Trigun
Japanese media franchise
Trigun (Japanese: トライガン, Hepburn: Toraigan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It was first serialized in Tokuma Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Captain from March 1995 to December 1996, at which time the magazine ceased publication. Its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes. The series continued its publication in Shōnen Gahosha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs, under the title Trigun Maximum (トライガンマキシマム, Toraigan Makishimamu), from October 1997 to March 2007. Shōnen Gahosha republished the Trigun chapters in two volumes and collected the Trigun Maximum chapters in fourteen volumes. Set on the fictional planet known as No Man's Land, the plot follows Vash the Stampede, a famous gunman constantly fighting bounty hunters seeking the immense bounty on his head. Trigun originated from Nightow's fascination with Western movies with Vash standing out due to his pacifist nature.
Trigun was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Madhouse that aired on TV Tokyo from April to October 1998. An anime feature film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, premiered in Japan in April 2010. Orange produced a reboot anime television series titled Trigun Stampede, premiered in 2023, which was followed by a sequel, Trigun Stargaze, in 2026.
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