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Trigun Stampede · Season 1 · Crunchyroll

Trigun Stampede Season 1

Trigun Stampede Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 12 episodes on Crunchyroll from 7 January 2023.

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BollyMeter7.8/10RT 100% from 5 critics and IMDb 7.3 from general audience reflect a strong critical response divided from a segment of fans resistant to the redesign; Orange's 3D animation is widely praised as technically exceptional.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Trigun Stampede premiered on Tokyo MX and streamed globally on Crunchyroll from January to March 2023 - Studio Orange's full CG reimagining of Yasuhiro Nightow's 1990s manga. The 100-percent Rotten Tomatoes score from five critics reflected industry recognition of Orange's technical achievement: fluid, weight-bearing 3D animation that makes action feel physical in ways traditional 2D rarely achieves. The dramatic departure from the 1998 anime - a darker tone, Wolfwood's expanded and tragic backstory, a younger and less comedically eccentric Vash - split the broader fanbase. IMDb's 7.3 audience rating captures both the enthusiasts and the disappointed nostalgists. The 12-episode count left critics noting the season needed more room to breathe.

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The Room

100%critics positive · n=57.3/10IMDb audience
  • “Trigun Stampede delivers a fantastically fresh look at a classic series.”
    But Why Tho?
  • “Studio Orange deserves positive accolades whenever it adapts a beloved property because they continue to knock it out of the park.”
    Anime News Network

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1NOMAN'S LAND8.0

    The premiere establishes this version of Noman's Land with immediate visual confidence - Orange's CG rendering of sand, light, and movement is a statement of intent. The version of Vash introduced here is younger and more vulnerable than 1998's, which polarised the fandom immediately. As a piece of science-fiction world-building, it is accomplished.

    The moment: The opening sequence's scale shot - a human settlement against an alien desert, with the plants visible in the distance - communicating the full stakes of the setting in a single image.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E9WOLFWOOD9.0

    The episode that gives Trigun Stampede its most emphatic dramatic impact expands Nicholas D. Wolfwood's backstory far beyond the 1998 anime, turning it into a genuinely tragic origin. That arc makes him the moral and emotional centre of the series, with the episode standing out as the season's strongest hour.

    The moment: Wolfwood's past revealed: the choices that made him what he is and the reasons he cannot escape them - the scene that made the season's moral argument coherent.

    Full review of E9 →