Season 2

Season 2 is the second season of the Vinland Saga (ヴィンランド・サガ) anime, based on the Vinland Saga manga by Makoto Yukimura. The adaptation covers the manga's Slave Arc (Chapters 55 to 99) and the beginning of the Eastern Expedition Arc (Chapters 100 and pages 19-25 of 101).

Background
At "Vinland Saga 2nd Anniversary Memorial Movie" on July 7, 2021, it was announced that production on the second season of the anime was green-lit. On June 8, 2022, the key staff and first trailer was released, along with a January 2023 release date. MAPPA took over for the animation, but the majority of Season 1's key staff returned for Season 2 (including director Yabuta Shuhei, character design and animation director Abiru Takahiko and Yamada Yutaka for the music).

Season 2 premiered on January 9, 2023 and aired 24 episodes, with the finale airing on June 20, 2023. It was simulcast on Netflix and Crunchyroll (1 hour after it aired on TV in Japan).

Season 2 has two English dubs. The Netflix English dub was provided by VSI Los Angeles (who also provided the English dub for Netflix for Season 1). The Crunchyroll English dub was provided by Crunchyroll, though characters returning from Season 1 were voiced by the same voice actors as the Season 1 Sentai dub.

Staff

 * Animation Studio: MAPPA
 * Director: Shuhei Yabuta
 * Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko
 * Script/Screenplay: Kenta Ihara & Hiroshi Seko
 * Character Design: Takahiko Abiru
 * Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda / Kentaro Ohnuki / Izumi Hirabayashi
 * Sound Effect Director: Shōji Hata
 * Sound Effect: Takuya Hasegawa
 * Sound Production: Sound team - Don Juan
 * Music: Yutaka Yamada
 * Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto / Minori Nishita
 * Editor: Kashiko Kimura
 * 3DCGI Director: Kōhei Ogawa
 * Filming Director: Yūki Kawashita / Hisashi Matsumukō
 * Director of Photography: Hiroki Kawashita
 * Background Art: Bamboo
 * Special Effects: Mad Box
 * Production: VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 Project

Opening Themes

 * "River" by Anonymouz (Episodes 25-36)
 * "Paradox" by Survive Said the Prophet (Episodes 37-48)

Ending Themes

 * "Without Love" by LMYK (Episodes 25-36)
 * "Ember" by haju:harmonics (Episodes 37-48)