Screening dates:

Glasgow @ the GFT: 09/10/10 at 1520 – book tickets here (under “Scotland Loves Anime” on the left bar).

Edinburgh @ The Filmhouse: 16/10/10 at 2045 – book tickets here

Director: Satoshi Nishimura

Runtime: 90 minutes (not including introduction or shorts)

Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)

Screening material: HDCAM

Synopsis:

Vash the Stampede is a gunslinging, red-trenchcoat-wearing drifter with a giant bounty on his head. His biggest threat, however, may not be law enforcement, but an outlaw by the name of Gasback. Twenty years ago, Vash accidentally interefered with one of Gasback’s robberies, and now the villain’s back with a score to settle.

Gasback has come to Macca City in hopes of stealing one of their major installations, and Vash has just coincidentally arrived at the same spot. Also involved in this caper are a beautiful lady with a grudge, a couple of insurance agents, and Vash’s old buddy Wolfwood. At first it seems that Gasback has succeeded, but one can never underestimate Vash’s legendary abilities—not to mention the secrets that his allies have up their sleeves.

Glasgow extra:

We are proud to announce our special guests for the Glasgow weekend of Scotland Loves Anime – Satoshi Nishimura and Shigeru Kitayama – the director and producer of Trigun Badlands Rumble!

About the guests:

SATOSHI NISHIMURA:

Mr. Satoshi Nishimura has worked for years as an animator on numerous anime titles providing key animation and story board work. He has worked on numerous series including MASHIN EIYUUDEN WATARU, FUTURE GPX CYBER FORMULA,CARD CAPTOR SAKURA, DRAGON BALL , PARADISE KISS and more. Later, Mr. Nishimura became a Director with several equally notable titles to his credit, including Trigun, and Hajime no Ippo. Mr. Nishimura’s latest title is Trigun Badlands Rumble.

SHIGERU KITAYAMA:

Mr. Shigeru Kitayama joined Victor Japan in 1984 and became an animation producer in 1993 after an assistant producer position in the anime titled NINJA SCROLL. He is also the current chief producer of Flying Dog Inc. Mr. Kitayama enjoys war and “spaghetti-western” movies with hobbies consisting mainly of plastic models and toy guns. He also plays guitar for an amateur band. Mr. Kitayama has worked on such titles such as TRIGUN, EXCEL SAGA, NOIR, GUNGRAVE and MADLAX.

Trailer:

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