Thunderbolt Fantasy
Thunderbolt Fantasy |
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Also known as |
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels from the East |
Genre |
Puppetry, Wuxia, Period drama, Action
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Written by |
Gen Urobuchi (Nitro+)
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Directed by |
- Chris Huang
- Jia-Shiang Wang (Pili International Multimedia)
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Opening theme |
Raimei |
Composer(s) |
Hiroyuki Sawano |
Country of origin |
Taiwan, Japan |
Original language(s)
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Japanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin
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No. of seasons |
1 |
No. of episodes |
13 (list of episodes)
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Production |
Executive producer(s)
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Liang-Xun Huang (Pili International Multimedia)
Digitarou (Nitro+) Aki Takanori (Good Smile Company)
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Producer(s) |
Hao-Ming Tseng (Pili International Multimedia)
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Cinematography |
Pili International Multimedia |
Running time |
23 min. |
Production company(s)
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Pili International Multimedia |
Release |
Original network |
AT-X
Tokyo MX
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation |
Original release |
July 8 (2016-07-08) – September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
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External links |
Thunderbolt Fantasy |
Thunderbolt Fantasy |
Manga |
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki |
Written by |
Gen Urobuchi |
Illustrated by |
Yui Sakuma |
Published by |
Kodansha |
Demographic |
Seinen |
Magazine |
Weekly Morning |
Original run |
July 21, 2016 – present |
Manga |
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Otome Genyūki |
Written by |
Kairi Shimotsuki |
Published by |
Akita Shoten |
Demographic |
Seinen |
Magazine |
Champion Cross |
Original run |
September 27, 2016 – February 28, 2017
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Novel |
Thunderbolt Fantasy Gaiden |
Written by |
- Erika Mitsunori
- Shotaro Teshirogi
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Illustrated by |
- Shinov Mimori
- Minamoto Satoshi
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Published by |
Nitroplus Books |
Published |
April 7, 2017 |
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Thunderbolt Fantasy (Thunderbolt Fantasy -東離劍遊紀-, Sandāboruto Fantajī: Tōriken Yūki?, lit. "Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels from the East") is a Japanese-Taiwanese glove puppetry television series created and written by Gen Urobuchi and produced as a collaboration between Japanese companies Nitroplus and Good Smile Company and Taiwanese puppet production company Pili International Multimedia. The series began airing in Japan starting July 8, 2016 and is being simulcast by iQiyi Taiwan, and Crunchyroll under 3 official languages: Taiwanese Min-Nan aired in Taiwan, Mandarin Chinese aired in China, and Japanese aired in Japan. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yui Sakuma began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine on July 21, 2016. A second adaption, told from the perspective of Dān Fěi, and illustrated by Kairi Shimotsuki, began serialization in Akita Shoten's Champion Cross online magazine on September 27, 2016. A side novel that focuses on the pasts of Lǐn Xuě Yā, Xíng Hài, and Shā Wú Shēng will be released on April 7, 2017. A sequel to the television series is currently in production.
Set in an Eastern fantasy setting, Dān Fěi and her brother, guardians of a sword known as the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, are pursued by the evil Xuán Guǐ Zōng clan, who seek to obtain the sword for their master, Miè Tiān Hái. While her brother is defeated, Fěi, who possesses the sword's crossguard, escapes and finds herself in the care of the wandering swordsman, Shāng Bù Huàn, and a mysterious man named Lǐn Xuě Yā, who become her protectors from the pursuing Xuán Guǐ Zōng clan.
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