Editing Trigun (section)

===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>