Writing Trigun manga

[Neoclone-7]

Does anyone know if there is a Trigun manga, and if so where can I get it? I've seen the anime and it is EXTREMELY cool. So I was curious if anyone knew if there was a manga for it.

[Cyber E.]

There are two mangas, [I]Trigun[/I] and [I]Trigun Maximum[/I], neither of which follow the Anime (Or vica-versa) that much, but it's still the same premise. [I]Gun[/I] ended, but [I]Maximum[/I] is still running in Japan.

Dark Horse got the rights to the first series, 'Trigun', but that was alittle while ago, so it's going to be awhile until it comes out. They haven't announced anything about [I]Maximum[/I], though.
-Cyber

[Dan Rugh]

I heard something wierd about the manga regarding Legato and [spoiler]him traveling around in a coffin because his extremities were ripped off by Knives.[/spoiler] Hmmmm.:drunk:

[MillieFan]

Metatron, Plant_Angel, Spinnelein, and Sunde, among others, know a ton about both of these manga.

LOL, I'm a HUGE fan of the anime but all I know about the manga is secondhand or rumors I've heard-so what I have to say probably is worth less than a doughnut crumb. . .but here goes.

As far as I've heard, the manga is [i]much[/i] more focused on the Gung Ho Guns, Legato, and Knives than the anime is, which means that it is more senselessly violent than the anime, but also it means there's more plot/character development for the GHG, for Knives, and for Legato. The huge uptick in gratuitious violence from the anime is one of the few things that might make this a don't buy for me (because while I don't mind violence normally-LOL, Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are my favorite animes-,I do mind blood and gore every scene for no reason except to have blood and gore every scene because it's stylistically annoying to me as a writer.)

Nevertheless, the character development might convince me to overlook that if it's done well enough. I so wish my local library had manga like that of someone else I know-that way I could see if this manga is something I want. I've always been a bigger fan of anime than manga. . .

Its connection to the anime is tenuous to say the least. It's not even close to, say, an American movie and the book on which it was allegedly based.
It's more like the manga is one way the story could have gone, one way it could be told, while the anime is another entirely (i.e. [spoiler] in the manga: Vash begins to age after the Fifth Moon incident, Wolfwood lives, Legato lives so far, Wolfwood and Milly never fell in love, etc, while in the anime: Vash is assumed to be immortal or near immortal and the Fifth Moon incident sends him into hiding for two years, Wolfwood and Milly fell in "love" {or at least lust, whichever you choose to believe LOL} and it's implied that Milly is pregnant with his child, Wolfwood dies, Legato dies. . .[/spoiler] If I had to pick something to compare it to, I'd compare to playing Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross in two different ways. It's the same game, same characters, but different stories and different endings.

Now, some more rumorish things I've heard:

In the Trigun Maximum manga, Wolfwood and Midvalley have been lovers in the past, however the relationship ended badly. By the way, I don't see this as an endorsement of fanmade WxV or even WxL yaoi simply because for yaoi, both sides have to be interested (unless it's nonconsensual yaoi which is an even sicker thing) and in the manga, Legato is too focused on himself and Knives to care about anything else, and Vash is in a somewhat-relationship with Meryl.

I also heard that as fanservice to the female fans, the LegatoxKnives relationship may begin to develop such undertones in the manga. I hope not-not all of us like shonen ai/yaoi.

[Zen]

The MAngas came before the show ever came out. Are you sure that it doesn't follow the show? ANd what is MAximum about?

[MillieFan]

Because I've talked to more than one person who has read it. I would advise you to send a message to Metatron, Plant_Angel, Spinnelein, or Sunde-all of whom know as much or more than I do.

There is more than enough evidence that it is a different storyline, so I'm really not going to sit here and argue this with you. :tasty:

And by the way, Maximum is the continuation of the story in the original manga. It is not a continuation of the anime series.

[wolfwood82186]

of corse there is trigun manga. and it is the best. :D well in my opinion that is.