Trigun The 2nd Donut Happy Pack

Trigun: The 2nd Donut Happy Pack
Type	Soundtrack album, audio drama
Artist	Tsuneo Imahori
Released	October 21, 1998
Genre
Tracks	23 14 songs 9 audio dramas
Run Time	66 minutes
Label	Victor
Country	Japan
Catalog #	VICL-60286
Format	CD

Trigun: The 2nd Donut Happy Pack (stylized as TRIGUN the 2nd DONUT HAPPY PACK) is the second soundtrack album for Trigun. It contains audio dramas in addition to music. It was originally released in Japan on October 21, 1998 by Victor and in the US with English translated packaging on December 26, 2006 by Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Tracklist

Japanese release

Italicized tracks are audio dramas.

1. ラヴ ＆ ピース
2. Nerve Rack
3. 楽園
4. ウエスト・スラング
5. Unhappy Song
6. 黒猫空間
7. Colorless Sky
8. トライガン・マキシマム
9. Hash Hash
10. Lost Planet
11. Blue Spring
12. H.T - Destoyingangel mix
13. Zero Hour
14. Insurance #1
15. The lowdown
16. Insurance #2
17. Gunpowder Tea
18. Insurance #3
19. Cheers!
20. Scattered Rain
21. ピアス
22. Blue Summers
23. 砂の星

Trigun: The 2nd Donut Happy Pack
Type	Soundtrack album, audio drama
Artist	Tsuneo Imahori
Released	December 26, 2006
Genre
Tracks	23 14 songs 9 audio dramas
Run Time	66 minutes
Label	Geneon
Country	US
Catalog #	5363-2
Format	CD

US release

Italicized tracks are audio dramas.

1. Love & Peace
2. Nerve Rack
3. Rakuen [Paradise]
4. West Slang
5. Unhappy Song
6. Kuroneko Kuukan [Black Cat Space]
7. Colorless Sky
8. Trigun Maximum
9. Hash Hash
10. Lost Planet
11. Blue Spring
12. H.T – Destroyingangel mix
13. Zero Hour
14. Insurance #1
15. The lowdown
16. Insurance #
17. Gunpowder Tea
18. Insurance #3
19. Cheers!
20. Scattered Rain
21. Pierce
22. Blue Summers
23. Suna no Hoshi [Stars of Sand]

Audio Dramas

Nine original audio drama skits are included on this CD, featuring the voices of Masaya Onosaka as Vash the Stampede, Hiromi Tsuru as Meryl Stryfe, Satsuki Yukino as Milly Thompson, Show Hayami as Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Toshihiko Seki as Legato Bluesummers, and Tohru Furusawa as Millions Knives.

Story

The album booklet includes a summary describing an alternate, non-canon version of Trigun. It takes place in modern-day Japan with the main characters as high school baseball players.

The main character Vash the Stampede was born and raised in Sakai, Osaka. He entered Trigun High School and joined the baseball team, where he meets newcomer Nicholas. At the beginning there's animosity between them, but in time the two develop a powerful battery* with great chemistry. They lead the small and ineffective baseball team to the Koshien tournament, when tragedy strikes -- Nicholas suffers from an incurable illness. Their wish comes true and Stampede is now on the pitcher's mound at Koshien. But without his partner Nicholas, he is not at his best, and the situation is looking dire. At the end of the 9th inning, no outs and bases full, the next batter up is the cleanup hitter Millions, Stampede's enemy. As Stampede bites his lips, out of nowehere the Black Cat, which escaped from the hospital, appears in front of him... To be continued.

[*A unit consisting of a pitcher and a catcher]

A near-future cyber-gun action drama, a refreshing and youthful portrayal of Stampede and his friends.

-Geneon English translation

Three additional scenes from this story, illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow, are printed in the booklet as well:

• 

  Illustrations depicting scenes from this version of the story, printed in the album booklet.

• 

  English translation of the captions.

• The first shows Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl, Milly, and Brad celebrating the Trigun High School baseball team's victory at Koshien while Gofsef Nebraska cries.
• The second shows Meryl, Milly, Vash, and Wolfwood (all clad in school uniforms) talking and laughing together while Knives and Legato (clad in different school uniforms) spy on them from behind a tree.
• The third shows Vash and Wolfwood, both looking scuffed up, laying down on the grass near a bridge while Meryl and Milly are standing in the background.

Unofficial Releases

Four unofficial releases of this soundtrack are known to exist.

Trigun: The 2nd Donut Happy Pack - Unofficial Releases

Label	Catalog #	Country	Year	Format
Miya Records	MICA-0049	Taiwan	1998	CD
K-O Records Ltd.	KO-88246	Taiwan	1998	CD
SonMay Records	GGG-140	Taiwan	1998	CD
Ever Anime International Records	A8-1095	Taiwan	1999	CD

Notes

• Multiple versions of the album's cover art exist:
  • The artwork included in the art book shows Vash with incorrectly colored hands. This version of the artwork is also seen on Young King Ours' official Trigun website's CD / VIDEO page (archived) .
  • The artwork on the FlyingDog Official Web Site for the album has Vash with incorrectly colored hands and an alteration to the title, which now reads "the 2nd DONUTS HAPPY PACK" instead of "the 2nd DONUT HAPPY PACK".

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  Album artwork as seen in the Trigun Art Book. Vash's hands are miscolored.

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  Album artwork as seen on FlyingDog's website. Vash's hands are miscolored and the title has been changed to "the 2nd DONUTS HAPPY PACK"

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  Album artwork as seen on the original Victor release.

• The back cover insert artwork on the Japanese release features the repeated text of "SECOND DONUTS". Between this and the aforementioned version of the artwork seen on FlyingDog's website, it is possible that "The 2nd DONUTS HAPPY PACK" may have been considered for the title of this album.
• Tsuneo Imahori is credited by the pseudoname "The Dr.Donut" on the FlyingDog Official Web Site for the album.
• A selection of music tracks from both this album and Trigun The First Donuts were included on the US-exclusive CD Trigun: Spicy Stewed Donut.

Links

• FlyingDog Official Web Site page for the album (Japanese)