Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his
head is a fortune, and his path of destruction reaches across the arid wastelands of a desert planet.
Unfortunately, most encounters with the spiky-haired gunslinger don't end well for the bounty hunters
who catch up with him; someone almost always gets hurt - and it's never Vash.
Oddly enough, for such an infamous fugitive, there's no proof that he's ever taken a life. In fact,
he's a pacifist with a doughnut obsession who's more doofus than desperado. There's a whole lot more
to him than his reputation lets on - Vash the Stampede definitely ain't your typical outlaw.
(Source: Funimation)
waring this review may contaon spollers First impression, so my first thoughts while going into this show. Where along the lines of man this is going to be a pretty decent sci-fi western action show that was a staple of the late 90s and for the most part it was. Story, 6/10 So the story of Trigun is fairly straightforward and simple. It pretty much much starts out about the cool and wacky adventures of Vash the stampede Who is a super hack gunslinger that goes for pacifism and who has a reputation for being the most dangerous person alive on the planet, while being flowed by a duo of girls from an insurance company who are reporting on his activities while trying to make some money on the side? So during the 90s, quite a few anime had this space western theme and Trigun is one of the more well-known ones and I guess during the 90s a lot of people in Japan must have of had some crazy nostalgia Bonner for Neil Armstrong and Clint Eastwood because quite a few series had space or the wild west for a theme and I guess a few people wanted to see what happened if they fused them together in order to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich of a genre called space western for anime after it had fallen into disfavor with westen viewers some decades precendently. Now The narrative of Trigun is pretty much split into three totally different arcs which I am going to talk about individuality because Trigun tone and atmosphere change quite a bit throughout the story. The first third is pretty much of Trigun is pretty much happy to go lucky adventures of Vash and if you like space Dandy or cowboy bebop you will love this first part. Becuase its very action packed and it does a good job of setting up and establish characters. But the problem is if you're not into episodic shit or episodes where Vash is literally running around to eat doughnuts then it's going to get boring really fast. The second half is more about exploring the setting and sci-fi concept of how there were some human colonists that came to this planet. It also talks about the origins of vash and why he is so infamous along this society. This part is pretty good if you wanted to learn how exactly this post-apostolic society was made and learn more about Vash because he has a mysterious past and slight amnesia. The third part is very dark and intense it's kinda like a cold war take for vash as a character because he now has to confront his past along with his evil elder brother knives and his forces. Which had a lot of tension, tragedy and some really good fights? But the problem is that despite the build-up and everything that happens, the payoff is about the equivalent of having family members walk into to your room while you're midway watching porn because the ending is very anti-climatic and what makes it worse is that you watched 26 episodes to get to that epic conclusion to vashs journey that ends in a whimper with a big explosion. So as an action, rule of cool kind of series as a whole I feel that Trigun hit all the right notes it needs to be even considered decent. But I do feel some of the individual parts that make up Trigun do hold it back a bit. Like the random comedy moments, this series has i find every obtuse and it details some of the seriousness and grittiness that the series has in certain scenes. Characters, 7/10 The main character Vash is somewhat interesting. Because even though he seems to like this happy go lucky dude at first. You come to find out that isn't exactly the case when you find out there a side to him that isn't the most positive. He is kind of two-faced and not two-faced with the fact that he is a bad guy or him full of evil intent. it's more like the under his happy and goofy nature lies a darker side to him and you don't really know what Side is the real one. Becuase of how they portray certain scenes with vash having glowing eyes and a intimidating arua. Which I think is intriguing But one downside to him is that his dual nature does come off as a bit disjointed at times.(edited) The side characters are all very interesting well, even though that mostly applies to the core side characters. They Are all two-dimensional character pretty much and for the most part, they add all to the rule of cool aspects to the series with there personalities and skill sets. But like the main character, they are also two-faced in some shape or form which I feel its more realistic and makes the characters feel more human. With the added bonus of showcasing the duality of human nature while not being pretentious about it like some series are guilty of. Becuase every one and I mean everyone even the nicest or nastiest of people have masks or personas that they showcase in public and its cool for a series of acknowledge this fact and present it a simple way. The villains in this show are also pretty cool and have decent personality and presence. Like for example, you got a person who uses a saxophone as a weapon. And person that can use psychic powers. So when it comes to action the villans add a lot of diversity because it not just gunfights or bar fights that destroy half a town, its more like psychic powers, cybrogs and people who are crazy as fuck with there choice and skill with weapons. But the rest of them are ever one dimensional in person or folder for cash to wipe in the blink of an eye. Which I found kinda disappointing because the setting that Trigun takes place in could breed really good antagonists. Even the main antagonist knives just seem to fall flat and feel like a worse version of vigil from devil may cry. He just evil and psychotic for the sake of being evil and psychotic for the very valid reason for humans are weak and they need to be killed because of reasons. Like why should he be the judge, jury and exquisite of humanity when he does, even more, fuck up things. Like there is a scene where he kills entire towns full of people for the reason of humans must burn. Art, 7/10 The animation is pretty gritty it kind of fits with the whole post-apocalyptic setting. But on the bad Side the animation is a little dated by today's standards, but even if is a little dated it still looks pretty decent even by today's standards but I am guessing it the madhouse magic that played a role in this. It has a very retro style to it because in case any didn't know space westerns where very popular in the west until they fell out of favor for a bit and I really like this mix of late 90s animation with and this old western aesthetic. The character design is also very dated as well, but they look cool and they remind it reminds me of mad max, fallout and the good the bad and the ugly. Sound, 6/10 The op is quite nice it really does fit the tone of the show, but don't really give a shit about the ending. The ost was also pretty good as well. It pretty much fit really well with a very scene in the show. If you like Wild west music I think you will like Trigun ost because it reminds me of the old cowboy movies I would watch The ost was done by tsuneo imahori. Who has also worked on the soundtrack for cowboy bebop? Enjoyment, 7/10 So the thing I enjoyed about Trigun would be quite a lot Of things. But guess I will mention a few. One of the things I quite like about Trigun is the all the characters good or bad where quite fun and interesting. I also like the action scenes with all the gunfights. Overall, 7/10 So overall Trigun is pretty much a classic 90s show with good characters good story and pretty good ost as well. So pretty if you're into retro then you will love this show. But if you're into the more modem anime then you will find Trigun to be very dated by today's standards which can really bring the show down a bit.
_Trigun_ is probably the most popular show that I knew nothing about. I knew about Vash, his looks, his weapons, but beyond that, I knew nothing. Normally, with a show that is twenty years old, some spoilers would have sunk into the zeitgeist and made it back to me (see _Cowboy Bebop_), but here I was truly surprised with how little I knew going in. It is also worth noting that I watched _Trigun_ almost as a challenge to myself. On one hand, I had been rooted heavily in the modern, and I wanted to look a little further back into history. I could have done something tired like rewatch ¬_Ghost in the Shell_, and I will someday, but something I had not seen seemed more critically interesting. On the other, after _Island_, after venting my displeasure with science fiction shows, there was a fair critique: try watching good ones. Knowing nothing about _Trigun_, other than what I’ve said so far, I figured it was a good piece to give me a chance to reconsider my position. I was wrong. _Trigun_ is a good show, let me get that out from the jump, and it avoids a lot of the foibles of bad science fiction. For one, it is science fiction compared to the audience, not compared to the characters. The world the characters exist in is futuristic, and they understand the rules, even if we don’t. While this maybe, and is at times in Trigun, frustrating for the watcher, everything feels grounded. We just don’t know the ground. An apt analogy may be visiting a foreign country. I may not understand all the customs and quirks, but the locals do, and that is reassuring and comforting. So, unlike _Island_ or _Kiznaiver_ or _Dimension W_, _Trigun_ holds together as a sci-fi show narratively. The characters are real and likeable (or hate-able when appropriate). Without reservation, getting 80% of the way through, I will say that _Trigun_ was vying for a top spot, and then things got a little off. Skirting spoilers (I’ll rattle them off at the end) as best I can, _Trigun_ has a pacing problem. It is good enough to keep you from noticing until the end, but it is definitely there. Things go along in a fairly SoL fashion before ramping up with very few episodes left to plumb the depth of the implications set up. I want to spend more time with end-half Vash. By the time he appears, fully formed, we have already seen first-half Vash go through a lot of the same plot threads two or three times. Vash goes into a town; stuff gets a little sideways; Vash resolves the issue. It takes a while for these to mean anything. These twenty-six episodes feel like they could fit in thirteen. I can’t blame the show too much, though, because I feel like it is a product of its time. The art is nice, and at times, breath-taking, but mostly it is, though I have no frame of reference, what I would think of as 90s cheap. Nothing against it; it was the style of the era across the board, but looking at it now, it looks old always, and cheap often. It is also weird that there is a recap episode. I don’t feel like I see that much anymore in a two-cour show. Maybe I am an idiot, though (I know there are “recap” movies, but they are separate products. I think Monogatari has had some, in its run, though). That is always an option. Again, though, I can’t hold it against the show. This is before Netflix, Crunchyroll, and DVRs. You could set a VCR to record, I suppose, but it stands that recaps make sense to fill in stuff for viewers who missed a few episodes. Now that I mention that, maybe the pacing makes a touch of sense now, too. Repeat the same beats a few times so people can definitely see it and understand the story. The pacing may also be chalked up to filler to keep pace with a manga. I don’t know. I know DBZ fell prey to that as it went. They had to spend some time doing non-manga stuff to let the manga catch up. That may make the most sense given how out-of-left field some of the later plot points come. If there was a 2019 redux of _Trigun_ I feel like it would nicely fit into one-cour and tell a tight story about a man grappling with his present and former demons and trying to move past them. That all being said, though, I believe anything of this vintage deserves to be taken, in part, as a product of its time. So, taken as an anime divorced from time, _Trigun_ is okay. Taken as a relic of an older age, it is very good and worth a watch. Should my sister watch this anime? For the first time, __yes__. Spoiler-y gripes: ~!Towards the middle, we get a look at Vash’s scarred body, and that tells the audience that, while we see his as invincible, he is constantly taking damage, but Wolfwood’s death still feels cheap after watching the two of them dodging bullets by not moving for twenty episodes. Knives is seemingly a non-existent final boss. After Legato exits the story, we are expected to care about this grudge (we know Vash does, but more time could be dedicated to Knives over Elgato as the big bad). Milly and Wolfwood’s romance, in so much as it is one, is so subtly done it is almost masterfully done but too subtle so it seems weird when they consummate before his death and that she is destroyed after it. A lot of the Gung-Ho Guns fights seem anti-climactic. They just end. In fact, the earlier ones seem more threatening than the later ones. All of theses are issues of pacing, as mentioned above. Similar to the plot holes in _Star Wars_ before it became _Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope_, it seems like they stumbled into plot points. Like they were writing it and having to go back and make connections later.!~
Trigun definitely came in the era where the cowboy and gunfights were famous. It was the period where everyone wanted to experiment on the anime they are presenting to the audience, at the time of 1998 where the mecha genre or pokemon was the highlight among popular shows this isn't exactly a hidden gem, but it's a golden anime which makes you stick to the screen until the end. Trigun starts as a funky protagonist known as __Vash the Stampede__ who finds himself in tough situations or getting dragged into problems of the common people. No one ever believes that a goofball could be worth $$ 60 bn. With him are two Bernadelli Insurance agents Meryl Strife and Milly Thompson who either stick to him or just get stuck unknowingly. And on his journey, he meets many bounty hunters who have an eye for him making him the center of attraction. The anime setting is of a future one in a distant planet with two moons and two suns. The anime focuses on common problems like water monopoly, or bandits constantly looting and terrorizing common folk, people immigration. The planet is a desert where people live in small settlements a very few in number. >We're nothing like God. Not only do we have limited powers, but sometimes we're driven to become the devil himself ~~~~~~-- Nicholas D. Wolfwood The whole anime is centered around Vash's __pacifist philosophy__, who hates wars and killing. He doesn't want to hurt even the worst enemies and goes to any length not to kill. He believes in this philosophy because of a certain friend who believes in the same and influences him. His actions are questioned by Nicholas D. Wolfwood or the Priest. A rather interesting character who believes in what he does is right, he will not hesitate to kill, to take the situation into his hands. ~!The anime starts to pick pace after 11th episode, despite it will entertain you to the fullest. From 14th episode we are thrown light onto Vash's past and how Vash adopted the philosophy from Rem his caretaker. Vash also has a brother who is the leader of the Gung Ho Guns 11 who attempt to destroy Vash mentally and physically. And Vash isn't a human.!~ The anime had done fights right, Vash vs The Gung Ho Guns are unique and one of a kind. The anime has deep philosophy, yet somehow towards the end watching pacifist Vash somewhat ticks you, it's a feel-good show. The fights are pretty awesome for a time like 1998, the characters who had their depth were Vash and Nicholas, the duo shined great. So sit back enjoy this humorous anime. There is also a movie after this, it doesn't have anything to do with the anime. Thanks for reading my review. Sam Senpai.
~~~img400(https://i.imgur.com/MH4mLYR.gif) La farfalla o il ragno? Il ragno o la farfalla? ~~~ Forse meglio salvare la farfalla, perché generalmente ha vita breve, e sarebbe terribile vederla divorata dal ragno che l'ha meschinamente intrappolata nella sua tela. Ma privare il ragno del suo nutrimento non significa uccidere lui, invece? _Io volevo davvero cercare di salvarli entrambi!_ , dice Vash. Lo stesso Vash the Stampede su cui pende una taglia di 60,000,000,000 doppi dollari. Lo stesso Vash detto _Tifone Umanoide_, perché non c'è città che possa ospitarlo senza conoscere la distruzione. "_Noi non possiamo sostituirci a Dio, non siamo onnipotenti. Eppure ci sono momenti in cui siamo costretti a diventare demoni... Qual è la soluzione?_" si chiede quello strano prete che gira ovunque con una enorme mitragliatrice. Sì, Nicholas D. Wolfwood la pensa diversamente da Vash. L'inferno è già qui e solo il demonio può uccidere il demonio. Gli stanno stretti, gli ideali di Vash. Testa a punta vorrebbe sempre salvare tutti, ma non si può, non è possibile. No, non è possibile. Sopratutto quando gli altri sembrano non tenerci granché, alla propria vita, e ti chiedono di crivellargli le cervella minacciando l'assassinio dei tuoi amici più cari. "_Gli esseri umani hanno coniugato termini come etica o moralità solo per sentirsi superiori alle bestie. Ma vedi, la differenza fra un uomo e un animale si evidenzia in dettagli puramente accessori. Nel momento in cui venga messo a confronto col vero terrore, ogni uomo, per quanto superiore si possa sentire, agirà lasciandosi guidare solamente dal suo istinto di sopravvivenza_", spiega Knives. Ma gli altri esseri viventi non conoscono bene o male, non c'è malizia nelle loro azioni: è questo che Knives non potrà mai capire, che l'istinto di un albero è propagare la vita, non propagare se stesso. Le piante non parlano perché dedicano tutte le loro energie alla vita: l'ha detto Rem, e Vash di lei si fida. Però Rem gli ha anche chiesto di prendersi cura di Knives. Il fratello cattivo vorrebbe sterminare la popolazione dell'intero pianeta e regnare su di esso insieme al fratello. Prendersi cura dei nemici della vita? Perché la morte è un atto d'amore. Ci sprona a fare del nostro meglio finché ci troviamo in vita, non a calpestare gli altri nella ricerca dell'eternità. Solo che a volte le situazioni, tristemente, costringono la morte a manifestarsi tramite un messaggero umano. Vash è stato classificato dalle autorità come calamità naturale, non come criminale: c'è differenza. _Calamità naturale._ La natura agisce nell'interesse della natura, nel modo più naturale possibile. Nell'unico modo possibile. Non ci sono altre strade se non quelle della natura, e chi si oppone al fato ne è in realtà un servo. Vash è diverso. Lui non è servo del fato. Lui è amico, del fato.
On the planet Gunsmoke, the descendants of a dying Earth have been given a second chance to rebuild human society. Their new home is just barely habitable, they’ve only had a century and change to carve out their new habitat out of sand and clay, and this endeavor has come with its own unforeseen challenges. Their knowledge of their previous home, and the advanced technology they brought with them, has been lost through the generations, and to make matters worse, they’ve been set back by constant disasters at the hands of one wandering man, The Humanoid Typhoon, Vash the Stampede. Yes, this one man is so destructive he’s had two forces of nature added to his name; A typhoon, and a stampede. He has a reputation for leaving destruction in his wake, but if you’ve ever met the man, he’s a self-proclaimed pacifist, and the mystery behind his past is far deeper than his reputation would suggest. When the Bernardelli Insurance Agency sends two of their agents out to find him and travel with him to try and mitigate his collateral damage, that past will slowly begin to catch up with him. Before I go any further I’d just like to confirm that I have my own Kuroneko, and he is lying on my lap while I’m writing this. If you know, you know. Trigun was produced by Studio Madhouse, a studio that’s pretty infamous for being less than consistent with their budget allocations, and unfortunately, Trigun finds itself on the shallow end of that pool. Out of all the criticisms that usually get levied at this anime, the fact that the visuals are so obviously dirt cheap is one of the big ones, and yeah, it only takes about thirty seconds to realize just how limited the resources behind this title were. What surprised me upon my revisit to the series, however, was just how well that budget was managed. Trigun will never be called beautiful, not even in an ironic sense, but director Satoshi Nishimura does have an impressive history in art direction, and he pulled out all the stops to take what little money he was given and make it sing. The cinematography does a lot of heavy lifting throughout... Panning shots over key frames are used in a way that’s easy on the eyes, and rather than using your typical anime cost cutting techniques in a way you won’t notice, he went in the opposite direction and used them in ways that they’d stand out in ways that would look cool, funny, or both. As a result of his efforts, Trigun looks cheap, but it rarely ever looks bad... Well, that depends on your opinion of the occasional gag visuals, like Vash going super deformed, using his head like a hammer on a child, over-exaggerated expressions... It’s a matter of taste, this stuff is probably perfectly fine for most viewers, but I’d be lying if I said some of it didn’t bring me right to the border of cringe. Still, the action scenes are fun, well-edited and easy to follow, and the over-all design of the planet Gunsmoke is immersive and full of interesting detail. I know it probably sounds like a stretch to say that a setting that’s almost entirely stuck out in the barren desert can look cool, but no two landscapes ever look the same, and it’s fascinating just how believable the different kinds of buildings and infrastructure humanity has managed to erect in only a short time with the limited resources available are. The character designs are also mostly wild-west inspired, and with the exception of a handful of villains, almost everybody dresses with an eye towards practicality rather than aesthetic, and those who don’t usually have some other purpose in mind for their attire. The music is scarce, but what little we do get tends to carry a lot of weight with it. There’s some sick guitar accompaniments for some of the more badass, tense or action-oriented moments, heavy saxophone for more somber moments, which is to say nothing of all the unique sounding tunes that you’d probably never notice due to how well they do their job in the background. The opening is one long guitar riff that was produced in-house, rather than commissioning an outside musician or bringing in a pre-existing pop-song like most anime do, and it is awesome. The English dub is also pretty solid, with a breakthrough performance from Johnny Yong Bosch in his first ever starring role, and it still holds up as one of his best. He has a reputation for always sounding the same and getting typecast, but you’d never know it from Trigun, where he effortlessly navigates every factor of a highly duplicitous character, laughing like a fool one minute and delivering heart-rending monologues the next. He actually sounds a lot more natural than the original seiyuu Masaya Onosaka, who up until that point had mostly played his trade as more arrogant foppish characters, and who weirdly sounded like the exact opposite of Vash, sounding perfectly at home in the silly comedic moments, but like he was putting on an overly melodramatic act when he was being serious. Bosch, in contrast, fit the role like a glove, although I’m not sure how much of that can be credited to the fact that the canonical language on Gunsmoke IS English, so like the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise and Beck, English weirdly feels more natural to the material than Japanese. There are a few things lost in translation, like Legato’s cadence that was originally designed as a creepy mockery of Vash’s, and the occasional kansai accent... Which, surprisingly, was captured pretty faithfully by Nicholas Wolfwood’s actor Jeff Nimoy(yes, related to THAT Nimoy). Interestingly enough, Vash’s seiyuu actually HAD a natural accent that he was told to hide in his performance, but Wolfwood’s seiyuu had to fake the same accent. Even more interesting, most dubbing companies usually use southern accents as a stand-in for kansai, and the Trigun mangaka says he originally wrote Wolfwood to have a thick southern accent... Which was translated to kansai in the anime, and then very faithfully recreated in the dub. Chew on that ball of irony. Just like in Battle Athletes Victory, Lia Sargent pulls double duty both with her involvement in the direction of the dub, and as a character who has basically the same voice in both shows, as Milly Thompson is just as sunny and kind-hearted as Akari Kanzaki, although more accommodating to her emotional range. Dorothy Elias-Fahn plays Meryl Stryfe as both strong and occasionally vulnerable, while remaining entirely professional and beleaguered, the perfect straight man performance for the only truly down-to-earth character in the main cast. Veteran voice actors Steve Blum and Mona Marshall appear constantly throughout the series, playing a vast array of characters that you can only very rarely tell are played by the same person. Mona Marshall even plays two featured characters in back to back episodes, and they somehow sound entirely mutually exclusive. The adaptive script is fine, it’s perfectly respectful and the only inaccuracies I’m aware of are carried over from the sub. The dialogue is only slightly more vulgar than you’d expect from a show that aired on American TV, honestly I’m not sure how they got away with saying ‘shit’ so many times. The original sub is by no means bad, but t is one of the few anime that I honestly consider to be superior in English, your mileage may vary. One of the most unique things about Trigun is just how substantial it is. There’s a lot to talk about with this show, not just in the text and the subtext, but in the production background itself. There are very few anime out there that have the depth, substance and basic respect for their audience to keep you up at night thinking about them, and Trigun sits on this list right alongside names like Wolf’s Rain, Revolutionary Girl Utena and Cowboy Bebop. I’ll get into which scenes in particular had the biggest impact on me in a minute, but for now, I’d like to talk about it’s relationship with the original manga, which couldn’t be more different from the adaptation. I haven’t read much of it myself, but according to someone I know who’s intimately familiar with them, the changes in the beginning are mostly positive. The anime does tend to get a lot sillier than the manga, which I understand was a decision that was mostly inspired by the astronomical financial success of the Slayers franchise at the time, you can say what you like about that, but the anime also gets off to a much better start. The manga officially begins on what would later become episode 5, with Vash dealing with an entire impoverished town trying to kill him in order to collect the massive bounty on his head, when Milly and Meryl stroll in, figure out who he is almost immediately, and dub him a walking natural disaster... Literally... Revoking his humanity for insurance purposes and altogether erasing his bounty. They then accompany him throughout the series because... Shrug? The anime steps back a little in the timeline, mixing some new material with some appropriated side material(for better or worse) to create a slower, more comfortable introduction to the material. In the newly minted four episode opening, the agents and the audience are given some time to get to know Vash and what he’s about, as well as to settle into Gunsmoke as a setting before the plot actually kicks off. In addition, the anime gives Meryl and Milly an actual reason to stick by Vash(as well as their own defined personalities, which the manga DID kind of deprive them of). The manga is apparently also really bad at keeping secrets... There’s a lot of potential spoilers given away far too early... Whereas the anime feeds information to you at a better pace, with nary a single drop of exposition, and sometimes only in extremely subtle ways you have to be paying attention to. The trade-off is that the manga is a lot grittier and more violent than the anime, pretty much to the point where it’s a PG-13 versus an easy R. The manga goes a lot more in-depth about the harsh realities of Planet Gunsmoke, why everyone’s constantly packing heat and why so many people live in constant despair. The anime certainly acknowledges things like the slave trade and just how many people the villains are slaughtering off-screen, but the manga goes into much, much grittier detail about all of it. Personally, I feel like the way the villains are presented, there really WAS no limit on how dark they can get, and I’m glad the manga went as far as it did with everything, but I still think leaving it all up to your imagination is equally effective. I’ve heard from some sources that there was a lot of behind the scenes conflict over this, and I’ll try to give the simplest version possible; One side wanted to create an action comedy in the vain of Slayers that would be safe for TV, the other side wanted a grittier and more accurate representation of the manga that would have had to be relegated to an OVA release, at a time when OVAs were kind of on the decline. They wound up going with side A’s plan, but Side B was so persistent that the story did veer pretty hard into the darker nature of the material in the second half... Or at least, as much as they could have with the restrictions of a TV airing. Ultimately, it’s this conflict that’s largely responsible for the other major point of criticism that people like to bring up, that Trigun has a monstrously inconsistent tone. It absolutely does, and your reaction to it will vary, I can certainly sympathize with manga purists and censorship haters in this particular case, but none of this really bothers me, and it’s for a few reasons. First of all, like I said, I haven’t read much of the manga. I plan to rectify that at some point in the next year, but my first exposure to the series was watching the anime on Cartoon Network in the mid-2000s, and I really liked it, tonal issues and all. I made it pretty clear in my review of Kotoura-san that I’m generally not bothered by tonal dissonance, especially if I think it’s balanced well, and even fifteen years later, I still think it mostly is, with a couple of minor transgressions. Again, I don’t like SD slapstick humor at the best of times. Generally speaking, though, Vash as a character is where a lot of the silly comedy comes from, but he’s pretty good at reading the room and he doesn’t tend to goof around when it’s too inappropriate. I also don’t think the big, dark tonal shift that happens at the half-way point would be so effective if the first half of the series hadn’t established so much upbeat hopefulness for it to clash against, with the occasional glimpse behind Vash’s mask serving as foreshadowing. But you know what? All of that is just me defending the series from issues people have with it, not because I think these complaints are invalid(I seriously don’t), but just because they don’t personally bother me. I’ve established why I don’t dismiss the show, so why do I like it so much? Well, before I get into the deeper stuff, Trigun is really cool. At least, that’s what got me hooked when I was a teenager. It has a unique aesthetic full of cool locations, awesome action scenes and so, so much gun porn. I’m not really a gun loving person myself, I never really have been, but just about every gun they show in this series is like the prototype for a toy that I would so have begged my folks for. There are no bad characters in Trigun... Well, okay, there are a couple in the first half, but none of them last more than one episode. The heroes are great, the villains are great, those in the middle are great, everyone’s well written, fleshed out and relatable... It would have been so easy to make Meryl Stryfe some sad sack, stick-in-the-mud tsundere, but she’s understanding and supportive when she needs to be, and just as badass as everyone else when called upon. I also love the fact that it’s one of the most obviously western-influenced anime I’ve ever seen, even if that ‘western’ is of the spaghetti variety. Most anime in general are a lot more western in execution and inspiration than you might think, especially the ones that are more genre-oriented, and Trigun in particular is unique because it contains heavy themes of western religion. Now, when I first saw Trigun, a lot of this flew over my head. I was largely raised agnostic in a home that was divorced from religion, and I wouldn’t find faith myself until my mid-twenties, so it was a long time before I was able to appreciate the way Vash’s backstory plays with concepts like original sin and the age of accountability and how they relate to the concept of free will, but even back then I could see all the surface level stuff, and what stood out to me the most was Vash’s pacifism. I was especially sensitive to the concept of death in fiction when I was little, and while I did mostly grow out of that phase, I never really reached a point where I was able to look at anonymous henchman in an action movie and see them as just expendable targets for a hero to mow down. Even as an adult, I felt physically ill watching John Wick murder scores of bodyguards just to get revenge for a dead puppy he wouldn’t be able to bring back. I can generally deal with seeing characters kill for survival or to save others, but revenge? Yeah, that’s a hard sell for me. To me, this made Vash seem especially badass, because he was the guy who could resolve violent disputes with minimal casualties, even if his exploits involved less-than-believable tactics. But the scene in Trigun that stood out the most to me, the one that has lived rent-free in my head for over a decade, is the butterfly scene. This is going to be a mild spoiler, but there’s a moment in Vash’s backstory where he’s presented with an interesting dilemma... He sees a butterfly, in a web, about to be eaten by a spider. Before he can figure out what to do, someone important to him kills the spider. This winds up being incredibly important both to Vash’s belief that there’s always a non-violent solution to any problem if you’re willing to put in the time and effort to find it, as well as to further development that turns his counterpart into one of the most fascinating anime villains of all time, but for me, it was a dilemma that I’ve never stopped thinking about. If you condemn all killing, those who survive by taking lives would have to die. If you let nature be nature, you’re allowing victims to die in agony. Sure, humans don’t need to eat each other to live, but it’s also so easy to translate this metaphorically to so many different conflicts, including the ongoing struggle over natural resources, as mankind, by our very nature, must consume in order to exist, and we’re too intelligent to set aside our greed and live the simplest lives possible for the greater good. We will always invent ways to live more comfortably at some kind of cost to the environment around us, or even at the cost of other people. More importantly, every single concern I just addressed is part of Trigun’s lore, even if some of it isn’t addressed explicitly in the anime. Mankind used up not only the Earth’s resources, but another entity that I can’t really go into for spoiler reasons, and it all ties into Vash and this other character’s entire personas. One side believes all spiders should be exterminated so the butterflies can inherit the world, the other(Vash) believes that basically any being capable of recognizing the difference between life and death on a conscious level should NEVER be allowed to kill another, and the absolutely insane thing is, neither side is painted as being 100% right. Oh, don’t get me wrong, it’s not a 50/50 split, the side pushing genocide is absolutely the one in the wrong, but Vash’s idealism isn’t presented as perfect either. There are flaws to the idea of protecting human life at any cost, and Trigun goes far deeper into exploring those flaws than Batman or Superman ever could. There are characters in this anime that can be preachy at times, but the anime itself never is, showing you why Vash believes what he does without explicitly trying to sell it to you. Half the time, it feels like what Trigun is trying to say is that having a code to live by, in and of itself, is a bad thing, because there will always be exceptions to every moral rule you set for yourself. You can’t always judge a situation based on one hard standard, and you have to be able to judge every problem that comes before you with an open mind and flexibility or else something... Or someone... Is destined to fall through the cracks. Trigun is currently available from Funimation. A movie called Badlands Rumble, released in 2010, is also available from the same company, and I might review it at some point in the future if this review does well enough. The original manga by Yasuhiro Nightow, and a continuation called Trigun Maximum, are currently out of print from Dark Horse comics, but they’re fairly easy to find online. Personally speaking, I’m not a pacifist... I do believe there are certain scenarios where taking a life is not only justified, but also kind of crucial... But I set that point to a very high standard, and Trigun is one of my favorite pieces of media to turn to when supporting that belief. It’s obviously not a perfect show... The animation is notoriously cheap, the inconsistent tone can get under a lot of peoples’ skin, and there’s always going to be a certain subset of people who wish this title could have gotten the same kind of nineties OVA treatment that Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure initially had... But it’s also the kind of show where the things it does well are done on such a legendary scale that it really doesn’t matter. It’s awesome on a shallow level, it’s awesome on a deeper level, and it’s just as fun to discuss and ponder over as it is to watch. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s thought-provoking, it’s unique, and while it may not be a masterpiece, you’d be hard-pressed to find a series that feels more important than this one does. I give Trigun an 8/10.
Life is hard on the sun scorched world of Gunsmoke. People fight constantly over money and precious resources, and just like anywere else in human history, the strong rule over the weak. All that's between humanity and total extinction are the mysterious power sources known as the Plants. It isn't all doom and gloom, however. Even on a desolate, ruined planet like this one, humanity always finds a way to live on. Therefore, this is not a tale of death and desolation, but one of life and hope. A tale of angels, comically oversized firearms, and gunslingers. And donuts, lots and lots of donuts. Please join me on this look into the life and times of the biggest walking disaster area the galaxy has ever seen, Vash the Stampede. ___ #~~~__So, on the first evening a pebble....__~~~ For a limited adaptation attempting to capture the spirit of the original, *Trigun* is something of a miracle. The manga was cancelled when the magazine went under, so the grand story that Yasuhiro Nightow wanted to tell was a bit..... underdeveloped. In that most of it didn't really exist yet. However, with Nightow's amazing vision and careful planning, *Trigun* manages to encapsulate almost every theme and major plot point that the *Maximum* sequel would eventually contain. It's shorter and has less time for extensive development, but that doesn't hurt the show, as it takes the framework left by the original and builds upon it in its own unique way. It's rare that you can find an anime that so deftly compresses everything the original stands for into one neat little 26 episode package, without being a direct shot-for-shot adaptation. *Trigun* is what I like to call a Trojan Horse show. It baits you in with a carrot on a stick consisting of wacky comedy hijinks, then slowly introduces little hints that all is not as it seems, until you're eventually left wondering whether you somehow ended up watching the wrong anime. The first half consists of mainly episodic filler, with the actual plot kicking in somewhat later. This uneven distribution of filler ends up working in its favor, in a weird way. Shows that start out fairly innocuous and evolve into something much more serious require a lot of patience from the viewer, but are in general *very* rewarding. Such is the case with *Trigun*. It lulls you into a false sense of security, making you think that it's just a cute little comedy, all the while planting the seeds of intrigue. "Perhaps there's more to this anime than meets the eye?" You think to yourself, as you watch Vash stumble into a bar and diffuse a hostage situation seemingly by accident. And once those seeds finally bloom, it's a sight to behold. As such, the second half of the show is undoubtedly the better part, but the first half's importance in establishing the characters and the world is indispensable. One of the few areas where the anime version of *Trigun* is somewhat inferior to its manga counterpart is the antagonist characterization. One of *Trigun's* main missions is showing that everyone has reasons for the way they are, and that even the most vile of villains are capable of redemption. The slight differences in Knives and Vash's backstory, and Knives's limited screentime end up making him come off as less sympathetic than he does in the manga, which makes the idea that he can be redeemed a bit harder to swallow. Similarly, Legato's lack of any backstory or explanation for how he became a disciple of Knives makes the long shadow he casts over the story that much more sinister. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing in Legato's case, as his portrayal in the anime is considerably more intimidating than his *Maximum* counterpart, thereby filling the void that was left when Knives's screentime was cut. All in all, *Trigun's* villains are not as compelling as *Trigun Maximum's*, but only by a smidge. ___ #~~~__The Insurance Girls, "Derringer" Meryl Stryfe and "Stungun" Milly Thompson__~~~ ~~~img(https://pic8.co/sh/T7ZkAx.jpeg)~~~ Lovable ditz Milly and the ever practical Meryl have a very important job to do. Like many others, they are on a mission to find the infamous Humanoid Typhoon. However, it's not the reward they're after. For an insurance company like Bernadelli, a natural disaster like Vash is a logistical nightmare! If they want to keep their job security, the intrepid office workers are going to have to prevent the plethora of disasters that always seem to pop up whenever Vash is around. I find Meryl and Milly to be much more memorable in the anime than the manga, simply because Nightow actually remembered to give them something important to do this time. They still get somewhat overshadowed, but they play an important role in supporting both Vash and Wolfwood. After all, even Superman needs a shoulder to cry on every now and then. #~~~__The Ballad Of Vash The Stampede__~~~ ~~~img(https://pic8.co/sh/bMUmOk.jpeg)~~~ *For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." - Romans 13:9* Vash may be the most wanted criminal in all of Gunsmoke, but you're more likely to find him waiting eagerly in line at a local donut shop than out committing heinous crimes. Protected only by his inhuman marksmanship and his frightening reputation, Vash drifts from settlement to settlement, dodging bounty hunters along the way through what he'd like you to believe is just an unholy amount of luck. And of course, he always leaves a respectable amount of mayhem behind him, whether he wants to or not. Despite Vash's vow of pacifism, his philosophy does not involve just sitting and taking whatever people throw at him. He doesn't believe in answering violence with violence, but that never stops him from protecting himself and others when it comes down to it. Vash may make his job look absolutely effortless, but the twisted scars all over his body tell a different story. He's sacrificed his physical and emotional wellbeing many times over in order to abide by his no killing policy, to the point where he's almost literally falling apart. Guilt and doubt over the people he's failed to save dog his heels everyday. Yet even after all of that suffering, Vash's story is one of hope. For his great sacrifices end up paying off in the end, as Wolfwood, Meryl, and countless others all over Planet Gunsmoke learn peace and forgiveness through his steadfast example. #~~~__The Tragedy Of Nicholas D. Wolfwood__~~~ ~~~img(https://pic8.co/sh/cgBWYd.jpeg)~~~ *Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death. - Leviticus 24: 19-21* Charges money for confessions? Crack shot with a pistol? Chain-smoking and drinking habit? A shocking readiness to solve any and all confrontations with lead? Well, he ain't like any priest I've ever seen. But when you get past all his vices, he's a pretty cool fellow. A part-time gun for hire and self proclaimed man of the cloth, Wolfwood travels throughout Gunsmoke looking to make money to support the orphanage he oversees. He encounters Vash on numerous occasions, and the two never fail to butt heads over their irreconcilable approaches. Is he Vash's stalwart ally, or is he just waiting for his chance to take those sixty billion double dollars for himself? ~!For me,*Trigun* just isn't the same when good old Wolfwood's not around. His role as Vash's steadfast companion and foil are vital to the show's themes, and his eventual departure tears a gaping hole in the story that never fully heals. His hard-won fight for redemption remains one of the most tragic, inspiring character arcs I've ever witnessed. Wolfwood was trapped by violence from a very young age. Raised by the notorious Chapel to be an assassin, he was taught that the only way to stay alive is through killing. Both Vash and Wolfwood took it upon themselves to rid the world of evil, but while Vash took the hard way, Wolfwood chose the easy way. He believes that in order to save the innocent, he has to make sacrifices of the wicked. Wolfwood projects an "I did what I had to do" attitude, but with just a little observation it's clear that the terrible things he's had to do have killed his spirit. By his definition of justice, the guiltiest one is himself, after all. He wants to save everyone, but he doesn't have faith that it's possible. That all changes when he meets Vash, who wastes no time in showing Wolfwood a better way. Once he finally realizes that it really can be done, he regains his trust in God and the human race. Anyone can be saved, if they're willing to reach out for it. And this realization shows him that he too could be saved, for even after everything he'd done, God still forgives him.!~ ___ #~~~__The things you do for love are gonna come back to you one by one__~~~ *Trigun* has a very clear message to teach, and it does so with a firm hand. However, it's never satisfied just saying "killing is wrong" and calling it a day. It makes sure to show it like it is, rather than looking at the issue through rose-colored glasses. Pacifism is the right thing to do, but that doesn't make it easy or convenient, or even sensible, and the anime keeps the audience painfully aware of this fact. *Trigun's* examination of pacifism is surprisingly nuanced and balanced in its approach, making sure to show its goodness while also revealing its drawbacks. Someone who has attempted murder is always capable of doing so again. When you refuse to kill someone in self defense, you put not only yourself, but others at risk. Many times over Vash lets someone go free when the world would have been a much safer place without them. Vash combats this issue with two different tactics: scare 'em straight by showing them that he could kill them at anytime if he wanted to, or shoot them in the legs so they can't do anything. These methods are not nearly as secure as just killing them. And if they do go on to hurt others again, that brings a whole new problem into the equation. When Vash lets a criminal go that he could have killed, and they go on to hurt or kill someone else, does he bear some of the responsibility for that criminal's actions? Is it really enough for him to just keep his own hands clean? Even Legato points out that Vash has only succeeded in avoiding killing by his own hands, and this fact is often used against him by his enemies. The biggest, most obvious flaw of the pacifist approach is how much *harder* it is than just putting a cap in the opponent's noggin. Taking a bad guy down nonlethally while bullets are whizzing past your head is not an easy task by any sense of the word. Even an unstoppable force of Nature like Vash has to train vigorously everyday, putting his life and health on the line constantly. There's no doubt that killing is wrong. On a ruthless world like Gunsmoke however, it would take a superhuman to avoid it. *Trigun* acknowledges that sometimes, avoiding killing just isn't possible. So even with this in mind, why is killing those who do you wrong still considered to be bad by *Trigun's* standards? Well.... ___ #~~~__The door to the house of God is never locked__~~~ Life is about freedom of choice. It consists of a series of choices that lead to consequences, which lead to even more choices. Every person has an infinite amount of potential to influence the world around them and the people in it, both for the better and for the worse. When someone is killed, their freedom is taken away from them. Any contribution they could have made to the world is now cut off for good. You might say, "They were scum, the only thing they would have done was cause more pain." And that's certainly possible, maybe even likely. But how do we know for sure that's the case? Who are we to decide whether someone is or isn't capable of changing? Human beings can't exactly look into somebody's future and say without a shadow of a doubt that they're irredeemable. No matter what kind of person it is, the possibility for change is always there. It's a small possibility, but it's the smallest things that can make the biggest difference. After all, the ticket to the future is always blank. I will forever be grateful to Yasuhiro Nightow for writing such a sensitive, compassionate story. A story about forgiveness, and kindness, and unending patience. It's about loving totally and unconditionally, even people that don't deserve it. *Especially* people that don't deserve it. Love is not an easy thing. It's messy, it's painful, it causes all sorts of problems and leaves you vunerable to the worst kinds of hurt. But if we can't love, if we can't forgive and forget, then we'll forever be stuck chasing our own tails in an endless cycle of pain and revenge. It has to end eventually, so why shouldn't it end with us?
(spoilers ahead. thou hath been warn'd)...... The greatest pieces of art you experience sometimes come from where you least expect them to. As was especially the case with Trigun. A series that by all outward appearances, was another gritty, 90s angst-soaked ride that I vaguely heard of. Being considered one of the great anime classics of the late 90s alongside Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop (saving Berserk for next year. Time to say goodbye to my free time if I start the manga =). Meet Vash the Stampede (get used to hearing his full name), a legendary outlaw with a stupidly huge bounty on his head, and a reputation for being a stone cold, merciless killer who leaves you dead before you realize it. At least...that's what the rumors say. Vash himself is as funny, cute, and legitimately warm-hearted as you could ask for a guy in sick shades and an intimidating red trench coat to be. Calling the man a "villain" would be a flat-out insult. He's a master with a trigger, but always commits to never killing anyone. A rule he's absolutely dedicated to, which would only make all the more crushing should he ever break it.... It's a series that thrives off its pleasantly constructed characters, with Vash himself probably one of the most inspirational protagonists I've seen in anime so far. Time and time again, you grow a strong admiration for his skills and morality. It never bashes you over the head with its "don't judge a book by its cover" message, meaning whenever you see Meryl & Milly go to bat for him in the face of angry mobs, it never comes off as cheap. You see them (Meryl especially) grow to respect the guy in a very loving, familial way. Sure they may be only following him around because it's their job, but as time goes on, the anime excels at saying "yeah no, they'd still do it even without the pay." And the show's morality can be best exemplified in the climactic episode 24, which has a scene showing its simple and good-hearted appreciation for life. Cutting to various random people in town simply chatting, running around, and living their lives. As Vash chows on his donuts on the bench seeing the whole scene: he breaks down and cries. For all the smashing action and violence this man goes through-the idealistic, but still very real peacefulness of life is what drives him. The man is the perfect blend of respectfully skilled and cunning, but at his core, is a very well-meaning person who wants to live by kindness and the ideals of his mother-figure Rem. "Love and peace" is a slogan that should've lasted longer by the time the final episodes came around. Meanwhile, our insurance duo, Meryl & Milly, are equally charming. Milly being the good-hearted female himbo (a herbo?), and Meryl as the straightwoman who tries to keep things together (as well as serving a lot of the show's humor). And in yet another excellent scene, Meryl's care for Vash comes to a head when she manages to calm down an angry prejudiced man from killing him, reminding Vash of Rem. While Rem herself is a pretty idealized, one-note flashback character who only exists to motivate Vash, this scene works wonders for making Meryl feel complete. And the fact that we spent the entire series seeing her warm up to him, and appreciate him for the honest man he is, helps make this SO satisfying. Vash managed to find Rem's kindness in a new friend. Someone who we've known and followed throughout all these episodes, which again, adds to the impact. Idk, something about it managed to resonate so hard for me! And then of course, there's the man of God himself Nick Wolfwood. Also well-meaning, but not some untouchable role model either. Ironic, considering he's a priest (though in all fairness, it's no secret plenty of real life religious men are pretty scummy). And what's especially interesting is how for all the killing he's willing to do throughout the show, even as Vash gives him crap for, his kill in ep. 22 rings weirdly different compared to every other time. It's the first big split between them, which does fortunately meet some resolve next episode. And in regards to Wolfwood's death prayer, as someone who's Christian myself (religion is the mother of all mixed bags in life), that ending managed to strike me hard. You approach your dying breath, accepting your fate, but at the last minute you admit you want to keep living. There's nothing you can do about it, but you can't help but cry out that you don't want to go down like this. A confession can sting, be unforgiving, and make your heart ache, but it's also a chance to feel liberated. And thanks to the reserved visuals, sobering audio, and perfect pacing, it manages to leave you with all the heavy emotions a death like this requires. And in regards to its theme of Death, the moments where Vash comes dangerously close to breaking his rule, especially when he's tempted (not even when his angel arm is forcibly activated), remain absolutely chilling. And with Knives serving as the worst-possible outcome of him, it makes for a very compelling buildup to their finale duel. He wants nothing more than to see Vash suffer. To break him as revenge for being helplessly optimistic. And admittedly, I do feel that showdown could've used a few tweaks to being perfect. With Legato being Vash's only one true kill, it adds great tension to see how he'll handle his ultimate nemesis. The crispy mechanical animation and design is on full display as the two brothers shoot it out, but it does end scarily with Vash seemingly about to end Knives. And I'll admit, I found it a bit unclear as to whether Knives died at the hands of an emotionally charged Vash. For a show very adamant on its "no kill" philosophy regarding its main protagonist, it would be disheartening to see Vash give in as the big resolution. Impressively, for any other show, I wouldn't hold my breath the same way-a testament to how cleverly well-natured Trigun is despite appearances. If wikis are to tell me anything, he fortunately didn't kill him, and it does still make for a very sweet credits scene of him walking up to meet Meryl & Milly again in town. He'll always revere Rem as a beacon of love, but that also means taking her advice to move forward on his own. He's finally at peace with himself, and is more than proud to admit that humanity is worth keeping. On a technical level, the show does have its fair share of cheap-looking animation. You start to notice how you can cut back a lot of animating time by pooling your talents into well-drawn, meticulous still frames. By no means an "ugly" looking show, just that it's a byproduct of the animation practice of being cost-sensitive. Plus, some of the editing isn't as well executed, with a few action scenes here and there being unintelligible. I was surprised at how tight the worldbuilding was as well. It's an easy to grasp "humans made Earth uninhabitable so off to space then" setup, and as the show progresses, you learn everything you need to know about how humanity slowly made peace with this new desert planet. And the SEEDS ship arc where we meet a whole community of humans who didn't leave and opted to hide was a nice venture to explore as well. Nothing is really left unaccounted for-it's a very neatly packed narrative. Be it through the 1st half where we see Vash's fun plights to escape capture and help around towns, to the 2nd half which gives great payoffs and scenes for these characters, Trigun managed to be a very sweet surprise of an action series that actually inspires you to stay kind. Heck, I probably enjoyed it more than Cowboy Bebop (though not nearly as life-altering as the Evangelion experience). It became a series that I would love to revisit someday, if at least for those final handful of episodes. I'll see if I catch Badlands Rumble and the new series another time. Vash, Meryl, Milly, and cat: stay cool. P.S.: Johnny Yong Bosch is always a win. It was neat hearing this was one of his first dub roles. Songs of the day: "In a Future Age" by Wilco, and "Slip (live acoustic)" by Lucky Boys Confusion.
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILER Trigun have a great story, whit a great world building, an incredible artstyle, and a BEAUTIFUL OST, prob i will listen to it for a lot of time. Vash is a great protagonist with solid ideals, some times me too i fought against Vash and his ideals, i saw myself in Wolfhood and feel empathy with Milly and Meryl. The series is divided in 2 parts, the first where there are mainly filler episodes for putting you in the world of Trigun, who is Vash, what are the condition of humanity on this planet and how they live. After the recap episodes whe have the enter in scene of the villains of the series, whit a really good episode, full of suspense and action and we see a new Vash, that we never saw. I would like to know some more about the world, like how the electric energy and their generator work, tose giant-sized lamp who reelase light to the many city on the planet, in an episode we also see an entity inside it, and Vash interact with it. No one word about that event.... The main group is funny, they split up a lot of time but theIr roads cross everytime. Milly the giant that look stupid but it's not, Pupil of Meryl, who is rigid to thei task to check Vash path and avoid any incident. We have Wolfhood, a Reverend with a giant cross gun, He don't have problem to kill some one when there's need, He will be a great friend of Vash. In ending we have the main character: Vast the Stampede. Vash is a wandering, wanted for the many murder he have on his past, but that he don't remember the cause of the episode, in reality is a pure man, who believe that also the baddest guy can have a second chance instead of death, he really loves to live his life, drink and play with other humans, we will find out that he's not a human, but an entity beyond humanity, beyond life, He lived for 150 years, that humanity landed on that planet for an incident caused by Vash's brother named Knives, who believe all human should die because they are inferior to the form of life that Vash and Knives are. We also have Legato, the left arm of Knives after Vash' left him, (he also have Vash's left arm) he's Knives puppet, disposed to death if Knives ask him to kill himself. Gun go Gun are a group of mercenary i think, we don't have any info about no one of them and why they would follow Knives and his project to kill all the humans, but some of them are really cool, like the sniper, the woman who use King Crimson (lol), the musician is overpowered. And then we have bad Gun go Gun like the Buttplug, with some of the worst animation on the series do its best. Animation after third episodes became really really bad, except for the episode after recap and the last 3 episodes. Also direction suffers from the low budget, some times we have a really cool direction, and other times we have some change scene that don't have a flow, you spectator are confused by the event while character literally teleport to a place from another place cause in screenplay they didn't thought of a good transition. I would have preferred to give a better score