Trigun

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Japanese: トライガン
English: Trigun
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 1, 1998 to Sep 30, 1998
Premiered: Spring 1998
Broadcast: Thursdays at 01:15 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: Adult CastAdult Cast
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.221 (scored by 389089389,089 users)
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Ranked: #3712
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Popularity: #260
Members: 803,420
Favorites: 16,869

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Preliminary Spoiler
May 17, 2015
Mixed Feelings
(This is a spoiler-free review adapted for this site)

[Synopsis]: Vash the Stampede (Onosaka, Masaya) is a legendary gunslinger with a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head who has attained the additional title of the ‘humanoid typhoon’ due to the way he leaves a path of destruction in his wake wherever he travels. Because of this rampant devastation, the Bernardelli Insurance Society tasks Meryl Stryfe (Tsuru, Hiromi) and Milly Thompson (Yukino, Satsuki) to find Vash in order to evaluate insurance claims and attempt to minimize the damage. The story follows these characters across a desert wasteland as it quickly becomes apparent that Vash is more than ...
Oct 16, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Trigun トライガン Review


Story (5/10) Average

Alright I'm not going to talk about the countless uninteresting and irrelevant sidestories that the anime had to other through out it's 26 episode run but the main plot which I also found uninteresting and generic anyway. Now I was going to give this anime the benefit of the doubt because of the time it came out when using the word generic but i can't I would be lying to myself if i said "If I say this back when it aired I would have probably enjoyed it more" I HIGHLY fucking doubt that. The story of Vash the Stampede ...
Mar 13, 2023
Mixed Feelings
I feel so sorry for saying this but Trigun is yet another old classic that didn't live up to my expectation...

It isn't bad, objectively, as we have a solid story, with good character development, and good animation as well. But the pacing, oh my, it just felt horrible. I couldn't tell where they went wrong, but I can tell they did for sure!

The real story only starts once you've watched about half of the show, in order for you to know the characters better I suppose, but I hate watching a show without any direction to follow so it felt kinda boring. Then the story ...
Jun 3, 2013
Mixed Feelings
Check out that animation when Vash fights that samurai guy. HA HA HA HA! Budget issues much?

First some good things. The environment feels very fleshed out and realized. You could sum it up perfectly with "sci-fi plus western," but it feels like its own world, which I really feel is a huge boon in fiction.

Flaws, though? Inconsistent, often very poor animation. Two one-dimensional characters crammed together (an idiot savant joker and a dark, troubled guy) instead of a truly fleshed out protagonist. A sudden tone swing in the middle of the series from comedy to drama that is very, very ham-fistedly "dark". (It's really ...
Feb 9, 2018
Mixed Feelings
Trigun is an anime adaptation of the manga by the same name. This western/sci-fi anime was produced by studio Madhouse, and aired from Apr 1 1998 to Sep 30 1998. It was directed by Satoshi Nishimura (Hajime no Ippo.)

There is an outlaw with a huge bounty of $$60,000,000,000 on him. His name is Vash the Stampede, also known as The Humanoid Typhoon. Legend say that everywhere he goes he destroys entire cities just for fun, and lays waste to everyone who oppose him. However, legend is often overexaggerated. Vash is actually a huge softie who easily cries, hates blood, and refuse to kill someone. He's ...
Jan 24, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Some interesting concepts on pacifism as an ideal, but poorly executed, the animation is dated, a lot of the humour doesn't hit (and can cause issues with tone), and there's a bunch of filler episodes before the story even really does anything. I'd give it maybe a 7/10 for the good episodes, and a 5-6/10 for the bad ones. Not the worst show but people calling it a masterpiece or a 'must-watch' are viewing it through rose tinted glasses.

The world was at least interesting, I do enjoy some space western vibes... but I can't give it points for that alone, especially when a lot of ...
Jan 17, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Mixed feelings are an excellent way to describe this roller coaster of a series.
On the one hand, there is a profoundly philosophical nature to Trigun, especially regarding the wonderfully written characters of Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
But on the other hand, there are a bunch of filler, inconsistent logic and unnecessary situations that don't benefit the plot.

Let's first observe the positives of this series.
The biggest positive is that this series will put you in uncomfortable situations, thus forcing you to think about how you'd handle the problems that arise.
It does this by placing Vash, his friends and even outsiders ...
Nov 1, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Quick Thoughts:
Underwhelming.

Story:
Trigun is fairly episodic in the beginning. The main group of Vash, Meryl, Milly and, later on, Wolfwood visit a new city, Vash gets into comedic shenanigans, some kind of conflict occurs, they settle it and move onto a new city. This is the formula for about the first 10 episodes, after that each episodes delves bit by bit into Vash's past and internal conflict. I think it took a bit too long for the plot to get going, but the pacing was fine otherwise. I thought the ending was bit predictable, but it was fitting overall.

Art:
The art and animation shows its age, and ...
Oct 6, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Trigun is one of those shows that has me really conflicted on a score to give. I can see its positives and negatives but having to compare it with the rest on my list that have similar scores, I can help but to question my choice.

Story: I never like to go into detail as to not spoil anything, plus I doubt I can do a better job than the summary already on the site. In my opinion, it had some really good parts, most notably in the setting. The theme is less well constructed, but still has a little bit of weight to it, mostly ...
Feb 19, 2019
Mixed Feelings
Trigun is an iconic shounen anime that sets precedence to the shounen genre as a whole, almost. For this review, I will be talking about what makes Trigun such a classic, and then discuss some of its “anime sins,” plot or narrative devices that don’t quite work and I find personally unforgivable.

Trigun aired in 1998 (started being published as a manga in 1995) which is well after some of the major shounen anime like Dragon Ball and Rurouni Kenshin. The formula for a shounen had already been pretty well established. However, Trigun does not only use this formula correctly, but it also goes above ...
Mar 28, 2017
Mixed Feelings
I watched this show many, many years ago, and will simply tell you my impressions of it from many, many years ago. This is because I don't want to watch it again, ever.

It's basically Rurouni Kenshin with robo-cowboys and much, much worse animation. I guess I wouldn't have minded so much if I hadn't seen RRK beforehand, possibly because Kenshin came out first. Well, okay, the plots aren't entirely the same but the main characters are rather similar and then I was constantly irritated by how low budget the animation was. Kenshin was stylish. Trigun's animation is just...blergh. That's the word, blergh. If you haven't ...
Jun 24, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Trigun is considered a classic, and I could certainly see why. The characters are presented well and the story runs smoothly. It really achieves the steampunk western feel it is shooting for.

And for what it is worth, Trigun is a good show. It is only brought down by my tastes in that I don't really enjoy westerns and it was a bit too episodic in the beginning for me. It is also brought down for the art, as a reboot would make this at least a 7 for me.

But if you enjoy the theme than I have no doubt you would enjoy the ...
Feb 9, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Trigun



I am quite capable of being inspired by a classic, especially one that I had never seen before. And that was definitely not the case with Trigun. Whether this was due to the anime adaptation or the content was actually so meager is difficult to judge as I don't know the manga.

In any case, Trigun offers a very pleasant and initially interesting setting. And indeed towards the end a satisfactory resolution of events. The main problem with the work was the implementation and the characters.

Story

The basic idea with the desert planet and with the background of the events, which turns out at the end, ...