The facts
Created by
Makoto Yukimura
Publisher
Kodansha
English publisher
Kodansha USA
Serialised in
Weekly Shōnen Magazine, then Monthly Afternoon
Run
2005–2025
Volumes
29 (complete; as of 2026)
Demographic
Seinen (began in a shōnen magazine)
Genres
Adventure, epic, historical
Anime adaptation
Anime TV series (2019–2023)
About Vinland Saga
Vinland Saga dramatizes the story of Icelandic explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni and his search for Vinland. Its fictional Thorfinn changes from a revenge-driven teenager into a young pacifist.
Makoto Yukimura's series began in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2005, then moved to Monthly Afternoon, where it ran until July 2025. It is complete in 29 volumes, and Kodansha USA publishes it in English.
The anime TV series aired from 2019 to 2023. The genres here are adventure, epic and historical fiction.
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