Ahead of Trigun Stampede’s first English dubbed episode going live on 21 January 2023 (with new dubbed episodes available every Saturday), publisher and streaming platform CrunchyRoll has confirmed that voice actor Johnny Yong Bosch will be reprising the role of Vash the Stampede. This was a voice acting role he had in the original 1998 localisation of TRIGUN.
Alongside this announcement, Johnny Yong Bosch had this to say:
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.
Johnny Yong Bosh originally started fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger, Green Zeo and Green Turbo Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, before moving into the voice acting sphere. Alongside his role as Vash the Stampede in 1998’s TRIGUN, his other voice acting roles include – but are not limited to – Renton in Eureka Seven, Artemis in Sailor Moon, Hajime in Danganronpa 2, Makoto Tachibana in Free!, Nate in Yokai Watch, Izaya in Durarara!!, Yukio in Blue Exorcist, among others. He is also active in the video game voice acting space, with roles including as Kuhn in .hack//G.U., Adachi/Narukami in Persona 4, Almaz in Disgaea 3, Emil in Tales of Symphonia, Guy in Tales of the Abyss and Firion in Final Fantasy Dissidia among others.
The role of Vash the Stampede in Trigun Stampede’s Japanese voice cast is performed by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, whose previous prolific roles include Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kirito in Sword Art Online.
