I'm not gonna tell the whole plot, cause most of you all know what Trigun is about, but for those who don't know, here's a quick summary: It's about Vash The Stampede, a legendary gunman who is wanted by many people who stand in his way and bounty hunters all over the planet of Gunsmoke try to catch him, just for the reward of $60,000,000,00 billion dollars. Two agents, Meryl and Milly, finds Vash, only to discover that the legendary gunman is a loving goofball and Vash is on a personal journey to face his demons from his tortured past. That's pretty much how the plot of Trigun is, but it does deliver a few intense and plot twisting moments, that I will not spoil for you guys.
The art by Madhouse is fantastic and it still holds up till this day. The western style mixed with technology is very unusual at times, but still pretty nice change of design from the standard style of other genres and character models are well designed, including Vash's cool looking glasses (those glasses always look pretty when the sun shines on them!). Characters are well developed and full of charm and personality, but Vash steals the show for me, because he's such a badass hero. Ok I will admit, at times he's annoying and crazy, but when an enemy threatens to kill innocent people, Vash pulls his gun out and always deflects an enemy's attack (like when he shot the giant metallic hand with 5 bullets). The other characters like Milly and Meryl, the insane priest with an enormous cross Nicholas D. Wolfwood are also fun to watch and some of the villains deliver the best laugh out loud moments in the series.
Trigun is an anime that deserves all the critical praise it gained when it debuted in 1998. It's an engaging and non-stop action anime with a very deep story and a very interesting theme about the morality about killing living things as the series progresses through later episodes. If you missed the series, go check it out or buy the complete series on DVD in store.
