Thunderbolt Fantasy (2016)

Season 3

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 pursue by the Xuan Gui Zong minions, and between that and the sorcery of the other man he finds himself unable to avoid getting involved.

Released July 8, 2016 Episode 24 min None+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.puppetry, tmdb.wuxia, tmdb.puppet-theater, imdb.puppet, imdb.puppetry, imdb.wuxia, imdb.kung-fu + 9 more, imdb.puppet-animation, imdb.taiwanese, tmdb.wu-xia, tmdb.bu-dai-xi, imdb.glove-puppetry, imdb.pili, imdb.ensemble-cast, imdb.wuxia-action, imdb.kung-fu-action

Watch Providers: Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Production Companies: PiLi International Multimedia, Aniplex, Good Smile Company, Nitroplus, Barnum Studio

Network: Tokyo MX

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

8.0

/245/

Trakt

/29/

TMDb

/10/

Gen Urobuchi
Director

Kohsuke Toriumi
Lǐn Xuě Yā (Voice)

Haruka Tomatsu
Liè Mèi (Voice)

Toru Okawa
Diāo Mìng (Voice)

Kenichi Suzumura
Juǎn Cán Yún (Voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa
Dān Héng (Voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama
Shā Wú Shēng (Voice)

Tomokazu Seki
Miè Tiān Hái (Voice)

Junichi Suwabe
Shāng Bù Huàn (Voice)

S3E1 - The Void Junction

Shang Bu Huan is searching for the body of Lou Zhen Jie, who fell into a ravine while holding the Seven Sacrilegious Dead sword. This sword is too dangerous to be left in the wilderness, but despite the efforts of Shang and his three companions, the sword and the body remain unaccounted for. Advancing into the depths of the gorge, they soon discover a strange place...

April 3, 2021, midnight