Trigun - Vol. 1
Set in the distant future on a desert planet, this feature follows Vash The Stampede. Our hero has a $60,000,000,000 reward on his head for destroying numerous towns, although he is yet to end a human life. Read more
| Starring | Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino |
|---|---|
| Director | Satoshi Nishimura |
| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Trigun - Vol. 1
Set in the distant future on a desert planet, this feature follows Vash The Stampede. Our hero has a $60,000,000,000 reward on his head for destroying numerous towns, although he is yet to end a human life.
| Starring | Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino |
|---|---|
| Director | Satoshi Nishimura |
| Studio | MVM |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | Japanese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Feb 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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11 out of 16 people found this review helpful
A disappointing first four episodes
I had high anticipation for Trigun - a 'heavyweight', lining up aside the other classics of the genre: "Escaflowne" "NGE" "Cowboy-Bebop", et-al. Apparently another paradigmatic instance of the success of the anime genre, with it's episodic (26) approach to storytelling.
Yet, unfortunately, my expectations were dashed.
Having heard rumours that it starts off poorly and gets better - this sentiment is something i can only half confirm. It does indeed start off poorly.
The main protagonist - Vash the stampede - is drawn impeccably. His style, and movement are really enjoyable to watch. Yet Vash, whether you like him or despise him (being somewhat of an oddball, intendedly) is the only character who appears present.
Unlike "Bebop", where we're introduced to characters with fully fledged histories - and begin with a far grander character-set - in Trigun we begin with a character set as sparse as the desert in which the anime occurs. Something is lacking. The side-characters are often amusing, yet never substantial. The enemies pass through with such quick succession that I failed to find any interest in their vanquishing at all. And Vash unfortunately flounders - where his lack of charm and silliness can be endearing to a certain extent - it cannot carry the Anime as a whole.
Yet, I have only watched the first DVD. Possibly I am just suffering from Anime-overexposure. I am unsure. Yet still, I shall not be renting any more of the DVDs in the series. -
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Hugely entertaining
Trigun is everything an anim fan would want and expect from a hugely silly anim mini-series: it has a hero who is only a hero when he is not too being being a clown, innocent girls with stupidly huge weapons and baddies who end up ridicule as oppose to dead.
Each episode is short enough to avoid being borring, the plot is predictable, but the comedy factor is what one would be looking for.
If you are a pre-teen, like silly anims or you forgot to grow old, this is unmissable, else, you may want to reconsider... -
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Set in the distant future on a desert planet, this feature follows Vash The Stampede. Our hero has a $60,000,000,000 reward on his head for destroying numerous towns, although he is yet to end a ... -