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BOOM. Now go watch it.
I apologize, but I really have to indulge myself a wee bit when I partake in this writing-jane-doe-thinks-her-opinions-are-warranted fest thing.
Trigun is a title that will consistently appear on lists of top 90s anime, and with good reason! The soundtrack alone made me weak in the knees, and that was before I even had one eighth of an inkling as to what was going on. The show is set on an Old West themed, arid, harsh planet, and follows the story of Vash the Stampede (infamous gunslinger outlaw with a mysterious past) and the various friends he makes along the way. Two of his companions actually work for an insurance company that is trying to cut costs down by preventing Vash from causing anymore destruction, as nearly every town he passes through ends up being utterly totaled.
Naturally, this anime has palpable similarities with Cowboy Bebop: from the inhumanly skilled but laid back main character to the interesting supporting cast, fans of both series will find themselves drawing parallels between the two, and that's a good thing! Something Trigun provides that is unique from Bebop is that, by the end of the series, significantly more questions are answered. Not all of them, mind you, but just enough that any viewer can walk away satisfied but still speculating on what could have happened in this universe.
Some wonderful and refreshing news pertaining to Trigun is that it is light on the commonly exaggerated anime character tropes.Yes, the side characters can be silly, but I rarely had to suspend all disbelief in order to take particular characters seriously. In fact, the more fleshed out Vash the Stampede becomes, the less you question whatever stereotypes he may fall into.
I briefly mentioned the soundtrack earlier and I'm 100000% positive it's worth discussing again: fucking gorgeous and insanely badass! I haven't heard guitar riffs this insanely catchy in a very long time, and one particular song had me whistling for days after I finished the show in its entirety.
Trigun is an upbeat adventure, a hilarious comedy, and a stirring drama. Definitely worth checking out.
