--BOOK INFORMATION--
NOTE: I have these and other books for sale.
Trigun made its debut in Shounen Captain magazine (a Tokuma Shoten publication) in March of 1995 and ran until the magazine ceased publication in February 1997. These stories have been compiled into the following three volumes:
Title: Trigun Vol. 1
Author: Yasuhiro Nightow
Date of Publication: 4/25/96
Publisher/Imprint: Tokuma Shoten / Shounen Captain Comics Special
Price: 600 yen (with tax)
ISBN 4-19-830127-1Title: Trigun Vol. 2
Date of Publication: 10/30/96
ISBN 4-19-830144-1Title: Trigun Vol. 3
Date of Publication: 1/20/99
ISBN 4-19-830185-9
The same Shounen Captain stories above have recently been republished by Young King Comics (Shounen Gahousha) in a two-volume edition. The only differences between the new editions and the old editions are (1) new cover art, (2) new editorial manga by Nightow-sensei, and (3) two fat 700-yen books versus three less-fat 600-yen volumes (it's cheaper to buy the new editions). Otherwise, the contents are exactly the same.
Title: Trigun #1 ["Sharp 1"]
Author: Yasuhiro Nightow
Date of Publication: 6/26/00
Publisher/Imprint: Shounen Gahousha / Young King Comics
Price: 700 yen (with tax)
ISBN 4-7859-2005-XTitle: Trigun #2 ["Sharp 2"]
Date of Publication: 6/26/00
ISBN 4-7859-2006-8
After Shounen Captain magazine folded, Nightow-sensei added "Maximum" to the title and continued drawing the adventures of Vash and co. in Young King Ours magazine (a Shounen Gahousha publication). There are currently four compiled volumes of Trigun Maximum (information below), and Young King Ours, containing new installments of the story, goes on sale on the 30th of every month.
Title: Trigun Maximum Vol. 1
Author: Yasuhiro Nightow
Date of Publication: 7/1/98
Publisher/Imprint: Shounen Gahousha / Young King Comics
Price: 520 yen (with tax)
ISBN 4-7859-1842-XTitle: Trigun Maximum Vol. 2
Date of Publication: 2/1/99
ISBN 4-7859-1888-8Title: Trigun Maximum Vol. 3
Date of Publication: 12/1/99
ISBN 4-7859-1948-5Title: Trigun Maximum Vol. 4
Date of Publication: 9/1/00
ISBN 4-7859-2012-2Title: Trigun Maximum Vol. 5
Date of Publication: 4/1/01
ISBN 4-7859-2066-1Title: Trigun Maximum Vol. 6
Date of Publication:
ISBNTitle: Trigun Maximum Vol. 7
Date of Publication: 8/7/02
ISBN ?
Title: Trigun Saishuu Kanseikei
("Trigun Final Definitive Edition")
Date of Publication: 9/1/98?
Publisher: Tokuma Shoten
Animage Special Issue August 1998
Price: 600 yen
316 pagesThis hard-to-find volume is a special all-Trigun magazine issued to promote the Trigun anime and let fans see the ending of the defunct Shounen Captain's original Trigun serial.
Its contents include:
- Color pinup of Legato
- Color stills from the anime
- Character and story introduction
- Over 200 pages of Trigun manga (the same material reprinted in Trigun vol. 3)
- Gag manga about Meryl and Milly by Takako Kyuubi (apparently, Mrs. Nightow)
- Anime character sketches and story outlines
- Anime staff interview
- Color photos of an original Vash figure sculpted by Masaki Asai (sculptor of Kaiyodo's Vash figure)
- A short story about Wolfwood by Yousuke Kuroda (anime script writer), illustrated by somebody Sano (I have no idea who this is)
- The original manga "trailer" promoting Trigun in Shounen Captain in May '95.
