Crunchyroll Casts Johnny Yong Bosch in English Voice Role of Vash the Stampede in 'Trigun Stampede'

After Two Decades, Johnny Yong Bosch Returns to Voice the 
English Dub Role He Originally Dubbed in the 1998 TRIGUN Series

Culver City, California (January 12, 2023) – The highly anticipated English voice casting for the character of Vash the Stampede in the sci-fi space western TRIGUN STAMPEDE will go to none other than Johnny Yong Bosch, the actor who originally voiced Vash the Stampede in the original 1998 TRIGUN – both series based on the manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. The English dub will debut weekly, every Saturday, starting January 21, 2023, following the Japanese language simulcast, which debuts new episodes every Saturday and premiered on January 7, 2023.

Taking up the English voice of Vash the Stampede once more for TRIGUN STAMPEDE, Johnny Yong Bosch said:

"Voicing Vash the Stampede in the original TRIGUN series is a role that literally launched my voice over career and I am extremely excited to voice him again in this all-new anime adaptation from Orange. I look forward to going on this adventure with fans once more and hope new audiences enjoy the journey as well.”

A video of his excitement also debuted via Crunchyroll on Twitter, which you can find HERE.

Beyond TRIGUN, Johnny Yong Bosch got his start as Adam Park, the Black Ranger, Green Zeo, and Green Turbo, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He continued his anime journey providing English dubbing as Kaneda in AKIRA, Renton in Eureka Seven, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Sasori in Naruto, Artemis in Sailor Moon, Giyu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, LIO in Promare, and many, many more.

Jeremy Inman will serve as the ADR Director on the English Dub, a fellow voice actor who has also ADR directed other anime series such as Golden Kamuy, Saga of Tanya the Evil, DECA-DENCE, ID: INVADED, and more. On delivering the dub for TRIGUN STAMPEDE, Inman said:

“TRIGUN is anime royalty and I can't wait to work with Johnny Yong Bosch in bringing it back to life with this new and fresh take, promising old fans the same gun-slinging action while bringing in new fans as well with amazing animation, characters, and story.” 

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, best known for voicing Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kirito in Sword Art Online, voices Vash the Stampede in the Japanese language version of TRIGUN STAMPEDE.

About TRIGUN STAMPEDE

TRIGUN is a popular action manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow that follows the story of Vash the Stampede, a legendary gunman and a pacifist with a bounty on his head. TRIGUN STAMPEDE is produced by animation Studio Orange (BEASTARS; Land of the Lustrous). The new series is Kenji Mutō (Land of the Lustrous episode director). 

Additional staff credits include an original story by Takehiko Oki; series composition by Shin Okashima, Tatsurō Inamoto, Yoshihisa Ueda; original character design by Kouji Tajima (GANTZ:0 character artist); and music composed by Tatsuya Katō (Revue Starlight).

Official TRIGUN STAMPEDE synopsis

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.

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