As a Manga reader, I adored Stampede. It's not accurate to Maximum & yet it's incredibly faithful to it. I think Nightow has grown a lot as a story teller. Also, I completely lost my s*** when I saw BLACK VASH finally being worked into the story! I love that they actually worked in the action figure variant! 🤣
A studio Orange panel was held at SakuraCon and apparently the creator himself wanted the story expanded so he gave the greenlight, not to mention he wanted more sci-fi elements which is why they were much stronger in Stampede and the change to .22 caliber was his idea Season 2 is in production and the better reception Trigun gets, the more series they can make so yeah if youre a big fan of Trigun just know this whole thing has the backing of Nightow himself!
It’s more … in line? Faithful? With trimax. 98 anime while feeling like a silly goofy shounen classic really missed out on the relationships between all the characters and knives was kinda just the big bad evil guy 😭.
everyone was so stuck on milly not being there that they didnt even catch the signs of this being a prequal the second i heard that they were heading to july, i predicted exactly what they were gonna do with this show and i yelled when i was right, anyways good news for people who were mad about milly.. shes on her way to season 2
I heard this kind of complaint whenever there was a review on the very first episode. People really just needed to let the season finish before making actual final judgement on Stampede as a whole.
@@threadyprawn8944 for real!! it was annoying seeing people shut the show down on the first episode already rating it 2 stars? Like give it time, it’s why I always give it 4 to 5 episodes for me to decide if I’ll keep going and I wait until the end to give my thoughts,
I'm with u bruh, my friends told me "iT's NoT gOnNA bE gOoD...." even tho they didn't even watch a single fcking episode, when I watch till the end and tell them a lot of spoilers from stampede... Now they wanna watch it... Smh
For 12 weeks, I watched Trigun Stampede and loved it dearly. And for 12 weeks, I turned to twitter and youtube where everyone hates it. Watching this video of yours was a delightful palate cleanser.
"RUclips, where everyone hates it" Meanwhile, i see 80+% praise... Are we on the same planet..? Though yes, i hate it, MC wasn't developed AT ALL, and many other things that are wrong with it.
@@mkzhero I just got like three videos recommended to me with complaints about it haha, and 80% of the comments were negative I haven't even seen the show, just one clip from the beginning with a weird rock scene
@@LivingGuy484 Well, i went looking for videos analyzing it properly that AREN'T just all fangirl tier praise... But i can't find any such videos. And most the comments on those are praise too.
FINALLY someone who's not just crapping on the the show just cause it's different from the original anime. And not only that but someone who shares my EXACT feelings with the show, both on its own and compared to the original anime. I was beginning to think I was crazy
A lot of people are reviewing bombing Trigun Stampede because they are nostalgia blind and/or a CGI hater. It really sucks. As someone that only JUST got into Trigun this year (OG anime, Stampede, and manga) I don't have the nostalgia goggles, so I can look at ALL three versions for what they are. So far, Trigum Maximum is the best version of Trigun, Stampede is my personal fave version, and the 98 anime is WAY too quotable and I am basically always quoting it. Depending on how they do Stampede season 2.. Stampede COULD be the best version. Also Stampede is literally the BEST 3D anime I have EVER seen!
personally stampede was my first time watching anything Trigun related. and honestly the show was AMAZING! In terms of pacing not much felt rushed, the ost was just a chefs kiss, Knives was terrifying as a villain (while having an understandable goal), animation is expressive in the best way possible, and for a cg anime absolutley BRILLIANT!
The new design was done for a reason if you look at the finale. For those upset by the haircut, well there’s good news since He ends the first season of Stampede with his original haircut and weapon and next season we will see the return of Milly
Grew up with Trigun and the manga. I was unsure about the CGI when it was announced but when I seen the trailer I was hooked. It's good. No. Its amazing and probably one of the best remakes I have seen today. The redesigns are great. I like Vashs new look. They kept the red and the old look would have probably been hard to make look good. We will see with season 2 if he has his old look or keeps the red. I hope the new red jacket comes back and the undercut fluffy hair. I think it fits his soft personality. As much as I do love the og hair style I personally think that it makes him look more like his brother and a bad guy with the CGI look. Cant wait to see what season 2 holds.
The redesign of everything was to me pretty low tier. Instead of building off the original work. They recon it into some low budget cartoon. Sorry, I disagree with all of your statement. I don't care about the hair or jacket they were fine.
@@lovergurl454 nah its modern budget animation style and has taken away from the art expression. which ultimately takes away from the portrayed story compared to the prior art style.
I'm also a big Trigun manga and anime fan. I'm super enjoying the show. The thing that has stuck out to me is the scope of the world. The environment images, massiveness of the vehicles/ships, expanse of the desert...I feel like I'm THERE. Love their version of July. I hope Wolfwood and Milly are a thing in this version.
I’m not an anime person. Never have been. But this was absolutely PHENOMENAL!! The storyline, the graphics, every scene perfectly crafted. I am so hooked. Curious if anyone else feels the same - but did your heart not break for Nai?? I think the way they crafted his character and told his story was such a beautiful, honest representation of light and darkness that can coexist in someone. Everything Nai did was out of love. Love for his brother and love for his kind. He did terrible things for good reasons. And Vash is the same way. Everything he does is out of love. But their actions out of love are both extremes on opposite ends of the spectrum. Vash is so self sacrificial and forgiving and hopeful and Nai fights to protect what he loves at any cost. My heart just broke for them both. So much pain and good and bad and beauty and I’m just so moved by this whole show. I can’t wait for season 2!!
Anime has a lot to offer if you know where to look. Might wanna keep in mind animation itself is just a different form of media. It's as different from live action movies as those are from plays or books. I'm glad you enjoyed Trigun Stampede, just hope you keep in mind it isn't alone in telling this kind of amazing story.
Compared to the original trigun anime. This one was very low budget and they crippled the main character to the point of truly being a fool. Instead of acting as one.
@@Sunnyso24 Tbh it really depends on what you are into. Do you like sci-fi, fantasy, rom-com, slice of life, gritty and realistic, weird and philosophical, etc. But, here are a few I really enjoy. Odd Taxi is a gritty murder mystery set in modern day Tokyo. Don't let the artstyle fool you! There is a very good reason the characters look the way they do that I can't get into without some pretty major spoilers. But it is seriously deep, and feels like you're watching a cross between a Guy Ritchie/Quentin Tarantino film that was split into 12 or maybe 13 I forget TV episodes. Vivy; Fluorite Eyes Song is a sci-fi show about a theme park pop idol android who gets pulled into a 100 year long project to prevent the destruction of humanity via a robot uprising. It's gorgeously animated and examines themes of humanity, consciousness, creativity and the soul. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and the GitS movies are all regarded as classics. They were definitely inspiration for Vivy, but take place in a gritty more dystopian futuristic setting. Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. One is a space western about a group of lovable (but also kinda jerks) bounty hunters. The other is a period piece set in historic Japan. Both are made by the same creator and both are highly episodic. They both do have an overarching plot, but most of the time you're just vibing with the cast in a cool setting. Code Geass is a philosophical sci fi drama with lots of mech fights and political intrigue. It follows a displaced Britannian Noble who leads a rebellion against his family with a power he acquires from a mysterious woman. Re; Zero is an Isekai (transported to another world) fantasy drama/horror)intrigue. The main character is (intentionally) a bit of a wimp. He seems to have the attention of a certain mystic entity within that world that refuses to allow him to die. And he dies, like.... A lot. Occasionally more than once an episode! The MC is basically a well intentioned Otaku who can be a bit of a moron who was dropped into the middle of a complicated political intrigue. But he gets better as the show progresses and the story/lore are interesting af imo Vinland Saga is historical fiction about when the Vikings invaded England around 1000 AD. The MC is fictional, but the broad strokes of the story follow the actual history, with some obvious dramatizations. It's very well animated and emotional. Askelaad especially is an incredibly morally complex character, and there will be several points during the show where you're not sure who to root for. Overlord is the story of an ordinary Japanese Salaryman who ends up trapped in the body of a character he played in an MMO that shut down. His transformation into a Lich comes with the deadening of his emotions, and you are definitely following the story of the Big Bad Evil Guy as he takes over the world, but it's glorious seeing the contrast between well meaning socially awkward Japanese Salaryman trying to act like the big tough boss so all his evil minions don't rebel against him (even though they very likely never would) 86 is a dystopian sci-fi mech show following a war between humanity and the machine army they created. It examines several different types of government, as well as racism. I can't get into too much more without spoilers, but it is very good. Anohana follows the story of a group of friends who grew apart after a tragedy. Again, can't get into too much more without spoilers, but it is one of the most emotionally impactful shows I have ever seen, and imo is the greatest "how to teach people to deal with grief" manual. Watch it if you are ever in need of just, the best crying session. Sword of the Stranger is a movie. It follows the story of a wandering swordsman who decides to protect a young boy who is being hunted. It is also historical fiction. Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd skill is a slice of life fantasy show that follows an average dude who gets summoned to another world..... By complete accident because he was standing too close to the actual heroes. It's hilarious, but also very insightful about politics. The MC decides to become a travelling merchant, gets some very powerful friends because of his ability to cook delicious meals, and travels around a fantasy world. It's part food porn, part comedy, and 100% good vibes. Bocchi the Rock follows an incredibly social awkward young girl who decides to learn to play the guitar to make friends. Spoiler alert, spending hours and hours in her room practicing guitar didn't make her any better at it. It's an incredibly cute and funny show, the animation is great (it changes styles often for the gags in a way that is just perfect), the MC is incredibly relatable, and the music isn't half bad either. Elfin Lied is a story about man's inhumanity towards anyone we consider "less than human" or different. It follows a young woman with a mutation that basically gives her psychic powers. The first episode is her escaping from the lab where she was held, but in the process experiencing sever head trauma that gives her something of a split personality. Warning - gore and nudity. No sex, it isn't that kind of show. Made in Abyss is one that definitely isn't for everyone. It is set in a fantasy world, and follows the story of a young girl who is travelling into a great Abyss in search of her mother. Lots of body horror, and definitely has some extremely questionable content, but a fascinating story and world. It has quite possibly one of the most beautiful/terrifying/alien settings I have ever experienced across any form of media. You may find elements of the story to be extremely disturbing, but you will also have a hard time looking away, and it will definitely be one of the most unique experiences you have ever had. Again, it can be just..... Incredibly messed up at times, and tbh I'm not even sure I'm recommending it to you. But it is a great example of a show that could only be animated. There is absolutely no way to do it justice with a live action film or book. Last one for now, I could probably go on a lot longer but this'll be enough. It's definitely less of a mainstream recommendation but one of my all time favorites. Planet With on the surface looks like a mecha show aimed at kids. However, it is one of the most philosophically/religiously dense shows I have ever seen. It follows the story of a young boy who has lost his memories. He now lives with a large anthropomorphic alien cat who transforms into a giant robot to fight "bad guys". Again, can't say much without major spoilers, but all I can say is I thought it was brilliant, but can understand that a lot of people who aren't as interested in philosophy as I am might not get it, because again, on the surface it definitely looks like it's a show just for kids. Hope you find some of those appealing! If you want a few more recommendations let me know. And please keep in mind, these are all just my opinion. These are all shows that on some level spoke to me about very real feelings, but your mileage may vary.
Something that will hook me to characters and an anime is the music. So when I saw that scene in the 3rd episode with Knives and the music got louder, I immediately knew that I was about to experience a true beauty. As a pianist, I fell in love even more every time Knives played the unique piece to Stampede. I already learned it myself because it sounds so emotional and epic. Yes, it is an amazing soundtrack (PS: YES! The 86 SOUNDTRACK IS AT THE TOP FOR ME AS WELL. Voices of the Chord from Pt2 is my favorite ever)
I take it back, this Trigun is so beautiful and what I realized is that Japanese studios arent like Disney, they have not ruined the Trigun story or decreased in style. My advice. Watch it.
There's plenty more to come, I could even see it possibly lasting 36 episodes or more, depending on if they flesh out some of the Maximum stuff. I can't wait for more, including Milly in the next season.
Doubt it, orange rarely complete series (looking at land of lusterous) they’re rushing the plot too all the mystery is mostly gone I can see them ending it in one more season
That’s the thing though people expected maximum to FINALLY be adapted and instead we get some kinda speed dial prequel/reimagining, makes no sense considering 98 was already mostly anime original
Stampede Knives > 98' Knives. Madhouse did my boy dirty in the anime. I have no idea why some people think that the original was better in that regard.
Agree with you on the soundtrack for sure! I was also originally put off by the CG animation before watching it, but I was pleasantly suprised that it looked very good! I didn't mind the redesigns at all either. I feel like they make sense for the current times as well.
A lot of people in the comments are talking about the pacing, and I want to say that I personally enjoy the pacing in Stampede more so than the original anime. In the original, it took a lot longer for the more serious elements of the plot to actually appear, so if the watcher is someone with short attention span, they would probably drop the show, and go watch something else, unless they are really attached to the characters already. They managed to fix that issue in Stampede with just 12 episodes, and I really hope it gets a continuation, so I can see this unique version of the story unfold.
I also like the pacing, I love the original anime but I end up skipping a lot of parts whenever I watch it (specially those cantoonish comedic parts), in this version, I like every second, every dialogue is important.
That’s… not a good thing lol if you have a short attention span then yeah this speed dial all glitz and glamor show is more suited to them. Meanwhile trigun 98 wove a fantastic mystery and had one of the greatest tonal shifts of any medium I’ve ever seen. Damn 98 was masterclass
Trueee, it's not just recycling the og but also jump into another alt story, I really got hyped by the ending of the S1, can't wait for milly to come back in the S2 too, my god the hype
Honestly Trigun is this studios best looking show. Beastars has some ackward moments in it but Stampede looks so hecking good especially with its action setpieces.
I gave it a chance believing it's a prequel to the actual story of 98 anime. And then during one of episodes July city was confirmed to be alive. That's when it clicked me. This is much bigger than original was. It's not just retelling, but something else. Than i noticed how Author of Trigun himself mentioned that fans will not see the bigger picture of this project at first, but he can see it, and he can confirm it's real Trigun he always wanted to show. Yasuhiro Nightow: "It's something that was being developed for a very long time. And really, yesterday was a significant day because of that. But also it's just a start for all the things. I think it's the start of something fantastic and something that a lot of people will like. So fan can just consider this as the start. It's just the start. So when they were developing this Trigun, I saw that they were taking elements from my comic and expanding it, rearranging it, restructuring it, redesigning it, and adding depth to it. They're trying to raise the quality of the show as well. I thought that there might some changes, but once they took all of the series in and started adapting it onto film, I felt that this is still Trigun. This is Trigun. I want the fans to know is that I really want them to watch this. And after watching, I think that you'll feel the same way as me. But i can't give a such high rating as 9/10 because it's a prequel and we need to see the real deal that comes next. So it's a solid 7/10 at the moment for me. It's objectively weak during first episodes, so that's totally fair.
Stampede is definitely my first exposure to Trigun and I thought it was incredible. I got really invested with Vash and Wolfwood. I'm one of those few that love the new designs especially for Vash💕 Now I do wanna watch the 90s anime maybe the manga as well, especially now this new show is shown to be a prequel in some form.
thank god im not the only one that thought the million knives ost is a masterpiece and the music in general in this anime is amazing. Great review, its sad that so many people hate on the anime
I discovered you with this video and yes 300 views is not enough to describe this quality, but ironically enough it is the same that happened to this incredible show that went underwater the same ousama ranking did. I don't know people are too focused on main stream and miss theses kinds of masterpieces
I loved the villain redesigns in stampede. I feel like they just looked goofy in the anime, but this show actually has them fit the darker tone and they actually appear threatening.
This version introduced me to the trigun world and I am obsessed with it. Im very picky about animation styles and I have to tell you - as an artist, this blew my mind and gave me chills. This has taken the top spot for me visually out of all animes ive seen.
stampede was gas I forgot to watch it on the 11th week and then when I got home from work I put episode 11 and just like, JESUS CHRIST!! Knives was a g in stampede I love him.
3D animation and computer aided animation is not the enemy. And shouldn't be treated as such. When used in conjunction with care and an artistic idea and style it allows for a much higher calibur of production. This had the charm and facial expressions of a 2D drawn animation with the benefits 3D bring like being able to move clothing and hair without costing the animators a ton of effort and time or the studio a ton of money. Much more life as characters don't stand still waiting there action when conversing all the characters are moving. As consumers we are getting a higher quality of visual spectacle recently than ever before it's not a bad thing when it's done with care.
From Maximum, I desperately hope they don’t hold back on the Livio vs Elendira since it was so brutal. That and I hope they do the final Vash vs Knives fight justice
I never knew about Trigun, but I saw someone on Twitter talk about it highly and I decided to watch and was blown away by how good it was. Like WOW. I’m all in now.
Trigun Stampede, Vash, looks like in his late teens to early twenties. Trigun, Vash original, looked more like in his late twenties to early thirties. I remembered how Nightow never have up on completing Vash's story. Hope, he make a continuation, after Trigun Stampede's finale. Vash would make a doting father (hopefully he would had a daughter with Meryl), what happened to Nai after his defeat, will humans find a way to be sustainable. How ridiculous how they never had solar panels considering they had more than two suns.
personally, I thought Stampede was mid, the story wasn't anything that good, nor did I feel invested, but I still finished it cause I felt like I should finish it all, for a prequel, it definitely could've been better. Strife felt empty as a character, I didn't understand why did they need to even put a mentor for her, I feel that her maturity was cut down for the sake of adding a mentor. I also don't understand how is it a prequel, since it showed us that vash had the bounty from the beginning, even being named the typhoon, and he (presumably) killed knives, so I'm not even sure it's a prequel anymore, might as well call it a season finale. maybe I'm looking too deep into it, but when vash was sad, it was boring, i felt it was more focused on his face, rather his emotions. Good Animation doesn't equal Good Story, that being said, I'm still gonna be waiting for the next implementation. sorry for pasting my thoughts here, I just wanna express my opinion lol.
I really love this new series and looking forward to season 2. I love their balance of forging something new while holding true to the meaningful aspects of the previous iterations that keep it true to who characters are. The main thing I missed initially though was the score of the original anime, but quickly got on board with this iteration's score meeting it's tone.
stampede's characters felt like they were still in their infancy throughout the series, especially comparing to the OG anime. its been a blast seeing them progress and turn into something more akin to the OG, but make no mistake they are fully Stampede characters through and through. I can't wait to see them in the journey to whatever their final forms will be.
Just knives character redesigned this adaptation/retelling better. Feels like the characters have actual stakes not just a whole build up to a mediocre last fight with knives in the old anime.
Still, my favorite adaptation is the '98 Trigun. But Trigun 23 is also wonderful and reveals other aspects of the story. I don’t understand why there is so much hate towards him?
I found the hate for this series so bizarre. The animation was always beautiful. I know CGI puts some anime fans off but like, it's so weird to just push off a medium of art simply because of how it's made. Is that not what people do to anime as a whole? Also, if they wanted the original, they could've read either the manga or the 98' anime. I actually did watch the entire 98' manga before I watched Stampede and enjoyed it. However, Stampede seemed to be something completely different, especially from the start. I noticed it was a Prequel when JuLai was mentioned in the first episode and I realized Meryl was younger than she was in the previous adaptation and the original manga.
@@mra4521 bros stomach and hips are smaller than my legs 💀 he looks like a twink, legato from 98 and the manga was so badass. I really hated vashs mew look too. Luckily knives was good but a lot of the others took a massssssive hit
I didn't like how much of a wuss Vash was in Stampede. Also, while the action is awesome, Vash didn't really do anything cool or noteworthy or anything Vash-like (like being all OP while manipulating stuff in the background). Also didn't like how the mystery is gone. With it being KIND OF a Western, the mystery behind the wandering gunman is important IMHO. But that's just me. But anyway, with it being a weird first-half / prequel amalgamation, I have much higher hopes with the second season. Especially after that awesome last episode when we get the OG hair. We might start getting the old cool Vash again. Not to mention, we get some of the manga stuff that the 98 one didn't get (Razlo anyone?).:D
I've seen people write off the show because they changed his gun... hell I've seen people say that THE ANIMATION IS BETTER IN THE ORIGINAL, like nostalgia glasses go crazy
I'm glad the studio took its time with animating it properly. From the subtle facial animations to the wonderful flow of the exaggerated movements, its visual eye food that nourishes the imagination.
The main difference to me from this and the 98 is that the 98 is more grounded as a show. Which is why they made the reveal being this is not earth as a main component of the plot as opposed to Stampede which just starts with it. Stampede leans more towards Fantasy with all the characters and villains. It tries giving a narrative but wants to show the large scale fights that the manga had so it leans towards that more. Visually it looks nice but narratively it is a bit lacking. I say this show is good if you seen the original or the manga since it kind of adds to it, plot events that a watcher is familiar with and observe how Stampade direction of the show.
For those who have finished the first season a fan favorite character isn’t exactly out of the story just not introduced yet. And if you have seen the original; trigun stampede is essentially a prologue
I honestly loved this revisit of Trigun. I know I've seen the original anime, but it was long ago and I don't remember that much. The move to 3D here was good! Studio Orange has this style nearly perfected, and I was rather impressed with how smooth the animation was.
I watched Stampede after seeing short clips of the phenominal animation, and as someone who has never seen the original Trigun, I absolutely LOVED this reboot. A lot of people doubt CG animation, but for high-action series like this, it works amazingly. Land of the Lustrous also has CG animation, and it looks fantastic.
I watched it and well I dont think Its honestly as good as the original, but Its the best thing we got from Trigun since like 13 years! Have a blast watching it and cant wait for the next season ^^
I finished it recently and I can't even describe how awesome it is. If you haven't seen it you should give it a chance it's amazing how they handled it. I completely agree this could be shaping up to be the best version of Trigun. I can't wait for the second season! It starts off a bit rough but it only got better with each episode. Such a good buildup to the end, damn!
Personally really enjoyed stampede. One complaint that absolutely fuckin baffled me was people saying the animation sucked. Idk what version they saw but I thought it was gorgeous. When the new designs were revealed my immediate thought was "fuck me, they made Vash an eboy" but tbh it grew on me and with the finale it's not really an issue anymore is it lol That said, H. T better get used in season 2 or I'm going to commit violence
I am not going to lie, but the character designs threw me off. Not because the character designs were bad, but I was so use to the '98 anime. However, I think Vash's design is cool, and Meryl's design is adorable
a little late to comment, but as somebody who loves trigun, I thought it was pretty good. I wouldnt say its my favorite version, but its good. Soundtrack is better than the original and i love the visuals, but i simply prefer the original Vash design and personallity. I loved his goofiness. but stampede definitely did knives sooooo much better. My only complaint i think would be that they showed his backstory too early, but i think that stems from loving the shock i had as a kid watching the original anime for the first time and seeing the reveal. Personally i rate the original as 9.5/10, this version i would personally rate 8/10. Love the video though.
i really liked stampede! the best character in it is probably knives bc on one hand he's so RIDICULOUSLY over the top in a hilarious way (the piano playing got me every time lmao. also his piano room motivational mummies???). but on the other hand he's REALLY scary. bc his manipulation and treatment of vash is so well-written and, in a way, realistic to what an actual abusive family dynamic can look like while still being a bonker sci-fi scenario. like some of knives behavior was so creepy it gave me CHILLS (in a good way)
Honestly, I didn’t think this show was so good because Milly was gone. However, after it was described I am gonna give it a try. I don’t like the new outfits (being that I LOVE vash’s old outfit) I watched this show for the story, and character development, not for what the characters are wearing. So I appreciate this. (Please don’t hate me for having my own opinions.) thanks!
Great job with your first review. Very engaging from beginning to end. I‘be only seen the first episode of Stampede and it is amazing to watch. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series at some point. Can’t wait to what else you’ll review. Keep up the good work my friend.
This Vash redesign is absolutely fine in my book. As an OG Dante (Devil May Cry) fan and hater of (DMC) Dante we definitely dodged a bullet in this redesign. Imagine if that had happened to Vash.
Honestly ^^ No matter what ppl think, I am happy this new version came out. Because of this new version, I fall in love with Trigun! Because first I saw some gifs/art on Tumblr, and then I was like: Huh! I will check this anime. And from there I went to see the old anime, and now I am reading the manga. I see all the differences, but I don't care, I simply enjoy the show no matter what.
Here's the thing about these kind of adaptations. If done right, it could introduce a younger audience to the series/franchise... which is a good thing. I hope this gets a new season.
I wrote off this anime because, well, CGI. I've always been a huge Trigun fan as it was one of the first 5 animes I ever watched back when I started giving the stuff a chance. What a way to start my anime adventure too. That all being said, after watching a few clips from Stampede here and there I decided to give it a try. Man am I not disappointed. Millions Knives motivation is easily a million fold that of his previous anime's. I will say one thing though, I much preferred the way Wolfwood and Vash bounced off one another in the original anime. Made them feel like 2 sides of the same coin. I'm still hoping for more of a brotherhood to form between the 2 of them in next season like what they had in the original anime but aside from that I love what they have done with the series. I love Trigun so much and even though I've never really read any manga I might have to fold and give it a shot for Trigun's sake. Thank you for your video and insight!
Vash wasn't goofy enough for my taste. I loved how funny he was in the 98 series. He was more of a sadboi here. I understand how they needed to change his demeanour for the overall story on stampede, but imo he could've been more silly.
Although I disagree with the opinion that this is better than the '98 anime, I really liked Stampede. It's gorgeous and captures the ideas behind Trigun beautifully. However I felt as if it were incredibly rushed. I really felt that squeezing so many characters, backstory, and sci-fi concepts into 12 episodes was too ambitious and I would've loved it if they had been able to take their time with a longer season. That and I felt the animation quality was inconsistent episode to episode. Still - I loved what we got!
i was never a fan of CGI until watching trigun stampede, it really made me understand that CGI just has a lot more opportunities to offer than classic anime. especially nai's scene in jeneora rock where he created the literal millions of knives. that scene was breathtakingly beautiful and scary at the same time. the CG makes trigun so unique (and the music as well, gosh THE MUSIC) and probably pushed it up into a much better quality level than many other high budget anime. loved to hear an opinion from someone who has watched and read the entire trigun series. i only found out about it now and i'm truly swept away by this series! i hope the OG fans who "dropped" this because of the hair (lmao) and the cgi can be a little more open minded for the 2023 trigun. the design fits our current generation of anime fans i believe and remakes shouldn't be compared to the OGs like that after all. its sad to expect it to be the exactly the same. i hope that trigun 2023 didn't "flop" so the producers know that many new fans appreciate this anime! its an amazing show which not only opened the genre of CGI to me, but also scifi and space western as well. its a first for me and i truly love it :) awesome video quality btw! i loved hearing your opinion. keep it up!
I really did love Knives theme i listened to it over and over. Also if they do a season 2 can we see the black cat, back in the 98anime me and my friends used to try and point the little bugger out.😅
As a gun enthusiast that got into them idolizing Vash’s hand cannon of a revolver- I watched the first episode of Stampede with high hopes but the moment Vash started screaming for a round of 22LR, I lost it. Then I saw what he DID with said 22LR and my suspension of disbelief went completely out the window. To me, what makes Trigun Trigun encompassed in the 98’ theme song and not having that POP coming from Vash just makes me feel like I’m watching Batman with no tool belt or Spider-Man with no webs. I can kiiiiinda forgive it, because I know that Japan has a pretty popular 22LR precision shooting competition, but I can’t forgive it enough to give it a chance xD. When I see Vash shoot 5 targets basically at once with a magnum in the 98’, I’m roaring with dopamine. But seeing literally anyone do so with a 22LR is really whatever. There’s no recoil on a 22LR. Who cares
Not sure if you know but the change to a .22 was from the original creator himself. There is a reason the .22 has recoil and sounds like a cannon you are just nitpicking for literally no reason
I like the take and being so fair to all the different versions of the stories. My one thing is that even if the Stampede soundtrack is good, it isn't as fitting as the original anime soundtrack. Although the original soundtrack has some weakness (like not having a good theme for Knives), it was so much more raw and characterful. It felt way more appropriate for a desert world that was both worn out and still fighting daily to survive. The new soundtrack with its lush orchestration was beautiful but too polished and just not as good a fit for the setting. Still, that Stampede soundtrack has some bangers.
I am a fan of the manga and i got hook on that vertion i like the new anime way more. God the Vash character was to crasy cartoony in the original anime.
The main thing that bugs me about Stampede is how straightforward everything is. We know about the colony ships, we know the twins' origin immediately, the Gung-ho Guns start showing up first thing, we learn exactly what plants are in an info dump, Vash's mechanical arm is obvious & out there, Vash's gun is a normal gun, the entire meta-plot is immediately and obviously apparent. Any time a character shows up you can be sure they're going to monologue their entire backstory & motivation either in the same episode or less than a single episode later. I like side stories, I like monster of the week episodes, I like it when media takes its time. Basically that the air of weird mystery that I loved from previous iterations isn't present. The secondary thing that bugs me is how floaty & weightless all the movement feels. Every single character moves like a marionette floating on strings.
Yes... And no, MC's motivations and character aren't explained AT ALL lol Wolfwood is also a pale shadow of himself, Millie, her drunk boss and the rest of the characters aside Knives might as well be cardboard cutouts which, just as you say, go "I am npc/semi main char #23, i'm here because i need X, i will do Y"... Its just a really shit mess of bad story and character writing. The ONLY semi working character is Knives, and we see him for like 2 episodes total lol
@@mkzhero Did you even watch the show? Vash's motivations are definitely explained. The characters are also a bit fleshed out so far and considering this is a pseudo-prequel, it is easy to see that they will be fleshed out even more next season
@@chickenjoe8049 You understand that by that logic you can make a bible pseudo prequel where Jesus is a young murderous pervert with delusions of grandeur, dictatorship and world conquest... And if anyone objects you say "Hey, just a prequel man! He'll grow into himself soon enough!". This kind of bullshit is just called a spinoff, if not outright fanfic, CRAPPY fanfic too. And well, if its so explained, tell me his reasoning of being a pacifist then. Go on.
@@mkzhero You realize Vash's portrayal in Stampede is based on the manga right? Vash in 98 Trigun is much goofier and a sex pest. Although Vash's portrayal isn't a 1:1 from the manga, he is still characterized similarly so your point of trying to compare it to a young murderous pervert Jesus makes no fucking sense as that is a complete 180 on his character unlike Vash. Vash has plenty of reason to help humans. It is shown multiple times that Vash feels extreme guilt over his role in the crash landing of the ships. In addition, the ones who have shown him the most compassion in his entire life have been humans. Rem, who mothered him and instilled in him the virtues and hopes he carries on; Luida, who reinforced those virtues while raising him out of his hole of suicidal ideation; Meryl, whose plucky journalistic tendencies led her to empathize with Vash and ultimately help break him out of the vegetative state (pun not intended) that Knives forcibly put him under. Even folks like Brad and Wolfwood at least come to respect and care for him, and even hypocritically adopting facets of his worldview and growing as a result: Brad learning to trust across species lines, and Wolfwood understanding through Livio's near-recovery that saving people with no strings attached is possible. Vash knows the truth better than anyone that everyone has the capacity for good, and that everyone has the capacity to change for the better; rather, it's the circumstances of one's systems and environment that forces things like exploitation and the desire for revenge. And it's not just sheer naivete either; the show writers clearly display that Vash's philosophy actually works in the first two episodes when people just sit back and take a chance to resolve their situations peacefully or remember the humanity in one another. After the goofy shenanigans are all said and done, the Jeneora Rock gang and the Nebraska family are all communing together in the bar with the town's plant safe, sound, and healthy. It's only when Knives shows up to enact genocide that things go horribly wrong. Vash's struggles with humans lie in misunderstandings that are more often than not sorted out when people actually get to know him, or from environmental circumstances that may force a betrayal that otherwise wouldn't happen. But none of this is an indictment on humanity as a whole (after all; they're not the ones who crashed the ships on a desert planet), which is why Vash cannot hold a grudge. That's why Knives was so frustrated with Vash. He just sees his younger brother torturing himself for no reason. But for Vash the memories he built with Rem, Home, and all the people he's met are more important to him than all the suffering he's gone through. He doesn't mind if the end result is he gets the short end of the stick. So Knives is trying to save Vash from himself and Vash wants to keep Knives from ending humanity. That's what makes the story and their dynamic interesting. It is totally fine if you don't like the way it has been done, but to say his motivations and character aren't explained and that it is a "crappy fanfic" is complete bs
@@chickenjoe8049 "Sex pest"? While not wanting women to see his scarred, ruined body (which he specifically states)? I think you should reconsider your words and what they mean. He hits on everything that moves in the first half, true, but idk what it has to do with 'sex'. But aside that part, he's FAR closer to the manga than this pitiful fanfic, and yes, he's indeed very goofy in the manga, the 98 anime just has more of those moments because it made a lot of stuff up, but here's the thing, it WOULD fit his character if his manga self would be in those situations. NO he wasn't depressed all the time in the manga, he kept being a chatterbox and cracking jokes at all but the most dire times, which wasn't often. And yes, a depressed, quiet, boring emo IS indeed a 180 on his manga character. Having guilt is not enough reason to not want to save people from a villain by killing said villain. More so, even if it was enough of an explanation, it only works for HUMANS, but not plants and bugs (he refused to eat that bug when Wolfwood passed it to him). What virtues and hopes DOES he carry exactly..? Rem doesn't really do anything like that on camera. Meryl's role in getting Vash out of being brainwashed is wrong, its shown to be Rem's last memory that is the trigger for him to break out. Vash knows everyone's capacity for good and change? The original did. Here? Its not demonstrated at all, nor explained, unlike the manga and 98 anime that go IN DEPTH into his ideology and beliefs. And its done ALL OVER the show too, not 'the first two episodes', which frankly is a JOKE of a setup and character development for his pacifism, because both of the fact its very little time, and the fact MOST of that time was used on entirely different things. The pace and lack of appropriate music for anything also cheapens the few things you could consider somewhat fitting to at least start exploring that direction, there was only one good proper tune in the show (outside op and ed which i'm not counting, only on air time music) which is Knives-es theme, and even that's overused like hell. Meryl isn't even present. Wolfwood is some Jaded retard who only cares about the orphanage, except when the world's ending, then he suddenly doesn't care. The show does nothing but drop infinite exposition and shove it up your throat 24/7... Idk how YOU can call it anything but shitty fanfic tier garbage. Like, i can literally break down episode 1 and how its 70+% just pure exposition and nonsensical garbage, and the WHOLE show is like that.
I was new to Trigun, the original was shown on and off on tv dubbed in my language and I had no interest, thought I'd give this version a chance since I know the original had a cult following. Episode 3 rolled out, I was already sold on the show from episode one though, with the quality of animation, cell-shading and character design. But episode 3... THAT scene plays and I hear the OST in the background, Millions Knives, and I got goosebumps. I knew this was my favorite anime of the season from that point on and subsequent episodes until the very end proved me right. Looking so much forward to season 2!!!
I seriously hope more people walk about this anime. It deserves so much more attention, but nostalgia holds some uptight ppl back from watching this amazing rendition. I can't wait for season 2
This was better than the OG for me. Story felt more contained, each episode escalated one after the other, added in some manga only characters like Livio and Elendira and the finale was just amazing. Orange studio has convinced me that 3d character designs can be done well. This and The First Slam Dunk. I did not gave high hopes for the this series but I was proven wrong. It's the best anime show i've seen this year.
I feel like we watched different shows haha too each their own I guess. The build up of the wacky stories and characters leading into the greatest tonal shift in anime history was a master class, the slower pacing and mystery > the speed dial rush job of this weird quasi prequel/reimagining any day of the week. Really disliked the redesigns too, the ost and knives was good though
As a Manga reader, I adored Stampede. It's not accurate to Maximum & yet it's incredibly faithful to it. I think Nightow has grown a lot as a story teller.
Also, I completely lost my s*** when I saw BLACK VASH finally being worked into the story! I love that they actually worked in the action figure variant! 🤣
I DID TOO!!!! I was so blown away!!! The fact that they found a way to work it in (black vash) made me so happy
I feel the exact same way. Some of Vash's lines in the last episode are pulled straight from Maximum.
the ripp off fullmetal alchemist
@@truthoftheuniverse4179...? Cuz they use the word "Gate"? 🤨
@@truthoftheuniverse4179 Uh, Trigun came before FMA broski
that final episode was amazing!! Seeing his hair transformation and basically all of our fan theories come true was just awesome
Also the info that meryl received at the last epilogue of ep12 "a newcomer will join..." Can't wait to see milly back at S2
Bro I cheered so loud when I saw his hair spiked up at the end
I was pogging the whole time during the final episode
@@ozyssah same. and I was cheering when I heard milly's name
Fan theories 😂😂😂
A studio Orange panel was held at SakuraCon and apparently the creator himself wanted the story expanded so he gave the greenlight, not to mention he wanted more sci-fi elements which is why they were much stronger in Stampede and the change to .22 caliber was his idea
Season 2 is in production and the better reception Trigun gets, the more series they can make so yeah if youre a big fan of Trigun just know this whole thing has the backing of Nightow himself!
I think this was a much tighter adaptation of Trigun, and I loved how much more the relationship between Vash and Knives was compared to the 98 anime.
Omg same.
The relationship between vash and knives was better in this one.
Haters gonna hate but I enjoyed trigun stampede so much.
It’s more … in line? Faithful? With trimax. 98 anime while feeling like a silly goofy shounen classic really missed out on the relationships between all the characters and knives was kinda just the big bad evil guy 😭.
Hard disagree, this felt like it was on speed dial and they rushed the entire beginning while doing a reimagining
everyone was so stuck on milly not being there that they didnt even catch the signs of this being a prequal the second i heard that they were heading to july, i predicted exactly what they were gonna do with this show and i yelled when i was right, anyways good news for people who were mad about milly.. shes on her way to season 2
EXACTLY . The majority of people's sight on this anime has been so narrow. I'm glad to know we aren't the only ones out there who caught on.
I heard this kind of complaint whenever there was a review on the very first episode. People really just needed to let the season finish before making actual final judgement on Stampede as a whole.
@@threadyprawn8944 for real!! it was annoying seeing people shut the show down on the first episode already rating it 2 stars? Like give it time, it’s why I always give it 4 to 5 episodes for me to decide if I’ll keep going and I wait until the end to give my thoughts,
I'm with u bruh, my friends told me "iT's NoT gOnNA bE gOoD...." even tho they didn't even watch a single fcking episode, when I watch till the end and tell them a lot of spoilers from stampede... Now they wanna watch it... Smh
Lol so true! Interestingly enough, the most complaints came from people who didn't even read the manga.
For 12 weeks, I watched Trigun Stampede and loved it dearly. And for 12 weeks, I turned to twitter and youtube where everyone hates it. Watching this video of yours was a delightful palate cleanser.
OG elitists REALLY don’t like the show and won’t give it a fair chance unfortunately, but I think word of mouth will do wonders for this show
"RUclips, where everyone hates it"
Meanwhile, i see 80+% praise... Are we on the same planet..?
Though yes, i hate it, MC wasn't developed AT ALL, and many other things that are wrong with it.
FACTS just wait this show will change everything for 3d animations
@@mkzhero I just got like three videos recommended to me with complaints about it haha, and 80% of the comments were negative
I haven't even seen the show, just one clip from the beginning with a weird rock scene
@@LivingGuy484 Well, i went looking for videos analyzing it properly that AREN'T just all fangirl tier praise... But i can't find any such videos. And most the comments on those are praise too.
[falling to my knees]
Finally, a good and fair Trigun Stampede review. Thank you.
and a very good one
FINALLY someone who's not just crapping on the the show just cause it's different from the original anime. And not only that but someone who shares my EXACT feelings with the show, both on its own and compared to the original anime. I was beginning to think I was crazy
A lot of people are reviewing bombing Trigun Stampede because they are nostalgia blind and/or a CGI hater. It really sucks. As someone that only JUST got into Trigun this year (OG anime, Stampede, and manga) I don't have the nostalgia goggles, so I can look at ALL three versions for what they are. So far, Trigum Maximum is the best version of Trigun, Stampede is my personal fave version, and the 98 anime is WAY too quotable and I am basically always quoting it. Depending on how they do Stampede season 2.. Stampede COULD be the best version. Also Stampede is literally the BEST 3D anime I have EVER seen!
@@saffronnie3969 Studio Orange never disappoint and more people need to realize this
@@brambl3014 AGREED!!!! I agree!
It’s trash
@@REXae86Said the guy with the most overrated cartoon as their pfp
personally stampede was my first time watching anything Trigun related. and honestly the show was AMAZING! In terms of pacing not much felt rushed, the ost was just a chefs kiss, Knives was terrifying as a villain (while having an understandable goal), animation is expressive in the best way possible, and for a cg anime absolutley BRILLIANT!
It was extremely rushed unfortunately
The new design was done for a reason if you look at the finale. For those upset by the haircut, well there’s good news since
He ends the first season of
Stampede with his original haircut and weapon and next season we will see the return of Milly
No he doesn't his hair gets longer
@@Dayz671 that's at the very end, during his battle with knives during when he gets his gun his hair is like the original anime
@@victora8253 Oh, yeah my bad I thought you meant something else
I got so accostumed to his rebooted hair, that I'm sad they gave him his spikey hair back XD He just looked so adorable with the fluffy hair!
@@Cinedragon he went through 3 hair changes in one episode lol. I didn’t mind the hair and glasses
Grew up with Trigun and the manga. I was unsure about the CGI when it was announced but when I seen the trailer I was hooked. It's good. No. Its amazing and probably one of the best remakes I have seen today. The redesigns are great. I like Vashs new look. They kept the red and the old look would have probably been hard to make look good. We will see with season 2 if he has his old look or keeps the red. I hope the new red jacket comes back and the undercut fluffy hair. I think it fits his soft personality. As much as I do love the og hair style I personally think that it makes him look more like his brother and a bad guy with the CGI look.
Cant wait to see what season 2 holds.
The redesign of everything was to me pretty low tier. Instead of building off the original work. They recon it into some low budget cartoon. Sorry, I disagree with all of your statement. I don't care about the hair or jacket they were fine.
@@geronimo5537 That looks low-budget to you? Really?
@@geronimo5537 just hating for the sake of hating. The creator was actively involved in this remake
@@lovergurl454 nah its modern budget animation style and has taken away from the art expression. which ultimately takes away from the portrayed story compared to the prior art style.
@@geronimo5537 how has It done that?
I'm also a big Trigun manga and anime fan. I'm super enjoying the show. The thing that has stuck out to me is the scope of the world. The environment images, massiveness of the vehicles/ships, expanse of the desert...I feel like I'm THERE. Love their version of July. I hope Wolfwood and Milly are a thing in this version.
July was kinda weak compared to 98 and the manga sadly
I’m not an anime person. Never have been. But this was absolutely PHENOMENAL!! The storyline, the graphics, every scene perfectly crafted. I am so hooked. Curious if anyone else feels the same - but did your heart not break for Nai?? I think the way they crafted his character and told his story was such a beautiful, honest representation of light and darkness that can coexist in someone. Everything Nai did was out of love. Love for his brother and love for his kind. He did terrible things for good reasons. And Vash is the same way. Everything he does is out of love. But their actions out of love are both extremes on opposite ends of the spectrum. Vash is so self sacrificial and forgiving and hopeful and Nai fights to protect what he loves at any cost. My heart just broke for them both. So much pain and good and bad and beauty and I’m just so moved by this whole show. I can’t wait for season 2!!
Anime has a lot to offer if you know where to look. Might wanna keep in mind animation itself is just a different form of media. It's as different from live action movies as those are from plays or books.
I'm glad you enjoyed Trigun Stampede, just hope you keep in mind it isn't alone in telling this kind of amazing story.
Compared to the original trigun anime. This one was very low budget and they crippled the main character to the point of truly being a fool. Instead of acting as one.
@@geronimo5537 Salty fanboi detected.
Any recommendations??
@@Sunnyso24 Tbh it really depends on what you are into. Do you like sci-fi, fantasy, rom-com, slice of life, gritty and realistic, weird and philosophical, etc.
But, here are a few I really enjoy.
Odd Taxi is a gritty murder mystery set in modern day Tokyo. Don't let the artstyle fool you! There is a very good reason the characters look the way they do that I can't get into without some pretty major spoilers. But it is seriously deep, and feels like you're watching a cross between a Guy Ritchie/Quentin Tarantino film that was split into 12 or maybe 13 I forget TV episodes.
Vivy; Fluorite Eyes Song is a sci-fi show about a theme park pop idol android who gets pulled into a 100 year long project to prevent the destruction of humanity via a robot uprising. It's gorgeously animated and examines themes of humanity, consciousness, creativity and the soul.
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and the GitS movies are all regarded as classics. They were definitely inspiration for Vivy, but take place in a gritty more dystopian futuristic setting.
Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. One is a space western about a group of lovable (but also kinda jerks) bounty hunters. The other is a period piece set in historic Japan. Both are made by the same creator and both are highly episodic. They both do have an overarching plot, but most of the time you're just vibing with the cast in a cool setting.
Code Geass is a philosophical sci fi drama with lots of mech fights and political intrigue. It follows a displaced Britannian Noble who leads a rebellion against his family with a power he acquires from a mysterious woman.
Re; Zero is an Isekai (transported to another world) fantasy drama/horror)intrigue. The main character is (intentionally) a bit of a wimp. He seems to have the attention of a certain mystic entity within that world that refuses to allow him to die. And he dies, like.... A lot. Occasionally more than once an episode! The MC is basically a well intentioned Otaku who can be a bit of a moron who was dropped into the middle of a complicated political intrigue. But he gets better as the show progresses and the story/lore are interesting af imo
Vinland Saga is historical fiction about when the Vikings invaded England around 1000 AD. The MC is fictional, but the broad strokes of the story follow the actual history, with some obvious dramatizations. It's very well animated and emotional. Askelaad especially is an incredibly morally complex character, and there will be several points during the show where you're not sure who to root for.
Overlord is the story of an ordinary Japanese Salaryman who ends up trapped in the body of a character he played in an MMO that shut down. His transformation into a Lich comes with the deadening of his emotions, and you are definitely following the story of the Big Bad Evil Guy as he takes over the world, but it's glorious seeing the contrast between well meaning socially awkward Japanese Salaryman trying to act like the big tough boss so all his evil minions don't rebel against him (even though they very likely never would)
86 is a dystopian sci-fi mech show following a war between humanity and the machine army they created. It examines several different types of government, as well as racism. I can't get into too much more without spoilers, but it is very good.
Anohana follows the story of a group of friends who grew apart after a tragedy. Again, can't get into too much more without spoilers, but it is one of the most emotionally impactful shows I have ever seen, and imo is the greatest "how to teach people to deal with grief" manual. Watch it if you are ever in need of just, the best crying session.
Sword of the Stranger is a movie. It follows the story of a wandering swordsman who decides to protect a young boy who is being hunted. It is also historical fiction.
Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd skill is a slice of life fantasy show that follows an average dude who gets summoned to another world..... By complete accident because he was standing too close to the actual heroes. It's hilarious, but also very insightful about politics. The MC decides to become a travelling merchant, gets some very powerful friends because of his ability to cook delicious meals, and travels around a fantasy world. It's part food porn, part comedy, and 100% good vibes.
Bocchi the Rock follows an incredibly social awkward young girl who decides to learn to play the guitar to make friends. Spoiler alert, spending hours and hours in her room practicing guitar didn't make her any better at it. It's an incredibly cute and funny show, the animation is great (it changes styles often for the gags in a way that is just perfect), the MC is incredibly relatable, and the music isn't half bad either.
Elfin Lied is a story about man's inhumanity towards anyone we consider "less than human" or different. It follows a young woman with a mutation that basically gives her psychic powers. The first episode is her escaping from the lab where she was held, but in the process experiencing sever head trauma that gives her something of a split personality. Warning - gore and nudity. No sex, it isn't that kind of show.
Made in Abyss is one that definitely isn't for everyone. It is set in a fantasy world, and follows the story of a young girl who is travelling into a great Abyss in search of her mother. Lots of body horror, and definitely has some extremely questionable content, but a fascinating story and world. It has quite possibly one of the most beautiful/terrifying/alien settings I have ever experienced across any form of media. You may find elements of the story to be extremely disturbing, but you will also have a hard time looking away, and it will definitely be one of the most unique experiences you have ever had. Again, it can be just..... Incredibly messed up at times, and tbh I'm not even sure I'm recommending it to you. But it is a great example of a show that could only be animated. There is absolutely no way to do it justice with a live action film or book.
Last one for now, I could probably go on a lot longer but this'll be enough. It's definitely less of a mainstream recommendation but one of my all time favorites.
Planet With on the surface looks like a mecha show aimed at kids. However, it is one of the most philosophically/religiously dense shows I have ever seen. It follows the story of a young boy who has lost his memories. He now lives with a large anthropomorphic alien cat who transforms into a giant robot to fight "bad guys". Again, can't say much without major spoilers, but all I can say is I thought it was brilliant, but can understand that a lot of people who aren't as interested in philosophy as I am might not get it, because again, on the surface it definitely looks like it's a show just for kids.
Hope you find some of those appealing! If you want a few more recommendations let me know. And please keep in mind, these are all just my opinion. These are all shows that on some level spoke to me about very real feelings, but your mileage may vary.
Something that will hook me to characters and an anime is the music. So when I saw that scene in the 3rd episode with Knives and the music got louder, I immediately knew that I was about to experience a true beauty. As a pianist, I fell in love even more every time Knives played the unique piece to Stampede. I already learned it myself because it sounds so emotional and epic. Yes, it is an amazing soundtrack (PS: YES! The 86 SOUNDTRACK IS AT THE TOP FOR ME AS WELL. Voices of the Chord from Pt2 is my favorite ever)
I take it back, this Trigun is so beautiful and what I realized is that Japanese studios arent like Disney, they have not ruined the Trigun story or decreased in style. My advice. Watch it.
The moment I saw the name "Studio Orange" in the trailer, I was immediately hooked XD
There's plenty more to come, I could even see it possibly lasting 36 episodes or more, depending on if they flesh out some of the Maximum stuff. I can't wait for more, including Milly in the next season.
Doubt it, orange rarely complete series (looking at land of lusterous) they’re rushing the plot too all the mystery is mostly gone I can see them ending it in one more season
Thanks for making sure to include the original manga. Too many people are judging the show based on the first anime alone .
Right! I read the manga while Stampede was still airing, and the more I read, the more I appreciated Stampede!
That’s the thing though people expected maximum to FINALLY be adapted and instead we get some kinda speed dial prequel/reimagining, makes no sense considering 98 was already mostly anime original
@@ibrahimbaghdadi4995 98 is 100x better than stampede and they already ruined doing maximum
Stampede Knives > 98' Knives. Madhouse did my boy dirty in the anime. I have no idea why some people think that the original was better in that regard.
True but lagato/vash/wolfwood 98 >>>>>>>>>> stampede
Agree with you on the soundtrack for sure! I was also originally put off by the CG animation before watching it, but I was pleasantly suprised that it looked very good! I didn't mind the redesigns at all either. I feel like they make sense for the current times as well.
A lot of people in the comments are talking about the pacing, and I want to say that I personally enjoy the pacing in Stampede more so than the original anime. In the original, it took a lot longer for the more serious elements of the plot to actually appear, so if the watcher is someone with short attention span, they would probably drop the show, and go watch something else, unless they are really attached to the characters already. They managed to fix that issue in Stampede with just 12 episodes, and I really hope it gets a continuation, so I can see this unique version of the story unfold.
I also like the pacing, I love the original anime but I end up skipping a lot of parts whenever I watch it (specially those cantoonish comedic parts), in this version, I like every second, every dialogue is important.
That’s… not a good thing lol if you have a short attention span then yeah this speed dial all glitz and glamor show is more suited to them. Meanwhile trigun 98 wove a fantastic mystery and had one of the greatest tonal shifts of any medium I’ve ever seen. Damn 98 was masterclass
I do agree with the pacing at first few episodes but otherwise this show is very good and very enjoyable to watch.
Trueee, it's not just recycling the og but also jump into another alt story, I really got hyped by the ending of the S1, can't wait for milly to come back in the S2 too, my god the hype
@@bagusprayogo7025 Totally agree ! Very hype for the ss2 as well !
It’s mid
Yep it’s unfortunate they rushed the mystery and decided to go the reimagine route
Honestly Trigun is this studios best looking show. Beastars has some ackward moments in it but Stampede looks so hecking good especially with its action setpieces.
I gave it a chance believing it's a prequel to the actual story of 98 anime. And then during one of episodes July city was confirmed to be alive. That's when it clicked me. This is much bigger than original was. It's not just retelling, but something else. Than i noticed how Author of Trigun himself mentioned that fans will not see the bigger picture of this project at first, but he can see it, and he can confirm it's real Trigun he always wanted to show.
Yasuhiro Nightow: "It's something that was being developed for a very long time. And really, yesterday was a significant day because of that. But also it's just a start for all the things. I think it's the start of something fantastic and something that a lot of people will like. So fan can just consider this as the start. It's just the start.
So when they were developing this Trigun, I saw that they were taking elements from my comic and expanding it, rearranging it, restructuring it, redesigning it, and adding depth to it. They're trying to raise the quality of the show as well. I thought that there might some changes, but once they took all of the series in and started adapting it onto film, I felt that this is still Trigun. This is Trigun. I want the fans to know is that I really want them to watch this. And after watching, I think that you'll feel the same way as me.
But i can't give a such high rating as 9/10 because it's a prequel and we need to see the real deal that comes next. So it's a solid 7/10 at the moment for me. It's objectively weak during first episodes, so that's totally fair.
Stampede is definitely my first exposure to Trigun and I thought it was incredible. I got really invested with Vash and Wolfwood. I'm one of those few that love the new designs especially for Vash💕 Now I do wanna watch the 90s anime maybe the manga as well, especially now this new show is shown to be a prequel in some form.
thank god im not the only one that thought the million knives ost is a masterpiece and the music in general in this anime is amazing. Great review, its sad that so many people hate on the anime
I discovered you with this video and yes 300 views is not enough to describe this quality, but ironically enough it is the same that happened to this incredible show that went underwater the same ousama ranking did. I don't know people are too focused on main stream and miss theses kinds of masterpieces
I loved the villain redesigns in stampede. I feel like they just looked goofy in the anime, but this show actually has them fit the darker tone and they actually appear threatening.
This version introduced me to the trigun world and I am obsessed with it. Im very picky about animation styles and I have to tell you - as an artist, this blew my mind and gave me chills. This has taken the top spot for me visually out of all animes ive seen.
stampede was gas
I forgot to watch it on the 11th week and then when I got home from work I put episode 11 and just like, JESUS CHRIST!! Knives was a g in stampede
I love him.
3D animation and computer aided animation is not the enemy. And shouldn't be treated as such. When used in conjunction with care and an artistic idea and style it allows for a much higher calibur of production. This had the charm and facial expressions of a 2D drawn animation with the benefits 3D bring like being able to move clothing and hair without costing the animators a ton of effort and time or the studio a ton of money. Much more life as characters don't stand still waiting there action when conversing all the characters are moving. As consumers we are getting a higher quality of visual spectacle recently than ever before it's not a bad thing when it's done with care.
As for redesigns I like it, they basically gave him a red version of Nero's Coat from DMC 5, ripped sleeve included.
He looks like those Karen ladies yelling at skateboarders with half shaven head
The moment I realized it was a pre-quel to the manga I immediately had my view shift and just fell in love with it
First exposure to Trigun and I fucking loved it!
From Maximum, I desperately hope they don’t hold back on the Livio vs Elendira since it was so brutal. That and I hope they do the final Vash vs Knives fight justice
I never knew about Trigun, but I saw someone on Twitter talk about it highly and I decided to watch and was blown away by how good it was. Like WOW. I’m all in now.
I see anything Studio Orange and get really excited! They make amazing stuff and I should really give this anime a go!
Trigun Stampede, Vash, looks like in his late teens to early twenties. Trigun, Vash original, looked more like in his late twenties to early thirties.
I remembered how Nightow never have up on completing Vash's story. Hope, he make a continuation, after Trigun Stampede's finale.
Vash would make a doting father (hopefully he would had a daughter with Meryl), what happened to Nai after his defeat, will humans find a way to be sustainable. How ridiculous how they never had solar panels considering they had more than two suns.
personally, I thought Stampede was mid, the story wasn't anything that good, nor did I feel invested, but I still finished it cause I felt like I should finish it all, for a prequel, it definitely could've been better.
Strife felt empty as a character, I didn't understand why did they need to even put a mentor for her, I feel that her maturity was cut down for the sake of adding a mentor.
I also don't understand how is it a prequel, since it showed us that vash had the bounty from the beginning, even being named the typhoon, and he (presumably) killed knives, so I'm not even sure it's a prequel anymore, might as well call it a season finale.
maybe I'm looking too deep into it, but when vash was sad, it was boring, i felt it was more focused on his face, rather his emotions.
Good Animation doesn't equal Good Story, that being said, I'm still gonna be waiting for the next implementation.
sorry for pasting my thoughts here, I just wanna express my opinion lol.
I really love this new series and looking forward to season 2. I love their balance of forging something new while holding true to the meaningful aspects of the previous iterations that keep it true to who characters are. The main thing I missed initially though was the score of the original anime, but quickly got on board with this iteration's score meeting it's tone.
stampede's characters felt like they were still in their infancy throughout the series, especially comparing to the OG anime. its been a blast seeing them progress and turn into something more akin to the OG, but make no mistake they are fully Stampede characters through and through. I can't wait to see them in the journey to whatever their final forms will be.
Just knives character redesigned this adaptation/retelling better. Feels like the characters have actual stakes not just a whole build up to a mediocre last fight with knives in the old anime.
Definitely better and more accurate though I love both. I look at it like FMA and FMA brotherhood
Still, my favorite adaptation is the '98 Trigun. But Trigun 23 is also wonderful and reveals other aspects of the story. I don’t understand why there is so much hate towards him?
I found the hate for this series so bizarre. The animation was always beautiful. I know CGI puts some anime fans off but like, it's so weird to just push off a medium of art simply because of how it's made. Is that not what people do to anime as a whole? Also, if they wanted the original, they could've read either the manga or the 98' anime. I actually did watch the entire 98' manga before I watched Stampede and enjoyed it. However, Stampede seemed to be something completely different, especially from the start. I noticed it was a Prequel when JuLai was mentioned in the first episode and I realized Meryl was younger than she was in the previous adaptation and the original manga.
What they've set up with Legato, Elandira, and Livio is going to be intense.
They massacred my boy legato
@@sharebear421 no, time did. In the 1990s that’s what that type of guy looked like. In the 2020s, guys like that are creepy youth pastors.
@@mra4521 bros stomach and hips are smaller than my legs 💀 he looks like a twink, legato from 98 and the manga was so badass. I really hated vashs mew look too. Luckily knives was good but a lot of the others took a massssssive hit
the soundtrack just makes me god wild and million knives ost has vocals aswell that are insane
I didn't like how much of a wuss Vash was in Stampede. Also, while the action is awesome, Vash didn't really do anything cool or noteworthy or anything Vash-like (like being all OP while manipulating stuff in the background). Also didn't like how the mystery is gone. With it being KIND OF a Western, the mystery behind the wandering gunman is important IMHO. But that's just me.
But anyway, with it being a weird first-half / prequel amalgamation, I have much higher hopes with the second season. Especially after that awesome last episode when we get the OG hair. We might start getting the old cool Vash again. Not to mention, we get some of the manga stuff that the 98 one didn't get (Razlo anyone?).:D
The final episode left me with the feeling of like, avengers endgame. And its been a LONG time since an anime left me on that note.
Couldn't agree more about the soundtrack. The knives theme gave me chills
For me not knowing dogshit about trigun Universe and watching stampede it was a 10/10 for me and trigun stampede was the first Cg anime i completed
At first I thought the original was just slightly better, then equal, then by the end I was sold on this being better
No chance lol this was a rushed prequel/reimagining tbh the only thing done better were the graphics and knives
I've seen people write off the show because they changed his gun... hell I've seen people say that THE ANIMATION IS BETTER IN THE ORIGINAL, like nostalgia glasses go crazy
I'm glad the studio took its time with animating it properly.
From the subtle facial animations to the wonderful flow of the exaggerated movements, its visual eye food that nourishes the imagination.
The main difference to me from this and the 98 is that the 98 is more grounded as a show. Which is why they made the reveal being this is not earth as a main component of the plot as opposed to Stampede which just starts with it.
Stampede leans more towards Fantasy with all the characters and villains. It tries giving a narrative but wants to show the large scale fights that the manga had so it leans towards that more. Visually it looks nice but narratively it is a bit lacking. I say this show is good if you seen the original or the manga since it kind of adds to it, plot events that a watcher is familiar with and observe how Stampade direction of the show.
For those who have finished the first season a fan favorite character isn’t exactly out of the story just not introduced yet. And if you have seen the original; trigun stampede is essentially a prologue
I honestly loved this revisit of Trigun. I know I've seen the original anime, but it was long ago and I don't remember that much. The move to 3D here was good! Studio Orange has this style nearly perfected, and I was rather impressed with how smooth the animation was.
I watched Stampede after seeing short clips of the phenominal animation, and as someone who has never seen the original Trigun, I absolutely LOVED this reboot.
A lot of people doubt CG animation, but for high-action series like this, it works amazingly. Land of the Lustrous also has CG animation, and it looks fantastic.
I watched it and well I dont think Its honestly as good as the original, but Its the best thing we got from Trigun since like 13 years! Have a blast watching it and cant wait for the next season ^^
This was the first Japanese anime I watched in years. The action is phenominal, 3D CG made scenes pop. 10/10 visually stunning and an epic story!
rather than a prequel to the OG, this series was a prologue for its own story within STAMPEDE.
I finished it recently and I can't even describe how awesome it is. If you haven't seen it you should give it a chance it's amazing how they handled it. I completely agree this could be shaping up to be the best version of Trigun. I can't wait for the second season! It starts off a bit rough but it only got better with each episode. Such a good buildup to the end, damn!
Personally really enjoyed stampede. One complaint that absolutely fuckin baffled me was people saying the animation sucked. Idk what version they saw but I thought it was gorgeous.
When the new designs were revealed my immediate thought was "fuck me, they made Vash an eboy" but tbh it grew on me and with the finale it's not really an issue anymore is it lol
That said, H. T better get used in season 2 or I'm going to commit violence
I am not going to lie, but the character designs threw me off. Not because the character designs were bad, but I was so use to the '98 anime. However, I think Vash's design is cool, and Meryl's design is adorable
a little late to comment, but as somebody who loves trigun, I thought it was pretty good. I wouldnt say its my favorite version, but its good. Soundtrack is better than the original and i love the visuals, but i simply prefer the original Vash design and personallity. I loved his goofiness. but stampede definitely did knives sooooo much better. My only complaint i think would be that they showed his backstory too early, but i think that stems from loving the shock i had as a kid watching the original anime for the first time and seeing the reveal. Personally i rate the original as 9.5/10, this version i would personally rate 8/10. Love the video though.
i really liked stampede! the best character in it is probably knives bc on one hand he's so RIDICULOUSLY over the top in a hilarious way (the piano playing got me every time lmao. also his piano room motivational mummies???).
but on the other hand he's REALLY scary. bc his manipulation and treatment of vash is so well-written and, in a way, realistic to what an actual abusive family dynamic can look like while still being a bonker sci-fi scenario. like some of knives behavior was so creepy it gave me CHILLS (in a good way)
the music in episode 3 make me feel goosebumps ahhhh i love it 😭💞💕
Honestly, I didn’t think this show was so good because Milly was gone. However, after it was described I am gonna give it a try. I don’t like the new outfits (being that I LOVE vash’s old outfit) I watched this show for the story, and character development, not for what the characters are wearing. So I appreciate this. (Please don’t hate me for having my own opinions.) thanks!
Its a really good version but I prefer the original purely because I love old school animation
Great job with your first review. Very engaging from beginning to end. I‘be only seen the first episode of Stampede and it is amazing to watch. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series at some point. Can’t wait to what else you’ll review. Keep up the good work my friend.
yes, yes it is holy shit Stampede was amazing but it fells like its just starting
I love the moments when the broken piano sound shows up
This Vash redesign is absolutely fine in my book. As an OG Dante (Devil May Cry) fan and hater of (DMC) Dante we definitely dodged a bullet in this redesign. Imagine if that had happened to Vash.
The opening theme is very fitting for the show.
Yoshitsugu's VA performance added so much to the character, especially in the final episode!
Honestly ^^ No matter what ppl think, I am happy this new version came out. Because of this new version, I fall in love with Trigun! Because first I saw some gifs/art on Tumblr, and then I was like: Huh! I will check this anime.
And from there I went to see the old anime, and now I am reading the manga. I see all the differences, but I don't care, I simply enjoy the show no matter what.
Hope this video blows up. we need more people to watch trigun stampede
Here's the thing about these kind of adaptations. If done right, it could introduce a younger audience to the series/franchise... which is a good thing. I hope this gets a new season.
But it should be for the fans of the manga who’ve wanted to see it faithfully adapted for 20 years first and foremost
I wrote off this anime because, well, CGI. I've always been a huge Trigun fan as it was one of the first 5 animes I ever watched back when I started giving the stuff a chance. What a way to start my anime adventure too. That all being said, after watching a few clips from Stampede here and there I decided to give it a try. Man am I not disappointed. Millions Knives motivation is easily a million fold that of his previous anime's. I will say one thing though, I much preferred the way Wolfwood and Vash bounced off one another in the original anime. Made them feel like 2 sides of the same coin. I'm still hoping for more of a brotherhood to form between the 2 of them in next season like what they had in the original anime but aside from that I love what they have done with the series. I love Trigun so much and even though I've never really read any manga I might have to fold and give it a shot for Trigun's sake. Thank you for your video and insight!
Vash wasn't goofy enough for my taste. I loved how funny he was in the 98 series. He was more of a sadboi here. I understand how they needed to change his demeanour for the overall story on stampede, but imo he could've been more silly.
Although I disagree with the opinion that this is better than the '98 anime, I really liked Stampede. It's gorgeous and captures the ideas behind Trigun beautifully. However I felt as if it were incredibly rushed. I really felt that squeezing so many characters, backstory, and sci-fi concepts into 12 episodes was too ambitious and I would've loved it if they had been able to take their time with a longer season. That and I felt the animation quality was inconsistent episode to episode. Still - I loved what we got!
I’m brand new to to Trigun and I really like it!
i was never a fan of CGI until watching trigun stampede, it really made me understand that CGI just has a lot more opportunities to offer than classic anime. especially nai's scene in jeneora rock where he created the literal millions of knives. that scene was breathtakingly beautiful and scary at the same time. the CG makes trigun so unique (and the music as well, gosh THE MUSIC) and probably pushed it up into a much better quality level than many other high budget anime.
loved to hear an opinion from someone who has watched and read the entire trigun series. i only found out about it now and i'm truly swept away by this series! i hope the OG fans who "dropped" this because of the hair (lmao) and the cgi can be a little more open minded for the 2023 trigun. the design fits our current generation of anime fans i believe and remakes shouldn't be compared to the OGs like that after all. its sad to expect it to be the exactly the same. i hope that trigun 2023 didn't "flop" so the producers know that many new fans appreciate this anime!
its an amazing show which not only opened the genre of CGI to me, but also scifi and space western as well. its a first for me and i truly love it :)
awesome video quality btw! i loved hearing your opinion. keep it up!
the one complaint i have about Stampede is Vash's new design, i very much prefer the older one
he changes his looks in the final episode.
I really did love Knives theme i listened to it over and over. Also if they do a season 2 can we see the black cat, back in the 98anime me and my friends used to try and point the little bugger out.😅
I love vash’s redesign
As a gun enthusiast that got into them idolizing Vash’s hand cannon of a revolver- I watched the first episode of Stampede with high hopes but the moment Vash started screaming for a round of 22LR, I lost it. Then I saw what he DID with said 22LR and my suspension of disbelief went completely out the window. To me, what makes Trigun Trigun encompassed in the 98’ theme song and not having that POP coming from Vash just makes me feel like I’m watching Batman with no tool belt or Spider-Man with no webs.
I can kiiiiinda forgive it, because I know that Japan has a pretty popular 22LR precision shooting competition, but I can’t forgive it enough to give it a chance xD.
When I see Vash shoot 5 targets basically at once with a magnum in the 98’, I’m roaring with dopamine. But seeing literally anyone do so with a 22LR is really whatever. There’s no recoil on a 22LR. Who cares
Not sure if you know but the change to a .22 was from the original creator himself. There is a reason the .22 has recoil and sounds like a cannon you are just nitpicking for literally no reason
I want all three Vash’s meeting each other at the end of this Trigun Stampede show
It's mostly people not caring for cgi of the classic art style
This is by the same person who made kekkai sensen
I like the take and being so fair to all the different versions of the stories. My one thing is that even if the Stampede soundtrack is good, it isn't as fitting as the original anime soundtrack. Although the original soundtrack has some weakness (like not having a good theme for Knives), it was so much more raw and characterful. It felt way more appropriate for a desert world that was both worn out and still fighting daily to survive. The new soundtrack with its lush orchestration was beautiful but too polished and just not as good a fit for the setting. Still, that Stampede soundtrack has some bangers.
I am a fan of the manga and i got hook on that vertion i like the new anime way more. God the Vash character was to crasy cartoony in the original anime.
The main thing that bugs me about Stampede is how straightforward everything is. We know about the colony ships, we know the twins' origin immediately, the Gung-ho Guns start showing up first thing, we learn exactly what plants are in an info dump, Vash's mechanical arm is obvious & out there, Vash's gun is a normal gun, the entire meta-plot is immediately and obviously apparent. Any time a character shows up you can be sure they're going to monologue their entire backstory & motivation either in the same episode or less than a single episode later. I like side stories, I like monster of the week episodes, I like it when media takes its time. Basically that the air of weird mystery that I loved from previous iterations isn't present. The secondary thing that bugs me is how floaty & weightless all the movement feels. Every single character moves like a marionette floating on strings.
Yes... And no, MC's motivations and character aren't explained AT ALL lol
Wolfwood is also a pale shadow of himself, Millie, her drunk boss and the rest of the characters aside Knives might as well be cardboard cutouts which, just as you say, go "I am npc/semi main char #23, i'm here because i need X, i will do Y"... Its just a really shit mess of bad story and character writing. The ONLY semi working character is Knives, and we see him for like 2 episodes total lol
@@mkzhero Did you even watch the show? Vash's motivations are definitely explained. The characters are also a bit fleshed out so far and considering this is a pseudo-prequel, it is easy to see that they will be fleshed out even more next season
@@chickenjoe8049 You understand that by that logic you can make a bible pseudo prequel where Jesus is a young murderous pervert with delusions of grandeur, dictatorship and world conquest... And if anyone objects you say "Hey, just a prequel man! He'll grow into himself soon enough!". This kind of bullshit is just called a spinoff, if not outright fanfic, CRAPPY fanfic too. And well, if its so explained, tell me his reasoning of being a pacifist then. Go on.
@@mkzhero You realize Vash's portrayal in Stampede is based on the manga right? Vash in 98 Trigun is much goofier and a sex pest. Although Vash's portrayal isn't a 1:1 from the manga, he is still characterized similarly so your point of trying to compare it to a young murderous pervert Jesus makes no fucking sense as that is a complete 180 on his character unlike Vash.
Vash has plenty of reason to help humans. It is shown multiple times that Vash feels extreme guilt over his role in the crash landing of the ships. In addition, the ones who have shown him the most compassion in his entire life have been humans. Rem, who mothered him and instilled in him the virtues and hopes he carries on; Luida, who reinforced those virtues while raising him out of his hole of suicidal ideation; Meryl, whose plucky journalistic tendencies led her to empathize with Vash and ultimately help break him out of the vegetative state (pun not intended) that Knives forcibly put him under. Even folks like Brad and Wolfwood at least come to respect and care for him, and even hypocritically adopting facets of his worldview and growing as a result: Brad learning to trust across species lines, and Wolfwood understanding through Livio's near-recovery that saving people with no strings attached is possible.
Vash knows the truth better than anyone that everyone has the capacity for good, and that everyone has the capacity to change for the better; rather, it's the circumstances of one's systems and environment that forces things like exploitation and the desire for revenge. And it's not just sheer naivete either; the show writers clearly display that Vash's philosophy actually works in the first two episodes when people just sit back and take a chance to resolve their situations peacefully or remember the humanity in one another. After the goofy shenanigans are all said and done, the Jeneora Rock gang and the Nebraska family are all communing together in the bar with the town's plant safe, sound, and healthy. It's only when Knives shows up to enact genocide that things go horribly wrong.
Vash's struggles with humans lie in misunderstandings that are more often than not sorted out when people actually get to know him, or from environmental circumstances that may force a betrayal that otherwise wouldn't happen. But none of this is an indictment on humanity as a whole (after all; they're not the ones who crashed the ships on a desert planet), which is why Vash cannot hold a grudge. That's why Knives was so frustrated with Vash. He just sees his younger brother torturing himself for no reason. But for Vash the memories he built with Rem, Home, and all the people he's met are more important to him than all the suffering he's gone through. He doesn't mind if the end result is he gets the short end of the stick. So Knives is trying to save Vash from himself and Vash wants to keep Knives from ending humanity. That's what makes the story and their dynamic interesting. It is totally fine if you don't like the way it has been done, but to say his motivations and character aren't explained and that it is a "crappy fanfic" is complete bs
@@chickenjoe8049 "Sex pest"? While not wanting women to see his scarred, ruined body (which he specifically states)? I think you should reconsider your words and what they mean. He hits on everything that moves in the first half, true, but idk what it has to do with 'sex'. But aside that part, he's FAR closer to the manga than this pitiful fanfic, and yes, he's indeed very goofy in the manga, the 98 anime just has more of those moments because it made a lot of stuff up, but here's the thing, it WOULD fit his character if his manga self would be in those situations. NO he wasn't depressed all the time in the manga, he kept being a chatterbox and cracking jokes at all but the most dire times, which wasn't often. And yes, a depressed, quiet, boring emo IS indeed a 180 on his manga character.
Having guilt is not enough reason to not want to save people from a villain by killing said villain. More so, even if it was enough of an explanation, it only works for HUMANS, but not plants and bugs (he refused to eat that bug when Wolfwood passed it to him). What virtues and hopes DOES he carry exactly..? Rem doesn't really do anything like that on camera. Meryl's role in getting Vash out of being brainwashed is wrong, its shown to be Rem's last memory that is the trigger for him to break out. Vash knows everyone's capacity for good and change? The original did. Here? Its not demonstrated at all, nor explained, unlike the manga and 98 anime that go IN DEPTH into his ideology and beliefs. And its done ALL OVER the show too, not 'the first two episodes', which frankly is a JOKE of a setup and character development for his pacifism, because both of the fact its very little time, and the fact MOST of that time was used on entirely different things.
The pace and lack of appropriate music for anything also cheapens the few things you could consider somewhat fitting to at least start exploring that direction, there was only one good proper tune in the show (outside op and ed which i'm not counting, only on air time music) which is Knives-es theme, and even that's overused like hell. Meryl isn't even present. Wolfwood is some Jaded retard who only cares about the orphanage, except when the world's ending, then he suddenly doesn't care. The show does nothing but drop infinite exposition and shove it up your throat 24/7... Idk how YOU can call it anything but shitty fanfic tier garbage. Like, i can literally break down episode 1 and how its 70+% just pure exposition and nonsensical garbage, and the WHOLE show is like that.
I was new to Trigun, the original was shown on and off on tv dubbed in my language and I had no interest, thought I'd give this version a chance since I know the original had a cult following. Episode 3 rolled out, I was already sold on the show from episode one though, with the quality of animation, cell-shading and character design. But episode 3... THAT scene plays and I hear the OST in the background, Millions Knives, and I got goosebumps. I knew this was my favorite anime of the season from that point on and subsequent episodes until the very end proved me right. Looking so much forward to season 2!!!
I seriously hope more people walk about this anime. It deserves so much more attention, but nostalgia holds some uptight ppl back from watching this amazing rendition. I can't wait for season 2
Thank you, I was a little skeptical about this, but you convinced me to give it a chance. Going to stick around to see more from you!
Interesting. I didn't watch this because I'm not a fan of the art style, but I'm gonna give it a watch now!
This was better than the OG for me. Story felt more contained, each episode escalated one after the other, added in some manga only characters like Livio and Elendira and the finale was just amazing. Orange studio has convinced me that 3d character designs can be done well. This and The First Slam Dunk. I did not gave high hopes for the this series but I was proven wrong. It's the best anime show i've seen this year.
I feel like we watched different shows haha too each their own I guess. The build up of the wacky stories and characters leading into the greatest tonal shift in anime history was a master class, the slower pacing and mystery > the speed dial rush job of this weird quasi prequel/reimagining any day of the week. Really disliked the redesigns too, the ost and knives was good though
Excellent video and analysis. Thank you for sharing. As someone who has not read the manga this helped a lot to understand what was going on. Cheers!
you said my whole opinion with better word, thank you