It’s been over three years since the second season of Vinland Saga, MAPPA’s adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s beloved historical epic manga, graced our screens, yet an animated conclusion to Thorfinn’s journey still isn’t in the cards. That’s according to Vinland Saga’s creator, who apologised to fans while confirming that a potential season 3 “is not currently in progress.”
Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga is perfect. I cannot overstate this; it’s comfortably earned its spot in my top three, nestled somewhere between Mob Psycho 100 and Fullmetal Alchemist. Yukimura’s manga ended in mid-2025, after 20 years in publication, and I am so glad I got into this one late. Waiting for over a decade for Thorfinn’s story to conclude would have driven me up the wall.
Unfortunately, if you’re an anime-only watcher, I have bad news–or rather, Yukimura himself does. As spotted by OtakuKart, the author revealed in a post on X that there are currently no plans for a follow-up to MAPPA’s second season of Vinland Saga.
Sorry my friend, I have no good news about that. The project is not currently in progress.
— 幸村誠 (@makotoyukimura) October 22, 2026
In response to a fan (who, devastatingly, even has a profile pic of Thorfinn) asking if there is “any good news for the third season” of the anime, Yukimara confirmed it’s “currently” not on the cards: “Sorry my friend, I have no good news about that. The project is not currently in progress.”
On one hand, this isn’t too surprising. MAPPA is stretched thin at the moment. Chainsaw Man: Assassins Arc and the fourth season of Jujutsu Kaisen are currently in the works, and the studio has three new anime projects (Beat & Motion, Oblivion Battery, and Fall In Love, You False Angels) scheduled for release in 2027.
On the other hand, it is a surprise that a third season of Vinland Saga hasn’t even been optioned yet. That means one of two things: best-case scenario, we probably won’t see a third season until 2029–at the earliest. Worst-case scenario, the sales of Vinland Saga’s Blu-rays were so bad that MAPPA passed on producing season three.
I couldn’t find any exact sales numbers for the second season, but I do have some good news: season two of Vinland Saga was the third most-watched anime on Netflix between January and June 2023. Hopefully that means we’ll get a follow-up, because goddamn, this manga deserves it.