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Thunderbolt Fantasy

2016–2024 · 4 seasons

A lavishly staged puppet wuxia that feels like live-action fantasy, with stylised fights, sly banter and a steady pull of intrigue.

Overview
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 showing up himself 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 the he must be compassionate to the next traveler he meets as trade-off for taking the umbrella. But the next traveler is Dan Fei, who is still being pursued by the Xuan Gui Zong minions, and between that and the sorcery of the other man he finds himself unable to avoid getting involved.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • power
  • loyalty
  • mystery
  • survival
Places
  • fantasy world
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
timeless
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour4
Realism2
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, action & adventure, mystery
Created by
Gen Urobuchi
Written by
Gen Urobuchi
Starring
Kohsuke Toriumi, Haruka Tomatsu, Toru Okawa, Kenichi Suzumura, Daisuke Hirakawa, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Tomokazu Seki, Junichi Suwabe
Music
Hiroyuki Sawano
Length
4 seasons, 51 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TOKYO MX, LINE TV, PILI Online, 巴哈姆特動畫瘋
Country
Japan, Taiwan
Languages
Japanese

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