The BEST episodes of Trigun season 1

Every episode of Trigun season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Trigun season 1!

Vash the Stampede is a gunman on the run with a 60 billion double dollar bounty on his head which has made it difficult for him to go anywhere without being chased and shot at. Every town he ever visits ends up being destroyed because of his pursuers, but miraculously no one ever gets killed. Meryl and Milly are two insurance agents that have been sent to find Vash the Stampede and keep him under surveillance so no more damage is caused. Meryl, who leads the pair, refuses to believe that the man they have met can possibly be the legendary gunman. This spikey-haired, gangly, young man is extremely friendly, a pacifist, hates blood and suicide, absolutely loves donuts, and is a dork and a crybaby (far from a notorious outlaw). But there is more to Vash and his past than meets the eye.

Last Updated: 12/10/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
Rem Saverem
star
8.40
219 votes

#1 - Rem Saverem

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/1998

In a very unorthodox episode, many explanations about the mystery surrounding Vash the Stampede are put forth. Where did he come from? Who is he? What is he fighting for?

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Sin
star
8.03
239 votes

#2 - Sin

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/16/1998

As Vash ventures on he finally confronts Legato, who proves that the winner in not necessarily the last man standing.

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Out of Time
star
8.02
201 votes

#3 - Out of Time

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/26/1998

Things worsen at the city in the clouds as two more Gung-Ho Guns appear, and what they're after might bring grim consequences.

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Fifth Moon
star
8.02
205 votes

#4 - Fifth Moon

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/22/1998

Vash is challenged to a duel inside an inhabited city with two of the Gung-Ho Guns. The plot thickens as Legato butts in and unleashes Vash's horrible secret.

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Under the Sky So Blue
star
8.00
266 votes

#5 - Under the Sky So Blue

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/30/1998

Vash confronts his brother Knives in a big climax, and all of the remaining questions about their pasts are answered.

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Live Through
star
7.95
230 votes

#6 - Live Through

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/23/1998

Vash has suffered enough for an eternity. As decision-making time approaches, the town's people decide to lynch him and he may not try to stop them.

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Goodbye for Now
star
7.95
209 votes

#7 - Goodbye for Now

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/5/1998

Two years after Vash disappeared in the ruins of the city, two years after Milly and Meryl were forced to run away from the devastating arm, two years after Vash was declared the first human act of god by the insurance company because of how unstoppable he is - a quiet town is surrounded by bounty hunters, their leader claims to be Vash the Stampede, and Wolfwood is besieged inside! All seems to be lost until a young blond man who has been living in that town for two years now, known only as Erics to it's residents, pops out to the rescue...

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Flying Ship
star
7.94
200 votes

#8 - Flying Ship

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/19/1998

Vash takes the nearest "ride" to a city in the clouds, a relic from the times of old, to meet up with his old friends. Wolfwood follows him and joins him in the friendly visit, but there's also another who followed them both...

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Truth of Mistake
star
7.92
324 votes

#9 - Truth of Mistake

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/1998

In a town suffering from drought, Vash is hired to be the bodyguard of the only man who has water in the arid desert.

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Demon's Eye
star
7.92
207 votes

#10 - Demon's Eye

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/15/1998

Things get serious as Legato and his Gung-Ho Guns stir up trouble. Vash will have no choice but to roughen up to answer the challenge.

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Hang Fire
star
7.81
206 votes

#11 - Hang Fire

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/12/1998

News of Vash's reappearance reach the Bernardelli Insurance Company. Meryl and Milly go on the road to search for the Humanoid Typhoon while he steps into a bloody dispute between two families.

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Alternative
star
7.79
227 votes

#12 - Alternative

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/2/1998

Many people have been disappearing, whole towns even, and people are getting paranoid. Vash, Wolfwood and the girls are stuck outside and can't come in because the guards are too afraid to let them. They find shelter in an orphanage of sorts, and when trouble starts, a surprising adversary helps Wolfwood see the error in his ways.

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Diablo
star
7.79
305 votes

#13 - Diablo

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1998

Vash's past catches up to him as Legato Bluesummers, new nemesis, frames him for murder and sends an assassin to destroy him - and as push comes to shove Vash exposes a new side in his personality.

Directors: Hideo Hayashi
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Murder Machine
star
7.72
276 votes

#14 - Murder Machine

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/1998

A simple bus trip across the dunes goes wrong when mechanical spiders threaten the passengers. Vash meets a traveling priest who seems more than meets the eye.

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The $$60,000,000,000.00 Man
star
7.64
458 votes

#15 - The $$60,000,000,000.00 Man

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/1998

There are many rumors circulating about Vash the Stampede, but few people have actually seen him. Confusion follows as a couple of bounty hunters and two insurance girls separately try to find the real Vash, but only one of the bounty hunters guesses right. The other bounty hunter and the two girls think the first bounty hunter is Vash and even more confusion comes. In the end, the girls can't believe that the real Vash is who he actually is, because he's too nice and silly to match up with the rumors about "Vash the Stampede."

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Hard Puncher
star
7.63
321 votes

#16 - Hard Puncher

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/1998

An entire town has gone rampage searching for the $$60 billion head of Vash The Stampede in the hopes of hunting him for the reward. The humanoid typhoon will have to make a choice, will he reveal what he's really made of?

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Lost July
star
7.60
294 votes

#17 - Lost July

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/1998

After the town's folk gather enough money for a repair crew to be called for to repair their power plant, Vash is hired as a body guard for the head engineer - an attractive woman who seems to have a particular interest in the gunslinger. An interest which might be accidentally mistaken to be affection.

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Peace Maker
star
7.57
356 votes

#18 - Peace Maker

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/1998

Vash is forced to befriend a drunk as a city comes under attack by bandits whose leader claims he is Vash the Stampede.

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Love & Peace
star
7.57
302 votes

#19 - Love & Peace

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/1998

Vash is stuck between a rock and a hard place as he accidentally waltzes into a live robbery scene with his headphones on, unable to hear the police officers yelling at him to stay away. The plot thickens, though, as the robbery is revealed to be of the more personal sort...

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And Between the Wasteland and Sky
star
7.56
248 votes

#20 - And Between the Wasteland and Sky

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/1998

The adventure on the speeding sand-steamer continues as Vash reveals another aspect in his personality and his young friend is faced with the dilemma of speaking up to a grown-up.

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B.D.N.
star
7.50
254 votes

#21 - B.D.N.

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/1998

Vash is joined with a young boy whom he's forced to take under his wings when the steamer comes under attack.

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Quick Draw
star
7.47
299 votes

#22 - Quick Draw

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/1998

In a noble attempt, Vash and Wolfwood join a quick drawing competition to help a single mother and her daughter.

Directors: Shoji Yabushita
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Paradise
star
7.45
257 votes

#23 - Paradise

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/9/1998

Wolfwood's past catches up with him as the priest acknowledges he has a few sins to confess himself.

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Little Arcadia
star
7.36
234 votes

#24 - Little Arcadia

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/1998

In this almost completely Vash free episode, the two insurance girls need to help an old farmer save his beautiful grove from a gang who wants to take it away from him, in which the farmer's son is a member.

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Escape from Pain
star
7.33
270 votes

#25 - Escape from Pain

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/1998

In this Wolfwood-Milly-centered episode, the two encounter a couple on the run while Vash is hired to hunt them down.

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