Post by redroses2 on Dec 17, 2011 17:48:47 GMT -5
I finished watching Trigun today (though I still have the movie to watch). And I've gotta say, it's a pretty good anime. The parallels between it and the Bible are intentional and actually work pretty well, which is something that I can't say for a lot of anime that use Christianity as motifs but the creators (or simply the animators, as was the case with Death Note) don't know much about it. The creator actually converted to Catholicism before he created Trigun, hence the heavy influence of Christianity, Woodwolf being an atypical Catholic priest (simply by looking at his clothes, you can tell that), and Vash holding Christian teachings so close to his chest.
Compared to more recent anime, though, the animation is stiffer than I've become used to, and there are a couple episodes where I'm all ". . . did we seriously skip over all of the action?" But the ending is pretty b.a., though I think I would've been rather confused as to what was going on throughout the anime if I hadn't watched the first couple parts of JesuOtaku's "In-Betweens," which is something she created for anime that need quite a bit of backstory to fully understand why an anime is structured the way it was. Which is how I know some things about Delgato that aren't explicitly mentioned in the anime, like how Delgato was so disgusting that Japan, the birthplace of tentacle porn and Boku no Pico, had to censor things Delgato would say. So tidbits like how disturbing Delgato's sexual feelings towards Vash are almost impossible to find nowadays. There are other things, too, but they're a bit more spoiler-y for what is actually in the anime. So I recommend watching JesuOtaku's Trigun In-Betweens if you're really confused about what was going on.
But Trigun is still a pretty good anime, and it's considered a classic, I've heard. One of those anime where people will judge you negatively if you haven't watched it and are a long-time anime fan.
Compared to more recent anime, though, the animation is stiffer than I've become used to, and there are a couple episodes where I'm all ". . . did we seriously skip over all of the action?" But the ending is pretty b.a., though I think I would've been rather confused as to what was going on throughout the anime if I hadn't watched the first couple parts of JesuOtaku's "In-Betweens," which is something she created for anime that need quite a bit of backstory to fully understand why an anime is structured the way it was. Which is how I know some things about Delgato that aren't explicitly mentioned in the anime, like how Delgato was so disgusting that Japan, the birthplace of tentacle porn and Boku no Pico, had to censor things Delgato would say. So tidbits like how disturbing Delgato's sexual feelings towards Vash are almost impossible to find nowadays. There are other things, too, but they're a bit more spoiler-y for what is actually in the anime. So I recommend watching JesuOtaku's Trigun In-Betweens if you're really confused about what was going on.
But Trigun is still a pretty good anime, and it's considered a classic, I've heard. One of those anime where people will judge you negatively if you haven't watched it and are a long-time anime fan.