Okay, so there might still only be 3 guns.  But after what might actually be a decade of speculation and broken dreams, Trigun the Movie is slated to premiere in Spring 2010.  As a total Trigun fangirl (I might have paid off my college loans if it weren’t for that meddling doujinshi. And action figures. And replica derringers. And re-re-rereleased DVDs…) this makes me really really ridiculously excited.  Trigun is one of my all-time favorite anime (second to Utena) – you have a cast of characters that can do both goofy and dramatic, and a story that allows them that range.  The anime did something that is apparently revolutionary: even though the manga was still going, THEY WROTE THEIR OWN ANIME ENDING.  And trust me, it was better than the manga. (Wait, so spaceships saved the day and being brunette means you’re dying and now Meryl and Milly are tv reporters? What?)

The plot looks like it’ll take place somewhere mid-series, since it stars Vash, Meryl, Milly, and Wolfwood. (OMG SPOYLERZ).  And there’s a bigtime robber named Gasback (ah, Trigun names) and a female bounty hunter named Ameria (not gonna lie – I hope someone writes pr0nfic with her in it and titles it “In Ameria”.)

Here’s the trailer. Exciting!