Story
Trigun: Wolfwood contains three episodes. First off, the episode titled And Between the Wasteland and Sky concludes the Bad Lad Gang's hijacking of the Steam Boat. This episode is followed by Murder Machine which introduces Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a priest who carries a gigantic cross covered in cloth. But this man is no ordinary priest. Finally, Quick Draw finishes this disc with Vash and Wolfwood competing in a quick draw tournament to save a woman and her son since the father has mysteriously vanished and the family is in massive debt. (Can anyone say "Run-on sentence?")?

Packaging
The front cover is again spectacular, Vash and Wolfwood stand back to back in front of Wolfwood's cross. Each character is holding a gun. The background of the cover is a blue sky with a gravesite below. The back cover is the same style as previous DVDs, a poetic description of Wolfwood with a paragraph on the episodes contained along with one screen capture for each episode. The background image is of Vash, the kid, and that cat sitting on the steamboat looking into the distance. The image is given a nice charcoal effect. Fixing the episode listing dilemma from the previous DVD, Wolfwood lists the episodes by their correct number (8, 9, and 10). Extras within the DVD casing include information on the Trigun mini lunchbox and Mini Resin Bust. You are also given a slip with the same cover as the front cover followed by episode titles and their chapters.

Menus
The menus just keep improving (Not that the previous menus had anything wrong with them). This time around, the menu begins with a dark background with dirt/dust moving slowly on the bottom of the screen and a picture of a gun covered in a shadow. The gun begins to shine and the screen illuminates to show Vash and Wolfwood standing back to back (same image as the front cover) with their guns shining and their eyes blinking every few seconds or so. A new and just as cool musical score plays, repeating every minute or so. Once selecting a choice from the menu, the screen burns away to reveal the next screen. Pioneer has created the best menus that I have so far seen on a DVD (July 3, 2001).

Video
Few scratches here and there, nothing that isn't on other anime DVDs. I'd say the quality of the video is about average. I didn't see any rainbows this time; the colors seemed just as good as they have always been.

English
Watching the English version is almost like watching the Japanese in terms of script quality; the dialogue is barely changed. Since a new character has been introduced, I have to comment on their performance. The Voice Actor who portrays Nicholas D. Wolfwood is a great actor; I truly enjoyed how he handled Wolfwood's persona, however I felt that his voice was a little too deep. When I look at Wolfwood, I don't see someone with a deep voice, but rather a goofy yet serious voice, such as Vash's VA.

Japanese
Perfect, I'm getting sick of using that word. Where is my damn thesaurus? It's funny how you can't find something when you need it. Anyway, back to the review. The subtitles are a yellow color with a black border. At least they have the black border. Some of the subtitles were a little off from a perfect translation. They contained the same meaning, but a better choice of words would have suited the scenes better. As with the English version, with a new character comes my anal-retentiveness to review their performance in the shortest amount of words possible. Shou Hayami (Wolfwood) is given a childish yet mature voice to portray the kind-hearted priest with a past that, like Vash, he cannot bury and must repent for. Compared to the English, the Japanese version is always better and Wolfwood is no exception.

Extras
Three extras contained in the extras menu. The first is "Weapons Designs;" 35 images on the designs of the various weapons used from the beginning of Volume 1 to the end of this volume. An image gallery of 25 images follows this. Lastly, DVD credits which is the same as always. The "Pioneer Info" selection is again present and again the same. I do enjoy the designs for the characters and such that have been appearing on the DVDs, but I would have much preferred more entertaining extras that moved at the least. Plain images just get boring.

Final Thoughts
Trigun seems to get more interesting with each episode. The series appears to be moving to a more serious tone and this is something that just makes the series better. There is nothing about this DVD that makes it not worth buying. Trigun is just an amazing series. Later minna!

© Eric.