That one random Jomsviking who almost killed Badger was so smoothly animated. :P

Yeah they probably used real movements as a reference and they cost a lot idk why they used it for such an irrelevent scene

Because that's what great series do, they put effort in all the scenes possible, from small insignificant parts to the big important parts, they're all equal. Even the small details in cooking, or farming, to the scars/wounds and clothes are treated with utmost respect and close attention. Which is what makes this a near legendary series, putting it in a class above most, with the other few series that are also top tier. Can't neglect the small or irrelevant parts, characters, scenes, have to treat them all equally as it contributes to the whole story.

Especially when it comes to the fighting/battles, they definitely don't want to halfass it, otherwise it'll look terrible and downgrade it overall. Like watching stick figures and stiff combat, or seeing a beautiful scenery then it cuts into trashy ugly backgrounds, it would lower the rating wouldn't it?? Imagine a painting with one side being beautifully detailed while the other half looks hideously plain, you wouldn't dare purchase it since the artist obviously didn't care enough to apply the same care.

This series is amazing in every way. They put so much effort and care into every scene, even the ones that seem irrelevant. Like that one random Jomsviking who almost killed Badger. He was so smoothly animated. :P

Do you know who the Jomsvikings were? They were a legendary order of Viking mercenaries who would fight for anyone who could pay them, even Christians. They had a strict code of conduct and a ritual duel to join their ranks. They were badass warriors who didn’t fear death.

Maybe that’s why they used real movements as a reference for that scene. They wanted to show how skilled and fierce the Jomsvikings were. And maybe they also wanted to show how lucky Badger was to survive that encounter. He must have had some divine protection or something.

Or maybe they just wanted to mess with us and make us think that Badger was going to die. That would be a cruel twist, wouldn’t it? Imagine if they killed off one of our favorite characters in such a random way. I would be so mad and sad at the same time.

But I guess that’s what makes this series so great. They keep us on our toes and make us care about every character, even the minor ones. They don’t neglect any detail or aspect of the story. They make it all beautiful and realistic and engaging.

That’s why I love this series so much. It’s a masterpiece of storytelling and animation.

I love the characters here like it feels so real and the best of it is there's no 3d looking people movement here

its probably modeled after tracing and 3d motion capture of a real life fight between experts. you can tell by the smoothness of the motion that its definitely 3d

how is that scene ''irrelevant'' ????
It shows the difference between a Mediocre warrior and heavily trained psychopaths that are machines to kill and how they ENJOy the war like dancing freely like they are in heaven while their opponents are fighting for their lives in hell.
That scene was deep af but sadly u couldnt see the art and why the invested SO MUCh in such an ''irrelevant'' scene.
All the likes u got are just other mediocre people like u, get ur crew and join in the the Ketils side.
We the Jomsvikings need only 100 to beat 1000 of u.
Such a bold thing to say to the obviously GOOD artists that create this show.

almost nobody in that 1000 are fighters.
there would be little to no coordination

it's an artistic choice. It displays the skill gap between regular/skilled mercenaries versus the jomsvikings. Very good show one of the best in the past few years imo

its going to come up in later seasons

That son of ketil could have killed Canute in that scene if he doesn't keep talking and just focused on swinging his sword

bruh!!!I was shouting PLOT ARMOUR the whole fucking time!!!

There isn't as much combat in this season as there was in the first so more of the budget can be dedicated to high paced action scenes like this.

Thats vinland saga for u.. a great show.. every scene deserves to be im the center… love this show! ❤️

MAPPA always does that, they just give random scenes the highest quality possible and then give medium quality to some important scenes. they are not very consistent. It was like that to AOT and chainsaw man too.

what a jaded response. just appreciate something for being beautiful, jesus

rotoscope, i.e tracing frames of real footage

Because MAPPA just goated like that and Vinland deserves it too

What I love here is there's no cgi

I believe it's called rotoscoping

I don't care how relevant the scene is, but it was beautiful

We know where all the budget for this episode went towards lol

Rotoscoped, which is why it is so smooth. But this time Mappa did it more fluidity that you barely notice it

I couldn't believe it that arnheid died I thought she gonna make it and this made thorfinn wanna fight back and talk to Canute his old buddy

Oh wow I didn't really notice that. Badger himself was animated insanely well too. Props to everyone who worked on this.

Pretty sure that was rotoscoping. They just traced the lines over live footage of real people.

I mean they needed to show how experienced the jomsvikings are and that was a good opportunity like yes they are strong by just winning but i believe that single instance showed us why they are considered the best

I was rooting for that one random Jomsviking, to be honest.

I was wondering too they really put so much effort into making those movements as smooth as possible, also are we finally going to see Canute vs. Thorfinn👀 but Ik that's not gonna happen lol.

MAPPA rotoscoping has always been phenomenal, as shown by their other works.

It was such a cool and smooth scene, looked real natural too.

Actually every episode in Vinland saga season 2 is all good the animation all of it is top quality hd

thorfinn: He's only got 100 men. I think my odds are good. Thorfinn about to cook!

the fact that he said it plainly, without boasting, and realistically... damn...

Well, in his warrior days, Thorfinn would simply take the king's head after killing anyone who stood in the way.
But we can suppose this time he has chosen a more difficult task for himself.

It's Canute... he has a previous relationship with him. He legitimately believes he can talk it out while also understanding it may go the complete opposite.

Literally, "no matter how bad it goes, i should be able to make it back alive"... determined Throfinn is one cold calculating dude.

Guts from Bersek could win easily, hehe

the real black swordsman and not kirito

I see that reference. 😊

Snake's kicking a*ses

Per usual lol

snake would have sneaked up behind canute in a cardboard box

this is a goodass comment

R.I.P. Arnheid you was a wonderful mom, wife and friend.

At least she can be a wonderful mom, wife and friend somewhere else T^T

Yes Anime, very touching comment.

Damn they killed Arnheid off, it’s like this show hates women😢

i mean that time period hated literally everyone, aint no way she wouldve been able to pull through with her injuries without modern medicine, even cpr as you saw was relatively new at that point

Even with "modern medicine" you don't often save a person that's beat beaten to death. She had internal injuries all over. Walking corpse if I may say so.