It’s time to gather round at the Boar Hat for a brand new story.
Earlier today, a new promotional teaser for the upcoming second season of Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) aired on Japanese TV. The 17-second teaser aired immediately after the finale of The Seven Deadly Sins -Signs of Holy War-.
The text reads:
What awaits our heroes …
…Are new adventures …
…And new conflicts…
The Seven Deadly Sins
New TV series greenlit for production
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In addition, fans who purchase the The Seven Deadly Sins -Signs of Holy War- DVDs and Blu-Rays will be eligible to attent the “The Seven Deadly Sins Fes” fan event. The first Blu-Ray hits stores on January 11, 2017, while the second is slated to ship on February 8. The first volume will include an advance ticket application for daytime events, while the second will include an application for evening sessions.
The second season of Seven Deadly Sins was officially unveiled in the latest issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Issue 43).
The first Seven Deadly Sins anime series in Japan in the fall 2014 broadcast season. Tensai Okamura (Blue Exorcist, Darker than Black) directed the project at A-1 Pictures. Keigo Sasaki (Night Raid 1931, Blue Exorcist) provided character designs, while Shôtarô Suga was in charge of series composition. Netflix currently streams the show as a Netflix Original.
Netflix describes the show as: “When a kingdom is taken over by tyrants, the deposed princess begins a quest to find a disbanded group of evil knights to help take back her realm.”
The Seven Deadly Sins manga began in the pages of Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2012. The series currently spans 22 collected volumes, with the most recent hitting stores on August 17. Volume 23 will ship to retailers on October 17.
In North America, Kodansha Comics currently holds the rights to the Seven Deadly Sins manga. They’ve shipped 16 volumes to date, with the most recent hitting stores on September 6. In addition, Crunchyroll is publishing chapters of the title as they run in Japan.
Source: Comic Natalie
