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Vinland Saga Manga Ends on July 25
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Yukimura launched the series in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2005, but Kodansha moved the series to Afternoon later that year. Yukimura started drawing the fourth and final arc of the manga in November 2019. Kodansha released the manga's 28th volume in June 2024. The series has over 7 million copies in circulation.
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and the company describes the story:
Thorfinn is son to one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears to have his revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's band in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England. From the creator of the classic Planetes manga comes this epic, highly-anticipated tale.
Kodansha USA Publishing has been releasing the manga in omnibus format, and it released the 14th omnibus volume containing volumes 27 and 28 on May 27.
The manga's first television anime adaptation premiered in July 2019 and aired for 24 episodes. Amazon Prime Video streamed the anime both in Japan and overseas. Netflix and HIDIVE began streaming the season in July 2022.
The second season of the anime premiered in January 2023. The anime is streaming in Japan on Netflix and other services. Netflix is also streaming the anime worldwide except in China, and Crunchyroll is streaming the season worldwide except in Asia. Crunchyroll is also streaming the season with English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, and French dubs, and is also streaming an English dub.
The manga more recently inspired two stage plays that ran in Tokyo in April 2024.
Source: Makoto Yukimura's X/Twitter account
