Vinland Saga (2019)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Vinland Saga is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, HiDive, Netflix basic with Ads, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kaiji Tang
Halfdan / Atli / Fox
Masae Yamato
Producer
Michael C. Pizzuto
Badger / Wulf / Additional Cast
Tsuguo Mogami
Gunnar / Magni / Askeladd's Mercenaries member
Kentaro Ohnuki
Assistant Art Director / Background Designer / Assistant Art Director
Tomoyuki Aoki
Art Designer
Kira Buckland
Estrid / Additional Cast
Hikari Kaga
Special Effects / Assistant Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Kohei Ogawa
3D Director / 3D Director / 3D Animator
Akiko Kudo
Prop Designer / Lead Animator / Key Animation / Creature Design / Lead Animator / Animation Director / Opening/Ending An...
Kenji Wakasa
Prop Designer / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Koki Tsujimura
Prop Designer / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Keiko Watanabe
Prop Designer / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Kei Ajiki
Prop Designer
Takuji Abe
Prop Designer / Animation / Key Animation
Yuri Takahashi
Online Editor
Moe Suzuki
Online Editor
Miho Irobe
Prop Designer
Shoji Hata
Sound Director
Yusuke Takeda
Art Direction / Background Designer / Art Direction
Hiroshi Seko
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer
Shuhei Yabuta
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director
Takahiko Abiru
Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Character Designer / Animation Director / Key Animation / Supervis...
Naokado Fujiyama
Producer
Yutaka Yamada
Original Music Composer
Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Effects
Satoshi Hashimoto
Color Designer
Toshihiro Funahashi
Music Producer
Minoru Ozawa
Researcher
Hiroya Hasegawa
Line Producer / Line Producer / Production Assistant
Yuki Kawashita
Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art Designer
Dao Hung
Background Designer
Hoang Mai
Background Designer
Yoshie Ito
Assistant Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Masanobu Tsuchiya
Assistant Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Le Mai
Background Designer
Yusuke Ikeda
Background Designer
Fumika Shishido
Background Designer
Masato Tsuboi
Background Designer
Yumiko Sudo
Background Designer
Seong Tae-hyun
Background Designer
Tsukasa Kakizakai
Background Designer
Atsushi Kobayashi
Storyboard Artist / Director / Co-Director / Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Chinatsu Hasegawa
Assistant Director of Photography / Compositing Artist
Aya Sato
Background Designer
Takayuki Nagashima
Background Designer
Tadahito Matsubayashi
Storyboard Artist / Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Liang Shuang
Background Designer
Kento Matsui
Storyboard Artist / Director / Assistant Director / Production Assistant
Keisuke Inoue
Storyboard Artist
Mika Nakano
Special Effects / Compositing Artist
Mitsuki Tsugioka
Special Effects
Michiru Itabisashi
Co-Director / Director
Yousuke Yamamoto
Director / Co-Director
Iho Ishikawa
Director
Mariko Tsukatsune
Assistant Editor
Shinya Kato
Online Editor
Youko Ueda
Producer
Natsumi Omae
Production Manager
Yasushi Ino
Publicist
Mitsuhiro Sugita
Producer
Daisuke Nishioka
Production Manager
Ikumi Uno
Production Assistant
Masafumi Yahata
Production Assistant
Ken Fujitani
Production Assistant
Miki Hyodo
Production Assistant
Satsuka Kume
Production Assistant
Masaki Tamano
Production Assistant
Gota Yoshimoto
Production Assistant
Sohei Terada
Production Assistant
Kazushige Nakamura
Production Assistant
Haruya Kato
Production Assistant
Chiori Nishidome
Production Assistant
Takahiro Uematsu
Production Assistant
Ryoto Kikuchi
Production Assistant
Aro Morita
Production Assistant
Ahra Jo
Production Assistant
Takehito Anzai
Production Assistant
Kisu Yoshino
Production Assistant
Shuichi Inoue
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Mui Yamamoto
Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Mutsuaki Murata
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshiko Inada
Animation Director / Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Naomi Sakata
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Shinji Ochi
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Mayu Takehana
3D Director / 3D Animator
Xu Youru
Compositing Artist
Ryoga Nakashima
Compositing Artist
Toshiyuki Yamashita
Opening/Ending Animation
Kimihiro Terao
Compositing Artist
Tsuyoshi Yoshioka
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director
Masaki Hayano
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Saki Hasegawa
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Chen Changjuan
Compositing Artist
Aiko Minowa
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Kazuhiro Oki
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Natsumi Omotaka
Key Animation
Zhu Shijie
Key Animation / Animation Director
Takeshi Ninomiya
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Keita Hagio
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Tomohiro Kokatsu
Compositing Artist
Yuki Ito
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Saki Nishihara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Chang Shao-wei
Opening/Ending Animation / Animation Director
Miho Kato
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation / Animation Director
Koichi Takai
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Haruko Ichihara
Key Animation
Mutsumi Tateishi
Key Animation / Opening/Ending Animation
Satoshi Sakai
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Heigo Fujimura
Compositing Artist
Masumi Hattori
Opening/Ending Animation / Key Animation
Tetsuro Moronuki
Opening/Ending Animation
Mai Ogawa
Opening/Ending Animation
Sachiko Matsumoto
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yang Byung-gil
Animation Director / Key Animation
Yukie Suzuki
Key Animation / Animation Director
Masahiro Yamanaka
Animation Director
Junko Sakai
Compositing Artist
Akira Hosogaya
Key Animation
Hiroki Saito
Key Animation
Shigeyuki Sato
Animation Director
Yoji Ueda
Leif Ericson (voice) / Soldier of the English Army (voice) / English Soldier (voice) / Soldier of the Danish Army (voice...
Koji Kataoka
Key Animation
Maki Sawai
Key Animation
Jun You-min
Key Animation
Li Shaolei
Animation Director
Kaoru Maehara
Key Animation / Animation Director
Hirotaka Nii
Key Animation
Arifumi Imai
Key Animation
Shinnosuke Musashi
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Soldier of Jabbathe's Forces (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / ...
Motoki Yagi
Key Animation
Masahiro Sunaga
Key Animation
Shin Tanoue
Key Animation
Hideaki Matsuoka
Animation Director
Hibiki Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Soldier of the English Army (voice)
Ai Yukimura
Animation
Maki Kawase
Village Girl (voice) / Child (voice) / Child Askeladd (voice) / Resident of Gorm's Village (voice) / Ylva's Friend (voic...
Proro
Key Animation
Kousuke Oonishi
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Interpreter of Jabbathe's Forces (voice...
Hiroyoshi Iida
Key Animation
Daisuke Niinuma
Animation Director
Hisatake Hayashi
Key Animation
Ichiro Hattori
Key Animation
Yumi Nakayama
Key Animation
Kim Sung-il
Key Animation
Ayane Nakamura
Key Animation
Ryosuke Takahashi
Tavern Customer (voice) / English Soldier (voice) / Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Resident of Gorm's Villag...
Yako Sugia
Key Animation
Takahiro Arai
Key Animation
Yusuke Ohta
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Soldier of the Danish Army (voice) / Vi...
Yoshimichi Masuko
Key Animation
Hana Sato
Faxi (voice) / Sleeping Woman (voice) / York Townsfolk (voice) / Woman (voice) / Village Girl (voice) / Anne's Brother (...
Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Hakon (voice) / Soldier of the Danish Army (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Tro...
Shun Marui
Key Animation
Rina Miyamoto
Key Animation
Yuka Hayashi
Key Animation
Makoto Furukawa
Ear (voice) / Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Soldier of the Danish Army (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troop...
Yumi Hara
Anne (voice)
Ikumi Hasegawa
Anne's Brother (voice)
Ryo Suzuki
Key Animation
Shoko Haraguchi
Anne's Brother (voice)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa
Mols (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Clan Leader (voice) / Soldier of the Danish Army (voice) / Floki's ...
Yusuke Sasaki
Villager (voice) / Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice)
Shogo Nishi
Key Animation
Katsuya Yoshii
Key Animation
Yuzuha Komura
Key Animation
Hitomi Nabatame
Ylva (voice)
Yuichi Kikuchi
Key Animation
Junichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Tran Dieu
Key Animation
Reo Takada
Key Animation
Yasuko Miyazaki
Key Animation
Kei Sato
Key Animation
Hiroki Matsukawa
Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Villager (voice) / Soldier of the Engli...
Kazunori Ozawa
Effects Supervisor
Michiko Asada
Key Animation
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka
Key Animation
ZucchiniJuice
Key Animation
Guo Rui
Animation
Yusuke Shingu
Animation Director
Taito Ban
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Thegn (voice) / Grim (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Spider (...
Kenji Kondo
Key Animation
Takuya Nakashima
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Thegn (voice) / Viking of Thorkell's Troops (voice) / Retainer (voice) / Vill...
Yukiko Watabe
Key Animation
Yoko Fujita
York Townsfolk (voice)
Akihisa Akuzawa
Key Animation
Ge Huan
Animation Director
Takato Nakajima
Key Animation
Sayaka Ohara
Lydia (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
Key Animation
Kazunari Shimizu
Key Animation
Miyako Kamiya
Key Animation
Yuu Kaneshiro
Key Animation
Yoshito Narimatsu
Key Animation
Masahiko Matsuo
Key Animation
Yusuke Tomita
Key Animation
Masato Niwa
Member of Askeladd's Mercenaries (voice) / Thegn (voice) / Mord (voice) / Retainer (voice) / Wild Dog (voice) / Viking o...
Hiromi Niioka
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Saiki
Key Animation
Chiho Fujiwara
Key Animation
Tomoko Kitagawa
Key Animation
Jiro Saito
Eadric (voice) / Olaf (voice)
Huang Minchun
Key Animation
Yusuke Osawa
Key Animation
Madoka Ishida
Compositing Artist
Halldór Elís Ólafsson
Narration (voice)
Chinatsu Akasaki
Estrid (voice)
Issei Hasegawa
Key Animation
Yoshio Yoshimatsu
Key Animation
Hazuki Ogino
Child (voice)
Hayato Kimura
Farmer (voice) / Guest (voice) / Retainer (voice) / Thegn (voice) / Dead Man (voice) / Ghost (voice) / Villager (voice) ...
Lee Dong-ik
Animation Director
Yu Seung-hee
Animation Director
Rie Hikisaka
Child (voice)
Masaki Wada
Key Animation
Aya Endo
Child Canute (voice)
Yuuki Wakai
Child (voice) / Handmaiden (voice)
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Bug-Eyes (voice)
Emiko Takeuchi
Child (voice) / Infant (voice) / Maid (voice) / Woman (voice) / Oddny's Mother (voice) / Ylva's child (voice) / Baby (vo...
Masahiro Furihata
Key Animation
Yoko Yanagisawa
Key Animation
Emi Hirano
Animation Director
Kenji Shinohara
Animation Director
Hou Songcen
Key Animation
Maki Murakami
Key Animation
Lin Yijun
Key Animation
Kousuke Okamoto
Thegn (voice) / Farmer (voice) / Guest (voice) / Retainer (voice) / Villager (voice) / Waiter (voice) / Parlimentaire (v...
Yuka Kugai
Key Animation
Michitake Kikuchi
Canute's Messenger (voice)
Yen BM
Key Animation
Marie Oi
Hjalti (voice) / Child (voice) / Ylva's child (voice) / Farmer (voice)
Masafumi Kobatake
Kjallakr (voice)
Motoki Sakuma
Canute's Messenger (voice) / Brodd (voice) / Thegn (voice)
Takaaki Torashima
Rat (voice)
Takayuki Miyamoto
Sparrow (voice) / Farmer (voice) / Thegn (voice)
Kouji Takeda
Drott (voice)
Hideaki Tezuka
Ketil (voice)
Yuu Hayashi
Olmar (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 8, 2019
Original Nameヴィンランド・サガ
StatusReturning Series
Seasons2
Episodes48
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Wiki.
Vinland Saga (Japanese: ヴィンランド・サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga) is a Japanese anime television series based on Makoto Yukimura's manga of the same name. The first season was produced by Wit Studio in 2019 and the second one by MAPPA in 2023. They follow the life of a child named Thorfinn who becomes involved with Vikings following his father's death. The first season follows his exploits as a revenge-driven Viking, while in the second season, the story shifts to his life as a stoic slave who finds no reason to live.
Despite the two seasons being developed by two different studios, director Shūhei Yabuta and writer Hiroshi Seko worked together in both parts. They aimed to bring the adaptation more original content in order to further develop the characters like Thorfinn's transformation into a Viking, his nightmares that haunt him, and Einar's life before turning into a slave. The series were streamed by Amazon Prime and Netflix for a worldwide release.
Critical response to the series was positive for the handling of the Vikings' violence and fight sequences. The second season earned similar responses but for focusing on slavery and Thorfinn's mental state as he instead does mundane works rather than fights.