Trigun

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English: Trigun

Japanese: トライガン

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 1, 1998 to Sep 30, 1998

Premiered: Spring 1998

Broadcast: Thursdays at 01:15 (JST)

Producers: Victor Entertainment

Licensors: Funimation, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.24¹ (scored by 269,762 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #270²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #198

Members: 545,382

Favorites: 12,775

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Ranked #270Popularity #198Members 545,382

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Synopsis

Vash the Stampede is the man with a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. The reason: he's a merciless villain who lays waste to all those that oppose him and flattens entire cities for fun, garnering him the title "The Humanoid Typhoon." He leaves a trail of death and destruction wherever he goes, and anyone can count themselves dead if they so much as make eye contact—or so the rumors say. In actuality, Vash is a huge softie who claims to have never taken a life and avoids violence at all costs.

With his crazy doughnut obsession and buffoonish attitude in tow, Vash traverses the wasteland of the planet Gunsmoke, all the while followed by two insurance agents, Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, who attempt to minimize his impact on the public. But soon, their misadventures evolve into life-or-death situations as a group of legendary assassins are summoned to bring about suffering to the trio. Vash's agonizing past will be unraveled and his morality and principles pushed to the breaking point.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Background

The Japanese release by Victor Entertainment has different openings relating to the specific episode it's played on. The initial Geneon Entertainment USA (then known as Pioneer) releases on VHS and DVD (singles, Signature Series, and box set) used only the first opening on each episode. This was due to the Japanese licensor providing them clean materials for only the first opening to put the English credits on. Geneon later fixed this mistake on their Limited Edition tin releases in 2005/2006, as well as on the Remix singles. Following Geneon USA's demise in late 2007, the show went out of print. When FUNimation Entertainment picked up the show in 2010 and released it, they repeated Geneon's mistake of using only the first opening on every episode. This mistake was later fixed in 2013 on the Anime Classics re-release.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Vash the Stampede

Main

Onosaka, Masaya
Japanese

Wolfwood, Nicholas D.

Main

Hayami, Show
Japanese

Thompson, Milly

Main

Yukino, Satsuki
Japanese

Stryfe, Meryl

Main

Tsuru, Hiromi
Japanese

Bluesummers, Legato

Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese

Kuroneko

Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki
Japanese

Millions, Knives

Supporting

Furusawa, Tohru
Japanese

Saverem, Rem

Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

the Hornfreak, Midvalley

Supporting

Nishimura, Tomohiro
Japanese

the Beast, Zazie

Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Maseba, Yutaka

Producer

Kitayama, Shigeru

Producer

Nishimura, Satoshi

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Honda, Yasunori

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

"H.T." by Tsuneo Imahori

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Ending Theme

"Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku (The Wind Blows to the Future)" by AKIMA & NEOS

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Reviews

Jan 24, 2007

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

Xinil (All reviews)

737 people found this review helpful

Trigun is another one of my "must see in your anime career" shows. The easiest way to explain why I believe this can be summed up by one name: Vash. Vash the Stampede is arguably one of the coolest, toughest, and funniest characters ever created. He's everyone's favorite superhero (even though he demolishes everything he gets close to). Vash brings forth something that I think everyone has a little in themselves, compassion. If Vash had a middle name, it would be Compassion.

As if Vash wasn't enough for this show, they thought it might be a good idea to throw in a fantastic music score too. read more

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May 17, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

Cauthan (All reviews)

310 people found this review helpful

(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 read more

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Jun 24, 2008

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

RangFlash (All reviews)

263 people found this review helpful

26 episodes of a revolutionary anime that mixed comedy and drama flawlessly. This anime found great popularity in the U.S. and for good reason. Like Wings of Honneamise, it very thoughtfully combined religious themes and pacifism in a morality tale.

The first half of the series introduces the characters, and may turn some people off by its silliness, but it makes sense throughout the second half. If the entire thing was completely serious, Vash's character development wouldn't have the same effect.

The music is very subtle and gets the job done. It's not overly noticeable, and compliments the scenes quite well. I heard one of the read more

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Apr 17, 2008

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Master10K (All reviews)

132 people found this review helpful

Trigun is a classic Sci-fi, Action, Adventure, Comedy series with an amazing Western concept. This action-packed show is full of adrenaline fuelled gun battles and an awesome character to back.

The story follows our protagonist Vash, who is known as a terrifying Gunman with a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. The story is laid out as an episodic adventure, where each 1 or 2 episodes brings about a different story, involving certain trials and hardships the characters experience. The good thing about this series is that each adventure is nicely linked to the next, so there is a form of progression and development. But this all read more

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