We all remember how badly the og series ended, with the last season, with a stupid plot point after the end of the Great Holy War that led to an awful last arc, centered on the figure of Arthur.
And the last arc of the og Nanatsu no Taizai is basically the "spawn point" of this new series, with the main theme being the fight between the "evil" forces of New Camelot led by Arthur and the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, the main characters of this series, that are supposed to save the world from ruin (in the eyes of Arthur's knights they are the villain that will destroy the world) and are the equivalent of the Seven Deadly Sins of the og.
Without spoiling much, I'll say that the main cast is more interesting than what I was expecting getting into this new anime, I really like Percival and the other three knights of the Apocalypse, and the recurring characters from the old series never seem to be forcefully put in the story for the sake of fan service.
A thing I liked a lot is how in the first half of this first season the touch points with the old Nanatsu no Taizai are just a few, which helps introducing the main main character Percival and his band of new friends in a better way than just be presented as more than just "new Nanatsu no Taizai characters", and with the episodes 16-17 we get "bombarded" back into Nanatsu no Taizai, as the good feeling and memories of the first two seasons of the og, before the downfall started in the third season, start to resurface.
Yes, this series is not incredible or anything new, but being able to experience the emotions of seeing the first steps of Meliodas and company again thanks to the adventures of Percival is priceless, the writing is not good, but this anime has a heart, a heart that pulses so strongly that it's capable to move you even with the apparent mediocrity of its bearer. I was just happy, watching this series...
Visually is not that bad, apart from some really appaling cgi in the first half, but in the second it gets pretty decent, and the finale has some greatly looking light effects, doing the scenes justice. Music is also fairly decent, no complaints here.
All and all, we are not talking about anime of the year of something of sort, but it's nice enough and it seems to have the potential to redeem the character of Arthur Pendragon, awfully written in the final arc of Nanatsu no Taizai, I'm kinda hyped about the second season, coming this fall!
Final score: 7.2/10
