Vinland Saga Season 2 will air every Monday at 12:30 p.m. JPT, starting on January 9, 2023, with a simulcast on Crunchyroll and Netflix a bit later in the day for the US run. The anime's second year will have 24 episodes, which will likely be split into two episodes. of 12 episodes.
Covering the "prologue" arc of the original manga, the first season of Vinland Saga follows the story of a young Viking warrior named Thorfinn who joins a band of mercenaries to seek revenge for the death of his father at the hands of Askeladd. , leader. of the mercenaries. When we last saw him, Thorfinn was faced with the possibility of a life beyond his quest for revenge, as well as the consequences of a fateful choice made in a moment of anger.
In other Vinland Saga news, there's also a Global Fan Art contest currently underway, according to the website. Anyone interested in submitting artwork for the second annual contest as a way to commemorate the start of Season 2 can do so by following VINLAND SAGA's Twitter and posting related artwork under the hashtag.
The entry period runs from December 19, 2022 (Monday) to June 30, 2023 (Friday) at 23:59 (JST), and the winners will receive a private message if they have been selected.
The anime will air on January 9, 2023, and will stream west on Crunchyroll and Netflix, depending on the region.
It is produced by MAPPA with Shuhei Yabuta (Chainsaw Man; Jujutsu Kaisen; Attack on Titan: The Final Season) reprising his role as director. Hiroshi Seko (Chainsaw Man; Attack on Titan; Jujutsu Kaisen) is the character designer, Takahiko Abiru (Death Note; Attack on Titan Final Season) is the chief animation director, Yusuke Takeda (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song; Penguin Highway ), Kentaro Onuki (Gintama: The Final Movie; Sword Art Online) and Izumi Hirabayashi (The Ancient Magus' Bride) were in charge of the art direction, while the soundtrack was composed by Yutaka Yamada (Alice in Borderland; Tokyo Revengers ; Tokyo Ghoul).
If you're not familiar with Vinland Saga, it's based on the manga designed by Makoto Yukimura, serialized in Kodansha's monthly evening after it debuted in the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2005. It has sold a whopping 7 million copies so far. the date.