The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky
Seen it?2018 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, action fans and animation lovers. If you loved Batman Begins or The Green Mile, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13: scary moments. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Traveling in search of the rare ingredient, “sky fish” Meliodas and Hawk arrive at a palace that floats above the clouds. The people there are busy preparing a ceremony, meant to protect their home from a ferocious beast that awakens once every 3,000 years. But before the ritual is complete, the Six Knights of Black—a Demon Clan army—removes the seal on the beast, threatening the lives of everyone in the Sky Palace.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$4 million worldwide; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 16K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Noriyuki Abe, Yasuto Nishikata
- Yuki KajiMeliodas (voice)
- Sora AmamiyaElizabeth Liones (voice)
- Misaki KunoHawk (voice)
- Tatsuhisa SuzukiBan (voice)
- Jun FukuyamaKing (voice)
- Aoi YukiDiana (voice)
- Tomokazu SugitaEscanor (voice)
- Maaya SakamotoMerlin (voice)
- Yuuhei TakagiGowther (voice)
- Takaya KurodaAterra (voice)