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Trigun Stargaze Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, January 24 Debut
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The English dub (which includes returning members) stars:
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Vash/Eriks (Bosch again returns from the original Trigun anime's English dub)
- Sarah Roach as Meryl
- Alexis Tipton as Milly (a character who appeared in the original 1998 anime but not in Trigun Stampede)
- Madeleine Morris as Zazie
- Reagan Murdock as Hoppered
- Amber May as Jessica
- Katelyn Barr as Luida
- Chris Wehkamp as Brad
- Paul Taylor as Puppetmaster
- Julie Shields as Radio Voice
- Kelly Greenshield as Female Scientist
Jeremy Inman is directing the English dub. Samatha Herek is producing. James Cheek is handling the adaptation. Neal Malley is the mixer, and August Cline is the engineer.
Trigun Stargaze is the previously announced "final phase" of the Trigun Stampede anime, set 2.5 years after the end of Trigun Stampede.
The anime premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels on January 10. It is also streaming on various services in Japan. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs. Crunchyroll had previously stated it would stream the "final phase" when it airs.
Masako Sato (Anima Yell!, Haikyu!! To The Top) is directing the anime at Orange. Takehiko Oxi returns from Trigun Stampede for the original story. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Girls' Last Tour, Is the order a rabbit?, Do It Yourself!!) is writing and supervising the series' scripts. Kouji Tajima is returning from Trigun Stampede as the original character designer and concept artist. Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who helmed the recent critically acclaimed film Look Back, is the animation character designer for the anime (Oshiyama previously worked on special effect design on Trigun Stampede).
Singer Ano is performing the opening theme song "Picaresque Hero," and the band FOMARE is performing the ending theme song "Stardust."
Trigun Stampede premiered in Japan in January 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired and is also streaming an English dub.
The story follows the misadventures of Vash the Stampede, a gunman on the lam with a "60 billion double dollar" bounty on his head. Vash earned his "Stampede" nickname thanks to the destruction that zealous bounty hunters wreak on any town he visits.
Kenji Mutō (Cavity Express director, BEASTARS storyboarder, Land of the Lustrous episode director) directed the anime at Orange. Kouji Tajima was the concept designer and was credited with the character concept. Takehiko Oxi was credited with the story draft, and Tatsurō Inamoto, Shin Okashima, and Yoshihisa Ueda wrote the scripts and were in charge of composition. Nao Ootsu was the chief designer, and character designers included Kōdai Watanabe, Tetsurō Moronuki, Takahiko Abiru, Akiko Satō, Sōji Ninomiya, and Yumihiko Amano. Tatsuya Katō (Free!, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya franchises) composed the music.
Madhouse's previous television anime adaptation aired for 26 episodes in Japan in 1998. The anime launched in North America for home video in 2000. Geneon Entertainment (formerly Pioneer) originally released the series on DVD, but Funimation has since licensed the series and released it on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The series is now streaming on Crunchyroll following Sony's Funimation Global Group's acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T. Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block aired the anime in 2003.
The Trigun anime adapts Yasuhiro Nightow's manga of the same name. The manga ran in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Shonen Captain magazine from 1995 to 1997. The manga returned with Trigun Maximum in Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine later in 1997 and ran until 2007. Dark Horse Comics has released the manga in English.
The Trigun: Badlands Rumble anime film debuted in April 2010 and was the first new Trigun animation in over a decade.
Sources: Crunchyroll (Lim Dempsey)
