Get ready for the adventures of Tristan Liones, son of Meliodas Liones.
The first part of the Seven Deadly Sins movie, Grudge of Edinburgh, is releasing on Tuesday, December 20 on Netflix. Releases on the platform aren’t explicitly revealed, but they usually remain consistent across releases. The typical schedule is as follows:
- Pacific Time: 11 AM PT
- Central Time: 1 AM CT
- Eastern Time: 2 AM ET
- British Time: 12:30 AM GMT
- Indian Time: 12:30 PM IST
- European Time: 8 AM CEST
The upcoming movie is divided into two parts, with the release date for the second part yet to be revealed. The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh was announced during Netflix’s Festival Japan, a virtual event that occurred in November 2021. Bob Shirahata was revealed as the movie’s director, Noriyuki Abe would no longer be acting as the supervising director and Rintarou Ikeda would be handling writing and scripting. Alfred Imageworks and Marvy Jack are the movie’s animators.
The cast for Grudge of Edinburgh has some big-name voice actors like Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack On Titan), Ayamu Murase (Aki Hayakawa in Chainsaw Man), Koki Uchiyama (Meruem in Hunter X Hunter), Sora Amamiya (Touka Kirishima in Tokyo Ghoul). Other cast members include Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Aoi Yuki, Jun Fukuyama, and Yuhei Takagi.
The first part of the movie has a run time of 52 minutes. The movie focuses on Meliodas’ son, Tristan Liones, who goes on an adventurous journey to save his loved ones when evil forces intrude on the empire of Britannia. The young prince is discovering his new powers.
The Seven Deadly Sins is one of the most popular anime franchises in the adventure and fantasy genre. The manga series by Nakaba Suzuki ran from 2012 to 2020, totaling 41 volumes. It was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine for Japanese fans, while Kodansha USA licensed it for English publication in North America. The series remained immensely popular among anime fans for a long time, including its several spin-off mangas, TV series, movies, and video games. The Seven Deadly Sins also won the 39th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shonen category.