It’s that time again, I have just finished two different anime series, Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. First I’ll review Trigun, and then at some later point Cowboy Bebop (I’m saving the best for later).
Trigun is about a man named Vash the Stampede, also known as the Humanoid Typhoon. Who later in the show is declared as the first act of God. Why is that so? Well as the story unravels, we find out that he has destroyed a whole city(luckily killing no one) by himself, and thus gets a $$60 billion(double dollar, the currency in Trigun universe) bounty placed on his head. And as one would guess, such a huge bounty goes a long way to make Vash’s life very unpleasant. Not to mention the fact that he remembers nothing of the city destroying incident.
The show is mostly a comedy action western, though it gets much darker near the end. The really cool thing about Trigun, apart from some really ungodly good comedy bits, is the way it deals with death and killing other people and beings. You see in most anime’s the characters kill left and right, not really thinking about what they are doing, as if it’s their second nature to do so. Whereas in Trigun, death is treated like something that has(or can lead to) grave consequences. But it’s not an anti gun or anti war propaganda show, far from it.
Trigun is 26 episodes long, so there’s very little room for filler episodes unlike in most other longer shows, and that’s what I really like about these 22 to 26 episode long series. Every episode has something to say in one way or another, and you aren’t just fed some mindless filler. The characters in Trigun are very interesting, though sadly there isn’t much in the way of character development. But that’s not something that stops Trigun from being a very enjoyable show to watch.
Music is quite nice, a mix of Jazz, Rock and even some Electronica thrown in for the baddies. The quality of artwork is overall very good as well, it’s not mind blowing, but there are no bad eye-sores, or distracting things.
So would I recommend Trigun for my readers, especially the anime fans of you? I most certainly would, it’s very funny when it’s being funny, and very smart or dramatic when it needs to be, and it tells a great story of a man who is trying to save everyone on his planet, even if it may seem futile.
