Vinland Saga
Norse violence scored with post-hardcore, and an opening that gets quieter as the series abandons the war it started with.
Vinland Saga rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–2, each running 101 seconds.
At 101 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on NHK General TV in 2019, when Attack on Titan was also on the network.
Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Vinland Saga did so once.
All 2 opening title sequences
Season 1
101sThe first opening, from Crunchyroll.
Season 2
101s"River", also from Crunchyroll. The second season drops the raiding entirely for a farm, and the opening drops with it — this is the quieter one the blurb refers to.
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