ScottMerica Set sometime in the future, the human race has fled from Earth looking for somewhere new to live. Unfortunately for them, they ended up crashing landing on Gunsmoke, a hostile and dried up wasteland of a planet. Years after, we follow Vash the Stampede, who has a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head and leaves death and destruction wherever he goes. When two women are sent from an agency to find Vash for all the damage he's caused, we find out more about Vash and who he is exactly. Now I actually wasn't planning on watching this, but I came upon the first episode one day and thought why not, and so I rolled through the entire series in about a week and a half. And while it's not always perfect, Trigun surprised me with just how much simultaneously fun and interesting it was and I can happily say I'm very glad I checked it out.Unfortunately, Trigun's first impression on you might not be that great. Being released in 1998, the animation is noticeably dated with some rough textures and details. Plus with the setting being a desert wasteland, it's not exactly a series that pops out at you. The character animations, however, are very nice and allow for a lot of emotion and life that might've been missing in lesser hands. The style of Trigun is very cool as well, as it lends to some tense and impressive moments. Another thing that might turn people off at first is the tone of the show, it starts off pretty goofy and lighthearted, using that Japanese humor where people's heads grow twice their size when they get mad or embarrassed. I didn't mind it, it eases you into the show and the first half is very entertaining with likable characters. If you hate the humor though, don't worry, for the second half of the show is an entirely different animal from the first. The second half gets dark, depressing, deep, shocking and very tense. Another noteworthy thing is the music, it has lots of memorable tunes and sets the tone of the show, light or dark, very nicely. The beginning and ending songs are especially awesome.Now onto the characters. Vash at first seems like a total bada$$, with an intimidating set of clothing and tall stature. However, that image is quickly done away with when he see how Vash deals with these group of merchants trying to kill him in the first episode. For lack of a better word, Vash is more or less a goofball. He loves donuts, love, peace and refuses to kill. Vash is a great character in that without even knowing anything about him he is just such a likable and entertaining guy, and when you learn more about who he truly is he becomes so much more. The two agency girls, Meryl and Milly, are very entertaining in their own right and form a nice relationship with Vash. Then there's Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a trigger happy preacher who runs into Vash and co. along the way. Wolfwood is just as cool and interesting as Vash, having his own personal problems and views on the world. Last but not least, is the gun-ho guns, a large group of unique and psychotic killers out to make Vash's life a living hell. While all these freaks don't really develop a whole lot beyond bloodthirsty baddies they are unique and bring forth a good amount of fun battles. The main gun-ho gun, Legato Bluesummers, is a whole different story. Legato's introduction is a big game changer and instantly he is a chilling and intense presence on the show. His true role ends up being a bit disappointing in my opinion when another threatening force is introduced, but regardless serves as a great foil to Vash. The other threatening force I mentioned, who I will not spoil, is great as well.Onto issues, there are a few. Like I said before, some may find the beginning of the series to be very goofy and a bit slow to start with an episodic nature. I personally didn't mind this, my big issue is the pacing in the second half. While it has some of the series' best moments and is very interesting, I felt it was a bit repetitive. For a few episodes I kinda felt I was seeing the same things happen but in different locations and with different side characters. This unfortunately hurt the last half a bit and stopped it from being truly amazing in my opinion.Overall, Trigun is vastly under-appreciated and a damn good series. The animation is a bit dated, it's tone may be too goofy at first and the second half suffers from some pacing issues, but these flaws don't ruin the experience whatsoever. Vash is a great character and his journey and relationships bring up very deep and interesting views on life and how we should live it along with how to let others live. Trigun is a great little series that is bound to impress you as well if you give it a chance

Dark_Lord_Mark This is the best anime ever put together. It has epic story lines to go along with a killer soundtrack with incredible voice work and action.The Action is great, it deals with Vash the Stampede and in the first few episodes it leaves you guessing, if you do not watch the intro, who the heck is this guy....but as it progresses you see a budding deep storyline driven action comedy drama with deep philosophical meaning with an intense rock soundtrack.THis is THE BEST ANIMATION EVER MADE! Trigun deals with deeper meanings, from to kill or not to, is it wrong, what is right and what is wrong.....forgive or not to......It's everything that makes watching TV/Movies/Comics good and important.See this otherwise the Humanoid Typhoon will come for you.

GibboAssassin Along with Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star, Trigun was an anime/manga that was part of its own small genre that it works really well with. As a big fan of the manga and the anime alike, I have to say I rather enjoyed the anime.Unlike most animes it wasn't full of fillers (yes the first 12 episodes were technically classed as fillers but the creators of the anime did it well), the episodes before the main plot line kicked in were stories that filled the manga and it tied up loose ends to past stories told of Vash the Stampede.I liked the anime, the plot line went a little different and I have to say that I was a little disappointed when the ending of the manga and the anime were almost completely different with the same outcome and Vash's/Knives hair never changed colour because of them using their powers and it draining their energy, but I enjoyed the anime.It never really slowed down for me, some may say it does but I personally feel like it doesn't. It was great, both the Japanese and the English voice actors did an amazing job and each fit their character perfectly. The animation style doesn't hold a candle to the currently style of animation but this was released in 1998 so I have no grounds to complain. I like the series, even though it was shorter than the manga I think it does justice to the series. I'm giving it a 9/10 because I am disappointed that it lacked some things from the manga unfortunately (however, judging from the time when it was made I can understand why things were cut and changed).

Rectangular_businessman "Trigun", despite not having an incredible level of animation, it's a very good anime series, with a great story, and many interesting characters.Which starts as a crazy homage/parody to the Western movie genre (With some elements of fantasy and science fiction) quickly evolves into something way more complex and dramatic, exploring the past of the characters, and showing how they are somewhat connected.A very good element form this series is that plot advances in a fast (But never confusing, or muddled) way, moving from the episodic format into a continuing storyline. The changes from comedy to drama are never gratuitous or forced, and this series even manages to keep some glimpses of humor in the most serious episodes.The best element of "Trigun" are the characters:Both the heroes and villains, each one of them are very charismatic and interesting, avoiding most of the most annoying anime clichés."Trigun" it's a pretty satisfying series, combining the best elements form different genres (Such as Western, Comedy, science fiction, drama and action) being one of my favorite anime series.9/10