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Thunderbolt Fantasy

Thunderbolt Fantasy
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Also known as Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels from the East
Genre Puppetry, Wuxia, Period drama, Action
Written by Gen Urobuchi (Nitro+)
Directed by
  • Chris Huang
  • Jia-Shiang Wang (Pili International Multimedia)
Opening theme Raimei
Composer(s) Hiroyuki Sawano
Country of origin Taiwan, Japan
Original language(s) Japanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Mandarin
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Liang-Xun Huang (Pili International Multimedia)
Digitarou (Nitro+)
Aki Takanori (Good Smile Company)
Producer(s) Hao-Ming Tseng (Pili International Multimedia)
Cinematography Pili International Multimedia
Running time 23 min.
Production company(s) 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)
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, 2016February 28, 2017
Novel
Thunderbolt Fantasy Gaiden
Written by
  • Erika Mitsunori
  • Shotaro Teshirogi
Illustrated by
  • Shinov Mimori
  • Minamoto Satoshi
Published by Nitroplus Books
Published April 7, 2017
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東離劍遊紀
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 東離劍遊紀
Simplified Chinese 东离剑游纪
Literal meaning Sword Travels from the East
Japanese name
Kanji 東離劍遊紀
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Hiroyuki Sawano
Released August 24, 2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length 76:32
Label Aniplex
Producer
Hiroyuki Sawano Soundtrack albums chronology
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Original Soundtrack
(2016)
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Yūki Original Soundtrack
(2016)

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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