The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh
is a Japanese two-part animated fantasy action film based on The Seven Deadly Sins manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki, and the third and fourth film for the series, following Prisoners of the Sky (2018) and Cursed by Light (2021). The two-part film is directed by Bob Shirahata, with Noriyuki Abe as chief director, written by Rintarō Ikeda, co-produced by Alfred Imageworks and Marvy Jack and distributed by Netflix. The first film was streamed on December 20, 2022, while the second film was streamed on August 8, 2023. The film takes place between last episode of The Seven Deadly Sins and its sequel series Four Knights of the Apocalypse. Synopsis

Part 1

14 years after Kingdom of Liones defeated the Demon Clan, Meliodas’ son, Tristan is tormented by his inability to control his powers from the Demon and Goddess Clans since harming his friend, Ban's son, Lancelot. This led him trying to find non-violent means of using his powers, putting him at odds with Meliodas. The following day, Tristan learns his mother Elizabeth had fallen ill from a curse and uses his goddess powers to track down the perpetrator. It leads Tristan to encounter animated suits of armor called Empties that were capturing fairies and giants. Tristan is joined by one of the fairies and learns their destination is Edinburgh, a fallen kingdom that was being restored by Deathpierce, a former Holy Knight of Liones who came to despise non-human races and has his servant Priest cursed Elizabeth. The two are attacked by an army of Empties and two of Deathpierce's subordinate chimeras, Knight and Mage. This forces the fairy to reveal his identity as Lancelot to save Tristan. Part 2

Voice cast

Production
In November 2021, it was announced that The Seven Deadly Sins manga series would receive a two-part anime film for Netflix in 2022, with Bob Shirahata directing the film at both Alfred Imageworks and Marvy Jack, with Rinatō Ikeda returning to provide the screenplay after writing Cursed by Light film. The two-part film would also use computer generated animation instead of hand-drawn animation. In March 2022, it was announced that key cast members would reprise their roles, along with Ayumu Murase and Mikako Komatsu being cast as teenage and young Tristan respectively. The theme song for the first film is titled "LEMONADE" by Hiroyuki Sawano and XAI. Release
The two-part film was released on the Netflix streaming site, with the first film on December 20, 2022, and the second film in August 2023. Reception

Critical reception
Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first film a B- rating, and stated "It's nice to reconnect with the characters and to see what their kids are up to, and overall, this feels like the start of a pretty good adventure." Kenneth Seward Jr. of IGN also thought the first film was entertaining, yet felt incomplete. Notes

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2020s Japanese-language films
2022 films
2022 anime films
2023 anime films
2023 films
Anime films based on manga
Anime films composed by Hiroyuki Sawano
Films directed by Noriyuki Abe
Japanese animated fantasy films
Japanese-language Netflix original films
Netflix original anime
Grudge of Edinburgh

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