In the far future Earth has become uninhabitable and a fleet of ships has been dispatched to colonise viable planets. As part of the procedure plants, artificial lifeforms that have been developed to provide infinite clean energy. Vash and Nai are two young brothers aboard one of the ships have a special connection to the plants. One day something goes wrong and their ship crashes on a desert planet. By the time he has become an adult Vash has been dubbed 'Vash the Stampede' and is feared as a dangerous outlaw... although he is a pacifist! Nai is determined to eliminate humanity; will his brother, along with investigative journalists Meryl Stryfe and Roberto De Niro be able to prevent him?
I really enjoyed the original 'Trigun' so wasn't too sure what to expect here. It becomes clear from the start that this isn't attempting to be a remake. Things one doesn't learn until the closing episodes of 'Trigun' are made plain from the start here. At first I was a little disappointed with this but the more I watched the more I was pleased the makers took a different approach; if I wanted to watch the original story I could just dust off the DVDs and watch that again; far better to get a new take. This has a somewhat darker tone and less over-the-top characters. The animation and character designs are impressive, being obvious CGI it won't please everybody but I liked it... it was certainly infinitely better than that used in the 'Berserk' revival. The action scenes were very dynamic. Overall a solid space western.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
