Thorfinn’s saga of discovering what it means to be a true warrior continues with the premiere of Vinland Saga: Season 2. Next, we share all the details:
what will it be about Vinland Saga: Season 2?
Vinland Saga It originates from Makoto Yukimura’s manga of the same name. The print began its serialization on the pages of Weekly Shōnen Magazine in April 2005, and was transferred to the magazine Afternoon in December of that same year. The Kodansha publishing house has compiled the story in 26 volumes to date, which already exceeds 7 million copies in circulation. Yukimura began working on the manga’s final arc in November 2019.
The work was awarded the Grand Prize in the manga division of the Japan Art Festival in 2009, and Best Manga in the overall category of the 36th Kodansha Manga Prize in 2012. The print made the leap to anime with an acclaimed first. season of 24 episodes in 2019, under the production of WIT Studio (Attack on Titanseasons 1 to 3).
The official synopsis for the second season is as follows:
“A new millennium begins in the southern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark.
After the death of his old enemy, Askeladd, Thorfinn lost his purpose in life.
He was bought by the landowner Ketil as a ‘slave’ and engaged in land reclamation work on his farm.
There Thorfinn meets a young man, Einar, who was also a slave like him. Einar’s encounter led Thorfinn to face the sins he had committed and began to find meaning in life.
On the other hand, Padfoot, who became King of England, tried to extend his territory for the establishment of ‘the promised land’.
This is ‘The story of a true warrior’.
The story of Atonement and Salvation that lies beyond the prologue.”
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Production team and cast
The adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s Viking epic will keep the same staff who took care of the first season. However, production will now take place in the studio. MAPPAresponsible for titles such as Attack on Titan: The Final Season, Jujutsu Kaisen Y Chainsaw Man.
The creative team of Vinland Saga: Season 2 will see the returns of Shūhei Yabuta as director; Hiroshi Seko as the screenwriter; Takahiko Abiru as character designer and chief animation director; Yusuke Takeda, Kentaro Onuki, and Izumi Hirabayashi as art directors; as well as Yutaka Yamada as a composer.
Yūto Uemura will reprise his role as Thorfinn Thordarson. Some of the new cast members will be: Akio Otsuka (Thorkell), Fuminori Komatsu (Snake), Kensho Ono (Canute), Shunsuke Takeuchi (Einar), Mayumi Sako (Arnheid), Yu Hayashi (Olmar), Hideaki Tezuka (Ketyl) and Taiten Kusunoki (Thorgil).
When is it released and where to see Vinland Saga: Season 2?
Vinland Saga will return to Latin American screens through crunchyroll Y Netflix.
The second season will debut in simulcast Monday January 9, 2023 at 8:30 am PT (10:30 pm, Mexico time). A new episode will premiere every week; the season will consist of 24 chapters.
Trailer for Vinland Saga: Season 2 (June 8, 2022)
Trailer #2 (October 24, 2022)
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We remind you that the first season of Vinland Saga is available on Prime Video, Netflix, Crunchyroll, and HIDIVE.