Vinland Saga: Release date, story… All about season 2

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When is the Vinland Saga season 2 release date?

Vinland Saga Season 2 is slated to air starting Monday, January 9. Therefore, more than two years later Thorfinn’s adventures will offer a sequel on the small screen. Regarding Makoto Yukimura’s manga which this adaptation is clearly based on, the latter is still being published in Sore magazine. If this name means anything to us, it’s that it’s the monthly that has hosted cult series like Mushishi or Parasyte, but also news-grabbing works like Blue Lock.

As for the first part, Vinland Saga season 2 will stream in France on Netflix and Crunchyroll. By being available on two platforms at once, this series can be accessed by as many people as possible. Also, it’s quite a surprise to see that Makoto Yukimura’s manga just got an anime adaptation. Be aware, the manga started in 2005 and it wasn’t until 2019 that the adaptation started. Like what, better late than never since the first season was such a smash hit. On MyAnimeList, the anime is rated 8.71/10 based on reviews from nearly 700,000 users, making it the 91st highest-rated series on the site. Only that.

How is the story of Vinland Saga Season 2?

The great originality of Vinland Saga is that it is an anime that takes place in the Viking Age, that is, in Northern Europe in the 11th century. We follow the adventures of Thorfinn, a young teenager who wants to avenge the death of his father who was murdered when he was a child.. To do so, he tries to confront Askeladd, the murderer of his father and a cunning but powerful warlord whom our hero failed to defeat. In order to succeed, Thorfinn would then chain dangerous missions and fights, which would leave him even colder and lonelier. If we could summarize the first part of the Vinland Saga like this, In season two, we find Thorfinn when he is sold into slavery by a rich farmer who uses him to cultivate his land. One day, he meets another slave, Einar, who will help him give meaning to his life. At the same time, we also follow what happened at the head of the British crown, when the king tried to expand his territory.

Who are the creative people behind Vinland Saga Season 2?

If the first season of the Vinland Saga was a success, it’s also because it benefited from high-quality animation. For good reason, animation studio WIT is in charge of production, a structure we know well from having tackled the first seasons of Attack on Titan, Spy x Family, or even Seraph of the End. . But for this second part, we are entitled to a studio change because MAPPA is the one who recovered the baby. If you follow anime activities, it must be a name that means a lot to you as the company has been doubling down on ambitious projects lately. In the chaos, we can mention Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Yuri on Ice, Terror in Resonance, but also the last season of Attack on Titan. Like what, the circle is closed. Despite everything, we found some form of consistency between the two seasons as Shuhei Yabuta, the director of the first part, will occupy the same position for the second part.

What are the cast of Vinland Saga Season 2?

No wonder, in the second season of Vinland Saga we find the same actor as the first. So, Yuuto Uemura has once again embodied Thorfinn, who we also know for playing Johan in Monster, Atsushi Nakajima in Bungou Stray Dogs or even Tamaki Amajiki in My Hero Academia. In the role of Einar, an important character in the second season, we find Shunsuke Takeuchi who lent his voice to Daisuke Jigen in Lupine Zero for example. For Askeladd, Thorfinn’s target, Naoya Uchida is in charge of character, a big name in dubbing since he took care of Tobi and Madara Uchicha in Naruto Shippuden, Oda Nobunaga in Drifters but especially Cobra in the latest series in 2000-2010. Finally, let’s finish the overview of the actors of Vinland Saga with Kensho Ono playing Canute, the King of England and who we know for many roles like Kuroko from Kuroko’s Basket, Giorno in part 5 of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure , Floch Forster in Attack on Titan or new -Recently Yuri Briar on Spy x Family.

Do you want to know more?

If you’ve enjoyed the Vinland Saga anime adaptation and you’re planning to pursue work this way, we may have good news for you. According to Shuhei Yabuta, the director of the first and second seasons, the anime aims to be a complete adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s manga.. So if all goes well and the show continues to be wildly popular, then a third season, or even a fourth, is warranted. Now there remains to be official confirmation of all this, but also to find out which studio is in charge of the project. If MAPPA is in production this second season, it is a highly requested structure by many highly anticipated anime such as Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen or Chainsaw Man.