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Trigun Gets New Novel Written By Yasuhiro Nightow And Takehiko Oxi

The autumn issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. RISE magazine announced on Thursday that the Trigun franchise will get a novel, Trigun Manuscript, this winter.

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Why it matters

The novel pairs the manga's original author with a writer from the Stampede reboot and builds on the Stampede and Stargaze anime world rather than the 1998 adaptation, which points the franchise's prose output at the newer continuity.

Trigun Gets New Novel Written By Yasuhiro Nightow And Takehiko Oxi

Key Facts

  • Jump SQ. RISE's autumn issue announced the Trigun novel Trigun Manuscript for this winter.
  • Yasuhiro Nightow and Trigun Stampede writer Takehiko Oxi write the novel together.
  • Trigun Manuscript is set in the world of the Trigun Stampede and Trigun Stargaze anime.
  • Trigun Stargaze premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on January 10, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired.
  • Trigun Stargaze is set 2.5 years after the end of Trigun Stampede.

Series creator Yasuhiro Nightow writes it with Trigun Stampede writer Takehiko Oxi. The novel is set in the world of the Trigun Stampede and Trigun Stargaze anime. Trigun Stargaze premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on January 10, and Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired with an English dub.

Shueisha's Jump SQ. RISE carried the announcement in its autumn issue, with the novel due this winter. The book is set in the world of Trigun Stampede and Trigun Stargaze, the two anime that follow the reboot continuity. Trigun Stargaze, described as the previously announced final phase of the Stampede anime, is set 2.5 years after Stampede ends. Stampede premiered in Japan in January 2023, and Crunchyroll streamed it with an English dub.

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