Audience reviews
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Just like Cowboy Bebop and its film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble emerges almost as a "technical correction" in relation to the original Trigun series.
Here, the first thing that stands out is the animation. Unlike the TV anime, which suffered from the limitations of its time, the film presents much more fluid scenes, with more dynamic and well-crafted camera direction. The action gains another level of impact; shootouts, chases, and character movements are much more visually striking. You can clearly feel the greater care in the production, something expected considering the leap of more than a decade between the series and the film.
This technical upgrade makes us see something close to the "visual peak" of Trigun. Everything seems more alive, more detailed, and better choreographed. The pr…
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Aw sweet, more Trigun! If you like '98, Stampgaze, or Trimax, this is a must watch. because it's more Trigun! It's obvious that the animators had a lot of fun with this one, and I know I had just as much fun watching it. It's a story set somewhere Pre-timeskip, and it's able to be watched whenever. Long story short, Trigun is Trigun. and Trigun is awesome sauce. Some of these one-off characters are so full of personality, the story was uniquely Trigun, the characters are uniquely Trigun, everything has that Trigun touch.
Tldr; More deep space planet future gun action!
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Trigun Badlands Rumble is best enjoyed, in my opinion, following episode 10 of Trigun. It sits very comfortably in terms of tone and where the story is. With this in mind, the movie is completely stand alone, it is not necessary in the slightest to watch this while watching Trigun. That doesn't take away from the fact that this movie was incredibly enjoyable and fun. From hilarity, to high tension, to badass-ery, this movie cements itself as one hell of a good time. The characters exclusive to this movie were very compelling, and I genuinely was invested in where the story would lead them. I did see the twist coming a mile away, but I still nonetheless enjoyed the story they were trying to tell. This movie also completely sold me on the cast of Trigun which makes this a very important piec…
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If you adore Trigun, you'll most likely like this movie; however, if you aren't a fan of the series, it's best to look the other way, as you're not really missing much.
Here's what you should know.
This movie has some heavy Black Lagoon vibes, and the action scenes are beautifully animated.
The story is simplistic and predictable, with many memorable quotes and the trademark Trigun introspection about whether killing is moralistic and the consequences of going through with it or not.
Overall, the movie is good for what it is. But, despite its positives, it doesn't add to the series.
You could completely ignore this movie, and you'd be missing out on nothing, as the events from it don't seem to be connected to the main series.
It feels somewhat detached from the story, like a filler e…
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Love Trigun? Then you'll almost certainly love this. The gang's all here, in top form, with a lot of gags and laughs, as well as some great action and the occasional melancholy undertones the series also had. The animation is really nice, but retains the look of the series perfectly; basically, imagine if the TV series had a much larger budget. The story is classic Trigun fare, and manages to avoid feeling like just an extended episode of the series. Definitely a blast from start to finish, and can even be enjoyed by those completely unfamiliar with Trigun, as this is actually quite accessible for newcomers.
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I have a few things to say about this movie if that's alright:
While the movie was fantastic with the music, the animation and the returning characters, I already knew that everything was gonna be alright at the end. Because I had already watched the rest of this series, another anime and two TV Show seasons before watching this movie, I was pretty out-of-the-loop. Some people say that it took place after Episode 9 and before Episode 11, others say it takes place after Episode 10 and before Episode 12 and I was just jumping into the movie without too much context to go off of. While it's a very good movie, I think I just needed to watch it with the anime. I'd still recommend it to you regardless but watch it while you watch the series, not after.
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If you're here for a deep plot or a masterpiece, just pass on this. It's just some good ol' Trigun fun, reminisce of the early Trigun episodes. Good if you just want to see more of Vash's shenanigans. The animation is nice, I do enjoy the HD quality. Sound design is nice but nothing special. Don't expect anything big. Good fun movie.
It is of my opinion this movie takes place outside of canon as it doesn't fit anywhere onto the original timeline especially with the characters that cameo and a couple of things that Vash does.
TL;DR
Generic plot, like the first Trigun episodes
Watch if you want to see more Vash
Don't watch if you want substance or lore
Read at the sourceVjestiprime
Trigun: Badlands Rumble corrects all the issues I had with cowboy bebop: the movie, after all the two movies share a similar relevance in the bigger picture of the series, acting like small side stories the main story. However I believe Badlands Rumble achieves this status much better than Cowboy Bebop the Movie for a multitude of reasons (this review isn't just a comparison to the Bebop movie I just think it's a good contrast to particular positives I have with this movie).
For a start the animation is stylish, giving the art style of the 1998 series the modern update it deserves, Badlands Rumble feels more like a love letter to Trigun fans as it came out over a decade after the original ended, and with most of the cast and key staff returning it still manages to keep it's hard as nails…
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Every big series has that one movie out of many that really brings up the essence of the storyline and characters and perfectly presents itself even to non-fans, it's nostalgic, self-documenting, and has a great reachability score, unfortunately, Trigun only has one movie, and fortunately, it hits harder than 10 mediocre movies combined.
Story (7.5/10):
The story picks up midway through the canon events, before the series gets as dark as we know, with a strong vibe of villain-of-the-week where it presents a stereotypical macho baddy with a past connection with Vash, very predictable but it doesn't act too hard to hide it, the answers are clear as day from the first moment of the movie but that was never the charm of it all.
The movie has striking late 90's/early 2000's vibes, everything f…
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble is a patchwork of scenarios from the main series, portrayed in the trademark (or overused, as some might say) story progression of the Trigun franchise. While trying to appeal to the Trigun aesthetic they completely miss the mark about what Trigun was really about.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Story:
Admittedly, I don't hate when a story is predictable. Sometimes it's nice to get riled up over expecting something to happen, then being satisfied when it finally happens. What really makes me mad, though, is when the writers pull something out of their ass so astronomically bullshitted (Main cast getting all sad over a VERY important character "dying") and expecting us as the audience to buy in.
Furthermore, I can tell that the writers tried to make the movie feel like it was i…
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I never got to watch this movie when it came out, so almost 10 years later, this was a real blast of nostalgia for me. Trigun was one of my all time favorite animes, like it was for many American fans of anime in the 90s. And this movie was just a reminder of how great that series was, even if the movie, to be fair, is only a shadow of what made the series great.
The movie pretty much is a prolonged episode covering a bandit named Gasback trying to get revenge against his old crew who betrayed him and Vash, somehow ends up in the middle of it, true to form, trying to keep everyone from killing each other. There's really nothing more to it than that, so fortunately there's some solid humor and good action to push along a predictable plot.
Honestly, there's nothing more to it than that.…
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Hop along the idiot train everybody, because our top fool (Vash) is here to save the day.
The incessant need for Vash to portray a juvenile imbecile waned on my nerves, as it did during the original series. But having the displeasure to sit through an entire 90 minute movie, without the ability to take breaks through episodes, was especially excruciating. In addition, the same tired, “I’m the hero; therefore, I do not kill,” motive that was annoyingly prevalent, indicated that the writers were making no effort(s) in testing the protagonists resolve. When Amelia, a fresh character introduced in the movie, pushed back at Vash’s hero rhetoric and verbally lashed out by pointing to the unintended consequences of allowing evil people to live (namely, good people getting harmed) — Vash, discour…
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Trigun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow (Gungrave, Kekkai Sensen). The manga was serialized in ‘Tokuma Shoten's Shounen Captain’ in 1995, with three collected volumes when the magazine was discontinued in 1997. The series continued in ‘Shounen Gahosha's Young King Ours’ magazine, under the title ‘Trigun Maximum’, where it remained until finishing in 2008. Both manga were adapted into an anime television series in 1998. Madhouse animated the TV series, which aired on TV Tokyo between April 1, 1998 and September 30, 1998, totaling 26 episodes. An animated film called ‘Trigun: Badlands Rumble’ was released in April 2010.
Vash the Stampede, a gunfighter with a giant bounty on his head, always wearing his favorite red-colored trench coat, is back. Scary as…
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I actually really disliked the Trigun show. I just found vash to be an incredibly annoying character. All he did was whine and preach about "peace and love" in the most annoying way possible. Admittedly I never watched it all the way through (I've been told it gets better later on) but I didn't enjoy it by episode 8 so don't judge me for moving on.
Any who! My point is, in spite of my disdain for the show, I actually really liked this movie. The animation was much more palatable (though that mostly is because it was made approx 10 yrs after the original show), vash was way more likable, the plot was more engaging, and it was just a lot more fun. Id definitely recommend this to anyone with some time to kill. Regardless of if you loved, hated, or haven't even seen the original show, I thin…
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Warning possible Spoilers
What I thought was a continuation of the main series was actually just a big side adventure at some point in the main series dammit first Cowboy Bebop and now this.
The story begins when Vash accidentally gets caught up in a bank heist by Gasback Gallon Getaway who ended up getting betrayed by his partners, skip twenty years later Vash meets a woman named Amelia who has arrived in Macca City where rumour's have arisen that Gasback might appear once more.
Now as a Trigun Movie goes this wasn't as impressive as even most of the filler type episodes, I don't know something was lacking here and it just didn't feel right.
Basically this is a good ol' fashioned revenge story well for Gasback who is trying to get payback on his former partners and since Vash is around…
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble トライガン Review
Story (9/10) Great
The story in Trigun Badlands is yes predictable but sometimes you don't need some super deep story in every single story especially in an anime movie which is why I liked this movie a bit more than the Cowboy Bebop Movie. Like said the plot is simple and I which the actual anime had interesting story instead of what it decided to focus on. I think with Vash's personality it fits well in a simple stories like these even though in majority of the episodic episodes in the actual anime I found them uninteresting the movie is different and I'll talk more about that later. The story for movie is great.
Art and Animation (10/10) Outstanding
Never had an issue with Trigun's artstyle or animation when I watched the original, so to see it…
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By giving this movie 9, I do not necessarily mean it's equally as good as the original TV series, which I gave the same score. No, I just think that this project, as a movie, has less flaws than the original Trigun.
This movie intented to be just a pure entertainment and it succeeded in it. It is in no way plot intriguing, it really doesn't have anything to do with plants nor you hear a word about Knives. Animation is technologically improved which for some old school lovers doesn't mean it is preferable. Some of us just want to stick with the wonderful art of the 90's.
Badlands Rumble has bombastic action sequences and great coreography, better than the TV series. It's mostly a relaxing comedy with little to no drama at all.
The final battle lacked climax, if it was a bit longer and…
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble is what happens when you put together everything that made Trigun so damn good and throw away everything that made Trigun so damn bad. I am a fan of Trigun, specifically the first act of the series. The episodic adventures of Vash the Stampede were brilliantly executed, exciting, funny, and action packed. Along the way we meet one of my personal favorite anime characters of all time, Wolfwood, and it’s all great up until the terrible ending concerning Vash’s brother and biblical stuff. It was out of place, convoluted, and ruined the series for me. I couldn’t stand the ending.
But anyway, Trigun: Badlands Rumble doesn’t deal with Vash’s brother or any of that crap, it instead focuses on his getting thrown into a fight with Gasback, a dastardly robber after the guys…
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble - 6/10
Very good for a movie, feels like an episode of Trigun done in eyecandy graphics and extended to 1.5 hours.
Seriously, i loved it and i think it was perfect, truly enjoyable, just like the show itself.
The story is a little cliche and reminds me of the Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door movie but i think this one had a bit more to it, especially the difference in visuals and artwork just makes it all better
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I didn't like the anime at all. I only made myself watch it because everyone (i.e. american anime fans) wouldn't stop talking about. Suffice to say I would have to agree with Japan on this one: Trigun was nothing special. I will say that I liked this movie. The art was better and I enjoyed the plot, it was far better than the anime. Of course the people who liked the anime are giving this a 3 but whatever. If you didn't like the anime than give this movie a shot! You might be surprised, I know I was!
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