Vinland Saga Season 2 Unveils New Opening

Vinland Saga Season 2 entered a new cour earlier today with the 13th episode and with it, the series unveiled a new opening. SURVIVE SAID THE PROPHET is back with “Paradox,” the new opening song (the band sang the first season’s “MUKANJYO”).

Vinland Saga Season 2 recently revealed two new trailers: one introduced the opening, while the other featured haju:harmonics’ ending theme song. The staff for the second season of Vinland Saga includes:

• Director: Shuhei Yabuta
• Character design: Takahiko Abiru
• Series composition: Hiroshi Seko
• Chief animation director: Takahiko Abiru
• Music: Yutaka Yamada
• Script: Hiroshi Seko

Crunchyroll and Netflix are streaming the anime, which is set to have 24 episodes. 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.

The cast consists of:

• 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

Source: Press Release
© Makoto Yukimura, Kodansha/VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 Project