Trigun: Badlands Rumble

I sincerely don't get what was the point of this thing except making a quick ca$hgrab on a beloved anime series ten years after its completition. The story has no particular appeal and it's EXTREMELY boring, the characters are all recycled from the 90's series (particularly the main villain is simply another spin on Brilliant Dynamites Neon, and with that I mean he is a TOTAL CLONE minus some elements in the chara), Vash acts completely off in comparison to how he acted in the main series (mind you, the best thing to come out of the Trigun Franchise hands down, Yasuhiro Nightow can eat $hit), the new female character is irritating and her modus operandi is beyond stupid, the "big twist" is highly predictable from half the movie on and it doesn't make any sense considering what the characters say, the humourous part which was genuinely fun in the 90's series (I am ok with both this one and the latter, more serious approach) is absolutely and totally non-humorous, there's nothing particularly great about this product except maybe the technical element...even if, in reality, some of the scenes with an extensive use of CGI in looked really ugly, with slow frames that looked like they were taken from a Windows XP screensaver and that have aged worse than the animation in older series like Attakku No.1 from FRIGGIN' 1969! At the end of the day, the only positive thing I can say about this thing is that the instinct that prevented me from watching this crap for 13 years even with my love for the original series was absolutely on the point, and the lesson has been learned. Watch and enjoy the original 90's series (again, the BEST to come out of the entire Trigun IP, the manga is beyond horrible and I have the feeling it is the reason why this was a failure to begin with, there's the direct hand from hacky Yasuhiro Nightow somewhere in here) and forget this thing was ever produced in the first place.

Edit: apparently this was written by the same person who wrote the terrible Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider Ryuki series and the unwatchable Sailor Moon Live Action. Bad writers doing bad stuff, what a surprise!

I saw this about a month after finishing the show, and I realized I should have seen it sooner. Badlands Rumble is one of those few cases where the movie that is based on a show is up there with the show itself in quality. The animation keeps a style similar to the one of the original show, but it is updated to todays standards...and I LOVE IT!

Vash is back, Wolfwood's back, the insurance girls are back...even Kuro- Neko-Sama makes a glorious return! In other words, all the good characters are back, as good as ever. Even the new characters like Gasback for example are very good.

And thank you Madhouse for bringing back Tsuneo Imahori to make the soundtrack! I love the original soundtrack so much and was really happy to see his name in the credits again. No one makes Trigun music better than Imahori-Sama, no one!

Trigun: Badlands Rumble is *beep* awesome and feels a lot like one of those episodes that never made it into the show, based on the story and feeling. I just love this movie!

This film doesn't follow the Anime at all.

This film is in no way a movie for the Anime watchers. This is specifically for the Manga readers. I'm not sure why they would review something that someone would think would apply to the Anime when they admit they've never even watched it.

Either way. The movie is stand alone. A neat tidying bit that the director said would only come out in sub edition because of the Mangas success. If you're a Trigun fan, you'll love it. If you've never read the Mangas you'll be a bit confused but non the less enjoy it, and that's why it's a 6 from me. I only wish there are/were more stories like this that actually did tie in with the Anime.

TRIGUN (2010) is a very fun space western anime film, based on the anime by the same name, and filled with action, adventure and comedy. The quirky and outrageous characters all grow on you, especially Vash the Stampede, Wolfwood, Meryl, and Millie. Quirky and out-there, this movie, like the previous series really gets more interesting as it goes along and the plot truly thickens.

"Trigun takes place in the distant future on a deserted planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless that he has a $$60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Entire towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. However, the real Vash the Stampede is not the same man that rumor portrays him to be. The enigmatic and conflicted lead character in Trigun is actually more heroic in nature; as well as a complete and utter idiot at times."

Overall, it's a modern anime classic, highly humerous and memorable, exciting and compelling. It was a fun film. Very enjoyable!

I have never watched the anime but I know of it. Anyway, this film starts off entertaining enough but loses a little focus when it brings in characters from the original animation and doesn't do a good enough job of building up their characters. Another thing that misses the mark is the plot for the whole film because it comes off as something which could have been covered in a single 30 minute episode. Plus the main villain is too much of a good guy to be a villain. Overall- this anime film is just okay. Fans of the series will probably like it.