"Trigun" (1998) TV series

Creator:

Yasuhiro Nightow

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western | Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Vash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after!

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Unrequited Love | Bounty Hunter | Priest | Shootout

Cast

Mona Marshall	...	Kaite (26 episodes, 1998)
Jeff Nimoy	...	Nicholas D. Wolfwood (11 episodes, 1998)

Also Known As:

Toraigan (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Trigun #1: The $$60,000,000,000 Man (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes) | USA:30 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Tagalog | Spanish | Italian | German | French | Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (one episode) | Italy:T (episodes 13-26) (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 (episodes 1-12) (DVD rating) | South Korea:12 | Australia:M (episodes 13-26) | Australia:PG (episodes 1-12) | Spain:7 | USA:TV-14 | New Zealand:M | UK:15 (DVD rating)

Company:

Tokuma Shoten

Trivia:

The black cat that appears in every episode of Trigun is called "Kuroneko Sama" (which means "Lord Black Cat". The cat is a female and was a creation for one of Yasuhiro Nightow's first mangas (Japanese comic books) and he has stated that the cat is female. Her alternate name is "Kuroneko Kukan" or "Black Cat Space". She also makes a cameo in the video game "Wild ARMs: 2nd Ignition".

Quotes:

Vash the Stampede: [singing] Total slaughter, total slaughter. I won't leave a single man alive. La de da de die, genocide. La de da de dud, an ocean of blood. Let's begin the killing time.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gungrave (2002) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Zero Hour

Wow.

I can't think of anything wrong with this anime. The characters are lovable (even the bad guys, to a degree); the message of love is clear without being too saccharine or getting in the way of the action; the plot twists aren't predictable, and the music is breathtaking. I'll never think of donuts the same way again. ^__^