7.624 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestThe greatest battle of Vash the Stampede’s life arrives as he faces-off against Millions Knives. One brother wants to destroy mankind. One brother must stop him at any cost.
Trigun takes place in the distant future on a desert planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless he has a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Entire towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. But the real Vash the Stampede, the enigmatic and conflicted lead character, is more heroic, even though he usually acts like a complete idiot.
Writing
Tone whiplash so severe it should be illegal.
Acting
Onosaka's laugh-cry-scream range is unhinged genius.
Score
Tsuneo Imahori's guitar shredding still rips.
Creator
Yasuhiro Nightow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nightow originally pitched Trigun as a comedy—Yasuhiro Takahashi at Shonen Captain basically let him go dark after seeing early drafts.
Trigun's 'no-kill hero' directly influenced later anime protagonists like Kenshin and Vash's DNA is all over modern shonen—from Deku's quirk refusal to Tanjiro's mercy.
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