Makoto Yukimura is the author and illustrator of the Vinland Saga historical manga series. The series is published by Kodansha and was originally serialized in the youth-targeted Weekly Shonen Magazine before switching to the young adult men-targeted Monthly Afternoon manga magazine.
Its chapters have been collected in twenty-six tankbon volumes as of May 2022. Kodansha USA has been allowed to publish the Vinland Saga in English. The term evokes associations with Vinland as described in two Norse sagas.
Vinland Saga, on the other hand, opens in an England ruled by the Danes at the beginning of the eleventh century and focuses on the Danish invasion of England, sometimes known as Vikings.
The story combines a dramatization of King Cnut the Great’s rise to power with a revenge plot centered on the historical explorer Thorfinn, the son of a murdered ex-warrior who serves under a group of mercenaries responsible for the murder; the story progresses through several story arcs before culminating in an expedition to Vinland.
From July through December of 2019, NHK General TV broadcasted a 24-episode anime television series adaption by Wit Studio. A second season, animated by MAPPA, will be broadcast in January 2023 on Tokyo MX and BS11.
As of July 2021, around 5.5 million copies of Vinland Saga were in circulation. The series received the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2012. The anime adaption of The Vinland Saga is regarded as one of the best anime series of 2019.
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Season 1
Background
The first season of the animated series Vinland Saga was animated by Wit Studio. The broadcast began on NHK, Japan’s official broadcaster, on July 8, 2019.
Season 1 consisted of 24 episodes that spanned the first 54 chapters of the manga; the season finale will show on December 29, 2019.
Amazon licensed the series for an English release (with subtitles) and streamed it globally via its subscription service Amazon Prime, airing the first episode one day before its Japanese launch.
Sentai Filmworks purchased Vinland Saga’s exclusive home video rights. They announced in June 2021 that the Season 1 Blu-ray would be released on August 31, 2021, with the Japanese original, English subtitles, and a new English dub.
In July 2021, an English dub by VSI Los Angeles, a French dub by studio Imagine, and dubs in other languages were released on Netflix JP.
Staff
- Animation Studio: Wit Studio
- Director: Shuhei Yabuta
- Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Script/Screenplay: Kenta Ihara
- Character Design: Takahiko Abiru
- Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda
- Art Board: Izumi Hirabayashi / Kentaro Ohnuki
- Background Art: Bamboo
- Music: Yutaka Yamada
- Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto
- Editor: Kashiko Kimura
- 3DCGI Director: Mayu Takehana
- 3D CGI: Chiptune
- Filming Director: Hiroki Kawashita
- Filming/Special Effects: Mad Box
- Digital work: Hirofumi Araki
- Sound Effect Director: Shouji Hata
- Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan
- Production: VINLAND SAGA Project
Season Two
Background
During the “Vinland Saga 2nd Anniversary Memorial Movie” on July 7, 2021, it was revealed that production on the second season of the anime has been approved.
On June 8, 2022, the principal cast and first teaser were unveiled, along with a release date of January 2023. The series will once again be directed by Shuhei Yabuta, but MAPPA will be in charge of the animation.
Staff
- Animation Studio: MAPPA
- Director: Shuhei Yabuta
- Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Script/Screenplay: Kenta Ihara & Hiroshi Seko
- Character Design: Takahiko Abiru
- Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda / Kentaro Ohnuki / Izumi Hirabayashi
- Sound Effect Director: Shōji Hata
- Sound Effect: Takuya Hasegawa
- Sound Production: Sound team – Don Juan
- Music: Yutaka Yamada
- Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto / Minori Nishita
- Editor: Kashiko Kimura
- 3DCGI Director: Kōhei Ogawa
- Filming Director: Yūki Kawashita / Hisashi Matsumukō
- Director of Photography: Hiroki Kawashita
- Background Art: Bamboo
- Special Effects: Mad Box
- Production: VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 Project