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Thunderbolt Fantasy |OT| From the writer of Madoka & F/Z, Sword Travels from the East
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Space Medafighter X
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Holy shit this show is amazing!
How did you get episode 2?
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Shard was talking about Wulin Warriors, which got cancelled after an attempt to air on Toonami.
Wulin Warriors I was talking about, 2 out of 13 episodes aired on Toonami before being canceled. Probably poisoned the whole idea of having budaisi ever again even if localized.
Was it terrible or just not well received?
Eye searingly terrible, one of those localization that really shit the bed ranging from changing characters to inserting terrible puns because hey kids show.
Tyrant Rave
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this show is awesome
finally watched it
damn the poem when the villain appeared was pretty damn cool
「萬物之生，死亡之序。奉吾則功上枯骨，逆吾則劍下亡魂。寒刃之前，唯此二道」
took me a few seconds to realize the narrator was speaking in taiwanese during this part
might watch a chinese sub instead to have an easier time lol, too many han yu pin yin that doesn't make much sense
damn the poem when the villain appeared was pretty damn cool
「萬物之生，死亡之序。奉吾則功上枯骨，逆吾則劍下亡魂。寒刃之前，唯此二道」
took me a few seconds to realize the narrator was speaking in taiwanese during this part
might watch a chinese sub instead to have an easier time lol, too many han yu pin yin that doesn't make much sense
Dandy Crocodile
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I thought the Nendoroid announced for this looked neat so I thought I'd watch the show.
Damn, talk about balls to the wall action. Normally I find dollfie looking stuff creepy, but this was just gorgeous and detailed and electrifying.
I'm definitely gonna be keeping up with this one.
Damn, talk about balls to the wall action. Normally I find dollfie looking stuff creepy, but this was just gorgeous and detailed and electrifying.
I'm definitely gonna be keeping up with this one.
Hahahaha... this show is kinda amazing. Just a random click on an intriguing sounding name. Wu Xia anime eh? Kinda different. Let's give it a show.
CG....?
No... Puppets! That's gimmicky.
*watches the first fight*
That's amazing! How is this a thing? How am I finding this entertaining in this age of CG?? Who cares?!?
CG....?
No... Puppets! That's gimmicky.
*watches the first fight*
That's amazing! How is this a thing? How am I finding this entertaining in this age of CG?? Who cares?!?
It's not a gimmick actually. The reason this show exists is because Gen Urobuchi was a fan of the Taiwanese puppet company which makes wuxia shows like this in Taiwan. They worked out a deal together to make something for the Japanese audience, and Nitroplus handled the story/characters, while the Taiwanese company handled all the production.
Well my immediate impression of them using puppets (having stepped into the show cold - didn't see this thread before I watched) was that the puppets were gimmicky. But after having watched it, thoroughly enjoyed it in all its aspects.
Really unusual presentation style (via puppetry), but it works!
Friend of mine has 3000 Epsiodes of those puppet shows on DVD.... it's quite a lot to take in.
Stop motion film making is basically a form of puppetry even if its not people moving them with strings in real time so its not that surprising. People love the films of Laika and Aardman.
Haha... I don't know if I could watch everything like this. But certainly appreciating the diversity it brings tot he table (at least in terms of introducing this to an audience that wouldn't normally be exposed to it).
The special effects are awesome in the fight scenes!
Yeah stop motion done in this form isn't something that I think most people would be familiar with. It's surprisingly an actual thing in Taiwan though! If this was never made, I wouldn't know it was a thing either. I'm used to my wuxia being live action actors from Hong Kong lol.
I don't think this is stop motion, this is recorded at normal speed and probably sped up a little for action scenes.
Ragnorok64
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This statement really bothers me, but I can't quite properly put in to words why.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Thunderbolt Fantasy 02
Still impressed by the technical aspects of this show. Juan Can Yun's entrance in particular was awesome.
Something I noticed about the dialogue, the flow of the dialogue and the voice acting is that its very old school, kind of feels like a play and the movements of the puppets match that as well. I'm sure thats on purpose but it does a good job selling the authentic feel.
Still impressed by the technical aspects of this show. Juan Can Yun's entrance in particular was awesome.
Something I noticed about the dialogue, the flow of the dialogue and the voice acting is that its very old school, kind of feels like a play and the movements of the puppets match that as well. I'm sure thats on purpose but it does a good job selling the authentic feel.
Jex
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This show is certainly very earnest in its trope-y-ness Which is fine, if you have the stomach for so such things (I certainly enjoy it when its done well).
Haha, yes he's great.
Nightengale
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There's a lot of "anime" tropes in wuxia already. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Lots of neat little character sketches from fans, from NitroPlus, and from people in the industry.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...ake-thunderbolt-fantasy-in-a-risque-direction
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...ake-thunderbolt-fantasy-in-a-risque-direction
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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The shade that gets thrown in some of these fights is insane.
Admiral Woofington
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We won't know if they are until we see glorious CG truck
phoenix296
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Episode 2 continues to impress. I'm not all that familiar with Wuxia but I'm enjoying this so far.
I love the puppet animation but seiong those arts make me miss a bit anime version ;_;
Admiral Woofington
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Apparently all Sawano needed to be loved again is to have his music be played as people play with dolls
I'm a sucker for his Sengoku Basara stuff too!
As long as there is no weak ass rap in the middle of the song all is good.
Ragnorok64
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Sometimes I wonder if it's simply a matter of me not having taken in enough Sawano to really get the hate.
Admiral Woofington
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The hate comes from all of his music sounding the same. I only learned his name when I watched Attack on Titan as that was the first anime OST I bought and listened to excessively outside of Cowboy Bebop.
And then I started watching other shows and realized "hey this kind of sounds like Attack on Titan". And then another show. And another show. Then Xenoblade Chronicles X trailer. And another show.
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