The anime series is frequently listed as one of the best anime series; in 2001, "Wizard's Anime" Magazine listed "Trigun" as the 38th best series on their "Top 50 Anime released in North America", and in 2010 "The Los Angeles Times" journalist Charles Solomon placed the series as the seventh best anime on his "Top 10". In 2009, "Trigun Maximum" won the Best Comic Seiun Award at the 48th Japan Science Fiction Convention. The success of the animated series increased the popularity of the original manga source material with the US release's first volume run of 35,000 sold out shortly after release. The second volume concluded the original series early the next year, and went on to be the top earning manga release of 2004.