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(from my old collection of anime reviews circa 2003)
Sci-fi / Western action comedy. Meet Vash the Stampede, destroyer of towns, bountyhead, and yet big-hearted pacifist. Two insurance employees (damage control) chase him around a barren colony world. But as we see more of this outpost of humanity, we learn of much greater issues at stake. Hilarious, uplifting, and a well crafted story.
When I read the previous comments I got a different approach to this anime, I didn't like at all the comedy in this, I was hoping that the more serious second part would do more for me, and it was better but still not good enough. Unfortunately I never really cared for any of the characters, still watchable but not great.
I thought it would be better than Gungrave but I'd still give an edge to Brandon & Harry.
Nice show, love the vibe it gives.
SPACE WESTERN
This niche genre is filled with Firefly and Cowboy Beebop. Trigun excels in crafting wonderful and loveable characters. Vash the Stampede is a hyper accurate gunslinger that refuses to kill. This post apocalyptic new world will test his will to survive vs his will to protect. This animation is detailed and stylish. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll eat copious amounts of donuts.
An anime with decent art and decent setting. If you're a fan of post-apocalyptia, then this would be a recommendation, otherwise I think most people will want to skip it because of a weaker story that's also stretched too thin.
giving it only on episode is foolish. shows story spans the entire series definitly a show worth a watch.
Gave it a shot, but it failed to entertain me. One of the first - or first anime series I dropped after a few episodes (or in this case, just one).
It starts off strong and the characters and the world are very cool, but the second half is starting to get boring.
Review by dunpealhunterVIP OG 14BlockedParent2013-03-28T17:27:40Z
Vash the Stampede, the wanted man of 60,000,000,000$$
If you are a die-hard anime fan than no doubt you have already seen this one. If you haven't already, shame on you! Go download/buy/borrow it right now! Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
Trigun is a very traditional anime, but at the same time very good. Traditional in the animation techniques used (it was made in 1998 and computers were back than not yet such an integral part of animation as they are right now), which are definitely not bad, visual speaking this anime does even now after 15 years still look amazing. If you have seen a lot of anime than you will definitely recognize some of the visual art tropes this anime has that are unique to anime (For more information about those take a look here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JapaneseVisualArtsTropes ).
What makes this anime stand out from the crowd is the story. The mood you get from this anime during the first half of series is that Vash the Stampede is really on a desert planet in the distant future. It is definitely a cool mix of the old American western culture and a distant future with cool technology where human colonists set out to colonize other planets. The first half of the series is without a doubt a hilarious, action-packed, phenomenal and awesome piece of artwork you will not soon forget. The stories are really of a fantastic quality.
The second half of the series is where it gets serious and where (in my opinion) the anime loses some of its quality story-wise. Its still good, but the fact that Vash is portrayed as some kind of Messiah that walks the earth trying to undo his errors from the past and who's life-motto is to do no harm under any circumstance gets to a point where it becomes annoying and makes him look like a pathetic douchebag not worthy of the enormous bounty on his head (For example, at one point in the anime in an attempt to save someones life he strips naked and barks like a dog in front of a group of thugs he can easily take down).
Nevertheless, This together with Cowboy bebop (http://trakt.tv/show/cowboy-bebop), Neon Genesis Evangelion (http://trakt.tv/show/neon-genesis-evangelion) and to a lesser extent Berserk (http://trakt.tv/show/berserk) are the anime series from the Nineties that every fan of anime should see at least once in their life time. Without these on your watched history pages here on Trakt the term Anime Otaku does not apply to you ;)