Review of The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments
The explicit understanding of the seven deadly sins is that as a coherent whole they work like a charm but individually most lack the characterization to stand out. If you’re going to watch something like the seven deadly sins, you need to go in with the mindset of being action-oriented or else you will be disappointed by the shallow substance of the show. The first season had some good things going for it (interesting subplots, mysteries, and coherent story development) and that's why I had high hopes for the series but the current season fails to elaborate onany of the strengths of the previous season. Instead, it seemed to be confused about where it wanted to go and ended up floundering with pointless direction. Still, it's fun to see some action once in a while, so you won't be disappointed if that is what you are looking for here.
Animation: Being A-1 pictures producing this you can expect some high-level fluidity, not that A-1 pictures is particularly talented just that they have the manpower and money to make it happen. The show is almost at sakuga level the entire duration of the show and it really blends well with the fight choreography(which is also pretty incredible). There's really not much to be said about the animation other than the sometimes interesting use of CG at times. It also fits well like the darkness so it wasn't that big of a problem.
Story: This is where the show lacked the most of, which is a shame given that the rest of the show had was rock solid. I’m going to chalk up the story direction and pacing problems to be the switch in directors. There seems to be a lack of understand where its concerned with how to make the show more interesting to the viewers. The story speeds past major parts and exposition to get to the fights of the show which seemed to be a mistake as none of the characters got any kind of proper time except a few(meliodas and Ban). The show actually managed to increase the cast size when it already an insane size to begin with. This gave most the characters very little importance and while some did die it felt pointless and not a very effective use of time. The story adds more information and backstory without solving the current list of mysteries and confused the hell out of me where the show was going. There's no clear reason why the seven deadly sins have to fight the ten commandments outside that they are “bad”. It added to the confusion with the messy structuring of events as well, which could have easily been rearranged to fit the premise of the story better rather than jumping around everywhere. All and all I found the story to lose a lot of its initial promise and instead just focus on the season-long fighting tournament.
Music: Sawano, Hiroyuki is back at it again with his grandeur and uplifting music. He really gave a lot of the scenes a big boost in enjoyment and excitement. Without him, I could not see myself enjoying the show anywhere near the same level. The music in total has little diversity, not in the sense of the type of music but rather in the abstract sense. It mostly consists of music that you could come to expect but is nonetheless is very good. Besides that, the OP’s and ED’s are alright and are produced by popular rock and Hip Hop bands. Overall a solid OST.
Voice acting: Keeping with tradition I would like to present another fabulous English dub to watch. Some returning talent and some new talent as well, the voices had lots of enthusiasm and power behind them. I really enjoyed the performance done by Benjamin Diskin in voicing Ban and Diana by Erica Mendez. Really had a grasp on their characters and I really recommend the dub if you are looking for an interesting experience