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Nightow, creator of the Trigun manga which inspired the original television series held a joint panel at Anime Expo 2009 with Satoshi Nishimura, the director of the anticipated Trigun movie and such anime's as Black Lagoon and Rurouni Kenshin, where they held the national debut of the Trigun movie trailer. This was the first time any footage of the movie has been released to the public. Nightow went on to say that the movie is based on the original story, and the project is still in production with no release date.
They also mentioned during the fan Q&A session that it was a U.S. company that approached them with the idea for the movie. The name of the company has not been released, but it was Geneon who originally licensed the anime here in America.
Nightow and Nishimura said they were happy to accept the project since in the U.S. not many anime series stick around long, but once they do American fans love future projects for life.
Trigun is a post apocalyptic space western that involves gunman Vash the Stampede who has a 60 Billion Dollar bounty on his head. He is constantly being chased and rumors of towns being destroyed by him are common, however no one is ever killed.
A couple of insurance associates named Meryl and Milly are sent out to find Vash to keep him from causing any more property damage. The three end up crossing paths, and proceed to go on an adventure full of big guns, outlaws, and discovering clues that unlock Vash's mysterious past.
Photo courtesy of Anime News Network.
