The latest key visual, teaser trailer, and newest cast member have been revealed for the upcoming Trigun Stargaze TV anime series, which will premiere in January 2026.
© 2026 Yasuhiro Nightow, SHONENGAHOSHA / TRIGUN STARGAZE Project
Voice actress Chika Ayamori joins the series as Milly Thompson. Meanwhile, the anime’s main 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)
Additionally, four new character visuals of Milly, Vash, Nicholas, and Meryl have also been released.
Crunchyroll News describes the full synopsis of Trigun Stargaze as:
It’s been two and a half years since the Lost JuLai tragedy, which laid waste to an entire city and engulfed the whole planet in chaos. Meryl, now a senior journalist, continues her search for Vash with her new younger sidekick, Milly, and runs into Wolfwood along the way. As plant robberies begin taking place once again, they sense Millions Knives’s organization conspiring behind the scenes.
Meanwhile, Vash has taken the new name Eriks and is living in hiding in a backwater town when he gets an abrupt visit from Jessica, a young girl with an SOS from the third ship they call home. He thus decides to put an end to a long-standing feud in order to protect those dear to him.
Just as the pieces of the story begin falling back together again, the planet receives a message from the far reaches of outer space: “We are a fleet of colony ships from Earth… Those who wish may accompany us to a new frontier.” The entire population rejoices at this news. However, as if to mock their celebration, the one-winged angel returns to wreak havoc and despair. Fates collide to forge a final conclusion for the panicked planet.
Masako Sato (Haikyu!! To The Top) is directing the Trigun Stargaze anime series, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Flower and Asura) as series screenwriter, Koji Tajima (Trigun Stampede) as concept artist and original character designer, Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Look Back director and character designer, Trigun Stampede special effects designer) as character designer, and Takehiko Okishi (Trigun Stampede) as story draft writer. Orange is in charge of the animation production for the series.
Yasuhiro Nightow’s original Trigun manga series ran 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.
It was then followed by Trigun: Maximum, which was serialized in Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine from October 1997 to March 2007. Fourteen tankobon volumes were released in total.
Dark Horse Comics has re-released both manga series in deluxe edition formats in 2024.
© 2026 Yasuhiro Nightow, SHONENGAHOSHA / TRIGUN STARGAZE Project
The manga inspired a previous 26-episode anime series adaptation that aired in 1998 and the anime film Trigun: Badlands Rumble in 2010. These were produced by Madhouse and directed by Satoshi Nishimura.
Crunchyroll is streaming Trigun Stampede worldwide, and describes the series as:
Vash the Stampede’s a joyful gunslinging pacifist, so why does he have a $$6 million bounty on his head? That’s what’s puzzling rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded veteran partner when looking into the vigilante only to find someone who hates blood. But their investigation turns out to uncover something heinous—his evil twin brother, Millions Knives.
Sources: Trigun Official Twitter (1) (2) (3) (4), Anime News Network
