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==Media== {{Main|List of Trigun media{{!}}List of ''Trigun'' media}} ===Manga=== {{Main|List of Trigun chapters{{!}}List of ''Trigun'' chapters}} [[File:Trigun Maximum 01.png|thumb|150px|First {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume cover of ''Trigun Maximum''|left]] With the help of a publisher friend,<ref name="Interview-MNM-Puff"/> [[Yasuhiro Nightow]], first published a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] of ''Trigun'' in [[Tokuma Shoten]]'s [[shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''{{ill|Monthly Shōnen Captain|ja|月刊少年キャプテン}}'' on January 26, 1995;{{efn|The one-shot was released in the March 1995 issue ([[cover date]]),<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Monthly Shōnen Captain|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=March 1995|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148315115|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413094513/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148315115|url-status=live}}</ref> released on January 26, 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Monthly Shōnen Captain|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=February 1995|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1059046039|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621000709/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1059046039|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|次号 3月号は1月26日(木)発売だ!!}}}}</ref>}} it began its regular serialization in the same magazine two months later on March 25.{{efn|It started in the May 1995 issue ([[cover date]]),<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Monthly Shōnen Captain|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=May 1995|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148314959|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413095745/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148314959|url-status=live}}</ref> released on March 25.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Monthly Shōnen Captain|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=April 1995|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1179092420|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621002014/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1179092420|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|次号 5月号は3月25日(木)発売だ!!}}}}</ref>}} ''Monthly Shōnen Captain'' ceased publication on December 26, 1996,{{efn|The magazine finished with its February 1997 issue ([[cover date]]),<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊少年キャプテン1997年2|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M608917|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621004310/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M608917|archive-date=June 21, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> released on December 26, 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Contents|magazine=Monthly Shōnen Captain|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=January 1997|no-pp=y|page=Table of contents|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1059046663|access-date=June 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621004248/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1059046663|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|次号2月号は12月26日(火)発売だ!!}}}}</ref>}} and the series was put on hiatus.<ref name="YN-profile">{{cite web|author=Nightow, Yasuhiro|author-link=Yasuhiro Nightow|title=About Me – Profile of Yasuhiro Nightow|url=http://www.din.or.jp/~nightow/EFaboutme.html|website=Electric Flier|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990202075550/http://www.din.or.jp/~nightow/EFaboutme.html|archive-date=February 2, 1999|language=ja}}</ref> Tokuma Shoten collected the ''Trigun'' chapters in three {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from April 25, 1996,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:TRIGUN トライガン(1) / 内藤泰弘|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/503053564|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414033228/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/503053564|url-status=live}}</ref> to January 20, 1999;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:TRIGUN トライガン(3) / 内藤泰弘|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/503053566|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414033230/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/503053566|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shōnen Gahōsha]] republished the ''Trigun'' chapters in two volumes, released on June 2, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:トライガン #1( 内藤泰弘 )|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7263|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahosha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115829/https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7263|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:トライガン #2( 内藤泰弘 )|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=5931|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahosha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115830/https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=5931|url-status=live}}</ref> When Nightow was approached by Shōnen Gahōsha's [[Seinen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Young King OURs]]'', they were interested in him beginning a new work. Nightow, however, was troubled by the idea of leaving ''Trigun'' incomplete, and requested to be allowed to finish the series.<ref name="Interview-MNM-Puff">{{cite web|title=--Yasuhiro Nightow-- --Profile--Manga No Mori Interview--Puff Interview--|url=http://www.geocities.com/sumirechan/tri-profile.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011108082428/http://www.geocities.com/sumirechan/tri-profile.html|archive-date=November 8, 2001}}</ref> The manga resumed its publication in the magazine, under the title {{nihongo|''Trigun Maximum''|トライガンマキシマム|Toraigan Makishimamu}}, in the October 1997 issue.<ref name="YN-profile"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1163682870|publisher=[[Mandarake|Mandarake Inc.]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|script-title=ja:少年画報社 1997年(平成9年)の漫画雑誌 ヤングキングアワーズ 1997年(平成9年)10 9710|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413113309/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1163682870|url-status=live}}</ref> Nightow said that there was no difference in the story between the two titles, and that the only reason for the change was because of the switch of publishing house.<ref name="maximum">{{cite web|title=AX2000 Report: Yasuhiro Nightow|url=http://uranime.nekomusume.net/anime-conventions/ax2000/nightow_panel.iphtml|website=UR Anime Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122055108/http://uranime.nekomusume.net/anime-conventions/ax2000/nightow_panel.iphtml|archive-date=November 22, 2005|date=2000|location=[[Anaheim, California]]}}</ref> ''Trigun Maximum'' finished in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アワーズ 2007年05月号(2007年03月30日 発売)|url=http://www.shonengahosha.jp/ours/index.php?y=2007&m=05|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905010435/http://www.shonengahosha.jp/ours/index.php?y=2007&m=05|archive-date=September 5, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> Shōnen Gahōsha collected its chapters in fourteen {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from May 23, 1998,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:トライガンマキシマム 第1巻( 内藤泰弘 )|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7274|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahosha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115830/https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7274|url-status=live}}</ref> to February 27, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:トライガンマキシマム 第14巻( 内藤泰弘 )|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=6232|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahosha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> In North America, the manga was licensed by [[Dark Horse Comics]], who announced its publication in June 2003;<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=New Manga from Dark Horse|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-06-02/new-manga-from-dark-horse|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=June 2, 2003|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028230459/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-06-02/new-manga-from-dark-horse|url-status=live}}</ref> they released the two volumes of ''Trigun'', based on the Shōnen Gahosha's edition, on October 15, 2003,<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Volume 1 TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-867/Trigun-Volume-1-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115823/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-867/Trigun-Volume-1-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> and January 7, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Volume 2 TPB|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-868/Trigun-Volume-2-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115823/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/12-868/Trigun-Volume-2-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2004, Dark Horse Comics announced that they would also publish ''Trigun Maximum'';<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Trigun Maximum coming in May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-11/trigun-maximum-coming-in-may|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=March 11, 2004|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115827/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-03-11/trigun-maximum-coming-in-may|url-status=live}}</ref> the fourteen volumes were released from May 26, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Maximum Volume 1 TPB: The Hero Returns|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-282/Trigun-Maximum-Volume-1-TPB-The-Hero-Returns|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115822/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-282/Trigun-Maximum-Volume-1-TPB-The-Hero-Returns|url-status=live}}</ref> to April 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Maximum Volume 14 TPB: Mind Games|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-601/Trigun-Maximum-Volume-14-Mind-Games-TPB|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413115824/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-601/Trigun-Maximum-Volume-14-Mind-Games-TPB|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2012, ''Dark Horse Comics'' announced that they would release the series in an [[omnibus edition]];<ref name="DH-Trigun-Anthology">{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Dark Horse Adds Trigun Anthology, Evangelion Detective Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/dark-horse-adds-trigun-anthology-evangelion-detective-manga|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=September 30, 2012|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605185824/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-30/dark-horse-adds-trigun-anthology-evangelion-detective-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Trigun'' was released in a single volume on October 9, 2013;<ref name="Hodgkins">{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 6–12 (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-08/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-6-12|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125155217/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-08/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-6-12|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Trigun Maximum'' was released in five volumes from November 21, 2012,<ref name="Hodgkins"/> to November 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 2–8|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-04/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-2-8/.80658|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=November 4, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128131414/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-04/north-american-anime-manga-releases-november-2-8/.80658|url-status=live}}</ref> An anthology manga titled ''Trigun: Multiple Bullets'', featuring short stories written by several manga artists such as [[Boichi]], Masakazu Ishiguru, Satoshi Mizukami, Ark Performance, Yusuke Takeyama, Yuga Takauchi, and Akira Sagami, was released by Shōnen Gahosha in Japan on December 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【12月28日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/61945|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|date=December 28, 2011|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213170442/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/61945|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:水上悟志、石黒正数など参加「トライガン」アンソロジー|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/61977|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja|date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111092313/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/61977|url-status=live}}</ref> The volume was released by Dark Horse Comics on March 6, 2013.<ref name="DH-Trigun-Anthology"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 10–16|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-12/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-10-16|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=March 12, 2012|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125080234/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-12/north-american-anime-manga-releases-march-10-16|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2023, Dark Horse Comics announced deluxe hardcover editions of ''Trigun'' and ''Trigun Maximum''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=EXCLUSIVE: Dark Horse to Release Trigun Manga in Deluxe Hardcover Edition|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-16/exclusive-dark-horse-to-release-trigun-manga-in-deluxe-hardcover-edition/.198067|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 16, 2023|date=May 16, 2023|archive-date=May 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516162005/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-16/exclusive-dark-horse-to-release-trigun-manga-in-deluxe-hardcover-edition/.198067|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Trigun Manga's Deluxe Hardcover Edition Delayed to Fall 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-10/trigun-manga-deluxe-hardcover-edition-delayed-to-fall-2024/.207445|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 11, 2024|date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211032931/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-10/trigun-manga-deluxe-hardcover-edition-delayed-to-fall-2024/.207445|archive-date=February 11, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The volume collecting both volumes of ''Trigun'' was released on September 10, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Deluxe Edition HC|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-698/Trigun-Deluxe-Edition-HC|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=June 5, 2024|archive-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529233936/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-698/Trigun-Deluxe-Edition-HC|url-status=live}}</ref> while the first volume of ''Trigun Maximum'' was released on October 8 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1 HC|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-615/Trigun-Maximum-Deluxe-Edition-Volume-1-HC|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]|access-date=June 5, 2024|archive-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529043637/https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3009-615/Trigun-Maximum-Deluxe-Edition-Volume-1-HC|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Anime=== ====1998 series==== {{Main|List of Trigun episodes{{!}}List of ''Trigun'' episodes}} ''Trigun'' was adapted into an [[anime]] television series. It was animated by [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]] and directed by Satoshi Nishimura, written by [[Yōsuke Kuroda]], and produced by [[Shigeru Kitayama]]. The music was composed by [[Tsuneo Imahori]]. Twenty-six episodes aired on [[TV Tokyo]] from April 1 to September 30, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=TRIGUN|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9602|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413122926/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9602|archive-date=April 13, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> The episodes were collected in thirteen VHS cassettes, labeled as "Stages", from August 5, 1998, to August 4, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=CD & Video|url=http://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/ours/trigun/cd-video.html|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719111435/http://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/ours/trigun/cd-video.html|archive-date=July 19, 2006|language=ja}}</ref> In North America, the series was first licensed by [[Pioneer Entertainment]] (later Geneon USA) in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=AX '99 Wrap-up|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1999-07-18/ax-99-wrap-up|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=July 18, 1999|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413140249/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/1999-07-18/ax-99-wrap-up|url-status=live}}</ref> Eight DVDs were released from March 28, 2000,<ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Trigun Vol. #1 (of 8)|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/754.php|website=AnimeOnDVD|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101184550/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/754.php|archive-date=November 1, 2006|date=March 28, 2000}}</ref> to May 29, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Chris|title=Trigun Vol. #1 (of 8)|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/761.php|website=AnimeOnDVD|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061101181047/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/761.php|archive-date=November 1, 2006|date=May 29, 2001}}</ref> A [[box set]] containing all the episodes was released on November 20, 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trigun: DVD Box Set|url=http://pioneeranimation.com/titles.php?id=104|publisher=[[Pioneer Entertainment]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020620001452/http://pioneeranimation.com/titles.php?id=104|archive-date=June 20, 2002}}</ref> The series premiered on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] programming block on March 31, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|title=Trigun Date Set|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-02-26/trigun-date-set|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=February 26, 2003|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413140432/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-02-26/trigun-date-set|url-status=live}}</ref> The series also premiered in Canada on [[G4techTV (Canada)|G4techTV]]'s [[Anime Current]] programming block in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geneon Entertainment Inks Exclusive Deal with G4TechTV Canada to Bring its Most Popular Anime Programs to Canada|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-01-29/geneon-entertainment-inks-exclusive-deal-with-g4techtv-canada-to-bring-its-most-popular-anime-programs-to-canada|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=January 29, 2007|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413160311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-01-29/geneon-entertainment-inks-exclusive-deal-with-g4techtv-canada-to-bring-its-most-popular-anime-programs-to-canada|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Geneon announced that they would cease their in-house distribution,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Geneon USA to Cancel DVD Sales, Distribution by Friday|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-26/geneon-usa-to-cancel-dvd-sales-distribution-by-friday|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=September 26, 2007|archive-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032042/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-26/geneon-usa-to-cancel-dvd-sales-distribution-by-friday|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, [[Funimation]] announced that they signed a deal with Geneon to distribute "select" titles from the company;<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Funimation Agrees to Distribute Select Geneon Titles|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-03/funimation-agrees-to-distribute-select-geneon-titles|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=July 3, 2008|archive-date=May 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513111729/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-03/funimation-agrees-to-distribute-select-geneon-titles|url-status=live}}</ref> in 2010, they announced that they had licensed ''Trigun'' for a DVD and [[Blu-ray Disc]] home video release,<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Funimation Gets Trigun TV Anime Series on BD/DVD|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-14/funimation-gets-trigun-tv-anime-series|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=February 14, 2010|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413141932/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-14/funimation-gets-trigun-tv-anime-series|url-status=live}}</ref> and launched it on October 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Manry|first=Gia|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases October 24–30|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-26/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-24-30|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 13, 2022|date=October 26, 2010|archive-date=April 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413141928/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-26/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-24-30|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under the [[Crunchyroll]] brand, the series began streaming on the platform in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kyle|last=Cardine|title=Trigun, Space Dandy and More Funimation Titles Come to Crunchyroll in May|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/05/06-1/trigun-space-dandy-and-more-funimation-titles-come-to-crunchyroll-in-may|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=May 6, 2022|access-date=May 7, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506200720/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/05/06-1/trigun-space-dandy-and-more-funimation-titles-come-to-crunchyroll-in-may|url-status=live}}</ref> ====''Trigun Stampede''==== {{Main|Trigun Stampede{{!}}''Trigun Stampede''}} A second anime television series adaptation by [[Orange (animation studio)|Orange]], titled ''Trigun Stampede'', premiered on January 7, 2023, on TV Tokyo and other networks.<ref name="ANN-2022-12-03">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Trigun Stampede Anime's English-Subtitled Main Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, January 7 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-03/trigun-stampede-anime-english-subtitled-main-trailer-reveals-theme-songs-january-7-debut/.192528|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 3, 2022|date=December 3, 2022|archive-date=December 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211172236/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-12-03/trigun-stampede-anime-english-subtitled-main-trailer-reveals-theme-songs-january-7-debut/.192528|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Film=== {{Main|Trigun: Badlands Rumble{{!}}''Trigun: Badlands Rumble''}} A ''Trigun'' film was originally announced in February 2008 to be released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Animated Trigun the Movie Planned for 2009 in Japan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-27/animated-trigun-the-movie-planned-for-2009-in-japan|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 8, 2020|date=February 27, 2008|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007170114/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-27/animated-trigun-the-movie-planned-for-2009-in-japan|url-status=live}}</ref> The film titled ''Trigun: Badlands Rumble'' opened in theaters in Japan on April 24, 2010, and was first shown to an American audience at the Sakura-Con 2010 in Seattle, Washington on, April 2, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Seattle's Sakura-Con Hosts Trigun Film Premiere, Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-22/seattle-sakura-con-to-premiere-trigun-film|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 8, 2020|date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907012646/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-22/seattle-sakura-con-to-premiere-trigun-film|url-status=live}}</ref> At [[Anime Expo]] 2010, Funimation announced that they had licensed the film as they had with the TV series and planned to release it into theaters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-02/funi-adds-live-action-moyashimon|title=Funi Adds Live Action Moyashimon Live Action, More|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 2, 2010|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=July 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704090410/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-02/funi-adds-live-action-moyashimon|url-status=live}}</ref> The film made its US television premiere on Saturday, December 28, 2013, on [[Adult Swim]]'s [[Toonami]] block.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/70428706401/dont-miss-out-toonamis-movie-month-concludes|title=Toonami Movie Month Concludes|publisher=Toonami's official Tumblr|date=December 18, 2013|access-date=March 10, 2023|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232426/http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/70428706401/dont-miss-out-toonamis-movie-month-concludes|url-status=live}}</ref>
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