The official website of the TV anime adaptation of Makoto Yukimura's action adventure manga Vinland Saga revealed the first key visual (pictured) and main staff members on Monday. Produced by Wit Studio, the series will premiere in 2019. Amazon's Prime Video platform will also stream the anime exclusively in Japan and overseas.
Staff
Director: Shuuhei Yabuta (Inuyashiki)
Series Composition: Hiroshi Seko (Banana Fish)
Script: Hiroshi Seko, Kenta Ihara (Youjo Senki)
Character Design: Takahiko Abiru (Hunter x Hunter (2011) animation director)
Background Art: Bamboo
Special Effects: Mad Box
Production: Vinland Saga Production Committee
The viking-themed manga originally launched in Weekly Shounen Magazine in April 2005 before switching to the monthly Afternoon magazine in December 2005. Kodansha plans to publish the 21st compiled volume on Thursday. Vinland Saga has a cumulative 5 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation.
Kodansha Comics USA has been publishing the series in English in 2-in-1 omnibus format since October 2013, and released the tenth volume on June 5, which covers volumes 19 and 20. The manga has also been localized in multiple foreign languages, including Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, and French.
Vinland Saga won the Grand Prize in the manga division at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2009, and the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2012.
Source: Comic Natalie
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