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NEWS: Funimation Gets Trigun TV Anime Series on BD/DVD

Well, the anime deviated from the manga a lot (peeked at wiki), so they shouldn't even bother with a telecine. If they're going to spend a lot of money, might as well do a "Trigun Ultimate" ( a version of Trigun that was actually faithful to the manga).

Except the anime is a lot better. The changes are primarily what made the anime brilliant and the manga only decent. Sticking to the manga would be a major step down.

Really? You think making the Gung Ho Guns just a bunch of henchmen rather than having pasts and motivations was better? spoiler[You thought it was great to remove a lot about Project Seeds and the fact that there are ships coming towards the planet to save everyone? Or that it was okay to just have Knives be some ordinary final boss rather than have his airship and absorb other Plants?]

Was it better that they kept out the Eye of Michael stuff, too?

I like both versions, myself, but I think a new Trigun anime based closer to the manga would be welcomed by many.

If I had to guess, the bluray will be an upscale remastering. I do know that there is original film stock, it's an old enough series for it. Best way to tell usually is to look for any show that's widescreen that came out before HDTVs, and those are usually the digitally made shows with no HD master (if someone an prove me wrong, please do, since I'm not completely sure).

Zalis116 wrote:

vulcanraven01 wrote: Nice license rescue, although what annoys me is why FUNi insist on putting out Blu-ray releases for shows that won't benefit from it while they have plenty of shows under their license already that have native HD masters waiting to be taken advantage of. Maybe the Japanese won't let them, due to reverse importation fears?

That's possible, but almost a moot point.

Doing a new HD film transfer requires specialized equipment that I'm quite sure Funi doesn't own. They invested in HD equipment for Blu-ray production but I highly doubt they have any film-transfer equipment themselves.
Funi would have to fund a local Japanese telecine which would be horribly expensive... And again, this assumes the show was on film in the first place.

Funimation said that their release will be the Remix version. What exactly is the difference between the Remix and the original version of Trigun?

But... there are plenty of 4:3 shows made digitally between 1999-2004 that are also not HD. The first widescreen TV anime that I know of was Betterman, which aired a year after Trigun in the Spring 1999 season. But I have no idea if that was film or digital.

I like both versions, myself, but I think a new Trigun anime based closer to the manga would be welcomed by many.

Hopefully the release includes all the Remix's additions. I don't see a chance in me rebuying Trigun a 3rd time, but it is good news for newer fans who didn't have a chance to pick it up.

Was Trigun full-frame or widescreen? If there's no wide-screen anamorphic picture for it, what's the point of Blu-ray?

I held out on Trigun Remix cause I was hoping for a boxset, that never materialized. So I lucked out. Until now. I've never seen the series in its entirety, I can't wait to correct that problem.

The biggest reason I'd want a closer adaptation to the manga is to see some of those action scenes from the manga that are difficult to quite make out, but in animation. I'm thinking it would make them a bit clearer.