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Trigun Stampede’s ending animation is a secret hidden in plain sight

newsofmax02/05/2023

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Trigun Stampede's ending animation is a secret hidden in plain sight

There has been a lot of talk about Trigun Trampled. New CG anime from studio Orange (Land of brilliance, beast) is based on Yasuhiro Nightow’s beloved space western manga that premiered earlier this month, and has generated both positives and … not so much. Wherever your feelings relate to this new version of Trigun, one thing is unmistakable: Trigun Trampled has one of the best ending credits of any anime this season.

There have been a lot of impressive anime clips aired this season, from Vinland’s story season 2 move praise to the liberating power of love to the colorful flour Aesthetics inspired by murals belong to fire huntercredit sequence of. For my money though, I would argue that Trigun TrampledThe ending animation ED (“Ending Song”) easily ranks as the most mysterious, influential, and memorable ending scene of this anime season.

An animated scene of stars arranged to look like two smiling short-haired anime boys staring at each other.

First appeared at the end Trigun TrampledIn the second episode of ‘, the series’ epilogue credits the aesthetic of a luminary, with chalk-drawn constellations marching and flashing against a black and blue watercolor background. The scene opens with a younger version of the main character from the Vash the Stampede series, smiling across from his twin Nai, before their resemblance dissolves into a star-studded animation. ice and faint streaks of light.

Set in an original song composed by Haruka Nakamura and sung by Japanese musician Salyu, the scene gradually transforms as the stars become small, undulating and flowing lines of sand like patterns of opposites. worthy of a Chladni plate experiment before dissolving and reforming into constellations. For a moment, the stars form a pattern of dots and dashes resembling Japan’s Morse Code (which some Eagle-eyed Redditor managed to roughly translate as “Welcome home”) before scattering again.

A string of morse codes hovering over a blue and black watercolor background

A cluster of stars arranged like a red geranium on a black and blue watercolor background.

The credits culminate with an arrangement of stars resembling a red geranium (a flower with deep symbolic meaning in the universe of three guns), then transforms into a model resembling one of the biomechanical “Plants” seen throughout the series before transforming again into the image of Vash the Stampede as a child. For those familiar with Yasuhiro Nightow’s 1995 original manga or Madhouse’s 1998 anime adaptation, the animation is subtly beautiful as well as deeply moving. For anyone new to the series, this is still an excellent and innovative series.

Although the director and storyboard artist behind the scene have yet to be revealed, the scene bears a striking resemblance to Miyo Sato’s glass animation (Psychological crowd 100) and sexy animations of Yoko Kunowho previously did the main animator on both Land of brilliance And beast.

Trigun Trampled available to stream on Crunchyroll and Hulu.