Why Vinland Saga Made Me Think About Life

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Kaze talks about the brilliance and execution of Vinland Saga's Prologue Arc, an absolute masterpiece, and how it made me think about life.
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Information about VINLAND SAGA (Source: Wikipedia):
Vinland Saga is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by 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 young adult men. As of November 2019, the series has been compiled into twenty-three bound volumes. Vinland Saga has also been licensed for English-language publication by Kodansha 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.
A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio aired on NHK General TV from July to December 2019.
Vinland Saga had over 5 million copies in circulation as of 2018. In 2012. the series won the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga.
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"Vinland Saga" (Manga)
Written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura
"Vinland Saga" (Anime)
Directed by Shuuhei Yabuta
Studio: Wit Studio
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Written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue
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Written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue
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Written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura
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Synthwave Goose - Nostromo
Trevor Something - Digital Clense
The Midnight - Synthetic (Instrumental)
Fantom '87 - Pay Phone
Thomas Barrandon - Body

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@Dango428 4 жыл бұрын

WHY. DOES. THIS. MAN. NOT. HAVE. MORE. SUBSCRIBERS

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Aww, I’m glad you enjoyed my content 🙂

@celestialnerd 4 жыл бұрын

Vinland Saga really was such a special show and you did a wonderful job highlighting everything it did best! I really should get around to reading the manga sometime, since I miss the story already. Though there definitely is something to be said for how anime can enhance the experience of a story in almost every way. There's just something indescribable that happens when the movement, animation, sound effects, music, voice acting, and even simple lighting, color, and visual effects come together to bring a scene to life. Great job as always Kaze, and keep up the amazing work!

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m really happy that you enjoyed my video 😄 And yeah, I’ve only read a bit of the 2nd arc, but it’s fantastic. You won’t be disappointed.

@luiseliasvazquezbarreto2755 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, you make me appreciate anime as what it is: art. Thank you for your awesome way of expression.

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That really means a lot 🙂

@k-ondoomer Жыл бұрын

The arc with askeladd being chased through the winter with canut was probably the best anime I've seen. It was so well done

@shawnhoops9168 4 жыл бұрын

Your channel is amazing, keep posting I can see this channel becoming big, much love from America.

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoy my channel 😄

@mathewgonzalez4153 4 жыл бұрын

If you want something new, I recommend watching land of the lustrous. It's a fully cg anime with a premise you have probably never seen.

@yinrockamv1102 3 жыл бұрын

Wow bro, seriously I can feel your love for Anime in your choice of words and the emotional tone of your voice. Great choice of music and great editing, next to an opinion I have to agree with. Pls keep it up

@KazeTalks 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That really means a lot to me 🙏

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the first season of Vinland Saga and just being in awe of it. It really felt like I was watching a long beautiful film. The story, the character development, the music, the execution, the animation, all of it is incredible. There were moments that elevated the whole experience and I really wanted to talk about my process going through those special moments. It was really fun making this video! If you enjoyed the video, please hit that like button :) If you want more videos like this, please subscribe :D I have also recently started a Patreon. I love making these essays, I truly do, and thus any support given will contribute directly towards this channel. I would love to be able to continue doing these videos and so it would mean the world to me if you could support in any way you can (if you can't or it's not your thing, I totally understand of course): www.patreon.com/kazetalks And consider joining us on DISCORD: discord.gg/rxysaMxd4E SUBSCRIBE: kzfaq.info TWITTER: twitter.com/KazeTalks INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/kazetalks/ FACEBOOK: facebook.com/kazetalk/

@babyseal6942 4 жыл бұрын

Friend here's some friendly constructive criticism for you 1. Your Video is too damn long, make your points more concise 2.The pitch and tone of your narration is a bit irritating. Please make your voice lower and read slower, you don't want to sound like an overly excited 9 year old Weebo 3. You're passionate about Anime I get it, but be careful not to come off as pretentious "Last two episode of Evangelion is a master piece that exceeds my expectation...", Dude they ran out of money that's why they had to finish it like that Please take this with a grain of salt as it is just an advice from a random Internet dude

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Hey. Just wanted to respond to your comment with my thoughts. 1 - I’ve heard people say that, but I’ve also heard people prefer my videos to be long. So it’s hard to gauge which is better to do. And since I like going deep into things, I tend to prefer the latter, but trying not to lengthen it too much. 2 - Same as before. I’ve heard that and I’ve heard the opposite too. Some people prefer high energy, others low energy, so I try to balance it. I feel like I’m getting better video by video. Reading slower is something I do try to do too. It’s a learning process I guess. 3 - I do know about that. I actually even made a video about it. But regardless of the money situation (which isn’t the whole story from what I know), limitations create many times artistic expressions. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a film that suddenly got a chunk of its budget cut and thanks to it, we got one of the most powerful cinematic scenes ever made (talking about the ending). So I don’t think it’s pretentious when I do mention what I did. The last two episodes really blew me away and I do believe them to be a masterpiece. Those are my honest feelings. I don’t know how else to put it. Nevertheless, thanks for letting me know what you felt. I’ll take it into consideration.

@babyseal6942 4 жыл бұрын

@@KazeTalks Great Attitude Man, you have yourself a new subscriber Reading your response made me realize something To the point 2 of my post, because Vinland Saga is a gritty Seinen content I don't feel that bright and enthusiastic presentation fit the tone of the series very well I think in my mind I compared your video with these ones kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZZ1d6d03bHWYWg.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNecla9znLXbnGQ.html Cheers

@adubseven 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a breakdown of Sagrada Reset from you. It's criminal how nearly no one talks about it, and KZfaq is nearly devoid of any significant content on it. For me it's a show where not a second is wasted, no cliché scenes that fill most anime that people proclaim to be masterpieces. I just recently watched Vinland and it was amazing, great video. Liked subscribed etc.

@animeking17 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 And yeah, the manga is definitely worth it, from what I’ve read. Highly recommend.

@qqn4531 4 жыл бұрын

come on man you deserve way more subs!

@KazeTalks 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why I only read this now, but this really means a lot, thanks! 🙏

@thewolfmanhulk2927 4 жыл бұрын

Well done video. Editing and the like was very special. Hope you get more subscribers

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you man! I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🙏

@doraball6114 4 жыл бұрын

Great video man! Love how you broke everything down from the story and characters to animation and frames! Great video! Still can’t wait til you watch Toradora, It’s mind blowing lol

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it 🙂 And yeah, I definitely need to watch Toradora. I’ve heard great things about it.

@warrior-593 4 жыл бұрын

Your channel is really great!

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoy it! 🙂

@pedrosouza677 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video, I love your editing and the examples you use. I feel like I learn by watching your videos, thanks. Have you ever thought about making a video talking specifically about a movie? I always wanted to see you talking about.

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙂 I have thought about doing movies at some point. It is something I am interested in doing.

@turbozed 4 жыл бұрын

This is some great analysis. You picked up on a lot of character details that I thought were masterfully written but which a lot of anime reactors missed. I've been pretty disappointed by how few reactors are able to pick up on the nuances in Vinland Saga tbh.

@ahmadhassan-kf6mu 4 жыл бұрын

2:40 i hope that that is a hint for a berserk video

@ahmadhassan-kf6mu 4 жыл бұрын

13:41 you censored it i was thinking that you will leave it mmmmmmm but you made a good censor

@KazeTalks 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had to. But I did try to make it as cool as possible 😎

@ahmadhassan-kf6mu 4 жыл бұрын

@@KazeTalks i was scared that it would turn out bad but you really did a good job

@ahmadhassan-kf6mu 4 жыл бұрын

@@KazeTalks and don't ever trust youtube so that's for best

@MrJMB122 4 жыл бұрын

the actual dialog translations kinda of shitm

@kingchickenwing4887 4 жыл бұрын

Unless I'm missing something big, the show seems kinda pointless. I mean, the main character and Askeladd both stay bad people to the end, Askeladd being the worst. How can you root for either of them? And how can you enjoy the series when nearly everyone in it is evil?

@lawrens8648 4 жыл бұрын

Slight Spoilers for non manga readers You have to remember this is just the first arc of the story. In the second arc onwards Thorfinn grows into a great person driven to redeem himself for all the bad things he did as Viking and using the lessons he learned from both Thors and Askeladd. As for Askeladd he was a product of the time period and his environment like young Thorfinn.Askeladd did many terrible things but not any worst then most warriors of the time period and he died to save his people and to put in power somebody he believed would create a better word and indirectly taught Thorfinn something that will help in the future.

@MemoriesofRen 4 жыл бұрын

You're dumb as fuck, lmao

@kingchickenwing4887 4 жыл бұрын

@@lawrens8648 But how can you root for him at that point in the story? It isn't that he just did bad things, he ENJOYED them. He smiled while chopping a guy's fingers off!

@lawrens8648 4 жыл бұрын

@@kingchickenwing4887 He actually isn't that sadistic. He enjoyed or at least was acting like he enjoyed cutting that dude fingers of but that dude is a Saxon Askeladd doesn't like them because they pushed his ancestors out of their country and he didn't like how the saxon captain was complaining about how the Danes were now doing as much to his own people. Askeladd said as much during the torture scene. Aside from that he isn't really shown engage in needless cruelty like his men do. He lets his men rape and murder innocents because if he didn't they wouldn't follow him but he isn't shown actually doing those thing himself unless necessary. Besides you don't have to root for him you just need to understand were he's coming from. You can root for Caunte.

@andresperez2264 4 жыл бұрын

@KingChickenwing Well, you seem to have missed the messages about the futility of revenge, the multiple interpretations of paradise, and the appeal of war, as well as the general brutality of the Vikings. Also Askeladd is a great character not because you can "root" for him, but rather it's his interesting motivations and backstory that really help you reflect on the state of the world at that time and an introspective look and message at humanity in general, just how grey we can be, especially Askeladd, somehow being a hero, villain, protagonist (not really, I know he's not the protag, don't attack me lol), and antagonist all at the same time. In shows like Vinland Saga, the enjoyment and intrigue are not from the goals or the overarching journey, it's rather looking at the characters and seeing the actions they commit, the sides they choose, and their motivations for everything. Vinland Saga in one season was able to deliver 5 incredible characters that speak to so much about humanity and each of our tendencies all revolving and being absolutely ingrained in the show's main themes.