| Trigun | |
.png) First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Vash the Stampede | |
| トライガン (Toraigan) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Nightow |
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| English publisher | |
| Imprint |
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| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Captain |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 25, 1995 – December 26, 1996 |
| Volumes |
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| Manga | |
| Trigun Maximum | |
| Written by | Yasuhiro Nightow |
| Published by | Shōnen Gahōsha |
| English publisher |
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| Imprint | Young King Comics |
| Magazine | Young King OURs |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | October 1997 – March 2007 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Nishimura |
| Produced by | Shigeru Kitayama |
| Written by | Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Tsuneo Imahori |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 1, 1998 – September 30, 1998 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Anime film | |
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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, until the magazine ceased its 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, from October 1997 to March 2007. Shōnen Gahosha republished the Trigun chapters in two volumes, and collected the Trigun Maximum chapters in 14 volumes.
Set on the fictional planet known as No Man's Land, the plot follows Vash the Stampede, a famous gunman who is constantly fighting bounty hunters seeking to obtain the immense bounty on his head. As the narrative progresses, Vash's past is explored. Trigun originated from Nightow's fascination with Western movies. Nightow wanted Vash to be different from cowboys in Western movies by avoiding killing enemies and instead exploring the characters involved in each story arc.
Trigun was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Madhouse; it aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 1998. An anime feature film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, premiered in Japan in April 2010. A second anime television series adaptation produced by Orange, titled Trigun Stampede, premiered in January 2023. In North America, both manga series have been licensed by Dark Horse Comics. The anime series was first licensed by Geneon Entertainment and started broadcast in the United States, as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, in 2003; the series was later licensed by Funimation.
In 2009, Trigun Maximum won the Best Comic category at the 40th Seiun Awards. Critical response to the manga has been generally positive based on Vash and his friends' actions and relationships, as well as the handling of action scenes. However, critics disliked Vash's predicament in regards to his pacifism and the plot being hard to understand. The anime series was similarly positively received.
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