The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse

七つの大罪黙示録の四騎士 (Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi)

8.0(1)

OtakuDen

7.2(31,210)

MAL Score

Ranked #3488

Popularity #2435

Action
Adventure
Fantasy

Episodes: 24
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Oct 8, 2023 to Mar 31, 2024
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Percival has spent his days with his grandfather atop God’s Finger, a secluded refuge rising above the clouds. He’s content with the quiet routine, yet can’t shake a private yearning to see what lies beyond. That fragile peace shatters when an intruder arrives—someone tied to Percival in a startling way—and leaves him with his world irreversibly changed.

With his old life gone, Percival sets off to pursue the person responsible, stepping into an unfamiliar world where even ordinary customs are new to him. As he travels, he begins to form bonds with companions who help him survive on the road, but their trust is tested as the truth of Percival’s fate comes into focus—along with its ominous link to a coming apocalypse.

Otaku Consensus

Four Knights of the Apocalypse lands as a visible course correction for the Seven Deadly Sins anime brand: Telecom Animation Film gives the sequel cleaner action staging, steadier character animation, and a road-adventure pace that lets its younger cast earn audience investment rather than coast on legacy nostalgia. The strongest reactions single out the battles, voice acting, villain presence, and Hiroyuki Sawano/Kouta Yamamoto-powered opening as proof that the adaptation has renewed energy; the recurring caveat is that it still carries franchise baggage, especially for viewers burned by later Seven Deadly Sins seasons or uninterested in its chibi-leaning comedy beats.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Four Knights of the Apocalypse if you want old-school shounen fantasy momentum without the exhausted feeling of a late-stage sequel. It scratches the same itch as Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai or early Black Clover: magic rules, oddball companions, monsters, knights, and battles built around emotional stakes rather than tournament bookkeeping. Telecom Animation Film gives the series a brighter, more consistent TV-action polish than the franchise’s most controversial anime years, while Kouta Yamamoto’s score and the Sawano/Yamamoto first opening push the adventure with big heroic energy. It is especially rewarding for viewers who like a protagonist whose naivety is treated as a source of comedy, danger, and growth, not just a gimmick.

Key Characters

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Percival(VA: Shou Komura)
Percival stands out because his innocence is animated and performed as an active force in the story: funny in daily interactions, disarming in conflict, and unsettling once the series starts tying him to larger mythic stakes.
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Donny(VA: Kikunosuke Toya)
Donny gives the traveling party its most human pressure valve, with reactions and insecurities that make the fantasy setting feel less like a prophecy machine and more like a hard road trip.
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Nasiens(VA: Aino Shimada)
Nasiens is the kind of support character fans latch onto because their usefulness comes from curiosity, craft, and moral tension rather than simple battle power.
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Anghalhad(VA: Kanna Nakamura)
Anghalhad brings a sharper social and emotional intelligence to the group, balancing the cast’s comic exaggeration with a more direct sense of judgment and resolve.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The sequel is produced by Telecom Animation Film, giving this entry a different visual identity from earlier Seven Deadly Sins TV seasons and helping explain why fan comments repeatedly highlight smoother fights and stronger animation consistency.
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Kouta Yamamoto handles the series music, while the first opening is jointly credited to Hiroyuki Sawano and Yamamoto for composition and arrangement, a pairing that gives the show a prestige action-fantasy sound right from its title sequence.
3
The season runs 24 episodes from October 8, 2023 to March 31, 2024, allowing it to function as a full half-year adventure rather than a compressed promotional cour.
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The adaptation leans into a broad fantasy bestiary and mythology mix: AniList tags place Magic at 100%, with Animals, Demons, Angels, Chibi, and Travel all at 79%, plus Dragons and Swordplay at 66%.
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Its tonal range is wider than the synopsis suggests, with AniList also flagging Body Horror at 40%, Nudity at 35%, and CGI at 30%, so the series is not only a bright quest narrative but also a franchise entry with occasional grotesque and fanservice elements.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: Original creator Nakaba Suzuki is credited on the anime, keeping Four Knights of the Apocalypse directly tied to the manga lineage of The Seven Deadly Sins rather than positioning it as an anime-original spin-off.
Fun fact 2: Maki Kodaira directs the series, while Shigeru Murakoshi is credited for both series composition and script, meaning the show’s episode-to-episode structure and written adaptation are unusually centralized.
Fun fact 3: The show finished its first 24-episode TV run with a MAL score of 7.24 from 31,210 votes, ranking #3488 by score and #2435 by popularity at the time of the provided data.
Fun fact 4: AniList records a close reception snapshot with a 72/100 score and 577 favourites, aligning with the broader critical pattern: positive but not runaway acclaim.
Fun fact 5: One of the most repeated fan talking points in the supplied web reactions is the opening’s 3D scene, showing that even the title sequence became part of the conversation around the production’s renewed visual confidence.