Vinland Saga Director Hypes Season 2's Themes

By Nick Valdez

The director behind Vinland Saga's second season is hyping up what fans could look forward to in the next episodes! Makoto Yukimura's long running manga series first kicked off its official anime adaptation back in 2019, but it wasn't until two years later that a second season was confirmed to be in the works. Progress has been steady on the new season thus far, but now fans have gotten their biggest and best update on the new episodes yet with the full reveal of a new trailer and poster along with some major shake ups behind the scenes of the series.

Along with the full debut of the first poster and trailer for Vinland Saga Season 2, the returning director behind the series (who will not be producing the second season with studio MAPPA), Shuhei Yabuta took to Twitter to hype fans about what to expect from the new episodes with "Showy events will decrease and the pace of the story will slow down. However, the emotions of the characters move more greatly and fiery. I promise that there is a unique experience like no other. I hope you all enjoy season 2!" Check it out below: 

Vinland Saga Season 2 will be produced by Studio MAPPA, but will have the same staff from the first season, Led by Yabuta as director, Hiroshi Seko will be writing the scripts once more, Takahiko Abiru will be serving as character designer, and Yutaka Yamada will be composing the music. Returning cast for the new season includes the likes of Yuto Uemura as Thorfinn, Kensho Ono as Canute, and Akio Ohtsuka as Thorkell. New additions to the cast include Shunsuke Takeuchi as Einar, Mayumi Sako as Arnheid, Fuminori Komatsu as Snake, Yuu Hayashi as Olmar, and Taiten Kusunoki as Thorgil. 

Currently scheduled to release in 2023, there's still lots of time to catch up as you can find Vinland Saga's first season streaming with Amazon Prime. HIDIVE has licensed the series for a home media release, and they describe it as such, "Raised on tales of the legendary land of Vinland, where warmth and plenty abound, young Thorfinn dreams of leaving behind the cold climate of Iceland and venturing into the great unknown. But when Viking sails appear on the horizon, the young boy is conscripted into a life of violence and brutality at the hands of merciless Viking Askalaad. With nothing left to him save revenge, Thorfinn swears vengeance against the man who slew his family, plunging headlong into a sprawling, blood-soaked, coming-of-age epic that marches to the drums of war."

What do you think? How do you feel about the first real look at Vinland Saga's new season so far? What are you hoping to see in the new season? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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