This is another show that was recommended to me by an otaku in high school and, admittedly, it's also another show I was dismissive of. At the time, I just saw the gunplay in it that bordered on fetish and figured is the kind of show that a kid who obsessed over COUNTER STRIKE would get way too jacked up about. So I’m glad to be corrected, however many years later, by discovering that the show’s actually more than a little tongue-in-cheek. I was expecting a brooding drama that was too serious for its own good to even notice how comical this Vash guy could look. Thus, I'm surprised and… maybe even a little relieved to find an anime that has more in common with the a ROAD RUNNER cartoon than THE CROW.
Consider my mind opened once again, like a blooming violet…
Somebody commented about this perhaps having some overlap with COWBOY BEBOP and I’ll say there's definitely double-dipping déjà vu watching another space western about goofy-yet-badass bounty hunters. If I ever hear a single note from a sax during this, I’ll have to conclude that there must’ve been something seriously powerful in the zeitgeist in the late 90s anime community. I’m even getting the same “retro” vibe I got from COWBOY BEBOP in the characters designs, expcially the big berserker’s Goofy floppy ears. This seems to be from a time when animators felt freer to abstract figures.
I asked you Anime Vice lunatics to select the next show I should watch and you all came together to pick TRIGUN, with DARKER THAN BLACK coming in second. Watch this episode, “The $6 Billion Man” below and come to your own conclusions, then be sure to come back next tomorrow to see the other series I’m going to be watching. It’s going to be a magical surprise.
Tom Pinchuk’s the writer of HYBRID BASTARDS! & UNIMAGINABLE. Order them on Amazon here & here. Follow him on Twitter: @tompinchuk
Hope you like it
I love this anime! Watched it in high school years ago.
PS
if dark and serious are more your thing it mixes alot more of that in later on in the show
@rubberluffy said:
this i did not know thanks for the info
Hey Tom, I know you posted the sub of the first episode. Just wondering if that is what you're watching? I normally watch subs but Johnny Yong Bosch, I feel is the superior Vash.
Oh, there's a saxophone...
That's all I'm revealing. I think my tone's enough of a spoiler.
One thing I suggest you keep in mind, Tom, when watching some anime series(from mostly the 90s, I guess) is some series are alternately --and usually simulatenously-- silly yet darkly serious.
Sometimes the silliness is unintentional, of course.
I knew the manga covered more, but I didn't know the anime only covered the first 2 volumes! I need to read Trigun now. Thanks!
Not that these aren't good series, but the coverage takes up all the oxygen on the front page. All while new series get no attention. The other Whiskey Media sites are getting news and reviews of the latest products with the rest of the coverage. I would just like to see some balance.
It's rather surprising how little information there is on Trigun on Anime Vice. The episode pages are horribly unfilled.
I only recently watched the first ep of this as it was free on iTunes. You can see my thoughts here. I'll be sticking to the dub for this as well because I like Johnny Yong Bosch. Even though Darker than Black came in second (I liked the show but have yet to watch season 2) I'd like to see you, Tom, cover an actual comedy series or something.
Hmm... perhaps we could do with additional bounties.
Loose Ruth and Descartes :)
That's awesome. I had no idea and Gungrave is one of my favorite anime series.
Thanks bro, you're pretty cool too!
Oh just a little tidbit for you Trigun dub fans. You can get episode 1 on iTunes for free right now. That means if you don't have the boxset and don't want to wait for the video to buffer online just to watch in bad quality that you have a legal and quality alternative.