Trigun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It was first serialized in Tokuma Shoten's sh?nen manga magazine Monthly Sh?nen Captain from March 1995 to December 1996. The plot follows Vash the Stampede, a famous gunman who is constantly fighting bounty hunters seeking to obtain the immense bounty on his head. Trigun originated from Nightow's fascination with Western movies.