, demons, etc etc), but it sure is entertaining when you get to watching it. However, I do feel like 25 episodes is a bit short and there was barely any story development since the series seemed to focus more on telling the stories of the characters. If you like legends of medieval England, you'll probably like this anime because of the similarity in the setting, magical element, and characters.
The art is awesome. The colors are very bright, almost felt like I was watching Hunter X Hunter (2011) and the quality is excellent. The background music will make you feel like you are taking a trip to Stonehenge and watching a jousting match in Camelot.
The characters I think are the best part of this anime. The seven deadly sins themselves are interesting to try to analyze and watch as the story develops. They are also quite interesting and are not what you would expect given their titles and their roles as knights. You have Meliodas, who although is "Wrath" is actually a pretty pleasant, friendly, and caring guy who rarely gets mad. You start to have all these questions for the other "sins" throughout the story and try to figure out why they got those titles. Elizabeth, who initially I initially disliked since she seemed like she was the epitomy of "useless, pretty, female character in a shonen who only works as a love interest" tries throughout the whole series to make something of herself, for her friends and the kingdom she cares about. The side characters get a lot of screentime as well and you get to know them and their motives. There is also a talking pig. You HAVE to watch it for the talking pig.
Overall, although the story is not AMAZING (I mean...what can you really do for an ongoing shonen series in 24 episodes?), the characters themselves drive the series make it truly enjoyable to watch despite its flaws. Give it a try and don't forget to watch it in HD!
