So the Trigun movie isn't cancelled after all

[effervescible]

From Heiseidemocracy: Via Moon Phase Diary: The promotional dust jacket cover (”obi”) from volume 14 of the Trigun Maximum manga [AA] brings the news that a Trigun animated feature film is currently in production! It will feature an original story developed by manga author Yasuhiro Nightow and director Nishimura Satoshi who collaborated with Nightow on the Trigun TV series and is also known for his work on the Hajime no Ippo anime. The script will be helmed by veteran anime writer Kobayashi Yasuko, with character designs from Yoshimura Takahiro (an unknown?) and animation production from Madhouse. The tagline reads: “Vash vs. Wolfwood?! The familiar characters erupt on screen in an all-original Trigun story!”

I'm torn by "ooh shiny" and "meh, this is just gonna be a random shonen fight sequence."

Comments

[fallnangelspike.livejournal.com]

It has potential...but I dunno if I want the full blown Vash vs Wolfwood story again because that's what the best part of later-Trigun was.

I mean, I'm all for Wolfwood, but it has to be GOOD.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not like we haven't seen it already. And I was hoping for something based on the anime, because that's my preferred canon.

[fallnangelspike.livejournal.com]

You and me both...if have Wolfwood, have it be flashbacks.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

this is just gonna be a random shonen fight sequence.

I would hope Nightow wouldn't let them do that, but he let them do some odd things with the original anime series. But he has a lot more influence now than he did then, so maybe. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, for now....

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I sure as hell hope it'll be more than that. The manga lost my interest toward the end (I still think Nightow got sick of doing the series about two years before it actually ended) so in a perfect world, this movie would build on the best qualities of both manga and anime for something better.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Totally agreed on all that.

However Vash vs. Wolfwood could imply the "why" behind that. I hope.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree, the manga lost my interest too, and probably Nightow's. How many years can you write one thing and not just start to wish it was done with now?

[greyvorfeed.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it could be good, and it could be bad. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. I'm not going to get my hopes up, though... as a TV series, there was more than enough plot and emotion in Trigun despite all the fight sequences, but I'm not sure it's gonna work for a movie. It'll be pretty, though!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

[irenak.livejournal.com]

Please be based on anime, please be based on anime, please be based on anime...

Close to your feelings on it. Though I can say that this early in the game, who knows what the actual plot will look like? Considering how much scripts change from draft to finish, if they haven't gotten very far in storyboarding yet, the tagline could be very different what ultimately appears on-screen.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I'll live with 'random shonen fight sequence' if there is Wolfwood.

Yes, I am that sad.

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

Hey, we were just talking about this when you were in DC!

I'm happy that Wolfwood will be in it, but worried that Meryl and Milly won't. I like my Trigun with all 4 characters. They are such a fun little gang! Not expecting any V/M action, and I am fine with that.

I just hope to JEEBUS that the animation is improved.

(I finally get to revive my Trigun movie icon - even though I'm not aware of any wank ATM.)