The Seven Deadly Sins (TV series)

The Seven Deadly Sins is an American-Australian animated series created by Dan Darlene, Jacob Navin and Finley Small, based on Navin and Small's comic book of the same name. The series aired on The WB as part of Kids' WB, and later on the Bear Bones Channel, from 2003 and 2011.

Plot
The Seven Deadly Sins are a request for knights in the land of Britannia who disbanded ten years earlier for evidently plotting a coup of the Liones Kingdom, the Holy Knights who sequestered them then taking control in the wake of a rebellion they organized. Liones' third princess Elizabeth Liones finds the Seven Deadly Sins' leader Meliodas before they search out his comrades so they can clear their names and reclaim Liones from the Holy Knights, uncovered to be under the influence of an evil spirit named Fraudrin who resuscitates the Demon King and his army of demons. As the Sins fight against the Ten Commandments led by his brother, Meliodas is revealed to be the Demon King's cursed son whose destiny is tied to Elizabeth's.

Characters

 * Billy West as Meliodas
 * Lauren Tom as Elizabeth
 * Frank Welker as Hawk
 * Candi Milo as Diane
 * Ben Diskin as Ban
 * Charlie Schlatter as King
 * Tom Kenny as Gowther
 * Katey Sagal as Merlin
 * Zig Miles as Zeldris
 * Fred Tatasciore as Escanor
 * Neil Ross as Fraudrin
 * Doug Lawrence as Estarossa
 * Clive Revill as Galand
 * Patrick Warburton as Monspeet
 * April Winchell as Derieri
 * Alanna Ubach as Melascula
 * Nolan North as Drole
 * Brad Garrett as Greyroad
 * Jeannie Elias as Gloxinia
 * Aria Curzon as Elaine
 * Jason Marsden as Arthur Pendragon
 * Gregg Berger as Oslo
 * Paul Eiding as Bartra
 * Tara Strong as Veronica
 * Lara Jill Miller as Margaret
 * Ed Asner as Zaratras
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Gilthunder
 * Pamela Adlon as Guila
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Jericho
 * Bronson Pinchot as Howzer
 * S. Scott Bullock as Dreyfus
 * Kurtwood Smith as Hendrickson
 * Scott Grimes as Griamore
 * Cam Clarke as Helbram
 * Ashley Johnson as Vivian
 * Rino Romano as Gustaf
 * Kat Cressida as Freesia
 * Dorian Harewood as Golguis
 * Corey Burton as Ruin
 * Kevin Schon as Jude
 * Steven Weber as Slader
 * Phil LaMarr as Simon
 * Pat Fraley as Weinhardt
 * Ellen Gerstell as Jillian
 * Chris Edgarly as Deathpierce
 * Quinton Flynn as Arden
 * Jodi Benson as Deldry
 * Brian Cummings as Waillo
 * Julia McIlvaine as Nerobasta
 * Townsend Coleman as Cain Barzad
 * Cheryl Chase as Jenna
 * Pat Musick as Zaneri
 * Teresa Ganzel as Matrona
 * Ronnie Schell as Zhivago
 * Nicole Sullivan as Sennett
 * Nancy Cartwright as Luigi
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Dale
 * Grey DeLisle as Ellen
 * Cree Summer as Zeal

Development
In early 2003, Sensation Animation announced that the studio was planning to adapt Navin and Small's comic book, The Seven Deadly Sins, for television.

Films
A theatrical film titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky, was released in theaters on August 18, 2006. It is directed by Caleb Elbourn and written by Amile John, featuring an original story by Finley Small. The other main staff members from the animated series returned to reprise their roles in the film.

A second film titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light was released as a direct-to-video title on July 8, 2011. The theme song for the film is "To the Light Beyond" by Crush 40.

Home media releases
The series home media releases were distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.