Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)

20 years after meddling into the bank heist of a notorious robber named Gasback, Vash the Stampede is heading towards Macca City. Rumors say that the legendary thief might appear there ... See full summary »

Director:

Satoshi Nishimura

Writers:

Yasuhiro Nightow (manga), Satoshi Nishimura (story),

Stars:

Charles Baker, Ed Blaylock, Johnny Yong Bosch

Cast

Credited cast:
Charles Baker	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ed Blaylock	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Vash The Stampede (voice)
Anthony Bowling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Duncan Brannan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jonathan Brooks	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Charles Campbell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kayla Carlyle	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Chris Cason	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Luci Christian	...	Meryl Stryfe (voice)
Leah Clark	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Amelia (voice)
Cynthia Cranz	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kenny Green	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Josh Grelle	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Storyline

20 years after meddling into the bank heist of a notorious robber named Gasback, Vash the Stampede is heading towards Macca City. Rumors say that the legendary thief might appear there causing an enormous influx of bounty hunters in the area who want to collect the $300,000,000 prize for his head.

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Plot Keywords:

thief | bounty hunter | fear | test of character | allergy | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Western

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Details

Official Sites:

Eleven Arts [us] FUNimation [us]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

24 April 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Trigun

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,115 (USA) (12 August 2011)

Gross:

$62,027 (USA) (26 August 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

FUNimation Entertainment, FlyingDog, Klockworx Co., The

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Johnny Yong Bosch, the English voice actor for Vash the Stampede, is the only English voice actor to reprise his role from the original series.

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Connections

Follows Trigun (1998)

User Reviews

Trigun is back, and it's a good time!

Trigun Badlands Rumble is a very good movie, with some nice nostalgia for Trigun fans.

It's in the style of the first half of the series, Vash wandering around getting into trouble and helping people out. He runs into our cool heroine of the movie, Amelia, and she's quite likable. Of course, Meryl, Millie, and Wolfwood are in the house as well.

The story here is not black and white with good guys and bad guys, it's interesting in that the villains of this movie aren't all that evil, and overall the movie has a more laid-back feel than you might expect.

One cool aspect is how they incorporate Vash's past and how old he is, by tying in a flashback from 20 years prior into the current events. We have some nice fun dialogue, great slapstick humor, a crazy bar brawl, lots of action, and a bit of drama to give it some weight. The animation is the most flawless aspect of the movie, the art is detailed and it's lushly done. There's a lot of great detail, and all the wacky background characters have a lot of care put into them.

Overall, though the plot takes a couple clever turns, the movie is just a nicely done, very straightforward light action romp, done well. I enjoyed the ending especially, which had a nice way of commenting on Vash's ideals. And of course, this movie is even better for letting us hang out with those classic Trigun characters for another hour and a half. Check it out!