Why You Should Watch Thunderbolt Fantasy

There's almost nothing like Thunderbolt Fantasy, a wuxia glove puppet action show that is a collaboration between a Japanese novelist/screen writer and a Taiwanese puppet studio. Sure there's the other work by that puppet studio, Pili, as well as a great deal of the lead writer's work, Gen Urobuchi, but the combination of these two …

Fall Anime 2018: First Episode Impressions and Recommendations

I'm a little bit late on this one, but after sifting through a decent number of this season's series, I can attest to the fact that this Fall batch of anime is a stacked crop of shows. While my opinions have shifted slightly on a couple of these since I wrote this, I still believe …

Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death Review

*Spoilers ahead Oh Thunderbolt Fantasy, how I’ve missed your weird marriage of wuxia, Taiwanese puppet animation, and maximum ham-level anime flourishes. For the uninitiated, Thunderbolt Fantasy was a 12 episode TV series created and written by Gen Urobuchi, one of the premier auteurs in the world of anime. Urobuchi coordinated the collaboration between Nitroplus, Good …