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Shadow Skill Thunderbolt Fantasy Sat, 07-09-2016, 02:27 AM
Buffalobiian http://i.imgur.com/5s497TF.jpg... Sat, 07-09-2016, 03:00 AM
MasterOfMoogles Had no idea what I was... Sat, 07-09-2016, 03:53 AM
Shadow Skill Thanks Buff! It is very... Sat, 07-09-2016, 05:57 AM
Buffalobiian No problem. Apparently the... Sat, 07-09-2016, 06:02 AM
shinta|hikari How is it possible that a... Sat, 07-09-2016, 07:26 AM
Buffalobiian That's what made Legend of... Sat, 07-09-2016, 07:38 AM
David75 Ditched after 2 minutes. Not... Sat, 07-09-2016, 10:29 AM
Shadow Skill I get that the story and... Sat, 07-09-2016, 10:43 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 02 ... Fri, 07-15-2016, 10:07 PM
Shadow Skill I'm really enjoying this... Fri, 07-15-2016, 10:37 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 03 --------- Sat, 07-23-2016, 04:45 AM
shinta|hikari The MC's tsundere act is... Sat, 07-23-2016, 07:20 AM
Shadow Skill This episode seemed really... Sat, 07-23-2016, 08:14 AM
MasterOfMoogles Hopefully that was the extent... Sun, 07-24-2016, 03:38 AM
Shadow Skill What happened to all that... Tue, 08-02-2016, 12:46 AM
shinta|hikari It's a standard in Wuxia and... Tue, 08-02-2016, 08:26 AM
Shadow Skill I was expecting some awesome... Tue, 08-02-2016, 10:27 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 06 ... Fri, 08-12-2016, 09:32 PM
shinta|hikari Fanservice? Wtf? You trolled... Fri, 08-12-2016, 10:53 PM
Shadow Skill I will say this. Episode 6 is... Sun, 08-14-2016, 11:21 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 12 --------------- Sat, 09-24-2016, 01:32 AM
shinta|hikari He better be super boss after... Sat, 09-24-2016, 07:15 AM
Buffalobiian He's ability is legendary... Sat, 09-24-2016, 11:31 AM
Shadow Skill Episode 12 is the best... Sat, 09-24-2016, 08:35 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 13 ... Fri, 09-30-2016, 04:59 PM
shinta|hikari That was his previous goal.... Fri, 09-30-2016, 09:11 PM
Shadow Skill A season 2 has already been... Fri, 09-30-2016, 07:00 PM
neflight86 Agreed about the sequel. Very... Sat, 10-01-2016, 03:01 AM
Buffalobiian Shang has an interest in... Sat, 10-01-2016, 06:42 AM
shinta|hikari That was for that specific... Sat, 10-01-2016, 07:18 AM
Buffalobiian I know you said that specific... Sat, 10-01-2016, 08:24 AM
shinta|hikari Is their world set in China?... Sat, 10-01-2016, 05:16 PM
Buffalobiian It's not specifically called... Sat, 10-01-2016, 07:42 PM
shinta|hikari So it's a completely... Sat, 10-01-2016, 08:07 PM
Shadow Skill I think this came from Taiwan... Sat, 10-01-2016, 10:41 PM
shinta|hikari Season 2!!! Episode 1... Mon, 10-01-2018, 06:07 PM
Shadow Skill Slow start. I think they... Tue, 10-02-2018, 12:44 AM
Buffalobiian There's Season 2 Episode 01... Wed, 10-03-2018, 05:31 AM
shinta|hikari Do you want them to use... Wed, 10-03-2018, 09:10 AM
Buffalobiian In short, yes. The kanji... Wed, 10-03-2018, 10:36 PM
shinta|hikari I totally agree with this. Wed, 10-03-2018, 11:16 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 02 ... Mon, 10-08-2018, 08:35 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 05 ... Mon, 10-29-2018, 10:18 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 06 ... Mon, 11-05-2018, 09:48 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 07 ... Tue, 11-13-2018, 01:46 AM
Buffalobiian "Oh no, you've got me. How... Mon, 11-19-2018, 09:25 AM
Buffalobiian Episode 09 ... Mon, 11-26-2018, 01:04 PM
Shadow Skill Hahaha! The Monk's true... Tue, 11-27-2018, 09:00 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 12 ... Mon, 12-17-2018, 09:38 AM
Shadow Skill I can't wait for season 3. ... Mon, 12-24-2018, 05:01 PM
Buffalobiian That was pretty fun. They did... Tue, 12-25-2018, 04:43 AM
Buffalobiian Thunderbolt Fantasy -... Sun, 12-29-2019, 05:20 AM
neflight86 Season 3 ep 1 is out Same... Wed, 04-07-2021, 09:25 AM
neflight86 2 I can trust the butcher... Wed, 04-14-2021, 10:28 AM
Buffalobiian The mirrors thing seems like... Fri, 04-16-2021, 02:22 PM
neflight86 3 Too bad the mad... Tue, 04-20-2021, 08:33 AM
Buffalobiian Main antagonist? I'd have... Wed, 04-21-2021, 04:42 AM
neflight86 I thought the locust dude was... Wed, 04-21-2021, 03:00 PM
Buffalobiian Locust is high rank, but he's... Thu, 04-22-2021, 03:53 AM
neflight86 4 Funny that the Enigmatic... Tue, 04-27-2021, 08:56 AM
neflight86 5 I'd like to make special... Tue, 05-04-2021, 08:06 AM
Buffalobiian Can be bought here: ... Tue, 05-04-2021, 09:30 AM
neflight86 6 Its so Gen Uro for the... Fri, 05-14-2021, 08:41 AM
Buffalobiian I think he's less fussed... Fri, 05-14-2021, 11:45 AM
neflight86 7,8 I like that the... Thu, 05-27-2021, 08:52 AM
Buffalobiian From memory the guy formed a... Thu, 05-27-2021, 06:30 PM
neflight86 9 It hurts to see the gale... Wed, 06-02-2021, 01:23 PM
Buffalobiian I'm expecting a trick. I'm... Wed, 06-02-2021, 11:26 PM
neflight86 Come to think of it, that... Thu, 06-03-2021, 04:04 PM
Buffalobiian Ep 11 --------------- ... Sun, 06-13-2021, 10:57 AM
neflight86 Or maybe he's acting until... Tue, 06-15-2021, 08:17 AM
Buffalobiian 12. ----------------- Mon, 06-21-2021, 12:46 PM
neflight86 Had me going, too. Surprised... Tue, 06-22-2021, 08:21 AM
Buffalobiian Final ep of S3. ... Sat, 06-26-2021, 12:10 PM
Buffalobiian Aaand we're up to S4 E5 now... Wed, 11-06-2024, 08:36 AM
neflight86 Oh no! Thanks for the... Wed, 11-06-2024, 10:24 AM
neflight86 I got through episode 1, but... Thu, 11-07-2024, 10:54 AM
Buffalobiian I go to nyaa.si and find... Sun, 11-10-2024, 08:25 AM
Shadow Skill I guess without Horrible Subs... Fri, 11-08-2024, 12:50 PM
Buffalobiian S4E9 ---------------------... Mon, 12-02-2024, 11:42 AM
neflight86 I did find a group making... Mon, 12-02-2024, 08:00 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 10 ... Mon, 12-09-2024, 03:54 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 10 ... Mon, 12-09-2024, 03:55 PM
Buffalobiian Episode 10 ... Mon, 12-09-2024, 04:01 PM
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    Thunderbolt Fantasy

    I can't seem to find any info on this from anime sites. Maybe due to it being marionettes and not really anime. I think it could be sort of anime with the special effects.

    I just saw the first episode. I actually enjoyed it.

    Anyone else see this and think it could be good or better than good?

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    Official Title: Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀[とうりけんゆうき] (Touri-ken Yuuki)

    Tags: action, fantasy, martial arts

    Original Plan: Urobuchi Gen

    Character Design:
    -Chuuou Higashiguchi
    -Mimori Shinobu
    -Nishii
    -Nitroplus

    Music: Sawano Hiroyuki

    Quote Originally Posted by ANN Preview
    In an Eastern-styled fantasy setting, a brother and sister team of sacred guardians is beset by the Xuan Gui Zong, minions of Miè Tian Hai, who seeks the Tian Xing Jiàn sword that they possess. Hai's appearance leads to the defeat of the brother, but his sister, Dan Fei, jumps off a cliff to temporary safety. Later, a wandering swordsman comes across a ruined temple, where a statue of Buddha is protected by an umbrella against the rain. When he takes the umbrella for himself, a man resting under a tree nearby informs him that he must be compassionate to the next traveler he meets as a trade-off for taking the umbrella. That next traveler is Dan Fei, still being pursued by the Xuan Gui Zong minions. Both his promise and the enemy's sorcery leaves the wanderer unable to avoid getting involved. Thunderbolt Fantasy is an original production made with puppetry and stop-motion animation.
    Resources: AniDB, ANN, Official, Wiki


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    So it seems that Urobutcher went to Taiwan, saw this this longrunning puppet TV show that actually uses high production values, and went ahead with a collaboration project.

    I watched this by accident and it's great.

    Ancient Oriental Martial Arts Fantasy -check
    Japanese VA -check
    Urobutcher for the story -check (The first half of his series' are usually great. 2nd half can be lackluster)
    Sawano Hiroyuki for music -check

    Yeah, I'm in. The "animation" is very smooth.

    What's crap is that HorribleSubs is using what appears to be romanising Chinese names, which makes no sense when the voices are using Japanese names.
    Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sat, 07-09-2016 at 06:09 AM.

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    Had no idea what I was getting into - ended up being very impressed overall.

    The dolls look pretty good. The effects are pretty cool.

    The story so far seems pretty standard wuxia template, but maybe it'll get interesting.

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    Thanks Buff!

    It is very impressive for a puppet show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Skill View Post
    Thanks Buff!
    No problem.

    Apparently the stop motion part in the AniDB description is false. The behind the scenes segment here suggests that it's all in motion as well.


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    How is it possible that a puppet show has better fight scenes and music than Berserk? WTF Japan? Well, at least Berserk had slightly better facial expressions...

    That said, I don't like everything else. I'm not a fan of Wuxia, where girls are few and just damsels in distress, villains actually do the villainous laugh in 2016, people all sound like damn philosophers, and chi powers make no logical sense whatsoever. The emotionless faces really bother me too.

    Add to that a dumb as bricks protagonist, and I'm doubtful I could watch this to the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    That said, I don't like everything else. I'm not a fan of Wuxia, where girls are few and just damsels in distress
    That's what made Legend of Condor Heroes so good. Huang Rong makes a joke out of everybody and anybody.

    chi powers make no logical sense whatsoever.
    Find legendary scroll (or appeal to an eccentric hermit who learned one)
    Master sacred chi technique
    ????????
    Profit.

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    Ditched after 2 minutes.
    Not my thing.
    For reasons, shinta wrote it better.

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    I get that the story and character traits are not for everyone. Plus I think the marionettes have more to do some people not watching. I am just in amazement of this whole new take on the puppet genre.

    I for one hope the episodes keep getting more exciting.

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    Episode 02

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    There's no mistaking it. With that level of prediction, he could only conceal a Geass under that eyepatch.

    Other than that, it's clear this is a casual watch. Don't take it seriously. Laugh at the Wuxia antics and enjoy the action.

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    I'm really enjoying this show. The action scenes are pretty good for puppets IMO. The dialogue is pretty good to me. The names sounds Japanese to me but the subs are showing Chinese. I don't get this from HS.

    I just read they want to do a Manga off this show now. In a few years an Anime will probably follow. This puppet show is popular in Japan after 2 episodes? I can't see them doing that if it didn't have viewers.

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    Episode 03

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    I'll put 1000 bucks on our white haired friend being said wandering wizard. He's going out of his way to not expose himself however, if he's recruiting other people to break his own traps.

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    The MC's tsundere act is getting old.
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    This episode seemed really fast for me. I blinked and it was over. Am I enjoying it this much? Lol

    Ya I was wondering that too if the white haired guy is the Wizard. I dunno, for a Tsundere she can kick ass with her sword skills.

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    Hopefully that was the extent of the exposition dump we'll get.
    Pretty decent episode regardless.
    I do not expect their little raiding quest to go as planned, though.

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    What happened to all that cool special effects and awesome fight scenes? Seems like every show, anime included seems to want to drag story lines out.... which makes it fucking boring. :/

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    It's a standard in Wuxia and even LNs, unfortunately. You get super interesting first parts to grab readers, then you get repetition to milk those hooked udders, I mean, readers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    It's a standard in Wuxia and even LNs, unfortunately. You get super interesting first parts to grab readers, then you get repetition to milk those hooked udders, I mean, readers.
    I was expecting some awesome fights. :/

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    Episode 06

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    Demon girl is pretty cute. This was even before she started showing leg. (here I thought this show would never do fanservice).

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    Fanservice? Wtf? You trolled me so bad with that comment.
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