Vinland Saga Season 2 premiered and also revealed the episode count earlier today: 24 episodes that will be published across two DVD/Blu-ray volumes. The first volume is scheduled for June 21 release date, while the second is coming on August 23 of this year. Studio MAPPA is animating the second season of the series, following WIT STUDIO which worked on the first. Shuhei Yabuta returned to direct the sequel. The staff also includes:
- Character design: Takahiko Abiru
- Series composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Chief animation director: Takahiko Abiru
- Music: Yutaka Yamada
- Script: Hiroshi Seko
Theme songs for the second season are “River” by Anonymouz (opening song) and “Without Love” by LMYK (ending theme). Both were introduced in the official trailers; opening in October and ending in December. The first season of Vinland Saga also had 24 episodes. The cast includes:
- Yuto Uemura as Thorfinn
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Einar
- Kensho Ono as Canute
- Mayumi Sako as Arnheid
- Yu Hayashi as Olmar
- Hideaki Tezuka as Ketil
- Taiten Kusunoki as Thorgil
- Fuminori Komatsu as Snake
- Mugihito as Sverkel
- Yoji Ueda as Leif
- Akio Otsuka as Thorkell
Vinland Saga is based on a manga by Makoto Yukimura, initially published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. In late 2005 the manga moved to seinen magazine Afternoon, where it’s still being serialized. The story is a dramatization of real-life history and it focuses on Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson, who is given a sullen personality and revenge goal.
An anime adaptation by WIT Studio aired from July to December 2019 and had 24 episodes. Survive Said The Prophet and Man with a Mission performed the opening songs, titled “Mukanjyo” and “Dark Crow,” respectively. Aimer and Milet sang the ending themes – “Torches” and “Drown.”
Crunchyroll and Netflix are streaming the anime with English subtitles weekly, every Monday. Crunchyroll describes the plot of the second season as:
A new millennium begins in the southern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. After the death of his longtime 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. Thorfinn meets a young man there, Einar, who was also a slave like him. The encounter of Einar led Thorfinn to face the sins he had committed and began to find meaning in life. On the other hand, Canute, who became the King of England, attempted to extend his territory for the establishment of “the promised land”. This is “The Story of a True Warrior (Saga)”. “The story of Atonement and Salvation (Saga)” that lies beyond the prologue.
Source: Official Twitter
© Makoto Yukimura, Kodansha/VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 Project
