The creator of Vinland Saga,Makoto Yukimurawas present in Toronto, Canada, for the Toronto International Authors Festival (TIFA) and an event presented by Fundao Japo.
In an interview with Anime Trendingthe mangak commented on the serialization approval process by the publisher.
“It’s a little complicated. When I asked my editor to write the story for Vinland Saga, it didn’t start with (Thorfinn) facing the English in England. Instead, I was planning a story that started with him being a slave. So the The editor I spoke to at Kodansha said, ‘Well, that’s not going to sell! A story that starts with a slave? I thought it was a story about Vikings and fighting, and you’re not going for it? How am I going to explain this to my editor in chief? ?’. That was the first reaction I got from him.
Since I started thinking about this story, the part I really wanted to work on was about the protagonist being a slave, and from that becoming someone exploring a new land. This was the part I really wanted to write.
However, when I got the initial reaction from my editor, I thought to myself ‘He might be right’. This about these people called Vikings, and there were wars and fights. Maybe if I incorporated these elements, we could make the story very exciting. So when we decided to do that, we managed to win over the editor-in-chief to the point where we could convince him, ‘This is going to be a story we can serialize.'”
Vinland Saga serialized in monthly magazine Afternoon. The manga published in Japan by Kodansha since 2005 it has 27 volumes to date. In Brazil, the title was launched by Panini.
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The first season of the anime adaptation was produced by Wit Studio (Great Pretender, SPY x FAMILY), while in the second season the studio MAP (Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man) took over production.
Shhei Yabuta(Inuyashiki Last Hero) the director, withHiroshi Seko(Banana Fish) eKenta Ihara(Saga of Tanya the Evil) responsible for the script. Takahiko Abiru(Hunter Hunter) takes care of the characters’ visuals, whileYutaka Yamada(Tokyo Ghoul) composes the soundtrack.
Both seasons of Vinland Saga are available on Netflix and Crunchyroll with the option of dubbing in Portuguese.
What is the story about?
Vinland Saga a creation of Makoto Yukimura and takes place in the year 1013, where we follow Thorfinn’s journey in search of revenge. He works for Askeladd, but in reality, his plans are to one day challenge the Viking to a duel and finally kill him, thus bringing justice against the man who killed his father.
