Trigun

Vash the Stampede is the man with a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. The reason: he's a merciless villain who lays waste to all those that oppose him and flattens entire cities for fun, garnering him the title "The Humanoid Typhoon." He leaves a trail of death and destruction wherever he goes, and anyone can count themselves dead if they so much as make eye contact—or so the rumors say. In actuality, Vash is a huge softie who claims to have never taken a life and avoids violence at all costs.

With his crazy doughnut obsession and buffoonish attitude in tow, Vash traverses the wasteland of the planet Gunsmoke, all the while followed by two insurance agents, Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, who attempt to minimize his impact on the public. But soon, their misadventures evolve into life-or-death situations as a group of legendary assassins are summoned to bring about suffering to the trio. Vash's agonizing past will be unraveled and his morality and principles pushed to the breaking point.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Vash the Stampede Main

Onosaka, Masaya Japanese

Wolfwood, Nicholas D. Main

Hayami, Show Japanese

Thompson, Milly Main

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Stryfe, Meryl Main

Tsuru, Hiromi Japanese

Bluesummers, Legato Supporting

Seki, Toshihiko Japanese

Knives, Millions Supporting

Furusawa, Tohru Japanese

Kuroneko Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki Japanese

Saverem, Rem Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

the Hornfreak, Midvalley Supporting

Nishimura, Tomohiro Japanese

the Beast, Zazie Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Maseba, Yutaka Producer

Kitayama, Shigeru Producer

Nishimura, Satoshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Reviews

Mar 21, 2025

Nautilus__

Recommended

An exploration of morality, told through a charming comedy space-western. Despite it's flawed animation, Trigun sticks out as one of my favorites.

Trigun explores Vash's ideology: "No one has the right to take the life of another" and how that ideology clashes with the dangerous world around him. I especially like how his ideology and reputation as a dangerous outlaw clashes/contrasts with that of one of my all-time favorite characters, Wolfwood, a priest who's ideology is that killing is justified if it's to save an innocent (unrelated, but his cross gun is super cool!).

The best way I can describe Trigun is "fun". It has a ... good sense of humor and surprisingly cool moments all while knowing how to sit down, take itself seriously, and deliver some powerful moments. Definitely worth a watch!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by Nautilus__ (1)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Mar 13, 2023

w0taku_sann

Mixed Feelings

I feel so sorry for saying this but Trigun is yet another old classic that didn't live up to my expectation...

It isn't bad, objectively, as we have a solid story, with good character development, and good animation as well. But the pacing, oh my, it just felt horrible. I couldn't tell where they went wrong, but I can tell they did for sure!

The real story only starts once you've watched about half of the show, in order for you to know the characters better I suppose, but I hate watching a show without any direction to follow so it felt kinda boring. Then the story ... kicked in and damn I loved it! But then again I just felt bored, and I don't know why.
I mean, the story was pretty interesting and I just wanted to know more, but at the same time, my wanting to continue watching diminished with each episode.

Another reason for that boringness may be that I couldn't relate to Vash, he's cool most of time, but sometimes, when he feels depressed, I just feel like he's overreacting, although he has all the right to be depressed. I really got mixed feelings with this show... Interesting and boring at the same time, MC both relatable and unrelatable at the same time as well...

And another thing that I hated was that I was left with some unanswered questions at the end, and this always get under my skin...
What exactly are plants?
How were they created?
What are those huge fudging bulbs in some cities? (although I may already have an idea)

I'm planning on watching Trigun Stampede after this, maybe I'll get some answers, but I would've like to get them all in the original show.

I'm just writing this review cause I felt like I had to justify giving such a low score to this classic, but I still hope it will help some people decide if they wanna watch it or not

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by w0taku_sann (16)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Jan 10, 2023

JKrauser

Not Recommended

I haven't watched anything as boring, overrated and overall just bad as Trigun in a long time. It was a long, slow and tedious journey that felt like it was longer than 26 episodes. Which was surprising to me, as most of what I've heard about Trigun over the years has been overwhelmingly positive. But the bitter truth had nothing to do with my expectations.

As for the story, Vash the Stampede is a man with a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Vash is constantly in trouble because of the bounty on his head and wherever Vash goes, trouble follows him, hence the nickname Humanoid Typhoon. ... But the weird thing is (!) Vash never wants to hurt anyone, not even actual criminals. Actually, this short summary is enough to understand most things because Trigun is an episodic anime and there isn't much in the name of the story. I don't even feel the need to mention the tsundere and the classic mindless giant duo. Wolfwood is the only character in Trigun worth mentioning, but he is a good character only for the Trigun bar, not in general.

Let's come to the reasons that I mentioned at the beginning of the review, why Trigun is such a hard anime to bear. First, Vash's background and who he really is begins to be told after somewhere around 15th-16th episode. Up to that point, you have to deal with a work that is far from funny, pretty mediocre and often laden with inadequate action sequences. I was already disconnected from the story, characters and the setting itself by that time, I was bored to death and I was just trying to be done with it. That's not all. Vash has no middle ground. He is a complete idiot (sadly, not a funny one either) for the most of it and he sometimes gets "too charismatic" but why? Why was this choice made when it was possible to make the character structure more balanced and make him an average character at worst? Beats me. Not that making him that way would save this anime but at the very least, I could have watched a mediocre MC in a very bad anime.

Visually, I can't say it's bad for its time, but at worst, it can't go beyond average again. I've seen older and better ones. Trigun is also quite inadequate in terms of music, frankly, I would expect them to show the theme and action scenes better than they actually are, at least in this way, but both the opening and ending tracks are as ordinary as the ones played during the episodes.

In summary, Trigun is obsessed with repeating its own boring and unfunny cycle. It's full of badly written characters. The action scenes are below average. Musically inadequate. And on top of all that, its extremely slow and boring pacing makes it unbearable. I don't have a comment about people who were hooked on this anime for some reason at some point in their life or just love it out of nostalgia. But this was one of the most overrated things I've seen lately, one of those works that didn't do justice to its reputation and high ratings.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

What did you think of this review?

Nice 0

Love it 0

Funny 0

Confusing 0

Informative 0

Well-written 0

Creative 0

More reviews by JKrauser (32)

Show all

Read more

Show less

Open

Gift

Report

Shows with a lower score than they deserve (significantly or slightly underrated)

by Stanis150

23 Entries · 46 Restacks

cool anime pablo

by pabloodzn

44 Entries · 15 Restacks

Old-school anime

by zozozee

37 Entries · 3 Restacks

New 'Trigun' Anime Project Announced for 2023

TOHO animation launched an official website for a new anime project for Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun manga on Friday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The ne...read more

Jun 16, 2022 8:03 PM by Vindstot | Discuss (87 comments)

	Different spellings/typos Gamefreak924 - Mar 30	1 replies	by HarusakiYorokobi »» Mar 30, 10:33 PM
	Poll: Trigun Episode 26 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) Cero - Jul 2, 2008	216 replies	by Golinus »» Mar 28, 8:38 AM
	Poll: Trigun Episode 13 Discussion ( 1 2 ) kie_ - Sep 9, 2008	66 replies	by Proteus6969 »» Feb 20, 9:06 AM
	Poll: Trigun Episode 23 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 ) Cero - Jul 2, 2008	157 replies	by Pitto_ »» Feb 10, 12:35 PM
	Poll: Trigun Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 ) kie_ - Sep 9, 2008	90 replies	by heartsyrup »» Jan 28, 8:53 AM

18 of the Funniest Anime Faces Ever

Some characters are funny because of all the crazy antics they get up to. But others just have the right kind of physiognomy, which make them prone to pulling off some funny anime faces - intentionally or unintentionally.

by MisterD98

842,977 views

CollectionFunny

5 Anime Recommendations Based on your Friend's Favorite Fandom

Turn your friends into otaku with these 5 recommendations!

by Unnamedhero

66,237 views