Not even thirty minutes ago, FUNimation made a major announcement at Katsucon in Washington DC: FUNi has acquired the rights to Trigun, whose anime license was apparently in limbo-- I might have thought that it was part of FUNi's Geneon deal, but on the other hand, perhaps Geneon's license of it expired. As far as I can tell the last release of any Trigun anime was in 2003, when Geneon put out the Remix version, four years before Geneon's shuttering.
A new DVD release of the series is due out this fall.
Also announced at Katsucon was the English dub cast for Dragon Ball Z Kai, also known as Dragon Ball Kai, also known as "Dragon Ball Z without the filler bits." The new dub will feature Colleen Clinkenbeard as Gohan, Monica Rial as Bulma, Doc Morgan as the narrator, and Brina Palencia as Chiaotzu and Puar.
I just checked and confirmed: these are the only changes to the English dub cast-- everything else is exactly as it was in the original. Oh, and an official site for Kai has opened up. Good times!
So, who's excited for a new release of Trigun? It's especially a great idea since the Trigun movie is opening in Japan this April...














