15 [Similar Anime] Like Trigun

Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are both similar in the sense that they both have a western kind of feel to them, except one takes place in space and one takes place in an actual desert setting. Both animes have a very cool, laid back main character, but they are both different in their own rights, too, in that Trigun's main guy is very emotional and a pacifist with the insane luck and the main character of Cowboy Bebop is a bounty hunter, with amazing luck and skill, but they both have very horrible pasts and very different outlooks on life. Each episode of the anime revolves around a different bounty hunter story or a different story about helping people in a different town and every now and then they throw in some real parts about the storyline, hinting at both the past and the lives of the other characters, but it's mostly about the main character and their views on life, their pasts and they both have guns, insane main male characters and awesome fighting action scenes with a lot of humor sprinkled in.

I think both Bebop and Trigun have the same feel with that sensational feel of comedy-drama especially as you dig deeper into these series. You see, I have a crush on Vash while at the moment, I am in love with Spike; so both of these series will have you developing a strong passion for each protagonist.

Protagonists are feared throughoutt the whole world cause of their dangerous reputation. In reallity though, sworn to never kill, these characters wouldn't hurt a fly. Even though they're probably able to beat everyone that comes at them, they allways try to settle the situation in the most peacfull way. While acting very goofy. But trying to live in peace turns out to be harder for these two as you would expect. Their past seems to catch up and many people want a piece of the most dangerous persons in the world.

Both rurouni kenshin and trigun are about a dorky yet friendly warrior who has a dark past and are striving to reform..repentance....both vash and kenshin have morals so in both their cases when they fight the bad guys, they fight without killing and somehow manage to pull it off!...both rurouni kenshin and trigun came out in the late 90's.... and for those who like english dubs, both rurouni kenshin and trigun share most of the same voice cast (decent dub cast by the way if you're a critic)... both of these shows are very wholesome. packed with moral values...both kenshin and vash are way more humble than a lot of other shonen anime MCs ...so if you are going old school want a clean wholesome shonen anime that share the same voice dub cast and values i'm sure you'd like both of these classics.

Both are set in a post apocalyptic desert setting with horny, gun wielding juggernauts as their protagonists that are constantly down on their luck. Though both share similar elements they both end up going in different directions. Trigun tries to preach pacifism and shows the difficulties that come with it while Sunabouzu supports selfish mercilessness and the type of person that that makes you.

Goofy main characters with haunted pasts that carry a great burden and don't really fit in with their world.

Both shows have that sort of "Mad Max", post-apocalyptic-planet feel to it. Both shows have their main character bent on revenge, but while Vash is a pacifist, Van just doesn't give a damn, yet the two are also absolute badasses, with Vash being an Android and Van having a humongous mech that falls from space. They have seemingly-inept companions accompany them on their merry quest, go on adventures, visit weird towns, need to take up jobs for some money, and the like.

Gungrave is Yasuhiro Nightows most underrated work ( Though he was only the character designer for both the games and anime) Genuinely interesting series with a lot of good characters and a good mix of grounded drama and more fantastical elements, all things that made Trigun interesting. Gungrave is set in a more modern and realistic setting, but has a lot of crazy things going on. The only other major difference to take note of is the lack of comedy in Gungrave compared to Trigun. Also, despite being based on a game, it doesn't expect you to have played it to watch the show, and it is pretty good (most anime based on games i've seen are pretty meh, with the exception of Tales of Zestiria, Sengoku Basara and Gungrave)

Nightows typical intense and fascinating storytelling that we experienced in Trigun, but in a battle shounen setting, which allows him to up the comedy and silliness in ways he didn't in Trigun, but it still feels very typical to his style. The supernatural elements and superpowers are also scaled up from the previous two series (those series being Trigun and Gungrave). This series is still distinct enough to stand on its own, but also recognizable to fans of Nightows work due to the artstyle (he did character design for the Gungrave franchise), writing (in the case of Trigun), and overall vibe surrounding the series.

Grenadier is more or less "If Vash were a woman..."(or Trigun is "If Rushuna were a man..."). Basically both series are about peaceful protagonists on the journey, who avoid violence, fight only when they must and try not to kill their opponents. Also fights are similar in both series (revolvers, canons, pistols, dudes with robotic armor, main characters' extraordinary bullet evading skills). The main difference between the series is that Grenadier is more light-hearted, while Trigun has a touch of drama. Also Grenadier has an element of ecchi absent in Trigun.

Looks into more ideas about the recreation of the world, though this one is preapocalypse. Also contains a lot of serious storyline and only inserts comedy into each episode where it fits, never has a whole episode of silly. I felt trigun did this as well. It's also about some mysterious characters that do unexpected things for the personality you think they have.

Both take place in a bleak, unforgiving future full of people who focus on survival, or at the very least getting power.
They are both made by the same studio, have their plotlines mixed with some stand-alone stories, and have similar protagonists in that they seek redemption from their past and are cursed to bring strife wherever they go...

Music and animation with a very similar feel
Classics that are often forgotten
Darker than they appear
Both have a gun-wielding main character who can't seem to lose, with two girls at his side.

Trgun is yet another series I suspect influenced the original source material for Canon Busters, yet is probably less likely than Cowboy Beepop and Samurai Champloo. A lot of the same humor courses through the series, yet don't let the fantasy genre deceive as there is a sci-fi element built in. In fact, there is a definite old versus new ways going on and lost technologies in both series.

Trigun and Outlaw Star brings together a sense of space adventure. They include decent action, drama, and comedy. For both main male protagonists, they often takes charges on the actions they do which often have influence around others.

The stories are really different
(e.g.: storyline
[DMC is just a little slice of Dantes life, there isn't much is known about his past,
Trigun is a full story, including his past, reasons, etc.]),
but the protagonists shows resemblance to each other.

Both are about some form of post apocalyptic world. (If we were to take away Cruz from Needless) The main characters would be Vash and Adam Blade, who both have certain "family" problems, both each have their own weird and serious moments, and both have a crew of characters following them around (also they're both trying to save the world or Japan).