Vinland Saga Season 2: Release Date, Where to Watch, and Updates
The first season of Vinland Saga was released on Netflix in July 2022. Still, fans will be pleased to discover that the highly awaited second season will be available weekly beginning in early 2023.
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical-drama anime series based on Makoto Yukimura’s manga Vinland Saga. The manga’s serialization began in April 2005 in Weekly Shonen Magazine and quickly transferred to Monthly Afternoon.
WIT Studio handled the first season’s animation. However, the second season will be handled by Studio MAPPA and the animator behind hit shows like Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen.
The plot of Vinland Saga takes place at the height of the Vikings’ supremacy in Europe, recounting King Cnut the Great’s ascension to the English throne and the establishment of his North Sea Empire.
Meanwhile, Thorfinn, an Icelandic adventurer, serves under a squad of mercenaries responsible for his father’s murder with the sole intention of exacting his revenge on them. But Thorfinn’s actual ambition is to sail over the sea and discover Vinland’s paradise.
When is Vinland Saga season 2 coming to Netflix?
We initially thought that fans would have to wait up to three years to watch the second installment of Vinland Saga on Netflix. We couldn’t be happier to be mistaken.
Updates on the anime’s official website announced and verified that Vinland Saga season 2 would be available on Netflix globally, except in China.
It has also been revealed that the series will be accessible to watch on Crunchyroll globally, except for Asia. This implies that in the United States, Netflix and Crunchyroll will share streaming rights. Season 2 of Vinland Saga premieres in Japan on January 9th, 2023.
However, it is unknown when Vinland Saga episodes will be available on Netflix, given the streaming site has never broadcast anime outside of Asia. Previously, all the weekly anime series licensed by Netflix had a brief wait ranging from a few days to a few weeks.
This also implies that Crunchyroll may receive episodes before Netflix due to simulcasting. However, we’re still waiting for Netflix to reveal the precise release date for Vinland Saga season 2
What about the English Dub?
According to the wiki, Netflix holds the streaming rights to VSI’s English version of the anime.
This means if VSI provides an English version soon after the Japanese broadcast, the English dub may appear later in the year. However, we must wait for formal confirmation from Netflix and Studio Mappa for the time being.
Expected Plot
Season 2 of Vinland Saga will adapt the manga’s Farm Arc or Ketil’s Farm Arc. Ketil is a wealthy farmer who cares for his slaves. After Askeladd’s death, he works on Ketil’s farm.
Ketil’s sons are Olmar and Thorgil, and Snake the commnader in charge of the slave farm will assist Thorfinn in letting go of his dark history and also is encouraged by his father Thors’ hopes. He was Thorfinn’s father’s old friend.
Vinland Saga is based on the true stories of notable Viking historical personalities such as King Canute the Great, Thorfinn, and Leif Erikson. Season 2 will follow the same structure as Season 1 with 24 episodes based on 54 chapters.
Is Vinland Saga historically accurate? Will the ending change?
About Vinland Saga
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. The series is published under Kodansha in its monthly manga magazine – Monthly Afternoon – aimed at young adult men. It currently has 22 volumes in tankōbon format.
Vinland Saga is set in ancient Viking times, where a young Thorfinn’s life goes astray when his father Thors – a well known retired warrior – is killed while on a journey.
Thorfinn then finds himself under the jurisdiction of his enemy – his father’s killer – and hopes to seek revenge on him when he grows stronger. The anime is loosely based on the expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni in his search for Vinland.
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