Trigun Stampede Poster Highlights Knives' New Design

By Evan Valentine

Trigun Stampede is looking to bring back Vash The Stampede to the anime medium next month, with it being over a decade since the Humanoid Typhoon was animated in the first and only feature-length film of the franchise. As fans continue to speculate whether the new series will be a prequel or a straight reboot of the anime's original events, Studio ORANGE has released a key visual of Knives' different new look. With Knives' aesthetic vastly changed this time around, it will be interesting to see if his character differs in a similar vein.             

Knives is a very different character from his brother as Vash holds both a rambunctious sense of humor alongside a genuine love for humanity that was drilled into him by his matriarchal figure, Rem. Throughout the original anime series, Knives was the "big bad" who was attempting to push his brother to break one of his promises to Rem and set up a scenario where the $60 billion double-dollar man will take a human life. Unfortunately for Vash, Knives is successful in this attempt as the anime hero is forced to kill Legato Bluesummers to save the lives of his friends, leading to a dynamic finale that saw brothers going to war with one another in a gun-slinging showdown.

Knives The Stampede

Trigun Stampede's Official Twitter Account shared this drastically different version of Knives from what we saw in the original anime adaptation, leaving fans to wonder if this series will be showing us Vash's infamous brother in the past or if this is a complete re-imagining of the anime antagonist:

Trigun Stampede will arrive on Crunchyroll on January 7th, meaning you won't be waiting long to see the return of Vash The Stampede. Aside from Knives joining his brother in this new anime series, several characters from the original stories of the franchise will be returning with all-new looks, including supporting characters such as Wolfwood and Meryl, along with villains including Monev The Gale and Legato to name a few.

What do you think is the strange new outfit that Knives is sporting in Trigun Stampede? Do you think the upcoming series will be a prequel or a full-blown reboot? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of the Humanoid Typhoon. 

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