The story draws elements from historical accounts of the period such as The Flateyjarbók, The Saga of the Greenlanders and The Saga of Eric the Red. As King Sweyn nears death, his sons, Prince Harald and Prince Canute, are arguing over his succession. Vinland Saga is initially set mostly in 1013 AD England, which has been mostly conquered by the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard.
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The Vinland Saga anime adaptation has been considered one of the best anime series of 2019.
In 2012, the series won the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga. Vinland Saga had over 5.5 million copies in circulation as of July 2021. The story combines a dramatization of King Cnut the Great's historical rise to power with a revenge plot centered on the historical explorer Thorfinn, the son of a murdered ex-warrior who serves under a group of mercenaries responsible for the deed the story progresses through several story arcs beyond this, eventually culminating in an expedition to Vinland.Ī 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio aired on NHK General TV from July to December 2019. Vinland Saga, however, begins in Dane-controlled England at the start of the 11th century, and features the Danish invaders of England, commonly known as Vikings. The title, Vinland Saga, would evoke associations to Vinland as described in two Norse sagas. Vinland Saga has also been licensed for English-language publication by Kodansha USA.
As of July 2021, the series has been compiled into twenty-five bound volumes. The series is published by Kodansha, and was first serialized in the youth-targeted Weekly Shōnen Magazine before moving to the monthly manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, aimed at young adult men. Vinland Saga ( Japanese: ヴィンランド・サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga) is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura.