"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:

Wolfwood: [walking into a church] I hope you don't mind me barging in like this. In spite of the profession I've chosen, I've never actually made a confession before. It's these times we live in. I did what it took to protect the children at any cost. That's how I always justified my actions...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gungrave (2002) (VG)

Soundtrack:

H.T.

Hooked me from the beginning...

The Trigun anime series is a magnificent addition to anime of today. It starts off with about twelve or so episodes with the average hero-saves-the-day motive, but there is always a big mystery left behind for our hero, Vash: Who in the world IS he!?

About halfway through the series, Vash is caught up in the midst of his brother, Knives, who wants nothing better than to see Vash suffer. Vash has one weakness, and a pretty serious one at that: He cannot kill ANYBODY or else he'll risk total, mental damnation. So, what's one thing that Knives does? He sends out about a dozen totally unique fighters dubbed the "Gung Ho Guns", whose job is to drive Vash to kill them.

This series does a great job at bringing in well-made characters and has its share of comical humor along the way. All that I can add is that when the final episode came to an end, one word kept circling through my head: Wow. Plus, it's fun choosing which of the "Gung Ho Guns" is your favorite. Personal choice of mine: Caine the Longshot.