an endless story...
Stories from the Middle Kingdom, as I like to call them anything related to the Wuxia action movies of the era, only that this time. After how much I fell in love with the Story of Blade & Soul I wasn't able to continue playing that game for various reasons the aesthetics and setting of ancient China is something that I really wondered about since I was a child and I was longing for many years to continue a similar story.
Enter Thunderbolt Fantasy!!
Chinese folklore was first glimpe into Asia culture when I was a kid then continuing with Japan and all the Otaku world I love so much these days....
But this.... what a wonderful experiment that really shocked me as I was expecting anime and not ....walking and talking puppets??? in an art as old born in the XVII century in China as a way to entertain people
The story follows many stories of ancient chinese folklore with different depictions of ancient china, makai and demonic worlds, and an incredible swordplay mixing real action movement of the Super Sentai shows but translated into smaller puppets, still you gonna see A LOT of practical effects!!!
I've been watching this alongside the Fate/Universe stuff lately specially when I'm idling and not breaking my head making certain games work!! it always brings an incredible smile to my face. In fact...it was thanks to Fate/Zero and learning that Nitroplus had this other show up their sleeves that made me discover it!!, if you see anything related to Nitroplus please watch it its totally worth it and they never dissapoint!!!
Still I have to warn you that the show is a little bit slow to pickup pace in the first season until around episode 6~7 or so, so be patient as they will require to introduce a lot of characters in Chinese and Japanese names, in fact I still have difficulties remembering the names. So try to stick around until Season 2 and watch it too.. I believe you will be greatly surprised for this one!
CAT OK the show is great and we are having a blast with it but could you please STOP SCREAMING EVERYTIME THERES A FIGHT GOING!?!?
You GONNA BREAK AN ANKLE TOO!!!
OH PLEASE STOP BEING BORING!!!! THE SHOW IS PURE BLISS!!!!!
S1 https://nyaa.si/view/1930917
S2 https://nyaa.si/view/1931635
