Trigun

Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a fortune, and his path of destruction reaches across the arid wastelands of a desert planet. Unfortunately, most encounters with the spiky-haired gunslinger don't end well for the bounty hunters who catch up with him; someone almost always gets hurt - and it's never Vash. Oddly enough, for such an infamous fugitive, there's no proof that he's ever taken a life. In fact, he's a pacifist with a doughnut obsession who's more doofus than desperado. There's a whole lot more to him than his reputation lets on - Vash the Stampede definitely ain't your typical outlaw.

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You get the same episodic bounty-hunter rhythm and wry philosophical undercurrent, just swapped from desert sands to the void of space.

Fullmetal Alchemist 77%

51 eps · 2003

It trades gunslinging for alchemy, but the mix of goofy comedy, weighty philosophy, and a tragic past driving the hero will feel familiar.

Desert Punk 75%

24 eps · 2004

Another wasteland wanderer with a bounty on his head, though here the comedy leans crasser and the pacifism is nowhere in sight.

Gungrave 75%

26 eps · 2003

Expect the same slow-burn tragedy behind a stoic gunman, just filtered through mafia loyalty instead of desert legend.