--TRIGUN CHARACTER BIOS--

Creator Comments are of Yasuhiro Nightow on the Manga series, as printed in the Puff magazine interview.

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Name: Vash the Stampede
A.K.A. Ericks, Tongari, Alex
OCCUPATION: Self-professed "Love Hunter"
Height: 7'20" (i don't know it's what the thingy picture said, oh I'll find it and post it.)
Weight: 84.5pg
B-day: July 21st, 0104
Blood type: O

Distinguishing Characteristics:

 artificial left arm, mole near left eye, big red trench coat, usually carries a big duffle bag
WEAPONS: The silver six-shooter, bazooka/machine gun, Angel Arm.
PHILOSOPHY: "Love and Peace!"
COMMENTS: He refuses to kill anyone. He is extremely fond of donuts.
CREATOR COMMENTS: HEIGHT: "It isn't set. About 180 centimeters, more or less, I guess."
NAME ORIGINS: "'Stampede' is his nickname or common name. It means 'cattle running wild.'"
HAIR COLOR CHANGE: "There is a reason. But I can't tell you yet."
WEIGHT OF COAT: "It isn't set. For all that there's lots of stuff attached, it might be lighter than you think."
EYESIGHT: "I think it's quite good. And his motion perception is good, too. That, plus his sense of judgement in emergency situations, and lightning-quick reflexes have kept him alive. He doesn't have super powers or anything."
LIVING EXPENSES: "He works as a bodyguard and stuff like that to earn his keep. He's steady--he doesn't seem like the type to waste money."
DRESSING TIME: "I haven't decided that! (cries) He puts that on every day, so he must be pretty fast, right?"

 

 

NAME: Meryl Stryfe
A.K.A. "Derringer Meryl"
OCCUPATION: Claims Investigator, Bernardelli Insurance
Distinguishing Characteristics: um...
WEAPONS: American Derringer (x 50)
PHILOSOPHY: ?
COMMENTS: ...
CREATOR COMMENTS: SALARY: "Even if her actual salary isn't much, I think she's getting a lot of hazard compensation."
FAMILY: "She's from a nuclear family."
WEAPONS: "She has 50 Derringers under her cape. Even though they're lightweight guns, when you add them up, it's really heavy. I thought, 'I blew it!'"

 

 

NAME: Milly Thompson
A.K.A. "Stungun Milly"
OCCUPATION: Claims Investigator, Bernardelli Insurance
Distinguishing Characteristics: Pretty tall compared to most women in the series.
WEAPONS: Stungun
PHILOSOPHY: ?
COMMENTS: She's incredibly strong.  At times unusually perceptive/and or absent minded. She is the youngest of ten children, and writes home regularly.
CREATOR COMMENTS: FAMILY: "She's the youngest of seven children." (manga version)
WEAPON: "It looks pretty heavy. She must be pretty strong to walk around carrying that."

 

 

NAME: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
A.K.A. uh... Wolfwood, "terrorist priest" hehe.
OCCUPATION: Wandering Priest/Minister and Gunman
Distinguishing Characteristics: Carries Huge Metal cross wrapped up in rags, dark suit with silver cross handcuffs.
WEAPONS: Cross Punisher No. 1 (Grader handgun x ?), Cross Punisher No. 2 (machine gun/rocket launcher)
PHILOSOPHY: Shoot first, ask questions later, and may God go with you., "Sometimes the answers just fall from heaven."
COMMENTS: Financially supports an orphanage.

CREATOR COMMENTS:

HEIGHT: "It isn't set. I think he's a little taller than Vash--by a centimeter or two."
NAME ORIGINS: "It's a pun. He's modeled on Tortoise Matsumoto, so it's taken from 'Ulfuls.' His middle initial D. stands for 'Dokonokuminomonjawaresumakinishiteshizumetarokakora.' (laughs)"
DAILY CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION: "I don't know! (cries) Well, it must be a lot. And paper cigarettes are probably expensive, so he probably smokes ..."
COSTUME (DRESSING LIGHT): "His outfit is simple because if you add lots of stuff, it's hard to draw. He has enough character with just the cross."
KANSAI DIALECT: "It's an English-speaking world, so he's not actually speaking Kansai dialect. Think of it as indicating some accent."
NAME OF GUN: "'Punisher.' Is he punishing the enemy or himself?"
WEIGHT OF GUN: "I think it must be at least a hundred-something kilograms. It's amazing that he can carry it. He must have an incredible sense of balance to be able to swing it around like that."
SIZE OF GUN: "About 170 centimeters or so going the long way."
TIME (PROCEDURE) OF PUTTING AWAY GUN: "It isn't set. He picks up the cloth, wraps the cross in it, and then carefully fastens it in place with the straps, right? Even if he acts cool, it takes a lot of work."

 

 

NAME: Legato Bluesummers
A.K.A. Legato
OCCUPATION: Psychopath (ahahaha.)
Distinguishing Characteristics: Blue hair, gold eyes. Wears unusual white coat with skull and spikes.
WEAPONS: Mind control.
PHILOSOPHY: "Eternal suffering to Vash the Stampede."
COMMENTS: Knives' right-hand man. Vash's left-hand man, haha get it?. Often appears with a snack.
CREATOR COMMENTS: HEIGHT: "Undecided. He might be a little shorter than Vash."
NAME ORIGINS: "He just seemed like a Legato."
DRESSING TIME: "I'm telling you, I don't know! (cries) It's just the coat, so it should be faster than you're expecting."
FAMILY: "He seems like he'd have a younger sister. I don't know if she's alive or dead, though."
FAVORITE FOOD: "I liked that they gave him a sweet tooth in the animated version, but in the comics, he's just a glutton. (laughs) He seems as though he'd like [spaghetti with] meat sauce and curry rice and hamburgers--childish, easy-to-understand stuff like that."

 

 

NAME: Millions Knives, or Knives Millions (you get the idea, lotsa pointy stabby thing!)
A.K.A. Knives
OCCUPATION: Environmental Activist, haha, ah man I kill me
Distinguishing Characteristics: Superficially identical to Vash, except for lighter hair color, and absence of mole. Evil gleam in eyes and maniacal laugh.
WEAPONS: A black six-shooter, Angel Arm.
PHILOSOPHY: Survival of the fittest., "One must kill the spider in order to save the butterfly."
COMMENTS: Has a low threshold for pain. Whines like a child
CREATOR COMMENTS: "There are slight differences, but he's exactly like Vash."
"I think he just picked up Legato on a whim."

 

 

NAME: Rem Saverem
A.K.A. Rem
OCCUPATION: Crew member aboard the "Project Seeds" colonization ship.
Distinguishing Characteristics: um... Long black hair, I guess.
WEAPONS: Are you kidding?
PHILOSOPHY: "Your ticket to the future is always blank." "No one has the right to take another's life." "When you turn around again, the future is there waiting for you." et cetera et cetera.
COMMENTS: Likes red flowers, geraniums in particular. At first I thought Rem was his ex-girlfriend that died or sumthin. Boy did I have that wrong she's more his mother.
CREATOR COMMENTS: PERSONAL HISTORY: "She's someone who joined the ship's crew driven to desperation after her boyfriend died."
NATIONALITY: "I think she's Asian, but it isn't set."