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Trigun Creator Nightow & Director Nishimura at AX 2009
posted on by Egan Loo
The R.O.D -The TV-) will also appear to promote the Trigun movie.
Nightow began drawing manga as a child, and he made his professional debut with 1994's CALL XXXX manga in Super Jump magazine. The following year, Nightow launched his most well-known creation: Trigun. The story follows Vash the Stampede, a comically destructive gunman on the run from a dark past. Besides the Trigun manga, Nightow also created the story and characters for the Gungrave game and anime franchise. The promotional cover wrapper on the 14th and final volume of Nightow's Trigun Maximum manga indicated that the film's story will be about "Vash vs. Wolfwood," a heavily armed preacher and Vash's frequent traveling companion.
Besides directing the Trigun television anime and the film version, Nishimura also directed Revolutionary Girl Utena, and many other titles.
ceased in-house distribution of its own titles in September 2007.