# The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War

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. The special was licensed by Netflix and released on the platform on February 17, 2017. 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. 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. 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.

## Episodes

| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
| 25 | 1 | "The Dark Dream Begins" Transliteration: "Kuroki Yume no Hajimari" (Japanese: 黒き夢のはじまり) | Tomokazu Tokoro | Yuniko Ayana | Tomokazu Tokoro | August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28) |
| Elizabeth Liones goes to the Boar Hat, where all her friends are still asleep following the festival. After Elizabeth is greeted by Hawk outside, Meliodas introduces her to a meat pie made with vegetables that looks like Hawk, but it turns out to be unfit for human consumption. Meliodas has the idea of using pork as the main ingredient, which causes Hawk to make haste out of the bar. Meliodas comes up with a contest for his friends, in which he will obey any order for a day from whoever catches Hawk first. However, Hawk manages to outsmart them due to his small size. Hawk returns to the Boar Hat and eats food scraps made by Ban. Nonetheless, Meliodas cheats Ban by officially capturing Hawk, and is declared the winner as a result. At night, Meliodas takes Elizabeth back to the palace while also assuring that his purpose in life is to protect her. Meliodas then goes to the catacombs to see the Horn of Cernunnos. When the goddess vessel taunts him for his reputation as a demon, Meliodas destroys the Horn of Cernunnos in retaliation. |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Our Fighting Festival" Transliteration: "Futari no Kenka Matsuri" (Japanese: 二人の喧嘩祭り) | Shigeru Ueda | Yuichiro Kido | Shigeru Ueda | September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04) |
| Ban walks up to a mountaintop to finally settle matters with Meliodas, but the former is surprised to see Elizabeth and Hawk as well as the other members of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Holy Knights as part of an audience. Merlin casts a gigantic cubic barrier around Meliodas and Ban in order for the spectators to safely watch the fight. Meanwhile, King and Howzer have their own fight to win the attention of Diane. Ban initiates a brutal attack on Meliodas that somehow weakens most of the spectators. The fight ends in a stalemate after the two of them exchange rapid punches that cause the barrier to break. They remain friends and head back down to the Boar Hat for a drink. |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "In Pursuit of First Love" Transliteration: "Hatsukoi wo Oikakete" (Japanese: 初恋を追いかけて) | Toshimasa Ishii | Yuniko Ayana | Toshimasa Ishii | September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11) |
| King still hesitates to confess his feelings for Diane. Meanwhile, Diane leaves the Boar Hat and heads to a construction site in town, recalling the devastating collateral damage she caused due to her immense size. The construction workers there apologize to her and thank her for saving the kingdom. When King comes to see Diane, the two decide to play a game of tag across town. Outside a church, a wedding ceremony is interrupted by a remaining New Generation mutant, in which Diane and King combine their skills in defeating the demon. King asks Diane if she regained her memories, and she answers him with a kiss on his cheek. The moment is ruined when a brick suddenly falls on his head, and he later wakes up next to her, having forgotten what they did during the day. |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "The Shape of Love" Transliteration: "Ai no Katachi" (Japanese: 愛のかたち) | Tsuyoshi Tobita | Yuniko Ayana | Yoshikazu Miyao | September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18) |
| Merlin agrees to be a waitress at the Boar Hat, but first she wants Meliodas and Gowther to follow Gilthunder to find out if he is being stalked by someone. Meanwhile, Gilthunder, Howzer and Griamore are each hit with falling debris in the streets, with Gilthunder unharmed and confused of the situation. Gowther is distracted by a boy named Pelliot, who asks him to retrieve a fat cat off a roof. Since Gowther reminds Pelliot of his mother, who recently died, Gowther transforms into Pelliot's mother for a moment and disappears when Pelliot's father finds him. Meliodas finds Gilthunder, Howzer and Griamore at a restaurant, where he purposely spills coffee to expose Vivian, revealed as the stalker. After Meliodas easily defeat Vivian by using Full Counter with a nearby spoon, Merlin punishes her by planting a cursed ring on her finger, which will bring pain to her each time she comes close to Gilthunder, and Merlin explains that the Ten Commandments are the highest class in the demon race. At the Boar Hat, Merlin quits her job as a waitress, while Hawk and Gowther fill in for the position, much to the guys' dismay. |||||||

## Home media release
### Japanese

Aniplex (Japan – Region 2/A) :
| Volume | Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. |
| | 1 | 1–2 | January 11, 2017 | |
| | 2 | 3–4 | February 8, 2017 | |