Trigun Vol. 5 - Angel Arms

Rather than duel with Vash, Legato hires the Gung-Ho Guns, a succession of weird assassins. Vash outwits Dominique the Cyclops, whose mysterious powers derive from the Demon's Eye of the title. In "Fifth Moon," the futuristic samurai Rai-Dei the Blade wounds Vash and threatens to kill him. His threats trigger a violent, unexpected reaction: Vash somehow produces a blast of energy that levels the entire city, burns a gaping hole in the moon, and attracts itinerant preacher Nicholas D. Wolfwood. The power he unleashes explains Vash's alternate moniker, "The Humanoid Typhoon."

As they watch the destruction from a distance, Meryl and Milly are heartbroken to learn they've been taken off the supervision of Vash and ordered to return to Bernardelli Insurance Society headquarters.

Rated for ages 13 and up for violence. --Charles Solomon

Description
Bonds of love and friendship are strong, but some can only be preserved when they are severed. Vash must leave his friends and happiness behind as he walks the treacherous and bloody path prepared by Legato. The body count begins to rise as the Gung-Ho Guns enter the picture, but Vash will do anything he can to preserve life.

As for this DVD in particular, under Extra Stuff they finally put in a non-credit opening and ending option, for those of you who are into that sort of thing.

The first episode on this DVD is one of my least favorites of the entire show. Vash has a minor role. Milly and Meryl are the main characters and they fight the 2nd half of the Nebraska Family.

The other two episodes however, are some of my favorites. Vash battles a few more of the Gung Ho Guns, Wolfwood has a hidden agenda, Vash reveals his other hidden gun, and all sorts of other cool stuff happens. For those first watching the episodes as they are released in the US, the show may look as though it begins to get very unoriginal and cliche. But just keep watching and be sure to get out the next DVD coming out. There is a sudden surprising twist in the series.


OooOoo gotta see this   November 28, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Okay with this dvd you get 3 more episode of trigun, in these three episodes you get a better understanding of vash's past (not much but it does answer some question) and you also get to see vash's third gun ;), a couple of more members of the gung-ho gun are introduce and you get a better glimpse of legato's powers you also get to see a picture of milli and meryl and their true feelings for vash


Heading In The Direction Of Mediocrity   December 28, 2000
Alfred Tam (Staten Island, New York USA)
2 out of 11 found this review helpful

I really liked the first 4 Trigun discs (even though 2-4 had only 3 episodes a piece). Despite the fact that Trigun was another "wandering samurai looking for redemption anime", it was a fresh and funny series. Volume 5 starts off really stale with a generic filler story that has no bearing on the overall picture. The next two episodes are better and advance the story but the series falls into another anime cliche, a battle with a series of villains to fight the "big boss". Damn shame, I had high hopes for this series.


Misleading Cover   April 23, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

The cover of this DVD doesn't make much sense. The art would have been much more appropriate for Vol.1. This is actually one of the darkest DVDs in the series yet.

First off, I'm really irritated at the dissing that the first episode, "Little Arcadia", gets. This episode stars Milly and Meryl and Vash gets mostly left out. This episode is very well done IMO. Interesting story, hilarious villains, and rather touching at the same time. It has a nice theme about family. And I'm a big fan of the insurance girls. Sure Vash is the center of the series, but Meryl and Milly really deserve much of the credit for making Trigun such an awesome series.

The next two episodes are kind of "Villain of the Day" affairs. Thankfully this does not continue through Vol.7. In the second episode Vash confronts Dominique the Cyclops. In the third, Rai-Dei the Blade. And a very important event and revelation occurs in the third episode, so keep your eyes peeled.


Uhm, whugh hoppend?   November 24, 2000
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Ok, don't get me wrong...I love TRIGUN - the first 4 DVD's were awesome. I liked the humor, loved the concept, the music, the evenflow of the series - the way they all connect and intertwine with each other. But the animation in this DVD seems below the quality of the previous ones. Also, the first story only contains VASH very briefly. The villains are whack in the first episode on this #5 dvd...and only the final episode which contains WOLFWOOD, was entertaining. I hope the next DVD is better...these stories seemed like filler and fluff.