The summer and fall 2019 anime adaptation of the Vinland Saga manga from Makoto Yukimura is getting its home video release handled by VAP. The twenty-four-episode series with its first season saw release four box sets on both formats with six episodes per disc that began on December 25th, 2019. Then, the DVD sets are priced at 15,000 yen each while the Blu-ray sets are priced at 17,000 yen.
The second season with the same episode count is set as two box sets that begin on June 21st, 2023. Each set has twelve episodes with the DVDs priced at 30,000 yen per set and the Blu-ray sets priced at 33,000 yen.
With the second set out next week, we now have the finalized cover artwork and packaging for the first set. Check the schedule and details below.
The series has Shuhei Yabuta directing based on the series composition from Hiroshi Seko and Kenta Ihara. Animated at Wit Studio, Takahiko Abiru handled the character designs for it.
The Japanese 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
| Season 1 | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/25/19 | |
| 2 | 01/22/20 | |
| 3 | 02/19/20 | |
| 4 | 03/25/20 | |
| Season 2 | Date | Extras |
| 1 | 06/21/23 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Audio Commentary |
| 2 | 08/23/23 | Booklet, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Audio Commentary |
Second season covers:
First season covers:
[Source: Vinland Saga]
