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NIGHTOW COMICS: Jump SQ June 2008 Issue - "Kekkai Sensen" one-shot manga - scanning complete! DARK HORSE: TM#13 - Available December 2008 TOYS/FIGURES: NEXT - Assemble Borg (by Nightow) Kaiyodo-ToyTribe New Vash Prototype Toy (by JazWares) - coming out Someday?! New Vash Angel Prototype! CONVENTIONS: Sugoicon - October 31, 2008, Ohayocon Jan '09 RUMOR MILL: Trigun the MOVIE (temp) 2009! (confirmed by Nightow!)/ Video Game FORUM: Milly T's TriMax Forum Join today and post comments, links & pictures! EMAIL: MillyT's Email
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| October 12, 2008 Thanks to Blue the Echidna we have new fanart! Anyone who searches on deviantART may have already seen these two pieces, but I like 'em! Along with the fanart pieces he also helped me updated a section on the "anime versus manga" page about the Toma (those weird bird/lizard things they ride) - so check it out and read something new! To those of you who come to this site on a regular basis, if anyone knows of a page that I should update, or you have an information you think should be added, feel free to contact me! I'm not always sure which pages are popular (I don't have a way to see page hits on individual pages anymore...I'm sorta lazy to research a way to do that too...). And also I'm curious to ask if anyone has any anime screen shots they'd like to add to my page. I've considered updating that page for awhile now but haven't had the time nor the energy to get a program to do a better job at screen-capping. ^_^ |
October 8, 2008
Yup, I haven't had any news in a long while...it's sorta depressing because I love this website and it was founded on always having new info to share with you great Trigun fans! However, I'm still having trouble finding something new to share. The forum has been very quiet as of late (except for the 'new members' showing up every few hours from some unknown nasties trying to inundate us with whatever porn or spam they would if I didn't catch them...) so there hasn't been much for me to share. However, as I was doing an extensive search through Google's pictures I found this magical little faked X-Box 360 cover for Trigun. It's sorta like the fake Live-Action preview someone placed up there on YouTube awhile ago. Kind of neat to look at even though you can figure out how they did it. It DOES make you stop and take notice just to wonder if such a game will ever exist. I know for a time there were rumors (fairly believable ones at that) going on some forums that don't exist anymore that this game really WOULD be released sometime in the near future. Well, we all know that didn't pan out as promised, but I like to imagine in a perfect world it may have...although in a more perfect world, the game wouldn't be on the X-Box!In other news, I have updated Dark Convergence, Chapter 22 finishes off the two-chapter arc of what happened in Vash/Knives' past. These two chapters were basically me wanting to see what it would be like if other insurance agents had tracked down Vash and the result. Mind you, I can understand many of my readers might be wondering where the romance in this story has disappeared to...or rather - where has it been at all? And to answer that question...well, it's coming...it's still in the future a few chapters since Dwellin and I had this idea we'd lead up to the logical result - but also being something of a mystery at first...well, okay, I've been going the long route to get there! However, lately because of ff.net's sheer drop off in good Trigun fanfiction (or at least good writers, although I know a few of you may still be out there reading this blog) I've had a new wave of readers join in the fray. Believe me, it's been quite a surprise and actually a good one for boosting the ego! Especially to know that there are enough fans out there still who want to read a good fanfiction - or at least a crazy one written by two crazy gals. ^_^ I doubt I met anyone at Tsubasacon a few weekends ago who reads this site - wait, I take that back, I think I did because at one point I randomly mentioned my site to a girl buying a Vash drawing and she got all squealy and said I was her hero. *GRINS* Now, I've been through quite a few conventions in my day and most of the more well-established ones seem to overlook the anime which has become a staple in just about any 'top 10 anime you should have seen' list. Trigun being up there with Cowboy Bebop and probably at least one Miyazaki movie. Because of that I'll see a few cosplayers out there playing Wolfwood, but very few people are actually interested in the series any more. But then...then I go to these newer conventions where we have this huge surge of newbies (nearly 750 this year, a record turn out for West Virginia) and here's all of these girls and guys oohing and awwwing over my Vash drawings - surprisingly enough I think I sold more Vash this weekend (and pokemon) than Inuyasha, Naruto, or Edward Elric. So what is this draw to Vash that remains firmly intact within the otaku psyche? I'm not exactly sure, but Vash is one of these very recognizable chracters whom - well, we all love him - but those who aren't crazy fans still like the series as well. I'm not exactly sure WHY that is...but it's good to know that the spikey-haired, red-coated gunman still draws fans even ten years after the anime aired and almost a year after the manga ended (albeit in Japan, since we're still patiently waiting for it to finish in English here.) Speaking of the manga, most of you have probably read it already, but on occasions I still get the question of where cheap-skates and poor college students can read it online. GO BUY IT...but if you can't... One Manga can fulfill your need. READ IT. If you're visiting this site for the first time to find out more about the anime - go read the manga too!! I've never based this site as much on the anime as I have the manga, my reasoning because the manga is just SO much better. Don't get me wrong...I love seeing Vash doing his crazy antics, but it's night/day difference between Vash in the two series. I just now realized I used to blog on this website more than I do now. Maybe because I used to talk more about Trigun than I do. I miss it. I really miss the excitment of getting online and chatting with various people about Trigun, it's almost as if all of the older fans have trickled on to something else. They still have hope for Trigun in the future - but in the meantime they are on to something else. I still have this love for the series that hasn't been overshadowed by something else. But what news do I have to share with you? I'm afraid it's slim...but I will continue on my journey to find some, that's for sure! For anyone just joining us in this little endeavor for Trigun information - you can always email me: Ricki or join the forum - or catch me on AIM under 'whatcherr', I'd love to talk about the series and answer any questions you might have about it. I also love photos, I love fanart - anything you've got and want to send me links to...send me pictures or a story you'd like to pimp for a friend or yourself - let me know! And in the meantime...I need to get back to writing my fanfiction...it'll come to an end someday - I just need more time to work on it! ^_^ |
| July 20, 2008 KekkaiSensen! For those of you who don't visit my forum and only hang about on my website, I've finally put up links for Kekkai Sensen on my webpage! To find them, just click on the link on the main page, they're pretty easy to find. I'm about... 60% complete, 30 pages of 50...yes, I've got more to do and I'm sorry that it's taking me so long to finish! Just imagine if I was translating them too... *sweatdrop* Anyway, I just wanted to show you that I'm still working on this site and planning on doing updates more than once every few months...heh heh heh...urg. I hope you are all doing fine and I'm STILL looking for someone to translate this! Maybe someone will throw it out there and if someone just happens to find it translated on the interwebs somewhere - please let me know!! |
| July 13, 2008 "Trigun Live Action Preview...Fake This is like the corniest and yet...brilliant fake movie trailers I have seen in some time...well, actually - ever. I was cruising around the internet looking for some kind of new Trigun Movie news to share with you when I found this little jem on YouTube, so check it out. I recognized the Vash from around - although the Wolfwood and Meryl were new to me, maybe they're Westcoasters? (If any of you three check this site out, email me, I'd love to get an interview with you about this little beauty!) Anyway, they're missing a Milly! *sob* Ah well, plus all of the other characters - now why doesn't anyone think of doing something like this at other conventions? Maybe because we never have them near enough sand...hmmm. XD So how's everyone's summer going? Going to any conventions? Getting some cool stuff? Have you found anything on Ebay worth mentioning or how about a tid-bit of information on Trigun? Let me know! The only stuff that I've been up to lately is I posted Chapter 20 of Dark Convergence about a week ago, I'm currently working to get another chapter up soon - trying to get caught up on posting so perhaps I'll have the motivation to write more! I really want to get this story done, and since Dwellin has her own fanfiction (Bleach! Check it out: Dwellin's Fanfiction Links) so I have the responsibility of doing a good job and finishing this out! Or at least...trying to! I haven't been writing or drawing much lately unfortunately. Speaking of conventions, Tsubasacon in September!! I'll be there, I'm looking for any East-Coasters who want to be a part of the Artist alley...email me! Lately that's the only convention I'm going to have time to attend, although perhaps Matsuricon or even Youmacon if I'm lucky (crossing fingers my work doesn't block my time off that month) and if not, then Ohayocon in January it is! If anyone is looking forward to more Trigun cosplay I've heard that Otakon is having a get-together, so take lots of pictures if you go! I've heard that Stripper Vash and Voltz are planning on being out there - a lot of people told me about (and showed me) videos of their Wolfwood and Vash "Man Love" skit, go online and look for it if you haven't - I'm telling you, it's one of these rare beauties of videos that really make my day, especially when they're doing Trigun a huge favor by still promoting the characters! ^_^ I keep hoping for a return to popularity when the movie comes! So keep the Trigun fandom alive folks!! And I'll be back with more information as it comes to me! |
| June 15, 2008 Well, as you all might have figured out by now...I'm a lazy bum. Well, no, not so much lazy as just so busy with life that updating this site has been set on the back burner. Not that I don't check in about once a week or so - I'm waaaay more active on my forum than actually actively posting things here. Maybe that's the problem, it's so much easier to post on a forum! But nonetheless, I have NOT and will NOT forget this website!! It's still my baby even when I know that the regular visitor count I used to get (upwards of fifty plus a day...small in some standards) is pretty much dwindled to nothing...heck, even the people who used to visit this site on a regular basis and check my spelling for me have pretty much gone now. However! I know there's still a lot of you who visit maybe once a month when you're bored, looking for something new, and this update is for you! And maybe also for the fans out there who email me every now and again saying 'your site rocks!' Or something to that extent! Well, for those of you who still email me from time to time - I wanted to say - thank you! I want to say thanks to all of you who have submitted ultra cool fan artwork! Like Fahji and Jen who sent me stuff probably in April and I didn't get around to posting it until today. Well, thank you - and for your patience - your pictures are posted!! Anyone else have artwork they've been sitting on for awhile? Let me know! I have some new artwork myself, I haven't gotten it scanned or colored like I've been planning...but perhaps soon, or at least you can check out my deviantART account because, again, it's easier, I tend to post there more often as well! In other news, I added more links to Kekkai Sensen scans below. No...I haven't finished scanning it yet, I'm afraid I've been doing photo restorations lately and those have been using up my spare time. Yes, I'm doing it as a side thing for people I know, just because I work for a place that sends them out and I really can't stand the quality we get back..and I'm sorry to say that I let those I work for know it! So that's another reason why artwork hasn't been taking front and center either - I've been creative in other ways! On yet another note - I found, or should I say Meesh found an awesome website called GKWorld (out of PA) that has Trigun models, posters, books, and other cool figures and whatnot. I ordered a VERY awesome poster of the last YKO cover the other day...oh my gosh this is AWESOME! I got it yesterday in the mail. The only problem is it cuts off Kuronekosama at the bottom and everything above say, Elendira's head - however, it's got Rem, Wolfy, Milly, Meryl and Knives - of course Livio and Legato too - so it's very sweet...and only $3 plus shipping and handling...and of course I bought a few other posters to go along with it. I would warn however - the posters say 15x20 online and they're more like 15x21, so I had to trim some to get it in a frame... yeah, a bit heartaching that, I guess I'll just have to order some more for backups in the future. *chuckles* Last but not least - I forgot to update that Dark Horse has released the date for Trigun Maximum #13 - at least Amazon.com has it...December 2008. Yeah - a long wait, but well worth it in my book!! ^_^ |
| May 31, 2008 Kekkai Sensen! It's Nightow! It's cool weapons! It's Vampires! It's Mummy-butlers! It's Meryl/Wolfwood magicians! It's...well, it's all an all new one-shot by Yasuhiro Nightow and YOU can be the first to take a look at some raw scans that I've got online!
There's actually a LOT more where that came from (53 pages in all, four of them colored as you see here) - but I've been a lazy bum and don't like this new scanner I'm working with (frankly it's TOO good and scans the texture of the pages so it takes a long time to clean them just to this point) plus I'm in the process of being really bugged by too many new names and words that I'm unsure of and quite sure they are a different language. |
March 31, 2008 Thanks to the wonderful people at my forum, I'm happy to have the information (or a bit more anyway) on a One-shot that Nightow is bringing out in a magazine called "Jump SQ" (Jump Square) in June. The title of the one-shot manga is "Kekkai Sensen" - loosely translated as Blood World War. Here is the picture that they have on the Jump SQ website with one of their other manga...it's very weird to see these uber serious characters with these ultra old-school cutsy types, but I'm not entirely sure what kind of magazine this is. I wonder if this is yet another one of Nightow's "I think I'll do a manga for kids"? I haven't a clue.What I do like, and I must thank Nash the Stampede for this information, as well as AngelofDeath for searching up a link on where to find this magazine here in the states (I might just have to order myself a copy too!). Oh what I like (back on track here) is the female character looks half like Meryl but in a Wolfwood-type outfit. Or maybe it's a young man? I'm not sure - there's really nothing more to go on here because all it says here is "Trigun Maximum's Nightow Yasurhiro" and the title of the manga. Keep tuned to the forum and this site for more details as we get them - hopefully we'll get a hold of the manga and perhaps get a scanlation of our own going! ^_^ Hope you all had a great Easter (for those who celebrated it!) |
| March 12, 2008 Brand new updates! What do you know I got a new fanart submission!!!! Fahji submitted an awesome new desktop in the fanfiction page starring the "winged Vash" figure that...was supposed to come out and yet you know, we haven't seen anything of since *sob*. And apparently there's more artwork on the way as well! So, if you haven't checked out the fanart page lately then go - go - go - check it out and email anyone you really liked their work and maybe they'll submit more stuff! ^_^ Keep checking back! |
| March 6, 2008 Soooo much news!! Well, first off - as you might see, this is a brand new Otaku Ramblings page...yup, seventh one - I slacked, that last one was pretty darn long! I blame moving and lack of news for the most part, but we've got a brand new page for brand new information! Especially since I'm still planning on keeping this website rolling with updates on Trigun Maximum English releases as well, of course, as "Trigun the Movie" updates! So keep checking back - I'll have all of your newest info right here, and if you don't find it here but somewhere else then send it my way so I can make sure everyone else gets the info! Next bit of news, which is actually more important if you ask me, is that I just got my Trigun Maximum #14 in the mail today - whoot! The very last issue. What's awesome is that the colored two-page spread at the end is STILL printed in color in this one, so it might be a good one to collect since you know how the American publishers skimp! Next interesting thing - and I'll print them together below - but the inside cover of this book is just so cute and chibi, although poor Vash has been beaten up quite badly (so, did he get caught in the end? *chuckles*) but it's just cute, plus Nightow himself and Kuronekosama is back there as well! I personally love Milly - but you know me!   
Of course, now you're going - but what's this "NEXT" thing?? So - inside the pages of TM#14 was this little pamphlet - inside is a series of snap-together figures that Nightow and a few others designed. I do have images now of what's inside the pamphlet that I'll be posting on the forum as the days pass, I think...if you want them that is. ^_^ If anyone's looking at this site to email me or ask me via the forum that is!! Well, basically I'm wondering now if this is an idea that Nightow might move into Manga form at one point, is this the 'children's manga' he mentioned at Anime Central? I'm not sure! There really isn't much of a mention of it in here, possibly - there's a short interview with Nightow if anyone is volunteering to translate it for this site, let me know and I can get you scans of it, I'd like to know what he's saying.Of course, we all know that "TRIGUN THE MOVIE" information was on the little slip cover (actually a smaller slide cover on top of the slip cover of TM#14) and yesssireee it says "Vash vs Wolfwood!?" I'd betcha anything they used this to get all of the manga fans to go - oooooh. Especially since it says at the bottom under all of it that Young King Ours is released the 30th of each month - and something to the extend of 'keep checking for more anime news' - I'm not actually translating that...I might later, but what that's what it looks like, so I might be wrong. So what else is my news of the hour? Well, I was hoping to have more time to actually go through the changes in the new Trigun Maximum, but I haven't been able to sit down and look through both yet, so you'll have to wait for that news until a later day! I can't believe how quickly this evening has flown by since I started updating everything! Okay, I do want to give some thanks since I still have space here - I want to thank Angel of Death on the MillyT forum for updating me on some of the recent news - especially the new TM#14 cover. Thanks! Oh and AngelArmsFactory (Abo) did a new CGI coloring that I'm going to be posting when I get a chance soon - of Vash vs. Knives. If you want to see her artwork now, go to deviantART - I'm really looking forward to more colorations from people - if you'd like to do one and have it posted on this website, please send it my way!! I LOVE manga colorations!! Thanks for stopping by!! Your support keeps this website rolling - so please submit emails, go on the forums, and just hang out!! Let me know if you have any news! And thank you again - Trigun RULES!!! |
February 29, 2008 (Leap Day)
Figures the only day that I really have time to spend updating here is...of course a day that doesn't exist except for every four years. But, happy leap day to those of you who are reading this on the day! Guess what???? LOTS OF INFO!!! First off - I updated the chapters for TriMax 12, it was released earlier this month if you hadn't bought it already.Next up - news of the Trigun Movie!! It was apparently released on the Trigun Maximum #14 dust cover, but check out the news online here: Anime News Network Apparently something to do with "Vash vs. Wolfwood?!" which...to me, is kinda strange and yet kinda awesome because heck, I love them both and want to see them both on the BIG screen! Of course, that brings us right back to Trigun Maximum #14 being released in Japan just two days ago! I've got mine on order right now - of course, it probably means I'll be getting it a bit late since I also ordered another book from Japan that I've been wanting nearly as long - but when I get it I'l let you know what information I might have! It's so exciting - so much Trigun to work with lately! Oh - did anyone notice they were replaying the series on Cartoon Network? It was at an extremely crappy time-slot unfortunately, but I was wondering if anyone caught it? Any new fans made from it? Interested in learning more about the series and the manga maybe? Just curious!! Last bit of information I've got is that Dwellin and I have started up writing Dark Convergence again! Whoot! We posted a new chapter recently and I just finished writing another new chapter a few days ago. I've got one more to write in the next few weeks and then things should start rolling again on a more regular basis. I'm getting excited, it's something that we've been wanting to finish for some time now. I'm going to finish this off with a call for Trigun artwork and cosplay photos! Calling all fans - now is your chance to send me stuff again so that this website doesn't get all cob-webby again like it has been the last few months! Don't let us forget our Trigun roots!! Drop me an email if you do Trigun fanfiction, art, or have a website of your own - I'd love to post links, pictures, colorations, comics, etc. Just drop me a line!! And until then or when I have more information... adieu! |
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