Vash & Millions Knives Face Off in New Trigun Stargaze Visual

A new climax visual has been unveiled for the ongoing Trigun Stargaze TV anime series, showcasing a dark-haired Vash the Stampede in a tense battle with a transformed Millions Knives. The anime began broadcasting in Japan on January 10, 2026.

The official Twitter/X account of the Trigun anime series also posted a new character visual of Millions Knives.

Masako Sato (Haikyu!! To The Top) is directing Trigun Stargaze, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Flower and Asura) as series composer, Koji Tajima as concept artist and original character designer, Kiyotaka Oshiyama (previously special effects designer, Look Back director and character designer et al., Flip Flappers director) as character designer, and Takehiko Okishi as story draft writer. Orange is in charge of the animation production.

Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast stars:

• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Vash the Stampede
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Nicholas D. Wolfwood
• Sakura Ando as Meryl Stryfe
• Ryuji Sato as Millions Knives (replaces Junya Ikeda)
• Chika Ayamori as Milly Thompson

The 12-episode Trigun Stampede TV anime series was released in 2023 and was streamed by Crunchyroll.

Yasuhiro Nightow’s original Trigun manga series was serialized in Tokuma Shoten’s Monthly Shonen Captain magazine from 1995 to 1997 through several irregular serializations and hiatuses. Three tankobon volumes were released by Tokuma Shoten and two reprinted volumes by Shonengahosha.

Trigun: Maximum was then serialized in Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine from October 1997 to March 2007. Fourteen tankobon volumes were released in total. Dark Horse Comics re-released both manga series in deluxe edition formats in 2024.

The manga previously inspired a 26-episode anime series adaptation that was released in 1998 and the anime film Trigun: Badlands Rumble in 2010. Both were produced by Madhouse and directed by Satoshi Nishimura.

Crunchyroll is streaming Trigun Stargaze in select countries and territories worldwide, describing the main synopsis as:

It’s been two and a half years since the Lost JuLai tragedy laid waste to an entire city and engulfed the whole planet in chaos. Meryl continues her search for Vash with her new younger sidekick, Milly, and runs into Wolfwood along the way. Meanwhile, Vash has taken the new name Eriks and is living in hiding in a backwater town. When he receives an abrupt visit and SOS from the third ship they call home, he acts swiftly in order to protect those dear to him. However, as soon as the planet receives good news from the far reaches of outer space, the one-winged angel returns to wreak havoc and despair. Fates collide to forge a final conclusion for the panicked planet.

Sources: TOHO Animation English Official Twitter, Trigun Anime Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News