The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments - Prologue

七つの大罪戒めの復活 -序章- (Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu Joshou)

7.2(29,977)

MAL Score

Ranked #3678

Popularity #2936

Action
Adventure
Fantasy

Episodes: 1
Duration: 24 min
Aired: Jan 6, 2018
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

*The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments – Prologue* serves as a refresher episode that revisits the key events of *Nanatsu no Taizai* leading up to the next chapter.

Aired ahead of the new season in January 2018, it combines recap material with a handful of added scenes to bridge the story into *Revival of The Commandments*.

Otaku Consensus

Revival of The Commandments - Prologue is best judged as franchise maintenance rather than a standalone special: its value is in A-1 Pictures’ efficient reorientation, the added connective material, and the way it primes the stronger worldbuilding and character escalation praised in Revival of The Commandments. The common criticism is also built into its format: as a recap-adjacent episode, it cannot escape uneven pacing, and broader discussion of this era of Seven Deadly Sins often singles out animation consistency and fight presentation as divisive.

Why You Should Watch

Watch this if you are returning to The Seven Deadly Sins after a break and want the fastest clean runway into Revival of The Commandments without committing to a full Season 1 rewatch. It is designed for viewers who like shonen-fantasy party dynamics in the vein of Fairy Tail or Magi, but want the tone to swing harder between tavern comedy, knightly melodrama, and demonic power-scaling. The pitch is practical: one episode, produced by A-1 Pictures, with enough recap to restore context and enough new bridge material to make it more than a clip package. Newcomers should start with the main series; returning fans get a compact memory reset before the Ten Commandments material becomes the season’s engine.

Key Characters

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Meliodas(VA: Yuki Kaji)
Meliodas remains the franchise’s tonal stress test: a sunny, joke-forward leader whose casual manner makes his bursts of authority and power feel deliberately off-balance.
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Elizabeth Liones(VA: Sora Amamiya)
Elizabeth gives the series its emotional through-line, grounding the louder battle-fantasy material in loyalty, guilt, and moral resolve rather than simple power escalation.
B
Ban(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Ban is the fan-favorite wildcard archetype: reckless, stylish, and emotionally sharper than his outlaw swagger initially suggests.
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Hawk(VA: Misaki Kuno)
Hawk functions as the series’ built-in heckler, puncturing grand fantasy posturing with mascot comedy and blunt commentary.

What Makes It Stand Out

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This is a single-episode prologue that aired on January 6, 2018, immediately before Revival of The Commandments, making it a deliberately scheduled on-ramp rather than an after-the-fact recap special.
2
The episode is not a pure clip show: the research data identifies added scenes that bridge the earlier anime into the next chapter, giving returning viewers continuity material they would miss by only reading a summary.
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A-1 Pictures produced the special, maintaining continuity with the 2014-2015 24-episode television adaptation rather than treating the prologue as a disposable promotional extra.
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Its usefulness is tied to the franchise’s reception pattern: viewers and reviewers often praise Seven Deadly Sins for its core concept, ensemble appeal, and worldbuilding, while criticizing pacing and animation consistency, which makes a focused recap especially functional before a larger escalation arc.
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On MyAnimeList it stands as a separately rated entry with a 7.21 score from 29,977 votes, an unusual footprint for what is essentially a transition episode rather than a self-contained story.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Revival of The Commandments - Prologue aired on January 6, 2018, positioning it as a broadcast lead-in to the new season rather than a home-video-only recap.
Fun fact 2: The special belongs to the A-1 Pictures era of the franchise; the same studio produced the original 24-episode anime adaptation that ran from October 2014 to March 2015.
Fun fact 3: Its MAL popularity rank of #2936 and vote count of 29,977 show that a large portion of the fandom logged the prologue separately, even though recap specials are often skipped or folded into season viewing.
Fun fact 4: English-language reception around Revival of The Commandments repeatedly points to the Ten Commandments material as the season’s major escalation hook, which is why this prologue’s bridge function matters for continuity-minded viewers.
Fun fact 5: The special’s mixed reputation reflects a broader Seven Deadly Sins divide: the franchise’s concept and character development are frequently praised, while pacing and animation quality remain the most common complaints in viewer discussion.