<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> The Seven Deadly Sins (Japanese: 七 つの 大罪, Hepburn: Nanatsu no Taizai) is a Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki . It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 2012, with the chapters collected into twenty - eight tankōbon volumes as of October 17, 2017 . The manga features a setting similar to the European Middle Ages, with its titular group of knights representing the seven deadly sins . </P> <P> As of January 2015, The Seven Deadly Sins had sold over 10 million copies . It was adapted into a 24 - episode anime television series by A-1 Pictures that aired from October 2014 to March 2015 . The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics USA for English publication in North America, while the chapters are released digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries as they are published in Japan . Netflix acquired the exclusive English streaming rights for the anime series while Funimation currently have the home video rights . A second season of the anime series is scheduled to air on January 6, 2018 . An anime film is scheduled to premiere in 2018 . </P> <P> The Seven Deadly Sins were once an active group of knights in the region of Britannia (ブリタニア, Buritania), who disbanded after they supposedly plotted to overthrow the Liones Kingdom (リオネス 王国, Rionesu Ōkoku). Their supposed defeat came at the hands of the Holy Knights, but rumors continued to persist that they were still alive . Ten years later, the Holy Knights staged a coup d'état and captured the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom . The third princess, Elizabeth, then starts out on a journey to find the Seven Deadly Sins and enlist their help in taking back the kingdom . </P>

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