Vash Is Back: Trigun Stargaze Trailer Teases Final Season — Coming to Crunchyroll January 2026
Studio Orange has revealed a new trailer and key visuals for Trigun Stargaze, the announced final phase of the Trigun Stampede project, and confirmed the series will premiere internationally on Crunchyroll in January 2026. The new season is set several years after the Lost JuLai tragedy, and it brings Vash the Stampede back into a story that promises to tie up long-running threads from this continuity.
- Trailer and release details
- Plot and synopsis
- Production and staff
- Visual style and continuity
- Where to watch
Trailer and release details
The new trailer and key visuals were shown at New York Comic Con 2025. Fans got the first look at footage that sets up the final arc, and the studio confirmed a January 2026 international release via Crunchyroll. Furthermore, the material positions this season as the concluding chapter for the Stampede continuity.
Plot and synopsis
According to the series summary presented with the trailer, the story opens two and a half years after the Lost JuLai event. Meryl is now a senior journalist and continues searching for Vash with Milly as her younger partner, while Wolfwood reappears. Meanwhile, Vash is hiding under the name Eriks in a backwater town when a girl named Jessica brings an SOS from a ship they call home.
As plant robberies increase and the shadow of Millions Knives’s organization grows, the planet receives a message from space: “We are a fleet of colony ships from Earth… Those who wish may accompany us to a new frontier.” The announcement triggers mass celebration, but at the same time the one-winged angel returns, setting up a final confrontation that the new season intends to resolve.
Production and staff
Studio Orange continues to handle animation production, keeping the 3D CG approach used in Trigun Stampede. Masako Sato is credited as director, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu on series composition. Scripts are based on concepts by Takehiko Oki, and Kouji Tajima provided concept art and character designs.
Visual style and continuity
Trigun Stargaze maintains the same CG visual style established by Trigun Stampede. That series and the new season operate as a *spiritual successor* to Yasuhiro Nightow’s original 1995 manga, rather than as a direct remake or a linear sequel to the 1998 anime. Consequently, Trigun Stargaze appears set to reinterpret events and characters from Trigun Maximum and select moments following episode 17 of the original TV series.
Where to watch
The series will be released internationally on Crunchyroll in January 2026. For now, the trailer shown at NYCC and the official synopsis are the primary sources of confirmed information on plot and staff.
