Story (8/10) Very Good
The story of Trigun itself I was very pleased with, in particular the second half of it which did an actual arc and had a lot darker tone to the happy comedic first half which it had. In saying that the second half still had comedic moments but the darker element of the second half outweighed the comedy.
The first half didn't really have any real arc, the longest an individual story lasted for was 2 episodes and that only happened once during the sand steamer bit. The rest are just episodic stories some of them having no meaning to the overall story *cough* Episode 2 *cough* but in some cases the episodic stories did have meaning and help the viewer understand the mystery which is Vash the Stampede (Main Protagonist). But in end the meaningless episodic stories brought down my liking of Trigun's story which I thought was the best part of the anime.
Art/Animation (8/10) Very Good (For its time)
Now yes the art style and animation in this isn't anything amazing but it's far from bad. This is the late 90s animation back then isn't anywhere as good as it is today. And with that being said for a late 90s anime it's a bit better looking than the majority of other things that came out during it's time. The character design and weapon designs where in a league of its own for its time.
Sound (6/10) Fair
Now other than the Opening OST the sound for this anime is average and I really, really didn't enjoy the Ending OST, reason I simply just really, really didn't like it. Gun shots sound average. The sound effects I found to be bland and repetitive and by that I mean a slap, punch and a kick should all have different sound effects not all the same. And same goes for the gun sound effects Vash who has a very different gun to everyone else should have had its own sound effect but everything was the same. That being the thing that annoyed me the most about the anime. The voice acting was well above average (Dub) I would have rated it more highly but the voice of Milly in particular really didn't sit with me well other than that though the dub voices were really good and average (Sub) which is why I highly recommend watching it Dub not Sub.
Characters (7/10) Good
The characters I didn't love as a whole but aspects of them I really enjoyed. For Vash I loved his serious side which came out really only when peoples lives were involved and that serious side of him made him a total badass. Then how quickly he could change tones I didn't really like that much and his happy-go-lucky tone at times just pissed me off with his character. Meryl and Milly were your typical brain and brawns duo with Meryl also playing the role of Vash's tsundere, by this me saying their characters weren't anything special just average. Wolfwood on the other hand was my favourite character in the entire anime. Similar to Vash he could be comedic but also had a serious side as well. Wolfwood showing his serious side a lot more often than Vash though making him a lot more of a badass. Wolfwood being the character who solely brought my rating for this category from a 5 or a 6 to a solid 7.
Enjoyment (7/10) Good
I enjoyed this anime not to what I could have because of my expectations I had for before watching it. And the first 5 episodes having no real meaning to the end game of the story made me loose a lot of enjoyment for this anime. But the second half of the anime onwards so from the episode titled Diablo it gets much better and much more enjoyable.
Overall (7/10)
*(7.2/10)
