Vinland Saga (TV series)

Vinland Saga
	Key visual of the series
ヴィンランド・サガ; (Vinrando Saga)
Genre	Adventure; Epic; Historical;
Anime television series
Directed by	Shūhei Yabuta
Produced by	Naokado Fujiwara; Yōko Ueda (S1); Mitsuhiro Sugita (S1); Hitoshi Matsumoto (S2); Masae Yamato (S2); Akira Yonezawa (S2);
Written by	Hiroshi Seko; Kenta Ihara (S1);
Music by	Yutaka Yamada
Studio	Wit Studio (S1); MAPPA (S2);
Licensed by	Netflix; BI: MVM Entertainment (home video); NA: Sentai Filmworks (S1); Crunchyroll (S2); ;
Original network	NHK General TV (S1); Tokyo MX, BS11, GBS, AT-X (S2);
Original run	July 7, 2019 – June 20, 2023
Episodes	48
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Vinland Saga (Japanese: ヴィンランド・サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga) is a Japanese anime television series based on Makoto Yukimura's manga of the same name. The first season was produced by Wit Studio in 2019 and the second by MAPPA in 2023. They follow the life of a child named Thorfinn who becomes involved with Vikings following his father's death. The first season follows his exploits as a revenge-driven Viking, while in the second season, the story shifts to his life as a stoic slave who finds no reason to live.

Despite the two seasons being developed by two different studios, director Shūhei Yabuta and writer Hiroshi Seko worked together in both parts. They aimed to bring more original content to the adaptation in order to further develop the characters like Thorfinn's transformation into a Viking, the nightmares that haunt him, and Einar's life before becoming a slave. The series was streamed by Amazon Prime and Netflix for a worldwide release.

Critical response to the series was positive for the handling of the Vikings' violence and fight sequences. The second season earned similar responses but for focusing on slavery and Thorfinn's mental state.

^ ^a ^b "Vinland Saga". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
^ Chapman, Paul (September 1, 2019). "Vinland Saga TV Anime Teases Viking Violence with 2nd Cour Trailer". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.

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[SF-official-1] "Vinland Saga". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.

[2] Chapman, Paul (September 1, 2019). "Vinland Saga TV Anime Teases Viking Violence with 2nd Cour Trailer". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2023.

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