TRIGUN Badlands Rumble review: A mix of wilderness gunfights and deep human drama

Trigun Badlands Rumble - Feast in the Wilderness and the Legendary Bounty Hunter

"Trigun: Badlands Rumble," released on April 24, 2010, is an animated film based on the popular manga "Trigun" by Yasuhiro Nightow. This is the first animated film in 12 years, and it was a long-awaited reunion for fans. Here, we would like to delve deeper into its appeal and details.

■Released media and original work

"Trigun: Badlands Rumble" is a theatrical release based on a manga by Nightow Yasuhiro that was serialized in "Monthly Young King Ours." The original work won the Seiun Award, proving its popularity and high acclaim. It was also made into a TV anime by Madhouse in the past, gaining many fans both in Japan and overseas. This theatrical version is a new challenge 12 years later, and is a work that further expands the worldview of the original work.

■ Story

The story is set in Macca, a town surrounded by shifting sand. Rumors are spreading that the legendary robber Gasback is targeting the town, and the town's powerful man, Kepler, is gathering a group of roughnecks to protect the town. Bounty hunters come to town one after another in pursuit of Gasback's bounty money. Among them is the female bounty hunter Amelia. Meryl and Millie, who visit the town to assess an insurance policy, are shocked by the situation. Furthermore, the humanoid typhoon Vash the Stampede is also among the group...!? As their intentions become more and more complicated, the Badlands Rumble, a wilderness feast of outlaws, is about to begin!!

■Explanation

"Trigun Badlands Rumble" is a work that follows the characters and atmosphere of the TV series while keeping the worldview of the original intact, and significantly enhances the action scenes. The director is Nishimura Satoshi and the scriptwriter is Kobayashi Yasuko, and it has also attracted attention for reuniting the main cast and staff from 12 years ago. The thrilling and unparalleled gun action that unfolds on the silver screen is sure to surprise and impress fans in new ways.

■Cast

The main cast includes a star-studded cast of voice actors, including Masaya Onosaka as Vash the Stampede, Shou Hayami as Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Hiromi Tsuru as Meryl Strife, Satsuki Yukino as Milly Thompson, Maaya Sakamoto as Amelia Ann McFly, Tsutomu Isobe as Gasback Gallon Getaway, Bin Shimada as Cain Fraccano (Kepler), Fumihiko Tachiki as Mechio Tanto Ogolare, Nobuo Tobita as Dorino Ole Tadisky, Daisuke Kusunoki as Shane B. Goodman, and Kikuko Inoue as Amelia's mother. Their performances bring out the charm of the characters to the fullest.

■ Main staff

The original work is by Yasuhiro Naito, the director is Satoshi Nishimura, the producers are Shiro Sasaki, Masami Ochiai, Rikichiro Toda, Nobuhiko Sako, the planners are Shigeaki Komatsu and Masao Maruyama, the producers are Shigeru Kitayama, Yukiko Koike, Yoshiyuki Fudeya, Tsuneo Takechi, the associate producers are Yuki Yoshida, Yoshitaka Nonoguchi, and Tomoki Numata, the story was conceived by Yasuhiro Naito and Satoshi Nishimura, the script was written by Yasuko Kobayashi, the music was by Tsuneo Imahori, the animation was produced by Madhouse, the storyboards were Satoshi Nishimura, Soichi Masui, and Hideki Inoue, and the chief director was Hideki Inoue. , directed by Kawamura Kenichi, Takeuchi Hiroshi, migmi, and Nishimura Satoshi, character design and chief animation director Yoshimatsu Takahiro, mechanical design by Jinguji Noriyuki, assistant chief animation director Takeuchi Kyoko, main animation directors Takeuchi Hiroshi, Shimamura Shuichi, Inadome Kazumi, and Nishizawa Chie, layout supervision by Kimura Masahiro, effects animation director Arita Shuhei, effects animation director Sato Chiharu, firearms supervision by Yamauchi Noriyasu and Nishimura Satoshi, scene animation directors Kumagai Tetsuya, Yoshida Daisuke, Miyamoto Sawako, and Cindy H. Yamauchi, assistant animation directors are Minowa Yutaka, Hayashi Yuichiro, Hayashi Chihiro, Shimizu Kenichi, Aoki Tetsuro, Emoto Masahiro, Hayashi Hideo, Kato Yu, Inoue Hideki, CO-RUN (Minami Shinichiro), key animation is by Hamasaki Hiroshi, Sawada Hidehiko, Hashimoto Satoshi, Munezaki Nobuyoshi, Miyazawa Yasunori, Kikuchi Satoshi, Noda Takuo, Hashimoto Junichi, Nishii Terumi, Komatsu Eiji, Endo Eiichi, Nakano Ryoko, Kin Kinju, Kitano Yukihiro, Yoshida Minami, Shigekuni Yuji, Ino Marie, Aoyagi Shigemi, Taniguchi Moriyasu, Hyodo Kei, Takemoto Daisuke, Ishikawa Yutaka, Masato Ii, Tetsuya Sato, Kei Tonegawa, Takashi Hirabayashi, Kangmin Lee, Kanji Wakabayashi, Yoshiko Nakajima, Hideki Watanabe, Kazunari Kume, Katsuyuki Tsubouchi, Koichi Hashimoto, Koichi Arai, Takeshi Koike, Kunihiko Sakurai, Yuichiro Hayashi, Tomohiro Kamiya, Sawako Miyamoto, Kyoko Takeuchi, Kazumi Inadome, Chie Nishizawa, Tetsuya Kumagai, Shuichi Shimamura, Daisuke Yoshida, Office Iku Off (Mariko Aoki, Chizuko Kusunoki, Ryo Kodama, Kazuhiro Muto, Saburo Takada), Studio Kuma (Yoshinobu Aohachi, Shigenori Awai, Takahiro Arai, Yosuke Toyama, Lee Ho Se), Sunny Side Up (Yamamoto Masafumi, Tatezaki Dai, Kishi Yuya, Sakuramoto Aika, Hatta Noriko), CO-RUN (Ando Shinetsu), second key animation by Abiru Takahiko, Konno Akiko, Shima Kenichi, Suzuki Takanori, Suzuki Shinya, Masaoka On, Uchida Maki, Sugidomari Tomoko, Yamaguchi Mami, Higuchi Satomi, Muto Nobuhiro, Masui Naoko, Odate Koji, Yabuki Tomomi, Yokoyama Ai, Yukimura Ai, Kawai Sayaka, Kuwahara Tsuyoshi, Koiso Yuka, Hayashi Chihiro, Hosoi Mieko, DR MOVIE (Woo Jin-Woo, Lee Young-mi), Office Ikuofu (Yoshida Nobuaki, Hisha Chieko, Shimizu Asuka, Iizuka Yoko, Koshiishi Akira, Yoshimoto Chie, Moriya Asami, Kitamura Shinya, Umeda Hikaru, Koiso Sayaka), Studio Kuma (Ozeki Harumi, Okui Hisaaki, Tsuji Tomoko, Choi Kyung Seok, Watanabe Hiroshi, Hoshino Madoka), Sunny Side Up (Shimizu Yukiko, Kanie Kenji, Katada Takanobu), CO-RUN (Tada Yasuyuki), Sunrise (Azuma Kentaro, Nagatomo Nozomi, Yamamura Naoki, Sugizono Naoki), Yuhodo, APPP, Ginga-ya, WOW World, Nen Douga, Liberty, Studio Kibao, C2C, DEF.C, Drop, Sunshine, Hebaraki, Video check by Sakazume Kayo, Video check assistant by Oshima Akiko, DR MOVIE (Lim Jong youl, Jeon Hye Jin), Office Iku Off (Muto Kazuhiro), Video by MADHOUSE (Shimoda Shotaro, Sonogi Yasue, Imamon Takuya, Yukimura Ai, Tamaki Rie, Kato Miho, Takino Mami, YANG HEE DONG, Nakamura Yumiko, Yamagishi Mai, Minai Naoko, Azuma Ryota, Chomei Yukika, Oguchi Akane, Watanabe Sakiko), DR MOVIE (Kang Jin Ah, Kim Mi Youn, Kim Min Kyoung, Kin Young ji, Kim Yoon Jung, Kim Cheong A, Kim Hye Jung, Kim Hye Jin, Min Hong Yi, Lee Hyun Jeong, Cho Yun Hui, Hwang Kyeng Chan, Hwang Mi Sun, Hwang Ji Hyun), Sunny Side Up (Terada Masako, Terada Noriko, Kanie Kenji), DR BUSAN, MSJ, Triple A, Takahito Video, Fanout, Changzhou Nissho Video Production Co., Ltd., color specification by Fumiko Tanaka, finishing inspection by Studio L (Reiko Nakanishi, Takako Numata, Yukiko Takahashi, Mika Tamba, Risa Mimura, Yoko Tomaru, Chiaki Numata, Naoko Komatsu, Yoko Suzuki, Fumiko Tanaka), finishing inspection assistants by DR MOVIE (Kim A Jin, Jung Hye Ra), Studio OZ (Saori Hashimoto, Akemi Hosoya), Office Ikuofu (Yukiko Totsuka), finishing by Studio L (Daiki Hayashi, Aki Yoshida, Teruyoshi Tanaka, Koichi Aida, Yusuke Okubo, Kaoru Ota, Mika Kinoshita, Mai Kuroki, Noriyuki Takei, Haruka Saijo, Kazumi Fujita, Hiroshi Moriwaki, Michiko Kado, Ayako Kurome, Maki Kokubo, Naoto Kondo, Yoshiyuki Ota, Makoto Taira Kiko, Ono Jun, Aoki Shota, Igarashi Yuya, Ishida Kyoko, Ito Miki, Inami Yuji, Imamura Yukie, Ueno Tatsuo, Uehara Takatsugu, Ooba Masao, Okuakimoto Nori, Kitahara Eri, Sakai Shizumi, Masumi Yuki, Suzuki Aiko, Sunagawa Nagisa, Takahashi Mitsugu, Nakagawa Sayaka, Nakaji Ayano, Hashimoto Maki, Fujisawa Ryoko, Tsumaga Makoto, Yokoo Ayumi, Yoshida Satomi, Yoshida Mayu, Watanabe Yusuke), DR MOVIE (Park Jeong Ah, Jung Su Hyun, Park Joung Hyan, Ku Kyoung Ran, Lee Jeong Eun, Park Hyo Sun, Chung Kyung Ai, Hwang Boo Young, Lee Nam Hee), Sunny Side Up (Uemura Shuji, Sato Shuichi), Studio OZ (Isozaki Akihiko), DR BUSAN, MSJ, Triple A, Fanout, Changzhou Nissheng Animation Production Co., Ltd., Takahito Animation, Rocket Vision, KOEI, special effects by Team Taniguchi (Kumiko Taniguchi, Ayumi Arahata, Kaori Kobayashi), production cooperation by Office Ikuofu (Miho Nagisa, Takuo Iwabuchi, Yuko Fukushima), Studio Kuma (Yuichi Sakamoto), Sunny Side Up (Yasutaka Saito, Yusuke Taniuchi, Atsushi Matsuhashi), CO-RUN, art director by Minoru Akiba, art board by Kazuhiro Takahashi, color design by Takae Iijima, color design cooperation by Iso The director is Akihiko Saki, CG director is Eiji Inomoto, director of photography is Shinichi Igarashi, editor is Satoshi Terauchi, sound director is Yasunori Honda, sound effects are by Shizuo Kurahashi (Soundbox), offline editing assistant is Naoki Kawanishi, HD editing is by Gen Itakura and Takami Tachikawa, HD color correction is by Mitsuhiro Shoji, HD editing studio is Q-Tech, editing studio sales is Takayuki Tabata, music producers are Hiroshi Sawai (SISTEMA) and Yukako Inoue, music recording engineer is Tatsuya Kawakami (THE TINYTONE STUDIO), music production is by Flying Dog, sound by Abe Chikako (Taback), sound assistant by Matsuda Satoru (Taback), recording studio by Tabback, dubbing studio by Tokyo Television Center (Hotta Eiji, Suzuki Shuji), sound production by Arts Pro (Shoji Akira, Nakazato Keisuke), Dolby Film consultants by Kawahigashi Tsutomu, Mori Mikio, Continental Far East Co., Ltd., digital optical recording by Nishio Noboru, film and digital lab by IMAGICA, IMAGICA recorder ~realtime~, timing by Hirabayashi Hiroaki, Ueno Yoshihiro, HD real-time recording The production team was led by Tomoyasu Inagaki, the lab coordinator was Yuriko Sato, the lab manager was Kazunori Nagasawa, the film was produced by Fuji Film and Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd., the animation producer was Masao Morosawa, the production manager was Masaki Hayashi, the setting production was Keiko Oze, the production progress chief was Masashi Tanaka, the animation and finishing progress was Yasuhiro Mitsuda, the CG progress was Yoshimitsu Tomita, the production progress assistants were Masami Osaki, Shinichiro Ushijima, and Tomomi Muraoka, the production managers were Noriko Maruyama, Ayumi Kimura, Emiko Uchimura, Michihiko Tanida, and Masari Taki, the publicity producer was Takanori Sugawara, and the advertising design was Tomoyuki Uchikoga (CH The project was produced by Kakurega Honpo (Kamimura Takashi, Nihei Muga), distributed by Clockworks (Negami Satoshi, Miyazaki Satoshi), and produced by the Trigun Production Committee (Flying Dog, Madhouse, Shonen Gahosha, Clockworks). This film, created by this team of staff, brings out the best in the original work and depicts the world of "Trigun" from a new perspective.

■ Main Characters

Vash the Stampede is a wandering wanted man with a bounty of 60 billion $$ (double dollar). Nicknamed the "Humanoid Typhoon," he has superb gun techniques, but in fact he is a pacifist who does not kill, with the motto of "love and peace." Nicholas D. Wolfwood is a traveling pastor. He grew up in an orphanage, and while traveling to earn money to support the orphans, he meets Vash and his friends and begins to travel with them. He carries a huge cross equipped with weapons. For some reason, he speaks in the Kansai dialect. Meryl Stryfe is a female investigator dispatched by the Bernardelli Insurance Association. At first glance, she seems strong and noisy, but she has a kind heart. She always argues with Vash's laid-back attitude, but she eventually becomes attracted to him. Milly Thompson is Meryl's junior. In contrast to Merrill, she has a gentle and easy-going personality, but at the same time she has a strong core. Gasback is a rare master robber who risks his life in the business of robbery, living by his philosophy that "in the end, everything in this world is about fighting over things!". Amelia is a beautiful female bounty hunter who is after Gasback. She has an extreme hatred for men. The drama woven by these characters will surely bring out the appeal of the original work while also showing new developments.

■ Related works

"Trigun: Badlands Rumble" is deeply connected to the original "Trigun". By following the worldview of the original while developing a new story, it is a work that will give fans fresh surprises and excitement. The TV series "TRIGUN" can also be counted as a related work. By watching these works, you will be able to understand and enjoy the world of "Trigun" more deeply.

■ Evaluation and recommendation

"Trigun Badlands Rumble" is a long-awaited new work for fans of the original work, and it has become a hot topic as it is the first anime adaptation in 12 years. This work follows the characters and atmosphere of the TV series while keeping the world view of the original intact, and the action scenes are greatly enhanced, so fans will be surprised and impressed. In addition, the charm of the characters is maximized by the power of the gorgeous voice actors and staff. In particular, the individuality of each character stands out, such as Vash the Stampede's attitude of "love and peace", Nicholas D. Wolfwood's Kansai dialect, Meryl Strife's strong attitude and kind inner self, and Milly Thompson's gentle personality and strong core. New characters such as Gasback and Amelia also add depth to the story.

This film is recommended not only for fans of the original work, but also for those who like action anime and western movies. In particular, the gun action scenes are spectacular and provide visual enjoyment. In addition, the drama and human relationships of the characters are deeply depicted, making the story highly interesting. Furthermore, by relating it to the original work and the TV series, you will be able to gain a deeper understanding and enjoyment.

"Trigun Badlands Rumble" is a masterpiece that brings out the best in the original work and depicts the world of "Trigun" from a new perspective. We hope you will experience its power at the cinema.