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From:Masaya Onosaka , Hiromi Tsuru , Satsuki Yukino , Aya Hisakawa , Tôru Furusawa , Satoshi Nishimura , Geneon [Pioneer] ,
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3 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 A Journey Through Incredible Characters, 2006-10-30
The story of Trigun starts off with two women, the strong, independent Meryl, and her partner, the sweet but naive Milly, trying to find the legendary Vash the Stampede. Who is Vash? To those who have only heard the rumors, he's the man who singlehandedly took out the city of July. He's an ace gunman, famous for getting out of the worst situations. To those who fear him, he is known as, "The Humanoid Typhoon." To Meryl and Milly, he is an insurance risk. The two work for the Bernadelli Insurance group, and their goal is to find the man and prevent him from causing insurance problems.
Find him they do, and their adventures begin. On the way, they meet Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a man of the cloth whose allegiance to God is questionable. The four find in each other a unit, a group, an unconventional family.
Vash and Wolfwood balance each other out, their different philosophies, yet similar personalities provide hilarity, but also tragedy. When at their best, they're a comic duo, constantly bouncing off each other with silly comments and amusing remarks. At their worst, they fear each other's gun.
At the beginning of the series, the show is a comedy, filled with silly jokes, over-the-top humor, and general fun. However, as the show goes on, it deepens, the characters taking on their own personal arcs and storylines, yet finding themselves constantly together, no matter how often they part.
Vash the Stampede finds himself stuck fighting his past. His outward appearance shows a fun-loving guy whose taste for donuts outweighs his taste for blood. Vash never aims to kill, determined not to take the life of another. As time goes on, his past becomes clear, a web of deceit, lies, death, and a terrible enemy.
Wolfwood, the priest, also has a past to run from, but his pursues him less than Vash. Wolfwood's ideology, however, separates him from those around him. He constantly sees through Vash's facade, seeing the pain that others take longer to recognize.
Meryl remains a take-charge woman throughout the series, never one to run from danger, but her distaste for Vash molds into admiration as time goes on, as she watches the man save lives and work to help people, despite the rumors.
Milly, a woman smarter than she realizes, provides a lot of humor for the show. Her heart overflows, the goodness within her spilling into every situation she attacks. However, she's not as frail as one might believe. Her aim is true, her heart strong, her determination cemented.
Follow these four as they journey through a sun-parched world far from the one we currently inhabit. Laugh with them in their joys, celebrate with them in their triumphs, cry with them when their pain becomes too much to bear.
The star of the show, however, will always be Vash, the man with the $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head, the man with the dark past, the man with the heart of gold, the man with the red coat, the silver gun, and the spiky blond hair.
Of course, there are enemies. The worst is Legato Bluesummers, a man whose arrogance and disturbing nature leads to destruction and pain for all he comes near. There are also the Gun-Ho Guns, a group of outlaws who cause pain for Vash. However, the worst enemy is the one closest to Vash, the one we only meet in the later episodes of the series. This man serves as the Puppetmaster, causing Vash pain, going after those he cares about.
This is my favourite anime, hands down. I watch it constantly. Why? The characters. The plot is often discombobulated, fractured, and difficult to follow. However, the characters pull you through. Each character has a real arc. No character remains stagnant, no character remains static. They all grow and develop according to the situations they find themselves in. Vash, especially, is a case study. His cheerful disposition in the beginning of the series throws one off balance. We, along with Meryl, question whether or not this man is really the legendary bandit. However, watch a while longer, and you'll see him come to life, be plunged into darkness, and struggle through.
The dubbing is fairly true to the Japanese. However, lip-synching is off in most places. Don't let it get to you. That's not what this anime is about. As said before, it's not about the visuals, or the music (which is wonderful), or even the action. It's about these character you grow to believe in, to care about, to cheer for, and to cry for.
This anime goes deeper than so many others. Issues like love, life and peace find themselves debated, discussed and delved into. This anime can be enjoyed as an escape, an opportunity to be entertained. However, it can also be enjoyed as food for thought, a study into the human condition, what it is to be human, and what motivates us to keep living. There's also a lot of time dedicated to faith, God, forgiveness and sin. It all comes together into one awesome anime series.
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
A strange, but effective mix, 2006-10-30
While I'm not a fan of the "standard" persona Vash portrays - the exhuberant, child-like attitude, it fits well into his character and helps the audience delve into his psyche more than his "darker" persona that he presents when in more serious situations. The dichotomy of his personae lets you overcome being turned off by either of the two and gain a sense of attachment to his goals and feelings. The supporting characters are well done, though not explored as deeply as I'd like..but that speaks more to how well done they were to begin with.
The story delves into philosophy while balancing nonsense and science fiction, including small tributes to other popular series in the sci-fi genre, most notably Dune. It was fun and captivating, though it lacked the profound feeling of personal enrichment others such as Ruroni Kenshin provide in the realm of philosophy.
All in all, an Anime you have no excuse to miss.
1 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
It's got Honor, Respect, Comedy, & a Unique Story Line, 2006-10-09
It took about 2 or 3 episodes to get into the Trigun series, but I consider it to be the best animation series so far. It mixes cowboy style honor with future space ship setting....It reminds me of the "Firefly" series and like the "Firefly" series I wish there was second season :(
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
great sci-fi western, 2006-07-16
I say: scifi western, which is what this anime exactly is but if you're thinking Firefly you're completely wrong. Boiling with an azumanga-like hilariousness, it still manages to be completely emotionally gripping and action-packed like no other anime I've seen.
Spoilers:
The story is set on a strange planet. In the distant future, a very advanced humanity is forced to leave the dying Earth in search for a new habitable planet to continue the survival of our species. Safe in cryosleep, the entire human race is carried on board massive starships called SEEDS which are powered by a mystically advanced energy source: "Plants." The Plants are machines but they contain within them bio-engineered humanoid organisms that never age-these humanoids seem to be what controls and powers the plants. The main character Vash the Stampede is in fact one of these Plant beings, though this is not revealed until later in the anime.
The ships crashland on a desert planet and most humans were killed. The small number that survived formed scattered barely viable towns around the crashed ships-hence the series' western-like tone, the situation was not unlike the early American West. 130 years after "The Fall," humans forgot about their technology and Vash meets up with several colorful characters and begins the adventure that is trigun.
This was a very superb anime, the western atmosphere is balanced very well with a very serious scifi backdrop. The tension that slowly builds up between Vash and his brother Knives escalates in an almost Ender's Game-esque fashion and those who enjoy great scifi will love this anime.
2 of 23 customers found the following review helpful:
 It was OK., 2006-06-02
I owned the boxed set and i actualyl got it new on ebay for like 15 bux...and it WASNT pirated LOL. but anywho, yea i watched maybe until the 2nd disc and then actually sold it for extra money....Vash is a annoying pacifist yet hypocrit to me. if he doesnt wanna hurt ppl, why carry a GUN around....anyone with that 'tude in this story would have been shot and killed a long time ago. I agree it WAS abit boring but the music is catchy as all get out......and annoying at some parts LOL. Just download a few episodes or borrow it b4 u decide to buy it.
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