TOHO animation has released the primary trailer for the Trigun Stampede anime. The English-subtitled video introduces and previews the opening and ending theme songs, as well as the anime’s January 7th launch date.
The opening theme song “TOMBI” is performed by rapper and singer-songwriter Kvi Baba, and the ending theme song “Hoshi no Kozu” is performed by singer Salyu and composer Haruka Nakamura.
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ on January 7 at 11:15 p.m. (9:15 EST), before returning to its normal 11:00 p.m. schedule for subsequent episodes. It will also run on AT-X.
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Crunchyroll will begin streaming the series January 2023, excluding Asia but including the Philippines, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, and Kyrygystan.
The plot follows the exploits of Vash the Stampede, a gunman on the run with a “60 billion double dollar” bounty on his head. Vash got his nickname “Stampede” from the devastation that zealous bounty seekers cause in whatever town he visits.
The series stars:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Vash the Stampede
Sakura Andou as Meryl Stryfe
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Nicholas D. Wolfwood
Kenji Matsuda as Roberto De Niro
Junya Ikeda as Millions Knives
Kouki Uchiyama as Legato Bluesummers
TARAKO as Zazie the Beast
Ryusei Nakao as William Conrad
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Young Vash
Yumiri Hanamori as Young Knives
Maaya Sakamoto as Rem Saverem
The staff includes:
- Director: Kenji Mutou
- Concept & Character Concept Design: Kouji Tajima
- Story Draft: Takehiko Okishi
- Script Writers & Composition: Tatsurō Inamoto, Shin Okashima, and Yoshihisa Ueda
- Chief Character Design: Nao Ootsu
- Character Design: Kōdai Watanabe, Tetsurō Moronuki, Takahiko Abiru, Akiko Saitō, Soji Ninomiya, and Yumihiko Amano.
- Music: Tatsuya Katō
- Production: Orange
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Madhouse’s previous tv anime adaptation aired in Japan in 1998 for 26 episodes. The anime was released on home video in North America in 2000. The series was first released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment (previously Pioneer), however Funimation has subsequently licensed it and released it on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The series is now available on Crunchyroll, which was acquired by Sony’s Funimation Global Group AT&T. The anime first broadcasted in 2023 on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block.
The Trigun anime is based on the manga of the same name by Yasuhiro Nightow. The manga was published from 1995 to 1997 in Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Shonen Captain magazine. Later in 1997, Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine published Trigun Maximum, which lasted until 2007. The manga has been published in English by Dark Horse Comics.
Trigun: Badlands Rumble, the first new Trigun animation in over a decade, premiered in April 2010. The anime had its global premiere at Sakura-Con in April 2010, despite Studio Madhouse’s ambitions for the project dating back to 2005. The film was also shown on Cartoon Network’s Toonami programming block. The plot was originally written by original manga author Nightow and directed by Satoshi Nishimura.
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