Trigun

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Trigun (Japanese: トライガン Toraigan) is a manga series created by Yasuhiro Nightow and was published by Monthly Shōnen Captain until 1997 after three volumes, followed by a sequel called Trigun Maximum (Japanese: トライガンマキシマム Toraigan Makishimamu) which lasted until 2007.

Premise

Trigun revolves around the story of a dangerous but kind hearted outlaw named Vash the Stampede and two members of the Bernardelli Insurance Society, Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson on the planet Gunsmoke, who follow him around in order to minimize the damages due to his nature and a bounty for 60 billion double dollars on his head, causing him to rcieve the name: "The Humanoid Typhoon".

Origin

The series was first published by Yasuhiro Nightow in April of 1995 where regular serialization commenced until it was cancelled early in 1997.^[1] Where Nightow later approached publisher Shōnen Gahōsha in favor to continue the story under a new name called "Trigun Maximum" in their magazine, Young King Ours later that year. Maximum continued off two years after the first series, but in a more serious tone in favor of the demographic change from shonen to seinen. The series was later adapted as a 26 episode anime series produced by Madhouse in 1998 & a movie, Trigun: Badlands Rumble in 2010. Twelve years after the anime ended. An English dub was later produced in early 2000, and made it's North American premiere on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in March 2003. The dub was also known as the first anime role of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers actor Johnny Yong Bosch providing the voice of as Vash the Stampede.

Fandom

The series garnered a fan base during its North American run, and as of 2014, its Facebook page has over 38,000 likes,^[3] 600 subscribers on Reddit^[2] and over 33,000 results on DeviantART.^[5]

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