Vinland Saga (manga)

Vinland Saga
Cover of the Afternoon printing of Vinland Saga volume 1, featuring the character Thorfinn
ヴィンランド･サガ (Vinrando Saga)
Genre	Historical fiction, Action
Manga
Written by	Makoto Yukimura
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA Kodansha Comics USA
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Apr–Oct 2005) Monthly Afternoon (Dec 2005–present)
Original run	2005 – present
Volumes	19

Vinland Saga (Japanese: ヴィンランド･サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga^?) is a Japanese historical manga series written and drawn by award-winning manga author Makoto Yukimura. The series is published by Kodansha, and was first serialized in the youth-targeted Weekly Shōnen Magazine before moving to the monthly manga magazine Afternoon, aimed at younger adult men. As of March 2013, the series has been compiled into twelve bound volumes. The series is also licensed in English by Kodansha Comics USA.

The title, Vinland Saga, would evoke associations to Vinland as described in two Norse sagas. Vinland Saga is, however, set in Dane-controlled England at the start of the 11th century, and features the Danish invaders of England commonly known as Vikings. 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. The presentation and style of the series has been compared by reviewers to the more realistically grounded segments of Kentarō Miura's classic dark fantasy manga Berserk.