#additional step after reading the manga: rewatch tristamp and marvel at the little details and references t (of which there are M A N Y)

[vero-niche]

I've been trying to find the ask where you gave me a full trigun guide because I want to finally get into it now and I can't find it anywhere ahhhh let me know if you happen to find it 😭

my friend, worry thee not. i have this information on demand at Any Time

[the following is my personal recommendation based on my preferences. others might disagree]

vero's guide to trigun:

watch trigun stampede - it should give you a pretty good idea if you would like the story and itsh vibe or if its not a match. hint: third episode is the real tone setter. machine gun cross guy appears in ep4. subs first but the dub is very good, worth a rewatch for that only. + at the moment the series is still up on my public google drive for download :3

read the manga at @trigun-manga-overhaul (best translation - the official one is uhm. well. wasnt given the attention and effort it deserves, lets just say that). trigun is the first two volumes (shounen) but then the thing it was published in shut down so the continuation had to have a different publisher and title. thats trigun maximum (seinen).

watch the 1998 trigun adaptation - tonally this is a very different work from stampede or the manga; its characterization is heavily based on the non-canon "pilot" chapter, which was originally created for a competition with no further plans for it. starts off goofy silly but also has the 90s-typical comphet and humor regarding, well, women. only the first two manga volumes + few chapters were available at the time, so it diverges greatly, but the jist of the message is the same. i think of it as an AU with the additional tag of "crack treated seriously". the dub is good enough to watch right off the bat

optional:

trigun movie badlands rumble (anime original). wolfwood is about the only good thing in it lol

multiple bullets: trigun anthology. only read nightow's badlands rumble manga (made for the movie - tonally still very different from it tho) + les enfants from it. the others are not worth it trust me on this

i hope you'll like it!!! 💞💞💞