Ban and Meliodas get involved in a fistfight in the episode 7 of season 1 of 'Seven Deadly Sins' (Photo : YouTube)
The fans of the Japanese manga series ''Nanatsu no Taizai'' are happy to know that the manga has got a new TV anime series now. The four episode OVA (Original Video Animation) concluded on Sunday and now the wait for the full-fledged anime series will begin.
The 43rd issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine of 2016 will be revealing the announcement of the TV series shortly, reported Anime News Network. The special episodes which were written specially by the writer Nakaba Suzuki for the OVA ''The Seven Deadly Sins -Signs of Holy War'' and were liked by the fans. Last year it was announced that the production of the new anime series might happen soon.
The staff of the four episode special series differed from the staff of the original 24 episode season 1 which was aired in Japan between Oct. 5, 2014 and March 29, 2015. The original director of the season 1 was Tensai Okamura, however, the four episode OVA was directed by Tomokazu Tokorowill. The voice artists were kept the same. Keigo Sasaki fulfilled the role of Chief Animation Director in the main season 1 as well as the OVAs. Now the wait begins for the announcement of the staff for the season 2.
Tatsuhisa Suzuki gave his voice to the character of Ban which is an important character in the storyline. This 33 year old successful voice artist has lent his voice to many TV series and non-anime series. He is a vocalist of a band named ''Oldcodex.'' He gave voice to the character of Erio Falcone in "Kobakawa" which is a video game, to Fujita Yuugo in "Kami-sama no Okao" which is a Japanese play, Noctis Lucis Caelum in "Final Fantasy XV" which is a video game and many more.
Suzuki also gave voice to many TV series and played multiple characters, like in ''Ace of Diamond'' (TV series) as Yuuta Mishima, in Black Butler part I and II (TV series) as Viscount Druitt, in ''Brynhildr in the Darkness'' (TV Series) as Kurofuku and many others.
Since the viewers are now watching the 4 episode OVA, a recap of the season 1 can also be done. Viewers can watch the old episodes on Crunchyroll, Netflix and many other streaming channels. Episode 13, of season 1, was named as "Hakai no Shito" which means "Apostle of Destruction," and it was aired on Jan. 11, 2015.
In the previous episode the viewers saw Meliodas bursting out of the dark light, however, his mannerisms were different. In this episode he attacks both enemies and allies and finally takes on Hellbram and fights against him with all his power. After the fight, Meliodas was unable to find his broken sword and got upset. Diane shows her power with the giant hammer.
The storyline of season 2 is not yet revealed. Watch this video of the episode 2 of the four episode OVA.
