{"id":55227,"date":"2023-02-13T19:29:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=55227"},"modified":"2023-02-13T23:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T07:54:29","slug":"vinland-saga-season-2-gets-episode-6-5-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/02\/13\/vinland-saga-season-2-gets-episode-6-5-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinland Saga Season 2 Gets &#8220;Episode 6.5&#8221; Short"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The MAPPA CHANNEL has released a two-and-a-half-minute video for <em>Vinland Saga <\/em>Season 2 that is dubbed as &#8220;Episode 6.5&#8221; of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> The short, titled &#8220;Drowning in the Shadow,&#8221; shows a pre-slave Thorfinn slaughtering a group of men defending their home during a raid. A comment from <em>Vinland Saga <\/em>creator <strong>Makoto Yukimura<\/strong> said of the video, &#8220;Thorfinn just before he makes a fresh start in his life. Shows how he tries to change from the inside by just images without any lines. It is amazing. It seems like he is no longer a child that has gone wild.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2 Episode 6.5 &quot;Drowning in the Shadow&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HSwWYEUhIYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Vinland Saga<\/em> Season 2 premiered on January 9. Netflix and Crunchyroll are streaming the show outside of Japan. The first season of&nbsp;<em>Vinland<\/em><i> Saga <\/i>aired in 2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Yukimura&#8217;s Kodansha-published manga began in 2005 and has 26 tankoubon volumes as of May 2022. The series is currently serialized in Monthly Afternoon magazine. Kodansha USA describes the manga as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band\u2019s leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Throfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery \u2026 the land Leif called&nbsp;Vinland.&nbsp;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Episode 6.5 &quot;Drowning in the Shadow&quot; <br>Original Story: Makoto Yukimura&#39;s comment is here\u2728<br>\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3\uffe3<br>Please access the movie from here\ud83d\udc40<br>\u27a1<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uzYLQ0Moj\">https:\/\/t.co\/1uzYLQ0Moj<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VINLAND_SAGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#VINLAND_SAGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4uQGGfaK22\">pic.twitter.com\/4uQGGfaK22<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u30f4\u30a3\u30f3\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u30fb\u30b5\u30ac\u300d\/\u300cVINLAND SAGA\u300dOfficial (@V_SAGA_ANIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/V_SAGA_ANIME\/status\/1625330345909571589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The returning staff for\u00a0<em>Vinland<\/em><i>\u00a0Saga\u00a0<\/i>Season 2 includes\u00a0<strong>Shuhei Yabuta<\/strong>\u00a0as director,\u00a0<strong>Hiroshi Seko<\/strong>\u00a0as series composer,\u00a0<strong>Abiru Takahiko<\/strong>\u00a0as character designer,\u00a0<strong>Yusuke Takeda<\/strong>\u00a0as art director,\u00a0<strong>Yuki Kawashita<\/strong>\u00a0as photography director,\u00a0<strong>Satoshi Hashimoto<\/strong>\u00a0as color designer, and\u00a0<strong>Yutaka Yamada<\/strong> as music composer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Season 1 art board artists\u00a0<strong>Kentaro Ohnuki<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong> Izumi Hirabayashi<\/strong>\u00a0are serving as co-art directors with Takeda for the new season, while\u00a0<strong>Minori Nishita<\/strong>\u00a0is serving as color designer with Hashimoto. Kawashita is joined by<strong>\u00a0Hisashi Matsumuko<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!<\/em>) for photography directorial duties. Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>Kouhei Ogawa<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Healer Girl<\/em> 3D director) is taking over the 3DCG director role from Mayu Takehana. <strong>MAPPA <\/strong>is producing instead of <b>WIT Studio\u00a0<\/b>this time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">New cast members include <strong>Shunsuke Takeuchi<\/strong>\u00a0as Einar,\u00a0<strong>Mayumi Sako<\/strong>\u00a0as Arnheid,\u00a0<strong>Yuu Hayashi<\/strong>\u00a0as Olmar,<strong>\u00a0Taiten Kusunoki<\/strong>\u00a0as Thorgil,\u00a0<strong>Hideaki Tezuka<\/strong>\u00a0as Ketil, and\u00a0<strong>Mugihito<\/strong>\u00a0as Sverkel. 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