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Michael Hirst is sticking with his most successful subject with the new spinoff Bloodaxe . Eric Bloodaxe was the son of Harold Finehair so this one is post Vikings and pre Vikings Valhalla .

In his life he would unify Norway and become King Of Northumbria . His wife Gunnhild was known as The Mother Of Kings .

Prime have picked it up and season 2 is already in production

As part of a new NHK/ Netflix distribution deal the first six titles drop on June 22nd . Of interest to people here is the 2014 Taiga Drama Strategist Kanbei .

It’s the life of Kuroda Kanbei who became the chief strategist to Hideyoshi and later sided with Ieyasu . It runs 48 episodes and is one of the best Taiga ( long running ) dramas so far this century. Give it a watch, you won’t be disappointed