Trigun - Badlands Rumble [Blu-ray]

Words cannot describe after all these years of waiting how worth it, this movie was! It made me cry multiple times and had next to nothing wrong with it. Pros- Animation is AMAZING. Even more so than the original show which was marvelous for its' time! Film Grain is back!-the biggest difference between the transition from Cel animation to digital animation is that it was no longer filmed on camera. A lot of people have found colors and everything to be "too pure/solid" but one look back to tons of anime from the Cel animation era is that they all had the same solid/pure colors that were generally offset by things such as the master film copy,AND film grain. Watch generally any cel animated show on blu-ray and you'll find film grain something that is notably absent on most modern anime. But according to the extras on the DVD,they wanted it to feel like a western so that's why they added film grain. Imahori does the music again! And is incredibly fitting, fun, joyous and emotional! It has EVERYTHING that makes Trigun, Trigun. Vash being a woman loving puppy, drinking scenes! Absurd humor, emotional moments that make you cry, and everything you can think of! All of the original voice actors for the Japanese Dub are the same! Cons- It's only 90 minutes! Only 1 of the main characters has the same Voice actor in the English version, and most importantly it is Vash. So that's not terribly a big deal considering the new actors for Millie,Meryl and Nicholas are VERY good and sound close to the original actors so to not change the characters much. Wish there were more extras from the English voice actors as Johnny Bosch played Vash all those years back just as Masaya Onosaka voiced Vash when they made the show in 1998. Overall this is an AMAZING movie, I've already watched it twice and it will remain among my top favorites for years to come! Thank you so much Madhouse, Mr.Nightow everyone involved in making this movie a reality so much! It was worth the wait!!!!!

Awesome movie

Movie - 4.5 Long-time anime fans should be no stranger to the world of Trigun. For all the goofy, donut-eating, light-hearted, love and peace(~!) moments and all the unknowing and spontaneous chaos and destruction brought about by just his mere presence alone, The Humanoid Typhoon, Vash the Stampede, is renowned for his naive, yet charming personality and is easily one of the more memorable characters in anime lore. But good grief, can you believe it's been 12 years since the TV series ended? Needless to say, the Sixty Billion Double Dollar Man is back for another go-around. If you're new to the anime medium and have no idea what I'm talking about, Trigun is an anime Spaghetti Western (with a little bit of sci-fi) that follows the adventures of Vash the Stampede, a socially-labeled outlaw of outlaws that is said to be the worst thing you could come across at any point of your life. They say he's big, they say he's bad, and if you're lucky they say you'll die a quick death! But in truth, it's just a bunch of rumors. As I mentioned earlier about his happy-go-lucky qualities, Vash the Stampede is just trying to live his life and make the world a better place along his travels. Unfortunately, trouble does follow him pretty much everywhere he goes. Character analysis aside, this film is a one-shot story taking place in the Trigun universe in which a bank robber named Gasback is foiled by his own henchmen, only to be saved by Vash, but then pursues a plot of revenge against his former cronies. In the meantime, the last remaining target of Gasback's vengeance has put a rather large bounty on anyone who can stop him. I can't say much else that could entice newcomers, but if you've seen the series and know its material you will absolutely love the atmosphere. Pretty much all of the fan-favorite characters make their return appearance (all the good guys, anyway), and the writing itself is very fun and quirky like the first half of the series (before things got a lot darker). For dub fans, the only returning voice actor is Johnny Yong Bosch, but all the replacement actors do an excellent job filling in the gaps. And if this is your first time experiencing Trigun, definitely give the TV series a look. FUNimation did license both the series and movie and have reported that they do eventually plan on putting the series on BD at some point, so hope that they do it soon and keep an eye out for it. Video - 5.0 - Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC - Video resolution: 1080p - Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 - Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1 I'm a bit biased here about the video presentation in 3 ways: 1) I'm a big fan of Madhouse and always have been; their animation is very high quality on a consistent basis and a lot of the TV shows, OVAs, and movies they've produced over the years have always ranked as some of my favorite anime titles. 2) as I said it's been 12 years since Trigun the TV series aired in Japan, and while it looks good, even the remastered DVDs show the animation's age, so I'm glad to see the same style redone with today's technology. And 3) it's an anime movie, which means a really high budget and less time constraints will make for a seemingly superior product both in terms of video and audio presentation when compared to a TV series. So with that said, we get Badlands Rumble presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, an obvious upgrade from the series' 4:3 presentation back in the day. Not only am I delighted to see the Trigun world in true widescreen, but the HD video quality is the best I've ever seen the franchise look. Oddly enough, the movie is digitally-produced but has a very cel animation look to it, as talked about in the extras with chief animation director, Takahiro Yoshimatsu. The results are utterly astounding, though, as I looked at both my remastered DVDs of the series and compared its quality to the movie. Granted, it's 12 years later with better technology and a bigger budget, but it's rare that I that I find an anime feature film that really reflects the amount of work put into, especially with a project as delayed as this had been. The line detail is my favorite part of the presentation giving the art style a very distinct look that's closer to the original manga design. Colors are extremely well-saturated with reds, yellows, and charcoals making up a majority of the color palette for the world's desserty theme. And they even added some grain to give the movie a more filmic and gritty texture that really makes it feel like the Old West. And even better, I can't say I remember any instances of banding, aliasing, or artifacting despite the movie itself being a digital production. Then again, the first time I saw this was at AnimeFest 2011 where the source was a DVD-R copy on a crappy projector in a badly-seated conference room and with even crappier audio. Audio - 5.0 Languages - Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 - English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Subtitles - English As I said, the audio in that screening was crap. I sat in the third row closest to the speakers and could still barely make sense of the important parts (it was a dubbed screening, by the way). But boy howdy, does it sound better in lossless and in the comfort of my own home. Something else I should bring up with the case of anime on BD is that a lot of titles I've seen haven't had much in terms of true surround audio. Most TV shows these days in Japan are only even produced with a 2-channel sound design in mind, and when they come to the States the companies are simply remixing the audio masters in a quasi-matrixed (i.e. artificial) 5.1 dub. Sure, the idea of 5.1 English dubs SOUNDS like a good idea, but they're not true surround experiences. It's not often that a TV show actually gets one (unless it's just really high-budget like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex or anything else by Kenji Kamiyama), but when we actually do get the chance for the real thing I'm especially happy about it. With that said, the TrueHD 5.1 tracks for both the Japanese and English tracks sound perfect. Something that always bugged me about those artificial 5.1 tracks was the fact that dialogue sounded so damn quiet from the center. But here it's flawless in either language (both of which you really can't go wrong in terms of acting either). The sound effects and music (all hail Tsuneo Imahori for coming back to compose!) are spectacular as well. Gunshots, blowing wind, sand and gravel, and all the people chattering in the background have an amazing amount of depth and clarity. Action sequences, in particular, possess some great separation and directionality; the scene where Wolfwood makes his first appearance has a LOT of gunfire effects, and the bar fight with all the hooligans yelling about offers a good deal of sonic immersion. LFEs are potent and fitting for the movie's subtitle (Rumble), and while the sound design certainly isn't on the level of a Hollywood blockbuster, it still does its job with great precision. My favorite scenes for audio are the bar fight or all the craziness that ensues (both visually and aurally) and the scene at the end where Vash fights Gasback. Extras - 5.0 I really have to hand it to FUNimation for this one. Previously, just about all of their other BDs have had next to nothing worth of special features outside of some English cast commentaries that never really contributed anything worthwhile to the creation process or provided any truthful insight into the shows they adapted. But here, there's a good 2+ hours of special features and all with the original Japanese cast and crew (all in SD). Interviews include: - Creator: Yasuhiro Nightow (11:08) - Voice of Vash: Masaya Onosaka (8:59) - Voice of Milly: Satsuki Yukino (8:31) - Director: Satoshi Nishimura (11:06) - Voice of Wolfwood: Shou Hayami (10:00) - Voice of Amelia: Maaya Sakamoto (6:43) - Chief Animation Director: Takahiro Yoshimatsu (7:26) - Voice of Meryl: Hiromi Tsuru (3:12) - Voice of Gasback: Tsutomu Isobe (7:06) All of them give VERY insightful comments on the general worldview of Trigun, their past experiences on the TV series (where applicable), their new experiences in doing the movie, and a lot of other interesting opinions. The interviews are rather candid, yet cordial and I have to say if you've ever seen these kinds of omake where cast and crew sit in front of the camera and answer questions, there are loads of things you can learn from them. In particular, I really enjoyed the interviews with Onosaka, Yukino, and Hayami. Onosaka because he seems like a very amicable person, which ties in extremely well to the way he portrays Vash. It's also a nice contrast to the more hot-head role of Tekeshi Sendou he played in Hajime no Ippo, which I watched a few months before this. Yukino because she's always been one of my favorite seiyuu, and I find it interesting that Milly was one of her very first roles in the industry. She gives a good amount of reflection on reprising the character and sounds very grateful for the opportunity she was given way back when. And Hayami, well, I'm just so used to hearing him play the villain, that I was very surprised to see that he looks as debonair as a lot of the characters he portrays (both good and bad). Additional features include: - Movie Premiere at Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro (8:47) - Post Recording (3:51) - A Mildly Amusing Story by Something Yoshimatsu (0:28) - Video Footage from Anime Expo 2009 (1:38) - Talk Event at Kawasaki Cinecitta (3:32) - Special Talk Show (38:16) - Web Promotion Clip (1:37) - Promotional Video (2:23) - Theatrical Commercial (00:37) - Theatrical Trailer (1:39) - Original Commercials (00:49) - FUNimation Trailers The Special Talk Show was by far the funnest feature for me. Anime and manga has such a strong following in Japan, and to see people of the industry having so much fun and interacting with their fans is a real treat to watch and listen to. The cast and crew that took part in this event were very laid back and welcoming to all the accolades and questions received from the audience. The whole thing just shows a lot of unity and the kind of investment Japanese fans really have for the industry in general. I wish the North American market was as successful. FUNimation, if you're reading this, put more extras like this on your BDs! Overall - 5.0 It's been a few years since I've seen Trigun the series. But it left such a lasting impression that I still like it a lot to this day. And seeing this film makes me want to watch it again and even has me curious about the manga. Production values are through the roof with all of the Japanese cast returning, and at least Johnny Yong Bosch returning for the English dub. Regardless, though, even the new stand-ins do a great job, and I would definitely say you can't go wrong with either language track. I had absolutely no problems with the A/V quality, and I LOVE the fact that FUNimation actually put forth the effort of including all sorts of interesting interview material from the creator, cast, and crew of the film and series. Here's hoping for another movie, or even an adaptation of Trigun Maximum. If you're a fan of the series, this is a must-own. Casual anime fans, or even non-anime watchers, should at least give it a rent. And if you like it, try the series, too. Love and Peace~!

Excellent worldbuilding and all the while seeing Vash do his best!

I was fortunate enough to see the world premier of this movie at sakura con 2010, and it was fairly good. It has a similar mix of action and humor as the series. And the art has improved with the time passed. The plot works and (trying not to give too much away) is partly centered on a new character (Amelia) and the villain of the film, Gasback. The characters are handled well and the writers do a good job creating a story that lets them have Vash and Wolfwood work with and against each other. While the story works over all it is mostly fun just because it lets us revisit the characters from the series and sets up some cool moments. Although if they do more of the films the basic setup could become a bit tiresome if they do as so many other anime movies based of tv series do and become formulaic, but by itself its pretty good. Visually the movie is fairly close to the series with some tweaks to designs and a fuller somewhat odder world. Over all its not perfect but is pretty good. Bluray Edit/update As far as the Blu-ray goes it has a surprising amount of special features for a Funimation release. It is all pretty much from the Japanese stuff and a lot of it is trailers and short interviews, how interesting they are varies. The picture quality is very good and shows off the art. The audio is nice and has both voice tracks, personally I enjoyed the English one better even with the recast voices. Johnny Yong Bosch reprises his role as Vash and while his voice is not exact it is still fairly close to how he originally sounded. Everyone else has new voice actors and much to my surprise it was not distracting. Luci Christensen replaces Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Meryl and may be an improvement. Trina Nishimura takes over as Milly and comes off surprisingly close to the previous voice. My only real disappointment was Wolfwoods voice, the new voice was well done and fits the character but I really like Jeff Nimoy's work as the character.

This movie is everything I loved about the series. I loved the first half of the TV show over the second because I enjoyed the humor and episodic situations a lot more than the melodrama and angst of the latter half. This movie is just like the first half of the series; it drops you and the characters into a situation and allows you to watch the hilarity unfold. This is now my favorite thing to come out of the anime, because it was everything I loved about Trigun and nothing that I found annoying. The emotion and drama are at just the right balance with the humor. I'm not sure WHERE in the series this is supposed to take place, but in a way its fitting that we can't tell because then we can just enjoy the movie for what it is instead of trying to mentally tie it in with the series. And it allows us to have more of all four of the gang; Vash, Meryl, Millie, AND Wolfwood. Yes. As for the voice acting, I found it even better than the series. I had watched the TV show first, and was hesitant when I heard this movie got new actors for three of the characters (thank fully Vash stayed the same; that would have been tragic). But part way into the movie I decided that if anything, I liked the new actors BETTER than the ones from the series. They did a wonderful job sounding close enough, but adding their own flavor to the characters and it worked out wonderfully. The animation and effects were also way up, although that shouldn't be surprising considering the leaps in animation and tech since the original series was finished. The fight scenes were very clear and visually appealing, and movements very fluid. I would be very happy if they would just continue to make movies like this. I know some people complain that its more of the same, but I didn't get enough of this before the series turned into a soap opera on me, so I'm HAPPY to have more of the goofyness of Trigun back. And its not just the goofy; there are deep moments as well. The villain is one of the most interesting I've seen in the Trigun series by far. A despicable person, and yet you can't help but relate with him. There's the saying in the writing world about how a hero is great and all, but a good villain is what really makes a story. Between Vash and Gasback, they make a VERY good story for me.

Purchased this immediately after watching the new season! Was a great movie!

I own the entire Trigun series, the manga, and even playing cards with Trigun screenshots on them. When I learned about this movie I immediately bought it and let me just say it was worth it. This movie brings back all our favorite characters with updated animation that makes me drool just thinking about it! One of the central characters, Amelia, was actually one of my favorite characters in this movie. Usually, whenever a female character is added to a series, I usually get annoyed with them pretty fast but Amelia is definitely one of my favorite female anime characters ever. Her style and attitude was really fun to watch and when she was approaching Gasback with Wolfwood, I have to say that had to be one of the most epic scenes. Also, the scene where Vash gets shot was really well done. The way the sound was muted was a nice touch and the monologue given by Amelia and Wolfwood was executed well. The reactions of all the characters when they believed Vash was dead was really nice and carried real emotion. Especially that of Wolfwood and Meryl. A nice touch that I'm not sure how many people noticed was when Wolfwood was wearing Vash's glasses as he was fighting. That really hit home to me how close Vash and Wolfwood's friendship was. The soundtrack as usual was amazing! Every sequence fit the scenes perfectly. When the the opening song for trigun started playing when Vash came up behind Wolfwood, I could barely hold back the fangirl squeal. Now for the sub/dub discussion. Both of them have their pros and cons. The Japanese brought back all the original cast from the Trigun anime, but I felt that Vash's voice didn't have as much emotion as Johnny Young Bosch's portrayel did. Some of the lines were also more funny in English than Japanese. Also, in English when Amelia's mother was dying, the actor didn't have enough "dyingness" in her voice. (Pardon the made up word.) She didn't sound like she was dying. Overall, I thought the dub was better than the Japanese version. It was well executed and since there was no subtitles to read, I could focus all my attention on the wonderful art and actually enjoy what was going on in the scene. Colleen Clinkenbeard did an excellent job as Amelia and Johnny was still amazing as Vash. All in all, this gets two thumbs up from me. A definte must see! d(^_^)b

para los amantes de esta saga se agradece esta película, con su toque de humor, la única pega es las voces que no son de la serie y se te hace raro pero bueno, por lo demás sigue con la linea de la serie, viene en dvd y blu-ray bien empaquetado y perfecto el envio

le colit et arriver en 4 jour . tré bien emballer aucune dégat

This film was something i've been waiting for ages to see. However since it isnt out in the UK till September/ October, i decided to buy it for Region One. Even after ten odd years Trigun still doesnt loose anything, its still the great series we all remember. With the same crazy Vash. It would of been nice to have an idea exactly where this film goes in the storyline of Trigun but its still a great watch either way, the only thing i would say is that its too short. An hour an a half might sound like enough but it really isnt i think. Its been years since the series ended and it would of been nice to have at least two hours to watch. The animation is the same style but only sharper since it is done by the same bloke who did it all that time ago. For any anime fans it is worth buying and deserves a spot in any collection.

Buen producto

Bel film di animazione so che in questo periodo prevale la visione immateriale però ben vengano sempre le offerte su i supporti fisici, è costato pochissimo, ma la qualità è quella di sempre quindi valutate voi se è un pro è un contro ma se vi piace la materialità continuate a comprare i DVD