The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War

The Seven Deadly Sins:
Signs of Holy War
Series Special
Cover for the second home media volume of the special
Release
Original networkMBS, TBS
Original releaseAugust 28 (2016-08-28) –
September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War (七つの大罪 聖戦の予兆, Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi) is a four-part anime television special that features an original story written by Nakaba Suzuki, author of The Seven Deadly Sins manga series for which the anime is based on. The special anime was confirmed on September 27, 2015 and began airing on August 28, 2016 on MBS and TBS.[1][2] The special was licensed by Netflix and released on the platform on February 17, 2017.[3] The special was produced by A-1 Pictures, directed by Tomokazu Tokoro, and written by Yuniko Ayana and Yuichiro Kido, featuring character designs by Keigo Sasaki. The music was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano and Takafumi Wada.[4] The opening theme song is "Classic" by Mucc and the ending theme song is "Iroasenai Hitomi" (色褪せない瞳) by Alisa Takigawa.[5] A commercial following the final episode of the special confirmed a second season of the anime had been green-lit, which later aired in 2018 under the title The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments.[6]

  1. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of holy war 4-Episode Special Premieres on August 28". Anime News Network. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  2. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins Manga Gets New TV Anime in 2016". Anime News Network. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ^ "Netflix to Stream The Seven Deadly Sins Anime's 'Season 2' in February". Anime News Network. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Seven Deadly Sins Gets 4-Week TV Anime Special In August With Brand-New Story". Anime News Network. 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins -Signs of Holy War- TV Special's Ad Previews Opening Theme Song". Anime News Network. 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  6. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins Manga's Next TV Anime Series Teases New Adventures in Ad". Anime News Network. 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2017-02-26.