Trigun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. It was first serialized in Tokuma Shoten's shonen manga magazine Monthly Shonen Captain from March 1995 to December 1996, until the magazine ceased its publication; its chapters were collected in three tankobon volumes. The series continued its publication in Shonen Gahosha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs, under the title Trigun Maximum, from October 1997 to March 2007. Shonen Gahosha republished the Trigun chapters in two volumes, and collected the Trigun Maximum chapters in 14 volumes.