Senior Research in Trigun

[Falco53]

Hey guys. I haven't been here in a good long while, but I'm still a Christian, and I still love anime, so I assume I'm still welcome here.

I'm a Senior in college now, and I'm doing research for my English Seminar paper. I'm planning on examining how Yasuhiro Nightow constructs his Christ Figure in Trigun (the anime). I know that Nightow didn't technically write the anime, but he created the series and he was involved in the planning stages.

Anyway, I was wondering if anybody could direct me towards some good resources that deal with Christ figures, Christianity in Japan, Trigun, or all of the above. I'm especially interested in any source that discusses Trigun as a literary text.

If anybody just wants to discuss the Christ figure in Trigun, that's fine too.

Thanks.