Via Moon Phase Diary: The promotional dust jacket cover ("obi") from volume 14 of the Trigun Maximum manga [AA] brings the news that a Trigun animated feature film is currently in production! It will feature an original story developed by manga author Yasuhiro Nightow and director Nishimura Satoshi who collaborated with Nightow on the Trigun TV series and is also known for his work on the Hajime no Ippo anime. The script will be helmed by veteran anime writer Kobayashi Yasuko, with character designs from Yoshimura Takahiro (an unknown?) and animation production from Madhouse. The tagline reads: "Vash vs. Wolfwood?! The familiar characters erupt on screen in an all-original Trigun story!" As a fan of the original TV series I'll be keeping a close eye out as this project develops...