The anime adaptation of the Vinland Saga manga from Makoto Yukimura is in production from WIT Studio and some new promotion has landed. Set for a twenty-four episode run debuting on July 6th, 2019, the streaming has firmed up a bit with the official site revealing what’s going on with Amazon Prime. It’s listing that English and German subtitles will be available simultaneous to the Japanese release, at least for the first three episodes, with them arriving:
Episode 1: July 6th 12:00 AM (JST)
Episode 2: July 8th 01:40 AM (JST)
Episode 3: July 8th 02:10 AM (JST)
Additional language subtitle options will be released in the week following the episode.
Now, the official site has rolled out a new short but solid promo for the season as we’re so close to the debut and it shows off more of the animation and the ending theme song tied to the animation itself. The series will feature the ending theme song with Aimer performing the song “Torches” for it, which will be their 17th single when it gets released on August 14th, 2019.
The series has Shuhei Yabuta directing based on the series composition from Hiroshi Seko and Kenta Ihara. Animated at Wit Studio, Takahiko Abiru is handling the character designs for it.
The main cast includes Shizuka Ishigami as Thorfinn as a child, Yūto Uemura as Thorfinn, and Kenichirou Matsuda as Thors. The newly added cast includes Naoya Uchida as Askeladd, Kensho Ono as Canute, Akio Ohtsuka as Thorkell, and Hiroki Yasumoto as Bjorn. The supporting cast includes Atsushi Ono as Floki, Yōji Ueda as Leif Ericson, Ao Takahashi as Helga, Hitomi Nabatame as Ylva, Jin Urayama as Ragnar, Satoshi Hino as Willibald, Ryota Takeuchi as Asgeir, Takayuki Sugo as Sweyn, Hiroki Gotou as Torgrim, Shinya Takahashi as Atli, Makoto Furukawa as The Ear, Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Ari, and Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Halfdan.
The manga has seen release in North America through Kodansha Comics, which has struggled in the omnibus hardcover format they were putting it out in to ensure it had a prestige feeling about it, but this is an adaptation that could really give it a huge and worthy boost. The manga has over five million copies in print across the twenty volumes released so far in Japan.
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Plot Concept: The Viking invasion of London has reached a fever pitch, and Askeladd and Thorfinn rush to take part in the carnage! Their goal is the capture of Cnut, the son of King Sweyn Forkbeard and heir to the throne of Scandanavia and the Danelaw. But standing in their way is Thorkell, one of the Viking world’s most daring warriors. The defeat of a living legend will be a formidable test of Askeladd’s cunning and Thorfinn’s ruthlessness, and of their ability to set aside personal grudges and fell a common enemy!
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